Red Onion Cafe

A warm and lovely ambiance with delicious food at reasonable prices. Will have to save enough room for dessert next time!

Dropped in here on a Saturday evening, later than our normal dinner, around 7-ish, had only a few minute wait for a table to open up!The menu is full of great options, lots of whole-food friendly choices and even a keto section. I opted for a 6oz Sirloin steak, served with mashed potatoes and a spinach & feta salad(house dressing was a little too sweet for me). My wife had the grilled tilapia, which came with some veggies and wild rice pilaf. Both plates looks amazing and tasted great. The steak was a little more on the medium side of "medium-rare", but definitely within range. We also had a stuffed mushroom appetizer, which was good. They also have a pretty great selection of desserts Very nice room, fantastic service, and an enjoyable experience. Could work for a family dinner as well as a night out for two type place.

Stuffed mushrooms app, fried chicken salad and grilled cheese w/ tomato soup was all delicious! Service top notch & great atmosphere.

Back again to our pick for the best in restaurant in Joplin, the Red Onion Café. We ordered two of our favorites, the Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp & BBQ Chicken, and the David's Fried Chicken Salad. The Bacon Wrapped Shrimp with BBQ Chicken is a thin chicken breast grilled and covered with a very small amount of barbeque sauce. It is just enough that you can taste the sauce, but not enough to hide the flavor of the chicken. On top of that is a small stack of microscopically thin sliced red onion that has been fried crisp. On top of that are two skewered shrimp wrapped in bacon that have been grilled over an open flame. It includes their loaded mashed potatoes and a small side salad. The bacon wrapped shrimp, the fried red onion, the light BBQ sauce and the grilled chicken all work together to make for a fantastic meal full of flavors.The Red Onion is consistently delicious, high quality fresh food and wonderful friendly attentive service. It is always worth the drive!

Great experience. We were seated quickly and offered drinks immediately. We both ordered pasta dishes - his was the chicken Tuxedo (Alfredo) and mine was bowtie pasta with chicken, tomatoes, olive oil, black olives, onion & garlic. I had the Spinach/Feta salad as my side and husband had the regular side salad - both were spectacular and very fresh! His Tuxedo Chicken was very well made and had plenty of chicken. I really didn't think anyone could ever give me too many tomatoes, but I now know I was wrong as my Tomato Rumba chicken was just too "tomatoey" - way too much acid! The wonderful garlic bread that they give you with both the salad and the pasta helped break up the abundance of tomatoes, but it would have been so much better with about half the number of tomatoes!We will definitely come back when we are in Joplin and I look forward to trying some of the other dishes in the future!

For a restaurant in Joplin, MO to get 5 stars from me is a big deal (not that I'm a professional critic). This restaurant would not get 5 in a bigger city where norms are different.Why 5 stars? * A dedicated gluten free menu. No guessing. No asking question after question about a menu item. Simple - this is what is gluten free. * Well prepared meat that comes to your table warm and delicious (I had the prairie farms pork chop).* Friendly staff (has always been friendly... for decades. Note that I was born and raised in the Joplin area but have lived elsewhere since 2003.)* Clean and inviting dining room. Clean restrooms too.* Lots of food for the price. My accompanying salad was huge and full of protein with a homemade onion dressing.My mom loves this restaurant and her favorite dish is the chicken Tuscany. My dad had the bourbon maple glaze pork chop which looked delicious and he seemed to really enjoy it.I will always return here when visiting family. My favorite Joplin restaurant.

THIS PLACE SHOULD HAVE 10 I can't possibly say enough good things about this restaurant! The menu was wonderful and innovative while still offering good, yummy foods without pretension! The wait staff was attentive but not invasive. The restaurant was in a beautiful, old building and very comfortable but luxurious. The prices were great - not cheap, but not expensive. $ - $$. The food was incredible! Even the iced tea was excellent! Be sure and order some French Onion Soup - only the bowl in Paris was as good as the Red Onion's! Grade - 10 +++

Four single use bathrooms and for some reason, they aren't unisex. You will be waiting in line because of that.No changing tables in the mens roomsThe trashcan for period products in the womens rooms are not in reach of the toilet.Food, service and atmosphere were great!

The staff is always friendly and food is always good Love there French onion soup and the atmosphere is always welcoming

Average food. Maybe did not order right thing, would try again. Service good. Always nice to go to some referent restaurants and try foods out