Harmonious Monks

Very bad experience. I’ve never been so displeased with food at a restaurant. I can’t even call it decent. The service was even worse. The poor hostess was doing the best she could under horrible circumstances. She was the only one working in the entire building. Never again! I will be shocked if this place is open very long.

(This is just the short version)
This place doesn’t even deserve 1 star! This is one of the worst restaurants that I’ve been to in my entire life! First off– there was a sign on the door saying that you must pay with a credit card for small groups. We had 10 people, so we were ok. (Assuming that people typically dine&dash.) We walked in the restaurant, and the bar tender was the waitress for the entire restaurant. SHE WAS THE ONLY PERSON WORKING! she explained to us that she was doing the best that she could and she would be quitting after today due to her asshole of a manager. We later saw why! We ordered our food& waited well over 2 hours for it! I have no idea why it took so long for things like a chicken wrap, taco salad, and nachos! When we received the food, we thought that it would at least be delicious being that we waited forever. Boy were we wrong! The ground beef was overlooked, cold fries, myself and someone else received the wrong order. It was pure hell! When the «owner» came out, we asked why was she serving this type of food? Would there be a discount? Were we being pranked? She didn’t see anything wrong with the food and said «well at least you got it!» I honestly wanted to slap the hell out of her, but thankfully I didn’t. She threatened to call the police on us because we spoke our mind about her piece of shit establishment. Needless to say, we paid for the 3 bites that we ate and left. I hope that establishment shuts down soon. You should not be in business on Jacksonville’s beach strip if your ass cannot produce quality food in a timely manner!

The pool table was cool, I had the BBQ chicken pizza, we looked dumb trying to casually dine in at a punk rock lounge at 11:30pm on a Friday night with heavy metal and screaming drunk people swarming… anyways service was good, food was good and everyone was friendly my ears hurt though… located by the beach so thats a plus…

Some of the food was decent, some was good, and some wasn’t eddible. Children’s cheeseburger and fries X 2 was good. Chicken nachos were decent. Monks club wrap was good. I orders a basket of sweet potato fries, they came out super late and they were burnt to the point that I couldn’t eat them.
I did have two bloody Mary’s and those were fantastic. The bar staff was great! The waitress was not. Kept complaining about how understaffed they were. She was visibly frazzled. We waited an obscene amount of time for our check, then just as long for my form of payment to return.
I will not be returning for food, maybe for drinks though.

Came in and ate. Band playing in 2 hours. Made to move to other side of bar or pay cover charge. Place empty.
After posting this we got kicked out by the owner

Here for Marley fest on a Saturday, usually has plenty of staff to accommodate larger crowds, now that an event is underway, they are understaffed. I feel for the bartenders (3of them) that are running around like chickens with their heads chopped off trying to help everyone. Everyone is looking stressed and no one is getting their food or drink orders in a reasonable time. I have wait an hour and a half for a chicken wrap, at this point i have given up. I except much more from this place because usually it’s wonderful with friendly staff and plenty of people to help out. Shame on the management for not expecting the Marley Fest to bring in the crowd.

Sat at the bar and watched the bartender on her phone and talking with a few obvious «regulars». Sat there… watched her… acknowledge us and yet… oddly, do nothing about it. Have been here before for a concert and it was kind of fun, so thought we would come in early on a Saturday night and check it out. It wasn’t busy, so why… was she not… serving us drinks?
So…after about 5 minutes of watching her on her phone, talking to other people, after having acknowledged us and not serve us… we simply walked out. We look normal, we were dressed pretty nice and we’re pretty fun peeps, so just… weird.

Despite numerous attempts to contact you and your corporate office, we have had no response so I’m resorting to social media. We came to your establishment as a group on ¹¹⁄₄ and had the absolute worst experience ever. Many of our group never got our food, after sitting there FOR HOURS the manager — who was visibly wasted, either high or drunk — refused to address our concerns. The only thing that was positive about our trip there was the individual who ran open mic night and our waiter. They, however, were not supported by your «management» despite trying their hardest to make our experience a positive one. If this is your idea of professionalism and customer service, you ought to be ashamed. There are members of our party that were overcharged and you’ve done nothing to rectify the situation. Please contact me as soon as possible regarding this.

Waited for 10 minutes standing at the entrance to be seated, finally after asking the bartender we sat ourselves. We sat and watched waiters in street clothes wander around, and even noticed people in line trying to pay their bills. I’m not sure why this restaurant was even open, they seemed either confused or disinterested in making money. We never even had a waiter come to our table after waiting 15+ more minutes. I will never visit this restaurant again, nor would I recommend it to anyone. Another waste of space in Jacksonville Beach.

We came to this sports bar yesterday. The place was huge and almost completely empty. The bartenders were attentive and nice, so nothing wrong with them. We had a motley crew smoking e-​cigs next to us. We ordered a mixed drink that was pretty bad. The TV’s for NFL Sunday ticket seemed to me standard def. I don’t see this place lasting.

