We enjoyed our dinner with 6 of us here on a Tuesday evening. The place it's really big and spacious. Carlos our server was attentive, kind and helpful. We were also able to watch the World Cup on the big screen. We had street taco plates of carnitas, trio, carne asada and barbacoa. Plus queso dip with chips and salsa along with a skinny margarita and beer. Everything tasted good. Nothing fancy. We don't need fancy. Nice large servings with quick and great service. I'd come back next time I'm in town. I'd like to come here for happy hour. Thanks Carlos for taking care of us with drink and chips/salsa refills and additional napkins. read more

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Happy Hour Service Fajitas not the best but good Portions are large (share) The location in the mall is perfect. Plenty of parking. The music is authentic and the decor is very Hispanic. They are true to their heritage love that read more

Monarcas - Bar menu - Mexican Near Me - Fort Myers, Florida

Great food and experience with Mario and Paulo at the bar! House Margs and chimichanga with refried beans and rice are highly recommended.

Mario is the very best! and the margs are the best in town. I lived in Michoacán, and the food here is spot on.

I went with my mom for lunch. We were seated immediately in a booth not to far from the bar. I ordered the two chicken tacos lunch special (about 12 dollars), while my mom had the vegetable quesadilla (about 15 dollars). Chips and salsa were given to us since my mom ordered from the regular menu (not included in the lunch special). The salsa was a bit to watery for me, but the chips were fine. The tacos were just ok with shredded chicken, lettuce, cheese, and maybe tomatos. It was filling, but it was quite bland due to the lack of seasoning on the chicken. Rice and beans were included. I only tried the rice, and it was a little better than the tacos. My mom tried the beans and seemed to enjoy it. She also liked the quesadilla as well. The service was alright and the dining area spacious. There were nice Mexican decorations throughout the restaurant. The bathrooms looked ok as well. I should have lowered my expectations for this restaurant being in the mall. The prices were a bit too high for the quality of the food. I guess you are paying for the atmosphere and the convenience of eating inside the mall area. At least it was a full service restaurant, and not in the food court. However, for better Mexican cuisine, best to go outside of the mall. read more

Great service from jimmy. Food was alright but the service was great! Beef was bland and kids burger was hard. read more

Service was spectacular, Food was fresh and delicious. Margarita's were really delicious as well. Highly recommend. read more

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Carlos our server turned good food into a GREAT dining experience! Thank you Carlos!

For to start the food was wonderful really delicious la micheladas very tasty, and for the Service our server Jimmy he was wonderful, we definitely will come back read more

What a disappointment. Food was average at best . No chips and salsa . As opposed to reviews I read the people had an attitude especially the individual that took us to our table. With all of the many Mexican restaurants we can choose we will not be back. read more

Fish tacos were dry. The Mahi Mahi was overcooked. The prices were too high for the quality of food. I would never go here again.

Our food was quite tasty. We started with the queso chorizo which we really enjoyed. We ordered the fajita trio as our entree to share which was plentiful for 2 people. All the food we had was well made and pretty close to authentic. The salsa provided for the chips was on the watery side and a far cry from authentic. The Ambiance was very nice. Their decor was very appropriate to the Mexican culture. A very big restaurant with plenty of space for all size parties. Service from our waiter was great. Very attentive and our order was 100% what we asked for. Only situation we ran into was Yelp offered a check in coupon to use while on our visit. Said we could claim a free drink while eating from a choice of house margarita, glass of wine or a domestic beer. The waiter asked the manager how to process the coupon and the manager came to say it was no longer a valid coupon. There was no expiration in the terms of this coupon maybe worth $7 of a drink. Manager came to our table with some huge excuse how a previous manager created the promo and they have not taken it off of yelp. I am a firm believer if its advertised you honor the promotion and take care of your customer. This is the reason my review is midrange. read more

Monarcas - Mexican Chorizo Queso - Mexican Near Me - Fort Myers, Florida

I went to visit and checkout Monarca's Authentic Mexican Cuisine Bar & Grill. I walked in and was greeted by a very friendly and courteous young man who asked me if I wanted a table and instead, I went and sat at the bar. The bartender, Paola, was a delight. She was so kind and helpful. I ordered a Raspberry Margarita on the rocks and it was delicious. I really liked all of the very unique and royal decor. The music they had playing was very cool too and added to the ambiance of the restaurant. The menu offered a lot of typical Mexican dishes and it was somewhat expensive for what was offered, compared to different Mexican restaurants in town, and that's the only reason I gave it a 4 star and not a 5 star. I saw some of the food coming out of the kitchen and it was all smoking hot and looked and smelled delicious. Overall, pretty good experience. read more

