urban table

unique. delicious.goodwaitress. nice atmosphere. thoroughly enjoyed our dinner!

needs som flavor/spice.... cool concept, great décor,goodservice. food was average....on the upper end of cost/value. it was cooked well but lacked flavor...we had the salmon and scallop special. maybe i will try it again, was kind of sad - i expected better.

food was super good!!. not sure why all the negative comments, we all thought the food and service was terrific. went there tonight for our daughter's birhday, five of us. two of us had the short ribs, yummy. my husband had the burger, said it was best he has had. had the meat and cheese platter, deviled eggs and short rib flat bread, all were sogoodwe decided we could come back and have them for dinner. will definitely be back.. our server was wonderful too.

chicken night. well the only thinggoodi can say about "chicken night"was our waiter devon
was awesome. the dinner was not enough for 4 adults.... the presentation poor at best. the biscuits were like rocks that we had to send back!! and the chicken had issues... i would not recommend this meal.

happy hour. my friend and i came in for happy hour to have a post-pedicure snack. we liked our drinks, had the charcuterie plate, and everything was pretty darn good! the bartender was nice, handsome, seemed to be fastidiously groomed...and it was a prettygoodexperience. great cocktails, too.

poor service; poor management; will not be back. we visited urban spoon on 06/22/2013 for dinner. when we walked in, many tables were available, but the hostess advised us that they were booked for the evening; therefore, we should have made reservations ahead of time. but she told us we could eat at the bar. so we did.

the bartender that served us was a bit in a foul mood. there was a bachelorette party occupying the other side of the bar, and apparently these women should not have been occupying this area according to him--rather, they should have been seated at their reserved tables. while he provided decent service, he routinely opined how awful this group of women were and stated "sorry for the awful (really used a cussword) view".

we got our order fairly fast, ate our food, and i noticed that very few of the tables that were open when we came into the restaurant had been seated. needless to say, we were not very happy, and neither were the other people sitting at the bar with us. we asked to speak to a manager on the way out, and we were told that the tables had been reserved around 5:30pm and the people had not shown up. the problem is, we came in well after 6:00pm.

it doesn't seem like agoodpolicy to hold tables that long for groups that do not show up, let alone allow a large bachelorette party (over 20 women) to wander and crowd the other side of the bar and not use their tables when there are customers who would like to be seated someplace else other than the bar area. management's attitude about the situation was completely flippant, and despite howgoodthe food was, we will not be back. this restaurant is really poorly managed.

a great night out. urban table is a great place to enjoy wonderful food, great service, and great drinks! general manager emily mcdonald has returned after a brief time away and the changes she has made are notable. we shared the pork chop dinner and it did not disappoint. followed bygooddesserts and the best coffee in kc.

good food, verygoodservice. however, we have eaten breakfast there so many times that we are tired of the menu. please, add some seasonal extras to the mix. an extra special bowl of fruit, strawberries are delish right now. asparagus omelette? etc. whatever is fresh, bright andgoodat the market would be a welcome change. two complaints, the sausage patties are dry and too salty and we really dislike the water service in the wine bottles, are they clean and the water is never cold.

omnomnomnom. food is delicious. one of my favorite spots for breakfast. get the mini waffles. with the caramel raspberry sauce. nough said. the baked goodies and desserts are scrumptious too! the flowerless chocolate cake is reallygoodand like nothing i've had before. it's more like a mousse so don't be expecting cake. ha.

the service just keeps getting worse!. we eat at urban table almost weekly because we like their food. but it pains me to go because the service is awful. during sunday brunch we had almost finished our food before the server even checked on us. during a weekend evening, the bartender was more worried experimenting with new drinks and serving them to fellow servers. it was a very slow evening and we were 2 of maybe 10 patrons there and we had to wave our glass at the bartender for him to come over. again during a weekday late lunch, the bartender was just okay; not attentive even though we were the only ones at the bar. the staff socialize more with each other than actually work. to the management, i am more than happy to order at the counter and get my own food. i don't see how we should tip for our food being brought to us and less than stellar service during the meal. do yourselves a favor and get rid of the staff. we love the food but would rather save the 20% tip for service well deserved. if you really need the servers could you just have whoever trained the servers at brgr to train your servers. now they havegoodservice!


