The food is very good and the location and atmosphere are second to none. Â Outdoor dining is nice with a view of the Hillcrest neighborhood. Â It is very pricey, so bring the corporate card or just bring your healthy paycheck. Â The main reason I'm such a fan is because of Vio, the bartender. Â Fantastic guy, a true throwback to the artist bartender that will just laugh at your jokes, listen to your problems, and wipe glasses all the while. Â Just a fun guy that makes the place. Â Highly recommend taking his suggestion for a drink, and finish off your meal with the "chocolate box." It's unique and just plain awesome. Â Have fun!
Review Source:We went to SO Restaurant for the first time last night for my wife's birthday. It took us a little while to find the restaurant, seeing as how their logo is nearly invisible on the outside awning. We drove past the restaurant twice before realizing it.
The décor and ambiance of So is great. It reminded us both of a restaurant we ate at back in Iceland last year. Stone walls, great lighting, and good smells coming from the kitchen all made our anticipation grow. However, "Freebird" playing in the background, trying to be louder than the constant whirring and whooping of an AC unit (which obviously needed to be turned off and repaired) took us out of the moment.  The restaurant only had maybe three other tables occupied other than ours, which was to be expected on a Tuesday night. The waiters seemed to enjoy this free time by talking about past customers that aggravated them loud enough so that we could hear.
We started off with the Shrimp Cocktail appetizer which came out fast and was pretty good. The cocktail sauce was super spicy from the horseradish and the shrimp was as good as I've had in Little Rock. My wife ordered a Mojito, which was too strong for her, but was still tasty, albeit not very minty.
For the entrées, I ordered the Salmon over white bean and bacon stew and my wife got the Filet Mignon with the potato hash bacon cake. The salmon tasted incredibly fresh with good flavor and nice spices, yet a little too salty. The white bean and bacon stew was lukewarm and tasted "old." My wife's filet was big in size and well-seasoned, but like the fish, too salty. The potato hash bacon cake (aka, hashbrowns made into a big square with bacon on the top) was cold and dry, with little taste and no salt whatsoever.
We decided not to do desert that night and left with mixed feelings. For a meal that included only one drink, one appetizer, two entrees, and 20% gratuity, being at over $100, with food that was considered passable at best, I believe we'll try one of the more consistent finer dining restaurants in Little Rock the next time we go out to eat for a celebration. It's really a shame, because I think So has the potential to become something really great.
We stopped for cocktails at the bar before heading to another event, so this review doesn't include food. First, the liquor selection is broad and varied, which is a good sign. At least 4 premium bourbons plus a bottle of rye on the shelf let me know this place could make a good Manhattan. The bartender expertly made our drinks, both Booker's Manhattans. I was relieved to find somebody who knows you're supposed to stir a Manhattan, not shake it. He even let a neophyte customer taste a shot of Booker's Bourbon for free. Excellent service and great conversation at the bar. This place should do well.
Review Source:Overall I've a pretty good experience in my visits to So, but the food never has much to do with it.  The amosphere is nice, romantic even, and  the drinks are great.  The food has always just been a litte...how can I put this...meh.  Not great, not bad, but definitely not worth the price.  I don't mind money well spent on fantastic meal, but both times I've been here I left with the feeling that it would have been better spent elsewhere.  One compliment I will give is that the service is outstanding and bumps it up to three stars for me.
Review Source:Hands down one of my favorite restaurants in Little Rock. The atmosphere was awesome (great for a chill, romantic evening) , the service was great and the food was AWESOME. I had the seared sea scallops with the squid ink pasta (and an a la care side of the mushroom risotto since I hate the other included side: fennel). The food was amazing. The pasta was a but intimidating, but I loved it (once I got past the black color). The scallops were fantastic.
Review Source:Just had dinner last night and wanted to share the experience.
I had the Blackened Seafood Fondue again because it's just that great. We had enough to take home to eat later as well.
My boyfriend had two glasses of a great Chardonnay and I had two freshly made from scratch mojitos. Absolutely the best in town.
We got the mini burgers with the french fries. The fries were crispy on the outside and tender inside and were fabulous. The mini burgers were juicy (a problem that I've noticed other restaurants have when they offer mini burgers is that they are too dry due to the smaller amount of meat). But So has this down.
Service was great. I've had this waiter before and he was A-Plus.
Will definitely return to venture further into the menu.
Oh, on another trip I had the stuffed chicken breast and it blew me away. It could have been dry and unflavorful, but it was juicy, moist and full of flavor.
I came here for dinner one night, hoping, praying, that I could be proud of Little Rock for having more than three superb dining venues (Ashley's, 1620, and Acadia, respectively).
SO fell short of any and all expectations.
Let's start with the food: the blackened seafood fondue was fabulous, and the only thing worth eating. The mushroom risotto tasted like it had a gallon of soy sauce on it. The mashed potatoes were bland...straight out of a hospital cafeteria. The fish "tacos" were alright, but I think they're quality was more so just a result of everything else on the table being less than mediocre.
But that's not the worst of it:
To hopefully make up for the blah dining experience, a couple of my dining partners ordered Johnnie Walker Blacks--a good, solid whiskey, but not the top of the line.
When our bill came these two drinks totaled to 64 dollars. Half of our entire ticket.
Yes, SIXTY-FOUR DOLLARS. There must be a snafu between the liquor distributor and the manager of So, as this price tag is completely and utterly wrong. You can get JWB at a bar in New York or San Francisco for 9 dollars a pour.
When we pointed out this alarming number on our ticket, the waiter did not seem sympathetic to our plight. He even had the audacity to WALK AWAY from our table when we had not finished our conversation. I found this to be completely unacceptable. Having worked in the restaurant world, like most other people, I know that if a customer raises concern over the price of an item, you address it without hesitation. The fact that the server completely disregarded our issue is a sign to me that this establishment takes absolutely no pride in customer service. Even if the food were fantastic, I wouldn't even consider coming here again.
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