This place is pretty cool has on of the largest outside patios I have ever seen.beers are amazing food is great I enjoyed the hot wings and the hamburger was amazing. Lots of cool pics of famous artists on the walls made it a interesting place to walk around and read them. Lots of arcade games made it more fun
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kyrie Janel
Great location and the staff was extremely nice
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: French Fries, Green Chile Cheese Fries
Mark Scott
Good food. Just know that you need to scan the QR code for the menu and order all drinks from the bar
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Thanhnguyet Vo
I have been really debating whether or not I should post this review, but I’ve been really bothered by what happened, so I’ll leave it out there as a word of caution as you order from the bar.
We’ve frequented Monkey Barrel at least once every couple of weeks and never had any bad experiences before last night (10/21/25). We’ve come when there happened to be a gathering of 50-70 Volo Kids Foundation members and a festival in the park across the street and we’ve gotten better service. The bartender there was always very kind to me and attentive. Granted, he was the only one running the bar last night and still very nice, but the lack of service I received from him this time was so-not-him and disappointing enough we won’t be coming back.
My husband and I arrived what seemed to be a fairly quiet Tuesday night at around 6:45. We settled in table D3 and I went to the bar to place our order. I got myself in line behind a group of maybe 4 people who were already sitting and standing at the end of the bar. After about 5 mins, he finished helping them, I moved up closer to the bar so he could see me because I’m very short. I knew there was another group of maybe 3 on the other end of the bar by the kitchen window, so it was expected that he went to help them first. Another a good 3 minutes passed and he did acknowledge me. He said he’d be right there and I said “sure” and then a big group of at least 10 women showed up (who did see me), decided to form a line on the other side of the bar closer to the kitchen and he continued to help them. He turned to me and said he’ll be right over. As I waited, he kept asking the next person in that line for their order, while I was waiting by myself on other side of the bar. After taking few more people, he said he would come right over… then after a few more people, he kept asking “who’s next”, “who’s next” to only that side of the bar as I stood waiting, expecting him to pull away at any moment because entry single one of them had individual checks so it wasn’t like he couldn’t have just broken away from one of them and helped me, but instead he helped the entire party of 10+ while I waited another 15 mins. At that point, I lost my appetite so I only ordered for my husband a cheeseburger and beer. He did apologize profusely, but at that point I was already broken and felt humiliated. I went to my table and told my husband why it took so long, and he was so upset with what happened to me and stormed out and said we would never come back again. I was upset that I’d already paid and we ended up leaving without our food. Even though there is a burger and beer special, I’m not sure how my bill came out to $21, but that was really no big deal as I still gave him a tip.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Juliet B
Paid 9.58 for a small bag of fries when I asked for a box of fries. SUCH A RIP OFF!!
Bob Kelley
Great burgers. Fair prices. Very nice staff. Sit outside and enjoy Denver.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Carlos Rodriguez
Great food, the best burger around, but the worst customer service. The girls are super mean, and I’ve been there several times, just continue going for the food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 1
Eric Provost
Hometown bar with good smash burgers. Service is friendly and responsive when the occasional error occurs in an order.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Jason Maier
Great time service lacked but I think it’s because of the distance needed to travel per server. Other than waiting a bit longer for a drink then wanted, great time!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger, Local Craft Beer, Boneless Hot Wings
Great great place. If you can be there when Sierra is bar tending she is the sweetest!! Go now!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jon Williams
This place is similar to fast food joint. There are no servers. To get drinks for your table, either everyone goes to the bar, or you bring ID's for the amount of drinks you want to order. For food, you have to order through a Qcode from the table you are at. Wings and fries took over an hour. The outdoor band idea is nice though, but with no service, it's kind of a strange place.
EDIT: If this place ever returns servers to their staff where a person can order a drink without going to the bar without more than one ID, I would consider returning.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Bilyana Ericksen
Great place. Lots of games, free Mario Kart for the kids(or adults). Large outdoor space. Live music. Chili fries were on point. They do have Non Alcoholic selection of beers. Will definitely come back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joe King
Adam was amazing the food was delicious very welcoming made me feel at home not like the family you argue with but like the family you feel comfortable with
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tyler Dixon
Reviews were pretty high. Photos looked to have 6-8 pinball machines. Food looked decent and not a lot of complaints. Wanted to go hang out with my 10 yr old before an avalanche game, eat some food and play pinball games cause the Google photos showed a boat load, but when we got there it was not what the photos showed or we expected which was such a bummer. We got there and there were only 2 pinball games. They had several claw games, one my 10 yr old kept trying for a mystery card pack thing couple times that didn't even start and we had to ask for a dollar back, they had two large screen arcade games one hunter/zombie shooting game which turned on but didn't work, one golf game that I was like we are not even going to try, they had 2 driving mario cart sit down arcade games one broken and the other intermittent, we only were able to get 1 out of 3 games in. The bar tender said the sit down arcade game was hit or miss, then she had the audacity to get mad that we wanted a few bucks back even after we pumped about $35 in all the machines. They did have several tables that had Nintendo 64 with only Mario cart playing, I was like, but we came for the pinball machines. Last, we ordered food, mozzarella sticks with marinara and the marinara was 3/4 frozen, my 10yr old had a well well well done dried out cheeseburger that he only ate half (how do you screw up cooking a patty?), and the only good food was the fries. They need to get their photos and establishment descriptions updated and use a darn thermometer on the burgers to know when the burger is done cooking. Would NOT recommend this place at all.
