Price Guide (average entree): $ bargain - $6 or less, $$ inexpensive - $6 - $12, $$$ moderate $12 - $19, $$$$ expensive - over $19.
Quality Rating: Superb is the highest, considered the very best possible. Notes are qualifiers allowing insight into the reviewer's rating. Disclaimer
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Town Center Leawood |
| Cuisine: | Steaks | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | T-Bone was tough. Did not live up to hype |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | Twice Baked Potatoe |
| Comments: | Good atmoshphere and nice servers. Hype over steaks fell flat. T-Bone was much too tough. |
| Reviewer: | Paul |
Date: | 2/19/00 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Town Center, Leawood, KS |
| Cuisine: | Steakhouse | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | After being seated, drinks brought, we were asked to move. |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | Potato was cold, bread terrible |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | NO BEVERAGE REFILLS! |
| Favorites: | the chocolate cake, with ganache |
| Comments: | Overall, I was very disappointed right from the beginning. We were asked to move to a different table, no problem for two, but moving an infant, highchair, drinks and all? Steaks were okay, but the potatoes, bread, service, etc. were not what we expected, especially for the ridiculous price. The service was exceptionally bad, very unattentive and unprofessional, not deserving of the 15% tip he received. Will mark this restaurant off our list and continue to wonder why this place receives so much attention. |
| Reviewer: | Kimberly |
Date: | 4/17/00 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | 119th St. Town Center / Leawood, KS |
| Cuisine: | Steaks | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | tacky | Notes: | Very noisy & cramped dining area. |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | Expected USDA Choice meat-Received USDA Utility Grade |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | Too many tables-Too few servers!!! |
| Favorites: | Usually T-Bone Steaks or Prime Rib |
| Comments: | This was our second visit to Hereford House hoping the first time was just a bad experience. Both times we have been disappointed! Our party of 3 usually spends $80.-$90. Our steaks were tough and not prepared as ordered. We tried this restaurant because Mike Murphy (KCMO Radio) speaks so highly of it. I'll not make this mistake again of
believing any of this radio stations commercials or personalities.
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| Reviewer: | Dave |
Date: | 4/19/00 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Main Street |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | good atmosphere |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | This place is all style and no substance. |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | Service was fine |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | The Hereford is very good at selling people on their steak, but if you want a good steak in a great atmosphere, go to the Golden Ox and you will never eat at the Hereford House again. |
| Reviewer: | John |
Date: | 7/28/00 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Leawood |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | **** superb | Notes: | attractive, but "cowboy" feel |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Steak was terrific, chicken was surprisingly good |
| Service: | **** superb | Notes: | very attentive, nice timing |
| Favorites: | Steak Soup, Filet, Carrot Cake |
| Comments: | The Hereford House downtown is great for lunch, but we liked the fancier Leawood restaurant for dinner. Great Steak as always just like their guarantee says. The twice baked potatoes are huge and delicious. |
| Reviewer: | Steve |
Date: | 10/21/00 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Town Center, Leawood |
| Cuisine: | Steak House | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Not an intimate setting |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | Not worth the price |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | Not as attentive as you would expect for the price |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | Quite expensive, with average service. We were a party of six seated at a long booth and had to serve ourselves as the waiter could not reach even half way across the booth. This was an inconvenience because the conversation was constantly stopped to serve ourselves or collect our dishes to hand to the waiter. Probably will not go back. |
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Date: | |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Town Center |
| Cuisine: | steak | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | Prime Rib end cut was burnt & tough |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | The waiter treated us as though we were beneath him. |
| Favorites: | Prime Rib |
| Comments: | |
| Reviewer: | Doris |
Date: | 1/16/02 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Independence |
| Cuisine: | Steaks | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | | Notes: | Nothing exciting |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | Our steaks were tough and fatty with not much flavor. |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | The last couple of times I've been to the Hereford House has been a huge dissapointment. I have been to the new Independence location as well as the Leawood location. Not a good place to get a steak. |
| Reviewer: | Mary |
Date: | 2/8/02 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Main St, Downtown |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | The Golden Ox = Steakhouse Ambience |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | I don't understand the good reputation this place enjoys. The steaks are lean to the point of being tasteless and they apparently don't understand medium-rare. The meals are expensive, and both times I've been there the service has been poor. I won't be going back for a third visit. |
| Reviewer: | Jeff |
Date: | 4/3/02 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | tacky | Notes: | needs remodeling |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | what a joke! |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | We dined at Hereford House and quickly realized we'd made a big mistake! Do they import their beef from California? Where's the Kansas
City beef? Surely not at Hereford House. They could at least serve chain
saws with the meal. Hereford House is all a big hype. |
| Reviewer: | Katie |
Date: | 7/17/02 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | 20th & Main, KCMO |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | tacky | Notes: | felt dirty |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | Why did I eat here???? |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | Nothing here is worth eating |
| Comments: | My wife and I ate here over 20 years ago and it was a wonderful place -- but everything has changed. I don't see how they can stay in business with the type of food and service that they offer now -- it was
very disappointing to know that what once was so great is now gone. |
| Reviewer: | Bob |
Date: | 8/3/02 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | 6th & Wakarusa,Lawrence,Ks. |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Clean,Presentable |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | VERY small portions |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | Attentive service |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | Service was Good,Something Is Wrong in the Kitchen!!
