Bam's — Restaurant in Town of Carmel

There was nothing good about my experience at Bams. The first meal I ordered was not as it was described on the menu and I didn't like it. The waiter/guy who runs or owns it was not particularly interested or sympathetic in my plight and gave me an attitude even though the menu was wrong. He just walked away from me when I said I didn't like it. So I told someone else working there to take it back and I ordered a second meal. It was horrible. It didn't even LOOK good. I didn't think a patty melt could be so unappealing - it was not hamburger meat, it was like some sort of odd meat patty, and rather than being served on grilled rye with onions, it had little onion pieces that had to be frozen and it was toasted rye with butter on it. I know they HAVE ground beef because my husband ate a burger, and that looked totally normal so I'm unclear as to the reasoning behind the mysterious meat patty. My friends had the french onion soup and said it tasted weird; we were informed that the soup is not fresh and is made every other week so 13 days every 2 weeks, it's heated up from the fridge. It took so long to get my second meal and there was no one I could ask because the service sucked; finally I went to the kitchen window to tell them to forget it, since my friends were all done eating and I was just aggravated and wanted to leave. However like magic my gross patty melt was suddenly ready, just sitting there on a plate. In the end I didn't even bother to complain about the gross patty melt, and fortunately he didn't charge me for it, which is great because there was no way I was paying for it. I thought I was pretty nice about the experience and the waiter/owner/whatever made it clear that he didn't want to deal with me. So to recap, the food was awful, the service was awful, and the attitude was awful. Do...

Stopped in here for the first time. I’m so glad I did. I was eyeing the place for a while but had not had the chance to try it. The food was excellent. Everyone in our party was very happy with the food. The owner and the server were both kind and interesting. We had good conversation and enjoyed meeting nice people as much as the food. The atmosphere is cozy and interesting as well.

I read some of the negative reviews and I have to say, if you’re looking for drive-through speed then you should probably expect drive-through food. Not that anything was slow, but this is a small place and a possible wait should be anticipated if it is busy. Especially since the food is fresh and delicious, made to order.

Will visit again soon. This place is uniquely awesome. I’m almost selfishly reluctant to leave this review as I want it to remain...

Stopped in just before noon today, and met the owner. He was very cheering and polite. He's is very informative on the menu and food items! This is an establishment that puts the customer first, as well as carrying various products no other local deli or business has! This review is definitely worth 5 stars because the food is out of this world good!! I ordered the chicken bacon ranch Panini, as well as the sweet corn fritters. The food was cooked absolutely perfect and was just so delicious I cant stop talking about it! I am so lucky to be just down the road from this place! And even if it was half and hour or so, I would still make that trip! So worth it. So my recommendation to anyone who's thinking of going here, the more important question is how have you not yet! I will be coming back! Thank you for the wonderful service and...