23 Social Newtown

Awful, won't go back!
The drinks took 25mins from ordering at the bar to turning up. There was nobody else waiting at the bar and three staff were behind the bar chatting while the order was being fulfilled. The food turned up with out cutlery, it was a wait to start eating before we had the cutlery to go with it. One of us ordered garlic mushrooms, it had no garlic flavour and was served up on soggy bread. I had the cajun chicken burger which was incinerated, and needed considerable chewing time. Two of the chip options were unavailable. The ''skinny fries'' were huge chunky chips. We asked the waitress whether these were the regular chips, she kindly took them back to the chef who said they were ''the new skinny fries'' (Fat fries!). When taking the order, the waitress asked how one of us wanted their beef burger cooked. He asked for it to be cooked rare. The burger came very well cooked. No pink inside at all. We did have a small discount off the meal but the slow service and very poor food means that I would not reccomend this place to anybody. The waitress mentioned that the new head chef wasn't in tonight.

We made a reservation for 6 people for lunch at 12:30 on a Saturday. When we went to order food that told us they weren't doing food as they had a large table in for a birthday! The place wasn't even busy. Really disappointed. Will not go there again or recommend.

The chips were limp and cold and the onion rings were swimming in grease. The burger was mediocre. We both left most of our meal. I showed the waitress the chips and onion rings and she said sorry, I’ll pass your comments on to the kitchen. Not good for customer relations and not good food. Won’t be going back there again

Succulent medium to well done "Surf and Turf" with peppercorn sauce, and a glass of nice red wine to go with it at a reasonable price. Good service.

A very good place to hang out and to have a lovely meal. Been already few times for a carvery and pretty much every single time it was spot on. The consistency of food is also really good.
The only fault is the service - last time we were there it was surprisingly good but before that each time we had to chase the waiters to get some drinks, get some carvery tickets, cutlery, desserts menu and they were overall pretty sluggish with the service but quick to chase you for a payment... naughty ☝️
Because of that the service gets only 3☆.
Nevertheless well worth visiting and will be going back with our awesome friends 😉

Lovely ambience, spacious surroundings. Pleasant staff & delicious food.
Downside is very slow table service, the place wasn't that busy either. We waited over 20 minutes for our drinks to be delivered, after ordering at the bar & being told they would be brought over.
We will return & hopefully more staff on duty then.

Nice venue, cool atmosphere and delicious food, served quickly and presented well. Impressive back bar with a good selection of cocktails available, and good draught selection. Great addition to the area!

Great food, friendly staff.
Worth visiting.