Monk10 Taproom & Fine Eatery — Restaurant in Moncton

Oh Where to begin... I so wanted to like this place and dislike giving such negative reviews.

My partner and I went to Monk10's for their Valentine’s Day fixed price offering. Upon entering we felt it had a very cafeteria vibe. Once we were seated the server came over an placed a dirty water carafe and two glasses down at the table and did not offer to fill the glasses. A few moments later she returned with two glasses of champaign and prepared to take our orders. You had a choice of appetizer and entrée. I went with the Beet Veloute and my partner chose the Caesar Salad for our appetizers. My partner wanted the vegetarian option for her entrée, a Squash Caramelle Pasta, but was informed it was not available and there was no vegetarian substitute – She went with the 6oz beef tenderloin. I ordered the Seared Tuna.

Taste: (1/2 – star)

Amuse: Scallop Ceviche – This was a very bland offering. The lemon/lime zest was overpowering, making the scallops impossible to taste.

Appetizer: Caesar Salad – Again overpowered with Lemon juice and stale crostini.

Appetizer: Beet Veloute – Not eatable. It was as if a shaker of salt was accidently dumped in the plate.

Entrée: Seared Tuna – The tuna was overcooked. The outside was crisp, but the inside was overcooked and dry. A perfect seared tuna should be seared on the outside and rare on the inside. If the chef felt it shouldn’t be rare then at most it should have an internal temperature of 145 F. This was at about 185 F.

Entrée: 6oz Beef Tenderloin – The cut was chewy and overcooked. Asked for a medium and received a very well-done. The demi glaze wasn’t bad.

Desert: Chocolate Raspberry Mousse – Not bad, but not great. The raspberry glaze tasted like it was from a can.

Service (1 star):

It is said that great service can make up for an average meal. Unfortunately, the service was like the food – subpar.

After receiving the dirty carafe, the service did not improve. After each course they took our plate and utensils but did not replace our utensils. Every time, we had to ask for another fork. At the start of the entrée, our server came over and asked if I would like a drink – I choose a scotch and before my partner could give her drink order, the server turned around and left. We tried to call her back, but she just kept walking. When she finally returned with my drink, I asked if my partner could also order a drink.

Atmosphere (1/2 star with 4 stars for the jazz trio):

Monk10 is inside the Hilton Garden Inn and is an open concept design. Unfortunately, because of the style of tables and chairs it has a very cafeteria feel. In addition, even if this is the look they had in mind – for valentine’s day they should have rented white linens for the tables. They did have a jazz trio playing that added some nice ambiance.

Overall (1 star):

Including tax and tip (yes, we still tipped) it was over $200. For that price it should have had the quality, service and atmosphere of a place like Little Louis (A place we truly enjoy and would have only cost an extra $100). However, Monk10 feels like a group of friends got together and said let’s open a restaurant! However, none of the friends had any restaurant experience and the chef was great at cooking for that group of friends but not for a large group. I know this probably isn’t the case, but at least that would provide some explanation as to why this...

24 Dollar “Classic Burger” Review Sunday July 11th 2pm – Let’s start with the fountain Soda 0-Stars, the mix was not set correctly and didn’t taste like cola, replacement canned Soda 5 -Stars, The wait time was acceptable, The presentation was very nice: 5-Stars, Fries: 5-Stars, Homemade Ketchup: 5-Stars. Classic Burger, “House ground” sounds impressive, but the spices used were overpowering and the burger was too lean and crumbly. If it is truly house ground homemade, I would suggest not to add any spices to your the burger, 1-Star. I took advantage of the “Additions” at 3 dollars a piece and added the overly salted “House made bacon” 0-Stars and the “Smoked cheddar” which I can’t really comment on because it didn’t have a positive nor negative impact on me at the time. The “House made sliced pickles” where too sour and salty for my taste 0-Stars. The brioche bun looked great but once I removed the overly salted “House made bacon” I noticed that the bun was soggy and wet so I asked for a replacement so I could assemble the burger again less the bacon and cheese that was attached (melted). At first, I received the bottom of the bun, then I had the ask for the top. Once the top arrived it was browned but notice it was frozen in the middle when I attempted to put it on the top of my burger, so I discarded what was left and at that time cold. My attempt the salvage the burger was futile. I believe that if everything would have worked well, I can’t imagine that I would have enjoyed it with the critical elements not tasting that great and overpowering on their own?? Overall experience was poor 0-Stars. You would have thought that I didn’t get charged for my meal, right? “WRONG” I got charged for both meals. I think that they left out the charge for the bacon and cheese but I’m not counting that, I think it makes it even worse and shows the type of judgment they have. You think leaving out the charge for the bacon and cheese will make up for that experience and on top of that, give me an incentive to come and give it another try? To put some icing on the cake, I had forgotten my new hat. When I realized it and came back to get it 20-30 minutes later. They have taken from the chair that it was on threw it in what looked to be a garbage….. BIG FAT “0” STARS!! The place looks all fancy and all but save your money and go with...

We chose to come here before the Russell Peter’s show at the Avenir on Wednesday, July 13th. They have a great patio space which is in sight of the Avenir Center. We arrived at 6:30ish took 20 minutes for someone to take our drink order. They brought our first drink at 7:06. I immediately ordered our food and asked for a second beer right at that time. The second beer only arrived 33 minutes later.

The server was very friendly but appeared to be very ineffective. We even told him that we had a show to attend at 8pm. After asking him about how long to get food considering how busy the restaurant appeared to be, he had reassured us that it would only take 25 to 30 minutes to get our food ready. Food ordered at 7:06, it only arrived at ordered only arrived at 8:02.

The moment the food arrived I asked our server to bring us the bill and debit machine so we could pay right away. Thankfully he brought the bill for payment before the food came in. They were good enough to provide a 10% discount on the food and drinks. This barely made up for their shortcomings considering we had to rush to eat in order to not miss too much of the show.

The quality of the food was great but we could not enjoy it whatsoever due to how rushed we were to not miss out on the show any further.

I would not recommend coming to Monk 10 before any show or event at the Avenir Center as I must say, going to Monk 10 on this particular evening definitely put a damper on what was supposed to be a great evening.

Ref: CHK 5708

I messaged them thru Facebook messenger immediately following our visit to provide them feedback from our visit, I have yet to hear...