Bearded Monkey Sports Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Lavon

Update June 16: The Long Dog got upgraded. The girth on that dog is no joke! 😂 It’s awesome, delicious. Best long dog I’ve ever eaten, puts Sonic nearby to shame. The chicken nachos were a lot. Needs like two or three people to finish. Overall a great Monday night.

Update May 20: Philly cheesesteak sucked tonight. Bread barely buttered and grilled. Three tiny pieces of bell peppers. Meat that doesn’t cover a third of the buns. The meat tasted lower quality than before. Fries were great though! Pictures were from previous visits.

Update April 9: Service was fast. Philly cheesesteak is the best here.

Update Mar 27th: Sat myself down for lunch at 12:35. No service. No wait staff. Maybe they called in sick. Walked myself out after a few minutes.

Previously:

It’s my first visit here. Went with bro. Lunch time, but not that packed. First impression is it’s clean, no odd smells or uncomfortable humidity.

Brother and I got the Philly cheesesteak. Onion rings and tater tots. Range rattlers.

Taters were perfect, same with the onion rings.

Philly cheesesteaks were great. Good amount of bell peppers and onions, that’s where half the places I get phillys go wrong, they don’t put enough peppers and onions. Not here, it’s perfect. It’s also not super salty, so the cheese they’re using probably isn’t junk quality. I won’t have to go into Wylie to get that Philly craving fulfilled. Range rattlers, good portion. Tastes good. Not as oily as I expected, always a plus. Ordering that for lunch was a mistake. Barely finished the Philly and onion rings.

Service was courteous and attentive. Checked if we liked our food. Checked on drink refills. Offered to bring check earlier since we let her know she knew we were on our work lunch break.

Price wasn’t outrageous. We didn’t get charged for ranch or condiments, some other reviews on Facebook made me I initially think they were stingy.

Will definitely be back to try the rest...

Went there after a business meeting with a few co workers recently. The atmosphere was cool and the bartender was attentive. My only issue was the bacon burger I ordered. It was more bun than burger and the bacon was basically one piece of bacon broken into 3 pieces. Im a burger guy and this bacon burger was less than appealing. I asked for mayo on the burger and requested more and was charged for it. EVER HEARD OF THE GIVE THEM THE PICKLE STORY🤔. The only thing that delivered was the onion rings. Now those were actually surprisingly good. I along with 2 others ordered the bacon burger and we all were charged for extra mayo....and all agreed the burger was below par. I cant get over how they broke one slice of bacon into 3 pieces🙄🙄...maybe they should rename it the bacon bit burger🤔🤔. Would I return...probably not. I dont really like "Drunk Foods"....maybe if I were drunk it would have seemed like a better burger. I would rate the burger 4 out of ten. Skimpy patty....skimpy bacon and...

I debated writing this. However, improvement needs to happen.

Our server was clearly new. She did not know prices, drink availability, or the happy hour. That is not my issue though.

After waiting a very extended period of time, we had to go inside to get the bill. She possibly forgot we were outside. When we came in, did she apologize, say she was overwhelmed, anything? No. She took my credit card, went to the terminal … and then went to a table to take their order…..

So where was my credit card? In her pocket? At the terminal? Being copied in the back? Handed to a different patron?

She passed it off to a different server! That server literally my credit card on a tour of the restaurant, including outside, before returning it to me. This is where I should note that I did not move from my spot by the bar where I gave her my credit card.

I ended up leaving a tip - which I really shouldn’t have - and put my receipt on a...