10/25/09

Great place to chill and watch your favorite college game!

by Dallasite

We went here as a small group to watch the Texas game last evening, wanting to try something new, and admittedly a little hesitant after reading some of the below (quite terrible) reviews. We were not disappointed however, and didn't seem to remotely encounter any of the mentioned problems or "cons." The service was actually very consistent and friendly, the bartender was helpful - and it's hard to have a miss with Shiner on draft - the seating was ample and well laid out. The food was DIVINE and very well priced. The guys had the fillet (less than $25 including sides) and each said they really were surprised at the quality of meat and well-preparedness of the meal period, especially for the price. I had the garden salad with house dressing - absolutely amazing with candied walnuts, blue cheese chunks, and fresh crisp leaves of lettuce and spinach - generous portion and worth every penny of the $9 price. The manager (DILLON not David / Daniel) and executive chef (ZACK) both stopped by to check on us and were willing to hear suggestions on what might help them step up their game in a location with such fierce competition - Uptown & the West Village. We sat upstairs, as it seemed more cohesive to watching the game - less crowded and less noisy - but we did go downstairs afterward to sit and have a few drinks, and it's definitely a great place to see and be seen. Very Uptown, very chill, very pretty people. I would suggest this place to anyone. And if you have a problem, have any sort of issue mentioned below, I would recommend speaking with the manager, as he genuinely seemed interested in making Social House one of "the" places to go, attracting more people and turning them into regulars.

• Pros: Food & Drinks, Ambiance, Service, Location - all stellar...
• Cons: Restrooms are very small, single entry, have to wait...

07/20/09

Smelled like A@% and the waitress downstairs sucked

by ZZZZZZ

The place did not have air first of all so folks were smelling a bit the shots were 8 bucks and extra with redbull. The blonde waitress downstairs was the worst ever. She kept jumping back and fourth over the counter smacking people in the back with her feet without saying anything.

I will never go their again unless i have to thow-up

• Pros: I didn't have to go to the restroom
• Cons: worst service ever

05/27/09

drunk bartender girl over charged me

by rrockie

Went to social house last night with 6 friends. I used to go there when it was nikita and had great times so i wanted to check out the new establishment and all. They had karaoke so we sang and danced, were having a good time. Then i ordered 7 shots of flavored vodka and the bartender girl charged me 8 bucks per shot and $2 extra for red bbull on each one of them. I looked at the reciept and she even added 20% gratuity to it. So my bill came out to be $70 plus $14 gratuity for 7 shots. I asked her why she charged me for red bbull then she casually said, oh im sorry, ill change it. Then i questioned about the gratuity because even after she changed the total amount, the gratuity was still $14. i mean i also work at a bar and i have never added gratuity for drinks just because it was more than 6 people. Then she explained because we were a party of 7, she added the tips. I tried to explain that she needs to fix the amount because the total was different. Then she just threw the receipt and said, "you know what, just forget it and get the f** outta here" I was like.......WTF??? Then my friends came up to pay their tabs and she messed up the amount on their receipts as well. I tried to ask her what the heck is wrong with her, and she just kept saying, just get the f*** outta here. I started to lose my patience because she had no reason to yell or tell me to get out. Then she tried to get the barback to kick me out and the barback just shrugged and looked at me..how funny is that? Then my friend got really mad because she told him, "get your f***ing friend out of here!" So it kind of got out of control, she stormed out from the bar to follow us and screamed F this F that. The barback then really had to stop us screaming at each other. So i check my bank account and that drunk girl charged me twice! I am going to call the manager to complain and my friends and i will NEVER go back there.

• Pros: karaoke was fun
• Cons: awful service