Monkey Bar of Clearwater

Reviews

• Melody Z.

  star star star star star_border 2 October 2026

  I came in with hopes of them sponsoring my daughter for local softball. Still hoping I hear something soon. I happened to come in during a fundraising event with local bands. It's small , smoky, and full of happy people. Bar service was quick. I was in this bar years ago and not much different. A place to drink ,smoke, watch sports and maybe local entertainment.

• Chris B.

  star star star star_border star_border 2 October 2026

  Way too smokey.  Too bad because they get some OK bands.
  The bar and food are typical for a dive bar.  Nothing special.

• Steven R.

  star star star star_border star_border 13 September 2026

  Cheap drinks and decent bands. The food... not so much.

• Jennyfer A.

  star star star star_border star_border 10 September 2026

  Cheap drinks. Okay waitresses and friendly Caucasian folks frequent this place at different times of the day, week and month! Summer is always a nice time to stop in because it seems like it's a younger crowd then and a bit more diverse. Not a bad neighborhood bar though. I liked it. I would go in again. They have a pool table and two arcade games I think. (A dart board and ping pong machine?) the drinks are really top shelf though! 5 stars for the quality and 5 stars for affordable prices! They also have almost every bottle of liquor you can think of! The entire middle of the bar is used for storage. There's a lot of bottles there. And it's kind of a neat layout. The waitress is in the middle and she just walks in a circle attending to the people seated around her. Sometimes it's very slow on week days but at other times, mostly weekends it gets crowded and I've often wished there had been another person attending to the liquor drinkers. I hate waiting to get drunk lol. Pleasant music too! Weekdays mostly oldies. On weekends it's mainstream radio music!

• John L.

  star star star star_border star_border 5 September 2026

  Came here late on a Friday and was immediately getting the eye as soon as we walked in. Translation: a bar for regulars, or they were Scientologists looking to recruit us. Hey, it is close to dt Clearwater. Typical strip mall dive.  Long bar and a separate seating area with a stage. And we happened to be there on average band night. These guys weren't horrible, nor were they amazing, just average.
  
  There was some unintentional comic relief on the band's part when the lead singer jumped off the stage, walked into the crowd (as if he was playing Madison Square Garden) and tried to get the crowd to interact, without much luck. My date wouldn't even dance with him.  And when you're unsuccessful in that endeavor, in a bar full of drunk people, that's pretty bad.
  
  But I digress. The bartender was very friendly and quick.  No problems there. Smoking inside, which I love (until I quit in November), but not much else. I'll have to admit, we weren't there for very long, so maybe it would've been better if the band wasn't there blowing out our eardrums with poor versions of AC/DC and Bon Jovi songs.
  
  I might go back, but certainly won't go out of my way.