season has been met with a mixed to negative response from critics. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a 30% approval rating with an average rating of 5.25 out of 10 based on 23 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Sweetbitter fails to live up to its well-received literary source material -- or stand out from the many big-city coming-of-age television series that came before it." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 52 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". References External links 2010s American workplace drama television series 2018 American television series debuts 2019 American television series endings English-language television shows Starz original programming Television shows based on American novels Television series set in 2006 Television series set in restaurants Television shows filmed in New York City Television shows set in New York City