Reviews of Monte's Showbar Grill (Night Club)

Murr Stevens

Can't rate because I wasn't there. I was lunching at Lucy's Cafe and Eatery next door.

Michelle S

Came for a Yay Makers Paint Nite event and couldn't believe the space! I definitely want to come back to a live music event. Staff was really friendly - and I definitely recommend the Irish Nachos!

Felix Tremblay

Great place to have a drink, listen to music and catch up with friends

S Norman

Great place for local talent, handling covid well. Hosting online events

Amber Boutilier

The place to go for great music.

Nicole Hubley

Went here for paint night recently. The space was perfect for the activity and the bartender was attentive, however I'll never forget stopping in for lunch during burger week around 11am and being sent away because they weren't serving lunch for another hour. They open at 10am... I could have gotten hard liquor at 11 am but no burger. It will always be a dive bar in my eyes for this reason.

Laura Andrea

Great live venue. Watched #Nomadsky there.AMAZING!!

Rick Gallant

Great Food...

Teresa Holmes

Changed name to Colleen's Pub. BEST pub ever!!!!! Ordered fresh homemade french onion soup! Colleen used to be a waitress and when The Pour closed she up and bought a Pub! She knows everyone and interacts with everyone!

Wanda Glasner

We really enjoyed our dinner and the lovely atmosphere of Coleen's Pub

Michael Coady

A bunch of people were smoking right on the step. The chef missed my order so I didn't get served with the table and when I did get the food it was cold.

David m

Was very hard to get a seat

Howard Eakins

Great people! Amazing bands! One of the best music sounds in HRM. Wing night is great.

Trask Outdoors

Bigger then it looks.

Jarod Gallant

Excellent Vinny's for live music, biggest con is it's location, quite a trek to get down there

Matt Trenholm

Monte's is A+++, would drink beer here again

Dave Kinnie

Great staff , food and drinks

Daniel Brown

Great wings, staff was on the ball. Respecting covid restrictions/protocols as well.

Nick Tentomas

Great place!

Candice Collins

DJ Randy is the best!! Always guaranteed a good time!!! Love that they keep the old school live bands going!!! All in all, a great place to have a great time!!!

Darryl Eckhardt

Service is great and entertainment awesome

Blaine Abbott

Great night! Great atmosphere!

Len Benson

0large venue. Great staff. Great music .

william andrews

Got drunk fell down lol

Tina Boutilier

Good place for a drink with friends.

Richard

Kitchen closes early but you're there for the music!

Tammy King

Went for a paint night. Lots of fun

Andrew N

Love the stage! Great venue and great food :)

donnie t

Great atmosphere

Kevin Wood

Good reno's recently making live music more enjoyable

Chris MacKay

This is good little spot. It's one of the better bars in Dartmouth and they have great live music.

Brian Norman

Looking forward to seeing the renovation complete. The acoustic treatment and band mix position away from the back wall will be great. Razorboy rocks!

Piotr Luczak

This place is a lot of fun. The burger was just ok, but the beer, music, company and community are great!

Nikki Conrad

Terrible service from waitress at the bar during a big outting which is too bad because I really used to enjoy going. Not anymore, won't be returning

Matthew Tabor

Cool place, great atmosphere, usually a good band playing !

Catherine Walsh

Nice night out good music

Brett Bowness

Wish they had food, but the matinée show was spot on and drink prices were great

Denis Pankov

Great live music.

Kye Glenham

Great Venue for Live music, social gatherings and lots of spaces for any type of party, Large Dance floor & Great staff

TheDoktor Who

Monte's is one of the best spots for luve music around! Loads of seating, large stage for big bands, and a large dance floor space. Always love it here. Maximum Overdrive rocks!

Frederick Jamieson

Good food great live music

DOUGLAS ROBERTSON

I didn't go here. I went to the pub up the stairs. Coleen's Pub. Good food and libations here. Great place to enjoy live music.

John Smith

Going beyond the call of duty during these extraordinary times !

Anita Smith

Amazing staff!

Frederick Pye

Great atmosphere. Lots of room.old school.

