I genuinely like the food at La Societe, but the prices are reflective of the prime location it holds in Yorkville.
I keep returning because it has a convenient location with decent food, beautiful decor, and they validate parking up to $15. If you are determined to try La Societe, I would recommend this place for brunch/lunch over dinner as it's an extremely expensive place to fill you up unless you go on Thursday nights for their oyster and crab claw specials. I feel like the portions get smaller and smaller every year.
Service is a toss up. It's either the expected standard or super terrible. I've been here maybe 8-9 times and I've had decent service but I've also had terrible service to the point where I had to talk to the manager and he had my party's whole meal reimbursed. Most of the bad experiences occurred on the bar/lounge side opposed to the dining side though. Never had a noteworthy service experience to share.
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Today, I came here for dinner with a friend and we shared the scallop carpaccio, ahi tuna, and steak & frites. All the food was delicious... but the portions? Quite possibly made for a mouse.
The scallop carpaccio was yummy - but wasn't really a carpaccio? It was more of marinated scallops on a bed of some sort of carbohydrate. Delicious and would love to eat again... but not for the price (~$20+).
The ahi tuna. Whut...? Only 2 chips? See picture for reference.
Steak and frites. The only thing we ordered during this meal that was semi-worth it but small for $32. It won't fill you up for dinner by itself (especially when the 2 sauce pots together are equivalent to the size of the steak). The steak was done perfectly. Perfectly sauced and cooked. The fries & accompanying dips. Absolutely in love.
Service was polite and the waiter asked if I parked downstairs to validate it and explained how to operate the payment machine (points for you, sir). Usually I ask the maitre-d on the way out for validated parking.
Total bill: $108 without tips. Craziness.