So I went with a friend on a Sunday evening to try it out and see how it went.... great friendly staff .... the karaoke host however dropped the etiquette professionalism and declined to que up an alternate song when mine messed up right on the middle of it after I waited a lengthy time to sing... I did report it to the bartender who went to talk to him and the other advised me she would bring it to the owners attention as she rarely came in... read more

Great atmosphere, service with a smile, very clean and comfortable. Extremely energetic karaoke on a Friday night. I wouldn't come here specifically for their food but it hits the spot too! read more

Awesome clientele. Friendly atmosphere and attentive bar staff. Clean bathrooms and inviting outdoor patio.

The "FAMOUS" Caesar Salad...yeah right! This is ONLY famous because Donel Brinkman stole this recipe from me (former sister in law) along with my identity 37 yrs ago. Be careful when using your credit card, she probably has a skimmer on the device when you swipe your card. She actually tried using my identity AGAIN trying to apply for a $4600 loan!! Karma is a bitch! read more

All I can say is yuck! M-F the karaoke must be on something . He puts on a blonde wig and dances around and pulls his pants down in the front so you can see his happy trail. I want to sing karaoke I don't want to see him trying to strip. He's the host LOL . The bartenders over charge you , the owners never around . Monday through Friday the karaoke host besides who he's going to put in front of you it could be eight people 10 people doesn't matter there's no actual rotation. It depends on what girl he's hooking up with that night . The bar is full of drugs . I was appalled the first day that I went there because I was approached so many times . It's not a safe atmosphere and the owner doesn't care. It's not handicap accessible because you have to go up steps that people have fallen down quite a few times . I honestly don't know how she's up to code . She must be paying somebody off . read more

My first and last time being here. Met up with my sister friend after work to spend some time together before the end of the year. Bar server was great! Drink options were average! Place has that I'm in the neighborhood vibe. Plenty of parking and on the bus line. Menu has options to enjoy . .. I call the item bar food. Depending on how tipsy the food starts to taste better :/ I adjusted my pizza to remove the cheese and add feta. It was good however the dough was not my liking. Bacon wrapped shrimp was lite on the bacon and the jojo were cooked fully. read more

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Bartender and the DJ on point. Foods fabulous quick turnaround great people to sing and dance to. read more

Spunky Monkey Bar & Grill - Hennessey cranberry, burger and fries - American Near Me - Auburn, Washington

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Kareoki every night until 1:30 am. Street Parking is free. Entry is free but make sure you have your I.D. with you no matter how old you are. Most drinks are under $10 .... my base drink (chardonay) is $7. Must order from bar, line gets large and can be very slow. The regulars are mostly sweet & sour, welcoming & distant, loud & quiet, polite & rude, fun & boring, liberal & conservative, with all (most) ethnicities represented making this place the perfect American bar Basically, this is a melting pot of American stew with a bit of this and a bit of that. Situated between Seattle & Tacoma, nestled next to Mt. Rainier near the Muckleshoot Tribe Casino & Resort this is a must do location for any visitor to the PNW. By, @HealthybyHeath on YouTube , please "Subscribe" read more

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The place has a chill atmosphere, One of my goto spots. They usually cut me off after 7-8 burgs because they run out of meat. Pretty typical for a place of this caliber. They are always really nice to me and the service is fast and friendly. The overall vibe is lively and if you hang out enough you might catch a scrap LOL! Monkey Love! read more

We've been at the Monkey every Monday evening for a couple of years. We love the fun quiz, karaoke starts at 9pm with excellent quizmaster and DJ, Chris, and Laurie is our favorite bartender. The food is great and the atmosphere friendly and welcoming. Highly recommend the Caesar salad, the salmon, and the steak. read more

Service good. Nice atmosphere. Food okay portions a little small. Don't come hungry Still a nice spot

The food was great, and so were the drinks. The service was good also. You need to walk up a nice flight of stairs to get to the bar area, but once there the place has a good vibe. read more

Best night everrrr rrrrrrr!!!!!! Staff is awesome, regulars are awesome, karaoke rocks!

Lori was a perfect bartender and very nice person to boot/ Food (Hamburger) was terrific and nicely cooked.

Locals only place- as a new person to the area and looking to play some pool it was an unpleasant entrance-

Very loud dive bar in sketchy area. Nothing fun here. Staff was okay, food was very average. Literally no reason to ever go back.