Robert Campbell

Great room for live music of all sorts and good prices for drinks too. There's a VLT slots room.

Rayo Blanco

Great place for show, inside concerts & share nice moments with friends. Maykel from Son Latino. Cheers!

Patrick Leonard

Great staff, very nice looking bar.

Angela Riley

Had a lot of fun with the PaintNite class.

Ms. B

Monte's will always be a comfortable place to be. Karaoke here was a fun experience. Our waitress was great, even said she hoped to see us back next week!

fancy G : fancy time

Great bands, better service. They know how to creat an event.

S Murphy

Great sound system and live music venue.

Ellesa Bujold

This was a great stop, live band... great service.

Carolyn Sawler

Great dance floor and awesome band. "Height Requirement"

Soul Howe

heard Montes' has a new chef in house???

Dryden M

Great bar and great bands!

Coady Marsh

This is a venue extrordinaire for live music. They have live bands several times a week on a large, well-equipped stage with a dedicated sound technician. The staff is friendly and efficient and they have a full menu of food and an expansive selection of beverages. It's a great place to party.

Wade Boutilier

Good dive bar. Service was quite good. Video dj was cool.

Chris Oddo

I am a traveler. This is my first time in Halifax. I live in USA. I stopped by Tuesday for karaoke. Laurie The Guy is a very good DJ and has as much fun as everyone else. They have nice stage and sound is pretty darn good. Lot of great singers here. Locals are very friendly I am happy I stopped by. Ashley was great she was AWESOME. It was a steady night and she attended to bar and tables with no problem she is a professional. I look forward to my next trip to Halifax.

Kathryn C

Good food, great service.

Grasshoppers Martial Arts

Montes. A local bar that brings in good entertainment on the weekends. Food is ok (bar food) and drink prices are average. If your looking for a good place to watch live music though, this is your spot!

Suzanne Phillips

Loved the venue, great show and good food and beer. No complaints. Just want to do it again...

Lionel Thomas

Good place but services slow

Tracy Migel

Great dancing floors many bars

bob farrell

It would be 6 stars if the Toronto game was not on

William Austin

Loved it!!!

James Anthony

Received poor service. Of a group of 6, they forgot 2 meals until it was too late; than attempted to serve the 2 meals. Waitress was rude. When asked for the bill for 1 pop, she took in excess of 30 minutes so we left. Remained of the table got 1 free drink for our service. Will never go again to this establishment.

Deanne Ellis

Always lots of fun

Cristine Mcgowan

Food was awesome and I would recomend it to all .

Gary C

I like Monte,s

darlene lerue

Haven't been there in awhile, but always pretty good

F C

Great staff

Shanika Downey

The food is delicious, they never disappoint me!!

Chris Browne

Best bar on the east coast for live music.

Dave McPherson

If I may address the concerns two patrons experienced while visiting this establishment. First of all, let me express my regret that you have been diagnosed with this medical condition in the first place. I would never want to embarrass either of you for simply having such a condition. Based on what I have read, there truly are some people with severe chronic breathing conditions, mental health conditions or folks with cognitive or developmental disabilities who can experience anxiety from wearing a mask. My heart goes out to you, truly it does. I can only imagine the grief you'd experience visiting a nursing home, schools or a hospital, government offices or banks. Even your own workplace! That being said, I do appreciate the need to feel some sense of normalcy, like sitting down to a meal at a restaurant. Only seems natural to want to slip back into society and in a controlled, safe environment with social gatherings in these unprecedented times. That being said, i do feel for the business owner too. While the novascotia.ca website does not authorize nor permit businesses to ask patrons to provide proof of a medical condition exempting them from wearing masks, the business is within its right to refuse entry as they are allowed to set their own policies. I guess the way I personally see it, the optics would be bad for the majority of patrons visiting the establishment especially in the bar and restaurant sector. Everyone is having a different experience during this global pandemic and the business owners really need to appeal to the masses so that they can continue to operate. I think if certain friends of mine had witnessed someone walking in the door and through the bar without wearing a mask, they would up and leave and go out of their way to tell people to avoid that establishment. They wouldn't know that a medical condition exemption was being upheld. Personally, I don't believe anyone would want to draw unnecessary attention to themselves that they are victims of a medical condition by wearing or sporting some kind of flashy special exemption badge. So while my heart does go out to those who are clearly at higher risk by not being able to wear a face mask due to their condition, I don't believe we as society can condemn a small business owner for trying to protect their livelihood by simply following the rules set out by health and government officials for the majority so we are able to end this pandemic and get back to whatever our normal will be.

