The Goat RiverSouth

Stopped by with a few friends for lunch. Was sat down pretty quickly, I ordered the chicken buffalo wrap it was pretty good, our waitress was amazing! She was super friendly and tentative she kept our drinks topped off and made sure our food came out the way we wanted it to. I believe her name was Malaya, props to her!

The food was par for the course. Nothing amazing, but good decent food. I ordered the fish tacos and a side of sweet potato fries. The tacos have ingredients that would make you think they’d be on the sweet side, but surprisingly they had a nice balance of sweet and savory. I was disappointed with the sweet potato fries. I had my palette ready for hot out the grease fries ready to be dipped in a good cinnamon butter, only to be let down to the reality of having to dip my sweet potato fries in KETCHUP! Yuck!!! Really, no cinnamon butter?!? It’s one of the easiest condiments to prepare in the kitchen! So I disappointedly ate them with no condiment to dip them in. Mediocre!

Now let’s talk about service. There was no one to greet me as I entered the establishment, just a lonely sign saying wait to be seated, then a sweet young African American woman asked if I needed something. Well, I’m complying with your sign. So she seats me and then my server finally appears after about a 10 minute wait. Not good for business! She brought me some cold water (no ice) in a glass and became offended when I told her there was no need to put the water on my table because I don’t drink municipal water. It was nothing against her or the establishment, I don’t trust the water supply in ANY municipality (remember Flint, MI)! It was downhill with her from there. She wears her feelings on her face. I asked to quickly speak to the chef and she told me HER chefs were busy and couldn’t come out. I could understand that if the place was busy, but my goodness, I’d want to know if there’s a better way to make something as simple as sweet potato fries and amazing dish just by changing the condiment you serve it with. The server (young, short, white female) needs an attitude adjustment and needs to know it’s just as easy to smile as it is to be a sour puss! All in all, the meal was just okay and I left the establishment wanting sweet potato fries with cinnamon butter! Lol!

Would I come back? Sure, only to try other things on the menu and to give them a chance for a better review. Sorry for not having any pics. Will do so in the future.

Chef Renee

Upon looking at the menu online, I was not impressed, but after eating there I very much was! The menu is much more extensive in person. Don’t trust everything you read online. I will say the cauliflower appetizer they have is the most delicious cauliflower appetizer I have ever had, and I have had many. The pizza was also good. Thin crust, very Ohio pizza style if you like that. Parking is challenging, mostly on the street considering this is right downtown. The restrooms there were maybe the nicest restrooms for any restaurant I’ve ever been in, considering I was very pleasantly surprised, I will be back to try more food.

Have been here several times as I work & live nearby. Food is good & prices are very standard for the area. It’s a clean atmosphere with plenty of TVs for a game.

I admittedly have rarely had a positive dining experience though. DO NOT EAT HERE if you are on any kind of standard timeline. Every time I have eaten here, I have been seated quickly but had to wait ~25 minuted to be introduced by wait staff, then have had to wait at least another 45+ minutes to be served. Service is so painfully slow that it kills the groups atmosphere. They desperately need to hire more people. It’s especially painful the couple times they brought the wrong food for a person or two & they had to wait another 30-40 minutes for their correct order.

With a complete staff, we’d come here more often. Way too painfully slow to want to come back.

I ordered a chicken wrap and my partner got crispy wings as a carry out order. We also got two orders of fries. The chicken wrap was mostly just tortilla and the wings were not crispy in the slightest. We’ve ordered from here before and had a good experience but this time felt like we were just throwing money down the drain.

The atmosphere & design here is a vibe! The Spinach salad w/ ranch was fresh, delicious, & the crispy fried green tomato on top completely this salad perfectly! The fish tacos were spicy but really good. Sweet potato fries were great! Ask for Cole, he's an amazing server!

12/21/23-my second time visiting The Goat with some coworkers for a few celebratory occasions. We had a few cocktails, a few appetizers, and humorous and informative conversations. We had a great time. Thank you to our server, Megan. I added a few more pics. I recommend parking at the nearby garages during the weekdays if going during happy hour.

Modernly decorated restaurant with a complimentary color palette that provides comfortable seating and good dining. Today was my first time visiting The Goat in downtown area and enjoyed my visit. I had their Smokehouse Cheddar Burger with fries and it was delicious. Nice crowd. Friendly and fast service. Paid metered parking out front. Free to park after a certain time. Decent prices.