The Elephant Bistro & Bar

Side salad was sub par. The lettuce also had chopped cabbage from the store and arugula with ranch that tasted like pickle juice. Risotto bowl was covered in arugula and I didn't even see my risotto until I took it off. The risotto also had large chunks of artichoke and the whole piece of rabe chopped into pieces (the whole broccoli rabe is not supposed to be used like that). We ordered in a timely manner and the waitress messed up our orders, forgot to put in one of the appetizers, and kept touching us. On positive notes, the mixed drinks were very good and the steaks were cooked perfectly. The kitchen staff gets a 8/10. The bar staff gets a 9/10.

Food is always good. Come here with each visit to NW Kansas. Have to be patient with getting the food though.

We drove 360+ miles round trip just to have dinner at The Elephant. We spent the night in Hoxie, an experience in itself. The food was extremely full of flavor. The wine list was limited but had some very interesting offerings, which we were happy to take advantage of. The location is super cool and historic. Very tastefully done! Our service was friendly and efficient and we have uber respect for everyone that navigates those stairs for a living! Overall, worth the trip and we will likely do it again!

Pros: Quality entrees and the variety is amazing, along with specialty drinks,(both cocktails and mocktails!). Service is friendly, but slow and many inaccurate orders. Most corrections were made. A gem of a place for location. Cons: Atmosphere is rowdy and hectic for a nice steak dinner; children running around, along with waitstaff pounding up and down the stairs and the kitchen staff yelling at one another. For being such a nice facility this caused a dissonance in our evening. Not worth a special trip just to eat there. FYI: For those with specific diets make sure to ask questions. The menu is not accurately listed with GF/V/VE options. Their rice is listed as vegetarian, however upon asking was informed it contains chicken stock (which is decidedly NOT vegetarian). This was a disappointment, as their accommodating menu was a big draw for us.

Such a wonderful experience!! Waitresses were extremely busy but that didn't reflect how great the service was. I had the Southwest chicken salad...... DELICIOUS. Definitely stop in and treat yourself

My dad and I stopped here on our motorcycle trip. Very nice restaurant! Highly recommend if you are in the area!

Great stop off highway24 in Kansas.The Elephant Bistro has great food will stop again.

We would give this restaurant a zero or minus number if possible. The food is extremely expensive, the waitstaff inattentive, the meals small and the food was worse than any truck stop I've ever been to. My husband and I had 2 entrees: His was meatloaf and mine was scallops. His meatloaf was $25 and only included a scalloped potato type side. His meatloaf was loose, greasy and tasted mostly of filler, not meat. My scallop meal was $35 and included a side of corn risotto that was good but only tasted of corn. The scallops were absolutely flavorless. There were 5 tiny scallops spread across the plate, each no more that 1" across, if that. I asked the waitress 3 times what was in the risotto and each time she did not know and forgot to go ask. There was no salad or bread included. The appetizer, which was avocado stuffed eggrolls at $15 tasted good on the inside but the wrappers were burnt and could not even be cut with a knife. The margarita I ordered was served "up" (no ice) in a very small martini glass. It was the smallest I have ever ever seen. My husband's glass of coke was $2.50. We ordered desserts to go, which were cheesecake and carrot cake. The cheesecake was good but the frosting on the carrot cake was a skim that was about 1/16 of an inch thick at the most. Seriously. To top it all off, we were charged $.80 to have them put the desserts in a plastic clamshell to go. We had to flag down the waitress whenever we needed something. She never checked on us or asked how things were, at all. The meal cost us $115. We will never to there again and will tell everyone we speak with, prompted or not, that the place is terrible. Don't waste your money.

I am very nice restaurant in a very small town, the service and food were an unexpected pleasure.

Outstanding service, flavors and experience!! We journeyed from MO to CO, taking in amazing adventures and tastes ... and the Elephant Bistro & Bar fit in our plan perfectly! We enjoyed the bison sliders, the Elephant Bistro burger, the incredible Brussels sprouts, the sandwich du jour, the Violette drink du jour and the s'mores dessert! High quality ingredients and delicious!! What a lovely addition to the community in KS! Thank you Kim for your super fun service and Emily for saying "hello"!