Look out for unexpected gift certificate charge of 30 dollars added to your bill. I like the bar it's close to home . read more

First time going to this bar was right after it opened during the pandemic. Went on a night they had Karaoke and it was loud as heck! Some of the songs and singers were enjoyable, though. A couple of our friends were dancing and singing along, having a good ol' time! Service was actually great. The waitress for our table was pretty attentive and friendly. Got our drink and food orders in a timely manner. It was just so hot since the A/C wasn't working or something that day/night. The fans were not working that well and it was super crowded. All of the tables were full, bar area was packed and temperature kept rising because there were so many people inside. We mainly went because our friends invited us out... read more

Had a great time there Jennifer was very tentative friendly and fast. Great service I'm excited to get back there

good atmosphere good food great staff and shout out to DJ Chris thank you for spotting me they go out of their way to make you feel welcome a solid 5 star found my new favorite bar. read more

Spunky Monkey Bar & Grill - a glass of orange juice - American Near Me - Auburn, Washington

100% acknowledge the COVID piece. Also 100% my first yelp review. (4) employees on staff with maybe 10 customers. Had to go to the buss station for both drinks/order. Wouldn't even care because like duh: Dive bar? Tipped $5 Until I paid $16 for the pasta to go, only to come back to my hotel sober and find this. Legit hard pasta. (1) Rum and coke single/Tall. (1) Rum and coke double/Tall. (1) Chicken Linguine minus the linguine $32 dollars after tip came with free lemon seeds and like (6) pieces of over microwaved chicken Don't worry about a DUI because I'm pretty sure there was pedialyte instead of Rum in the Coke. Give me strong drinks and shitty food or give me death. read more

Spunky Monkey Bar & Grill - Chicken linguine - American Near Me - Auburn, Washington

I have eaten here three times and all three times I ordered the Spunky Monkey Pasta with blackened salmon. It has always been delicious with fresh broccoli, yellow squash and a really big piece of salmon. The cream sauce is nice and light. The staff is wonderful! I love eating this meal, along with a porter or red wine. read more

Good food, awesome DJ and pretty good sound system. Nice place for a date and karaoke.

This was the closest bar to my hotel, cool name so thought I'd give it a shot. Started off great, met a couple strangers from different walks of life and learned a lot through the conversation. Staff was pretty cool and beer selection on tap decent.. Makings for a pretty cool hangout next time I fly into town. Then 9 pm happened. Kareoke started, I thought cool, lots of fun in the kareoke crowd. Boy was I so wrong! What followed was 45 minutes of the most intense physical punishment as people screamed horribly into the over charged amps. Instantly felt like my ears were bleeding and my Apple watch, however accurate they are, registered 115 dB. Accurate or it my ears hurt. Most patrons that didn't retreat to outside were plugging their ears and making faces. The staff laughed. I leaned to bartender and asked if she's making hazard pay but all she could say was...what? Few quite songs and then a death metal so.g that forced me to retreat outside. Once over I ran in and paid before the next song. If you want to lose your hearing (I love heave metal so I know loud) head on over. Guess it's not my pint of beer. I'll never be back. read more

The bar was good just that one of the bartender charges 20% with the credit card after I paid it my friend didn't paid him for the way he was treated same way the bartender says to me so i rather be careful even though I'm feeling tipsy but still wasn't right overall the food and service was appreciated read more

Really good food and the staff is very attentive. Fun place to hang out, always something going on. read more

First of all, this bar is literally few hundred feet away from my apartment. I can see it with the lights from afar. You walk upstairs to the bar and get your ID checked either by the bartender or by the "bouncer". Then, you get to hear all of the amazing voices by karaoke people with the funkiest songs ever. However, I believe this is why the bar is popular because it's like the only hipster bar in "Texas" Auburn. People are drunk, dance, and enjoy the company of others. My friends ordered steamed clam with sourdough bread and buffalo chicken wings from here. I thought they tasted pretty good for being only bar food. The buffalo chicken wings will send sirens to your nose because they contain that much spice. The steamed clams have enough juice that you have to dip your bread in to get the tart flavor out. Also, there're 2 pool tables that are coin-operated & 2 dart games for you to play. Those are the little options if you don't want to sit at the tables just talking to your annoying friends. read more

Spunky Monkey Bar & Grill - Deliciousness at the bar ! - American Near Me - Auburn, Washington

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My favorite bar I found myself in while visiting Auburn. It was a close walk from my hotel so it was easy for me. I showed up around noon, so I hit the smaller, early crowd. The bartender was nice and I was stoked to see such a nice little outside area to sit and smoke. I met a couple of regular day drinkers here and they made my experience that much better. Lots of fun and interesting conversation. Didn't check out any food, but they had cider, so I was happy. If I find myself back in Auburn, I'm making a point to get back to this bar. read more

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Been going to spunky for over 4 years now, tonight was my worst experience, server tried to double charge us multiple times which he fixed earlier which I was fine with in the end due to him still learning.. But the Dj Ben seemed to get very buddy buddy with two guest to point where a few others and I as well didn't get to do karaoke between 9:40am-1:40pm after putting out name on. Our name just never showed up then mentioned to Dj he said we would be within 30 mins for it to never happen. read more

Very cool place. The staff are super friendly! Good tunes while I was there. I'll go back for sure.

