It’s super unfortunate that I have to leave this review, because I love Grease Monkey. It was the first establishment that I attended once I became of drinking age and I cherish it as such. What caused me to leave a one star review was the bartender by the name of Emily. She was very dismissive with me when I arrived to the bar to order. Her greeting was “what do you want”. She then rudely told a patron to “turn his music down” on his phone when the bar was only filled with 4 people and he was just watching Tik Tok, he wasn’t bothering anyone. He felt disturbed and left instantly. A gentleman next to him noticed how she treated him and left as well and then guess what, my friend and I followed right behind him! Emily needs to realize that you can’t speak to adults like children and that you can’t be dismissive to the people that you are serving. In this day and age, people will just leave..as we did! I’ll definitely come back but will leave as soon as I realize that Emily is the one behind the bar.
Donna Irizarry
Love the Black and blue burger...so good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger
Edward Gordon
It’s a bar and a restaurant live music certain days. The black & blue burger is blacked spices and bleu cheese - outstanding! You can ask to downsize to the 1/3 pound burger if you’re so inclined but I got the (normal) 1/2 pounder… yummy! Should’ve taken pictures.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger
King Charles
Very tasty and juicy ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger, Sweet Potato Fries
Darryl Rasper
Great place to eat and hang out. One of the best burgers I've had in Arlington. It's a nice, comfortable atmosphere and has a nice bar. You won't be disappointed dining here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger
Epic Dawn
Monk-Fil-A lunch special. Everyday. Every time I go. Fries are great. I'm always on lunch break so never get to try their beer, but they got a decent selection. Staff is always chill too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rick Bay
Shared a meal before Texas Ranger game on A Sunday evening. The Portabello Burger is amazing. The fried pickles and jalapeños are very delicious. Great atmosphere with live music on weekends.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Jalapenos, Burger
Efrain Pillado
Very nice place to chill and have a drink. Vibes were awesome and the live definitely added to the atmosphere. Will be back fo sho!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Scott Canoni
Amazing burger joint, get the chicken fried bacon burger and fried pickles.
Hanging out at On Tap, with my son & both of us were hungry. Prior to this, I had only been to Grease Monkey once, years ago, and was not impressed. However, places do improve and it's right around the corner....so why not?After looking over the menu, we both decided on hotdogs. They had lots of add toppings that sounded great, but did make that $4.50 hotdog much more expensive! Also added an order of fries ($3.00) and fried jalapeños ($6.50),which came with a ranch (ish) dip.His hotdog had fresh jalapeños, pepper jack cheese and green chiles. Mine had pepper jack cheese, green chiles, onions and roasted red chiles. I didn't care for the fact that the onions weren't chopped. Who puts whole slices of onions on a hotdog? Hard to eat like that!When I got to the restaurant, I found that what was on the hoods ( 3 car hoods that show their menu), hotdogs and the toppings weren't listed. Seemed like there was far less shown overall, than what I saw for online ordering. For example, the online ordering gave multiple choices for what type of bun the hotdogs could be on - the girl at the counter said there were no choices, that the hotdogs only came on 1 type of bun. Cost was $28.88 - more than I expected or thought the overall meal was worth.So, opened the hotdog take out boxes....less than impressed. The hotdogs were on sandwich buns, which dwarfed the hotdogs. The toppings looked a bit meager. The actual hotdogs did taste great. They were split open and I would have loved it if they had charred the hotdogs just a bit! The bread had a fantastic texture, however it was grilled and I couldn't tell.....and should have been used for sandwiches, not hotdogs!The fries looked like they had absorbed lots of oil - dark and not crispy. So either not the rights type of potato to use for fries or the oil they were fried in wasn't hot enough. The fried jalapeños looked good, though not a lot of batter on them, or I should say inconsistent battering. They tasted good, but overall, not always much crunch factor to go with the taste.I found the hotdogs to be a mixed bag of good taste and bad pairing - hotdogs themselves were very flavorful, and the bread was great - just shouldn't be paired together. Far more bread than hotdog. The toppings that we choose actually added little taste, which was so disappointing. You could load up a hotdog, pay a lot and quite possibly end up not being the least bit impressed. As far as condiments for the hotdogs, they only offer regular mustard, ketchup and mayo (if you want it). If they were to offer a variety of mustard types and other condiments, that would be a huge help.For my taste bang & buck - I would much rather have a spicey Texas Dog from the vendor outside of Home Depot (if they are still there)! I definitely would not order the fries again. Just not worthy. They need to find a better frozen food vendor for those.Not sure if I will try Grease Monkey again.Kid-friendliness: I personally not think it's a kid friendly place. It's an adult bar.
