The Social

Time to nourish on a busy weekend, I came upon The Social on the stretch of Ritchie Hwy. As the sun melted away the early morning snow and fairly open lot, I walked in and the place was quiet. Gentle to the eyes and modern, The Social is bright with open dining spaces. Bar tops and table seating options are plenty while booths are limited to 4 total, 3 towards the restrooms, and one tucked away up front near the bar. The Social's menu offers harvest from the land and sea, and in between, I was happy to see one of my desired salad, their take on it of course, the Winter Cranberry. I added grilled shrimp (+12 for 6pcs), dressing on the side, and it satisfied. The service was short. Enough just to serve, but nothing beyond "we hope to see you again!" type. If you're around the area, stop by and see what The Social is about!

Today The Social totally missed the mark. Sunday June 2nd. The flatbread was over cooked. The Brussels sprouts appetizer came to the table mostly burnt. The Baltimore sandwich meat was well burnt. My poke salad was awful at $22.00 it use to be excellent, and I posted a picture of it when it was excellent and now it's awful please see both photos the current one was disgusting. The only 2 good things were the pulled pork sandwich and the shrimp sandwich that's pretty bad for a table of 5 of us. We will have to re think coming back if The Social keeps this up. Never took photos because it was so bad except of the Poke' salad. Not sure if The Social got a different chef but this was god awful.

I have been here a handful of times now. The food is good, but is extremely overpriced for the amount and quality of the food. They have good mixed drinks and beers on tap/cans, but they are also expensive. The venue is clean with seating inside and outside. The service was fine, nothing above and beyond.

I always passed by this place (it's in a shopping center I frequent) and decided to stop by for a happy hour. It's beautiful inside, I love the decor and ambiance (it reminds me of a lounge)). There weren't many people dining (about 5 of us in total) but the service was meh at best. I felt like bartender was more focused on the two ladies he was flirting with than the rest of the patrons. I was able to order two items and a cocktail, but the service ruined the experience for me so I paid and left. I was looking forward to trying their fried chicken deviled eggs but was told it wasn't on the menu at the time and settled for the smoked salmon deviled eggs instead (meh) and the crab and pimento balls (it was good).I was hoping to really like it and I'm not sure I'll be back anytime soon.

I went there last night and was able to get seated at the high table at the bar right away. The seats were really comfortable and the vibe was nice.Our waiter was attentive without being too much. We orders the orange crush which was on special for $8. It was not strong but it was still good. We ordered the brussels sprouts and they were flavorful and came in a huge portion. The deviled eggs were fine...not bad but nothing that was too exciting about them. The mussels were really good. The lemon brith sauce they came with were flavorful. I asked for extra bread for them and our waitress was accommodating. Overall it was a chill spot to just hangout and talk.

I really had hoped to like this new local spot. Maple Bourbon Deviled EggsTheses were so sweet it was terrible. They were also made they day before and had the refrigerator taste. No Bourbon taste at all. Wisconsin Bacon Brisket Butter Cheeseburger Has a great hype name, and doesn't live up to it at all. The patty was so thin that it felt like a Five Guys Burger. I got the single, so it was a crap ton of bread and barely any meat making the ratio extremely off. Not worth the money. Maybe if i got more patties? You can see in the photo you see no meat to the edge of the bun. The shoe string fries were good. Braised short ribThis has great flavor, however, it was so tough that you were chewing on cud. Tasted like they may have pressure cooked it? ‍ Maybe it was an off night, not sure. I told a friend and they admitted they had heard mixed reviews so could be the trend.

Great place to have a beer and some food. Good parking and service. Hope it will not change

So disappointing. After reading all of the reviews saying it's great, I genuinely had the most mediocre food ever. I left hungry, feeling like I wasted money and my time. I even just feel bad writing this review. The burger was described as "brisket bacon cheeseburger" as it came out with a bun and a patty with a thin layer of cheese. I added the vegetables to make it feel better but still it wasn't it. My husband had the steak taco trio and it was so tough to eat. I wish we were able to give them the benefit of the doubt that they were busy or maybe they were understaffed, but it was 1200 on Saturday and we were the only ones there. :/ I won't be coming back and I'm disappointed we spent so much money to leave hungry.

We arrived almost 30 mins earlier than our reservation time, the staff was great and had our party of 6 seated in 10 minutes. The restaurant itself is very modern almost romantic however it is extremely noisy, so it was quite hard to hear conversations at our own table. The staff was a bit slow but I think understaffed and when I walked to the back of restaurant to use the restroom( you actually walk through a service area and can see into kitchen) almost all the staff was on their phones? I'm sure they weren't looking at orders and that I am sure is why it seemed to take forever for the food and service. The bartenders appeared to be consistently working and actually came out from behind the bar and helped at tables. The food was good, we didn't order large entrees as we all felt we had just been eating non stop ( Thanksgiving weekend) 3 of us ordered burgers and they were really good, one person ordered tomato bisque soup and thought just a bit to garlicky but good. One person ordered the butternut medallions with quinoa. The presentation was beautiful and taste was great but 2 slices of butternut ? For the price was just chinchy. We would probably try again as food was promising. It is too bad that what could probably be a fantastic restaurant has service affected by the staff that just can't seem to get off their phones.

Last minute date choice turned out so well! I made a reservation and requested a booth and we were sat right away by the welcoming host! I ordered the whiskey sour which was beautifully presented and hit the spot. The brussel sprouts were perfectly cooked and seasoned and the mussels left me wanting more. For our entrees I got the duck confit pasta, SO worth the price. I took half of it home. I typically like adding some tobasco or red pepper flakes or pepper to my pastas but this didn't need anything. My boyfriend ordered the chicken cheese steak sandwich. It came out a bit dry but he just asked for more hots aioli and it was fine. Our server Rich was attentive but also didn't bother us too much which I really appreciate! Overall a really great dining experience and I can't wait to go back and try more of their menu!