The Monarch Pub and Restaurant

Great experience! Personality plus with initial greeting and timely service. Healthy serving of fish and chips. Two pieces is enough to share! Advice: order the side of curry sauce and dip your fries! Winner! Thank you Monarch Pub for dialing it in!

Nice little joint. Fish and Chips were really good. Did end up with a piece that was a little rubbery. But the other piece was great. Waitress was awesome and fixed it and brought out another beer on the house. Would definitely go back

Denica De Foy

The Monarch Pub is located in lovely downtown Pacific Grove, California. It’s one of my favorite local restaurants to go to because it’s consistently great. There is indoor and outdoor dining with animals on leashes allowed. Outside there is a fire pit and a fun wall of beer related signs. Inside has a traditional pub feel with a full bar and TVs. Everything is reasonably priced and always yummy. Our fav is the calamari! They have weekend events as well. The staff is quick and nice. Try it!

Wendy Brickman

Great Pub Grub! What an absolute gem in charming Pacific Grove. The Monarch Pub truly has it all—comfort, a laid-back atmosphere, and outstanding food. From the moment we stepped inside, we felt completely at ease. The setting is casual and welcoming, with a cozy bar, a relaxed dining area, and a spacious patio that’s ideal for unwinding. It’s the kind of place where both locals and visitors feel instantly at home. We ordered the British Banger Sandwich, which came with perfectly cooked fries and tasty beans—it was absolutely delicious. We also ordered the crispy, flavorful Prawns and Chips, and they were excellent—lightly battered, golden, and full of flavor. And we couldn’t leave without trying the Sticky Toffee Pudding, which was nothing short of heavenly—warm, indulgent, and unforgettable. The menu is full of great choices for everyone, including lots of fresh salads and hearty sandwiches. The prices are very reasonable, especially considering the high quality and generous portion sizes. Whether you're craving traditional pub fare or something lighter, there’s something to satisfy every appetite. Monarch Pub also offers a great array of British and Irish ales, a variety of beers, and wines, along with a full bar featuring special cocktails—perfect for pairing with your meal or enjoying during a night out. Our server, India, was wonderful. She was friendly, attentive, and genuinely kind—her excellent service made a great experience even better. The patio added to the fun with its humorous signage, lush flowers, and all of its visual fun elements of Great Britain inside and out—creating such a cheerful and unique vibe that made our visit even more enjoyable. It’s also a great place to catch a game—whether you’re into baseball, basketball, soccer, or more. The relaxed setting and friendly crowd make it an ideal spot for sports fans. Easily accessible, you can stroll over, bike over or drive over with lots of nearby parking. We’re already looking forward to catching a future performance by Katherine Lavin, who we know is incredibly talented. We’ll definitely be back! Monarch Pub is a must-visit—whether you’re in the mood for a satisfying meal, a refreshing drink, catching a match, or just a casual evening out. Highly recommended!

Yerie Han

Saturday afternoon and quiet place to hang out for beer and fish&chips... I got fish and shrimp which comes with chips/ calamari fries... amazing weather and beer. So happy to have this place in my neighborhood ☺️

Mj Stearns - Your Local Santa Cruz Realtor

I had a wonderful experience at the Monarch Pub & Restaurant in Pacific Grove. This charming spot exudes a cozy and inviting atmosphere that I absolutely adore. To begin my meal, I opted for the mozzarella sticks as an appetizer. They were perfectly crispy and gooey, accompanied by a delicious dipping sauce. For the main course, I decided to try the Monarch's Classic Apple Salad. Even though I'm not particularly fond of blue cheese, the friendly staff gladly accommodated my request to swap it out for feta cheese. With the addition of balsamic dressing, bacon bits, mixed greens, apples, dried cranberries, and candied pecans, every bite was a delightful explosion of flavors. I really enjoyed it! I chose to sit outside by the fire, which made for a lovely evening ambiance. The service at the Monarch Pub & Restaurant was top-notch and the entire dining experience left me satisfied. The food was beyond delicious, and the attentive staff made sure everything went smoothly. Overall, if you ever find yourself in Pacific Grove, I highly recommend visiting this cute little spot. The Monarch Pub & Restaurant offers a cozy atmosphere, delectable dishes, and excellent service.

Paul Pfingsten

Such an excellent family dinner! We had fish and chips, bangers, and fried mushrooms. Fish was excellent and was much better than Crown and Anchor and London Bridge Pub. We will definitely be coming back.

