Flatwater Restaurant

This is a restaurant on the canal with a covered patio (dog-friendly). The menu is gastropubby so expect some elevated bar food favorites. They have a nice selection of rotating beers too.

Wow! So, last minute decide to get some dinner before our travels to Newfields for the Harvest Night display! My son recommended this place and we got here early for a party of 8 to find seats. You walk up to the host stand (which is outside) and you are greeted with the warmest smile. She takes down the information and tells us there will be a small wait since we want to enjoy one of the last nice nights on the deck. We are shown to the bar and we decide to get a drink while waiting. An Old Fashion hit the spot and was made exceptionally well! There is a great little bar area that you can find a seat and enjoy the outdoors while waiting for your table. As we are waiting, the rest of the party shows up and gets drinks. We are kept informed by the hostess that she has a single table and is waiting for another customer who has already paid to be done so the tables can go together. No worries we tell her, we are enjoying the outdoors and the drinks. They continue to update us as the couple still sitting is definitely have a great time and talking! I just want to say that the staff were so kind in letting us know what was happening but also noting time. They were very good at checking on the table as well and eventually the tables were ready.Our server was excellent! Knew all about drinks and food items and we ordered some appetizers and got ready for meals! The view was great, sitting next to water was wonderful and the weather was nice. A perfect trifecta!PROS:Seating area/view/ambienceFoodAppetizers: Flatwater Nachos, yum yum, bang bang cauliflowerEntree: Grilled salmon with the blueberry (so unsure of this, but it was great)Drinks amazingStaff wonderfulCONS:Parking, not a tonCalamari- just not good, not sure if it was an off night, least favorite item of the nightGUNNER- I believe that was his name, was everywhere and so nice to talk with. We connected with some baseball talk and he was very helpful with our table.Great place, give it a try!

I got to dine in at Flatwater Restaurant almost two weeks ago. It was a date with myself for some quiet time ! I told a friend how it was just warm enough to sit and enjoy outside, and I almost chose another nearby restaurant that didn't have outside dining...and something told me to leave. That was my instinct and I'm so happy I listened to myself. I walked up and was seated immediately. The weather was perfect. The server was nice and quick. The food was AMAZING. I love a good wedge salad, and theirs was great...and I just so happened to see other plates to out to tables and the snapper ruben caught my eye. The salad and ruben were DELICIOUS. It has been a while since I was able to patron this restaurant and I am so upset it took me so long to come back. I cannot wait to bring my parents here. They love trying new places. Thank you to Flatwater for making my "me date" so enjoyable.

Great service and a perfect location. I only ordered the Cobb salad but everyone cleaned their plates - no complaints! Will defiantly be returning, we loved sitting next to the water as we ate!

This restaurant was recommended by a worker at a nearby store. I was intrigued by the $14 Korean BBQ brisket tacos so I tried the sauces before placing my order. I really like the smoked brisket with the Korean BBQ but held off on the sweet heat (Frank hot sauce) vinaigrette on the slaw. The takeout order was 2 tacos with 2 corn tortillas each with chips and salsa. For dinner, the outdoor patio with bar was quite full. The inside bar was just as full with people and has two TVs. One dining room was empty.

Love this pet friendly patio in BRipp! We love to walk the dogs on the Monon, but there aren't a whole lot of places to sit and eat outside with the dogs afterwards. We really enjoy coming here and Fire By the Monon for that reason.We ordered a couple of kolsch beers and they were the perfect pairing to the warm, almost summery day while we sat and watched the sun set on the patio. I ordered the nachos with pulled pork because I can never resist nachos. The chips were the perfect thickness and seasoned really well and of the toppings were great, but I still think the best nachos I've ever had are from Upland. Flatwater's nachos are a great contender, but had significantly less pulled pork. My other half ordered the Reuben sandwich (his usual) and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Such a great spot to eat in Broad Ripple -- good food & good vibes right on the river. All the servers we've had have been great & it also gets really busy during prime times! Sometimes on a Friday or Saturday in the weekend when they have live music playing in the summer, you can't get in for many hours (if at all). My favorite thing on the menu is the bang bang cauliflower tacos - they're delish! It's a local go-to, you really cannot go wrong coming here.

I loved this place! You know it's going to be good when everything on the menu looks amazing! I opted for the Korean BBQ tacos which came with a side of chips and salsa. We also ordered the tuna tartare with wonton chips for the table as an app and it was outstanding!! Our waitress was amazing- super attentive and had us in and out. We sat outside right next to the water and it was such a beautiful night. Can't wait to go back and try everything else!

We went over to Flatwater on Friday Summer night and it was exactly what we were looking for. We had a great night listening to the love music. The food was great and as someone who genuinely misses the days of homemade veggie burgers, I was so pumped to see a homemade veggie burger on the menu and it delivered! The wait time for inside was about an hour and outside with the music about two, so plan accordingly if you're going on a weekend.

I'm part of a foodie group based out of the Indianapolis area that visits 1 new restaurant every month and this restaurant was #109. If you'd like to see where else we visit we'd love to have you join our Facebook page "Party of 3!"We started our meal with a variety of appetizers. Our personal favorite, the Flatwater Nachos, were great and had a perfect topping-to-chip ratio. The Thai Chili House Smoked Wings, while they could have been spicier and crispier, had a very good flavor. Our last appetizer was the Smoked Salmon Dip with Crostinis, which was tasty; we only wished that it had larger salmon chunks.The two entrees that stood out the most to us were the fish and chips and the Hoosier tenderloin. The Hoosier Tenderloin, despite not being a traditional Hoosier tenderloin, was very good and had a fantastic breading. The fish and chips also had a wonderful breading and tasted great. We also enjoyed the BBQ Brisket Grilled Cheese, but would note that it has a very smoky flavor and is better when more BBQ sauce is added!We finished off the meal with the chocolate cake and the hummingbird cake. Both cakes were very moist and had a good ratio of cake to icing.