Enjoyed breakfast on Thanksgiving morning at Monks. There was only one server, Brianna, who was incredible as she was alone and at one point I counted 10+ tables being served.
The kitchen staff was assisting and the food was amazing.
I can’t compliment Brianna enough for staying calm and hustling to ensure everyone had the best dining experience possible. I hope the management appreciates this professional team member.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Les
We very much enjoyed Monk's on the Common. The food was very good and not overpriced. The staff were efficient and friendly. You can't go wrong dining here, and I would highly recommend it.
Zahra Jamshed (ZJ)
Change your menu and chef. Great location and ambience otherwise.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
Justin
We were promptly seated and the wait staff was properly attentive. We both had light meal and each us ordered one of the speciality cocktails. A very pleasant meal.
Cmoon
Ordered eggs benedict and it came out overly cooked and just like hard boiled egg. The service was slow in morning. To make it worse, the waitress was lack of interpersonal skills and basically said we are short of staff and you need to wait longer.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
Tom Porter
awesome location great place to people watch spotless atmosphere good vibe
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Debaditya Bhattacharya
Food was bad (either too salty/under salted). Service was very slow. Despite this, they messed up the order really bad by serving not making the vegetarian dish altogether and instead offering the chicken dish. Instead of amending it they kept asking if we are okay with the chicken dish. In the end did not even provide an itemized bill.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Tom Styles
Service is always good, full bar, but food menu is hit or miss and constantly changing.
Lyndi
Love the staff Outstanding food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Monika Shvetz
Chef Joey has a gift for elevating meals both in flavors and textures. I wish I lived closer, I’d be here at least once a week…
The food was delicious! We made a great choice and would highly recommend the Monks Restaurant
Hannah
we loved our waiter and had a great valentine's day with my partner. It's a great location in Ithaca as well!
Paula Amols
Mixed results on dinner. Service was very slow, even though it didn't appear to be a lot of diners. However, to be fair, there didn't seem to be much wait staff on hand. My burger was actually quite good, although more accurately medium rare instead of the requested medium, however, I actually prefer medium rare just never order it that way because I know many restaurants undercook their meat. The big disappointment, though, were the fries. I paid the extra to sub in duck fat fries, and was so looking forward to some hot, crispy, tasty fries. What I got were limp, greasy, largely undercooked, and more lukewarm than hot. Having been in the food service business for more than 20 years, I am quite sure that these fries, after not being left in the fryer long enough to begin with, had been sitting for a long time under a heat lamp in the kitchen. A drop back into the oil for a quick second fry would have done wonders for them, and it's not like there seemed to be any hurry to get our food to us anyway. To top it off, when my card was run for payment, they somehow charged me for some other diner's dinner--which of course was more expensive than mine! Took a long time before I spotted someone working there--my waitress was nowhere to be seen once she'd taken our payment--to point out the error and get it corrected. Really, the only reason my friends and I had dinner there was because it was a fundraiser night for a local theater, with half the dinner proceeds going to the theater. It's not a place I'd otherwise go to, especially with so many far better restaurants in town.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Luca Palomaki
Chicken Caesar. If you look real close the lettuce isn’t cut and there’s no chicken.
Enjoyed breakfast on Thanksgiving morning at Monks. There was only one server, Brianna, who was incredible as she was alone and at one point I counted 10+ tables being served.
The kitchen staff was assisting and the food was amazing.
I can’t compliment Brianna enough for staying calm and hustling to ensure everyone had the best dining experience possible. I hope the management appreciates this professional team member.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We very much enjoyed Monk's on the Common. The food was very good and not overpriced. The staff were efficient and friendly. You can't go wrong dining here, and I would highly recommend it.
Change your menu and chef. Great location and ambience otherwise.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
We were promptly seated and the wait staff was properly attentive. We both had light meal and each us ordered one of the speciality cocktails. A very pleasant meal.
Ordered eggs benedict and it came out overly cooked and just like hard boiled egg.
The service was slow in morning. To make it worse, the waitress was lack of interpersonal skills and basically said we are short of staff and you need to wait longer.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
awesome location great place to people watch spotless atmosphere good vibe
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was bad (either too salty/under salted). Service was very slow. Despite this, they messed up the order really bad by serving not making the vegetarian dish altogether and instead offering the chicken dish. Instead of amending it they kept asking if we are okay with the chicken dish. In the end did not even provide an itemized bill.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Service is always good, full bar, but food menu is hit or miss and constantly changing.
Love the staff
Outstanding food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chef Joey has a gift for elevating meals both in flavors and textures. I wish I lived closer, I’d be here at least once a week…
Restaurantji Recommends
Fries had too much 🧂 but burger was good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
The food was delicious! We made a great choice and would highly recommend the Monks Restaurant
we loved our waiter and had a great valentine's day with my partner. It's a great location in Ithaca as well!
Mixed results on dinner. Service was very slow, even though it didn't appear to be a lot of diners. However, to be fair, there didn't seem to be much wait staff on hand.
My burger was actually quite good, although more accurately medium rare instead of the requested medium, however, I actually prefer medium rare just never order it that way because I know many restaurants undercook their meat.
The big disappointment, though, were the fries. I paid the extra to sub in duck fat fries, and was so looking forward to some hot, crispy, tasty fries. What I got were limp, greasy, largely undercooked, and more lukewarm than hot. Having been in the food service business for more than 20 years, I am quite sure that these fries, after not being left in the fryer long enough to begin with, had been sitting for a long time under a heat lamp in the kitchen. A drop back into the oil for a quick second fry would have done wonders for them, and it's not like there seemed to be any hurry to get our food to us anyway.
To top it off, when my card was run for payment, they somehow charged me for some other diner's dinner--which of course was more expensive than mine! Took a long time before I spotted someone working there--my waitress was nowhere to be seen once she'd taken our payment--to point out the error and get it corrected.
Really, the only reason my friends and I had dinner there was because it was a fundraiser night for a local theater, with half the dinner proceeds going to the theater. It's not a place I'd otherwise go to, especially with so many far better restaurants in town.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Chicken Caesar. If you look real close the lettuce isn’t cut and there’s no chicken.
Food: 1
Service: 1
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