Wallaby's

While re-discovering our old neighborhood (we haven't lived in the Kansas City area for 13 years) we stumbled across Wallaby's and decided to give it a shot for lunch.

While our server could have showed a bit more personality, she was cordial and quick.  The beer was cold and our burgers were served up hot and tasty.  It was Monday and burgers were half-price--how lucky was that?  The atmosphere was pretty much like every other strip mall sports bar in Johnson County but I guess that's okay.

Bottom line--I'm sure we'll be back!

I have eyeballed this place for the past several years after exiting  435 and heading toward my hood.  I often stop at the nearby Quik Trip, and I have thought this strip mall-ish location in the middle of office and industry is kind of a weird place for a bar.  After some thinking, I am guessing this is a watering hole for the Falcon Ridge crowd.  

We finally visited on a Friday night round 10:30 or so.  Maybe about 25 people here, some playing trivia, some playing golf games (go figure), and some on the patio smoking.  Kim H is spot-on about the clientelle.  I am mid40-something, and I was one of the youngsters other than the bartenders.  

The tap selection is mainly domestic, but they do have Guinness, Fat Tire, and Boulevard Wheat.  Bottle selection is similar.  

While I would really give it two stars for now, I give it three for the fact that they serve full menu till midnight on weekends and 11 pm during the week.   I didn't eat, but as a routine late-night eater, this gives me another option.  They are open till 1:30 am, FYI.  Their poorly-designed website doesn't give this info.  

Bartenders were friendly, and people were well-behaved.  

I will definitely come back here and hopefully make use of the late night menu sometime.  It gives me another JoCo options for those nights I must stay close to home.

We have been here a few times and the atmosphere is a little odd. It is pretty much an older crowd Seriously 90% of the patronage is the 60+ crowd. Then there are a few guys there watching games. Usually a family or two. Then some random couples or one group of co-workers there for happy hour.

The food is awesome. Super Hamburger and Crispy fries. Hubby loves the pizza.

Staff is nice and they keep the drinks full. They are always packed and they do a great job taking care of you.

It is just the odd collection of people that are there. The really loud talking 60+ crowd about their grandchildren, lawns, vacation, etc . The drunk co-workers, the people just there to have a burger and beer (that is where me and hubby fall) and then the family or two there for a family dinner. It is just odd collection of people in a bar.

But that odd collection makes for great people watching.

Oh and they have like 8 TV's to watch sports on.