Green/blue/blackish mold found on the charcuterie board. The way they handled it was even worse. They didn’t even apologize or offer a refund. Instead they offered a partial refund on the board, right, not the bill, but the prosciutto part of the charcuterie board; or to replace it with the same prosciutto from the same batch and making sure they cut the mold off. I don’t know about you all but that’s about the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
L D.
I see other reviews mentioning "short-staffed", and we were told the same thing last night. It was against my better judgment to stay, as we could already see that the other four people in there were being served very slowly, but stay we did. We were neither greeted nor told anything such as, "Hello, I'll be right with you". I had the good sense to order my glass immediately and wait for it at the bar. My two friends were not as fortunate. They ordered their drinks along with some food and we sat down.15 minutes later, they still did not have their drinks yet. I'll mention again that at this time, there were only four other people in the bar, and they had already been served.Once they finally got their drinks, it was another 10-15 minutes before the gentleman came back to tell them that they were out of both of the menu items that they ordered. Why did it take almost half an hour to let my friends know that they were out of what they ordered?? They gave up on any food and my friend then inquired about the price of a bottle of wine - he had no idea, and didn't think of saying, "One moment, I'll go check the price and let you know".While my friends went to pay their bill at the bar, I was excited to get out of there. For the next ten minutes (at least), while waiting for them (how long could it possibly take to pay for two glasses of wine?), I chatted with a couple that was sitting outside. They said that they had gotten this same, slow service many times and also had been consistently told that they're "short-staffed". This seems to be a recurring problem. Wondering what was happening at the bar, I went back in and found one of my friends STILL attempting to pay for her glass of wine. Apparently, he had closed my one friend's bill and then started to take care of a completely different person who walked up AFTER both my friends did. My friend was very irritated, and the two of us paid the exact amount of our wine with no tip. I cannot even remember a time that I haven't at least left a $1.00 tip, and that would be for bad service. We met up with our friends outside and relayed the entire situation. You would've thought, that after the horrible service and lack of food, that we would've been comped our drinks, or, at the very least, gotten some sort of discount, or at the very VERY least, gotten an "I'm sorry about all that", but he didn't seem to have the situational awareness to realize that what he provided was extremely bad "service". Longest 1.5 hrs. of my life. We will not be going back. It's extremely rare that I would take 20 minutes out of my day to write a review, but in this case, it was warranted and deserved.
Tracy Welch
Very nice wine bar and small bites.Len (Owner) is very personalable.I love the live jazz music nights.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Laurel Hale
Service was very slow and not really professional. Wine was good, live music was OK (kind of dated).
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Sandra Jamme
Charming, with nice selection of wines. We enjoyed the appetizers. They were all good anfmd the charcuterie was really nice. Looking forward to next time, catching live music.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Charcuterie Plate
Yuzki Oey
Len's wine and food are amazing! His wine recommendations are always great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Devanshu Mehta
Not sure if I can rate anything bad about this place! Wine, service, food and live music all were great. Spent my birthday here and just enjoyed every moment, sip and bite. Their artichoke dip is out of this world. I had their Malbec and my partner had their Cabernet and they were both really nice. They had Kira Hooks singing jazz that night and she was mesmerizing. I will come back here again and again. This place might look ordinary from the outside but the charm lies in their hospitality!
Nicole E.
A wonderful, special find! Went here on a Wednesday night with my dear friend to catch up and loved the ambiance, comfy couch, personalized service and recs about wine and pairing with tapas/dessert. An excellent spot weeknights for date or friend get together, and I can't wait to try it out for weekend jazz nights! Len is so personable and gracious. Highly recommend!
Juanita Y.
For a wine bar, they had plenty of choices to pick from, sold by the glass or bottle. A minimal food menu, more like small plates to snack on while sipping wine; the food was nothing to write home about. It's overpriced and lacks quality and quantity. The service was horrible due to being very understaffed. The only positive for this establishment is live Jazz music on certain days of the month. Won't be returning to this wine bar any time soon.
We decided to try out a new wine place this weekend as the sun was finally out and we are glad to have discovered Wine Gallery. We went in late afternoon and it was cozy and calm. The wine and rosé we got were good recommendations. The artichoke dip was pretty tasty and so were the olives. Anna was great at ensuring we had a good time and she even brought us a deck of Uno cards to play.Turns out they have live music in the evenings on certain days.All in all I'd recommend Wine Gallery and we look forward to returning soon.
