Stanton Social (The)

(212) 995-0099

99 Stanton St (Cross Streets Orchard & Ludlow Sts.)
New York, NY 10002 40.7213 -73.9881

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Neighborhoods: Lower East Side, Downtown

thestantonsocial.com

Hours:

DINNER Mon-Tue: 5:00pm-2:00am Wed-Sun: 5:00pm-3:00am Upstairs Lounge Nightly: 5:00pm-3:00am.

Price:

$$$

Last updated 11.30.11

Category:

Restaurants, Community Organizations

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, Diners Club, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

People Watching, Date Spot, Group Dining, Bar Scene

Cuisine:

Tapas / Small Plates, Pan-Asian & Pacific Rim, Eclectic & International, Traditional American

What People Are Saying About Stanton Social (The)

Featured Review

Erin Behan

Contributor

The Scene – A high and mighty air prevails at this dressed-up Lower East Side eatery. The soaring main dining room makes an impression with its high tin ceiling, soft rounded banquettes and small back balcony framed by the restaurant's wine selection. Servers hover one moment and vanish the next. – – The Food – The "fun" factor is high on the menu of experimental, multi-ethnic shared plates. Tender Kobe beef sliders, sweet chunky lobster rolls and mango-studded red snapper tacos look almost too cute to eat. And it'd be easy to become an oyster addict with the…

