Turn 12 Bar And Grill

Name: Turn 12 Bar And Grill
Address: 400 Tyler Street, Monterey, CA, United States, 93940
Telephone: (831) 372-8876
Price range: $30 and under
Rating: 4.6

4.6

358 Reviews

$30 and under

American

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Due to limited seating during this time we are only accepting phone in reservations.
Our outdoor patio is open and we are doing take-out.

Turn 12 Bar and Grill waved the green flag on October 1, 2013. The modern and sporty decor surround a spectacular 50 foot custom zinc bar top with tire tread inlay. Vintage motorcycles, historic racing artwork, and multiple televisions capture your attention upon entering. With a menu that serves a little of everything, from steaks and pasta, to pizza, burgers and salads Turn 12 is a casual American Bar and Grill with something for everyone.

The name Turn 12 is related to the famous Laguna Seca Raceway that has 11 turns and meant to invite guests to visit us at the corner of Tyler and Franklin as the last turn of the day.

Make a reservation

Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Dec 5, 2023

7:00 PM

Order delivery or takeout

Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
American
Hours of operation
Lunch Daily 11:30 am–4:00 pm Brunch Sat, Sun 11:30 am–2:00 pm Dinner Daily 4:00 pm–10:00 pm Late night menu Daily 10:00 pm–12:00 am
Phone number
(831) 372-8876
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Executive chef
Miguel Cuevas
Private party contact
Eli Severson: (831) 372-8876

Location
400 Tyler Street, Monterey, CA 93940
Neighborhood
Monterey
Cross street
Franklin St.
Parking details
There are two parking garages across the street.
Entertainment
Live music every Saturday night and select Fridays.
Additional
Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Indoor Fireplace, Late Night, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wine

Popular dishes

Breakfast Pizza
three eggs, apple-wood smoked bacon, mozzarella, Italian sausage, spinach, roasted tomatoes
Fitness Omelette
egg whites, goat cheese, spinach, tomatoes, green chiles
Build-Your-Own Omelette (Choose 3 Items)
Tillamook cheddar, Monterey jack, mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, basil, bell peppers, black beans, bacon, sausage (add items for $1.50 each)
Polenta and Chorizo
creamy polenta, house-made Mexican chorizo, poached eggs, arugula, queso fresco
Fried Egg Sandwich
two sunny-side-up eggs, swiss, apple-wood smoked bacon, black-pepper mayo, vinaigrette-dressed arugula, rustic bread
Morning Wrap
scrambled eggs with bacon, scallions, Tillamook cheddar, black beans
California Scramble
goat cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, mushrooms and basil, topped with avocado
Ground Beef Scramble
Tillamook cheddar, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions
Sausage & Onion Scramble
bacon, Monterey jack, roasted mushrooms, onions
Coconut Pancakes
fresh mangoes, banana brulee
Brioche French Toast
orange marmalade syrup, fresh orange segments
Bacon Stuffed Waffle
with 2 eggs any style

Juices

House-Squeezed Orange
Grapefruit Juice

Libations

Mimosa
Bellini
Surf & Turf Mary
Absolut vodka, house mix, prawn, bacon
Meat-Lover's Mary
Absolut vodka, house mix, beef broth, bacon salt, garnished with slice of bacon

What 358 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.6

4.6 based on recent ratings

4.5Food
4.5Service
4.5Ambience
4.5Value

Noise • Moderate

Loved For

California Central Coast
Good for groups
California Central Coast
American
Monterey / Carmel
Best Value
Monterey / Carmel
Kid-friendly
Monterey / Carmel
Good for groups
Monterey / Carmel
Lively

