The Monkey Suit in Exeter

Just popped in for a drink while I waited for my partner. Beer was good and service was friendly. It had the feel of a regular, staff and customers having friendly, familiar interaction. Started to get lively just before I had to head out for my evening.

A really good place to meet and greet.... Recommended

We hired the function room upstairs for a birthday party and it was great. The staff were really friendly and nothing was too much of an ask, would highly recommend.

Brilliant. Great service. Great staff

Nice guys, good service, friendly xx

Sound bar staff and decent cocktails.

Fabulous place. Cannot fault Mark & team. Had a grand time, best part of our night by far. Drinks are delicious and prices are great value for money. Can’t wait to come back next time we’re down! Thank you Mark and Team for a wonderful evening.

Had the pleasure of photographing a birthday party of a student in the University of Exeter. Great experience.

Have spent many great hours at The Monkey Suit. Staff are very friendly and have been willing to create cocktails for my dietary needs. We loved the pizza and look forward to their next venture. Would highly recommend them.

Great atmosphere, friendly staff, amazing drinks selection

We arrived at 11PM and they said they are closing when they are not untill 2am. We asked other staff and they said they don't know themselves, they were also stereotyping when we looked underage when we clearly have ID

Whatever the occasion, from a general drink to hiring the private room for functions, I always enjoy my time at Monkey Suit. The staff are friendly, polite, genuine down to earth funny people. With a variety of creative and tasty cocktails, I have always felt safe within the vicinity, on any given day of the week. Clean and spacious bar, comfy seating, and good music. It is dog friendly from opening time until early evening, the food is amazing and I highly recommend any pizza. Monkey suit can be a local hangout, date night or night out destination, with events organised and amazing local bands playing. I have held 2 events in the private rooms upstairs, and they have always been flexible with allowing you to set up, as well as clean up the room before and after your event.

Chilled and a good selection of draught drinks

Very good atmosphere and lovely cocktails

Love this place! Cocktails are fairly cheap - staff are so nice!!!

We had a few early evening drinks, great atmosphere friendly staff, reasonable prices for a city pub.

Didn't try the food but the atmosphere was great and the standard espresso Martini was better! Very clean an tidy with helpful and courteous staff. Will definitely be back again soon. Thanks.

Diabetic needed some sugar so asked for half pint of orange juice. They got it from under the bar, it was warm and tasted horrible. Came from a £1.59 carton. Opened it in front of me poured the half pint and then with a straight face charged me £3.89! That is a 900% markup! Terrible seats and dirty place. Horrible experience.

It was lovely service I met my friends we went there and I enjoyed my time there bar staff are very friendly

Lovely place, great atmosphere, good service, fab cocktails

Private party so the company of friendsmade it enjoyable

Good value, we hired out a top room for a party which was nice, though a little Frustrating that you couldn’t get beer upstairs and had to keep going downstairs.

Hired the private room, couldn't fault service or staff

Great bar staff! very friendly and open to making cocktails on request that aren’t on the menu.

I hosted a birthday party here. The venue was superb and the staff were very dedicated to ensuring that me and my friends had the best night possible. Would highly recommend!

Birthday night with my friends. So welcoming and nice. Gave us free bday shots which were home made. Loved them so much. The bartender mark was so nice and sweet. Defo recommend!!!!

Mark is an absolute legend!!! He is so lovely highly recommended this place!!!!! Must visit xxx

Love Mark he made my best friends birthday with free light up shots!! Such a good vibe aside from that the best live jazz music and nice decor and nice smelling toilets and all the hits, great place and really decent prices :)

The Monkey Suit is amazing, great atmosphere and great service! I've booked the private room twice now and the staff we're great and Mark went above and beyond!

Decent selection of cocktails. Friendly staff in a pub that has a relaxed vibe.

Delicious cocktails, decent prices, and great service. Would highly recommend!