Editor's Tips

The Extras:
Travel up a separate front staircase to the delicate bar with small antique hand mirrors on the wall, a green tile-topped bar and low Japanese-style seating.
Know Before You Go:
Though it is right next to the happily divey Arlene's Grocery, the restaurant attracts a hip, well-heeled crowd. Dressing the part is recommended.
Save Money:
Do check your cocktail bill because the bar rounds up the amount to the nearest dollar---you can ask for your change.
ambiance
96.42999649047852% positive
  1. Supreme service, attentive staff, fabulous food, gorgeous atmosphere.
  2. Great food, great atmosphere
  3. It was supposed to be a nice romantic dinner.
  4. Good ambiance, Good food, too expensive, too loud
  5. service is exquisite and the ambiance is super swanky
  6. Upstairs is much more casual and you may be seated as space is alloted, in other words sitting with people you don't know, which is fun too, but I'd suggest it for when you are in smaller numbers.
  7. The decor and vibe were fun and upbeat.
  8. The dim lights and wide space makes this restaurant great for groups or a romantic date.
  9. Service was impeccable, presenation perfected, atmosphere upbeat and fun.
  10. They recommend 2 to 3 dishes per person but it really isn't alot of food more than decor.
  11. Great food, great ambience, great drinks.
  12. The pretty decent quality of the food is uniquely disserved by the pretentiousness and unpleasantness of the patrons and clientele, the haughtiness of the managers, and the quasi-Meatpacking District ambience.
  13. It may be a great location for smaller groups and I would love to go back to be able to change this review- but very much doubt I will dare.
  14. Overall I'd say the food is excellent, the drinks are very well done, the staff is fun, the decor is lovely and the bathrooms are quite nice as well.
  15. There are too many great restaurants in NYC, if they do not treat customers with respect, why should anyone waste their time traveling to such an inconvenient location?
  16. great good, great drinks, great ambiance
  17. nice atmosphere playing generic loungy music.
  18. And the ambiance is pretty cool too - sort of an Asian 1940s deal.
  19. The place looks wonderful, great setting and decor but the food was just average, nothing special and really it's just expensive tapas labeled as "share plates
  20. The food is great, the atmosphere is upbeat and entertaining, the service is pleasant and attentive.
  21. This place is a fun and whimsical dining experience.
  22. Very unusual place with great food, decor and service.
  23. awesome atmosphere and food.
  24. This would be an ideal place for a fun dinner or a low-key night out with a charming bar just upstairs.
  25. Not a very good idea for a first date or romantic dinner.
  26. the decor is nice, but the tables are VERY small and it's very crowded inside.
  27. romantic dinner
  28. The dining room downstairs is very comfortable and the lounge upstairs (where you can eat to) is awesome.
  29. that said, the ambience was nice, if a little noisy.
  30. Also, the upstairs lounge is very cozy on a Saturday evening for a nightcap.
  31. it's not a place to go for quiet conversation and the service was a little spotty, but the food is tasty, the atmosphere is fun, and the bill was very reasonable for the amount of food we got to taste.
  32. Of course, the service is exquisite and the ambiance is super swanky.
  33. For the atmosphere, vibe and helpful waitress, it was a good value.
  34. The seating is lush and comfortable.
  35. would only go to this place with girlfriends, not for a romantic evening with my husband.
  36. The food was great, we loved the small plate sharing philosophy and the selection was super fun.
  37. Service, food, and ambience were all fantastic.
  38. An amazingly gorgeous setting, a fun atmosphere, courteous service, beautiful people, a bit of scene, yet totally accesible to anyone walking in.
  39. We sat back on their comfortable sofas and ordered a few appetizers to share.
  40. The atmosphere is great and the food is interesting and tasty but not out this world or anything.
  41. nice atmosphere, but hard to hear anything-- the acoustics in the room are terrible!
  42. just celebrated a bachelorete party with a group of girlfriends on a recommendation from the guy at Hunk-O-Mania male strip club for women we went to this restaurant and let me tell you the food at this place is amazing, the decor is great and the servi
  43. Kind of dull but great for a romantic quiet dinner.
dessert
89.28999900817871% positive
  1. recommend ordering as much as your group can handle because every single bite, right down to dessert, is AMAZING!
  2. how often do you see a dessert menu that you want to order everything on the list?
  3. chocolate fondue dessert was the best!
  4. The kobe burgers are fabulous as is the paella cakes, tuna tartare, duck empanadas, red snapper tacos and the ceviche was GREAT.
  5. My friends and I also loved the perogis and the cookie plate.
  6. To top it off, after paying the $200 bill, my boyfriend and I were sipping on champagne and enjoying our dessert (enjoying ourselves since that huge party had finally left) when a manager came over and asked us to leave because another reservation needed
  7. We had a shrimp dish which was really good, a salad which was also good, a chicken dish which I actually did not like and the choc dessert is amazing!
  8. As if this wasn't decadent enough, dessert was a true sensual experience: warm, sugar coated doughnuts with hot caramel and chocolate sauces for dipping, the chocolate smores cake with a warm liquid center, and a platter of homemade cookies complete with
  9. Just choose wisely (i.e. goat cheese ravioli and crab cake corn dogs - not so good; while chipotle shrimp and short rib tacos are great).
  10. We went with the server's recommendation and enjoyed the Warm donuts with three dipping sauces for dessert.
  11. Dont forget warm doughnuts and caramel for dessert!
  12. Their chocolate fondue consisted of a plate of cold chocolate with no fire.
  13. Do not get me wrong, this place is nice, the food was fine - just not worth it for me to go again, yet the desserts were GREAT - but that's about it.
  14. Donuts were great for desert.
drinks
89.79999542236328% positive
  1. The drink menu is very different but good selection - food is great too.
  2. The Stanton Social is not a horrible place but it certainly does not warrant the popularity and hype it seems to have garnered, given the utter commonness of the food, the equally second-rate, amateur quality of the drinks and somewhat annoying service.
  3. The menu looked amazing, though, so we decided to grab drinks nearby and come back.
  4. So why dampen such a classy, trendy restaurant with delectable food with loud bar music?
  5. That is an amazing store and we love coming here for food and drinks afterwards.
  6. Nice service, beautiful bar.
  7. great good, great drinks, great ambiance
  8. Still seems like they are working out the kinks (long wait ven with reservation, etc.), but its a beautiful space with tasty drinks and pretty nice food.