Divya K.
We came here about about 45 min before closing and tried the $36 Cabernet Sauvignon tasting. I loved the tasting because each wine presented was really unique from the other; all of them tasted high quality. You get to experience the following flavors: jammy/sweet, earthy, a combined sweet & earthy, and a smooth vegetal red. The crowd favorite was the sweet & earthy but my favorite was the more vegetal one. The interior of the wine bar was beautiful, luxe, and cozy. The host was friendly and seemed to love wine. I'd love to come back and try more of their flights and maybe some food next time.
Kimberly K.
We had not been here in a while and decided to come for date night and found live music, a wonderful surprise! Al Corazon is a trio performing romantic Argentinan ballads, a lovely accompaniment to our Allegrini Pallazzo Della Torre red blend and Einskog Icelandic white ale (husband is not a wine drinker).such a great menu of flights and wines by the glass, knowledgeably curated. The kitchen is small and the woman who prepared our food was lovely and attentive. The mushroom bruschetta was delicately flavored on crisp crostini and the hummus had a delightful citrus drizzle. The evening was cool and we were sitting outside which was great in this uncrowded part of Laurel Street a bit south of the crazy/busy, and the French onion soup was perfect, flavorful and substantial while not being overwhelming. All very simply presented and very reasonably priced. A lovely evening.
Tony C.
Very cool place with very cool people! Loved the hospitality and the feel of the place. Having never been to a wine bar before, I learned so much about wine and even discovered that I've probably been buying the wrong wines from the market! Really enjoyed the opportunity to try something new and even try wines that I haven't seen before. Would highly recommend to all. Thank you Len and Carolina for your kindness and service :)
Kimberly N.
It's a cute little wine bar in San Carlos. The wine I chose was highly rated and listed 92-93 pts on their menu, however it wasn't great. I felt bad after he corked it and didn't want to say anything... I really like the ambiance of this place and the staff were nice. Probably will come back to try the food and some other wine. They also have happy hour and offer $2 off food and glasses of wine.
Really sweet spot - excellent wines, great hang.
Atmosphere: 5
Green/blue/blackish mold found on the charcuterie board. The way they handled it was even worse. They didn’t even apologize or offer a refund. Instead they offered a partial refund on the board, right, not the bill, but the prosciutto part of the charcuterie board; or to replace it with the same prosciutto from the same batch and making sure they cut the mold off. I don’t know about you all but that’s about the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
I see other reviews mentioning "short-staffed", and we were told the same thing last night. It was against my better judgment to stay, as we could already see that the other four people in there were being served very slowly, but stay we did. We were neither greeted nor told anything such as, "Hello, I'll be right with you". I had the good sense to order my glass immediately and wait for it at the bar. My two friends were not as fortunate. They ordered their drinks along with some food and we sat down.15 minutes later, they still did not have their drinks yet. I'll mention again that at this time, there were only four other people in the bar, and they had already been served.Once they finally got their drinks, it was another 10-15 minutes before the gentleman came back to tell them that they were out of both of the menu items that they ordered. Why did it take almost half an hour to let my friends know that they were out of what they ordered?? They gave up on any food and my friend then inquired about the price of a bottle of wine - he had no idea, and didn't think of saying, "One moment, I'll go check the price and let you know".While my friends went to pay their bill at the bar, I was excited to get out of there. For the next ten minutes (at least), while waiting for them (how long could it possibly take to pay for two glasses of wine?), I chatted with a couple that was sitting outside. They said that they had gotten this same, slow service many times and also had been consistently told that they're "short-staffed". This seems to be a recurring problem. Wondering what was happening at the bar, I went back in and found one of my friends STILL attempting to pay for her glass of wine. Apparently, he had closed my one friend's bill and then started to take care of a completely different person who walked up AFTER both my friends did. My friend was very irritated, and the two of us paid the exact amount of our wine with no tip. I cannot even remember a time that I haven't at least left a $1.00 tip, and that would be for bad service. We met up with our friends outside and relayed the entire situation. You would've thought, that after the horrible service and lack of food, that we would've been comped our drinks, or, at the very least, gotten some sort of discount, or at the very VERY least, gotten an "I'm sorry about all that", but he didn't seem to have the situational awareness to realize that what he provided was extremely bad "service". Longest 1.5 hrs. of my life. We will not be going back. It's extremely rare that I would take 20 minutes out of my day to write a review, but in this case, it was warranted and deserved.
