Miami Monkey

WACK! We came all the way from CALIFORNIA to see this crap just to find out that its not there anymore. Basically they only did this bar for the show and now it is non existent. So don’t waste your time walking up and down south beach looking for it because it isn’t there anymore

Hearing all about the Drunken Monkey in Staten Island and being a fan of Big Ang’s, I was super excited when I heard they were opening the Miami Monkey. Before the show premiered, I went to the bar which is hidden on the second floor of the Netherland Hotel. We were the ONLY people there. When we sat down and asked for a menu, the bartender told us there wasn’t any and looked pretty annoyed that we walked in to ruin his empty bar, so we left. After the show premiered, we thought that we should give it a second chance and that there would be at least 5 people at the bar. Wrong. It was a Friday night, there was still no menu, no signature cocktails, NOTHING. So again, we left and went to Finnegan’s which is very close by. ONE more chance, we went on a Saturday around 2:00 and it was the same thing. Empty bar, no menu, no signature drinks and worst of all, no regular size cups. Which the $ 20 cocktail is not bad considering the size of the cup, but what if I wanted just ONE cocktail? Like I said, I was really really hoping that this place would shape up to the point that we tried it three times and sadly it didn’t. Plus I haven’t seen anyone from the show working there (expected). I one day still hope to try the Drunken Monkey in Staten Island. Hope it isn’t a disapointment like this one.