update:
after my review above, i received an email from urban table saying that they were working n the service issues i had pointed out. we have since been back, once for brunch with our kids and another was on a sat. night. the service was excellent. the servers were attentive which made our evening out enjoyable. thank you, thank you! we will be enjoying our weekly visits to urban table even more! my new-found faves are the croque sandwich, and the trio spread. try them!

i spent at least 10 minutes trying to find something to eat and nothing on the menu sounded remotelygoodso i settled for the french dip. when i got it it was cold the meat tasted like nothing but tenderizer. i only ate the bread it was terrible. but they did have a nice location and set up

we ate there with another couple & their infant. awesome atmosphere! creative food like polenta fries! yum! turkey meatloaf sammy wasgood& the chef's special: fluke lettuce wraps weregood& light! saladsgood& steak sammy!

planning to return. planning to return

i finally got around to trying urban table, which i had been intending to do for quite awhile. i resisted for so long because there were a fair number of less-than-flattering reviews, so it was easy to always find somewhere else to go instead. now, having tried it, i feel compelled to write a review, as my experience was excellent and i'd hate for others to be warned off from trying it.

full disclosure: i ate at dinnertime. i've been told that the setup is different for breakfast/lunch than it is for dinner. the dinner period is a traditional arrangement where a host/hostess shows you to a table, whereas breakfast/lunch are done with a walk-up ordering counter and a find-your-own-table approach. it seems like a fair number of the negative comments about service have to do with the walk-up style, but maybe that's just an impression.

the food i ordered was well-prepared and left me feeling very content.

i started with an order of the polenta 'fries', which evoked the feeling of either extra-large french fries or small, crunchy breadsticks. using the polenta is a great idea, because the starchiness really evokes the taste of traditional fries, but makes them a little bit lighter, like bread. urban table compensated for fact that polenta can be bland with some nice black pepper seasoning and a couple of great sauces. one was a spicy "aioli", although i didn't taste much (if any) garlic, so i wondered if i wasn't eating mayo that was being called "aioli" to sound fancier. either way, it was delicious, so i suppose it's no matter. the other sauce was a ketchup that was billed as "sun dried tomato", but it tasted more like fresh tomatoes than dried ones. not complaining, as it was also delicious, just not quite what i expected.

my main course was the brisket "sammie" with sauteed onions and a horseradish cream sauce and a side of veggie-chorizo soup. while i could quibble here and there with the doneness of the meat and the fact that i prefer my horseradish with a bit more kick, the truth is that the sandwich was great. it had none of the mechanical pitfalls that gourmet sandwiches sometimes have, and the flavors were complimentary and balanced. in my opinion, if you can construct a balanced, well-engineered sandwich, you are probably prettygoodat constructing other, less architecturally-intense plates. i'm eager to go back and try an entree-style dish. as noted, my sandwich came with a bowl of soup, which was tasty, but maybe a bit slight on the amount of chorizo. regardless, the meal was filling and satisfying and didn't lack for flavor or substance.

i so want to like this place.... i really do want to like urban table, but i've been there twice (once during the weekday lunch rush and once on a weekend for lunch) and i've been disappointed both times. i think i may need to try the breakfast, which i've heardgoodthings about, or the dinner menu. the lunch menu has been dry, crunchy and unimpressive. i dislike both their shoestring potatoes and their chips. the bread is always way too crunchy so that is scrapes the roof of your mouth. and i hate fighting people for seating; i understand the urban table concept, but i didn't enjoy fighting my sibilings at my parents' dinner table when i was growing up, it's much less fun with pushy strangers desperate to find a seat. i'd really like to find something i can get excited about at urban table, but so far it's all been hype.

great neighborhood place. been here a few times now to cover all meals, and i don't have a single complaint which doesn't come easy for me. great flavors,goodpricepoint, solid service, terrific atmosphere!