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It was a very nice place with a great atmosphere. Really well kept and super clean. The service was great and so was the food. Glad we went at lunch because the prices were pretty steep but there was a lunch special menu that was more affordable. We knew it would be a bit pricey but when we saw the menu we were a bit shocked by the prices. Like I said though, the lunch special menu was perfect for us. The food was very fresh, delicious and well presented. Got a large beer and it was huge! It was a beautiful restaurant but expensive. Great for a date! read more

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I went to eat their with my wife. The sign claims that it is Authentic Mexican Cuisine. Liars the music that is heard is salsa not Mariachi or other Mexican food! They are missing some Mexican food in their menu like Chili Verde. What gives? The are not a true Mexican Restaurant! read more

This is a very bad Mexican restaurant. Food cold, chicken dry, no spice in the taco meat. One of the worst restaurants I've ever been in. They served enchiladas with flour tortillas! Said they ran out of corn tortillas. Hardly fit for human consumption. Shockingly bad. Service was fine. read more

Monarcas - Chicken "enchiladas." Note the cream sauce. Huh? - Mexican Near Me - Fort Myers, Florida

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Wife and I stopped in at lunch on a weekend and were seated right away. The place is well decorated, clean, and with very comfortable seating. We ordered the white queso appetizer, the pork mole and the shrimp enchiladas for entres. All of it was amazing, with large portions. The enchiladas were absolutely stuffed with shrimp. The service was great too, highly recommend. read more

My wife and I have been to this Mexican restaurant several times. This is the first time in about four months. The rice had no flavor. The quesadilla was totally greasy and was unable to pick up...the soft tacos were average with no flavor. Spent 60 bucks and truly feel like I've been robbed. I Do not mind paying my hard earned money for good food, but it truly sucks when you spend your hard earned money for food that's horrible. Will not be back. read more

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This place is a true hidden gem! Not only is the place absolutely beautiful the food is AMAZING! Service was fantastic, shout out to Carlos! He took great care of us! 10/10 HIGHLY recommend! read more

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This is my second time here. My first was for my birthday for lunch and it was wonderful! Now it's Saturday night, plenty of open tables. Nice large Mexican Restaurant - don't let the location fool you. It is an outside entrance next to JCPenney's at the mall. Nice atmosphere inside. Chips & Salsa were really good! Tacos, ,beef soup and chicken fajitas were great! Tortillas were perfect. Red wine was decent. Margarita was excellent! We thought the Chile Relleno portion was too small. We also felt that charging $6.00 for extra pico de gallo was rediculous. There was very little served the fajitas and it listed on the menu. But I will be back! read more

I was very disappointed in this restaurant. Service was very slow. The pomegranate martini did not taste like a pomegranate martini at all, and I really don't see the point of adding Tajin and cherries. It was a weird flavor combination. And I ordered an appetizer that was supposed to be shrimp and crab and it came out with no crab whatsoever. When I spoke with the manager they made me another one and this time the crab was actually little bits of that imitation surimi, no real crab meat at all, and definitely not worth $29.99. The Birria tacos were okay, but not worth coming back for. A practically empty restaurant at lunchtime should have been my first clue. read more

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I ordered the Charly burrito. It's $16.99 (see current menu pic) but they charged me $1 dollar extra with no explanation. They added another $1.49 for chicken on the burrito with no explanation, all they did was ask me if I wanted ground beef or chicken. I chose chicken. The ground beef burrito concept in a Mexican restaurant is gross. Even more gross they don't tell their customers the meat inside your burrito is going to cost you $1.49 more. In addition I was also was charged $5.00 more for an item I didn't even order, waiter would not fix. I overpaid almost $8 more than what my bill should've been when adding the tax. Upon trying to fix the bill, waiter apologized but nobody would correct/adjust. I will never come to any of these restaurants again. Shame on them for stealing from customers, disgusting people. read more

Monarcas - It's $16.99 on their menu, but they charged me almost $19.00 for it. Pissed off! - Mexican Near Me - Fort Myers, Florida

Lunch was great!! Had the pork tamales service & drinks were AWESOME!! Cucumber margarit & Jalisco is a must try!! read more

Monarcas - Cucumber Margarita - Mexican Near Me - Fort Myers, Florida

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2/2024 - The staff was beyond friendly, warm and welcoming. The hostess was smiling and our server was in a great mood and made good suggestions. The restaurant definitely was an old Elephant Bar transformed. It was comfortable. We had the taco trio and the new Birria Tacos. We enjoyed both dishes. The chips & salsa were tasty, warm, salty & crunchy. I ordered a medium size skinny Margarita and it was awesome! read more

