Basin 141 Social Bar & Kitchen - Monrovia, California

Kat B.

Popped in here today on a whim and scored for happy hour! Our server Travis was amazing! As we had never been in before he directed us to some delicious food options and drinks. He was friendly and attentive! We ordered the carnitas tacos, pork belly tacos, potato tacos, wings, and garlic fries. The potato tacos, wings, and fries were very good. The service was great! Outside of Travis multiple employees checked on us. That seems to be so rare these days! My only complaint is that it was rather warm in there. We will definitely be back to try some non happy hour food and hopefully Travis will be there to serve us!

Lucas D.

We love the food, we love the service, the drinks are great, but there's just one thing that makes us feel a little off here....

The seating... every time we come, we feel segregated. The 4 booths they do have are always taken, and since the booths are always taken, whenever the host/hostess seats us, it feels like we're getting the leftover seating.

No matter what host/hostess is working, they always look at us with an expression like ..."I know you want a booth, but there is none, so where do you want to sit?"...then they kind of just let the customer point out their own seats, but again, it just makes us feel segregated for some reason.

Don't get me wrong... we enjoy the place, but this seating thing is weird.

We're usually there for dinner and end up at the tall tables in the middle of the place but it just doesn't feel right eating dinner at these tall tables that don't have a lot of space on the table top itself. For just drinks, it would be fine.

Plus, we have a 5 year old, and she likes to squirm, so these tall tables are a bit of a hassle for us when we're sitting there.(ya...we could just go somewhere else but we really like the food there.)

We are not going to stop coming here, we love the food and the service is great but I just feel the that the seating could have been planned out a little better...but I'm sure they were expecting to be more of a watering hole instead of a dine in restaurant.

Anywho.... stop by and check it out if you haven't... you'll enjoy it.

Diane T.

My hubby brought me here on a date night, it was our 1st time and really enjoyed it. Service was great and the food delicious. He had the steak frite which he said tasted fabulous and raved on his garlic fries. I had the pasta with shrimp which was savory and perfect. 10 out of 10 loved this place and will definitely be a return customer.

Marcella C.

The food was good decent variety. My salad had a little too much dressing on it, and I would have preferred it on the side. I know that for next time. Overall, very pleasant experience staff was courteous and attentive and service was prompt will return.

Ian P.

The restaurant was good, nothing impressive, but it’s a nice brunch spot. The food was alright. Nothing to impressive. Just some edible food to enjoy with friends and family. The drinks were actually good though.

I think what irks me the most about this restaraunt is the “3.5% Adjustment Fee” for non-cash payments. We weren’t aware of this when we sat down, but I feel like it needs to be aware. Granted it was okay $8, but it’s the principle of it all. I’d rather use that $8 on my wonderful server than to pay the businesses CC fees. It’s the 21st century, cash is becoming more obsolete.

DON M.

Great Happy Hour prices! We got the Pork Belly, Chicken, Potato, and Carnitas Tacos, each $4. They added some great toppings to complement each meat. Like Corn, Cactus, Pinapple, etc., depending on the meat.

They offer a Sofrito (Tofu) Taco as well, that we did not order.

Each came with great salsa and sauces.

Garlic Fries and Onion Ring Appetizers came in hot and had some ketchup and another creamy sauce of which I can't remember the name, but excellent.

The Garlic on the Fries was plentiful and not overwhelming, we put the pile of garlic chunks that fell to the bottom on the cup on top of the non garlic Fries and like water on a Gremlin, we made more delicious Garlic Fries!

The Seared Ahi Tuna Salad was great after we asked for additional dressing, but try it the way it is served. It is very good. We just like a lot of dressings and sauces.

The fish served with the "Fish N Chips" was cooked perfectly. It was flakey, tender, and hot. I believe the cooking oil was due to be changed, and you can judge by the color of the batter on the Onion Rings and Fish. But, any great high volume Fish N Chips joint does serve theirs less golden and darker in color. So you be the judge.

The Happy Hour Old Fashioned comes with Evan Williams for $8. I asked for Bulleit, that was $12.50.

The Pear Cider and Moscow Mule were like most places.

I'll give it a 4 Star for it being the ever crucial first visit impressions.

The Staff was great, friendly and professional. They all help, you're not assigned a single Server.

We'll visit again and try different plates to get an overall opinion. But definitely worth the visit.

Tong T.

I went in during happy hour because I had some time to kill before meeting a friend. The prices were reasonable, and I was really hungry, but I planned to have dinner with my friend later, so I ordered about four drinks. Happy hour ended at 6 PM on Thursdays, and I chose cocktails and beer. Around 5 PM, the server changed, and I ordered one more cocktail from the new server.

When my friend arrived and we went to pay, I noticed that even though it was happy hour, the last cocktail was charged at the regular price, not the happy hour price. I asked the server what happened, and they told me that because they used a "special" whiskey, the drink was not eligible for the happy hour price. I was absolutely stunned. The server never explained this to me beforehand, nor did they ask for my consent or give me any heads-up about the price difference. They just decided it for me and expected me to pay.

Who would expect to pay full price during happy hour? The server, named "SKY," didn’t explain anything or offer an apology. It was a really disappointing experience, especially at a place I was visiting for the first time. I will definitely share this with others, and I hope "SKY" learns proper customer service and communication.

To everyone considering going there: don’t trust the happy hour deal.

Richard R.

It was good. I had a grilled Chicken Sandwich came with a sell it very good. My friend had the. Fish-and-chips and the fish looked like they were nice portions. I can't tell you how much it was. Because I was treated this time. The only problem I can think of was that the menu text was so small. I couldn't read it without my reading glasses.