  9. The ribs, french onion dumplings, meatballs and chicken cashew rolls and wine were all excellent.
  10. It's a beautiful restaurant with amazing food and delicious cocktails.
  11. Great food, strong drinks
  12. The drink menu was a hit, I recommend the "What a Wonderful World a nice refreshing cocktail, perfect for after work decompression!
  13. The drinks, though good, were also over-priced for the quality.
  14. My friend and I stopped by here without reservations and were sent upstairs to the bar area where you can order food.
  15. have been going to this place for a while and the crowd is always good with a great bar menu.
  16. The bar scene was awesome and the drink list extensive.
  17. They also have a good variety of wines on their list.
  18. don't remember our servers' name, but she was so sweet and helped us pick out good dishes, great drinks and explained the whole process of ordering food there.
  19. It's a great place to go for dinner and/or drinks with a group of friends, not for couples though.
  20. How could one bar be so horrible?
  21. thought the raw bar was especially good.
  22. The drinks were strong and the meal tasty which was pretty much what we expected since the bartender was an old friend from Japonais Chicago and the food was well-reviewed by others.
  23. There's a cool bar upstairs if you want to hang around afterwards.
  24. Went there last week and one of the worst bar I have ever been to in NY.
  25. The drinks were also quite good.
  26. would suggest Landmarc -- ther wines are fab and 15 -20 dollars cheaper for the same bottle!
  27. The drinks are tasty and the French onion soup dumplings and the duck confit empanadas are a must.
  28. This would be an ideal place for a fun dinner or a low-key night out with a charming bar just upstairs.
  29. The service was friendly though when we ordered drinks from the table they took nearly 20 minutes each time.
  30. friend reccommended Stanton Social-- ended up having a fabulous meal and some fabulous drinks.
  31. we would order drinks and wait forever to get them--luckily for us, the waitress helped us pick a great bottle of wine and that problem was solved.
  32. Smooth and great food/drinks after it all, but certainly left a bad taste.
  33. While the kobe burgers were delicious, the bar was too crowded, the hostess incompetent and the service sterile, at best.
  34. Great food, great ambience, great drinks.
  35. The bar upstairs is a decent spot to wait for your table and the wait is usually short if you have a reservation.
  36. We all went to the bar upstairs and had some delicious cocktails; Blood-Orange and Jalapeno margarita, and a Clemetine Orange Cosmo were the groups favs.
  37. Ordered a couple things at the bar, great service with no attitude and strong drinks.
  38. Great drinks and good service.
  39. The drinks - so good, especially my favorite - the champagne julep.
  40. She recommended our cocktails and essentially chose our whole meal.
  41. It's usually a pretty good bet that, when you step into a restaurant that has a great bar scene and is packed with good looking hipsters, that the food will be at best fine or pretty good.
  42. The bar lounge is nice upstairs, the bar itself is beautiful but then after you order drinks and find that it's $12 a piece you get turned off.
  43. the wine we had with our meal was good, but the waiter was extremely slow to refill our water and wine, and we had to call over different waiters nearly every time we needed something because our original waitress was nowhere to be found.
  44. So, I'm generally NOT picky about restaurants at all - put a nice drink and some decent food in front of me, and I'm a VERY happy girl.
  45. Black Magic cocktail was also very good ( if you like Guinness beer and champagne combination).
  46. Overall I'd say the food is excellent, the drinks are very well done, the staff is fun, the decor is lovely and the bathrooms are quite nice as well.
  47. My only good experience here was at the bar upstairs (not on a Saturday night).
  48. From the mac n' cheese to the french onion soup dumplings, it was pretty impeccable high-end bar food.
  49. The rude and arrogant host at the bar area said the wait would be "awhile" when we got there and would not put a time frame on the wait.
food quality
90.92000007629395% positive
  1. Everything from the service to the quality of food-everything was terrific.
  2. Here's what we ordered: Crab corn dogs- absolutely org*smic, Kobe burgers- I love kobe, and this was not kobe, burgers were very bland and salty (I had heard a lot about about them and was rather dumb founded), Goat Cheese Pierogies- so so, nothing great,
  3. The sea bass satays were also a disappointment--for 16 bucks the bass seemed of low quality, you only got three small bits, and the sauce was mediocre.
  4. the french onion soup dumplings were fantastic-- completely original and like nothing i've ever tasted.
  5. This is also the type of place where you order a few dishes and share.
  6. The food is incredible.
  7. great scene and great food on the LES?
  8. So, I'm generally NOT picky about restaurants at all - put a nice drink and some decent food in front of me, and I'm a VERY happy girl.
  9. Great food, great atmosphere
  10. We all went to the bar upstairs and had some delicious cocktails; Blood-Orange and Jalapeno margarita, and a Clemetine Orange Cosmo were the groups favs.
  11. great food!
  12. The Ancho carmel glazed pork tenderloin was incredible, as was the fig and blue cheese pizzetta.
  13. I'd clearly explained to the nice waitress that I was vegetarian (and she got it because she herself was vegetarian), but found myself biting into a sandwich that had a fat slab of bacon in it.
  14. chocolate fondue dessert was the best!
  15. Trish, our waitress was really great - the food was mediocre.
  16. would suggest the goat cheese perogie and onion soup dumplings.
  17. Fun place, good food, make a reservation
  18. The snapper tacos leave you longing for more, the baked oysters rockafeller were delicious, and the meatballs were just like grandma would make, if grandma made meatballs.
  19. The food here is wonderful!
  20. The french soup dumplings, crabmeat corndogs, mini burgers, mini tacos are all amazing.
  21. the sliders were excellent as was the goat cheese salad.
  22. Most dishes are pretty good, but the portions are so small that you have to order so many things and spend so much money to have a filling meal.
  23. Good ambiance, Good food, too expensive, too loud
  24. friend reccommended Stanton Social-- ended up having a fabulous meal and some fabulous drinks.
  25. We were seated within the twenty mintues and our meal was excellent.
  26. Still seems like they are working out the kinks (long wait ven with reservation, etc.), but its a beautiful space with tasty drinks and pretty nice food.
  27. We were a large group and everyone loved their food.
  28. What I appreciated the most about The Stanton Social was that the food was delicious and advanced as expected, but the portion sizes were pretty substantial which made the prices seem more relevant.
  29. The food is decent but don't ever go there if you are hungry.
  30. The food was great and the price more than reasonable for NYC.
