Brooklyn Social — Restaurant in New York

Normally I would give bk social a 5 star, but one bad experience has made me leave a review. I've been here so many times and always enjoyed it, old school cocktail joint, perfect place to get drinks with friends. But this time it was not enjoyable because the drinks were not good. And for $12 a cocktail they should be amazing. We ordered off the menu but classics drinks that are straightforward and simple to make. Not sure how you can mess up a dirty martini and make three of them all taste completely different! Also the bartender had a little bit of an attitude when given preference direction. Never should a proprietor make a customer feel like they're wrong especially when...

This place is full of stuck-up "ladies" and super-lame dudes. I think they all work in finance or something. I tried to make pleasant conversation with several cute chicks, but they all gave me the brush-off immediately. The bartender eventually told me that he refused to serve me further and I should look for a new drinking establishment - RUDE! I wasn't drunk or anything, just trying to get a little tail. Avoid Brooklyn Social. Unless you like stuck-up soccer mom types, and guys in polo shirts who probably have golf clubs rammed so far up their derrieres that they say "sofa" rather...

It pains me to report one of my longtime favorite bars has fallen and is now one of my least. Cocktails used to be sophisticated, precise, clean and nuanced. Now they are sloppy, syrupy, sweet as candy. My cocktail glass was even sticky due to sugar, which is weird on an elegant stemmed glass. Bartender also requested payment immediately after serving our drinks, before we even had a sip. Still a nice cozy interior setting, but it tastes like a fast-food...