The Goat — Restaurant in Carmel

Wanted to give the place a try - we did on Saturday, August 3rd. We got right up on the rail overlooking Monon Trail, it was a beautiful night with Brews on the Boulevard taking place, seeing the people on the trail, hearing the live band from the event. We sat there for about 15 minutes without anyone acknowledging us - people on both sides said "good luck" we've had to go up to the bar and order, we've not had luck with service tonight. The couple to our left ordered food and never got it, the server came back and said they were out of the beer they had ordered. We finally flagged down a server and she took our order for 2 appetizers and 1 beer - food was mediocre at best, the mozzarella moons were warm, not hot and the boneless wings were just chicken nuggets dumped in sauce. We were ready to move on for lack of service and our waitress once again had to be flagged down and for 2 appetizers and one 160z domestic beer our tab was $41?!? Seems a bit high for bar food and a beer. We know and understand there are some loose ends and kinks to be worked out after re-opening. Would we go back - possibly, but hoping that they are able to beef up on staffing to accommodate such a...

This place rocks. In the height of COVID when all of the libs wanted to take precautions to keep 'all of their loved ones from getting sick and dying', the GOAT was at FULL CAPACITY. Not only that, the restaurant owners didn't care at all about wearing masks! I went from being yelled at all day in public for not wearing a chin daiper, to walking into a restaurant that embraced me for it. I grew up in New York, and the restaurant staff made me feel right at home. They carry themselves with a 'get it yourself and shut up' type of vibe. I don't need anyone apologizing for giving me my food cold or even on time. I mean heck, most of the time I didn't even eat it anyway, because it tasted like it had already been regurgitated. But I think we all know that's not the real reason I came to the GOAT. I come for the women. The one thing this restaurant and I have in common, is that we both don't have any standards. This was the only restaurant to stay open long enough for there to even be a chance that I could get to go home with someone. Half of the time though, we just ended up hooking up in the parking lot, or in the neighborhood, since I still live with my parents. I am very sad to see...

Pros: I love the location. Nice clean building. Wait staff was fantastic. The curly fries are unique and awesome and the space heaters felt great after the chili night.

Cons: they didn't have the beers that I wanted to try so I tried something else this is totally forgivable but it was definitely not something to write home about at least on the draft side. But I do not at all recommend getting the food there we paid $10 for a burger that couldn't have been more than 4 or 5 oz and this is probably the only place I've been that made me think fondly of nachos from public school. Nothing about it was warm and the meat was anything but seasoned.

I love the owners however and I am hoping this is just growing pains but price we paid for what we got is the part that I found most troubling. Way way too expensive especially for disappointing quality.

I wish them well though and again I hope these are just growing pains brockway is one of my absolute favorite places so I have...