  31. the food was ok, nothing jumped out at me, the space is beautiful and I mean beautiful but the service is horrendous and I mean really really bad.
  32. The waitress was nice enough to take that dish off the bill.
  33. The kobe burgers are fabulous as is the paella cakes, tuna tartare, duck empanadas, red snapper tacos and the ceviche was GREAT.
  34. The food was excellent (small portions).
  35. They recommend 2 to 3 dishes per person but it really isn't alot of food more than decor.
  36. Everything is served in small appetizer portions so you have to order several dishes to be close to satisfied.
  37. The french onion soup dumplings are unique and incredible!
  38. loved the fish tacos and the tuna.
  39. good enough, some great dishes, some ok dishes
  40. The atmosphere is great and the food is interesting and tasty but not out this world or anything.
  41. Supreme service, attentive staff, fabulous food, gorgeous atmosphere.
  42. Their food sounds great on the menu and also looks great -- but disappointment strikes when it's tasted.
  43. The food is just amazing--you'll be thinking about it long after you get up from the table.
  44. The Stanton Social is not a horrible place but it certainly does not warrant the popularity and hype it seems to have garnered, given the utter commonness of the food, the equally second-rate, amateur quality of the drinks and somewhat annoying service.
  45. Their chocolate fondue consisted of a plate of cold chocolate with no fire.
  46. Just choose wisely (i.e. goat cheese ravioli and crab cake corn dogs - not so good; while chipotle shrimp and short rib tacos are great).
  47. Needless to say the food was DELICIOUS, from the smoked ravioli to the spicy lobster pasta and ooohhh the raw oysters were AMAZING.
  48. All martinis are yummy.
  49. Very unusual place with great food, decor and service.
  50. great food, good service
  51. All the appetizers we ordered were delicious.
  52. The drink menu is very different but good selection - food is great too.
  53. it's not a place to go for quiet conversation and the service was a little spotty, but the food is tasty, the atmosphere is fun, and the bill was very reasonable for the amount of food we got to taste.
  54. Really the brunch is so delicious.
  55. Great mac n cheese, french onion soup dumplings, jalapeno cheese sliders.
  56. Empty plates were spread out for nasty suburbanites - while my food plate was thurst into my hands as if I was supposed to eat it on my lap!
  57. The food is yummy, and tapas style, which I like, rather than big entree style.
  58. The food is impeccable, finally a trendy restaurant with a menu that won't intimidate inexperienced palates.
  59. The Stanton Social was the perfect mix of a NY 'social' scene, with delicious food and wonderful service.
  60. great, great food but please lower the music
  61. The kobe beef burger, snapper tacos, and lobster roll were all very good.
  62. The ribs, french onion dumplings, meatballs and chicken cashew rolls and wine were all excellent.
  63. If you're looking to impress people then go here, if you just want to enjoy a meal with fair prices.
  64. Great onion soup dumplings- Lounge service is the worst ever
  65. And by this I don't mean a quiet, boring place, but rather somewhere you can enjoy great food AND great conversation.
  66. the kobe burger was good, but was expecting more out of kobe beef (is it really kobe or is it wagyu beef?)
  67. We had such an awesome waitress and the food was great to share.
  68. When I have done so, I've always had fantastic service as well as amazing food.
  69. The food isn't exactly bad, but it's strictly mediocre and the preparation is highly unsophisticated and rudimentary -- as if someone straight out of cooking school had prepared it.
  70. They were, sadly, out of the beef carpacchio but everything else was great.
  71. We had a shrimp dish which was really good, a salad which was also good, a chicken dish which I actually did not like and the choc dessert is amazing!
  72. Every item we got was better than the next-- loved the meatballs, perogies and onion soup dumplings.
  73. The place looks wonderful, great setting and decor but the food was just average, nothing special and really it's just expensive tapas labeled as "share plates
  74. Every one of my guests commented on how much they enjoyed my prix-fixe menu--- included goat cheese pierogies, onion soup dumplings, kobe beef burgers, short ribs, & manchego pizettas.
  75. The pretty decent quality of the food is uniquely disserved by the pretentiousness and unpleasantness of the patrons and clientele, the haughtiness of the managers, and the quasi-Meatpacking District ambience.
  76. Great food, strong drinks
  77. Service, food, and ambience were all fantastic.
  78. Between the food, the architecture and the service (not pushy and very friendly) this place is great.
  79. Love the small dishes.
  80. The food is great to not so great.
  81. Once we we seated (exactly 10 minutes later) it was smooth sailing, and we had a friendly and patient waiter who made some great suggestions, and brought the tapas-style food out on large platters so everyone at the table could try each dish.
  82. The food is always good and if you get there early or make a reservation, its really not too annoying how crowded it is.
  83. The frittata's at brunch are delicious.
  84. Amazing food, beautiful restaurant
  85. will certainly say the food was outstanding, I particularly enjoyed the style in which the food was ordered and brought out.
  86. Awesome trendy spot, great food, good service - thank you JASON!
  87. This was a most wonderful meal, good for going with a few people and trying a bit of everything.
  88. We were treated like respectable customers and human beings at 'inotecca down the block and I would recommend them for the impeccable service and tasty food.
  89. The food - amazing and of fantastic variety (get the pierogies and the baby kobe burgers, trust me).
  90. Thanks, Stanton Social, for making food that's always been great just a bit better.
  91. Great food, great service, and a cool vibe.
  92. just celebrated a bachelorete party with a group of girlfriends on a recommendation from the guy at Hunk-O-Mania male strip club for women we went to this restaurant and let me tell you the food at this place is amazing, the decor is great and the servi
  93. kobe burgers were really good.
  94. The menu has a great variety and the idea of sharing small dishes is a perfect way to please a group of people with various tastes, diets, and appetites.
  95. The food is really yummy and it's a great spot to people watch.
  96. Every dish we ordered tasted wonderful.
  97. As if this wasn't decadent enough, dessert was a true sensual experience: warm, sugar coated doughnuts with hot caramel and chocolate sauces for dipping, the chocolate smores cake with a warm liquid center, and a platter of homemade cookies complete with
  98. While the kobe burgers were delicious, the bar was too crowded, the hostess incompetent and the service sterile, at best.
  99. The cocktail list is interesting, if a bit a formulaic, and the food is good, but way over-priced.
