Blue Goat — Restaurant in Royal Oak

Saturday night before 6:15 PM arrival. We were told it would be about a 25 minute wait for a bar seat or a table. We put down our name for a table. Try to be conservative on seating estimates.

We are seated in less than 5 minutes after getting a text, our table was ready.

Sophia is waiting on us. She recommended Souvlaki. I told her I don’t eat red meat, asked if I could get more veggies instead of the bed of rice the meat skewers were place on, she said there are no substitutions. If I want more veggies and no rice, it would be an add on. She then recommended lamp chops, I reminded her against that I don’t eat red meat.

Why wouldn’t you just give a few more zucchini slices instead of rice? How cheap are they? Lost a $28 entree order.

Ordered beet salad, Greek salad, calamari, octopus, chicken gyro, crispy feta and phyllo and Greek salad with grilled chicken on it ($7 add on). $113.42

Discount if you pay with cash.

The octopus is super tender. Arugula salad was simple, but good. Hummus is flat and tasteless to me.

This young judgy man came over to our table to tell me that taking a top view of the calamari dish is a bad picture, that I should take from different angles. I less than amusedly let the staff know that I always take at least 3 pics of food at different angles.

The calamari is slightly crispy, but more heavily breaded and quite greasy for me. Lots of tentacles pieces in the bowl, left them for my hubby, since he doesn’t mind them much.

The feta phyllo was so-so, not so special and rather bland. It’s a long hunk of feta wrapped in phyllo and that’s about it.

The Greek salad was ok. The mixed greens are all on the bottom and are full leaves, so a bit tough to get at to cut down to eat.

The beet salad was lack luster, the whipped goat cheese was not as good as actual goat cheese for me.

The chicken gyro was blah, my husband wasn’t loving the big chunks of pickles in it too much and it only had a bit of chicken in it. It’s not anything special, wasn’t what he expected and rather flavorless. The fries were as expected and slightly seasoned.

Service was average. It’s rather pricey if you think about it being Greek inspired food and costing over $100 for one entree and...

Right from the start, the experience was disappointing. As soon as we walked up to ask for a table, the two staff members standing outside were extremely rude. Their attitudes came across as snobbish and unwelcoming—almost like stereotypical "Karen" behavior. Once seated, things slightly improved because the bartender who took our order was actually very nice and professional. She was the only highlight. Unfortunately, when the food was brought out, the staff member delivering it was just as rude and dismissive as the ones outside. Overall, the vibe from most of the staff was cold, arrogant, and uninviting. I was genuinely excited to try this place—especially being Greek myself and looking forward to checking out a new spot. But the atmosphere made it uncomfortable. I only ended up ordering the saganaki, then asked for the bill and left. Honestly, if it weren’t for the bartenders, this visit would have been a total loss. Sadly, I can’t see myself coming back given how poor the overall energy and...

We live within walking distance of Blue Goat and after seeing it open we finally went in for our first time. It will definitely not be our last. We were SO impressed. The food is fantastic and the service is even better. We sat at the bar and the staff were engaging and entertaining, making it a truly wonderful experience. The restaurant is beautifully redesigned after the previous restaurant that was in this location. After a start with a crafted (and beautiful) cocktail and mocktail, we tried a sampling of mezethes (starters/share plates) and a salata (salad) to give us a good sampling. We tried the keftedes, grilled octopus, crispy feta & phyllo, and beet salad. Everything was top notch. But that octopus? Holy moly - it’s now our favorite octopus in town. Absolutely delicious. After all this phenomenal food we finished with a baklava flight - also delicious. I highly recommend trying Blue Goat. I love this updated and...