Price Guide (average entree): $ bargain - $6 or less, $$ inexpensive - $6 - $12, $$$ moderate $12 - $19, $$$$ expensive - over $19.
Quality Rating: Superb is the highest, considered the very best possible. Notes are qualifiers allowing insight into the reviewer's rating. Disclaimer
| Restaurant: | Oden's BBQ | Location: | 1302 North Scott, Belton, MO |
| Cuisine: | BBQ | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Just a plain restaurant, not dirty, but not fancy. |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | I LOVE IT. I have been to many in KC but this is the best |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | Anything, you don't even have to get BBQ to be happy. |
| Comments: | I LOVE Odens. I think it is a south KC secret. It is always packed but it is a small place. No fat on the meat, excellent sauce, inexpensive prices. MMmmmm. I rate it higher then Smoke Stack anyday. |
| Reviewer: | Mike |
Date: | 2/25/00 |
| Restaurant: | Oden's Barbeque | Location: | 1302 North Scott, Belton, MO |
| Cuisine: | Barbeque | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Come for the food not the decor |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | One of top 2 BBQ joints in KC |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | Ribs, smoked bbq beans, burnt ends |
| Comments: | One of the two best BBQ joints in KC metro area - among top BBQ in country. Everything on the menue is excellent but ribs, burnt ends, and pit smoked BBQ beans are phenomenal. Well worth the trip - only other place in town that matches Oden's is Oklahoma Joe's. |
| Reviewer: | Ken |
Date: | 5/4/01 |
| Restaurant: | Oden's BBQ | Location: | 1302 North Scott, Belton, MO |
| Cuisine: | Variety | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Tables not wheelchair accessible |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | Depends on order |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | Depends on crowd |
| Favorites: | Pretty much everything |
| Comments: | Odens has quality food and average service. Accomodations not very good for wheelchair customers. Ramp in rear through side door and has raised step. Tables to low for wheelchair clearance. Asked for accomodations, but was refused. Been eating carryout ever since. Any help on wheelchair access survey/accomodations would be helpful. Could recieve more customers with accessibility for disabled.(not ADA compliant) |
| Reviewer: | Ron |
Date: | 10/12/02 |
| Restaurant: | Oden's BBQ | Location: | 1302 North Scott, Belton, MO |
| Cuisine: | BBQ | Price: | ^^ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | Beef on sandwich tasted very old. Burnt ends disappointing |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | Kept My glass full |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | Read a great review here, but were disappointed. In a city like KC there is no reason to eat bad BBQ. We won't be going back. Goe to Big Bubba's instead. |
| Reviewer: | Sean |
Date: | 12/25/02 |
| Restaurant: | Oden's BBQ | Location: | 1302 North Scott, Belton, MO |
| Cuisine: | BBQ - Variety | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | clean |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | Fast Service |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | Small Town Charm |
| Favorites: | Hand Breaded - Pork Tenderloin |
| Comments: | I'd have to agree with all the above comments. This was an
awesome place to eat and we'd go often. The quality of the food has been
declining over the last 2-3 years. One of their main competitors went out
of business within the last 12-18 months and I believe this further
impacted the quality. I'd still go there, we do like the fries, sauce,
beans, service, and free ice cream cone after the meal and like to support
local establishments. The Burnt Ends were my favorite item, now I'd stick
to the sliced meat. The Hand Breaded Pork Tenderloin is a must try item.
The portions are very large as well. |
| Reviewer: | Dan |
Date: | 4/9/03 |
| Restaurant: | Oden's BBQ | Location: | Belton, MO |
| Cuisine: | BBQ | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | _ |
| Comments: | I used to love Oden's...customer since I was a kid. But I will never eat there again after being 10 weeks pregnant and they let smokers sit in the non-smoking, right next to my table. After addressing the situation, they wanted to move us to a different table. Instead I took the food home and complained to the manager. The waitress was rude and inconsiderate! |
| Reviewer: | Rebecca |
Date: | 7/6/04 |
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