My uncle had frequented Monti's on his trips to Arizona but I had never been. We decided to check it out on November 5th while we were in the area. I looked up Monti's on my phone and the first result was how it was going to be closing for good on November 17th! My uncle was shocked and said it was even more reason to go now.
It was around 3:30pm so the place wasn't extremely packed yet with people making their final visits and fortunately the wait was not too long.
They did tell us ahead of time that they ran out of their famous bread that everyone likes. My uncle was upset but I'd never had it before so how could I be mad? They then surprised us by bringing out some bread afterall as I guess they got one final shipment that arrived. And it was good.
Our waitress was amazing even though she could have been easily stressed with all that was going on recently - not just running out of food but they've had various news media come by for interviews, etc. I wish I remembered her name.
I ordered the New York Steak and my uncle had the Ribeye. They were great. I had a baked potato and the chipotle mac and cheese on the side.
After we left the restaurant, the parking lot was packed. We came and just the right time.
I've read about the history with Monti's and it has been around a long time so I can only imagine how sad some Arizona residents are....apparently a whole new development project is in place and my guess is Monti's got an offer they just couldn't refuse as far as selling the space.
They are completely booked up now, like people have said in other reviews - but I'm glad i got to experience it at least once.