Restaurants in Kirksville

“delicious food and the atmosphere is clean and welcoming. The employees are very kind - when they heard us singing happy birthday to our friend they surprised us with a candle for her sushi!”

“The food is always good, the service is great, the prices are reasonable! Our favorite!”

“Food and service is awesome. What a fun place!”

“My only complaint is that they are not open later or earlier. This is mainly because this is the best food, Greek or otherwise, within 200-300 miles radius.
If they were open earlier/later I would eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Don’t leave town without stopping by this place.”

“Always enjoyed this place and the concept! A great addition to downtown. It's hard to know which wine you'll like in advance, so having all the wine available for self-serving tastes in as large or small quantity as you want is awesome. And a great selection! Small bites of food are really good as well.”

“Thank you James for making it right. I appreciate the extra effort. love this store”

“Bonzai is by far my favorite sushi place. The food is excellent and the service is prompt. I have been going there for years and the staff make an effort to remember me and make me feel welcome. Not only is the atmosphere nice enough I’ve celebrated special occasions there, but the food is so good that it’s one of the few places I get takeout from.”

“Fast and fresh! Service was wonderful and our server was so kind. We will be back!”

“Made us 70 chicken nuggets in about 3 minutes and they were delicious. #SmallGroupParty”

“The food is amazing. And I don’t believe there is a bad item on the menu. Always hard to pick what I would like. Wouldn’t go anywhere else as a first choice when passing through:)”

“My husband and I visited Kirksville location on Valentines Day. Even though it was early afternoon, it was busy and steady. We had to wait less than 10 minutes to be seated. Wait staff was friendly and accommodating; brought refills before we had to ask. The food was cooked and presented as we had requested (and Delicious!). Great experience from check in to check out. We highly recommend”

“LaPa has the most delicious street nachos! I live 1.5hrs away and find myself craving them all the time. If they ever decide to bring their food truck to CoMo, I'd go broke 😁”

“Come here all the time especially after covid and china palace closed. Best food in kirksville really I get the same thing every time and it never fails to disappoint and it’s served by the same sweetest women every time. Could t recommend it more”

“My wife and I went in for the first time. We had a great time, good drinks, decent prices. And thanks Bailey for taking care of my wife with her drinks!”

“the food was great, there service was amazing, and the location was prime keep up the great work will be back Everytime I'm in Mexico”

“Our first time visiting today and we clearly have been missing out. The coffee/sandwiches were excellent. The atmosphere was inviting and cozy. Items were made by someone truly taking pride in their work. Will definitely return!”

“The tea cakes. 😱 My aunt Karla got some for me for Valentines day, they were so good. Light and fluffy, amazing flavor. Highly recommend the lemon, but they were all good.”

“SO SO GOOD. Something for everyone!”

“Great service and fantastic food. we will definitely be back. Keep up the good work.”

“TLDR: Get the steamed dumplings. Really high quality food, especially for the price.

MENU: They offer an extensive variety of Americanized Chinese; you'll be familiar with most of it. All of the online versions of the menu I have seen are out of date. Go inside and pick up a paper take-home copy.

COMPETITION: The closest comparison I can make to Great Wall is Chen's, near the square. Let me give you an example how the two restaurants contrast with each other.

Chen's: The first thing I ever got at Chen's was the cashew chicken. The quantity of chicken (chopped dark meat) and cashews were generous for the price. And the rest was celery. I know that sounds like an exaggeration, but I mean it. The dish was about 50% celery. The fried rice is greasy and over-salted. I always get the combo, with an egg roll, which is a factory-made thin and crispy item filled with cabbage.

Great Wall: I haven't had the cashew chicken at GW in several years and I don't quite recall what was in it, but I recently got the moo goo gai pan combination, so I'll use that as a point of comparison. Thinly sliced white meat, with a variety of vegetables including: snow peas, carrots, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, and mushrooms. The fried rice is light and fluffy, not too greasy. The egg rolls here are also factory made, and more like you normally see in Americanized Chinese spots around the country: thicker wanton wrapper, filled mainly with cabbage and few tidbits of pork thrown in.