What a beautiful building with such amazing atmosphere. It feels as if you are the land of Spanish monarchs. Yep the name in English translation to monarchs. I was very excited to check in because if you check in on the Yelp app it gives you a coupon for a free house margarita. My hubby and I were seated in a quaint booth where I was looking forward to refreshment on the hot summer day. I downloaded the coupon. Only good for a certain number of hours on that day. My server greeted me and so excitedly showed him the coupon from Yelp for my free house margarita. To which he replied. Oh that os non weekends. I said but this is from the Yelp app and it didn't state not valid on weekends. He said I'm sorry not on weekends. Major bummer! I had to state that my coupon was used in order to give my review. It wouldn't let me out of the app. What a catch 22. So very disappointing. They need to state that on the Yelp app. Anyway, I ordered a margarita and it wasn't priced too badly. The entrees were priced a little high but my hubby and I shared a meal and it was perfect portioned for the two of us. Chips and sAlsa were delicious as well as our meal. We ordered the Chimichanga shredded beef along with fried ice cream for dessert. The food was absolutely delicious along with my margarita. I would have given them a 5 star review but since they wouldn't honor the yelp coupon and I had to mark it used without being able to actually use it is why they didn't get 5 stars. read more

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Went on a Saturday for lunch and found the restaurant basically empty but ready for business. The place is large and it fits quite a lot of people so wait shouldn't be really a problem. As an authentic Mexican restaurant they serve salsa and chips free of charge. To my luck, the salsa is not spicy at all and neither is the quest dip which you can order in the side ( we did) We offered a margarita which was delicious and the bite chimichangas which were moist in the inside and golden on the outside just as a chimichanga should be. The service was great and our server was awesome. Can't wait to return read more

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My family and I enjoyed dinner. Our quesadillas and chimichangas were served promptly. The service was nice too.

Food was very good. Service was incredibly slow, the huge restaurant was nearly empty, and still we waited 20 minutes before we were even acknowledged. I've been there twice, and the second time they brought me the wrong meal. They offered to replace it, but as it took 45 min to get it, I was fine eating what they served vs waiting another hour while my companion ate, alone. On both occasions, we had to wait a very long time. While my food was delicious, I don't know if going back is worth it. You be the judge. I hate to see how long the wait is if the place is actually full. Recommend if you're patient. read more

Beautiful inside, great service from Nuvia. Authentic Mexican food not the slop they serve at Iguana Mio. Real Mexican shrimp cocktail, yummy queso....great service...I loved it..and mariachis...makes me feel like I'm back in Arizona..loved it read more

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Delicious food, great service, and a cozy atmosphere! The tacos were fresh, packed with flavor, and the salsa was the perfect blend of spice. The staff was friendly and attentive, making sure we had everything we needed. I highly recommend trying their guacamole--it's made fresh and absolutely delicious. This is a must-visit if you're craving authentic Mexican cuisine! read more

I went to Monarcas for a date. Service was fast. I got the enchiladas which I like homemade along with taco pie for this genre of food, so I decided to go with it here. It wasn't what I was used to but still was good and I ate it. read more

Very unfortunate that this place has a nice theme and view and it is wasted on terrible service and terrible food. The 1 star is just for those reasons mostly. I visited Florida for vacation and me and my friends decided to go to Monarcas for dinner. We were sat pretty quickly. We had the option of outdoor or indoor. I'm not sure why they would give us an outdoor option if they had such large parties out there. As for our waiter, no one had come to our table for 15 minutes. I had to get up and go to the hostess to tell her no one had come over to which she replied very lost with "okay." 5 minutes later our waitress, who passed us multiple times to go to the large party, came and asked for our orders. We got our drinks and appetizer pretty quickly. The salsa and chips were good but my empanadas had a weird taste and one was EMPTY. Literally no meat. I was completely annoyed and the waitress had not checked in on us and another came by because he must have seen how mad I was. He let the manager know about the issue. Our waitress came to tell me the manager would take half off which is ridiculous because I only got to eat 1 empanada and it wasn't even good. Our entrees came out. I actually liked my Pollo Campero. Another problem was that they forgot my side of beans and I had to share with my friend's child. Our waiter barely checked in on us and we were not even able to get any refills for our food that took a while. My friend ate with no drink. A lady asked us how everything was and my friend asked to speak to a manager. She was actually the manager and we said all of what was wrong, especially paying half for an empty empanada. She ended up taking off the empanadas, the beans, and the drinks. I'm glad she was at least accommodating on that end. I would not recommend this place to anyone. I sure hope Florida has better Mexican restaurants to offer! read more

