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The Girl and The Goat Cafe Greta Reviews
Spectacular Meal: Perfect from Start to Finish!
This was a perfect meal for the last night of a trip to Chicago! I booked a table to celebrate a family member’s birthday. They gave us a table that looked directly into the kitchen (kind of like a chef’s table). Chris, our server, was exceptional and made such amazing recommendations (we had wonderful cocktails, the shrimp salad, goat empenadas, green beans, pig face). Lastly, we had passion fruit sorbet and the praline sundae. Also, we had the pleasure of meeting Tito, a kind and personable chef who—along with the other kitchen staff—worked to make our meal amazing. A perfect meal!! Highly recommend!!!
Uniquely amazing food, some of the little things disappointing
Each sharable dish (3) was deliciously amazing. Restaurant was dark, difficult to read menu. Tables very close together. No clean plates for each dish, was disappointing.
Worth the visit!
What an excellent meal. Each dish was by far greater than the sum of its parts! Perhaps it was the low expectations of the descriptions (e.g. olive foccacia with whipped ricotta), but each dish just wowed my palate. Also, the cocktails were top-notch. We tried the For Your Health and the Bring the Beet Back and both were absolutely delicious. Even the zero-proof cocktail Spicy Boy wowed! The service was spot on - friendly, not fussy. I loved the casual atmosphere to eat such high quality food. Can't wait to come back!
Just book it.
This was one of the best food experiences ever. Sometimes you just can’t put it in words for someone to understand. Service was great. Food was exceptional. Atmosphere was inviting & fun.
Big Disappointment
Made a reservation with high expectations for a 50th birthday dinner. We had been wanting to try this restaurant for several years and finally had the opportunity to. Long story short, we regret working our weekend around what we thought would be a 'nice birthday dinner'. Unfortunately, the space was super loud, staff was robotic, food was only mediocre, and we felt rushed through our 8pm reservation so they could use the table again. AND...speaking of the table... it is ridiculously long/wide for 2 people. So much so that my wife and I could barely converse across it during what we hoped would be a lovely birthday dinner. We don't mind a loud, bustling, crowded, city restaurant -- we truly enjoy them and actually happened upon a Peruvian gem the night before that was just amazing -- but this was too loud and everything, including the food, was just not up to par. To add insult to injury, we spent 250+ dollars on dinner and wine and when it came to dessert they charged us $15 for the birthday sweet that my wife picked because she was told to 'save room for a birthday dessert' by the server. Just generally very disappointed with the atmosphere, service, and food. We won't be returning and don't recommend. There are so many other amazing restaurants with better service and atmosphere in the city, this once has lost its luster.
Great expectations - not fulfilled. Disappointing.
We wanted to love this dining experience with our family, but it fell way short of being in any way enjoyable - we were relieved to finish our food so that we could leave. For a restaurant of this caliber, one would expect superb food and a pleasant dining atmosphere. The ambience was raucous and deafening; it was impossible to converse at the table. The tables were packed in so tightly that we were constantly being bumped and jolted by the people seated at the tables behind us. The service was good, but the food was only so-so. (We had eaten here a year ago during the summer, seated in their outdoor dining area, and the food was much better at that visit.) The naan bread with hummus and tzatziki was delicious, as were the roasted beets. The chicken skewers were boring, the green beans were, well, green beans, nothing spectacular there, the crispy pork belly was a sloppy mess of indeterminate flavors, the goat liver mousse was marginally ok, though the crumpets with it were rancid. We won’t be back. It was a wretched dining experience.
Hurry hard to this resto!
OMFG does Girl & the Goat ever live up to the hype! Every single bite was incredible. Vibes were perfect. Staff was incredible. Top 10 restaurant experience for sure. Only wish I had room to try more dishes.
Wonderful New Year's Eve Dinner
Amazing New Year's Eve dinner (12/31/2023). Each course was fabulous. The service impeccable. The flavors and presentation excellent. Our server, Jersen, was very good. And bartender Lucy very entertaining as well as great cocktail recipes. Definitely recommend The Girl and the Goat any time of year
Unique and Amazing Flavors
This place has been on my bucket list forever and it did not disappoint! I’ve been following Stephanie’s career since her season of Top Chef and it was so exciting to finally make it here! The food was incredible- such unique flavors and spices. The hamachi crudo, chicken skewers and green beans were my top three favorites. The desserts were also Devine. I wish I remembered the name of our server because he was excellent and made the entire experience so much better! I can’t recommend this place enough!
