Open for breakfast, private dinging and special pop-up events, Society 1854 has a full range of American cuisine that celebrates the best that Nebraska has to offer. Enjoy a smart contemporary twist on heritage dishes executed in a thoughtful way. The menu utilizes the finest ingredients expertly prepared to illuminate the local farmers' dedicated work. At this exquisite downtown Omaha restaurant, dishes are presented simply yet include unexpected touches that are appealing to the eye. The dishes anchoring the menu are complimented by a curated wine and cocktail list prepared by locally recognized craftsmen and feature modern and historical selections. Society 1854 is an Omaha “Must Dine” option.
Wanted to try a "new" restaurant (relatively new Marriott property in downtown Omaha). Always a bit skeptical of hotel lobby restaurants, but checked out the menu on-line and decided to try it. There's no real separation between the restaurant and the lobby, so the "feel" is a bit wide open and lobby-ish. The view outside from the window tables is awesome, but still the lobby-feel is cold and loud. It took quite a while for a server to come to our table after we were seated - which seemed odd because we were a party of four at one table, there were only four other tables occupied, and there were 10-15 open tables on a Friday night! (should have been a clue). We were informed that the on-line menu is no more, and that they have a new special "all day menu," which had few of the items from the on-line, but was nowhere near the selection we were expecting from the on-line menu. We questioned our server about it and he said the menu changed, "months ago," but assured us he'd say something to management about it. BTW...I just checked, and the "old" menu is still posted on the website. To try to shorten this story....the food was "good," the drinks were great, but the service was atrocious! 25 minute wait to get our second round of drinks!!!! Do not plan to go back.