This place has grown on me... but in a good way. Even on a busy Saturday night I had a great time in the back room. Yes it gets crowded, loud, and crazy, but that's why ya go to Mt. Adams on a weekend. If the douchey-ness of Mt. Adams is a problem for you, try to go on off times, like when the Reds or Bengals aren't playing, or a little earlier in the day and of course on a weekday. The barstaff were fast and friendly with our drinks and the prices are reasonable. I think what I like most about Monk's is that they don't take themselves seriously. If you don't have a good time there, it's your fault and not Monks.
* Off topic but Monk related, remember when the Chant CD was like the most popular CD in the world? Raise your hand if ya bought a copy. (I'm guilty)
Monk's is one of my favorite places to go randomly on a weeknight when there is nothing else going on. It's got a very island kitsch / cheesy spring break bar feel to it. there are jello shots and a $5 shot wheel with names like "Kiss the Bartender." Drinks are cheap, you can order food in, and if you go on weeknights (which is the only time I'm willing to go up to Mt Adams- I prefer not to spend an hour looking for a parking spot when there is drinking to be done), it's quiet enough for conversation. In warm weather, the whole front window opens and you can sit there and chat with people outside.
It's more typically Mt. Adams bar-ish on weekends, so I don't go then. I did when I was young but now I'm an old fart who wants them to turn the music down. If you go when they offer the night you prefer, you'll have fun.
You can also apparently win prizes based on how many jello shots you buy, which is something I'd like to try when I have an opportunity for day drinking.
I love this place on a weeknight, I hate this place on the weekend. Beth and I were leaving art after dark and wanted to get a drink before heading home. Monk's seemed to be a happening place with some empty seats so we decided to head in. Ken and I have been here on a Boy's night out and have had a blast.
They have a Xbob Kinnect and Foosball so I was all game to see those, but no one was playing. The jello shots are always amazing, the jello syringes were ok, and the mix drinks were weak. I'm defiantly a beer and jello shot person at this place.
There are some nice things about it, they do have a popcorn machine with semi fresh popcorn. They also provide numbers on the wall for local restaurants that will bring you food. The bad part is that you have to smell what you neighbor is eating, when we were there the girl next to us was eating what smelled like garlic farts. I know it sounds gross, but that's what it smelled like.
Parking is street or where you can find it, it is Mt Adams after all. The place on the weekend has a younger wilder crowd, while its not my place maybe its yours.
Oh the cove; How I love thee. I've said it for years, and I will continue to: The cove is just a great bar. If you get there on a slower day, or at a lighter time it's awesome. A little cumbersome due to space restrictions at times if you're in the front, but still great. I had my 30th there, and it was a blast. Keg, Wii, Foose. Yes please.
Review Source:I hated going to this bar. It is always so jammed pack full of people you can hardly move. It is impossible to get a drink at the bar, you will have to wait forever even if you are loud and obnoxious and I hate going places where I have to be rude to get a drink. Worse it is one of those places where people go to see and be seen so expect someone behind you scream "AHH! Oh my god! I haven't seen you in forever!" and then proceed to have a yelling conversation over your head. I had one drink here and proceed to run away as fast as possible to another bar. I do not recommend it.
Review Source:Tight space, good vibe, good time.  You might think you were heading to a Jimmy Buffett concert by the decor. Stop in and have a beer in a plastic cup while looking out at passerbys on the street  via the open window, before heading elsewhere to really get down.  Don't be surprised if you find a large group of high school buddies hanging out reminiscing about the good old days - in the same group they were in back in the good old days.
Review Source:Worst bar I've ever been to.
A bunch of us were visiting it from out of town, based on a positive recommendation from a friend who lived in town.
The bar was nearly empty when we came to sit but that was ok.... what wasn't ok was the bartender saying he didn't know how to make mixed drinks and we should wait for the "other bartender" to come in.
So about half of us got beers and the other half held out for the "other bartender", who to their minimal credit, came quickly. However he took his sweet time making drinks for the others. While we were waiting for other bartender to make the drinks for the rest of the table,the first bartender (the non-bartending bartender) asked us if we could pay now. Pay now? When half the table hadn't gotten the drinks they ordered?? Â Of course, we said we'd pay when we got our drinks. After making a couple mai-tai's the "other bartender" said that the margarita was going to take a little while because they ran out of mix and so he had to make it from scratch. (!!!)
After everyone got their drinks we chugged them so we could pay and leave this place as quickly as possible.
Monk's Cove is a good idea in theory...who wouldn't want to hang out at a tropically themed bar on a hot summer night?
Unfortunately, the Monk's Cove theme is executed in a space that is way too small and cramped to be relaxing, as a trip to the tropics should be. Â
A few good things to note about Monk's
1. Â No cover on weekend nights (this is why we ended up there this Saturday)
2. Â Cheap-ish drinks (for Mt. Adam's)
3.  Free Wii in the back (if you can get it, we were there for an hour and a  half and two guys were playing baseball the entire time)
4. Â Swirling tropical frozen Margaritas in machines make them readily available for thirsty drinkers.
A few not so good things to note about Monk's
1. Â HOT. Â It was 80 degrees outside when we visited, but more like 110 degrees inside
2. Â Drunkity-drunk crowd...Monk's definitely appeals to the 21-23 club with it's $3 Jello Shot shooters (served in massive syringes for easy distribution)
3. Â Weak pours, hardly a shot of Beam ended up in my guy's Beam and Coke.
4. Â One-holer bathrooms!
It sounds cool and hip and classy and it is not. Â No, it's cheap and awkward and small and entirely oddly appealing. Â They have a Wii and a foosball table (both free!) and other such goodies tucked into the back, but most people seem content to crush around the bar where they can slam $1 jello shots, drink typical beers plus Moerlein on tap, and be seen by their HS buddies (it's owned and frequented by St X grads). Â If you feel like you're the only one there who doesn't know anyone else, you probably are.
In that case, fill up your pint with Moerlein, slip to the back, play some foosball or Wii, and discover the cove within the Cove. Â If there were any monks still up on Mt Adams, first they'd be at Immaculata, then down in the basement of aliveOne, but, when the entire hill is overrun, they could always hide out in the back of Monk's Cove.
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