Zoup!

I am sure this restaurant is probably in its prime around lunch time when the soup is fresh. And we walked in around 8:30-9 PM at night. I don't blame them making fresh soup is chore. But honestly the soup did not look appetizing at all, it looked as if it had been there since lunch with soup crusties along the edges of the soup pans. I suppose my only recommendation is presentation...the soup did not dress to impress that night so Ms. F and I abstained from indulging in soup.

On a positive side, they do allow you to try before you buy like a Gelatto Stand--Which I really do appreciate because I have commitment issues when it comes to food.

So I will do my due diligence and return so I can give you actual feedback on whether it delights or dismays the palatte. Our friends seemingly enjoyed the chicken pot pie soup.

Nice samples of lots of different soups. Everything from seafood, to veggie. This is a go to during winter breaks when my son is home. It is nice to sample the different soups without committing to something new. The toasted tuna multi grain wrap was excellent. Found prices a little high. My son really enjoyed the vegetarian soups with the small multigrain rolls.

I am not sure if I am spoiled by my almost-daily samplings of Roger Hawkins' incredible soups from Circle City Soups, or if this place really is just super bland and icky.

I was up in Carmel for work, stuck in meetings till 2pm, and starving. I drove until I saw food - and Zoup was what I found.

I didn't sample lots of the soups like others said they did. I ordered immediately because I was starving. I got the 1/2 and 1/2 with half of a chicken caesar salad and half broccoli cheddar soup.

The soup was inedible. It had a strange aftertaste to it, was a weird consistency that was thicker than it should have been, and just plan didn't taste good. The only way that it was edible was when I dipped the dry french bread they handed to me in it. I ate maybe 1/3 of the cup of soup.

THe salad was OK....they didn't even mix the caesar dressing in with the salad, though! the croutons were hard to bite. The best part was the grilled chicken - it was decently moist and seasoned.  

The worst part of all of this? my piddly, inedible meal was $9.50. I didn't even get a beverage or a cookie or anything. $9.50 for half of a blah salad and a cup of disgusting goo that they call "soup".  Sorry to be so harsh - it just plain wasn't good, and I can't believe how much money I spent on this lunch.

Like I said - I go to Circle City Soups most days that I haven't brought my lunch, and there, I can get a cup of soup, a slice of homemade Cindy Hawkins bread, and half of an incredibly salad for $6. so I was blown away by how much I spent on something that was gross.