Which one would you rather have?

FOOD QUALITY: The folks at Great Wall clearly take a lot of pride in what they produce. Everything I have ever gotten was fresh and made to order. The quality of the food here makes them one of the best restaurants in Kirksville, if you ask me.

MENU FAVORITES: Let's talk about the steamed dumplings. I believe they are homemade (if not, they certainly fooled me). The filling (beef, if I'm not mistaken) is flavorful and tender, and comes with a sharp, sweet and tangy dipping sauce. I would say the wrappers are bit too thick and stodgy, but still good overall.

MENU FAILS: The only minor criticism I would offer is with the egg rolls - they always seem to be a little cold in the middle. Go for the crab rangoon instead, if you get a combo meal.

FRONT OF HOUSE SERVICE: They do things fast food style, where you go up to the counter and get your food on a tray. It's always the same lady working the register - she's cordial and efficient. Chances are you'll overhear her and the cook talking together in their native language, which I think is cool.

KITCHEN SERVICE: The kitchen is open, and you can watch the cook work if you want to. From what I've seen, it's always clean.

ATMOSPHERE: The interior is bright and cheerful. Like a lot of restaurants in Kirksville, the building has some history. (Go check out the mural on the east wall of the building Nurhachi was in, if you've never seen it.) Based on the furniture in the dining room, it must have started life as a fast food joint. Next, judging by the saltillo tile around the front counter, it was a Mexican spot. Now it's Chinese. Each phase in the building's life shows through in some of the remaining artifacts. The exterior is noteworthy, too. The gray-green color of the brick is unique and unmistakable at a distance, and I really like all of the vines growing on the face of the north wall. I'd say it's beautiful, in a quaint sort of way.”

“The hot kitchen is my favorite place to grab breakfast in town.”

“Best place in town. Great management.”

“Love these guys I only eat pizza from here when I have the craving, because I know that they always try to make the customer happy and if something goes wrong (we are all human) they ALWAYS go above and beyond to make you feel valued and they do every thing they can to make it right. Best people by far”

“Nice, Old Town Pub. Met the owner oh, she was a delight. She said it's an older local crowd earlier in the evening, the college kids come in the later evening. They were a clean polite group.”

“Anytime we are in Kirksville we stop in this great little bar. Rum buckets are amazing! They always play a variety of music. Lots of older music because its a 70s club but they always take request. Outdoor patio is nice in summer.”

“The service was very good. We received our food and ice cream very quickly. The restaurant was busy but the staff stayed right on top of it. The food was good. This was very refreshing when service is often lacking in many establishments these days.”

“Drive through was HORRIBLY slow. Only a few cars in parking lot. Cars waited almost five minutes before each order was taken. I was 3rd car in line, waited almost 20 min and had ordered online.”

“Jessica has great customer service skills. She is always polite and well mannered. She was quick to remake a sandwich that wasn't properly made the first time. Thank you for being so professional and quick to resolve our issue.”

“This was a nice find! We were in Kirksville for the day shopping and found them to be open for lunch. The place was very clean, the staff was nice, and those sidewinder fries are indeed something I favor over anything else we have had in town! We will enjoy this new restaurant and continue to support them to see them grow! This small community needs more people to take a change and offer things for us! We appreciate it!”

“Amazing experience! Amazing food! And amazing service! Great place for date night or any night of the week!”

“I admire the good food and hard working staff and the welcome given all people of different backgrounds and ages. It's an outstanding and pleasant environment. I would suggest that on very crowded and busy days like today some extra staff be brought in to keep the tables in the back clean, I don't mind sitting in the back, but it can take away from the pleasure when tables next to you are filled with used v dishes. I understand how hard it is for the staff to wait on customers and keep tables clean.on busy days I suggest that extra staff be brought in, Or encourage customers to deposit their own dirty dishes on the rack”