  100. Perfect mix of a NY 'social' scene, with delicious food and wonderful service
  101. Really love the shared dishes when eating with a group (though warning that a group of four is about the max number that a plate will serve).
  102. Specifically, I recommend the red snapper tacos, the Kobe beef sliders, and the goat cheese pierogies with creme fraiche, but everything we ordered was delicious.
  103. Loved the food, we go here after we shop down at the new Pilgrim store on Orchard Street.
  104. The food is great, the atmosphere is upbeat and entertaining, the service is pleasant and attentive.
  105. Smooth and great food/drinks after it all, but certainly left a bad taste.
  106. And they can accomodate large groups and the food is always good (no I do not have a conflict of interest, I just happen to like that place)
  107. Red snapper tacos were good too.
  108. Sure the place is allways packed but it's only because the food is awesome.
  109. The food is very good, loved the "tapas" concept, but make sure you order about 3 dishes per person if you want to leave without feeling hungry.
  110. The food was great, we loved the small plate sharing philosophy and the selection was super fun.
  111. excellent food love the mini burgers,french onion soup dumplings and mini doughnuts.
  112. Here the food is downright really tasty.
  113. The meal was amazing (although a bit small for the big boys).
  114. The best of food that's bad for you
  115. Stanton Social is delicious!
  116. He didn't offer to comp that awful dish at any point.
  117. Each dish had great presentation and excellent flavor.
  118. That is an amazing store and we love coming here for food and drinks afterwards.
  119. This is a great place to go with a group because the dishes are served tapas style.
  120. The food here is AMAZING.
  121. awesome atmosphere and food.
  122. Good food but super small portions
  123. Went here recently, loved the small plates of food.
  124. The waitstaff was good and the food was great - yummy.
  125. It's a beautiful restaurant with amazing food and delicious cocktails.
  126. had a great food experience.
  127. It's usually a pretty good bet that, when you step into a restaurant that has a great bar scene and is packed with good looking hipsters, that the food will be at best fine or pretty good.
  128. the wine we had with our meal was good, but the waiter was extremely slow to refill our water and wine, and we had to call over different waiters nearly every time we needed something because our original waitress was nowhere to be found.
  129. My friend and I stopped by here without reservations and were sent upstairs to the bar area where you can order food.
  130. From the mac n' cheese to the french onion soup dumplings, it was pretty impeccable high-end bar food.
  131. While this lower east side spot may be hot the food and service is horrible.
  132. Overall I'd say the food is excellent, the drinks are very well done, the staff is fun, the decor is lovely and the bathrooms are quite nice as well.
  133. despite the close quarters, the food was amazing.
  134. Service was fabulous, food was outstanding.
  135. Cool and friendly place, super tasty food
  136. the kobe beef sliders were completely mediocre- you couldn't taste the quality of the meat, it was like getting white castle!
  137. The drinks are tasty and the French onion soup dumplings and the duck confit empanadas are a must.
  138. Great food, great ambience, great drinks.
  139. She recommended our cocktails and essentially chose our whole meal.
  140. Best dishes we had were the french onion soup dumplings, the brie quesidilla was AMAZING, the tuna was great.
  141. The drinks were strong and the meal tasty which was pretty much what we expected since the bartender was an old friend from Japonais Chicago and the food was well-reviewed by others.
  142. Everything I've tried from the menu is good, but I love the donuts and Kobe beef sliders.
  143. Do not get me wrong, this place is nice, the food was fine - just not worth it for me to go again, yet the desserts were GREAT - but that's about it.
  144. Every dish that was ordered was so different and the taste was impeccable.
  145. My favorite dish is the short rib tacos.
  146. don't remember our servers' name, but she was so sweet and helped us pick out good dishes, great drinks and explained the whole process of ordering food there.
  147. Clearly, for a lot of people, dietary restrictions are important, and finding bacon in your food can be highly unpleasant.
  148. The Stanton Social is a busy NYC restaurant and at times may suffer the usual mishaps, but all around it's got great food, a friendly staff and a great vibe all around.
  149. So why dampen such a classy, trendy restaurant with delectable food with loud bar music?
menu variety
95.0% positive
  1. Their food sounds great on the menu and also looks great -- but disappointment strikes when it's tasted.
  2. will have to say the menu is very pricey!
  3. The drink menu was a hit, I recommend the "What a Wonderful World a nice refreshing cocktail, perfect for after work decompression!
  4. The menu has a great variety and the idea of sharing small dishes is a perfect way to please a group of people with various tastes, diets, and appetites.
  5. Great variety
  6. The food was great, we loved the small plate sharing philosophy and the selection was super fun.
  7. The food is impeccable, finally a trendy restaurant with a menu that won't intimidate inexperienced palates.
  8. They also have a good variety of wines on their list.
  9. The food - amazing and of fantastic variety (get the pierogies and the baby kobe burgers, trust me).
  10. The bar scene was awesome and the drink list extensive.
  11. how often do you see a dessert menu that you want to order everything on the list?
  12. have been going to this place for a while and the crowd is always good with a great bar menu.
  13. fantastic for sunday brunch, excellent menu and a firm favourite, well worth a visit.
  14. The drink menu is very different but good selection - food is great too.
  15. Our waitress was extremely helpful in her recommendations unlike others who will list off the whole menu when you ask for a rec.
  16. Great place to relax, enjoy the complexities of the menu and entertain new found infinite possability.
  17. Every one of my guests commented on how much they enjoyed my prix-fixe menu--- included goat cheese pierogies, onion soup dumplings, kobe beef burgers, short ribs, & manchego pizettas.
  18. The menu looked amazing, though, so we decided to grab drinks nearby and come back.
  19. Great variety on the menu.
  20. Everything I've tried from the menu is good, but I love the donuts and Kobe beef sliders.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. Stanton Social is a great place!
  2. Cheers to Chris Santos for another great restaurant!
  3. Behavior such as asking for more tip is not to be expected of such a great restaurant.
  4. It's a great place to go for dinner and/or drinks with a group of friends, not for couples though.
  5. Overall, it was a great restaurant that I will be sure to return to again.
