Monas

Great place for affordable drinks and good times with friends. Popcorn and chocolate pretzels are a delicious addition while hanging around at the bar. The bar is pet friendly, you might see a dog or two stationed with its owner at the bar. Wednesday night karaōke!

Divey bar with a good vibe. I always have a decent drink and a good time here. It’s not a fancy place but it is comfortable and the staff is friendly.

Fun bar with a great vibe to it. The bartenders are friendly and the drink are cheap.
They play the train game– when the train goes by if you guess the right number you get a free drink. Can’t best it.
They give out popcorn as a snack at the bar too.
The parking lot is small which can be a pain, but it’s worth a visit.
Mona’s has the charm that most bars in this area have. It’s kind of like a gay friendly, ‘Cheers’. And it definitely keeps people coming back.
On a side note: they do great charity work around the holidays. Any local business that gives back to the community is alright by me.

I love this place for the fact that the pretentious twinks from The Drive do not venture down here. It’s a comfortable bar with a nice parking lot. You have to be able to deal with the retro look and smell of a REAL gay bar… yes, you can still smoke in here — ahh, the 80’s! There’s a New Orleans vibe going on here too. No attitude from the patrons OR bartenders. Josh is the nicest bartender I’ve experienced in Ft. Laud in a long time. The other spots are too busy slinging drinks to get to know their patrons.
You may not hang out here all night, but it’s a great place to start your evening, or pass the afternoon away. You’re bound to meet a new friend here, or at least an interesting character!

Just a simple bar with simple drinks. Has a cool old school type vibe but nothing really more then that. Type of place to have a quick drink, catch up with friends, and leave…

This place is pretty smokey and dirty! Losers run wild here!!! Roaches on the bar !!! Old stale popcorn !! The atmosphere is pretty bad! Needs to be bull dozed down! Cheap watered down drinks ! Mind you the only thing about Mona’s is Cheap’ and sleazy! Skip this place!!!

You walk in to a wall of cigarette smoke to be ‘greeted’ by a hostile, bitter bartender. The place is dirty… the drinks are septic and again, the ‘service’, as rude as it gets. Eek! Methinks not.

One of the best and most fun bars I have gotten to work at! Great family oriented bar staff! Thank you!

From a Local perspective, Monas Cocktail Lounge is a local gay neighborhood bar with parking in the back and the main entrance in the rear. It has a true neighborhood feel as mostly hard working middle class gay clientele with an average age of 25 to 50 year olds supports it. The owner is very community orientated and as such, it is a pet friendly bar that hosts several events during the year for various gay charities.
Inside the main bar is a truly funky décor to keep your eyes wandering all around and there is a pool table and jukebox for your enjoyment. Recently added is a patio bar with full liquor and is an open Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening.
Located on Sunrise Blvd and the Rail Road Tracks, they have a «Train Game» every time the train goes by where you might be able to win your self a free cocktail. In addition they offer free snacks including pretzels and popcorn.
They have great low cost drink prices during the day and although they do accept credit cards, there is a ten-​dollar minimum and you cannot tip on the card, so be sure to bring some cash to tip your bartender.
If you are not into the «dance and club» scene and want to meet and mix with local regular gay guys I suggest you check it out.

Long time known as being a friendly gay neighborhood bar, Mona’s attracts a regular established following of patrons from the gay communities of the area. Located on Sunrise near the tracks, Mona’s is somewhat off the path and generally overlooked by gay tourists, which seems to eliminate that competitive edge atmosphere so common to other gay establishments.
The gathering crowd of faithful patrons generally tends to be middle aged, former or exlovers of someone else, a few long time couples, but exceedingly friendly as well as conversationally engaging. The good features of Mona’s are that, though clearly meeting what would be the standard definitions of being a gay dive bar, it’s clean, rather nicely decorated in a unique manner, orderly and well run with a certain air of gay community caring. It doesn’t have the hype, tinsel or pretense to it of the competitive bars found along the Wilton drag or the cowboy machoness or the crawled out of the gutter street life of those located around the Oakland Park area.
They also usually have a parking lot attendant/​guard who is extremely helpful… comes out with an umbrella to help you during rain storms… and gives you some sense of that your vehicle is secure while you are indoors.
So, for what it is and for what it is supposed to be, being a neighborhood gay bar it’s about the best in Broward… hence, Four Stars.