Pat Holmes

Great entertainment, perfect sound

Ashlee Parker

Extremely disappointed with the treatment of a guest who cannot wear a mask who has a medical exception. Absolutely will not return to this establishment.

Jeff Fong

Great sound system. Friendly staff.

Nicole Ouellette

Best karaoke and best service

Allan Day

If you plan to wait until later in the evening to eat and stay for the entertainment, think twice. We arrived at 7:45 and were told the kitchen was closed. It was supposed to be open until 830. I can see this happening once but it has happened twice on the last 6 months. Keep the schedule that everyone is told !!!

George Welburn

Great Showplace for local entertainment

Brad Lewis

Service was absolutely fantastic but unfortunately the place was cold and I mean cold. Atmosphere was good and Feedback (band name) rocked the joint!

Paulette Johnstone

Very well organized with seating, service was great! Loved the music

Kimberly Duke

Awesome food and one of the only places in Dartmouth that has live music

James Finn

Check out paint night! Awesome time. Specials and ice cold drinks.

Wendy Knowles

Great band nice atmosphere way too loud

Jennifer Covey

My parent went twice to get the burger during Halifax burger week. The first time they weren’t able to get the burger because you didn’t have supplies. Understandable. The second time they went in and were seated and not served. My Dad went to the bar because he thought the waitress didn’t see them. She assured him she’d be right over. But that was a lie, as another group came in and she served them first and continued to ignore them. My parents decided to just leave and go somewhere else. Pretty sure this was blatant discrimination and therefore I stopped recommending and would not go back.

Heather Carrol

Very good atmosphere and very good people

ROB Hogan

Great staff. Great food

Jim Johnson

I was very pleasantly surprised. I have lived in the neighborhood for years and never been there before. The place is way bigger than I thought ...not laid out great but it's ok. The food is really good for bar food. Get the breaded wings! They are not too much breading and crispy, they were fantastic. The hamburger was good but a little dry....in fairness they were so busy I'm not surprised. The place smells a little like a deepfryer though. The best thing about the place is the sound system. It rocks in there. I have not seen a live band in there yet but I will now! Not sure what the normal clientele is like I was only at 2 chase the ace events. Hopefully it will be ok. I'll let you know.

Meagan Soley

Poor service. Refusing entry based on medical reasons for not being able to wear masks. First establishment I have encountered that took this stance. Asked in advance to avoid issue and they were less than accommodating.

Wade Ritchie

Good food

Falon Ogaick

Large space, surprising amount of people, good dance floor, all in a fun time.

Judy Sullivan

Great place to see live bands, big stage lots of seats

Sarah Saunders

Waited an hour for a terrible burger. They were out of fries, onion rings, and battered fish. Thought we may be the only ones who waited that long but asked another gentleman who was waiting for his bill, same story. Had to rush home and be sick immediately, not surprising as when I went to pay the smell from the kitchen and behind the bar was terrible, and my burger was slightly underdone but I was so hungry I figured it might not be that bad. Oh how wrong I was. If all you want to do is drink, this may be ok. If you want food, try your luck anywhere else.

Richard Murdoch

Not much to look at. Service was nice but slow, however just reopened from Covid and busy. Excellent music line ups. Highly recommended for that alone.

Derek Forbes

Great place to relax and enjoy with your friends. Excellent staff and owner.

Carolyn Profit

Love the Entertainment!

Carmen Mingo

Best venue for live music in Halifax

Sharon Daniels

Best bar staff ever!!!! And the owner is the "bomb"

sharon kelly

Food was great, local music awesome, friendly staff and patrons