Winstead's Diner Review

My husband loved his burger. My chili cheese dog was "eh" but the fries and chocolate shake hit the spot. Good service, nice atmosphere.

Awesome milkshakes, great burgers, a little on the expensive side.

Everything is seriously over priced. A large shake is over $6 and it's in a cup usually considered medium size at most other FF places. Even worse, for a dollar more you could get the skyscraper, which is now smaller than it use to be when my husband and I were dating back in the 80's. Speaking of small; a hamburger at this place is small enough to hide in an average person's hand, and you have to pay extra for typical sandwich accessories like lettuce and tomatoes. I honestly do not understand Winstead's continued popularity.

Winstead's is an iconic steak burger joint in Kansas City. Try a skyscraper.

I love Winsteads hamburger. And, oh, don't forget to get to try the shakes and malts, so good.

Service was good but Burger was not as good as the standard Fast Food place. Onion Rings average at best but Brownie Sundae was Heavenly. Definitely overpriced. Would choose Sonic for quality and price any day of the week.

Enjoy it as good as ever ,lot of years living in KC.,in the top 10
Thanks bc.

Great burger but wish i had ordered 2. Frenchfries and rings were good too. GREAT ice (if you like crushed) . Clean. A little hard to get into due to traffic.

I have been fortunate enough to witness the singing of the Skyscraper song the last couple of times I've been in to eat. Food is consistently good, but the milkshakes are the best.

While the burger was sort of dry, the vegetables were very fresh. The banana malt I had was good, they do use syrups for their flavoring and not real fruit. The tater tots were fried to perfection.

We had to wait 20 minutes in the drive thru for three fountain drinks with no way to get out of it.

Very homey diner and at reasonable prices. Always feel welcome here.

Always a favorite place to stop in. These people are always so kind

The service was good, which is why its up to 3 stars. However, the food was awful. The tender looked as if they were freezer burnt and the burgers were flavorless. Not interested in returning.

Very small portions, precooked and not only that but OVERCOOKED!!! Hardly anything to choose from, and VERY OVERPRICED! They obviously try to make it seem affordable by individual pricing. No combo offers of any sort.

The people that work there are always pretty decent and the place always seems to draw a crowd.

A Kansas City landmark for 80 years. Great service, excellent root beer floats. Burgers taste like meat not something that's been frozen forever. Oh!! Tasty tots too :-) Not to mention the iconic architecture.

The only place I could get eggs done medium and have them done right. Perfect breakfast very enjoyable

Love this place, I always come here when I'm in town. Love their sodas and sundaes.

Service was slow. Tuna salad sandwich on wheat was burndt. Horrible!!!

Best malt shakes around. Good old fashioned shakes.

Love Winsteads. Hope they don't close all of them.

Awsome staff and killer food always a great 2 am hunger fix! And the chocolate shakes are fire

Great burgers and frosties. My parents went there after dates in the late forties and early fifties. Not much has changed.

Our server, Walter, was pretty cool. Brought us waters at the start and refilled them 3 times while we enjoyed our shakes that were delicious.

Great food at a reasonable price. Good if looking for a malt un Kansas City. Perfect grilled cheese and tater tots.

Delicious food, friendly service and great about splitting checks.

Good olde' classic greasy hamburger. Its food but wasnt anything too outstanding. The drive through messed up my order and forgot a hot fudge Sunday. When I did get it, I was pretty disappointed. Just 3 small scoops of ice cream with the fudge on the bottom and a little bit of whip cream on top...

Love this place. Very good malt shakes (Butterscotch)

Great food and milk shakes to die for. Very friendly and helpful staff

Best burgers in KC. Full stop. Love it here. Fifty fifty, frosties, and their limeade makes this the best place to go if you're going out for a burger (not BBQ)

I love the thin burger it's just old-school good food

How can you not love Winstead's on the Plaza...and esp on the holidays

Great, quality steakburgers! Top-notch malts & milkshakes! Great food, great service! A family favorite for years!

Love Winsteads. We try to make it here once a month. Plaza location is the best. Try the skyscraper sundae.

Classic styled hamburgers and good shakes as well. Not too expensive either. A good local place to eat.

Awesome everything!! The fries, onion rings, burgers are so freaking good. But the Skyscraper shakes but the best thing ever. A vase size shake. We were bold and ordered 2, one chocolate and one chocolate banana
Hands down....skyscraper worth it till the last drop

The price we pay for their food sad.My bun was hard all i cam say is where is the beef.never again it should not be on the plaza.makes plaza look bad. Nasty cold food their drinks even nasty.

This place has been around since 1940 and has become a staple in the K.C. resteraunt scene.Its menu is straight forward and very affordable.Imagine you are at a diner like your parents or grandparents used to meet up at after high school let out to have a shake and you will have Winsteads.The food is your run of border diner grub however it's the nostalgic feel you will go back for.
On a scale of 1 to 10 I give it a 7.5 or 8.
It's very clean, outstanding waitresses and great overall service.Well worth a visit if you are in the plaza area and want to keep it simple, yet fun.

An all-American classic, check out the milkshakes and the burgers.