It’s super unfortunate that I have to leave this review, because I love Grease Monkey. It was the first establishment that I attended once I became of drinking age and I cherish it as such. What caused me to leave a one star review was the bartender by the name of Emily. She was very dismissive with me when I arrived to the bar to order. Her greeting was “what do you want”. She then rudely told a patron to “turn his music down” on his phone when the bar was only filled with 4 people and he was just watching Tik Tok, he wasn’t bothering anyone. He felt disturbed and left instantly. A gentleman next to him noticed how she treated him and left as well and then guess what, my friend and I followed right behind him! Emily needs to realize that you can’t speak to adults like children and that you can’t be dismissive to the people that you are serving. In this day and age, people will just leave..as we did! I’ll definitely come back but will leave as soon as I realize that Emily is the one behind the bar.
Love the Black and blue burger...so good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger
It’s a bar and a restaurant live music certain days. The black & blue burger is blacked spices and bleu cheese - outstanding! You can ask to downsize to the 1/3 pound burger if you’re so inclined but I got the (normal) 1/2 pounder… yummy! Should’ve taken pictures.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger
Very tasty and juicy ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger, Sweet Potato Fries
Great place to eat and hang out. One of the best burgers I've had in Arlington. It's a nice, comfortable atmosphere and has a nice bar. You won't be disappointed dining here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger
Monk-Fil-A lunch special. Everyday. Every time I go. Fries are great. I'm always on lunch break so never get to try their beer, but they got a decent selection. Staff is always chill too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shared a meal before Texas Ranger game on A Sunday evening. The Portabello Burger is amazing. The fried pickles and jalapeños are very delicious. Great atmosphere with live music on weekends.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Jalapenos, Burger
Very nice place to chill and have a drink. Vibes were awesome and the live definitely added to the atmosphere. Will be back fo sho!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing burger joint, get the chicken fried bacon burger and fried pickles.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
EXCELLENT
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Loved it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger
Fried portobello burger ?The A1 sauce sets it off
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hanging out at On Tap, with my son & both of us were hungry. Prior to this, I had only been to Grease Monkey once, years ago, and was not impressed. However, places do improve and it's right around the corner....so why not?After looking over the menu, we both decided on hotdogs. They had lots of add toppings that sounded great, but did make that $4.50 hotdog much more expensive! Also added an order of fries ($3.00) and fried jalapeños ($6.50),which came with a ranch (ish) dip.His hotdog had fresh jalapeños, pepper jack cheese and green chiles. Mine had pepper jack cheese, green chiles, onions and roasted red chiles. I didn't care for the fact that the onions weren't chopped. Who puts whole slices of onions on a hotdog? Hard to eat like that!When I got to the restaurant, I found that what was on the hoods ( 3 car hoods that show their menu), hotdogs and the toppings weren't listed. Seemed like there was far less shown overall, than what I saw for online ordering. For example, the online ordering gave multiple choices for what type of bun the hotdogs could be on - the girl at the counter said there were no choices, that the hotdogs only came on 1 type of bun. Cost was $28.88 - more than I expected or thought the overall meal was worth.So, opened the hotdog take out boxes....less than impressed. The hotdogs were on sandwich buns, which dwarfed the hotdogs. The toppings looked a bit meager. The actual hotdogs did taste great. They were split open and I would have loved it if they had charred the hotdogs just a bit! The bread had a fantastic texture, however it was grilled and I couldn't tell.....and should have been used for sandwiches, not hotdogs!The fries looked like they had absorbed lots of oil - dark and not crispy. So either not the rights type of potato to use for fries or the oil they were fried in wasn't hot enough. The fried jalapeños looked good, though not a lot of batter on them, or I should say inconsistent battering. They tasted good, but overall, not always much crunch factor to go with the taste.I found the hotdogs to be a mixed bag of good taste and bad pairing - hotdogs themselves were very flavorful, and the bread was great - just shouldn't be paired together. Far more bread than hotdog. The toppings that we choose actually added little taste, which was so disappointing. You could load up a hotdog, pay a lot and quite possibly end up not being the least bit impressed. As far as condiments for the hotdogs, they only offer regular mustard, ketchup and mayo (if you want it). If they were to offer a variety of mustard types and other condiments, that would be a huge help.For my taste bang & buck - I would much rather have a spicey Texas Dog from the vendor outside of Home Depot (if they are still there)! I definitely would not order the fries again. Just not worthy. They need to find a better frozen food vendor for those.Not sure if I will try Grease Monkey again.Kid-friendliness: I personally not think it's a kid friendly place. It's an adult bar.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Good burgers.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Blue Burger, Burger
Great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5