358 Reviews

c
clubr
Central Coast
97 reviews
vip
5.0
97 reviews
Dined 5 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Always a great experience at Turn 12 from the friendly waitstaff, tasty drinks and delicous dishes.
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SusanS
Philadelphia
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on November 26, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
The quiet restaurant was separate from the sports bar, and it gave us space to relax and have quiet conversations. Also, our waiter, Barry, was sensitive to our need to relax and unwind. His suggestions were informed and appreciated. We were pleasantly surprised and will be coming back.
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Will
San Francisco
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on November 17, 2023
overall5food4service5ambience4
Great service. Good menu. Many meal selections. Fast food served
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Alockestar
Central Coast
16 reviews
vip
5.0
16 reviews
Dined on November 13, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Awesome experience as usual. I had not been in a while but was happy that the food and service were still great. Love this spot for business lunch or even happy hour.
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DianeR
Portland
28 reviews
vip
3.0
28 reviews
Dined on October 14, 2023
overall3food5service3ambience1
Had reservation for 4 and expected to be able to visit with our friends. 15 minutes after we were seated a group of 40 people celebrating a birthday arrived and were seated adjacent to us. The noise level was intolerable and as the alcohol flowed the noise only increased. They should have been seated in a corner and we should never have been seated in such close proximity. Disappointing.
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Barry
San Francisco
19 reviews
3.0
19 reviews
Dined on October 5, 2023
overall3food2service4ambience4
While my wife's baby back ribs was excellent, my linguine with clams was not very good. Since I used to go to Turn 12 for their paella, which is still on their website menu, but not on the in house menu, I will pass on this place for a while.
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clubr
Central Coast
97 reviews
vip
5.0
97 reviews
Dined on October 3, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Always a great experience at Turn 12. Friends were in town for Rennsport and continuing the auto theme, this fav spot was first on the list. Great ribs, fish, salad and drinks. Thank you!
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Elds
Houston
8 reviews
vip
5.0
8 reviews
Dined on October 1, 2023
overall5food5service4ambience5
They worked with us to change our head count — but would only allow one ticket for 14 people
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M
Montereydiner
Central Coast
7 reviews
5.0
7 reviews
Dined on August 26, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience4
Excellent service and a tasty Havarti Burger with truffle fries. Yummy!
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JS
JimS
San Francisco
6 reviews
5.0
6 reviews
Dined on August 10, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience4
Four retired academics met for lunch. We had Excellent fish tacos, a very good pizza, first rate salmon, and a very tasty burger. In addition we had a very good and reasonably priced Merlot—Hall 2020 from Paso Robles. We shared 2 very good deserts: a brownie warmed with ice cream and cheesecake. Service was first rate Great lunch spot
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OT
OpenTable Diner
Los Angeles
7 reviews
4.0
7 reviews
Dined on August 6, 2023
overall4food4service5ambience4
Great tasting burgers!! Awesome service. Will come back…
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Melanie
Greater Boston
14 reviews
vip
5.0
14 reviews
Dined on July 9, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience4
Halibut special with risotto and asparagus was delicious! The brownie dessert and peanut butter shake - also delicious! Service was excellent. Will definitely return.
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WendyN
Orlando
14 reviews
vip
5.0
14 reviews
Dined on July 6, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Although Open Table only allowed a reservation for a group of 4, Turn 12 was very accommodating for our group of 8. The food came out quickly and hot…and was delish! Our server was very attentive. We all wanted to pay separately, but they couldn’t separate the bills and would only accept a maximum of 3 credit cards. Seems a little behind the times for 2023. Other than the CC issue, it was a good experience.
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clubr
Central Coast
97 reviews
vip
5.0
97 reviews
Dined on July 2, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Always a delicious dinner with tasty drinks at Turn 12. Efficient and friendly service by Emily made for a great get together with visiting out of town friends.
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OT
OpenTable Diner
Phoenix
21 reviews
vip
5.0
21 reviews
Dined on June 4, 2023
overall5food5service4ambience5
Overall, great experience! Service was a bit slow at first because it was busy, but food and drinks were worth the wait. We’ll be back again soon!
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OT
OpenTable Diner
Central Coast
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on June 4, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Really like the new back dining area. Much warmer and quieter than the front side seating area
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JN
JanetofNPR
Tampa
20 reviews
vip
4.0
20 reviews
Dined on May 3, 2023
overall4food4service4ambience4
Great selection of draft beers, attentive staff and good food!
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PennyF
Central Coast
4 reviews
5.0
4 reviews
Dined on April 20, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
This is one my husband's favorite restaurants. Whenever, we're in town, we go there and/or to its sister restaurant Baja Cantina. The food is very good with lots of items on the menu. The restaurant has automobile and race memorabilia, my husband's favorite, and the noise level was good and we were able to have a nice conversation without having to raise our voices.
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MonicaB
Wilmington
10 reviews
vip
4.0
10 reviews
Dined on March 26, 2023
overall4food4service4ambience4
We usually dine here before going to a concert around the corner at Golden State Theater and for dessert after. Wish they had a nice Tawny Port to go with it.
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SM
ScottM
Central Coast
34 reviews
vip
5.0
34 reviews
Dined on March 23, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great service. Had a daily special of a Kobe burger with prawns on top that tasted great. Many thanks!
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H
Haynjoker
Hawaii
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on March 21, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
The food was yummy the lambchop lollipops were cooked perfect I had the Newyork steak was cooked perfect also
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ScottM
Central Coast
34 reviews
