Monk's Cafe

264 S 16th St, Philadelphia, PA 19102

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215 / 545-7005

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www.monkscafe.com

Inspired by cozy Belgium brasseries, this neighborhood cafe is a great place to grab a reasonable burger ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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101 reviews

95% of guests recommend this place.

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I love beer and food. more on CitySearch

We see a lot of places around the country cause we travel for work and this place had all the right stuff, good beer, good food, and good ambiance, but immediately they were rude and condescending to ... more on TripAdvisor

The food is pretty typical bar food (though I really like the fries). more on Menupages.com

The burgers are award-winning & so are the fries, but venture further & you'll find grilled octopus, a beer sauced filet mignon, mussels to die for and my favorite-the duck salad. more on Yahoo! Travel

Coffee's good and dessert is a rare trea more on igougo

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While I cannot deny the impressive beer selection, my experiences at Monk's have been less than pleasurable. I've been there three times, and EVERY time, the servers and hosts have been very rude for no good reason! I dress well, ... more on Yahoo! Travel

One of the best beer places in the US, maybe the world. The staff is very friendly & they really know their beer. The wait for a dinner table can be long, but your patience will be well rewarded. The burgers are award-winning & ... more on Yahoo! Travel

There is ambience galore, servers all seem to want you to have a good experience. Food is very good, I especialy like the build a sandwich, Yum, of course the pommes frites are decadently delicious. ... more on Yahoo! Travel

Tom Peters (co-owner) has a jem of a place in Monk's. The mussels & pomme frittes (french fries) are a must have. Monk's has a great atmosphere and has won Philly's Best Beer bar as long as I can remember. Hint...see if you can ... more on Yahoo! Travel

Give the pomme frittes and mussels a try for the ethinic background. more on Yahoo! Travel

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We go here all the time for the beer selection, atmosphere and frites... we have noticed the menu has changed and apparently its because ... more on TripAdvisor

If you are looking for the best Belgian style beer anywhere, you must vist Monk's in Philadelphia. Their sister bar, Belgian Cafe, shares the ... more on TripAdvisor

Monk's has a large selection of foreign beers with about 18 on tap. The food is excellent, especially their burgers, fries, and mussels. Prices are average to slightly above average for center city bu ... more on TripAdvisor

My wife and I stopped here on a recent trip to Philadelphia after hearing good things about the Seitan Cheese Steak (a must for vegetarians traveling to Philly) and we were not disappointed. In additi ... more on TripAdvisor

So glad the beer tour app we were following led us here. Wonderful beer selection, too. It's a good thing we got here in the afternoon, ... more on TripAdvisor

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Overall it was good...I wanted duck spring rolls which had sold out, then I had the mussels which were ok but not great, the mussels ... more on Menupages.com

Title says it all. Burgers are sub-par. Fries are nothing to write home about. Beer selection is great, ... more on Menupages.com

My friends and I went to Monk's to try this legandary beer list. We didn't stay for more than a couple of minutes because the hostess literally ... more on Menupages.com

This is truly a beer lovers paradise. There are approximately 200 different kinds of beers with half of them from Belgium. The food is awesome ... more on Menupages.com

I was in Philly this weekend and my buddy took a group of us to Monks for lunch. I heard about this place up in NY and it couldn't have been ... more on Menupages.com