Pocket-sized lounge located on the first level of the Bay Park Hotel. This is not a buzzy local hotspot with throngs of people, but this under-the-radar lounge is a great place to relax with friends over drinks or game or two of pool. Thursday nights are live music nights and showcases many of the areas local musicians and bands. We came in for open mic night (Safari's open mic premiere) the other day and there was quite a wide range of entertaining music, from R&B to classic rock and country.
You can also order seafood and American classic menu items from the hotel's upstairs restaurant, Crazy Horse. They have a wonderful salad bar with decades-old recipes, like the shrimp curry cous cous. Kitchen closes at 9pm, so be sure to make all your selections and put your order in before they close up.
The low-lit Safari Club is a great spot to linger over cocktails and enjoy some good conversation and music. There's a jukebox, dart board and large flat screen too.
Kudos to the bartender--he's really on the ball--professional, fast, friendly--and the fact that they have live music on some nights. Really good performance last night by New Zealand country singer-songwriter Jackie Bristow and her Australian guitarist. Food from the Crazy Horse Restaurant (reviewed separately) upstairs was outstanding.
Review Source:Monterey's happy hour options are not limitless, but they are sufficient now that we've discovered the Safari Club. The lounge is tucked away in the basement of a somewhat nondescript hotel between the Highway 1 onramp and the Del Monte shopping center. We first visited on a lark, anticipating a splendidly tacky dive. We found instead a clean and inviting lounge with a very friendly and generous bartender. The happy hour value is quite good, especially when you take into consideration the fresh and varied free mini buffet on offer--crackers, crudités, salami, dips. Our only complaint is that the jukebox is absurdly overpriced and not very loud. The bartender told us that there's a third-party vendor who operates and maintains it. I think they should get their own system, but that's a petty gripe. Overall, I wouldn't hesitate to bring friends to the Safari Club--no ironic nudge in the ribs required.
Review Source:This is a nice quiet place to relax after a long day! The bartender is awesome and makes strong drinks. The drink specials are always changing, and the Happy Hour buffet is great! Happy Hour is from 5-7 everyday!
This is a hotel bar, and is connected to the Crazy Horse Restaurant upstairs, so you can either order food in the bar or go up and enjoy their award winning salad bar.
The last great thing about this place is the environment. If you just want to sit and talk you can, if you want to play darts or pool you can, and if you want to catch a baseball or football game you can. It is such a great mix!!
It is the bar of the Bay Park hotel. Â Very convenient for visitors who stay at the same hotel. Â Great for a mellow night without the Cannery Row BS.
It's a fairly small place with a pool table and a dart board. Â Plenty tables there for grabbing a few drinks with friends. Â The bar is usually full and their drink specials' awesome.
There's a dance floor area and what it looks like a small stage. Â I've never seen it being used for all 3 times I was there though.
Hands down best bartender in Monterey!!! This place has the best Monday Night Football ever..... love it!!!! Stiff drinks too!!!!! Free popcorn!
You are treated like royalty here. You even eat at the amazing salad bar upstairs. There is always free appetizers and a really nice pool table.
If you want to watch a game or just kick back a couple with friends, go to the Safari Club and have a good time!
I have been waiting to fina a place like the Safari Club but I feel like I've been here once before when I was about 5 or so... perhaps for a wedding? Â Back in the 80's this would have been a great place to celebrate a low key wedding. Â No thrills here but the lion artwork definately stands out like the random of group of tourists from the UK that have been hadning out there for more than 7 hours straight before checking in to their own room.
If you were from the UK wouldn't you want to go out and check out the so called nightlife of a foreign town? Â Too funny.
Anyways, Patti our bartender was lovely and I hit this place up after my oldest friend Aaron cooked me a mean tri tip dinner. Â This "quiet" bar is a great place to catch up with a local friend or anyone on a one on one basis.
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