The Goat’s Beard

Very good food. Staff is genuinely friendly. This is a great place for a first date, but call ahead. Your chance of getting a few seats at the bar are slim post Happy Hour. Late night music is excellent with fresh young talent playing oldies to new stuff. I have even seen Philly legend Kenn Kweder play there.

Great Atmosphere. Sweet servers. Small menu but every dish is succulant. I consider myself a friench fries connoisseur, and theirs are fantastic. Love the ones with the chili sause (sorry, forget the name) but have tried a few kinds and they’re all great

Great atmosphere, food and drinks. We were sitting upstairs and it was really quiet which was great cause we could easily talk. Everyone was really nice to us, no complaints

We’ve been wanting to try The Goat’s Beard for brunch for a while, so we got to Manayunk extra early this Sunday to get prime parking and be there when they opened their doors. It’s a good thing we got there right away because within 20 minutes, the entire place was packed with only select seating available at the bar.
When we walked in the restaurant, I smelled the faintest scent of Old Bay seasoning, so when I ordered my bacon, egg and cheese, I requested their Old Bay fries instead of the breakfast fries and it was such a clutch decision. Their Old Bay fries rocked my socks off! My boyfriend ordered the breakfast burger with Old Bay fries and our friend ordered the chorizo tacos with a side of Old Bay fries (are you seeing a pattern here? ;) We were all very pleased with our meals as well as the presentation of our food. Although The Goat’s Beard is on the pricier side for brunch, it was definitely worth it.
I enjoyed the laid back Sunday morning atmosphere at The Goat’s Beard. Despite being a popular place, the wait staff let us take our time and did not rush us out. Overall, The Goat’s Beard is a great brunch place to delight in the warm and inviting décor while conversing with friends over a tasty meal to begin concluding the weekend.

Love this place. Always great (table) service and food is delicious. Great live music too! Fave place in Manayunk. Remember these four words: Steak Mac and Cheese. So good!

I wanted to like this place. We came here for New Years Day brunch. Several of us were ordering the breakfast sandwich. When we were told the egg was cooked over easy I asked if they could cook mine over well because I don’t like runny yolks, to which I was informed the kitchen couldn’t take special requests for egg preparation. So whatever, I ordered the fritata instead. It was honestly the worst fritata I have ever had (it was spongy and the only flavor tasted like the brown edges of an over fried egg). I had to cover it in ketchup to make it edible. And to top it off the breakfast sandwiches my friends ordered came over well, not over easy. I like the space and the staff was nice enough, but if they can’t make a minor accommodation to a guests preference forget it.

Very good service, atmosphere, and food.
Excellent wings, they had live music on the Sunday we went.

It doesn’t get much better than The Goat’s Beard. Romantic atmosphere, tip-​top service, and a menu to die for.
Hands down the chef here knows what to do in the kitchen. I can highly recommend the Beets and Burrata, PEI Muscles, and Goat Nuggets. All three items are supurb. What are Goat Nuggets you may ask? Goat nuggets are scrumptious little truffles of fried chicken lathered in hot sauce, and topped with blue cheese. Yum!
Service at The Goat’s beard is more than appropriate. Their eclectic tap list and extensive whiskey menu is perfect for any drinker.
With that being said The Goat’s Beard is overpriced and the management stage the menu in ways that make me less than a happy customer.
For instance the Porky Pig is a far cry from a pork sandwich. In reality you are eating a beef burger with a sprinkle of pork meat. What a disgrace to pork belly, but hey the Goat’s beard is still pretty grand.

Yum! Came here for happy hour snacks and man were they delicious. I love places that offer exotic flavored french fries and man did they deliver, and also the goat nuggets are little nuggets sent down from the Gods ;) The seasoning on both dishes was yummy and they were so big that it ended up being my dinner despite sharing it with people.
The atmosphere is romantic yet fun and the servers were all super knowledgable, friendly, and attentive.
This will definitely be a go-​to spot for me and I’ll continue to update as I try more things here!

My last review of this place was a bit understated.
THIS PLACE IS GREAT.
There you have it — capital letters.
The drinks (I won’t tell you what they were because they probably shouldn’t have been brunch drinks) were amazing. The breakfast burger was definitely one of the best breakfast burgers I’ve ever had. And the service came quickly and with a smile.
All good things.

Recently moved to Manayunk and everyone has raved about The Goat’s Beard so my boyfriend and I made a point to visit. The food is good, typical comfort food but prepared in unconventional ways. The Goat Nuggets are good, the mussels, the wings, etc. Not a bad happy hour spot.
But this review is for the SERVICE. Every time we go we leave feeling uncomfortable and unwelcome. The servers are all pretty, young girls probably attending college in the area, who feel that they are doing you a favor by gracing you with their presence. They make comments, they roll their eyes, they sigh, they argue with you. Every single time we have patroned this restaurant the food has come out wrong — every single time. Usually its an uncomfortable thing to have food sent back and corrected, but occasionally it needs to be.
It sounds silly, but my boyfriend hates onions and asked the server to omit the onions from his Goat Burger. When it arrived, covered in caramelized onions — we looked around for our server. After waiting for quite some time — we finally asked the hostess if we could get some help. We explained to her about the burger and she looked at us incredulously, «so… you want a new one… or what.» My boyfriend, uncomfortable and embarrassed at this point looked about to concede. Finally I cut him off. «YES, we would please like a new burger.» She rolled her eyes, grabbed the plate and stomped off.
Two seconds later our server comes back, apologizes for the burger and says, «Can we just scrape them off?» Sheepishly, he apologized and said no, they were covered in onions and he just didn’t want it that way.
She continued. «But you just had the wings and they were covered in the same onions.» (I had ordered the wings — for me – I love onions. (Does this sound like a ridiculous conversation to anyone else???)
Clearly uncomfortable and unwilling to argue about something so trivial, he just said to forget it altogether. She came back to the table 3 times, loudly and immaturely clanking glasses and clearing away utensils we were still using.
Five minutes later — she comes back with a burger and a box — saying that the kitchen wanted to make it anyway. (A box? Are you kicking us out? Very clearly she did not want to serve us.)
Every one in a while you get a crappy server whose overdeveloped sense of self gives them the false idea that they are better than you. Rarely is it a reflection of the restaurant itself.
However, similar situations have occurred every single time we have eaten at The Goat’s Beard. There are better, cheaper options in Manayunk and certainly in Philadelphia. We won’t be coming back.

