Joseph M.

My fiancé and I live near here and have occasionally said we should visit... boy were we wrong! We should've been running over!!!! From the moment we walked in, it was exactly what we were looking for! Super cute little bar area with a patio outside lined by plants. We each got a flight, hers a weekend special and mine individually selected, all 7 wines were very good. It seems like "orange" wine isn't rare but I hadn't seen it before, great to try! Excellent sweets, drys, reds, whites, bubbles, whatever you are looking for!

Cindy C.

I was really excited to try this place for date night! I have to say the wine was excellent, the service was great, really cute place indoors and outdoors... but, $18 for this cheese and charcuterie plate??? I'm glad we didn't order more plates. This was such a small plate for $18, and they didn't even put enough jam... :(. I would definitely recommend to go try their wines, and for the cute ambience, but food wise, it's quite expensive and not worth it.

Megan F.

I am new to cincy but a friend recommended the cacio e pepe night at Oakley Wines. I went the last night they offered it and I'm so glad I did. The staff was very friendly as I explained this was my first time at the establishment. I went around 6/7 and the seating inside was pretty full but I was sat at the bar and plenty of space! I was the only one and felt like a VIP. I ordered the pasta, salad and the wine flight. The food was excellent and so was the wine. I will be back to try the cocktails. Great night out at Oakley Wines. I really enjoyed the cab sav.

Jess C.

The perfect date night location in downtown Oakley! The ambience of this place screams first date but honestly is perfect to go get a few drinks with your friend. The basement is my favorite with custom build in art structures and a fireplace makes you want to snuggle up and get personal with the ones you love! Service is wonderful and drinks are delicious. They also have small bites if you need to refill from all the booze! There is street parking out front and customers are younger crowd with $$ but I still feel comfortable coming! This is so close to our apartment, we visit often.

Amber C.

Fabulous wines! Went to an event with Oakley Wines and The Rhined and it was hard not to take everything we sampled home! The owner shared so much insight on the how and why behind her business and it was very inspiring. Not to mention paired perfectly with the cheeses we tried. Carries a lot of women wine makers, 100/10.

Karl K.

Start with the premise that most people don't know squat about wines. Follow with the conclusion that it doesn't matter, so long as there is no pretentious wine snobbery from all concerned. Select wines that are (1) tasty and designed to stretch your palate and (2) affordable (under $20 as a rule). Talk to your customers about wine in ways that are accessible. Oh, and for good measure, serve delicious small plates with the wines, at Friday flights and tastings for us hoi polloi. Boom. Oakley Wines. Now be happy and drink your vino.

Great wine HORRIBLE service. Had a party of 10 and Kimberly kicked us out for not wearing masks as we stood up for a group photo. There were no signs outside of the establishment of the rules dictating their requirements (pics for proof). She was rude and TOTALLY out of line even after we explained ourselves. If you get a chance to visit this place... enjoy yourself but be warned of the "Karen" named Kimberly.... fair warning. Update 11/26/20: So this is really getting out of hand... this establishment is in FULL cover their @$$ mode since this incident and has gone out on FB and posted about our group, and WLWT along with WXIX has gotten involved without fact-checking. So here are the facts: 1) There was NO signage for what the protocol is for this establishment posted on the outside. 2) All but the exception of 1 in our group wore a mask when entering the building (even though there was not a sign stating otherwise) 3) Our server may have said something to the group. I do not know as I arrived 20 min late and did not hear. 4) We reserved the cellar and there was NO ONE else down stairs when I arrived except our group so no other guests were at risk. 5) IF there is such a strict mandate to wear masks without sitting then signs should be posted through out. (Each establishment follows different protocol so please post to avoid confusion) 6) Food was placed on bar across from our table. (It was NOT placed on our table or served to us) so we had to serve ourselves. Again, no signage was posted stating to mask up to get food when we had the whole downstairs to ourselves. 7) We poured our own drinks which included water and we did not get any refills nor did the server check in with us at any point to make sure our drinks were topped off or if we need anything else. Again, this is bad service. 8) There was NO asking if anyone in our group had health issues or any other issues (which could have been included being raped) to prevent them from wearing a mask. 9) Our reservation was for two hours and we were asked to leave with only 15 min. Left. 10) We DID break a glass as we were leaving-- but was by accident and not intensional and fell off the table as one of the party members got up to leave (could have happened to anyone) As a matter of fact we helped to clean it up. 11) As we left we wore our masks out. 12) Cops were not called nor did we have to be escorted out as we left civilized. Unhappy- but civilized. We did NOT make a scene through out the rest of restaurant on the upstairs floor.... we simply walked out the door after bill WAS paid. 13) Also, there was ZERO "spiting" that went on as they claim. That comment was taken out of context- since we were asked to leave- we asked for corks so we could take the wine with us. Our party then said "I'm going to clean these, because I don't know if they spit on them or not. " they were in fact given to us by our server without gloves or any platter so she did in fact touch them with her bare hands. With all that said- most of this is a he said she said issue and I do in fact have proof that they were NOT compliant with all the covid protocol and postings. If they say they have video proof I would love to see ALL of it. All that being said: The wine was good, the place was very cute. Love the concept of this establishment, and the atmosphere had a good vibe minus our experience that night. We did have a bad experience with our server and maybe she is normally nice to other patrons, and she was having an off night but, we personally did not have a good experience with her.

Ami P.

This place has great wine selections as well as their charcuterie board. The cheese is from the Rhined and all the cheeses taste exceptional. The wine bottle prices are also reasonable and the flight options were nice. The only reason I give this place 2 stars is because of how my friend and I were neglected for the almost two hours we spent there. It was a Wednesday night and the place was not busy with many open seats throughout. We walk in and are not greeted by either of the two women behind the bar. We waited a few minutes at the counter before we had to ask for a menu because neither one of them acknowledged our presence. Then we took a seat at a high top close to the counter. We had to go back to the counter to put in our order when we saw one of the women go to another hightop table to take another customers order. Each time we went to the counter, we were ignored for a few minutes because the women were too busy talking to the same two customers the entire time we were there. Not once did they ask how our wine or charcuterie board was. A third woman had brought us our charcuterie board and she was the only friendly person that evening but she was also tending to a separate private event on the basement. This was another reason why we didn't order a bottle after our initial wine flight. We then had to go ask for our bill because neither woman acknowledged that we were there when we were sitting 4 feet away. My friend and I have both been there before and especially on their busier nights and have never felt that neglected by a local business.

Lindsey S.

We came here for their National Wine and Cheese Day wine pairing (we pre-paid). The place was starting to get crowded and busy when we arrived, but we had a reserved seat since we pre-paid and were promptly greeted and seated. It took a bit of time for a server to come over since they were busy, but everyone we encountered was very friendly, shared their favorite cheese and wine pairing of the night and were happy to talk about all of the things on offer. The cheeses were very good and I enjoyed the wine pairings quite a lot! My fiance found he liked a white wine better than some of the other pours (he's generally not a white wine kind of guy). I would love to come here on a non-event day. The service was a little slow and the cheese makers never made it by before we left, which was a little bit of a bummer, but not the end of the world. I think they could have used a little more staff since the place was so packed. Not sure how it is on the average day in comparison. We will definitely come back some time and update my review. One drawback here is parking. Oakley area definitely lacks decent parking and I'm not entirely sure we were parked in an appropriate place on the street!