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Monkey Bar & Grill
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
8 reviews for Monkey Bar & Grill
Basing this mostly on the restaurant itself, not the bar. That could be a whole separate review in itself, and I haven't been there for the bar atmosphere in years. I worked at Monkey for almost 3 years, so my review could be a bit biased. I served and mostly bartended...hence my resistance to review the bar scene in the restuarant review. ;-)
That said, the food here is amazing. Easily one of the best in the area, and surprisingly not as well-known as I'd think. Could be due to the vast influx of college students on a budget that live in Amherst, could be that people associate it with its late-night atmosphere, not sure. But I've been eating at Monkey for years now, and although I don't live in the area any longer, we make it a point to go back and visit a few times a year.
The head chef/ owner is an amazing cook, as is his sous chef. The kitchen is tiny, and the quality of food they're able to produce is just terrific. I crave their spring rolls, tuna nicoise salad, crab cakes, coconut shrimp, ribs, sesame-encrusted tuna, blue-cheese encrusted filet, I could go on and on.
Overall, I suppose the prices are above what most college students are willing to pay on a regular basis, but should definitely consider when mom and dad come to town, or for a special occasion. Skip Judy's, and her overpriced menu, and head here, you won't be disappointed.
Fail.
Massive fail.
I don't know what the restaurant is like. Apparently it's good. There probably should two separate entries for the restauarant and this monstrosity.
Basically, this is your standard crappy Boston dance bar squashed into the middle of Amherst.
I came here a few times during my first year of grad school. When it wasn't a heaving mess of Top-40 grinding on a small area, it was a general mess of the front and back bar area, whether it be impossible to get another drink, or the drinks were a little on the pricey side for the quality.
Overall, it's not worth it.
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I can't speak for the restaurant, but the bar is horrible.
The Monkeybar epitomizes what a gross nighclub is like.
I would never set foot there again.
I've never been to the restaurant, but I have been to the bar. Man, it was horrible. But who knows, it might be your scene. I mean, maybe you WANT to listen to bad top 40 "jamz" in a room full of annoying, leathery sorority girls who just did a 2-year bid at the tanning salon, and dudes with white baseball caps and chips on their shoulders who would otherwise be drinking alone and jerking off to their 50 Cent posters.
On the plus side, some years ago they mixed a good manhattan.
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Before 9pm, this is a restaurant known as Bistro 63. After that, it becomes the Monkey Bar, and it should be avoided at all cost. Bad music played too loud reigns supreme. The back room houses a dance floor, which becomes absurdly overcrowded very quickly. The Monkey Bar should be avoided at all costs.
One of the trashiest bars in Amherst... by trashy, my definition would be: slutty, skanky, smelly, whorish men, people who do not know how to properly put on a pair of jeans over their underwear. Hm... the music is horrible as well. Where people go to get hammered/laid (if they're lucky, or if their partners are too drunk to care).
One of the best steaks I have ever had.
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I have never eaten here, so my review concerns the bar only. All of us 5-College students (or at least those of us from Smith College, Amherst College, UMass-Amherst--I'm not sure I can speak for the Hampshire kids) have heard of the Monkey Bar; it serves as a sufficient source of entertainment for us on the weekends (and especially on Thursday nights). I'd say the music is average and it draws a fairly large crowd, which can make for some nights of fun, but I prefer The Pub right nearby. Sometimes there are a few too many sleazy men lurking around the walls in the Monkey Bar, who feel that an effective way to meet women is to grab them while they are walking by and simply not let go. Can you say creepy?! Also, the floor is always far too sticky, to the point where it is just gross. I must admit, however, that the bar's rather pretty and spacious. All in all, it's an okay place to go to on Thursday nights when you have nothing else to do.
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