Very nice wine bar and small bites.Len (Owner) is very personalable.I love the live jazz music nights.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Service was very slow and not really professional. Wine was good, live music was OK (kind of dated).
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Charming, with nice selection of wines. We enjoyed the appetizers. They were all good anfmd the charcuterie was really nice. Looking forward to next time, catching live music.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Charcuterie Plate
Len's wine and food are amazing! His wine recommendations are always great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Not sure if I can rate anything bad about this place! Wine, service, food and live music all were great. Spent my birthday here and just enjoyed every moment, sip and bite. Their artichoke dip is out of this world. I had their Malbec and my partner had their Cabernet and they were both really nice. They had Kira Hooks singing jazz that night and she was mesmerizing. I will come back here again and again. This place might look ordinary from the outside but the charm lies in their hospitality!
A wonderful, special find! Went here on a Wednesday night with my dear friend to catch up and loved the ambiance, comfy couch, personalized service and recs about wine and pairing with tapas/dessert. An excellent spot weeknights for date or friend get together, and I can't wait to try it out for weekend jazz nights! Len is so personable and gracious. Highly recommend!
For a wine bar, they had plenty of choices to pick from, sold by the glass or bottle. A minimal food menu, more like small plates to snack on while sipping wine; the food was nothing to write home about. It's overpriced and lacks quality and quantity. The service was horrible due to being very understaffed. The only positive for this establishment is live Jazz music on certain days of the month. Won't be returning to this wine bar any time soon.
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We decided to try out a new wine place this weekend as the sun was finally out and we are glad to have discovered Wine Gallery. We went in late afternoon and it was cozy and calm. The wine and rosé we got were good recommendations. The artichoke dip was pretty tasty and so were the olives. Anna was great at ensuring we had a good time and she even brought us a deck of Uno cards to play.Turns out they have live music in the evenings on certain days.All in all I'd recommend Wine Gallery and we look forward to returning soon.
We came here about about 45 min before closing and tried the $36 Cabernet Sauvignon tasting. I loved the tasting because each wine presented was really unique from the other; all of them tasted high quality. You get to experience the following flavors: jammy/sweet, earthy, a combined sweet & earthy, and a smooth vegetal red. The crowd favorite was the sweet & earthy but my favorite was the more vegetal one. The interior of the wine bar was beautiful, luxe, and cozy. The host was friendly and seemed to love wine. I'd love to come back and try more of their flights and maybe some food next time.
We had not been here in a while and decided to come for date night and found live music, a wonderful surprise! Al Corazon is a trio performing romantic Argentinan ballads, a lovely accompaniment to our Allegrini Pallazzo Della Torre red blend and Einskog Icelandic white ale (husband is not a wine drinker).such a great menu of flights and wines by the glass, knowledgeably curated. The kitchen is small and the woman who prepared our food was lovely and attentive. The mushroom bruschetta was delicately flavored on crisp crostini and the hummus had a delightful citrus drizzle. The evening was cool and we were sitting outside which was great in this uncrowded part of Laurel Street a bit south of the crazy/busy, and the French onion soup was perfect, flavorful and substantial while not being overwhelming. All very simply presented and very reasonably priced. A lovely evening.
Very cool place with very cool people! Loved the hospitality and the feel of the place. Having never been to a wine bar before, I learned so much about wine and even discovered that I've probably been buying the wrong wines from the market! Really enjoyed the opportunity to try something new and even try wines that I haven't seen before. Would highly recommend to all. Thank you Len and Carolina for your kindness and service :)
It's a cute little wine bar in San Carlos. The wine I chose was highly rated and listed 92-93 pts on their menu, however it wasn't great. I felt bad after he corked it and didn't want to say anything... I really like the ambiance of this place and the staff were nice. Probably will come back to try the food and some other wine. They also have happy hour and offer $2 off food and glasses of wine.