I went to check out Mad Monk yesterday afternoon. Walked in expecting it to be set-up in a similar fashion to little creatures brewery. Instead, at the moment, it is licensed as a restaraunt, and as such, you have to order a meal to drink (which seems a little odd, given the new liquor licensing laws...) and the place is set up as more of a restaraunt than a brewery. They hadn't finished the place yet, and it seemed upstairs was closed (perhaps it will be more pub-like upstairs?) so we got seated, had a quick look at the menu, and ended up leaving without ordering. The menu is similar to that at little creatures, only more formal (read - very modern "fancy" cuisine. Not really the light snack we wanted with a beer.)
I'll be back when they will serve me a beer without a meal, to see what it's like. I've been waiting patiently for Mad Monk to open, expecting something styled on the monastary breweries I visited whilst in Europe, and left feeling quite dissapointed, and rather embarrassed that I'd promised my friends a visit to a new brewery. It just felt like walking in to a fancy restaraunt. Far too uptight for a sunday afternoon drinking.
Has anyone else been along to it yet?