I moved to Auburn from living up north and didn't really know anything around. My boyfriend and I decided to go to Spunky Monkey one night to see what it was about. I can honestly say I haven't had that much fun at a bar in awhile. Matt the bartender is literally amazing and is the only reason why we came back for a 2nd time and will continue to be back. When I didn't know what I wanted to drink I left it up to him and omg he has never let me down. Matt makes the most amazing drinks, he tends to every patron to make sure everyone is taking care of. He is the reason my boyfriend and I will continue to come back!! If you haven't been I would HIGHLY recommend coming out! After 9pm it's Karaoke night! Also their food is pretty amazing too. read more

I had a very good experience here! Stayed in Auburn for one night on my way to Leavenworth, randomly stumbled upon this place and to my surprise they had karaoke which I was very excited about! Good energy/atmosphere, the staff was friendly and the food was pretty good too, I had the Caesar sliders! read more

i ate the best burger ever here. it was the Cheddar Jalapeño Burger, and it had house-made tomato-mango chutney in it! made the flavor amazing. i usually could only eat half a burger in one sitting, but it was too good to put down. the setting is very loud, there's either karaoke going on or live music. the bathroom is also on the stage so u would have to walk up there to use it. it's very much a party bar and somewhere to go on a night out. there's a pool table, darts, and limited tables. it can get really busy on a normal day so it can be hard to find parking or somewhere to sit inside. read more

Spunky Monkey Bar & Grill - Cheddar Jalapeño Burger - American Near Me - Auburn, Washington

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The temperature out on the street was high, and to get away from the heat and get a bite of a light meal, we wondered into Spunky Monkey Bar & Grill. We sat at the bar counter and ordered our drinks, in addition we placed orders of some food: Nacho with pulled pork and Bacon wrapped prawns. The cool drinks we ordered were served and it soothed our body. We looked around and noticed this bar place have some customers who seemed like regulars and they were just there enjoying their time and socializing among themselves. The bartender behind the counter was very friendly and efficient doing her job and ensured that everyone in the bar was well taken care of and feeling comfortable. The food arrived soon enough, the nacho with pulled pork was in an adequate portion, tasted inviting and average, but the bacon wrapped prawns was so outstanding with it's exceptional flavor, nicely prepared, very satisfying and made our tummies very happy. Better than what we expected in this rural town of Auburn. We ventured into Spunky Monkey and experienced some good food and drinks and an enjoyable time. read more

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Ok food..kind of "seedy" feeling..dirty looking. Nice server...decent food..nothing to get too excited about.

TLDR/ Food: Homey and delicious, Customer Service: Friendly, Ambiance: A bit of a dive bar, but fun, Verdict: A definite Yes! I am so glad that the spunky monkey is still doing takeout food/ drinks during the pandemic. This hidden gem of a bar/grill was my go to karaoke place when I was younger and today it has the best bar food in the Auburn area. Their food is not only delicious and well packed, but also reasonably priced. The last time I ordered from there I ended up getting a to go alcoholic beverage (which I haven't here done previously) and it was also delicious. They were totally willing to accommodate me asking for my drink without ice, so it wouldn't become lackluster on the drive home and the staff was as courteous and friendly as ever. I hope that if you haven't patronized this 'hole in the wall' bar before, that you will order to go from them now and prevent them from going out of business during this crazy time. While the restaurant isn't the best place out of everywhere in Auburn, it is certainly one of my go to places from what's available in this area. If you have a love of garlic, you must try their Caesar salad, it is so garlicky!!! I usually get their spaghetti and meatballs, or their "The Great Steak" sirloin steak, or one of the myriad of the other pastas or appetizers they offer. I have never been disappointed by anything I have order here, and got someone as picky as I am, that is saying something indeed. So, next time you want a decently priced, and portioned meal that has that home cooked feel, try out The Monkey! You won't regret it! read more

Had my daughters birthday downstairs cause we had couple underage kiddo's with us. Service was great even if she had to keep running up and down to tend bar and host us. She was appreciated. read more

I've never seen this before, watched a little security women circle the bar for over an hour. Glaring and passive aggressively weaving between patrons, made our entire group feel so uncomfortable. She ended the night (10:30) kicking out this group along with her co security. Definitely not the de escalation tactics you want to see out there. read more

My boyfriend and I came to Spunky Monkey to meet up with my mom and her boyfriend for his birthday - they have karaoke 7 nights a week, dart boards, and pool tables! So not only was there plenty of entertainment, but my mom and her boyfriend frequent this place... Even though they've got tons of monkey references around the bar, it's also got some tiki references to it too. It's interesting, but it's a really cute bar. The karaoke stage is pretty cool. The setup is up some stairs so there's almost kind of a stage. Chris, the karaoke DJ, is awesome! He's funny and makes everybody feel super welcome. Their dart boards need some work - it's been some time since they've been updated and cleaned. The service is okay. There was several times where it took FOREVER to get a drink, but all of the bartenders were super nice. Definitely an interesting little bar and one I'm sure we'll be back to! read more

Took my gf here for 25th birthday karaoke was wonderful great service is definitely a vibe