This place is pretty cool has on of the largest outside patios I have ever seen.beers are amazing food is great I enjoyed the hot wings and the hamburger was amazing. Lots of cool pics of famous artists on the walls made it a interesting place to walk around and read them. Lots of arcade games made it more fun
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great location and the staff was extremely nice
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: French Fries, Green Chile Cheese Fries
Good food. Just know that you need to scan the QR code for the menu and order all drinks from the bar
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
I have been really debating whether or not I should post this review, but I’ve been really bothered by what happened, so I’ll leave it out there as a word of caution as you order from the bar.
We’ve frequented Monkey Barrel at least once every couple of weeks and never had any bad experiences before last night (10/21/25). We’ve come when there happened to be a gathering of 50-70 Volo Kids Foundation members and a festival in the park across the street and we’ve gotten better service. The bartender there was always very kind to me and attentive. Granted, he was the only one running the bar last night and still very nice, but the lack of service I received from him this time was so-not-him and disappointing enough we won’t be coming back.
My husband and I arrived what seemed to be a fairly quiet Tuesday night at around 6:45. We settled in table D3 and I went to the bar to place our order. I got myself in line behind a group of maybe 4 people who were already sitting and standing at the end of the bar. After about 5 mins, he finished helping them, I moved up closer to the bar so he could see me because I’m very short. I knew there was another group of maybe 3 on the other end of the bar by the kitchen window, so it was expected that he went to help them first. Another a good 3 minutes passed and he did acknowledge me. He said he’d be right there and I said “sure” and then a big group of at least 10 women showed up (who did see me), decided to form a line on the other side of the bar closer to the kitchen and he continued to help them. He turned to me and said he’ll be right over. As I waited, he kept asking the next person in that line for their order, while I was waiting by myself on other side of the bar. After taking few more people, he said he would come right over… then after a few more people, he kept asking “who’s next”, “who’s next” to only that side of the bar as I stood waiting, expecting him to pull away at any moment because entry single one of them had individual checks so it wasn’t like he couldn’t have just broken away from one of them and helped me, but instead he helped the entire party of 10+ while I waited another 15 mins. At that point, I lost my appetite so I only ordered for my husband a cheeseburger and beer. He did apologize profusely, but at that point I was already broken and felt humiliated. I went to my table and told my husband why it took so long, and he was so upset with what happened to me and stormed out and said we would never come back again. I was upset that I’d already paid and we ended up leaving without our food. Even though there is a burger and beer special, I’m not sure how my bill came out to $21, but that was really no big deal as I still gave him a tip.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Paid 9.58 for a small bag of fries when I asked for a box of fries. SUCH A RIP OFF!!
Great burgers. Fair prices. Very nice staff. Sit outside and enjoy Denver.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food, the best burger around, but the worst customer service. The girls are super mean, and I’ve been there several times, just continue going for the food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 1
Hometown bar with good smash burgers. Service is friendly and responsive when the occasional error occurs in an order.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Great time service lacked but I think it’s because of the distance needed to travel per server. Other than waiting a bit longer for a drink then wanted, great time!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger, Local Craft Beer, Boneless Hot Wings
$11 for a smash burger and fries
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Great great place. If you can be there when Sierra is bar tending she is the sweetest!! Go now!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is similar to fast food joint. There are no servers. To get drinks for your table, either everyone goes to the bar, or you bring ID's for the amount of drinks you want to order. For food, you have to order through a Qcode from the table you are at. Wings and fries took over an hour. The outdoor band idea is nice though, but with no service, it's kind of a strange place.
EDIT: If this place ever returns servers to their staff where a person can order a drink without going to the bar without more than one ID, I would consider returning.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Great place. Lots of games, free Mario Kart for the kids(or adults). Large outdoor space. Live music. Chili fries were on point. They do have Non Alcoholic selection of beers. Will definitely come back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Adam was amazing the food was delicious very welcoming made me feel at home not like the family you argue with but like the family you feel comfortable with
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Reviews were pretty high. Photos looked to have 6-8 pinball machines. Food looked decent and not a lot of complaints. Wanted to go hang out with my 10 yr old before an avalanche game, eat some food and play pinball games cause the Google photos showed a boat load, but when we got there it was not what the photos showed or we expected which was such a bummer. We got there and there were only 2 pinball games. They had several claw games, one my 10 yr old kept trying for a mystery card pack thing couple times that didn't even start and we had to ask for a dollar back, they had two large screen arcade games one hunter/zombie shooting game which turned on but didn't work, one golf game that I was like we are not even going to try, they had 2 driving mario cart sit down arcade games one broken and the other intermittent, we only were able to get 1 out of 3 games in. The bar tender said the sit down arcade game was hit or miss, then she had the audacity to get mad that we wanted a few bucks back even after we pumped about $35 in all the machines. They did have several tables that had Nintendo 64 with only Mario cart playing, I was like, but we came for the pinball machines. Last, we ordered food, mozzarella sticks with marinara and the marinara was 3/4 frozen, my 10yr old had a well well well done dried out cheeseburger that he only ate half (how do you screw up cooking a patty?), and the only good food was the fries. They need to get their photos and establishment descriptions updated and use a darn thermometer on the burgers to know when the burger is done cooking. Would NOT recommend this place at all.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
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