Jenny Fall

When you can't make it to England for Fish and Chips, eat here! They are the BEST I have had in the USA! Then, there's their traditional Mushy Peas for another authentic British treat. I enjoyed a nice iced tea with my meal and many other beverages are available. They have "Old Speckled Hen," which is a classic British bitter or ale that compliments Fish and Chips nicely. Amy was a delightful server. She treated my husband and I with superb service and smiles. Each employee worked diligently to clean and sanitize tables and chairs and wore their masks correctly. Eating outside and enjoying the heated patio was very pleasant and comfortable! Thank you, Monarch Pub, for a delicious meal and a memorable experience! We can't wait to return!

Volker Kueffel

Great place to get a quick bite. They have a nice outside seating area when the weather allows. We went there several times during our stay in the area. The beer battered artichokes are awesome, probably had them every time. This time with beer battered mushrooms and fries. Portions are pretty large/filling, we couldn't finish that with 2 people.

Lynne MacFarlane

My first time at The Monarch Pub and it didn’t disappoint! I tried their fish and chip and the fish was excellent, not over cooked as many pubs deep fry it too much and their batter was tasty. My husband ordered their Club Sandwich and he thought it was delicious/fresh sourdough. The outdoor patio was warm enough to eat outside with their large propane gas fire pit. It was be windy and chilly in Monterey county so don’t forget to bring a sweatshirt. Friendly waitstaff made the dinner enjoyable.

Jacob Colon

Fresh ingredients, cold beer mixed with great service in a Pub atmosphere makes for a great dining experience. The batter was thin and crispy on both the fish and prawns and the mushy peas were the perfect consistency served nice and hot.

In complete honesty I was in Pacific Grove for a long weekend and searched high and low for reliably good food every day, and after many attempts to find something, Monarch Pub had the most reliably good food good drink and good service. Would recommend!

Fuzzy Rodriguez

A very nice down home restaurant..food is excellent as is the service..this is one of those "comfort" places to have a meal...ii had a club sandwich with was very well put together and fries..the sandwich was of ample proportion..I ended up taking half of to go.... ..

Annie Brennen

In complete honesty I was in Pacific Grove for a long weekend and searched high and low for reliably good food every day, and after many attempts to find something, Monarch Pub had the most reliably good food good drink and good service. Would recommend!

Dawn Brown

Me and my husband were looking for a good fish and chips and found this Amazing place. The food was great. I ordered the prawns with fish and chips and my husband ordered the greens apple salad with chicken and bacon bits. Both were delicious. Our waitress Gabby was so delightful. We will come back again here for sure.

Great food. The appetizers are all very tasty. There's also a good selection of beers but you're definitely paying more for the downtown Pacific Grove experience. Also, be careful if you order a double cocktail, the Moscow mule went from $14 to $28 and we didn't notice until much later when we were figuring out the split. Just order more drinks instead of stronger ones.

We stopped in for a refreshment and a snack. Expansive patio. Despite arriving at shift change the service was quite good. We order the calamari 4.5/5 and fried artichoke 4.5/5. Both very good and large portions. Good beer, wine, and cocktail options.

Food is absolutely great. Deep fried artichokes THE best we have ever had. Fish in the fish n Chips was HUGE. I only gave it 4 stars because the daft beer choices were pretty sad for a pub.

Ron Clonts

Great food. The appetizers are all very tasty. There's also a good selection of beers but you're definitely paying more for the downtown Pacific Grove experience. Also, be careful if you order a double cocktail, the Moscow mule went from $14 to $28 and we didn't notice until much later when we were figuring out the split. Just order more drinks instead of stronger ones.

Ron Rogers

We stopped in for a refreshment and a snack. Expansive patio. Despite arriving at shift change the service was quite good. We order the calamari 4.5/5 and fried artichoke 4.5/5. Both very good and large portions. Good beer, wine, and cocktail options.

William Ross

The guy with the English accent was the only one running the show. Artichoke hearts stay away from.. other than that the food was wonderful and amazing salads

This is the second time we visited this place. The first time, the waitress was great (she actually sat us today in someone else's section while waiting tables when she saw us standing there waiting.) I wish I knew her name, long reddish hair...super sweet. Love her! Today however, was a bit disappointing. We ordered fried mushrooms and fish and chips. The food was absolutely fantastic! The atmosphere was great, we sat outside in the beer garden. The issue was our waitress, Alison. She came by, took our order. Then someone else brought our order. We witnessed her checking on her other tables around us, but she never checked on us. We were fine other than wanted to order something else to drink. She didn't stop again until your plates were empty, simply asking "do you want your check"? We were pleased with everything about our visit with the exception of the service. We didn't understand why she checked on everyone else.

