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Just go for the beer!...
I have read nothing but great reviews about this place.
I decided to see for myself. Well They do have a great
selection of beer. It stops there!...I had the Brussels burger and there award winning fries????..The burger
was cooked or order but I had search for it in my bun,
Too much bun and NO MEAT!!!..The fries WOW!!..I could have gotten better fries at Mc Donalds..Actually
they should just serve potato sticks. Service was so,so.
I think I could have done A lot better for 20.00 bucks. Next time I'll just go and have my Gyero at the Terminal Market with extra sauce.…
Great beer selection and excellent food.
After reading some of the negative reviews...I felt like I should post my recent experience at Monk's.
I felt the service was very professional. Both bartenders were pleasant & prompt with service. Perhaps some of the complaining customers are used to be coddled or having their rear ends kissed...but nothing I saw of the staff could have possibly construed as rude.
As testament to that...both bartenders were patient & professional even when putting up with with the obnoxious group of early 20ish lawyers seated next to me.
The atmosphere was very cool. It's dimly lit, really good music over the house PA...just a really cool vibe.
I ate at the front bar. I had the Lapin a la Gueuze (braised rabbit and root vegetables) and thought it was perfect. I couldn't have been happier.
Overall...I think it was an excellent experience and I will definitely be going back. A word of warning...it's not the cheapest bar in the city...beers I drank were mostly in the $7-8 range. However...the quality is definitely worth it and personally...I think slightly higher prices chase away the riff-raff.…
Best Belgian in the city!!!. This place is a Philadelphia beer institution! Great atmosphere, incredible beer selection and awesome food! Love Monks!!!!
Falling Faster than a Lead Zeppelin.
Monks use to have good food and great beer with horrible service. Now it has horrible food and horrible service that makes me forget about the beer. The new owner has been making bad changes every
day since he took over a few years ago. I won't be going back ever again since it's getting painful to see it's demise.
Most people I know go around the corner now to Jose Pistoles since the beers are $2 cheaper for the same beers and at least there you can get a burrito that isn't too bad.…
Monk's STUNK.
I used to love Monk's cafe, but I have to say the last time I went there will REALLY be the LAST time. We sat in the back room where the bartender waited on us. He was sloppy, slow and tired and I
kid you not we ordered 4 burgers and every single one was cooked wrong. I got medium rare and it had not a trace of pinkness. My friend got well done and it was pink. My other friend got Medium well and there was red liquid dripping off, forming a puddle on her plate. This was not a mix up in burgers, either, since we all ordered different types and they came with different toppings. We showed our waiter and he said they were training new staff in the kitchen which is why our burgers were royally screwed up. We did not drink beer, but instead opted diet soda, which was RC Cola, and as the bartender/waiter agreed, it was disgusting, syrupy, and flat. In fact, when the bartender/waiter came back to offer us refills, he said, sarcastically, "would you like some more of our EXCELLENT cola?". It would have been funny if we weren't trying to enjoy our dining experience. In addition, we ordered a basket of fries, and I don't know if the fries were always less than pinky finger size, but they are now, and dipping them into the sauce (the only good thing about the whole meal) was impossible because they were so short and kept getting stuck in there.
SO, what used to be great burgers and fries has turned into a disgrace. IF you go to Monk's, trust me, stick to the beer.…