Our Party of Four,Were Very Let Down,Considering the Reputation and Price,We ordered the K.C strip for Lunch,The twice baked potatos At 12:00 Were
Already Dried Out,The steak was the size of a bacon strip,the price was exsorbitant,not to be repeated, |
| Reviewer: | John |
Date: | 8/7/02 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Independence Mo |
| Cuisine: | Steaks | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | waiter was nice |
| Favorites: | Fillet Mignon, KC Strip |
| Comments: | Went to the Indpendence location when I was told the downtown
location was going to be closed for repairs that particular day. Had a
reservation. Seated promply....food was good but the waiter had to reach
accross us to serve us. Party of six in a booth when there were other
regular tables available. Again food was good. Like the downtown version
better since I like the old standby restaurants in Kansas City. Rod
Anderson is doing a good job with his business. |
| Reviewer: | Glenn |
Date: | 11/27/02 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Downtown |
| Cuisine: | American | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | tacky | Notes: | Food on the wall where we sat |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | Incredibly tough steaks that were inedible |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | Took 45 after the meal to get our check |
| Favorites: | NOTHING |
| Comments: | The best part of our evening was that our check was comped. |
| Reviewer: | Colleen |
Date: | 2/14/03 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Main, Downtown Missouri |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | tacky | Notes: | PUH-LEASE!!! |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | Bad, bad, bad & worst describe the 4 of us' entrees. |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | Horrible-Even a spilled drink in my friends lap! |
| Favorites: | ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! |
| Comments: | I do not understand all the talk about this place. Seems as
though everyone talks so highly of the Hereford House. It was our first
and last time there--EVER! My steak had so much fat on it and was so
undercooked I thought they just trimmed it off the cow, smacked it down on
the fire for a minute and then to my plate. The incompetent waiter even
spilled a drink in my friends lap. Guess how, trying to CLEAN the table
WHILE we were eating!! Came with a rag & spray--WE WERE EATING!!! NEVER
EVER EVER AGAIN WILL WE VISIT THIS HORRIBLE HORRIBLE PLACE! |
| Reviewer: | Yvonne |
Date: | 5/29/03 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Downtown |
| Cuisine: | Steakhouse | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | | Notes: | Could be a denny's |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | Just an average cafe steak |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | Service was friendly and quick |
| Favorites: | none |
| Comments: | Had heard so much about this place I was looking forward to
going, I was very disappointed. The inside was like being at a roadside
coffee shop and the food was about the same. The NY Steak was small and
tough, I hope Kansas City has better steaks somewhere. |
| Reviewer: | Robert |
Date: | 6/24/03 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Leawood |
| Cuisine: | Steak House | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | upscale applebee's |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | Don't even bother, since the owner has turned the operations over to others there is little, if any, customer service, you're lucky if you get a smile when you go in the door or anywhere else, they had and early dinner special which was great but if you don't ask for the menu
you'll never get it. The quality and service continues to slide down hill
with no one running the operation. Try Nick and Jake's it's fun they are
glad to see you and it's worth the price. |
| Reviewer: | Robert |
Date: | 7/9/03 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | 20th & Main |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | Chicken or Beef Fried Steaks w/mashed potatoes |
| Comments: | Food is excellent. Best steak in town. They run lunch special very inexpensive. |
| Reviewer: | Cynthia |
Date: | 7/29/03 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | 20th & Main |
| Cuisine: | Steakhouse | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | Clean, and nicely decorated |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | The steak was made of beef. That's about it. |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Excellent wait staff. Very attentive. |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | The Hereford House is supposed to be the best of KC's steakhouses. I have no idea why. While the atmosphere and staff are both excellent, I don't go out to eat just for atmosphere. I expected a thick, juicy steak and I got a thin slice of adequate beef. For the price, I expected a Top Choice or Choice grade steak, instead I got Select or worse which is what you can get at the low-end grocery store. I have had better steaks at casual dining chains such as Lonestar and Outback for less money. |
| Reviewer: | Erich |
Date: | 9/4/03 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Overland Park |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | laid out like a chain |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | presentation lacked |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | they try to hard to turn over the tables |
| Favorites: | beef tenderloin special |
| Comments: | Was highly disappointed in this one. This was recommended to us. We picked the one in Overland Park cuz it was nicer looking. But once inside, it all went down hill. Except for the quality of the steak, I felt like I was in Outback Steakhouse! The inside was very chain-like, the house salad was made mostly of iceberg and had poor quality blue cheese dressing to go with it (a steakhouse should have some of the best blue cheese dressing in town since it's a good accompainment), the rolls were very substandard and "k-marty." Before we were even close to finishing our salads, our waitress brought us our steaks. Now, if we're paying such high prices for steaks, I want to be able to enjoy it and not have to rush through everything to enjoy it while it's warm. Needless to say, our salads were never finished and my husband's side dish got cold before he could eat it. Can't believe the waitress wasn't privy to us still eating our salads and hold off even showing up at our table. The very lest she could've done, was to offer to come back with our entrees when we were close to being ready. |
