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Overall Total Score
4.3 out of 5
Impressive | 3740 reviews

What User likes about The First Ward House:
Delicious!. Traditional bar food with a twist, almost everything is made in house. Their smoked fall of the bone wings are incredible, especially when paired with the smoked beer battered onion rings. With about 75 different bottled beers, you will have to visit more than once. View all feedback. What User doesn't like about The First Ward House:
We're not sure if the high ratings for this place are because of the atmosphere or because of some amazing live music, but the food was incredibly lousy. The Cobb salad says that they use greens. I also specifically requested they use greens when I ordered, just in case they tried sliding in iceberg or romaine. I still ended up getting JUST iceberg lettuce that looked like it came out of the package with the carrot s... View all feedback.

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Yelp
4.0 ★ from 46 reviews
Bobby
05.04.2024 - 06:34

Best wings I've ever eaten And the beer was cold. My service was top notch. The whole experience was positive.

Ken
05.04.2024 - 06:34

Got some wings and beer the beer was cold and the wings slightly overdone my ding companion got a Caesars wrap which were pretty good. The cajun fries were good...

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Missy
05.04.2024 - 06:34

We stopped here after Chiefs training camp with family. Definitely a pub. We picked this place for their BBQ but sadly they did not have any. My husband was loo...

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Mike
05.04.2024 - 06:34

Great dive bar! Service was great! Friendly and fast. Five starts for a dive bar? Well, yes, because they do it well great service and great dive bar food. Had...

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Angela
05.04.2024 - 06:34

Delicious local place in St. Joseph, Missouri! I had the Jesse Jane which was a mix of BBQ and coleslaw for a low carb/keto option. Hands down some of the best...

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Google
4.3 ★ from 662 reviews
Noah
18.11.2023 - 05:06

Came here on a Wednesday night, waited for over 20 minutes for any workers or a bartender to show up. Phone was ringing on the bar nonstop, patrons at the bar d...

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Ronda
18.11.2023 - 05:06

Haven't been to first Ward for a long time went in there with a couple friends and had a drink with outside on the new deck that it was nice people were nice an...

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Lynatte
18.11.2023 - 05:06

Best food in town! Catfish is my favorite! Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $1–10 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Daniel
18.11.2023 - 05:06

I've been here a few times for lunch and dinner. The food is usually great. They have a good menu. Service can be hit or miss. Food: 4 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 4

Teri
18.11.2023 - 05:06

Love this place!!! Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50

Aggregated
3.4 ★ from 10 reviews
Beth
15.09.2023 - 11:42

We love First Ward! We always have good service and good food. My older kids enjoy playing pool or Cornhole while we wait on food, and our youngest likes the cl...

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Mike
15.09.2023 - 11:42

Hamburger came out hot and delicious. Took a while, because there were others ahead of us. Server substituted a small side salad at our request. Nice deck area,...

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Patti
15.09.2023 - 11:42

The food was very good, and the service was OK, once they discovered that we had been sitting there for a while... we noticed that others who came in AFTER we d...

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Jessie
15.09.2023 - 11:42

The food was really good and came out in a timely manner. The service was not good at all. Our server sat and talked on her phone for quite some time. At one po...

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C
15.09.2023 - 11:42

Went to pick up a to go order from this restaurant and was treated horribly by the pretty blonde waitress/bartender in the T-shirt dress. She came over and aske...

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Int Restaurants
4.2 ★ from 1230 reviews
Michael
14.09.2023 - 12:37

Better than average bar food. Large menu selection. Great beers on tap. Live music several nights a week, which is great unless you want someplace quiet. The be...

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Delicious!. Traditional bar food with a twist, almost everything is made in house. Their smoked fall of the bone wings are incredible, especially when paired wi...

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Facebook
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Foursquare
4.3 ★ from 24 reviews
Tripadvisor
4.5 ★ from 22 reviews
Restaurantguru
4.3 ★ from 1862 reviews
Sirved
4.4 ★ from 5 reviews
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