If I could, I'd probably give a 3.5 for my first experience here but I would lean more toward 3 than 4 as far as stars go. My husband and I rode our Harley here on a nice Saturday afternoon. The outside is decorated so cozy and country but it was 90+ with no breeze so we unfortunately opted out of the outside tables and were seated inside. It was about 4 pm but there were only 3 other couples there when we got there. They were also setting up for some sort of shower, which was arriving when we left later on. I noticed stairs so I'm pretty sure there's some upstairs loft seating, too.
To the food and wine...we ordered a flight of 3 and tried all house wines of theirs. I'm certainly not well-versed in wines by any means, but I do frequent local wineries in the Akron-canton-Erie areas and as far as house wines go, you probably won't be content here if you like sweeter wines. We tried Pinot noir, Chardonnay, and Riesling. There were no rosé, moscato, or Zinfandel options in the house wines so like I said, not much sweet. The Riesling was more like a Pinot Grigio in my opinion, and Riesling is usually one of my favorites but I actually favored the Chardonnay here. Not being particularly wow'ed by any, we decided not to get a bottle or full glasses of any after our sampling. The flight consisted of pretty heavy pours though, so that was nice.
When it came to food, we had wanted to do what we usually do and get some kind cheese plate and then meals but the menu was quite pricey here, I'd venture to say a good $8-$10 more per plate than what most wineries seem to typically charge for that type of food. We decided to skip an app and just get meals. As we were ordering, the waitress told us the meals are large portions plenty for 2. I didn't see this anywhere on the menu so it kind of threw us off so we went ahead and each ordered our own like we'd planned, nervous to switch it up on a whim, and figured if the meals were really that big, we'd take leftovers. Well, the portions were huge. He got the chicken Parmesan sliders and they came with 4 over a bed of greens tossed in a delicious balsamic. I got the short rib sandwich, which also came over a bed of balsamic greens. I could've never eaten it as a sandwich as it came on two large, thick Baguettes but the big steak knife worked well to cut. Both meals were prepared excellently, I'll say that for sure. Very flavorful and satisfying. We both indeed had leftovers.
So here's what we decided afterward. Had we known in advance portions would be huge, we would've shared one and got a cheese plate for roughly the same price. The couple across from us got one of the cheese plates and it looked like one of the best put together ones I've seen, whole triangles of various cheeses, tastier "non-Ritz" crackers and a huge thing of grapes in the middle. I had cheese plate envy. So given what we now know about the quality of cooking and size of all of the plates, the pricing makes sense.
Except for the wine. Like I said, not particularly in awe of any of the House wines. The wine list was extensive and full of other wines of every kind but I, like most people I'm assuming, want the wine of the winery I go to when possible. I usually buy a bottle to go but with all of the house wines coming in right around $30, I didn't. The service was also pretty lax. Like I said, 3 other couples in the whole place and other workers setting up for the shower. Our waitress didn't even come to our table for about 10 minutes after we'd been seated and She didn't check on us after food and we needed water. It also took well over 35-40 minutes to receive our food after ordering, which is a little longer than most restaurants, especially when not busy. Perhaps preparing large portions for the shower played a factor here? I don't know. I'd go back again and hope for better service, and I'd order a bit differently as described above. But at the same time, to be known as a winery I think the house wines need a little more work or at least a little more variation. read more