I've been to the Monkey off and on for the last two years or so and always had a great time. Sure, the service is a little lacking and the drinks aren't great, but when Lucas was the DJ, everyone seemed to have a good time.
The last two times I've been there, however, some d0uchebag DJ was there and was the worst karaoke DJ in the history of mankind. He was messing up the order, coming back to the DJ both late after leaving to go dance with the drunk idiots, giving way too much preference to the large birthday party that was there, and generally stinking up the joint.
We got there relatively early (9:00) and had our songs in quickly. After not singing by midnight and seeing that our party's songs had been moved down the list not once, but twice, we just decided to go. Pretty much the entire place had emptied out because no one was singing except for the group of drunken birthday girls. When we left, there was maybe 15 people in the bar that weren't there for that party.
Every other time I'd been to there and Lucas was hitting up the tunes, the nights were great and everyone in the place got to sing, not just the birthday parties that were excessively tipping. I won't go there again without calling ahead to see if Lucas is there.
Pros: Parking, one cute waitress
Cons: Weak drinks, bad service, bad DJs, the idiots in the hard hats.
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