After a long day sampling wines in the Hunter Valley - we were looking for a place that offers something for everyone. This place has an upstairs - but used for special functions or overflow. I like that in 2 weeks they will be sampling 8 95 pts or higher Halliday rated wines from Evans and Tate in the Margaret River with a 5 course dinner for $100 Aus I had a grilled eggplant lasagne, while the other members is my party ordered Thai beef salad, saki scallops and sirloin steak, and grilled calamari salad. The wild mushroom arancini was excellent as was the Mediterranean starter of baba ganoush, hummus, and pita. If you're close by - drop in for lunch or dinner. read more

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The Bored Monkey is a large restaurant located over two floors on Pittwater road in Narrabeen. The restaurant downstairs is spacious and suits either a dining pair, larger groups and even a party. If you're looking to have a function, there's also a function venue upstairs. What a great place for a function, particularly when there is no minimum spend. The Bored Monkey operates for breakfast on a Sunday, lunch from Friday-Sunday and dinner Tuesday-Sunday. They are soon to open a cocktail lounge upstairs with tapas to suit the early cocktail hour crowd. The decor is casual and the restaurant feels comfortable, with a varied crowd of differing ages. Staff are warm and friendly and service was extremely efficient. We would describe the menu as very approachable. All diners can find something that meets their taste. Whether it be a burger, steak, nachos, salad, pasta and meats, or something from their amazing range of seafood options, you will leave satisfied. There's some dishes that would suit those with dietary requirements and also a kids menu. Kids under 12 eat free! There's a lunch menu for $29.95 or $25 for seniors. This is very good value for two courses (main and dessert) with a glass of beer, house wine or soft drink. We really enjoyed the dinner menu, and feel that the food here is high quality. It would be categorised as modern Australian, featuring selections from the sea, grill and garden. On our visit, we had a few from each category. For entrees, we began with a few Sydney Rock oysters, sampling a few flavours, the natural Kilpatrick, lime, soy, ginger and eschallots. The oysters were so nice and creamy and it is hard to pick a favourite.   These were followed by the sake scallops, which were cooked perfectly - three Victoria Bay scallops sitting in their shell, cooked with garlic, negara sauce, soy sauce and shallots, the were full of flavour and we just wanted to keep going back in for that sauce.   We also shared the Skull island prawns, grilled and served in their butterflied half shell, they were flavoured with a mild kick of chilli oil, basil, flakes of salt and freshed herbs.   Other entrée / tapas style dishes for you to select from include arancini, tequila poppers, pork belly, zucchini flowers and haloumi, to name a few. For our mains, we decided to share the surf & turf which we chose Moreton bay bug as the seafood addition. A lovely piece of seafood beautifully cooked and flavoured, accompanying the A variety of wine from the right regions and good range of beer on offer including craft beer on tap, with one of our favorites stone and wood pacific ale. There are number of inviting cocktails with many classics listed and a couple of interesting twists including the lychee martini and the salted caramel espresso martini. We had a refreshing mojito to accompany our seafood selection. read more

Food was amazing! If you're looking for a not so fancy local place, this is the place to go! Really great service from Peter and Bill! Will definitely be back! read more

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The Bored Monkey is a great local eatery. The food and service is always good. I would recommend adding them to your list of dining options! It's always very popular with the locals! We've also held two 50th birthday parties in the upstairs function room. And both were excellent! Really recommend the restaurant and function room. read more

The food was great and the service as good. We were a group of ten we had 1- Pizzas "veggie and Peri Peri" nicely done. 2- lunch special Sluvaki lamb was cooked to perfection and tasted great 3- Wagyu beef just awesomeness 4- Sirloin steak "loved it" Nice place and prices ranges between 35-50 per person. read more

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A great find here on the beaches! Wonderful service. We were here with a group and they were very flexible on what was available on the banquet. The tapas that came was fantastic. Every dish was delicious and better than the description on the menu. The wine matches what was served, very well maybe a bit to well The pork belly, the zucchini flowers and the karragee chicken were my favs read more

Good menu, probably $5-$10 over priced per plate but the quality is good Service was friendly Would recommend for groups for birthdays etc without hesitation Went for lunch today and the Szechuan Lamb was SUPERB Wine list is good And yes for those with an eye for cocktails - go for it read more

Highly recommend you take your empty belly to the Bored Monkey. Had a seriously delicious feast of Smokey Bbq Beef ribs today with marinated corn & a little bucket of the steak chips. Managed to get the hubby to share his tasty looking dessert, which was an awesome finish to a great lunch. Service was very friendly. Will definitely be a returning customer when we are back this way. read more

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Continuing the excellent work. Returned to this restaurant for another night out in Narrabeen. Happy to say that this place is still awesome. Love the food and the vibe. We had a Share Plate for our starters and I had the eye fillet for my main. Best steak I have had in a long time. My wife had the nightly special of Blue Eye Cod and she said it literally melted in her mouth. We finished off with their Tempura Ice Cream for dessert which was absolutely divine. Great restaurant with good service. read more

My husband, 2 year old and myself had lunch on a Sunday at The Bored Monkey. There were only a few diners when we arrived and the service was quick. We ordered the lunch size pizza and nachos to share and our little one got the nuggets and chips. The food came out quick - loved that the kids meal basically came out straight away which meant that hubby and I could have an adult conversation Food was yummy, the nachos were huge and could have done without the pizza. All up including software drinks was $29 which is reasonable. Will definitely come back on a Friday or Saturday afternoon for the live music as the atmosphere was lacking a bit when we were there. read more

Went for lunch on Wednesday. Lunchtime menu appropriately and affordably priced and venue is a very comfortable setting. Service was pleasant and prompt and food very good. Not noisy and seating set in such a way that we were able to have a private conversation, in private, as well as a couple of reasonably priced beers. All in all, a positive experience, and will do it again. I might try the dinner menu next time as it looks good. read more