I can't believe this place gets 4 1/2 stars! It's just Cisco food. Cisco is a restaurant supply…read morecompany. Not only is it all Cisco food, it's the lower end Cisco products. I guess small town clientele don't want to pay for farm to fork locally sourced whole foods. for example, instead of real maple syrup,, it's the fake corn syrup variety of maple syrup.. I asked for half-and-half with my coffee, they pointed to the non dairy Coffee mate coffee creamer. I got waffles and instead of butter, they just offer whipped spread that is hydrogenated vegetable oil. Farmers used to be into real farm products. it looks like there's a lot of farmers in here, but they are happy with the ultra processed fake alternatives to farm fresh foods. The bacon was also not crispy. I might normally give a place like this two stars, but their current star rating needs a reality check. The service was fine.

Don't believe the bad reviews. I've been to The Hornet's Nest for breakfast and lunch many times…read more... the service is excellent and so is the food. You'll not get a better breakfast for miles around. Yes, maybe it's not strictly farm-to-table ... but it's good nonetheless and the prices are fine as well.

What an elegant night I had here for my husband birthday. food was good . A time was had go with…read moregreat people and laughter and you will al have a blasts .

I may have gone into this with too high of expectations because of what I heard about the epiphany…read moregroup and that may have been unfair of me. But that being said there were a lot of GREAT things about this restaurant so I'll start there. The restaurant itself it's so moody and vibey I LOVED it, was such a good place for a date night, our waiter was so attentive, helped with all of our questions and a very patient with us as we worked through the menu. 10/10 service! We got the dumpling and pork bun appetizer and both were AMAZING, seriously the pork bun?? I could have eaten 1000 of them. Next was the sushi, I got the Atlantic hand roll and another member of the table got the rainbow roll, both were very fresh and flavorful, highly recommend. Next was the entree, I got the pork belly ramen, as a huge ramen fanatic I was SO excited, especially following up our appetizers, the bar was set high and unfortunately I was so disappointed. The broth was not very good and everything so extremely salty, I couldn't even eat the mushrooms in the bowl because they soaked up so much of the broth and it was like a salt bomb in my mouth. The pork belly was cooked well and I did really enjoy that, but for a $20 bowl of ramen, it really fell flat for me. I also got the sweet heat cocktail, and it also wasn't for me, cocktails are so personal so it's not that I wouldn't recommend someone try it, it's just that I didn't hit for me, and that was the general consensus of the table. While I had a great night, I would probably try a different restaurant for Asian food before I came back to this one!

This place is absolutely incredible. I have yet to have one of their ramens that doesn't leave me…read morefull and tasted great! I do request the seaweed be left out for my own personal preference, so it's great that they have an option on the app to add or remove ingredients. Whenever we've ordered online, the food was ready quickly and orders have always been accurate. Eating at the location is also a treat! Friendly staff, so much to look at with the decor without being overwhelming and food was (again) so good!

Food was good but would like more unique menu choices as many options were basic and overpriced…read more Waiters are polite and seating/ decor was cute but casual. Nothing too fancy or original Might try again in the future

Jesus was amazing. Excellent service and food. Top notch tacos, quesadillas, and burritos. Would…read morehighly recommend for families, friends, party's or whatever event you may have. Their food truck is also exceptional.

We are a big fans of Tony's tacos and I've been a customer over there for many years. However, I…read morehave never ordered online previously. I always simply go to the store order my tacos and wait and sit until the tacos are ready, which usually is less than 12 or 13 minutes. However, this time, I went to the trouble of ordering online from home, and then showed up at their Normal restaurant to pick up my Tacos 20 minutes later and they had not even begun preparing them. May have to do with what's going on in the US labor market, but I do notice they're hiring new, young employees. So be forewarned about ordering online.

Me and my friends recently stopped here after the hockey game since it was close by and it was open…read morelate as well. This place has a lot of Chicago style fanfare Foods. I ordered a jumbo hot dog but I just got a regular size hot dog instead when my food was presented . Their food is pretty good, it's at a pretty fair price as well . Wait times aren't too bad at all and the restaurant itself is pretty packed . I do applaud this place for having gravy bread! It's a bit of an older place where the restaurant is showing its age here and there but don't let that fool you because regardless of my little inconvenience this place was worth checking out.

Great Chicago style hot dogs, proper snap and all the right toppings . Self service. Priced about…read morehalf of what you would pay in Chicago. They have a large menu so I'm sure we'll be back.