I went to Harmonious Monks years ago in Mandarin and it was a blast! Jax Beach is terrible and the food is also not worth even ordering! Will never go again unless Mandarin is as fun as it use to be!

Our waitress was so cute! the drinks were very strong and the food was ok. I don’t particular care for bar food but it was decent for where we were.

We played Trivia here last night while on vacation. We didn’t order any food but the drinks were good as well as the service. They also had a poker league playing on the other side of the bar and pool tables so there’s plenty to do.

Terrible service! My fiancé and I ordered drinks and kept getting different drinks served to us, it took forever for our food, and our server was intoxicated! The list goes on and on and none of it is good!

Sadly, they lost the main thing going for them– the Friday and Saturday night entertainment guy. The waitstaff is neither service savy nor talented. When a waitress got up to sing, if she forgot the words she just ran off stage and once there was a long sing and she just walked off during it. (And she did not go to wait on a table; we were here only table and my diet coke stayed empty for 25 minutes.) the guy leading the he singing saved all the entertainment. Why oh why is he gone!
The food… Ugh
We pretty much tried everything and the pizza was edible but nothing else was very good. Mind you, we used to come often– but it was for the music show. We won’t be back. Too bad too because we would eat and go there for drinks and entertainment every time out of town guests came.

The chicken wings taste horrible, the service sucks. The beer was flat.
This place is for people that are in desperate need of attention and apparently they don’t like baking pizza for their clients.
Don’t come to this place ever. …
Even if there were 5 people at the bar the bar tender will totally ignore you. …

If you’re looking for a great time with friends, good prices and excellent service – this is the place! The music rocks and it’s clean with simple décor. We were looking for a fun night where we can catch up with friends, drink and dance. Harmonious Monks delivered! We were there last night from 10 until 2am; the combo of live music with the latest, 80s, and 90s hits was a cool touch. We had plenty of room to dance, and chilled over at the side table from the bar. The wings were crispy with an awesome hot sauce. I saw a few people grab pizza and it looked really good, but we were too full for anything else. Agree a while we went outside and got some fresh air with their outdoor seating. It was the perfect place to people watch and laugh at the ridiculously long line across the road. I was having too much fun to take any pictures, but give this place a try! It’s a gem amongst the crowded, overpriced bars on the beach.

A welcome addition to the beach scene.
After changing ownership and names three times in the past two years, I think we finally found a keeper. Harmonious Monks brings a fun vibe to a rather dull location. That dull location is a parking garage.
So apparently to work here you have to either sing, dance, or play an instrument. Throughout the night you’ll see all of the servers or bartenders work their way to the stage to do one of the three. It’s a pretty neat experience that they’re more than willing to share with the customer.
Every time I’ve been in here everyone is having a good time. I’ve yet to see a frown in this place. The drink prices are in line with any other beach bar and I seem to recall an hourly shot special? I guess I don’t remember much after that. Overall, I thoroughly enjoy Monks and hope to see it stick around.

Stopped in last night after realizing they are now there and open… I knew they were moving in to the space but I totally forgot all about them during these last few cold months.
I love what they’ve done with the place… it’s Harmonious Monks with a beach vibe, which I totally dig.
They were setting up for open mic night while we were briefly there and they were not busy at all… which was nice b/​c it gave us a chance to talk up the bartender and ask some questions.
We tried the tacos which were on special last night…$ 5.99 for 2 tacos and a side. We each placed an order, beef for him and chicken for me and then swapped one with each other so we could each try both. I thought they were pretty decent, but they were just standard tacos. They put the condiments on the side — lettuce, tomatoes and jalapenos — but didn’t give you any cheese, sour cream or salsa.
They also had $ 3 gatorades and $ 3 fireballs last night… not sure if that’s their Wednesday special though…
I will definitely be back throughout the summer.

Pretty awesome «Gatorade» drankz and pizza!!!
We stepped in midday Monday and saw they had a drink special for $ 3 Gatorades. My friends and I sat at the bar and we’re thinking, okay colored drinks that taste awesome. Well, we got 1 out of 2 right, they tasted AWESOME, just colorless — they use flavored vodka (peach, grape, cherry, lemon line, etc).
It was pretty empty inside (it was Monday) but it didn’t matter because we were all having a good time and our bartender was making sure everything tasted good and that we had everything we needed. I had 2 drinks on an empty stomach and was already buzzin, so im glad we ordered a large pan pizza ($ 12.99, not bad and the pizza is a good size). Made fresh to order and when it came out we all dived in! It was so good and didnt taste like commercial pizza, tasted more authentic with the spices they used.
Overall, good prices and good food made a great time with my friends and we were all satisfied with everything. Even the bathrooms were really cool: P