302 Social Eatery and Barroom

Mixed Experience – 302 Social, Rehoboth Beach DE

We tried 302 Social for drinks and appetizers, enjoying the nice outdoor dining area. We ordered the arancini and beef empanadas. Unfortunately, a long hair was found in the beef empanada. The waiter promptly replaced the dish, which we appreciated, but surprisingly the original item still appeared on our bill.

Service was friendly and the atmosphere was pleasant, but this experience with the food issue and billing was disappointing. The outdoor seating is enjoyable, but I would double-check your order and the bill.

My husband originally ordered the Chicken Barrio Bowl and I went with the Chicken La Playa Bowl. The waiter later came back to let us know they only had enough rice for one bowl, so I switched my order to the Blackened Fish Tacos. After we’d all finally placed our orders, the waiter returned again to explain that there was officially no more rice at all since another table had ordered it, so my husband had to change his order as well. He went with the Tequila Lime Chicken BLT instead.

He also tried to order a Guinness, but unfortunately, they didn’t have that available either.

That being said, the food we did receive was delicious, the atmosphere was wonderful, and the service was excellent. Our waiter was super friendly and handled everything with grace—it definitely wasn’t his fault they were out of certain items. We still had a great time and look forward to coming back to finally try the bowls next time!

*Note we ate dinner in September off - season on a Monday.

Food was delicious! We got a list of appetizers, bruschetta with local crab (which I can’t have because of a shellfish allergy) but was told was very fresh and delicious. Blackened scallops, the arancini which were perfectly fried with a red sauce. The burreta was our favorite appetizer with delicious cheese, very refreshing roasted cherry tomatoes and fresh bread.

For my meal I had the jammin smash burger which had bacon jam and garlic aioli sauce on a double patty. Burger was perfectly cooked and the bacon jam and garlic aioli gave it a very good pop of flavor.

With how good the food was this place deserves a 5* however the service was quite interesting with our waiter only giving us maybe 1-2 seconds to respond before disappearing into the night. And at one point even leaving mid conversation while ordering drinks which was quite strange.

Either way your serving experience may be different and would still recommend this nice spot on rehobeth ave with delicious eats and quite good drinks.