The Record Bar Reviews

Amy was a wonderful server! Everyone was very friendly. Great atmosphere and great food!

Great ambiance & decor. Next time I'll be back with my friends. The bill was average for the menu.

Great venue to see bands, this one is Magic Giant and the show was AMAZING! Good service and clean atmosphere to see a show.

This place was cool. Great music and the food was fantastic. Good price on the drinks, too.

Very fun and cozy place. Recently saw Calvin Arsenia there and was totally impressed with the venue and the show! Outstanding

We come for Tonksgiving every year, and typically have a great experience. This time, we had a terribly rude bartender that nearly ruined the experience. We will definitely return, but will avoid getting served by her.

Love this venue. Great place to catch live music acts.

Great new venue, clean space, clean restrooms, plenty of room to stand, can sit at regular tables or tall ones, or the balcony. I didn't try the food. Sorry. GREAT bands the night we attended!

Great venue for live music! Fun & lively crowd. It's wicked hot inside with hundreds of people, so dress accordingly. Faster, easier service at the bar upstairs.

I'm a musician who's been to a lot of small clubs, the sound here for the Shiner/Milemarker show was amazing.

Great small venue for concerts. We saw Run River North and the Brummies a few weeks ago and were able to meet and greet with the members. Very intimate setting. The food here is also incredible and the drinks are superb.
If you've never been to the record bar I certainly recomend making a trip and mingling for a while. Lots of smiles and happy people to say hello to! True Kansas City Style

Nice place to hang out - classy bar scene, live music and small, intimate tables for that special someone!

Great place in one of my favorite areas of the town. Safe, clean polite staff and good service and food. I'll be back. The music was live loud and great.

The new location is a major improvement. Looks great, sounds great.

Excellent venue, sound was drowning out the singers and highlighting guitars instead... Only downside to the venue!!!

Great Venue!! Went to see Brandy Clark and my friend Kelsey Cook who plays the drums for Brandy. Awesime show. Fun fun Evening!!!

This intimate venue in downtown KC is the cat's pajamas.

The Big Freedia show was amazing! Great staff, quick service during a packed house,and decent prices.

Bar has great atmosphere and great bands. The drinks are decent price and parking wasn't difficult to find.

Always have a great time at Record Bar. One of the few venues in KCMO who consistently bring in great bands.

Attended a fantastic show, Making Movies. Great atmosphere

Awesome atmosphere, very important place for the local music scene

Great venue, reasonably priced drinks and food. The balcony is a great spot to mingle and watch the live shows.

This is the place for local music, eclectic music, people with good taste in music, & folks who know what a record is.

Great venue. Will be back. I'm from out of town but my local buddies say this is one of their favorites for music. I popped in for a couple days and saw the Fruit Bats, tried the chicken fingers. Chicken was OK, but the drinks/show was stellar.

What an AWESOME night I had with my daughter and her man. We saw one of my favorite bands the rainmakers ( formerly known back when I & them were very young STEVE BOB & RICH) I can say this much the place was packed and the bartenders were on fire quick to serve the masses

Very cool environment. Went to see Chase Atlantic play. Went hungry and was able to order food and drinks while enjoying the bands play. Rather go here than a huge concert that is super crowded

Drinks a little expensive but overall a cool place.

This place has superb vibe and the music is the best. Live bands were Awesome but i was at the back seat but enjoyed alot.

Love the new space. Wish it were still in Westport, though.

Not the same as the old place but still a decent place to see a small show. Just wish they would adapt the sound to the crowd. No reason to blow out our eardrums when there's only 20 people in the place. And hoping they get a kitchen again sometime soon.

As a attendee of the old location several times I was reluctant to see them move. But what a good change of pace. Still small and intimate with new sound system that blows brakes off the old one. New upper deck for viewing. I'd say hats off to the owner. Great move to a new place!

Great bartenders and great music, super friendly customers.

This is a great venue for a show. The sound is good, the bar is excellent, and the space is laid out well.

Nice digs, but to get to restroom is hell. They should tape off walkway where people cant stand. Giving a clear path to facilities.

I am so happy they found a nice space to re-open in! Parking is nowhere near as easy or convenient as the old building, but it definitely seems roomier inside. I love the upstairs bar area, it's nice to be able to sit and watch the happenings on the main floor. The person at the door the night we went was very polite to us, as was our bartender.

I saw She's a Keeper and The Elders here; it was a blast. It seems that the best and most fun people come here. I haven't had the food yet, so I can't comment on that, but I loved it and hope to return.

The newer location of this business has it's pros and yet a major con. Parking is abysmal. Inside was spacious. Bar service was fast. I went for trivia night on a Thursday, so this is not a review for a show night or weekend. I cannot imagine the hell of parking on a weekend. If you can, just Uber/taxi.

Saw the Crayons there. Sound quality was great and great performance, as usual.

Great selection of beer . Enjoyed live jazz event. Pizza was great too.

Best venue in KC. Pretty stellar brunch too. We will all miss this location.

Great place to listen to a wide variety of music. Their Thai pizza is to die for! Just wish there was more access parking in this area of town.

Nice place. Food looked great. Parking is always a problem if you don't know main street.

Great little venue for live music and good times with good people.

Probably a great place to go when there's not a live show.. Too crowded for me

Great place. Saw a band. It did get warm, but it is middle of the summer.

Great live music venue! Different bands, genres of music, but always something going on. A Kansas City music icon that recently moved from its Westport location to the Crossroads. Several nearby bars and restaurants as well make it a good spot among several stops during a night out.

Very cool little music venue! I love going to shows at little places like this and they get very well reviewed up and coming indie bands. Not currently drinking but the bar looked very well stocked and the staff was friendly. And best of all it was very clean! Had a great time seeing Bully there!

I got to see Daya there, love the venue setting and good acoustics. Perfect size where fans can see the musicians up close and live.

Nice music venue but the staff was very rude, especially the manager. The food was over cooked and the restroom was a disaster. I will only return if there is a band I want to see; however, I won't be drinking their watered down drinks or eating their food.

One of my favorite bars for live music in KC. They've really stepped up their game from when the were in Westport a number of years ago! Shows are always GA, so come early if you want to be near the front or don't if you prefer to hang back and chill by one of the tables. The stage is a good 3-4 feet off the ground, so even the short folk should be able to see as long as they aren't directly behind someone. Some shows have the VIP option which lets you hang in a balcony area above and to the left of the stage if you want to avoid the crowd altogether.

Record Bar was so hot and not air conditioned on a hot night, so it was difficult to listen to the music. If they pack the house but don't ventilate, we won't go back.

Came down from Creston Iowa to see Penny and Sparrow, this is my first visit to the new location. The crowd was super disrespectful to the opening performer, Caroline Spence.
Buzz was a great fella and let me join him in his sound studio. Thank you sir.

Bar had a great non alcoholic option and the space was fair sized.

I ordered tickets for The Elders, being an elder myself, and had to wait outside for about 40 minutes in very cold weather (rude). They were late in opening the door (very rude). and the process for getting in was very slow. When we did get in there were no chairs available (extremely rude). I will not stand for three hours as I have a bad back and was not aware that there would be no seating. There was nothing in the ad for the show that indicated that if you were not among the first few to get in, you would have to stand. I could do nothing but leave after waiting all that time. I know The Elders put on a good show as I have seen them numerous times. I was very disappointed to not be able to see them, having tickets, and I will NEVER ATTEMPT TO SEE A SHOW AT THE RECORD BAR AGAIN..

Good place for live music, service was not impressive

Nice intimate venue to view bands. This was Darlingside who got down in the crowd sing.