Not sure how they got a licence. A rude barman and I won't visit again..no doubt it will end up like vaults. All about profit before customer service! Drunk people and doorman I expect!

Been here lots since being in Exeter. one of my favourite cocktail bars in Exeter- great service and great value for money! Super nice staff especially Becky- I think her name is? who made me the best cocktail ever which was off menu! Would highly recommend

Most welcome bar I've been to in Exeter. When you feel not threatened by bouncers and incredibly accomdated by bar staff, then I find that to be a rarity in this small city.

Pre match pint on a rainy Saturday, place was empty at 2pm. Nice venue, comfy sofas abound, really nice staff, music at a sensible volume so could converse. A tad pricy at £10 for two pints but Spoons is a 10 min walk and we were feeling lazy...

Fair music selection, fair space leg space but chairs can do with cushioning or better still new ones, sofas have done a job and life span is fast running out!

Really nice pub, so beautiful cocktails on offer

Lovely drinks. Bartender recommendations were pretty tasty. Cool layout. Pretty random stuff. Only comment is music was a bit too loud to enjoy.

Professional staffs, great drinks and atmosphere

Been around the world travelling and am still yet to top the expresso martini at monkey suit :)

Door staff and bar staff are so professional and polite, nice to sit in there while it’s quiet… thank you staff… Mark & Rhian x

Great location! Could be more people with better food options ! Music bit too loud at time Lot of people left because they can’t have conversation

I have visited many times since moving to Exeter and have always had a great night. Really friendly staff and good menu of classic cocktails. Recommend for a night with group of friends or a date night 😊

Definitely worth a visit if you're in town. There was drinks I'd never heard of but the bar staff were really friendly and gave me recommendations! Will definitely be back! 🍹🍸

Great cocktail bar and atmosphere

Went here on the recommendation of a friend and i was not disappointed. Cocktails were amazing (she did however say these didn't really taste the same as when she'd last came) none the less i really enjoyed my time here. They couldn't make the tokyo iced tea due to stocking issues but offered a really nice alternative of an electric lemonade which did not disappoint. We also tried pink ladies and pina coladas which also went down well!

Rude door woman. Wouldn't recommend based on that .

Good place to stay with friends

Good cocktails and place to start the night

Always have an amazing time here! The cocktails taste amazing and at £6.50-£8 are super affordable aswell! We chose Monkey Suit for my friends hen do, everyone had a great time and really enjoyed the evening! Thank you team for everything, we had an amazing time!

Decent drinks, pretty chill place, average price for a long Island is around £7~8

Did not go there, just being a Dads taxi to pick up my daughter in the early hours.

Brother and sister had there engagement here tonight. Was a lovely little intermate room. Lovely lass serving us all behind the bar. Great time and love the decor !!

Such friendly staff and a lovely atmosphere. Possibly the worst cosmo I've ever had (sorry) but the other drinks and especially the French martini were devine. Will definitely be back soon!

£7.85 for a double vodka lemonade is criminal

Great beers and drinking place Nice staff

Nice door staff and bar staff, chill vibe and nice drinks ( as soon as there was some trouble makers they were dealt with quickly & removed without a scene.)

Staff amazing. Great service. Fantastic atmosphere. Very decent selection of drinks and cocktails!

Really nice. Cheap cocktails for around 6-7 quid. Can't complain, had a good time.

Fantastic night. Many thanks to Mark and all the staff for sorting everything out, including arranging for us to use the club room. Brilliant venue for events and great atmosphere.

Great drinks and friendly staff

We had a party upstairs, I can honestly say it was the most stress free party I've ever thrown! Mark organised everything, Matt the DJ was awesome and the bar and door staff were super friendly and nothing was too much! Don't hesitate to book the Monkey Suit! Thanks guys!

Fast service, really nice drinks, friendly staff, very clean

Nice staff and welcoming. Got all the drinks we wanted, slightly strange with table service given no1 had masks but no delay in receiving drinks

Great experience, even made a custom drink for us

The best pub in high street!!! The staffs are friendly and accommodating. We keep on coming back and the service is getting better and better. A must visit place in Exeter.

