Social Lounge in Asheville

This was supposed to be a special occasion... We were so excited to come here and try it for the very first time. Everything started out great and quickly took a nose dive when my wife ordered a dirty martini and it came literally dirty with black flakes in it. When we asked what it is the bar tender responded with "its from the olive juice and its normal." Afraid to stir up conflict and have our food spit in we kept our mouth shut and pushed it to the side. We didn't drink it and still paid for it. The black flakes are not normal and should have been dealt with especially in a pandemic where everyone is afraid for their well being and like things extra clean. We still had to pay for it. We don't know the price but were thinking $20. Needless to say the rest of our time was about as good as the dirty martini. The service we give a 1. It was very evident that our waitress didn't want to have to deal with us since we had to ask for most items... We're guessing because we weren't satisfied with the DIRTY martini even though we didn't make a huge deal out of it. The food we give a 2. It was good but the food quickly became cold. The dessert we liked the most and would have to give a 4. It was delicious and the fondue was amazing, but the strawberry's weren't ripe yet and the churros were harder then a rock. Sadly were really disappointed because it was valentines day and also our 13 year anniversary. We would have loved for this place to help us celebrate this occasion but it was evident in the lack of service and presentation that this restaurant was not a good choice. Maybe we caught...

Food was amazing. Kinsey (I believe was her name) was a great server. She thought of things we didn't even think to ask before we did. Only thing keeping it from a 5 star is the outside patio needs a better space heater. Otherwise, absolutely recommend you come here for brunch.

Visiting Asheville..‘ made a list of the “must go to/popular restaurants” Social Lounge was not on the list but guess what!! It was better than all of the other restaurants on the list I made. We are coming back again before going back home.AMAZING!