Stephanie's On Newbury   

I had visited stephanies a few times with office frends whom are mostly caucasian, and the food and the experience was good. However, when I go back a couple more time with mostly asian friends and family, the waiting, the attitude of the host and wait staff were totally awful. Everyone else who came behind will get seat first, and everytime we ask the host, they will scoff at you. After finally getting a seat at a lousy table in the middle of their walkway in the back near the kitchen door, the arrogant attitude of the wait staff will totally help ruins your meal, and make you feel like a second class citizen. You can never get their attention, other than when they finally come around to take your order, and give you the check and rush you out the door. You can expect good food, but if you are not caucasian , this is the worst place you could have choose to go to in Boston. Complaint to management has been ignored!! Who do you think that pick the staff at stephanie!!

When I first found this restaurant 5-6 years ago, it was from an invitation from my Caucasian friend. And, I loved the food the prices were right around $18-30. Since then I had a numerous trips to this place with different friends to introduce some decent meal on Newbury st. However, I have to strongly advise that this is definitely for the wasps at its worst that are eager to crush other customer’s mood by being loud and arrogant. But I have to address that the food and the waiting is excluded from my review as they are quite decent. But the management keeps upsetting me and other reviewers as you can see below. Here are my incidents with the Hosts; 1. racially biased and scoffing hosts, 2. strong preference of 20-30 some year old girls, with designer attires over casual dressers 3. Terrace table cover chargee $15 + 4. If you don't look waspy enough, they will not give the seat first or put you on the corner table after a long waiting4. 5. Arrogant Host/ess often scoffing at you if you have any complaint. 6. The restaurant's ownder is well-known for his Notorious TV Commercials for Medical Law Suits that shake the state government system. Jim Sokolove, and his wife's name is Stepahnie. 7. I left a complaint regarding these humiliating experiences over the years. But the owner never returned a call. If you are black, Latino, or Asian or older or not so wealthy looking, be prepared to be taken like secondary people. Even if we pay the same money and have same good expectation for good food and services, they will make you feel like an outsider, not a customer. Just sit, eat and leave. Or, walk away if any of them show a sign of arrogance as there will be no way to correct this arrogant management.

There were 4 of us for dinner and everyone LOVED their food, drinks and appetizers! I can't wait to go back and try all of the other yummy things I saw on the menu! I see why it is always so busy!

My co-worker and I decided to try Stephanie's this past summer. While our first experince was wonderful those that followed were horrible. Given the long waiting time during a summer lunch hour we decided to sit in the "bar" area for "faster service." After 20 minutes of being completely annoyed by the "I am too good for you" staff - we walked out. We decided to give it another try a couple months later and ordered take out. Not only did they get our order wrong - they also gave us soggy, cold sandwhiches (despite the fact that I had to stand there and wait for the food to come out). They offered to credit our next meal - rather than credit the one we didn't want. Despite the long wait and endlessly full tables -Stephanie's does not live up to its perception - I would not reccommend this restaurant to anyone. There are plenty of fun, trendy, "it" restaurants on Newbury Street worth visiting. Don't believe the Stephanie's hype.