The Market at the Tap
105 W 1st St, Monticello
(319) 844-1028
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Karaoke night was a blast. Good vibes, good sound system, fun host and attentive bar tender
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great burgers and pork tenderloin along with great service. Unique and fun atmosphere as well
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pretty quiet, only two fibers entire time we were eating. Steak bites were tasty. Fried cheese curds were not true cheese curds but cubed cheese with a minimal batter.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Ordered the ribeye and chicken parmagian. The steak was slathered in blue cheese butter so I had a strong blue cheese flavor which we didn't care for. The chicken in the parm was cooked a little too long and the sauce was watery like tomato soup. We won't be back
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
This place is wonderful. We stopped for lunch and I had an amazing pork tenderloin. Plus great cheese curds. I had too for my health. The atmosphere, service and food were all great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
If you stop serving breakfast....... You should probably put that out there so people know.
They hired me as a waitress & I was fired within an hour after being made to stand around getting ignored & getting dirty looks, simply because a kitchen employee doesn’t like me. Mind you I mentioned this in the interview. They also don’t wear gloves.
Great place in a small town. Pork Tenderlion was fantastic. Tried the prime rib sandwich, wow..Fries were perfect and the coleslaw was something l will come back for. Staff very helpful and attentive. Give it a try
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Neat atmosphere. Guy let us get the tenderloin off the lunch menu even though they were on the dinner menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
the prime rib melt was to die for!! I shared with my wife, but wish I had got my own. so so good. don't waist your money on the steak bites. not.. melt in your mouth and there were only like 4 small pieces. Brussel sprouts were on point. Poutine needs some help. not a fan of the cubed/ fried cheese that they use. needs to be gooey and stringing and melty. they had a great bad playing that day we didn't even know was going on, Michael Brightbach band, super fun group.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
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Great people, food and live music!
We were visiting from out of town and decided to try this place as it was one of the few options in town. The food itself was okay—nothing special, but fine for a casual night out. Unfortunately, the experience was soured by poor customer service and how a simple issue was handled.
My 13-year-old son wanted mac and cheese, but the only version listed on the menu was a $30 lobster mac and cheese, described as mac and cheese with a 5oz lobster tail. We asked if he could get just plain mac and cheese instead, and the waiter said yes—no problem—and even asked if the kids wanted any “protein on it.” My son declined, but his friend added chicken. My wife also ordered the mac and cheese as a side.
When dinner came, both kids were served large bowls of plain mac and cheese—no different from my wife’s $5 side, except for portion size. Then we got the bill: $30 each for the kids’ plain mac and cheese, totaling $60, plus the $5 for the side. Thinking it was an error, I politely asked the waiter about it.
To our surprise, he became defensive and insisted the kids had simply ordered the lobster mac without lobster. I pointed out that the lobster seemed to be the only thing justifying the $30 price, and that a more reasonable approach would have been to simply offer the $5 side as a main. He left to “talk to a manager” and returned offering only a $5 total discount. When I pushed further, he said the manager (who turned out to be the chef) was too busy to come out—even though the place wasn’t busy.
The chef’s message? That “if you go to McDonald’s and ask for a Big Mac without pickles, you still pay the same.” Not exactly the standard I’d hope for at a sit-down restaurant. My father-in-law, who had planned to return for breakfast the next morning, said we’d changed our minds—and the waiter replied, “It’s probably better that way.”
We weren’t rude or confrontational—just hoping for a reasonable conversation and some understanding. Instead, we were met with dismissiveness and a bizarre comparison to fast food.
In summary: a small-town restaurant that overcharges out-of-towners, refuses to listen to basic customer concerns, and makes no effort to turn a disappointing situation around. We didn’t expect a free meal—just fair treatment.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
Just tried the Market , this was our 2 nd. Visit, first one was very good, this one not so. It is seat yourself when you arrive, a few high chair tables where available but we find them not comfortable, went into room next door and after awhile the bar attendant brought us menus, after that we got water, then nothing, a waitress came in, saw some friends and talked to them ignored us, after that we left .
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 1
Worst chicken tenders we have ever had. Awful service. Several people walked out before waiter arrived. Place was not busy, only two tables served. Waiter was extremely lazy. Do not recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
We were camping at Jellystone and needed a place to get breakfast on the way out of town- this place was a fun find! A was worried the prices online were going to be outdated but was pleasantly surprised to find the breakfast and lunch prices very reasonable. The xl burrito was delicious and big enough to share! Our kids shared the a la cart waffle which I really appreciated as an option. Staff was a bit young and inexperienced but super sweet and on top of it!
Food: 5
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