  6. And they can accomodate large groups and the food is always good (no I do not have a conflict of interest, I just happen to like that place)
  7. Anyways, we sit, the service is good, not great, place is bumping, or as bumping as Tuesday night at 9:30 gets and we're squeezed in with a few people.
  8. All in all, Stanton is a great place to kick it on a little date or group affair, and it really isn't that expensive (each tapas is around 12$- 2 per person is PLENTY), this is a hip New York spot after all.
  9. What a great place to eat and enjoy.
  10. This is a great place to go with a group because the dishes are served tapas style.
  11. This is a great place to take guests for a trendy New York dining experience.
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. Overall a great experience and I want to go back and try more of what they have to offer.
  2. The menu looked amazing, though, so we decided to grab drinks nearby and come back.
  3. Overall, it was a great restaurant that I will be sure to return to again.
  4. It may be a great location for smaller groups and I would love to go back to be able to change this review- but very much doubt I will dare.
service
77.30000019073486% positive
  1. Anyways, we sit, the service is good, not great, place is bumping, or as bumping as Tuesday night at 9:30 gets and we're squeezed in with a few people.
  2. We went with the server's recommendation and enjoyed the Warm donuts with three dipping sauces for dessert.
  3. Great for a night out, lots of good people watching and a nice lively crowd.
  4. great food, good service
  5. The wait staff was friendly and very attentive.
  6. The food is really yummy and it's a great spot to people watch.
  7. Terrible, terrible service - or management.
  8. The service is very good.
  9. Upstairs is much more casual and you may be seated as space is alloted, in other words sitting with people you don't know, which is fun too, but I'd suggest it for when you are in smaller numbers.
  10. Oh yeah, great service too.
  11. The Stanton Social is a busy NYC restaurant and at times may suffer the usual mishaps, but all around it's got great food, a friendly staff and a great vibe all around.
  12. The service was friendly though when we ordered drinks from the table they took nearly 20 minutes each time.
  13. rude management
  14. delightful waitress
  15. The crowd is icky, the music is loud and some of the waiters are surly.
  16. The only con to the night was that the bartenders were so slow.
  17. We had such an awesome waitress and the food was great to share.
  18. have also attended parties in the mid-level section and the staff was very attentive.
  19. don't remember our servers' name, but she was so sweet and helped us pick out good dishes, great drinks and explained the whole process of ordering food there.
  20. An amazingly gorgeous setting, a fun atmosphere, courteous service, beautiful people, a bit of scene, yet totally accesible to anyone walking in.
  21. The rude and arrogant host at the bar area said the wait would be "awhile" when we got there and would not put a time frame on the wait.
  22. The food is great, the atmosphere is upbeat and entertaining, the service is pleasant and attentive.
  23. I'd clearly explained to the nice waitress that I was vegetarian (and she got it because she herself was vegetarian), but found myself biting into a sandwich that had a fat slab of bacon in it.
  24. Awesome trendy spot, great food, good service - thank you JASON!
  25. Between the food, the architecture and the service (not pushy and very friendly) this place is great.
  26. The staff was great and really accomodating to some of my picky eater friends.
  27. The waitress was extremely friendly and helpful.
  28. Between her service and the great dj, my date was salvaged.
  29. Service was a little slow at first but picked up and despite the overall busyness, the staff were very attentive.
  30. The floor manager tried to smooth things over with a bottle of champagne, which was a nice gesture, but late in the game after several guests left because they were starving and I had to personally complain to the manager.
  31. Staff was rude, we finally left disappointed.
  32. Great food, great service, and a cool vibe.
  33. Overall I'd say the food is excellent, the drinks are very well done, the staff is fun, the decor is lovely and the bathrooms are quite nice as well.
  34. The staff was rude and rushed us out in an hour.
  35. I've been to many lounges but never had such bad service in my entire life.
  36. The Stanton Social is not a horrible place but it certainly does not warrant the popularity and hype it seems to have garnered, given the utter commonness of the food, the equally second-rate, amateur quality of the drinks and somewhat annoying service.
  37. The menu has a great variety and the idea of sharing small dishes is a perfect way to please a group of people with various tastes, diets, and appetites.
  38. This was a most wonderful meal, good for going with a few people and trying a bit of everything.
  39. Our server was great as well.
  40. Very unusual place with great food, decor and service.
  41. Great onion soup dumplings- Lounge service is the worst ever
  42. Once we we seated (exactly 10 minutes later) it was smooth sailing, and we had a friendly and patient waiter who made some great suggestions, and brought the tapas-style food out on large platters so everyone at the table could try each dish.
  43. Of course, the service is exquisite and the ambiance is super swanky.
  44. The manager didn't bother to come over to apologize.
  45. The service here is UNPLEASANT, the music is loud.
  46. However, the service was absolutely horrible.
  47. Our waitress was so ridiculously nice and courteous.
  48. staff very friendly and service is amazing.
  49. Waitress friendly and helpful.
  50. We were treated like respectable customers and human beings at 'inotecca down the block and I would recommend them for the impeccable service and tasty food.
  51. The waitress was nice enough to take that dish off the bill.
  52. it's not a place to go for quiet conversation and the service was a little spotty, but the food is tasty, the atmosphere is fun, and the bill was very reasonable for the amount of food we got to taste.
  53. Ordered a couple things at the bar, great service with no attitude and strong drinks.
  54. If you're looking to impress people then go here, if you just want to enjoy a meal with fair prices.
  55. service is exquisite and the ambiance is super swanky
  56. talk about rude hostesses!
  57. Perfect mix of a NY 'social' scene, with delicious food and wonderful service
  58. This place is good for two people, but a large group will find it annoying.
  59. Our waitress was extremely helpful in her recommendations unlike others who will list off the whole menu when you ask for a rec.
  60. Cool and friendly place, super tasty food
  61. The drinks were strong and the meal tasty which was pretty much what we expected since the bartender was an old friend from Japonais Chicago and the food was well-reviewed by others.
  62. Go to inotecca instead- horrible service!
