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The Social Bar
The Social Bar
The Social Bar

The Social Bar + Kitchen

American, Bar, Gastro Pub, Wine Bar

The Social is a bar + kitchen dedicated to the art of craft - craft beer, craft cocktails and handcrafted food - located in downtown New London.

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Location and hours

Location

Location

208 Bank St , New London, CT

(860) 442-6900

Hours

Hours

Monday 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Tuesday 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Wednesday 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Thursday 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Friday 3:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Saturday 3:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Sunday 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM

More details

Delivery
Dine In
Reservations
Takeout
Pickup
Breakfast
Brunch
Lunch
Dinner
Accessible

Reviews

Overall rating

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4.3

(62 reviews)

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Reviewed on August 5, 2024

Great service and food.

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Reviewed on January 16, 2020 Verified Purchase

Food was excellent but we had quite a long wait between finishing two appetizers and the waitress coming to take our dinner order. We ended up being there for over 2 hours.

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Alicia R.
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Reviewed on September 29, 2019 Verified Purchase

Great food (burgers are fantastic) and dozens of beers on tap.

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Edward K.
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Reviewed on August 16, 2019 Verified Purchase

Absolutely wonderful friendly staff, great music and great food!

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Christina K.
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Reviewed on July 31, 2019 Verified Purchase

Great food and service. They had a hard time running my debit card through both times I was there and the second time the bill got ran through twice. They need to fix that.

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Peter B.
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Reviewed on July 22, 2019 Verified Purchase

My friend had originally wanted the apple fritter burger, but was told they didn't have the fritter buns and that they were looking to replace the item on the menu. We were saddened to here that! The fritter burger was really good!

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Kristen B.
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Reviewed on June 12, 2019 Verified Purchase

Nice atmosphere, great waitress & good food/drinks

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Dianne O.
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Reviewed on June 3, 2019 Verified Purchase

The appetizers werr excellent. Highly recommend the brussel sprouts and asparagus..

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Reviewed on June 3, 2019 Verified Purchase

The appetizers werr excellent. Highly recommend the brussel sprouts and asparagus..

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Reviewed on May 13, 2019 Verified Purchase

The service is incredible! Everyone we interacted with was very pleasant!

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Catherine C.
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Reviewed on April 14, 2019 Verified Purchase

Well our waitress didn’t bring us one thing we ordered and then when we mentioned it she brought it out and didn’t charge us for it. She never asked if we wanted another drink or checked in on us. Fun place though. We met some new people and had a good time

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Judy B.
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Reviewed on April 14, 2019 Verified Purchase

Well our waitress didn’t bring us one thing we ordered and then when we mentioned it she brought it out and didn’t charge us for it. She never asked if we wanted another drink or checked in on us. Fun place though. We met some new people and had a good time

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Judy B.
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Reviewed on April 10, 2019 Verified Purchase

Food and drinks were made perfectly. Waiter was friendly and knowledgeable.

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Brenda A.
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Reviewed on April 10, 2019 Verified Purchase

Food and drinks were made perfectly. Waiter was friendly and knowledgeable.

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Brenda A.
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Reviewed on April 10, 2019 Verified Purchase

Food and drinks were made perfectly. Waiter was friendly and knowledgeable.

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Brenda A.
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Reviewed on April 10, 2019 Verified Purchase

Food and drinks were made perfectly. Waiter was friendly and knowledgeable.

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Brenda A.
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Reviewed on March 11, 2019 Verified Purchase

The good was great. The service was very slow. The server was apologetic and attentive though. It seemed like there were only 3 servers in the restaurant on a Friday night.

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Liz P.
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Reviewed on March 1, 2019 Verified Purchase

Drinks and food were made to order and were excellent!! Very accommodating.

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Brenda A.
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Reviewed on January 4, 2019 Verified Purchase

They have a famous Artist as a bartender! He lives locally his stage name is NME

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Justin F.
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Reviewed on January 4, 2019 Verified Purchase

They have a famous Artist as a bartender! He lives locally his stage name is NME

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Justin F.
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Reviewed on January 4, 2019 Verified Purchase

We like the atmosphere the ability to try different beers and the overall food is all good

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Richard W.
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Reviewed on December 8, 2018 Verified Purchase

One of the most amazing meals i've had in years and our server (Daniel) was incredible. We could have had a great just on the appetizers; fried brussel sprouts with a, teriyaki chicken bites, onion straws with a horseradish citrus dipping sauce. All the food is incredibly creative with surprising, but delicious combinations. I look forward to going back and trying some of the other selections.

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Reviewed on November 4, 2018 Verified Purchase

You couldn't get me to go back there for free meal. Food terrible . Hostess wouldn't seat us for 20 minutes, no place to sit and wait, yet more than half the tables were empty. Food cold and greasy. Only nice thing was our waitress was friendly.

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Reviewed on October 4, 2018 Verified Purchase

friendly , informative staff. walked us thru the menu and IPA choices.

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Gerald D.
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Reviewed on October 3, 2018 Verified Purchase

Ordered Mac & Cheese off the children's menu which was loaded with pepper. Of course, the children did not eat it.

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Charlotte H.
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Reviewed on September 18, 2018 Verified Purchase

15 min wait to be seated, 3 hour dining experience (waiting on food for a good 2 hours), wasn't given water until about 20 min after sat. I'm vegetarian and they put bacon on my veggie Patty, thankfully I saw before eating. Server forgot one of our drinks entirely, never even reminded her again since didn't want to wait longer, friend's chair broke... That actually happened, and he fell on the floor. They gave us free cake as consolation, also said they would take some money off bill because they messed up my veggie burger, didn't. Only got the free cake they offered. Will never go back. Horrible experience.