Unfortunately didn’t get any food here, but it did look amazing. Went just for some beers — the selection was limited but a great selection at that. One of the few places in Philly I was able to find Cigar City (two of them!!). I will post another review after trying the food — definitely a good place to watch a game and hang out with some good friends.

I came here for dinner last night with a friend. The atmosphere is great. The waitresses were friendly. The food did take awhile to come out but it was absolutely delicious! I ordered the vegetable napoleon. My friend ordered the squash apple soup and mac & cheese. It was all delicious. The prices are reasonable. They have a halloween candy bowl on the way out.

Wow. Just Wow. The goat nuggets are nuggets of gold. Probably some of the best things I have eaten in a while. This place seems like it has a great chefs and great management. Tom gave me the recommendation for the Goat nuggets because I was looking for something light and I like spicy food.
The staff are super friendly as well. They have Not your father’s root beer here. All the customers here are super friendly as well. While at the bar I talked to a couple of the other customers and they all had great things to say about this place. I’ll be back to try more of their menu. :D

Can someone please come back here with me? I honestly haven’t tried enough on their menu but a friend recommended this place as a good spot in Manayunk, and we left quite the happy customers.
There were a good selection of comfort food with a twist, but having just had dinner, the only dish we tried were their goat nuggets, which were packed with flavor — like an elevated version of crispy popcorn chicken drizzled with siracha and blue cheese.
We also sampled their Whiskey Bible, which featured mostly American but some Scotch and a few Irish whiskeys. I had them on the rocks but you can pay a few bucks extra to substitute them in any specialty cocktail. Their cocktails were pretty strong, not that anyone’s complaining.
Looking forward to the next visit!

This place has all my typical food cravings while I am enjoying a delicious beverage, but with a little extra kick.
Some must have options:
–P.E.I. Mussels
–Buttermilk Fried Wings
–Mac & Cheese that comes with steak!
–Goat nuggets — essentially buffalo chicken nuggets but with Sriracha and blue cheese
–The cheese plate — because if you don’t like cheese you are no friend of mine!
As you can see I really don’t get past the appetizer section but there really is no need. If there are only 2 of you or a bigger group get a bunch of these and you will be happy. They claim they try to purchase foods locally so the menu is subject to change but every time I have went theses have always been on the menu because they realize they are winners. On main dinner nights I would make reservations (at least I’m assuming you can because I showed up for a pre-​planned b-​day bash once). I have not tried any of their speciality drinks but they do have a nice beer menu. It’s Manayunk so parking is never great so take the train or just suck it up and drive around the block a few times.

Came here near closing time so it wasn’t busy at all. It’s located near a pretty area. I opted to sit outside and enjoy the nice weather.
Started off with the P.I.E mussels and they were amazing! The mussel comes with fries on the side already soaked in the sauce. It was to die for! Do give this appetizer a try!
Since this was the Goat beard, I had to see what the hype was about so I ordered the goat burger. It was definitely a good burger but it wasn’t enough to be one of the best. The burger itself was perfectly cooked medium but I thought it was too much meat and diluted the special sauce favoring.
Overall I had a pretty good experience. It’s a pretty chill place to come here with friends and relax. The environment is quiet so it’s easy to have a conversation without needing to shout. The waitress was also very nice and refilled drinks very fast.

After hiking along forbidden drive with our pup we headed over to main Street manayunk for an early dinner. The goat’s beard is pet friendly if you sit outside. Very casual place like your plate is a foil take out container casual. I didn’t mind but think it is worth mentioning. Waitress was nice and loved our pup. We got our food fairly quickly considering they were backed up on orders from the opening rush.

Came here for an early dinner, just in time for the tail end of happy hour so appetizers and drinks were discounted.
Buttermilk wings are a must try. Wings were large, very well fried and had the perfect amount of sauce and tanginess. My new favorite ‘wings’ in philly. Previously my favorite wings would have been café soho’s garlic soy flavor just to give you an idea of what kind of wing I’m putting it up against.
Definitely not your average bar food as everything we tried was good. Steak mac and cheese using gnocchi, fish and chips with a unique tartar sauce, etc. I look forward to trying more of their menu.

We left the joke of a Beer, BBQ, Bourbon festival, looking for food and went to the Bearded Goat. We are glad we did!
My lady had the daily special — duck sausage, hash browns, and a fried egg. She loved it.
I had a burger that came with fries. Very tasty. Deducing a point because the roll fell apart. Even 5 Guys gets that right every trip. Mickey D’s might too but I swore that off after watching Food Inc years ago.
For drinks, she had a Makers Mark — fine bourbon that we thought we’d get from the rip off festival taking place less than a block away. I had a can of a nice Kolsch from a microbrewery in Virginia. Great beer that the festival we left also failed at providing.
Service was good. Very nice ambiance for a Mannayunk spot. Well worth a visit.