We've been to Union Social Eatery a few times over the past while and it's pretty good. The positives are a good atmosphere, friendly staff and pretty good food. We've enjoyed a variety of items including the burger, Killer Chicken sandwich, Philly Wrap, salads and edamame.
The not-so-positives include a piece of wood in an entree salad once (it was comp'ed after we reported the wood) and just this weekend, an awkward seating situation. We're not overly picky people but it's pretty important to be comfortably and safely seated for dinner. We made a reservation for an early dinner and upon arrival, they tried to squish us into a really tight booth (i.e. 6 people, 3 who could be described as large, into a 4 person booth) and then they tried to put us on teetering backless high bar stools. All this when it was late afternoon/early evening and the place was not even half full. I refused both seating attempts (and nicely explained why each time) and we were finally placed at a regular table with normal/comfortable chairs by a managerial-type guy who just happened to notice that we needed assistance. I hate being "that person" and I really don't mean to appear difficult or picky but really, had they seated us at an appropriate table in the first place... Upon leaving just after 7 pm, I noticed the far west wall of the restaurant (which has normal tables) was still EMPTY. Yeah... a little annoying that we were having to negotiate for a regular table when we arrived almost 2 hours earlier. Why write so much about such a little thing? It's first impressions and basic hospitality...the feeling of being welcomed and settled at a nice table instead of feeling like we're being picky and having to negotiate. It's important to start on the right foot. Thanks to the managerial-type guy for saving us! And our waitress was SUPER nice that evening too.