City Barrel

Love love this place! By far my favorite brewery due to their variety of options. The rad Af and day drinker are my go to on a hot summer day! Sitting on their patio eating fancy AF fries with some fancy beer is top notch! I can't give this place enough praise. Whenever someone asks me where to go for good beer and drinks this is always the answer!

KC Restaurant Week 2025 -fondue beer cheese fries Salty and savory, the perfect pairing with a nice ice cold beer. All familiar flavors with smooth melty cheese sauce with a little whisper of beer, crispy chunks of bacon speckled on top with small pieces of aromatic green onion. Nothing revolutionary but tasted really good and made sense for brewery food but could have been elevated more somehow. 4/5 - Thai chili shrimp Teeny-Tiny baby shrimps with their tales off covered in a bold red-orange creamy sauce, sort of like a boom boom sauce. -MeatloafOld-fashioned meatloaf with a tomato based sweet barbecue sauce, classic American flavor profile but tasted better than what my mom used to make. The meat was juicy and wasn't dry or overcooked but the quality of ground beef didn't seem like it was anything crazy good. The mashed potatoes were velvety smooth and buttery, also the portion was quite large. All in all it was a solidly executed dish but, again, it could have had something unique to it instead of just traditional flavor. Some sort of spice or something to make it interesting. They had ran out of dessert so, the restaurant week menu was discounted from $20 to $15. Service was fast paced but, it was a weekend and during restaurant week so, with us being a walk in and even being able to get a seat was lucky.

Never heard of this place because I am not a beer drinker, but you don't have to be to enjoy.City Barrel brews their own beer and you can tour and learn how they do it, but today we came to eat.We started off with the fancy af fries, the fries were fries to perfection and had the great consistency that you only find at a chicken restaurant who sells fries. The fries had rad af fontina cheese sauce, mustard which added a nice kick, bacon, tomatoes, scallions and onions. I could not stop eating these fries and I never thought I would like mustard on my fries but I did!My friend ordered the steak salad. She said the steak was a little tough. It had honey mustard, flank steak, arugula, added cheddar, sunflower seeds and red onions.I ordered the Moroccan beef shawarma and it wasn't good. They should take it off the menu, it was a horrible American attempt at this. It lacked flavor and the beef was tough. All shawarmas have feta cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, relish, arugula, and naan bread.My friend enjoyed her bulgogi beef sandwich. That had marinated flank steak, Napa cabbage, quick pickled cucumber-carrot-scallion oi muchim whatever that means with ginger lime aioli on a potato bun.For dessert the housemade ice cream sandwich was ordered. The cookie was hard but it was nice and buttery. It looked burnt but was great.

We like coming here as there is a rotating menu! It changes things up. I absolutely love these fries ! I was a little disheartened that they came out in baskets as it kills the vibe a little bit. I got their house made ice cream sandwich. It's advertised as white chocolate chips with sprinkles and a brown sugar cinnamon ice cream. While it was yummy it didn't exactly hit as advertised. It was a white chocolate and chocolate chip cookie with a vanilla ice cream rolled in a brown sugar cinnamon mixture. Another disheartening moment. As always the service was good !

City Barrel was a great location for the family! We visited with kids and adults and we all enjoyed. The food being delivered to the table was the fastest I've ever seen! The burger was amazing and so were the pretzels in the mustard sauce. Great spot to check out in Kansas City!

Decided to try a brewery new to me and this one is definitely a winner. The layout is fun with lots of good seating options and with multiple TVs, this would be a good place to catch a game. Pulled up a seat at the bar and the staff was extremely friendly and helpful and quick. I started with the Lakeside Kolsch and loved it. Then I tried the Prox-City Amber Lager...even better! I really could not have loved these more, immediately cementing this as a top 2-3 KC brewery for me based on what I've tried so far. They have a nice array of beers but serve good looking cocktails and food as well. Would love to return!

The waitress was really great about my food allergies. Everyone liked the cider. The pretzel bites were hot and yummy. Both sauces were great. The fries had great texture and weren't overly greasy.

I got the steak frites to go and was absolutely disappointed in my order. I looked on Yelp and saw pictures of this same order dining in and it looked really good and a hearty meal so I was excited to try it. I got the steak medium but it tasted more like medium well, a bit overcooked. There was also barely any steak in this order compared to the other pictures on Yelp. The arugula salad was disappointing as it was only a handful of pieces with cheese. The fries were the best part but the whole meal was mainly fries. The service was nice and order was ready quick. I'm not sure if I would come back again but definitely would not get this meal to-go.

This place was, for me, wonderful. There are breweries where you can get good beer, and/or good food, and/or good personalized service. But it can sometimes be tough to get all at the same time, particularly as breweries grow (and in the Northeast, there are a few "super-breweries" with multiple locations, and at some point to grow, you have to make sacrifices). City Barrel hit the sweet spot in all cases. We were a larger group, we were all able to sit close to each other, and our server made it feel like we were the only customers there. The beer selection was, of course, fantastic. The food options included some that were unique, such as the Moroccan style short-rib wrap that I couldn't put down. This place is just doing everything right. And if they do grow (they certainly have the potential), I hope they don't lose the charm they have right now.

I visited City Barrel this weekend for their 5th anniversary. I follow on Instagram and saw all of the new beer releases for the week and this looked like a great reason to stop by on a good weather weekend. I'd been to City Barrel a few times prior and had hit or miss experiences with service, but I wanted to give another try.We ordered a couple of new menu items to share. The pretzels with beer cheese and the mac n cheese are what we decided on and a couple new beer releases for the Week of Rad. The beer cheese sauce that comes with the pretzels was amazing! Probably the best cheese sauce I've ever had with pretzels (and I order pretzels a lot). The mac n cheese is a bit pricey at $15 but it was a good sized portion with high quality cheeses and nice crispy bacon. Very good. Pro tip - a lot of the cheese seemed to go to the bottom of the bowl. Make sure to mix up the noodles to get cheese in every bite.We had a reservation and were seated promptly. We did have to wait a bit for our server. I think it was 8-10 minutes or so. Once our server came by, we had great service throughout our dining experience. Really great spot for beer and food lovers alike!