The Social Bar Kitchen

About The Social Bar Kitchen

The Social Bar Kitchen is a restaurant you'll find at 208 Bank St in New London, Connecticut. It's part of our guide to 36 restaurants, cafes and bars in New London. Prices are moderate ($15–30 per person).

The Social Bar Kitchen is open 5 days a week, usually 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM (closed Wednesday and Thursday).

Guests can choose from 241 menu items across 53 sections, including Starters, Entrees, Salads, Sides, and Burgers And Sandwiches. Listed prices range from $0.50 to $22.00, with a typical item around $7.00. Dishes worth a look include Crabcakes, Chimi Steak & Frites, and Pad Thai.

Available service options are outdoor seating, kerbside pickup, takeaway, dine-in, and delivery. Visitors describe the atmosphere as casual, cosy, and trendy, and it is a good fit for groups and tourists. The place is family friendly, LGBTQ+ friendly, and a transgender safe space. It is especially popular for lunch, dinner, and solo dining. Offerings include alcohol, beer, cocktails, coffee, and comfort food.

Accessibility features: wheelchair-accessible car park, wheelchair-accessible entrance, wheelchair-accessible seating, and wheelchair-accessible toilet. Payment methods accepted: credit cards, debit cards, and NFC mobile payments. Parking: free of charge street parking, free parking lot, and parking. Reservations are accepted; call (860) 442-6900 to book a table.

Quick facts

Category

Restaurant

Address

208 Bank St, New London, CT 06320

Phone

(860) 442-6900

Price range

$$ per person

Hours

Open 5 days a week, usually 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM (closed Wednesday and Thursday)

Menu

241 items · $0.50–$22.00

Listing updated

August 2026 · Suggest an edit

How the hours compare

We compared The Social Bar Kitchen’s weekday schedule with 104 other restaurants in Connecticut. On a typical weekday it opens at 11:00 AM, close to the local norm of 11:00 AM and closes at 9:00 PM, in line with the typical 9:00 PM.

In total it is open about 51 hours a week, 14 hours fewer than the local median of 65. 87% of restaurants in Connecticut open on Sundays, and The Social Bar Kitchen is one of them.

Compared with 104 other restaurants in Connecticut that list their hours in our guide.

• Crabcakes$10.00

  Flash fried lump crab meat, red onion, green peppers & panko bread crumbs with a red curry aioli

• Chimi Steak & Frites$22.00

  Grilled 10 oz. New york strip marinated in sage chimichurri, served with hand cut pommes frites, rotating…

• Pad Thai$10.00

  Mixed greens, cucumbers, tomatoes and onions, topped with an asian peanut sauce & drizzled with red curry…

• Pommes Frites$4.00

  Served with curry ketchup

• Heart Attack$15.00

  Hand-formed beef burger, bacon, sautéed onion, peppers, cheddar and an over easy egg

• Smash & Cheese$14.00

  Smash burger, mac & cheese, collard greens, red onion

• Cakes By The Cake Lady$6.00

  Rotating selection of cakes by the cake lady... ask your server for current selection

• Chorizo$2.00
• "Social-Veeta"$1.00
• Barbecue$0.50

Typical prices for restaurants in Connecticut

Based on 46 menus with 2,576 priced items from restaurants in Connecticut, the median menu item costs $13.75, and half of all items are priced between $8.50 and $19.00.

At The Social Bar Kitchen the median listed price is $7.00, lower than the typical $13.75 for restaurants in Connecticut.

Calculated from 46 menus in our guide. Prices vary by location and change over time.

Features & amenities

The neighborhood

Within a 10-minute walk (half a mile) of The Social Bar Kitchen there are 22 other places to eat and drink in our guide, and 29 within one mile. By type, the places within a mile include Bars & Pubs (4), Seafood (3), Bakeries & Desserts (3), and Italian (3).

Competition is healthy: 5 other restaurants are within a mile and 8 within three miles. The closest is Right Path Organic Cafe, < 0.1 mi away.

4 places within a mile stay open until 10 PM or later on at least one night a week.

Nearest places of other kinds

• Bars & PubsHot Rod Cafe< 0.1 mi
• Bakeries & DessertsBerry's Ice Cream0.1 mi
• Mexican & Tex-MexMi Casa Mexican Restaurant #20.1 mi
• Indian & South AsianCinnamon Grill0.2 mi
• Cafes & CoffeeMuddy Waters Cafe0.2 mi

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