Top Restaurants in St. Joseph & Vicinity

Gina R.   -   Dining at Pagliai's Pizza is a requirement every time I travel to Maryville. They have a wonderful buffet with many fresh choices...both hot and c ... more

Gina R.   -   Dining at Pagliai's Pizza is a requirement every time I travel to Maryville. They have a wonderful buffet with many fresh choices...both hot and cold. Their pizzas and pastas are outstanding and they have the best mac n cheese! Their salads are fresh and it is a very friendly place to dine. Always busy though, so don't be in a big hurry...it is quite popular! less

Leslie K.   -   I took my family to a Mexican Restaurant in St. Joseph called Barbosa's. It was great, the building was fabulous. The food was just as great. Ever ... more

Leslie K.   -   I took my family to a Mexican Restaurant in St. Joseph called Barbosa's. It was great, the building was fabulous. The food was just as great. Every thing was made from flour as were the chips. They did charge for the chips but did explain that they were made from scratch, that the flour tortilla is hand streched and cut by hand and then fryed. They explained that they are very labor intensive and that is why they charge. They told us that most restaurant buy their chips in bulk and are kept in warmers. I'm positive we will go back as many times as we can. It was a very family orientated and friendly! less

Jim L.   -   Never been to Legends, seen the commercials on TV, waitresses in the commercials look scary, kind of like if Hooters opened a Store in a womens prison ... more

Jim L.   -   Never been to Legends, seen the commercials on TV, waitresses in the commercials look scary, kind of like if Hooters opened a Store in a womens prison. Food on TV looked good, might be a good place to go if you like good food served by manly gap toothed waitresses, guess you could leave them a can of Skoal for a tip. less

Jim L.   -   My wife and I had dinner at Barbosa's Mexican restaurant on Frederick, we moved to Saint Joseph in April, and have yet to find a descent Mexican R ... more

Jim L.   -   My wife and I had dinner at Barbosa's Mexican restaurant on Frederick, we moved to Saint Joseph in April, and have yet to find a descent Mexican Restaurant, but anyway, after an EXTREMELY disappointing dining experience at Nelly's, we decided to try Barbosa's, so here's my review, keep in mind I have nearly 32 years restaurant experience, have cooked, managed, and owned restaurants, and have a smug wit similar to David Letterman with the Bluntness of a Ross Perot, which makes for a rather straight forward no BS review with a dash of smartass comments thrown in, so here goes: Barbosa's Restaurant, first off to say I was not impressed would be an understatement, the food was OK, not great, but then again, who could really screw up refied beans ? The handmade flour tortilla chips, would have been a nice touch, if they were fresh ( WARM ), but they were not. and here is review tip #1, if you are in a Mexican restaurant, and the CHARGE for chips, LEAVE. At most Mexican restaurants the chips are complimentary, you wouldn't get an oil change, and find out you had to pay extra for the filter, don't eat at any Mexican Restaurant that Charges for chips. We ordered the enchalada dinner, Barbosa's "dinner" is actually a'la carte enchalada's thats right NO BEANS, NO RICE, at most Mexican restaruants, the dinners include both beans AND rice, at some you get a choice, at Barbosa, you get neither, the food cost on beans and rice is nearly nothing, which is why at MOST mexican restaurants, you get generous helpings of both. so Here is dining tip #2 If the dinner is not a dinner, and you have to order beans and rice a'la carte ( as I did ) to make their dinner a real dinner, politely excuse yourself, and run from the building as if it were on fire. Summary: I found Barbosa's to be EXTREMELY expensive ( $42 ) for a dinner for 2, mostly because they CHARGE EXTRA for the stuff you would normally expect to get with the meal, and also because the actually are EXPENSIVE, even at some of the better Mexican Restaurants on Southwest Blvd in KC, ( Manny's, Ponak's, Margarita's, or Los Corales ) you can have a nice dinner for 2 for under $30. Advice: If you are in the mood for Mexican, and you live in St. Joe, you are out of luck, unless you have time for a road trip to KC, even then with gas flirting with the $3 a gallon range you would be money ahead, and have a more enjoyable dinner, don't have time to drive to KC? try Rancho Grande in Platte City, or Parkville, you will get a better dinner, and save enough to pay for the gas, and stop for ice cream when you get back to St. Joe, No time for a drive ?, stop at Taco John's and get the crunchy chicken Burrito, and Potato O'les it tastes better, and you will save enough to buy a Selena CD with Bidi Bidi Bom Bom on it which you can listen to next Saturday when you drive to Home Depot, and hire "Javier" or "Juan" to help you re-shingle your house. less

COREY U.   -   Oh man i had to come back here and get some of their macaroni. as you can see i absolutely love it and they have some of the best in town. great place ... more

COREY U.   -   Oh man i had to come back here and get some of their macaroni. as you can see i absolutely love it and they have some of the best in town. great place to relax, eat, and just take a whole load off less

Anonymous   -   It's not the worst place I have ever eaten and by far not the best either. It can become very crowded, loud, and at times you feel cramped. they ... more

Anonymous   -   It's not the worst place I have ever eaten and by far not the best either. It can become very crowded, loud, and at times you feel cramped. they have a descent menu. The high light of my meal is always the honey oat bread and salad that comes with the meal. I think it is alittle over priced for what it is. less

Lora H.   -   I LOVE Beijing. I have grown up in this area. And this by far my favorite resturant. The staff is great, the food is awesome and the atmosphere is f ... more

Lora H.   -   I LOVE Beijing. I have grown up in this area. And this by far my favorite resturant. The staff is great, the food is awesome and the atmosphere is fun. I love the Honey Sesame Chicken, the crab ragoon, and the General Tso Chicken is to die for!!! The location is also great, very easy to find..Straight North on Hwy 65. The ONLY downside to this place is the parking, they have a very small parking lot so come early!! less