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Reviewed on September 10, 2018 Verified Purchase

Great food and great waitress. Also, I love the atmosphere at the Social

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Reviewed on May 23, 2018 Verified Purchase

Service and food were awesomwe enjoyed the décor And menu selections

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Reviewed on May 13, 2018 Verified Purchase

Great decor & ambience. Great food and service. Liked the menu choices. Friendly helpful staff. Looking forward to next time.

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Reviewed on January 7, 2018 Verified Purchase

Great food, excellent waiter and the best selection of beers!

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Reviewed on December 23, 2017 Verified Purchase

food is great & our server (Dan) was excellent.

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David C.
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Reviewed on November 25, 2017 Verified Purchase

staff is very friendly and helpful. Even the cook socialized with us. Food was excellent. definitely a return is in the cards. Atmosphere was great. Entertainment was great.

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Gerald D.
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Reviewed on November 14, 2017 Verified Purchase

Service was great!!! Very helpful, with great advice and guidance on the food and drink selection!!!

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Catherine C.
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Reviewed on November 6, 2017 Verified Purchase

I ordered a burger. The quality was the worst I have ever had and could not eat it. Terrible since they charge high enough prices for it.

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Debra M.
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Reviewed on October 23, 2017 Verified Purchase

Nice place, great selection of beers and the waitress was very nice. The specials they offer are very good, although their regular menu offerings are just okay.

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Donna G.
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Reviewed on October 8, 2017 Verified Purchase

Nice friendly service. Food arrived shortly after being ordered

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Reviewed on September 27, 2017 Verified Purchase

food was very good beers are very interesting, service was pretty good

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Scott Z.
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Reviewed on September 2, 2017 Verified Purchase

great service

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David C.
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Reviewed on August 21, 2017 Verified Purchase

Good spot for burgers and simple fare. Live music later in evening. Service was excellent

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Ronald P.
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Reviewed on August 20, 2017 Verified Purchase

Every dish was lukewarm! Quality of food was very poor. We purchased 2 appetizers and 4 meals for our group and we all agreed that we would not go back.

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Elaina O.
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Reviewed on July 24, 2017 Verified Purchase

Good food, nice atmosphere

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Reviewed on July 16, 2017 Verified Purchase

Waitress was WONDERFUL and very attentive but the food was both undercooked ( Fries) and overcooked (BURGERS)

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Thomas M.
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Reviewed on June 21, 2017 Verified Purchase

Elisha did a great job, thank you very much!

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Reviewed on June 17, 2017 Verified Purchase

Great choices, excellent food.

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Jayne D.
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Reviewed on June 4, 2017 Verified Purchase

Casual atmosphere, great service & great food.

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Eileen M.
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Reviewed on June 2, 2017 Verified Purchase

We have been there several times and had ok meals. This time was not good. The service was very slow, we never received our salads. The waitress was clearly over taxed. and the waitress highly recommended the haddock which 3 of us ordered. The fish was so salty that none of us could eat it. We told the waitress and she asked to taste it and when she did she saw exactly what we meant. She apologized and took 20% off our bill. Unfortunately the 3 meals was 50% of our bill. We really like the atmosphere and the 50 beers on tap but unfortunately the food is not up to par.

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Scott Z.
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Reviewed on June 2, 2017 Verified Purchase

We had a piece of plastic in my dinner. We brought it to the attention of our waitress who in turn spoke to her manager. The manager told her he didn't have time for that stuff and never came to our table. We then flagged down the manager and spoke to him about, but it was like he didn't have time for us. We weren't looki g or asking for anything because of it. But we were trying to say hey maybe something got stuck to my meal in the kitchen so they could be on the watch for anything else.

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Richard W.
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Reviewed on May 23, 2017 Verified Purchase

Friendly service and excellent food. Some many craft beers to choose from

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Reviewed on May 11, 2017 Verified Purchase

Very upbeat atmosphere and wait staff is topnotch

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Reviewed on May 9, 2017 Verified Purchase

Waited a very long time for food

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Katherine D.
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Reviewed on May 4, 2017 Verified Purchase

Excellent food, beverage, service, live music, and ambiance !

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Franklin M.
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Reviewed on May 4, 2017 Verified Purchase

Excellent food, beverage, service, live music, and ambiance !

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Franklin M.
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Reviewed on May 4, 2017 Verified Purchase

Fun place, great food, hot wait staff

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Thomas G.
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Reviewed on May 4, 2017 Verified Purchase

Our waitress seemed a little flighty. I enjoy the look of the restaurant the atmosphere should be nice place if they get a little more experience

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Cynthia M.
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Reviewed on January 1, 2017 Verified Purchase

great food and wonderful service

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David C.
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Reviewed on January 1, 2017 Verified Purchase

Prices are good, but food was only average.

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Janine D.
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Reviewed on December 16, 2016 Verified Purchase

Loved the atmospbere. Relaxed and inviting.

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Donald H.
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Reviewed on December 5, 2016 Verified Purchase

Food was good and service was pretty good. Seemed to be a little high priced for the quality/quantity of the food but good

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Scott Z.
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Reviewed on November 9, 2016 Verified Purchase

Very cool atmosphere and will definitely be back.

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John P.
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Reviewed on October 16, 2016 Verified Purchase

Nice atmosphere, good food and good service

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Reviewed on September 20, 2016 Verified Purchase

Atmosphere was great, food was delicious, and service was outstanding.

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Michael F.
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Reviewed on August 12, 2016 Verified Purchase

Excellent customer service. The food taste fresh and refreshing.

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