  63. I've been here twice and must say it is group friendly whether upstairs in the lounge or downstairs in a booth.
  64. Trish, our waitress was really great - the food was mediocre.
  65. Went there last night for a party, this is probably the worst place to go, the staff was not courteous at all.
  66. You can disagree with someone, but you CANNOT be nasty & rude in the first 20 seconds of a discussion.
  67. Worst service ever!
  68. very friendly staff.
  69. just celebrated a bachelorete party with a group of girlfriends on a recommendation from the guy at Hunk-O-Mania male strip club for women we went to this restaurant and let me tell you the food at this place is amazing, the decor is great and the servi
  70. While the kobe burgers were delicious, the bar was too crowded, the hostess incompetent and the service sterile, at best.
  71. The service, I thought, was excellent and we made a reservation and had a lovely booth right in the front.
  72. When I have done so, I've always had fantastic service as well as amazing food.
  73. Clearly, for a lot of people, dietary restrictions are important, and finding bacon in your food can be highly unpleasant.
  74. The waitress was really nice and even though our dinner was fairly quick we didnt feel rushed.
  75. The waiters are great at helping you to determine how much to order.
  76. we would order drinks and wait forever to get them--luckily for us, the waitress helped us pick a great bottle of wine and that problem was solved.
  77. The Stanton Social was the perfect mix of a NY 'social' scene, with delicious food and wonderful service.
  78. we had a big party here and had wonderful service and it was really affordable for a group.
  79. Nice service, beautiful bar.
  80. To top it off, after paying the $200 bill, my boyfriend and I were sipping on champagne and enjoying our dessert (enjoying ourselves since that huge party had finally left) when a manager came over and asked us to leave because another reservation needed
  81. Everything from the service to the quality of food-everything was terrific.
  82. The wait staff was attentive.
  83. It was very busy, yet the service was great.
  84. Very nice waitress but the hostess (who obviously thought she was the Sh--but wasn't) and the rude bouncers were unbelievable.
  85. The staff was very attentive and friendly.
  86. Great drinks and good service.
  87. Drinks were good but the service was very bad.
  88. For the atmosphere, vibe and helpful waitress, it was a good value.
  89. Just coz the place is famous does not give them the right to treat people in such an unacceptable manner.
  90. the wine we had with our meal was good, but the waiter was extremely slow to refill our water and wine, and we had to call over different waiters nearly every time we needed something because our original waitress was nowhere to be found.
  91. the food was ok, nothing jumped out at me, the space is beautiful and I mean beautiful but the service is horrendous and I mean really really bad.
  92. The service is fantastic and the crowd is great.
  93. Supreme service, attentive staff, fabulous food, gorgeous atmosphere.
  94. While this lower east side spot may be hot the food and service is horrible.
value
87.20000267028809% positive
  1. To top it off, after paying the $200 bill, my boyfriend and I were sipping on champagne and enjoying our dessert (enjoying ourselves since that huge party had finally left) when a manager came over and asked us to leave because another reservation needed
  2. What I appreciated the most about The Stanton Social was that the food was delicious and advanced as expected, but the portion sizes were pretty substantial which made the prices seem more relevant.
  3. While the pricing is reasonable, the tab adds up fast.
  4. and the price per head was both affordable, and everyone left FULL.
  5. would suggest Landmarc -- ther wines are fab and 15 -20 dollars cheaper for the same bottle!
  6. fantastic for sunday brunch, excellent menu and a firm favourite, well worth a visit.
  7. The food was excellent (small portions).
  8. Good food but super small portions
  9. There are too many amazing places in Manhattan to waste your time and money here.
  10. For the atmosphere, vibe and helpful waitress, it was a good value.
  11. we had a big party here and had wonderful service and it was really affordable for a group.
  12. All in all, Stanton is a great place to kick it on a little date or group affair, and it really isn't that expensive (each tapas is around 12$- 2 per person is PLENTY), this is a hip New York spot after all.
  13. The food was great and the price more than reasonable for NYC.
  14. definitely recommend this place to anyone that enjoys the experience of a social dining setting without eating unnecessary huge portions.
  15. The sea bass satays were also a disappointment--for 16 bucks the bass seemed of low quality, you only got three small bits, and the sauce was mediocre.
  16. Everything is served in small appetizer portions so you have to order several dishes to be close to satisfied.
  17. Good ambiance, Good food, too expensive, too loud
  18. The price was reasonable and we had a great time.
  19. While it is a bit on the expensive side, I don't really think it's any more pricey than other good NY restaurants.
  20. The place looks wonderful, great setting and decor but the food was just average, nothing special and really it's just expensive tapas labeled as "share plates
  21. Do not get me wrong, this place is nice, the food was fine - just not worth it for me to go again, yet the desserts were GREAT - but that's about it.
  22. As a dietitian, I compliment this restaurant on serving an assortment of cuisines with appropriate serving portions.
  23. will have to say the menu is very pricey!
  24. If you're looking to impress people then go here, if you just want to enjoy a meal with fair prices.
  25. Most dishes are pretty good, but the portions are so small that you have to order so many things and spend so much money to have a filling meal.
wait time
75.0% positive
  1. The service was friendly though when we ordered drinks from the table they took nearly 20 minutes each time.
  2. Service was a little slow at first but picked up and despite the overall busyness, the staff were very attentive.
  3. the wine we had with our meal was good, but the waiter was extremely slow to refill our water and wine, and we had to call over different waiters nearly every time we needed something because our original waitress was nowhere to be found.
  4. The only con to the night was that the bartenders were so slow.
  5. Still seems like they are working out the kinks (long wait ven with reservation, etc.), but its a beautiful space with tasty drinks and pretty nice food.
  6. The waitress was really nice and even though our dinner was fairly quick we didnt feel rushed.
  7. The food is just amazing--you'll be thinking about it long after you get up from the table.
  8. Once we we seated (exactly 10 minutes later) it was smooth sailing, and we had a friendly and patient waiter who made some great suggestions, and brought the tapas-style food out on large platters so everyone at the table could try each dish.
1 Star Rating: Poor