A Superb Goat Restaurant.
The Girl & the Goat restaurant Chicago, rests on the renowned Restaurant Row area in the West Loop of the Windy City. Rustic wooden pillars and beams connect a bevy of seating areas creating an enduring communal and 'tete a tete' appeal. The menu is protein bound, heavy on goat. After hoofing over the menu, my mind argued over the crispy pork belly and the roasted pig face.........the belly survived along with chocolate olive oil cake all washed down with prosecco............a delicious meal and great company............a superb goat restaurant.
Unexceptionalism Personified [Save for the Goat Liver Mousse]
The cuisine was generally speaking mediocre particularly for an establishment of this note, combined with truly lackluster servicing to say the least. In complete fairness and tribute to the chef though, we sampled the "goat liver mousse" and it was truly exceptionally brilliant in preparation. Unfortunately, the other dishes ordered were not of an above average caliber.
Good Food, but Small Portions!
Anthony Bourdain The Layover Season 2, Chicago featured Girl & The Goat, and it looked freaking delicious! So I had to try it. Even 12 years after airing this episode, this place is still popular and packed on the Friday night we dined here...be sure to make a reservation! This is a fancy upscale restaurant, but is family/tapas style, so mentally prepare yourself with that important piece of information. Service is impeccable, the hostesses were friendly, the busboy was on his A game with water glass refills, and out waitress knowledgeable and friendly. Every dish is creative, exquisite, and delicious. Shockingly, the vegetarian plates were amazing and flavorful. $17 Roasted Beets...tropea onion-golden beet giardinaire . yuzu kosho . party nuts. I'm not a fan of beets, but these beets were the best I've ever had, and honestly delicious, and probably healthy too! $18 Sautéed green beans...fish sauce vinaigrette, roasted cashews...sounds weird, but again these were fantistic, and the most spectacular green beans ever. $24 roasted pig face...seared, juicy, crisp pieces of pork, served with a sunny side egg, and some very thing crispy french fries. Sooo good! $21 Goat empanadas...avocado crema, chili lime crunch, fried plantains...very tasty! Note that there are only two empanadas. My dining mates tried some other plates, all of which were fantastic too. Problem is all these plates are on the smaller side, and we had run up a $200 bill between the 4 of us. We weren't quite full, but didn't feel compelled to raise the bill any further. Bigger portions would've made the this a 5 Star. Or maybe complimentary bread and butter. Or maybe I'm being cheap and petty tourist. Or maybe I need to go on a diet...yeah, that's probably the right answer.
A wonderfully memorable dining experience
My husband and I have been wanting to visit Girl & The Goat for several years now and were thrilled to have a reservation time that aligned with our recent visit. We started with the hamachi crudo, which was fantastic. The pickled apples and trout roe were especially delicious. The fish was beautiful and fresh, with a lovely delicate texture and flavor. Our second course were the goat empanadas. Tender goat was wrapped in a crispy, flaky exterior which allowed the creamy avocado and lightly sweet plantains to really shine. Next we had the roasted beet dish, which was visually stunning AND incredibly delicious. The variety of textures and flavors was wonderfully surprising - earthy, sharp, sweet, crunchy... a little bit of everything! Our final savory dish was the roasted pig face and it was absolutely my favorite dish of the evening. Two pork face cakes were topped with a sunny side up egg and sat on a bed of potato stix. The tamarind, cilantro, and red-wine maples sauces surrounded the dish and our server asked if he could "prepare" the dish the way the chef designed it to be eaten. We agreed and he proceeded to mix everything together - the egg, sauces, pork cakes, and potato stix. I'm SO glad we allowed him to do that because it made every single bite truly amazing. For dessert (I was quite full by this point, so I only had a couple of small bites), we had the coconut creme caramel. Creme caramel is one of my favorite desserts to begin with, but this one was so wonderfully over the top! The caramelized coconut crunch was my favorite aspect of the dish - I LOVE when creamy desserts have a crunchy element and this definitely didn't disappoint. Overall the meal was fantastic, our server was attentive and made great recommendations, and the vibe is cozy and comfortable but with a great energy and liveliness. We'll definitely be back!
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