vip
5.0
34 reviews
Dined on March 8, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience4
Great service as usual, with a broad choice of menu items and a top notch draft beer lineup. I’ll be back!
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DavidR
Central Coast
6 reviews
4.0
6 reviews
Dined on February 18, 2023
overall4food4service4ambience4
Fun place to grab a good burger and a drink. Will be back.
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JudyH
New Mexico
8 reviews
vip
5.0
8 reviews
Dined on February 12, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience4
Superbowl Sunday was great!!!
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NessaA
Central Coast
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on February 4, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great food and drinks! We will definitely be going back and the delicious starters.
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OT
OpenTable Diner
San Francisco
2 reviews
vip
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on January 19, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Turn 12 has a great bar and the bartenders are awesome!
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OT
OpenTable Diner
Central Coast
7 reviews
5.0
7 reviews
Dined on January 7, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
This my wife and mines place to go for a date night. Service is always excellent. Food is top notch.
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Jaja1
Kansas City
46 reviews
vip
5.0
46 reviews
Dined on December 30, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience4
2 days in a row , this restaurant has to be great , and we meant great !
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Jaja1
Kansas City
46 reviews
vip
5.0
46 reviews
Dined on December 28, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Sat at the bar , very attentive and friendly staff ! Love everything about this place , glad we stumbled upon it
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BigTimePeri
Central Coast
52 reviews
vip
5.0
52 reviews
Dined on December 11, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
We went over to watch the Warriors game before heading to a show at the Golden State Theatre. We all hung out and ate yummy dinners and watched the game until it was time to head to the show. I had the fried chicken sandwich and it was most excellent.. So was my Margarita. Our server was delightful. Can’t wait to go back!
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SamK
Central Coast
4 reviews
5.0
4 reviews
Dined on October 16, 2022
overall5food4service5ambience4
This is a real find- great menu. Outstanding service. The noise level is about the only negative. On the plus side, since they stay open til 1am, great late night spot
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Barry
San Francisco
19 reviews
5.0
19 reviews
Dined on October 4, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience4
Excellent baby back ribs and paella dinners topped off with a peanut butter milk shake.
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RogerH
Central Coast
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on October 1, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Well start out Barry was a very good host. The food was great and my wife and I can’t wait to bring our family back to turn 12 bar grill. We loved it very very much. Thank you for a great experience. My wife and I was celebrating our 26 wedding anniversary. I’m glad we found your establishment.
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RoxanneM
San Francisco
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on September 25, 2022
overall4food4service5ambience4
The cocktails, stuffed oysters and linguini & clams were excellent, as was the service. However, I left feeling feeling "nickel & dimed" because we asked for more bread than the two small slices provided which used to be free (and is at most other places) and discovered a $3.00 charge for it on my final bill of $175 for two people. I'd like to return but just find the pricing too excessive.
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NancyH
San Francisco
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on September 17, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Our waitperson Genevieve was super. Good food and service were perfect. Quiet—easy to converse!
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JillB
San Francisco
7 reviews
vip
3.0
7 reviews
Dined on August 21, 2022
overall3food3service1ambience3
Food was pretty good. I wouldn’t say outstanding or anything but definitely a good place to get a burger. Our waiter was super spacey (asking if we were ready for dessert and we hadn’t even eaten yet) and needed reminding quite a bit about things we had already asked for,but we weren’t in a hurry. All in all it was an okay place to go
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Chris
San Francisco
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on August 20, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great time at car week. Lot's of good food and drinks! Excellent service!
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MariaM
Central Coast
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on August 13, 2022
overall1food1service1ambience1
My mother and sister took me here for my birthday. We had a 1:45 reservation and got there a bit early. The place was pretty empty besides a few families on the patio. We waited at the host counter for about 7 minutes before anybody acknowledged us. Meanwhile there was a man standing at the bar, with 3 employees talking to him. One employee noticed we were frustrated, grabbed some menus while she rolled her eyes and seated us on the patio. We sat at the patio waiting for someone to acknowledge us for 20 minutes. Nobody ever came. We tried to get a buss boys attention with no luck. We finally decided to leave the restaurant and nobody even acknowledged us on our way out. It was a very disappointing experience because we had looked around for a place to eat for hours before deciding on Turn12. We were excited to try the braised short ribs and the short rib burger, unfortunately that didn’t happen. I usually don’t like to bring things like this up and almost always give people the benefit of the doubt because it’s 2022, but it’s been hard for me to not feel as though the reason we received poor customer service was because the color of our skin. Will not be going back to this establishment. I hope others reading this have a much better experience if they decide to try out Turn12.
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PsyDoc
Phoenix
141 reviews
vip
4.0
141 reviews
Dined on August 2, 2022
overall4food4service4ambience3
Great service and friendly staff. We shared a pizza that had to be modified for health reasons and they did an outstanding job. Best pizza we’ve had in quite some time. Appears to be a very family friendly establishment. We highly recommend based on our food choice.
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LouS
San Francisco
28 reviews
vip
5.0
28 reviews
Dined on July 30, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
The service was above and beyond! Food was great, but our server was over the top!
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Safety precautions

