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    Sun King - Carmel

    4.3 (401 reviews)
    Open 3:00 pm - 9:00 PM
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Mom and I enjoying some beers
    Robyn P.

    Back in the fall my mom and I met up for lunch and drinks at Sun King. It's one of our go-to spots because it has a food hall inside of a top notch brewery / distillery. My mom is a creature of habit and normally drinks their cream ale but I encouraged her to branch out and try some seasonal brews with me. We did a flight and her favorite was the Salted Caramel Brownie Porter. While my favorite ended up being the Caramel Apple Tripel because of the barrel aged combination of fruit notes and brown sugar sweetness. Sun King never fails to come up with unique small batch beers, so it doesn't matter what time of year that you decide to visit because the good beer is always flowing!

    Pachenga and orange vanilla cream ale
    Chris W.

    Just a solid Biergarten with an amazing location. The beer is consistently very good. While they don't have their own food...they do share space with a Couple of smaller joints that are closer to a brick n mortar food truck vibe. There are also a handful of excellent restaurants within a 2 min walk. I'll keep coming back for the beer and great service.

    Buffalo Chicken Wrap
    CJ D.

    Decks, awnings, turf, buzzing beepers, bells, and whistles - it's all here. This is a double decker food hall, an institution of brew. And yet, amidst the noise, it's nowhere to be found. Sun King stepped into a stadium of top shaggers, saw the floodlights, and ran. Was my meal tasty? Certainly. Clean plate club as always. If somebody bought this Buffalo Chicken Wrap for me I'd be ever grateful. But it's bigger than that. Modern era bar food, located in prime estate on this Monon trail, needs more. In my eyes, an identity is absent. American eatery meets sunny afternoon is a bar flying awfully close to the sun. It requires gumption to survive. Boldness enough to hand me a paper menu covered in ketchup. QR codes are system quarterbacks built upon Defensive Coordinators. In conjunction with those aforementioned beepers, makes an old head out of me. This pairing lauds organization as champion. Where's the chance to experience? Here's the answer. Wrap my meal in tin foil, yell out a number, and let me scurry. Have somebody waiting with a sack, by this point, that's perspired. Imagine Five Guys fry bag. I unwrap this meal upon return to my table and blue cheese is everywhere. You can't make out where the sauce started and meal began. Smiles spread no further than that moment! Capture it. Sell it. In the meantime, Godspeed y'all.

    Jessica L.

    My friend came into town to visit for my birthday and to kill some time we stopped in. I was a bit disappointed by the level of service they provided so we only stuck with one drink and left. It's a huge establishment with plenty of space for crowds but we just didn't feel very welcomed. We did not order food but it's a bar at the end of the day.

    I'm a flight fan!
    Mary H.

    We were on vacation and popped in here. Very unique location with lots to do. We sat at the bar and enjoyed a flight. The staff were fairly attentive but didn't attempt to connect with us.

    Tiffany N.

    Fantastic spot for drinks after work, especially since they have ample seating inside and out along with food options. Service has always been spot on and never have to wait too long for a beer! One of these days I'm going to venture out of IPA land into the land of other styles of Sun King beer.

    Beef and chicken for tacos
    Nisha L.

    We went as a group for a corporate work trip. Initially, I wasn't satisfied because the bartender with the spiky hair didn't take our order. Instead he said our order window is in the event room and he would take our order there when they finished setting it up. Obviously we came to the bar because we didn't want to wait for set up to finish. I thought it was just kinda rude and our orders should've been taken. Furthermore, the event space was poorly decorated. There were over a dozen people and 3 of the tables of the 6 didn't have chairs. I would like to fellowship while sitting down, not stand up after being at a work event today. The set up of the event food was sooo backwards. All the toppings for the taco were at the beginning of the line. The tortilla shells were at the end and nachos. We only had one size plates so by the time we made it to the dip and tortillas, the plates were full. The arrangement didn't make sense and forced you to go back through the line to dress your taco. The salad had no dressing at all. The taco tortillas were corn only (no flour options for this huge work crowd). Couple of colleagues wanted beer.. this is a brewery. Hardly any suggestions were made. There was an older gentleman assisting the spiky haired guy and he was very nice. He did come and periodically pick up plates. However, we didn't have a waiter in the event room so plates did pile up and cups. The chicken was dryer than a communion cracker. The event space was decorated so poorly, no effort. Honestly, I would not recommend this place due to the service and the "mehh" food. Everyone did love the beef for the tacos & the drinks were pretty good. I had a margarita (not a beer drinker but my colleagues enjoyed the beer). If we come back, we will not select this place because we are happy to spend but treat us like you'd like us to spend and come back. Make recommendations and provide assistance. Have a waiter for big parties in the event room. Provide adequate seating. Have a bartender who knows how to interface with large groups and can bartend and service people with finesse and alacrity. From Texas to Indy!

    Barbecue Poutine
    Lindsay C.

    I was excited to go to Sun King because I've been in the IND airport before & had a few beers I enjoyed. The atmosphere was great with two stories of seating both indoors & outdoors, as well as the three food stands to order from. The poutine & the beers were good, meeting expectations for why we went there. Our server was interesting because he kept forgetting what we asked for in our flights & what he had already poured for our flights I'm not sure why there wasn't an option for us to write them down, but that would EASILY fix the issue and the weird experience that was for us. We were impressed by the Pickle Beer, Palomaloma & the Coffee Blonde.

    Monty W.

    A neat food hall, bars with a handful of eateries around a recreation oriented artificial lawn. This place was busy on a Saturday night. We went back on Sunday night it was very tame then. They have a giant screen with the college football game on. Table tennis, billiards. Where was the game of bags? It's a neat place to enjoy brews and watch the games. But no games on the big screen Sunday (good thing Bears were lost to the Chiefs 41-10). They did have that at the SunKing bar. The queue for the food hall (La Margarita and the Den) were painfully long and took a whole for the food to come out when busy.

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    10/10. We had a server named Ben, he is phenomenal. I would recommend giving him partial ownership.

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    I went here for a Togo beer, Liz was the nicest and extremely helpful !! Definitely will be going back!

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    Came in and bought a Togo beer and Liz was so nice and helpful and the beer was so good.

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    Always a great experience! The food options compliment the vast Sun King offerings! Friendly staff and the location is awesome.

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    Laynie and Chris were the most wonderful bartenders ive ever had!!! They deserve a BIG raise!! I will definitely come back because of them!

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    The nachos are some of the best and they are amazing with all of the red pickled onion flavor with the creamy cheese it is delicious!

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