Restaurants near Independence Square

The Kingdom’s Greetings Holiday Pop-Up was definitely a fun time! You can expect carefully crafted cocktails, festive and creative decor + photo ops and small bites. We finally found a holiday pop-up that both me and my husband can get excited about! I think the reservation fee of $25 should be per reservation rather than per person. However, parking was very included. We’ll be back next year and we will bring some friends along!

The food and service were both excellent. We were seated immediately even with the holiday crowd. The octopus potato salad was different and very tasty! Not something you normally see on menus so we had to give it a try. The pasta trio with salad and desert was a great value. The salad was huge and the pasta choices were excellent. My husband had eggplant Parmesan and it was vey good also. Lidia’s does not disappoint and was a perfect choice for a holiday dinner with friends!

Phenomenal location, decorations and facility. The drinks and the containers/cups they came in were so creative and delicious. And the staff here is amazing! So friendly and helpful and perfect at creating cool drinks. The Farmhouse is filled with great areas for photos and such a great example of what a Christmas pop-up should be. Well done!!

We had a great lunch at Bristol's. We were able to choose from the lunch or dinner menu options. We had a 5 top and everyone's food was delicious, service was perfect, and the atmosphere was very relaxing.

From the moment we checked in - and we were early, we were greeted, and taken to our table. We were the first in the room for the evening. Our waiter greeted us, and quickly gave us a cocktail menu, and full menus. I explained that I had not eaten lunch and was famished. He literally suggested a great lemondrop cocktail to take off the edge, after serving some waters, I ordered his suggestion and was completely amazed. it was great! and I ordered the cheese and charcuterie board to start. Our guests arrived and they ordered a cocktail and he suggested that he go over the menu with us. I had the Special of the House which is a filet, covered in Blue Cheese and Figs. I also had a great small ceasar salad, and the house soup which is a corn and crab bisque. SO GOOD! Our entrees came on time, after we had finished our soup, salad and cheese board, I ordered a glass of wine with dinner and it was perfect. He suggested a dessert and we were too full. So happy that we continue to go to this Kansas City legendary memory - we will be back again.