We try and go to Baba's on Fridays, and dine in. The food is great and the service is always…read moreprofessional yet friendly. The Catfish is cooked to perfection and seasoned just right for my taste, you can't please everyone, the fry's are very good. Sometimes I get the 1/2 fried chicken meal special for 12.00 excellent. We were just there last night (7.31.26). I changed my order up, I had 1 catfish fillet and a small order of fried chicken livers! My wife and her sister had the 2 catfish meal, in the past we've had catfish nuggets, liver and gizzards combo, see photos!

Amazing and sweet owner. He made sure to ask me if my table liked all the food…read more Food was so good, and finally!!! Crispy fries!!!! The inside is cute and friendly as well. I wish more people were coming here!

First off, this place is Pop up Chicken and I was misled for thinking this was a solo restaurant…read more Went to Pop up Chicken over a year ago and was completely disappointed and have to say that this visit was no better. Pulling up upon arrival I was completely disappointed when I learned that they are running 2 menus out of this location and let's just say that at first sight, the outside is beat up and tired looking and it's obvious that the place has a lack of management. Walked in and no one was at the counter to order, because this is a work-aurant as you would call it. Menu isn't great and neither is the food. Place is very dirty and gross and surprised it's still open. Got 2 double cheeseburgers with everything on it and some fries and a drink. Also got an order of cheese curds. No booze is being served anymore at this Location like they lost their liquor license. Last time I was here full bar serving drinks. So fetching your own soda while workers are hanging out next to the soda machine eating food and goofing off. Food showed up and at first sight, the burger looks ok. Closer inspection and the burger didn't have any crust and zero "lacing" as they call it when you make a smash burger. That's cuz the grill guy is lazy and didn't let the burger cook after he smashed it- Again lack of management to fix these issues. Fries were beyond gross and looked like something you get at a school cafeteria- undercooked looking and no seasonings. Bathrooms were beyond disgusting and the water was running in the sink and unable to turn off. Not a great place to spend $60 with tip..... I'd say go somewhere else that actually cleans their entire property instead of just wiping down the tables and that's it. Won't be returning....

Food was so good, great service and love that it's so close to the ballpark! Really love the…read moreatmosphere, so modern. Will definitely go back!

We had eaten at Baxters before and really enjoyed the atmosphere and wonderful pasta dishes. But…read moretoday we wanted a good steakhouse steak dinner. We started off with shrimp cocktail. It was fine, though the cocktail sauce could have used a little more horseradish. The basket of warm bread and whipped butter was great. And The salads were excellent (we went for a standard greens salad and a Caesar salad). For the main dish, we each ordered a bacon wrapped filet, medium rare, with Brussels sprouts. The filets were prepared as directed, but seemed dry, tough and flavorless. Disappointed. But worse was the Brussels sprouts (one of our favorites). The sprouts were hard, woefully undercooked and crunchy. Not in a good way. The flavor was lost in the rough texture. Very disappointed. The staff seemed a little flustered too. Brought a side a sautéed onions when we'd ordered mushrooms. Too bad, as we had enjoyed our pasta meals before and had expected a steakhouse to perform better.

So we've been coming here since it opened and in fact had been to its predecessor in St. Louis…read morebefore that. We're pretty familiar with what they used to, and are trying, to be and while we have come to expect lofty goals, it seems like the longer in the tooth this place gets, the more they lose focus. Our most recent Valentines visit reinforced this with some disappointing bar service and a 'special featured' appetizer that took our disappointment to the next level. I get that on a busy night like Valentines, stuff happens, but in this case it was still relatively early (5:30 pm) and they had more than enough employees, it's just that those workers constantly stepped on each other, ignored customers for lengthy stretches, and missed a few details that used to come naturally at this place. Combine that with food delivery confusion and a complete fail on the supposed special feature of "sealed scallops with risotto" app and it left us feeling unfulfilled on what should have been a romantic visit. The next time they offer the scallop app, we strongly suggest they actually do more than wave one side of the scallop over a lukewarm-warm pan (nothing that resembles a 'sear') and figure a way to cut the greasiness of the garlic rice dollops without covering everything in pea tendrils such that you don't notice the lack of sear marks and oily pooling. We give the place three stars based on the still modern and comfortable decor, nice ambiance, robust cocktail & beer selection and the execution of the Tuna Tartare - still one of the lady's favorite bites in town. Perhaps it's just a management/training issue, but it touches both the kitchen and the floor and will hopefully be addressed before our next visit.