Very quiet on the night we visited, but good drinks and service. Obviously lacked any atmosphere with less than 10 people in there.

Good friendly table service with staff being attentive. One way system of Entry and Exit. Trust me to enter via Exit. Curtious door attendant.

Their white Russians are the best in town

Mice place. The jug cocktails are damn good value. And if u have 2? Well. Who doesn't like a love pair of jugs?....

Smart bar and the bar staff were polite and helpful, nice chilled out vibes with cocktails

Table service - excellent, Staff friendly and polite, all round good place for cocktails and beers

Staff were so friendly and made us feel welcome, had a lovely cosy atmosphere and the drinks were amazing!

Great cocktails, was slightly disappointed that they no longer do their 2 for 1 deals though!

Great cocktails, nice atmosphere

Went for some post lockdown drinks, chose the Monkey Suit and a grand choice it was to. From the moment we arrived we were looked after from the bar staff to the door staff, it just couldn't be faulted service wise. A great relaxed and chilled atmosphere with a cracking selection of beverages. Slowly working my way through the cocktail menu so I can't wait to return for another session. The only small minor was the toilets, no locks on the doors! Overall, a wonder venue, atmosphere and service and would highly recommend.

If it's amazing cocktails and a great vibe your looking for then this is definitely the place to go to! Table service is always spot on by the whole team aswell! Thanks guys!

Nice chilled place to drink if you’re around Exeter. Got cosy seating areas as well with great cocktails!

Cocktails have gone downhill since last time I visited. Not sure if they've changed measures to save money etc but could barely finish some of them. Some cocktails were nice though, but there were in the minority. EDIT: We did tell the waitor three times, they first went and talked to the bar staff, who said they'd done nothing differently from before. Then he brought the pitcher back the bar to consul with the bar staff, but said they repeated and said they couldn't do anything so the waitor just brought back the pitcher to us and left it. We asked if we could exchange for another cocktail (like I said, some of them were very nice! ) but we were told no.

Very nice if only a tad loud atmosphere, I'd recommend their tap water, it's perfectly enjoyable

Great service, great covid compliance and great value for money

Table service good. Staff doing a good job.

A chillout place for people who want to drink with friends or colleagues. You need to book ahead to acquire table as there are new rules during pandemic.

Amazing cocktails and staff. Best place in the area

Great staff at the bar and on the door, 0 tolerance rules which is very much needed in bars at the moment. Cocktails are well made, well priced and the whole bar is clean

The service from the staff is always polite and friendly, especially Ryan who seems to go the extra mile. The cocktails have always been very delicious to.

Had my birthday drinks here. Was such a good night.

Really nice staff great customer service nice vibe got to say I really like this place 10/10

Highly recommend Monkey Suit such a welcoming atmosphere, such lovely and helpful staff and one of the best places to get cocktails!!

First time in here and I am impressed. Friendly efficient staff and drinks delivered quickly. Definitely my new local. Thank guys

Nice ambiance, good services, wheelchair friendly as the doors are wide enough. At the main entrance there are a few steps but they have a mobile ramp, we could get in easily

Pleasant crowd, cordial staff and great ambiance. 5 🌟 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Not the cheapest drinks but nice atmosphere

Love this place! Great atmosphere, great drinks and food

Always great atmosphere with brilliant drinks , food and great prices.

Pleasant staff. Pleasant to talk too. Decent selection of beers. Comfy seating. Chilled out place. Handy for place to have a beer before going to the Vue cinema

Great cocktails with a friendly vibe.

Service is good but I don't like the hygiene of this establishment. There is no soap in the toilet. Also, you cannot lock toilet doors.

Was fine, cold beer and quick service.

Love this place! Great atmosphere, great drinks and food! Love the live music they have on each week and different events! 100% worth the visit, brilliant place :)