Price Guide (average entree): $ bargain - $6 or less, $$ inexpensive - $6 - $12, $$$ moderate $12 - $19, $$$$ expensive - over $19.
Quality Rating: Superb is the highest, considered the very best possible. Notes are qualifiers allowing insight into the reviewer's rating. Disclaimer
| Restaurant: | Wabash | Location: | Excelsior Springs |
| Cuisine: | Barbecue | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | casual but cool, very busy |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | best ribs in the area |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | they do a good job for being so busy |
| Favorites: | super short end ribs, beans |
| Comments: | They have the best ribs I've ever had, bar none! Beans are very good also. It's worth the trip up North. |
| Reviewer: | Tim |
Date: | 8/7/01 |
| Restaurant: | Wabash Bbq | Location: | Excelsior Springs |
| Cuisine: | BBQ | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | great history of wabash depot |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | awesome |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | busy but worth it. |
| Favorites: | Iron Horse |
| Comments: | I eat there at least 3 times a month, very much worth the drive, nice atmosphere, great entertainment. I recommend it to everyone who loves kc best ribs.. |
| Reviewer: | Nathan |
Date: | 12/7/01 |
| Restaurant: | Wabash | Location: | Excelsior Springs |
| Cuisine: | BBQ | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | Live music is excellent, Not enough seating inside. |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | _ |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | Corn Nuggets and Iron Horse |
| Comments: | A little bit of a drive, but well worth it. Best BBQ in KC area. Make sure you order the Sweet Corn Nuggets! |
| Reviewer: | Paul |
Date: | 6/23/04 |
| Restaurant: | Wabash BBQ | Location: | Excelsior Springs, Mo |
| Cuisine: | BBQ | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Small space in dining room/crowded. |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | lukewarm by the time we received. |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | Bathroom filthy/Unisex |
| Favorites: | _ |
| Comments: | We waited for an hour and a half, food was luke warm. The waitress was horrible, I am not sure if she knew where she was or her name. Not worth the time or wait. All we got was a sorry, this is the third time this has happened. Won't ever go back, and I live in Excelsior Springs... |
| Reviewer: | Wanda |
Date: | 8/21/04 |
| Restaurant: | Wabash bbq | Location: | Excelsior Springs |
| Cuisine: | bbq | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | crowded, noisy |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | _ |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | very slow |
| Favorites: | ribs |
| Comments: | Took 20 minutes to get a table, waited 1 1/2 hrs to get food, the food was lukewarm, waitress gave very poor service. Restroom was filthy. It was not worth the wait, and I live in Excelsior Springs. |
| Reviewer: | Wanda |
Date: | 8/24/04 |
| Restaurant: | Wabash | Location: | Excelsior Springs |
| Cuisine: | Barbeque | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | Small and noisy |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | Smoked on the premises |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Fast and friendly |
| Favorites: | you name it |
| Comments: | The best BBQ in the Northland! Big portions for a reasonable price. No napkins here - paper towels kept at the table, and with good reason! Family owned and operated. Everything tastes great. You can even take a bottle of their house sauce home. |
| Reviewer: | Nancy |
Date: | 2/6/05 |
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