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After hours of Christmas shopping we were ready to sit down and have a nice quick lunch. We were greeted quickly by the hostess who sat us comfortably at a two-person booth. Our waitress came over and she was super friendly. We ordered tableside guacamole decided to share the fajita trio. While we were waiting, they brought tortilla chips and salsa. We really loved the salsa! Then a young lady came to our table to make the guacamole. The ingredients were fresh but it lacked flavor. We ended up adding a ton more lime juice and salt but after that it was perfect! We asked for the vegetables on the fajitas to be well done, which they were, but the steak chicken and shrimp were also well done... and tough...and dry....amd again underseasoned. We liked Monarcas and will go back but would try something else on the menu for sure. read more

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Middling Mexican food. Salsa was watery and fairly flavorless. Chips were stale. House margarita also watery and lacked tang. Asked for both red and green sauce on my burrito and there was an up charge so I decided to forego it. Given this blasé build up, the steak burrito was a a welcome surprise. Steak was tender, portions were generous and red sauce was delicious. My friends' tacos were quite meager. My other friend's enchiladas were uninspiring and stingy. Chicken was dry. Overall, a disappointing meal. Nothing popped. Head to Mr. Tequila if you're craving Mexican food in SWFL. 5* = incredible (rare) 4* = very good/ strong desire to return 3* = generally good experience 2* = poor/ no desire to return 1* = a particularly awful experience read more

Was at the Edison Mall and suddenly had an urge for chips and salsa with margaritas. Monarcas is outside the mall. So we tried it out. BOGO margaritas. Great way to end an afternoon looking at rings. Ended up looking over the menu and grabbing a chicken Sope order to go. Great company with my special girl, Silvia. . Our waitress Rosy was awesome! Very friendly and attentive. Thanks R read more

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Anytime I see authentic in the description of a restaurant my anticipation and expectations are up. And Monarcas delivered. From the decor to the to the some of the entertainment provided we had a great experience. Service was great. Order were accurate and delivered in a timely manner. The food was prepared well. It was seasoned well? We Expected a little more flavor. read more

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Authentic fresh delicious food! Fabulous service. Matias has a great smile! There also was live music, which was wonderful. I highly recommend this place! read more

In town visiting family & had dinner out, their choice of place to eat. It's what I call American Mexican. It was good. I got the Pork which was cooked very good! Roast pIg style! I was very pleased with that. Husband got a cheesy chicken plate that he was pleased with and the in-laws got fajitas. Everyone was happy. Service could have been a little better to check on us and refill drinks but noT complaining. It was slow so there was time for it. All in all, it was a nice visit. read more

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This place has a lunch menu, they don't tell you about, you have to ask. Typically free chips and salsa are $4.00. Food ordered from the lunch menu comes bare bones. No salsa. Lettuce, no guacamole, no tomatoes, zip! The tamales were horrible, dry as sand, beans and rice, OK. Don't bother, go to the bright green building next to the mall and get good food, cheaper. read more

Monarcas is on my radar screen in one of to-try Mexican Restaurant for some time. It is conveniently located in Edison Mall where the former Elephant Bar used to be. Ample mall parking spaces are available here. The exterior is nicely decorated and in front of main entrance, a wagon of six barrels of Tequila added to the Mexican ambiance. As you enter, you notice two tall chairs fitting for the King and Queen. Nice! As you greet by the hostess, on the left booth section, a long table with hats and other colorful objects looks like were prepping for a fiesta or family celebration. Impressive! Will take a picture with that sombrero on next time! Gone are the jungle themed décor from the old day of Elephant Bar! The overall effect is pleasant, comfortable and no loud music! Flying solo for lunch today. To escape from the rain, I have a house Margarita with salsa and chips. The salsa is lightly seasoned and the chips are warm and crispy. The Margarita is not water-downed! Instead of their lunch special for $8.95 with selection like Burrito, Tacos, Tamales, Enchiladas, Chile Relleno, etc. I wanted to try their specialty Molcajete Monarcas. I realized that most molcajete are fairly large portion and may be inappropriate for lunch. My friendly waitress agreed that their Molcajete is enough for two. With her recommendation, I opted for a ceviche. Not fish or shrimp ceviche but Juarez ceviche - a combination of fish, shrimp and octopus with lime sauce and Pico de Gallo. I discovered that the ceviche was prepared with two different type of shrimps, jumbo and baby shrimp. I personally like the jumbo shrimp better because it is crunchier. The lime juice made the baby shrimp on the mushier side. Nevertheless, the ceviche is fine! I finished my delectable lunch with a flan - a sweet touch! The service is familial, cheery and efficient plus the food is good. Definitely will return for their Molcajete and other specialties for dinner! read more

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