A good dive bar. The best part was the turkey burger, which was outstanding, and accompanying sweet potato fries. Huge portion of fish & chips, but the chips were blah. Love that it is dog friendly and has a large patio with music.

Deb Kramer

A good dive bar. The best part was the turkey burger, which was outstanding, and accompanying sweet potato fries. Huge portion of fish & chips, but the chips were blah. Love that it is dog friendly and has a large patio with music.

Dawn Anette

This is the second time we visited this place. The first time, the waitress was great (she actually sat us today in someone else's section while waiting tables when she saw us standing there waiting.) I wish I knew her name, long reddish hair...super sweet. Love her! Today however, was a bit disappointing. We ordered fried mushrooms and fish and chips. The food was absolutely fantastic! The atmosphere was great, we sat outside in the beer garden. The issue was our waitress, Alison. She came by, took our order. Then someone else brought our order. We witnessed her checking on her other tables around us, but she never checked on us. We were fine other than wanted to order something else to drink. She didn't stop again until your plates were empty, simply asking "do you want your check"? We were pleased with everything about our visit with the exception of the service. We didn't understand why she checked on everyone else.

We were driving through the town of Pacific Grove trying to find a place to have dinner. This small town is down the road from Monterey and is its a sleepy suburb compared to Monterey. There were not alot of restaurants and most of them were closed. We landed at Monarch Pub. It was a full house and we waited about 20 minutes to be seated. We sat outside on the enclosed patio, about 1/3 of the heaters were broken on this particular brisk evening. We sat next to one of the broken heaters. The menu is British pub fare. We ordered breaded calamari and fish n chips to share. The waitress was over worked, it was just her for the entire patio. So it took awhile to order and to get our drinks and food, and to even get napkins, refills, and condiments. To add to her workload, the ticket system went wonky, it didn't print the table #s. So she had to shout out orders with two other staff helping her. With folks all claiming orders willy nilly, it was mayhem. We got our calamari appetizer but got skunked on our fish n chips. That came super late. The fish in the fish n chips was fantastic. Quality, great tasting piece of cod. Firm, flaky fish. It was beer battered and deep fried .Ohhh that crust was darn tasty as well. Fried to a prefect golden crisp.hard an audible crunch. Mmm. The fries were steak cut and just ok. Anyway the breaded calamari tasted ok. Not bad, not great either. Plus I don't think k it was fresh made.

Stopped in for a quick lunch after driving 17 mile drive. Never been to this area before and this place looked interesting. Waiter was nice and we were sat at a time right away. Ordered fish and chips and a turkey sandwich. Asked for no mayo and add cheese and it came out with mayo and no cheese... Fish was cooked perfectly and one piece was a definite meal. The steak fries were just ok. Sweet potato fries are amazing. Be sure to get those.

Lillian

We were driving through the town of Pacific Grove trying to find a place to have dinner. This small town is down the road from Monterey and is its a sleepy suburb compared to Monterey. There were not alot of restaurants and most of them were closed. We landed at Monarch Pub. It was a full house and we waited about 20 minutes to be seated. We sat outside on the enclosed patio, about 1/3 of the heaters were broken on this particular brisk evening. We sat next to one of the broken heaters. The menu is British pub fare. We ordered breaded calamari and fish n chips to share. The waitress was over worked, it was just her for the entire patio. So it took awhile to order and to get our drinks and food, and to even get napkins, refills, and condiments. To add to her workload, the ticket system went wonky, it didn't print the table #s. So she had to shout out orders with two other staff helping her. With folks all claiming orders willy nilly, it was mayhem. We got our calamari appetizer but got skunked on our fish n chips. That came super late. The fish in the fish n chips was fantastic. Quality, great tasting piece of cod. Firm, flaky fish. It was beer battered and deep fried .Ohhh that crust was darn tasty as well. Fried to a prefect golden crisp.hard an audible crunch. Mmm. The fries were steak cut and just ok. Anyway the breaded calamari tasted ok. Not bad, not great either. Plus I don't think k it was fresh made.

Charene Robinson

Stopped in for a quick lunch after driving 17 mile drive. Never been to this area before and this place looked interesting. Waiter was nice and we were sat at a time right away. Ordered fish and chips and a turkey sandwich. Asked for no mayo and add cheese and it came out with mayo and no cheese... Fish was cooked perfectly and one piece was a definite meal. The steak fries were just ok. Sweet potato fries are amazing. Be sure to get those.

Heather Rae

How can a British pub mess up fish and chips? The fish was a soggy mess and my husband had food poisoning symptoms for 12 hours afterward. Even my burger was overcooked, which makes sense because the waitress never asked how I wanted it prepared. Apparently she assumed hockey puck.