Cleaning & sanitizing
- Surfaces sanitized between seatings
- Digital, disposable or sanitized menu provided
- Sealed or wrapped utensils used
- Common areas deep-cleaned daily
- Sanitizer or wipes provided for customers

Protective equipment
- Waitstaff wear masks
- Diners must wear masks unless eating or drinking
Screening
- Sick staff prohibited in the workplace

FAQs

Turn 12 Bar And Grill offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (831) 372-8876.

Turn 12 Bar And Grill is rated 4.6 stars by 358 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Dec 5, 2023

7:00 PM

Order delivery or takeout

400 Tyler Street, Monterey, CA 93940

Additional information

Cross street
Franklin St.
Neighborhood
Monterey
Hours of operation
Lunch Daily 11:30 am–4:00 pm Brunch Sat, Sun 11:30 am–2:00 pm Dinner Daily 4:00 pm–10:00 pm Late night menu Daily 10:00 pm–12:00 am
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
American
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
There are two parking garages across the street.
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Executive chef
Miguel Cuevas
Entertainment
Live music every Saturday night and select Fridays.
Additional
Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Indoor Fireplace, Late Night, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wine

Phone number
(831) 372-8876
Private party contact
Eli Severson: (831) 372-8876

Turn 12 Bar And Grill

Make a reservation

Order delivery or takeout

Additional information

Havarti Burger

Turn 12 Burger

Phred's Burger

Main

Breakfast Pizza

Fitness Omelette

Build-Your-Own Omelette (Choose 3 Items)

Polenta and Chorizo

Fried Egg Sandwich

Morning Wrap

California Scramble

Ground Beef Scramble

Sausage & Onion Scramble

Coconut Pancakes

Brioche French Toast

Bacon Stuffed Waffle

Juices

House-Squeezed Orange

Grapefruit Juice

Libations

Mimosa

Bellini

Surf & Turf Mary

Meat-Lover's Mary

Overall ratings and reviews

Loved For

Cleaning & sanitizing

Protective equipment

Screening

FAQs

Does Turn 12 Bar And Grill offer delivery through OpenTable or takeout?

How is Turn 12 Bar And Grill restaurant rated?

Is Turn 12 Bar And Grill currently accepting reservations?

Make a reservation

Order delivery or takeout

Additional information