11/11/11

20% TIP added to bill the and server didn't say anything!!!

by bigeatsDC at Citysearch

I mean really, just tell me you're adding the TIP to the bill. The food is excellent but not saying anything about the 20% being added in hopes I add another 20% is BS!!!

4 Star Rating: Recommended

10/07/11

Good food, too loud, pricey drinks

by richardfallah at Citysearch

If you go there to drink, and eat, then you are up for 100+ tab for 2. Food is good and affordable, but the portions are small! drinks are very pricey.

I recommend trying this place and judging for yourself.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

05/06/10

Very good

by CSMobileUser2 at Citysearch

Escellent for priece, service and quality of food, music should be softer

3 Star Rating: Average

11/23/09

great food, good service

by Maggi28nyc at Citysearch

Loved the food, we go here after we shop down at the new Pilgrim store on Orchard Street. That is an amazing store and we love coming here for food and drinks afterwards.

The whole lower east side is really great and changing for the better.

  • Pros: fresh organic food
  • Cons: loud and noisy at times
3 Star Rating: Average

11/13/09

It's slipping

by girlskoutNYC at Citysearch

This place used to be a favorite. From the mac n' cheese to the french onion soup dumplings, it was pretty impeccable high-end bar food. (The blood orange jalapeno margaritas totally turned me on to jalapeno-infused tequila.) But I went again recently and I think it's definitely in that phase that NYC restaurants go through when they've been open for a few years and they just don't have to try so hard anymore because there will always be some chooch and his girl --or, worse, all their friends--rolling up to eat here.

  • Pros: Who doesn't love mini-food?
  • Cons: the wannabe Euro-trash clientele

The Details on Stanton Social (The)

Place Categories:

  • great food
  • great place
  • great service
  • very attentive wait staff
  • great strong drinks
  • helpful waitress
  • worst lounge service
  • great food experience
  • great gourmet restaurant
  • great french onion soup dumplings
  • warm donuts
  • order few dishes
  • great bar scene
  • great decor
  • most wonderful meal
  • romantic dinner
  • mediocre good food
  • beautiful raw bar
  • love stanton social
  • great variety
  • great vibe
  • nice atmosphere
  • recommend red snapper tacos
  • loved everything
  • creative tapas
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