| Reviewer: | Julie |
Date: | 10/20/03 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Lawrence |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | **** superb | Notes: | Great looking,Quality stuff |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | Hot and delicious |
| Service: | **** superb | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | KC Strip |
| Comments: | Great Food and Service. Everyone seems to care about us and our experience. |
| Reviewer: | Stuart |
Date: | 12/27/03 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Lawrence |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | Great tasting steak |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Very nice young folks |
| Favorites: | KC Strip, Twice baked and steak soup |
| Comments: | |
| Reviewer: | Brice |
Date: | 1/30/04 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | 19th and Main |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | Hasn't changed in 30 years--and that's good! |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | For the first time ever, the steak was not sizzling |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | _ |
| Comments: | The steaks and prime rib are still terrific. However, the "endless salad" is no more (and apparently hasn't been for about a year). What a disappointment! Now, one gets nickled and dimed (actually dollared) for a very standard salad, more for potato, more for veggies, more for mushrooms. You get the idea. However, best steak in KC. |
| Reviewer: | Bruce |
Date: | 3/27/04 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | South Kansas City |
| Cuisine: | Steak House | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Acceptable for a chain restaurant with modest prices |
| Food: | ?? | Notes: | Never got to eat, they waited on people seated after our party |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | We wern't even given water in a wait of over 30 minutes |
| Favorites: | Who know we didn't stay for more bad service |
| Comments: | I would not go back on a bet. The service staff cared so little for our party of 7 ( a guaranteed 20% tip from us due to size) that they couldn't be bothered to bring us menus or water. We left and went to Winsteads. Next time Plaza 3 will be our choice |
| Reviewer: | Joyce |
Date: | 5/18/04 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | KCMO |
| Cuisine: | Steakhouse | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Quite, Dim Lighting |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | not the worst steak ever |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | We waited 20 minutes @ our table |
| Favorites: | Love steak just not theirs |
| Comments: | My Boss told me "take your family anywhere you want for dinner on me" we went to the Hereford House I would not go back there if they paid me. Houstons, lonestar outback,etc.. all better that place |
| Reviewer: | Jose |
Date: | 8/3/04 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | 19721 E. jackson, Independence, MO |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | The coffee was excellent, but the steaks were substandard |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | The waitress was indifferent and provided very poor service. |
| Favorites: | Steak |
| Comments: | I have dined at this restaurant three times. The first time was a bad experience, the second time the food and service were good, and this time both food and service were very poor. I won’t dine there a fourth time. |
| Reviewer: | Carl |
Date: | 10/19/04 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Zona Rosa |
| Cuisine: | Steakhouse | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | Nice decor. VERY clean. |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | Wasn't charged for cocktails that I tried and didn't like :) |
| Service: | **** superb | Notes: | Servers and assistants were very professional |
| Favorites: | Ribeye, and Bomb Pop cocktail |
| Comments: | This was my second visit and LOVED it. The server was VERY attentive even though it was a busy Friday night. A very large group seated next to ours was rude and obnoxious but the server remained polite and courteous, as did the servers assistants. Very clean, excellent food for the price. HIGHLY reccomended. **** |
| Reviewer: | Renee |
Date: | 1/31/05 |
| Restaurant: | Hereferd House | Location: | Leawood, KS |
| Cuisine: | _ | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | either extremely undercooked or overcooked |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | waited over an hour and a half after we were seated |
| Favorites: | _ |
| Comments: | We went as a group of 12. The service was horrible, as was the food. We won't be returning, and I will never reccomend this place |
| Reviewer: | Katie |
Date: | 2/19/05 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Independence I-70 |
| Cuisine: | Steak | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | _ |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | Better at a slow Dennys |
| Favorites: | Steak |
| Comments: | Worst service of any good restaurant. Teen agers with an attitude. Decent food but surly service. We have finally given up eating there in spite of fact it is very close to our work. Final straw was a family dinner for 12. Great small dining rooms where we were left to cool our heels for 20-30 minute stretches. Dinner, cold as it was, lasted nearly three hours. Teenage server thought it was quite funny that anyone would expect warm food to be served. I now spend my time sharing this experience with my friends. So far I have diverted over a dozen friends from this fate worse than a bad Dennys. |
| Reviewer: | John |
Date: | 3/27/05 |
| Restaurant: | Hereford House | Location: | Overland Park |
| Cuisine: | Steakhouse | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | Has gotten worse each visit |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | Some wait staff are very inexperienced at their jobs |
| Favorites: | steak sandwich |
| Comments: | This used to be my favorite steak house, but the past few times I have been there the food has been so poor, I cook better steaks on my backyard grill!!! there is absolutely no seasoning or flavor. Very fatty ... and a lot of grisel. I don't know what happened, but when we want steak, I cook it myself. |
| Reviewer: | Jarrod |
Date: | 4/2/05 |
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