Grumpy Goat Tavern - Ankeny

Our waitress, Emerson, was the sweetest. Our three year old son knocked over a ceramic bowl full of cottage cheese, and shattered all over the floor. She was so quick to come help clean it up, and kept reassuring our son that it was no big deal. She and another waiter brought him some more cottage cheese and apologized to US for the inconvenience! I know those kinds of accidents happen, but the way they handled it meant a lot to us, but especially our little one. Thank you for the great service all around!

We were very excited to come here. The bar itself is very nice and a great concept. However, the service was sub par to say the least. Didn’t have the simple things like plates, napkins, kind words, nothing. The manager tried to rectify the situation but we were already dissatisfied with the restaurant. We also sat near the kitchen and every time the door opened we got to see trash and junk all over the kitchen floor. It’ll be hard for us to return here. The food was good except for the buffalo chicken pizza.

Waited forever for our appetizer and the place was not busy. Ordered the sirloin and it was tough piece of meat, it was juice and cooked correctly. The sirloin came with a bake potato and it came out naked, there wasn’t even butter. I had to ask for toppings. Also ordered the Italian Pasta Bake and the sauce was super sweet. The service was great, but the food needs improvement.

This place is so beautiful and so fun; we had a great time. Staff was genuinely apologetic for the long wait times, and our waitress, Emerson, was incredibly attentive and kind and helpful when it came to choosing drinks. This will be a new regular spot :) 10/10 would recommend

Dined at the Grumpy Goat on 06-May-2017. The atmosphere is very nice. Upon arrival we were seated very quickly and the staff was very friendly. The Tavern was not very busy for a Sunday night. Once seated our waitress promptly came over and took our drink order. At this time she told us that the Tavern was short a cook this evening and our wait time for our meal would be up to 45 min once we had placed our order, She apologized for this and we told her that would not be a problem. There were four people in our group and three of us ordered burgers and one ordered a salad. We finished our first round of drinks and then had to flag our waitress down to order four more drinks. She promptly returned with 3 of the four drinks and said she would be right back with the fourth drink. Fifteen minutes later she had not returned with the fourth drink. I got up to go to the bar when our waitress saw this she she came over and realized she had forgot to get our fourth drink. She again apologized and wen and got the drink she had forgotten After being there for 1 1/2 hrs. I flagged the waitress down and ask if she could go check on our order. She said she would and a short time later came back and told us our meals would be out shortly. Five minutes later a male wearing and apron and blue rubber gloves brought 3 burgers to our table. Ten minutes later the fourth burger and salad had not arrived.. I again flagged our waitress down and explained to her we were still short two meals. Our waitress apologized for the fourth time and went to check on our missing meals. About five minutes later the male with the apron and blue rubber gloves (DISH WASHER ??) brought the to missing meals (a salad and a burger) to our table. He placed the meals on the table and headed back to the kitchen without saying a word. (BACK TO DOING DISHES??). We then had to again flag our waitress down to get silverware. After we finished eating the waitress brought our check ($125 for 3 burgers,1 salad, 4 beers and 3 cokes and again apologized for the long wait. Never once did the manager make an appearance to apologize for this disastrous dinning experience. Positive: 1. The atmosphere is a 10 2. Wait staff very friendly 7 3 Food 6 Negative 1. Wait time from time order placed until food arrived at table 0 2, Presentation Negative 10. I have NEVER had a meal served by someone wearing blue rubber gloves. 3. Management Negative 10. 4. Value 4 I thought it was a little over priced. If this Tavern stays under the same management that was there during my visit it will be closed in a year. Hope they get it together could be a real nice place.