Monaghans Sports Pub & Grill

Abysmal

My party of four was seated after the bouncer ID'd all of us, requiring two pieces of ID. Asking for two pieces of government ID comes across as extravagant, unnecessary, and presumptuously suspicious of your clientele. Whatever. That wasn't enough to ruin the experience by any means. So we got seated afterwards. We were sitting for between 5-10 minutes waiting for someone to acknowledge our presence. Finally, we were greeted by a rather unenthusiastic server. We requested drinks and menus and did not receive either for another 10 minutes. Two of us grabbed our own menus while waiting. Fast-forwarding--it is very difficult to get any service, let alone bad service. It is a chore to get what you want. You need to personally seek out the waitress and ask for drinks/food, and you get the impression that you're bothering her. Aside from the generally slow, and oft non-existant service, the server was simply unfriendly, ungracious, and uninformed. I asked what imported beers she had and her reaction read that my question was unreasonable. She didn't even know which beers were imported/domestic. Unacceptable for a server. Next is the food quality. Long story short: completely mediocre. Mozzarella sticks were fine, though they likely came from a frozen package. I ordered the buffalo chicken sandwich, and while it wasn't horrid, there was nothing about it that made me feel like my money was spent well. Huge thick bun with a thin chicken fillet smothered in Frank's Red Hot hardly qualifies as a satisfactory meal. Fries were unsalted and unseasoned. Straight from the freezer to the deep fryer. Simply boring. I wouldn't recommend this place for anything. Not for the food. Not for the drinks (they don't even have weekday specials; I went on a Wednesday night). Not for the (non-existant) friendly staff. Stay away.

Worthless

I'd like to preface my review by saying that my expectations were not that high for this place. I went in without a recommendation and I wasn't expecting much more than the standard affair of pub food. Obviously I didn't come here looking for a five-star dining experience. However, these rather low expectations were somehow not even met. I will start with the service. My party of four was seated after the bouncer ID'd all of us, requiring two pieces of ID. Thankfully I had my healthcard on me, and I'll say that this wasn't the best start. Asking for two pieces of government ID comes across as extravagant, unnecessary, and presumptuously suspicious of your clientele. Whatever. That wasn't enough to ruin the experience by any means. So we got seated afterwards. We were sitting for between 5-10 minutes waiting for someone to acknowledge our presence. Finally, we were greeted by a rather unenthusiastic server. We requested drinks and menus and did not receive either for another 10 minutes. Two of us grabbed our own menus while waiting. Fast-forwarding--it is very difficult to get any service, let alone bad service. It is a chore to get what you want. You need to personally seek out the waitress and ask for drinks/food, and you get the impression that you're bothering her. Aside from the generally slow, and oft non-existant service, the server was simply unfriendly, ungracious, and uninformed. I asked what imported beers she had and her reaction read that my question was unreasonable. She didn't even know which beers were imported/domestic. Unacceptable for a server. Next is the food quality. Long story short: completely mediocre. Mozzarella sticks were fine, though they likely came from a frozen package. I ordered the buffalo chicken sandwich, and while it wasn't horrid, there was nothing about it that made me feel like my money was spent well. Huge thick bun with a thin chicken fillet smothered in Frank's Red Hot hardly qualifies as a satisfactory meal. Fries were unsalted and unseasoned. Straight from the freezer to the deep fryer. Simply boring. I think I tipped between 3-4% of my bill, and even that may have been generous. Tips are earned, not automatically generated. If you put in no effort, you get no reward. The food quality was nowhere good enough to redeem the awful service. I wouldn't recommend this place for anything. Not for the food. Not for the drinks (they don't even have weekday specials; I went on a Wednesday night). Not for the (non-existant) friendly staff. They do have a few pool tables though. Maybe you could go for that, if nothing else.

Dirty place, run down. The staff are lousy. Same people all the time.unfriendly atmosphere.People tell you their problems,even if you don't know them.The prices are good though. I felt uncomfortable there, not too welcoming.

Wings and Sports and Beer YES!

This is a college bar and like most people if you want to have a few beers and great wings this is the place to go. We ordered their TEAM COMBO special which included 20 wings, 4 potato jackets, 6 mozzarella sticks and fries plus a pitcher of draft beer. We were told about the HELLFIRE wing deal if you can eat a pound they present you with a free T-Shirt...next time for sure.

Still a Lousy Place

Have been here a few times over the years and was never overly impressed, the last time went in with a few guys from my Rugby team for a few beers and wings. It was more a case of I only went there because they where going there. Atmosphere: The place is worn down and tired. For starters the place still looks like an out-dated, tacky 1970's basement. Its also way too bright in there, you feel like your sitting in a tanning salon. The music was too low so it was eerily quiet. Not a good comfortable and welcoming bar atmosphere thats for sure. It was full of 19 year old college kids at the tables and scruffy, smelly 50 year old drunks by the bar. Neither groups seemed to mind the hideous decor and dirty washrooms. Even the bar area was dirty, unwiped tables etc. Definitely not a family place, there was broken glass outside and people smoking a joint by the patio. Food & Drink: Wings were middle of the road and are definitely not the best in town. They need to clean their taps or something because we had 3 different beers from tap on our table and they all tasted off. Dirty lines perhaps? Also a pitcher of Moosehead arrived luke warm. Service: Uninspired and insincere. The servers and bartenders must not be happy because not one of them was smiling. The dorky looking manager looked like he was 14 years old and you could tell he is one of those guys who thinks he's cool but clearly isn't at all. He certainly didn't seem to care our beer was warm or how we were doing. All he said to the server when we told him was 'get them something else then' and walked away without an apology or even speaking directly to us. Beers were empty for a bit and we had to ask for a refill. We didn't even see our server for a while and no one asked us how our food was. I kind of wish this place would close down and something better would open there because its had its day and hasn't improved at all over the years. They just don't seem to give a damn. Will definitely NOT go back.