The opportunity to join a membership only enhances the experience here. Such a great place to be!
Tom M.
The $35 charcuterie sucked. Been members for 16 years, considering finding a new winery
Al V.
Went for dinner for two, we ordered Wild Kale Salad and I ordered the Leoness Signature Caesar Salad. Will say both were yummy nothing spectacular but very yummy. We also ordered Oven Roasted Bone Marrow which took a while to arrive. The Bone Marrow was beyond extremely salty it was like eating a spoon of salt. It was definitely something no human can eat. We informed our waitress we couldn't eat it and asked for a different one, she informed us they had no more. We ordered a bottle of wine with our dinner. As we were about to place our dinner order, our waitress informed us that they had no shrimp and no halibut? It made my husband and I question this restaurant, how such a white clothe restaurant runs out of so many main choices from the menu?? We both ordered the Cast Iron Prime Filet Mignon one rare and I ordered mine medium well. Once our dinner came the server clearly asked Rare? My husband responded me the server placed his plate in front of him and I was served the Medium Well. Being that, I am a very slow eater. By the time I took a third piece of my filet mignon. We both realized the server gave us each of the wrong Plate. By this time it my husband was almost done with his dinner. We both realized we made a big mistake coming in here for Dinner. when we informed the waitress, she giggled didn't apologize or bother to make it right in anyway. This dinner was definitely not worth $200!!! Sadly we will never go back nor will we recommend LEONESS to anyone. We are both now very eerie about Leoness, in what goes on in the back of that kitchen??? Sadly a waitress never bothered to make it right in any way, shape or form!
Frankie S.
We came here to check out Leoness for our wedding venue and ended staying for lunch.....and WOW! So glad we did! The food was amazing! Highly recommend the lamb and the chicken!! Amanda P. gave us great service as well! And oh yeah....we ended up hiring Leoness for our wedding! I have to give a VERY special shoutout to an extraordinary person at Leoness....Melody Miller! When we first went to tour the vineyard for our wedding venue we were greeted by Melody and Deanna. Mind you this was our 3rd tour of the day and I had my fill of wedding coordinators trying to pitch us and convince us their vineyard was where we should have our wedding. Melody was different from the start! (And I'll say this....Leoness Cellars sells itself! Stunning property!) She really had a feel for me (my partner was unfortunately home with covid so I was facetiming him during the tour), our wants and needs. When she said "I want you guys to have the wedding of your dreams!" I really believed her.....more so than anyone else I met that day or during any other venue tour. After the tour we sat and went over the pricing, and never once did I feel any pressure from her. A few days later Melody informed me that she was leaving Leoness for personal family business and I have to say that it REALLY bummed me out. BUT she gave me her information and let me know that if there was anything she could do to help us to make our dream wedding come true she would do her best....again.....I TOTALLY BELIEVED HER! I kept in touch with her even though Deanna was our contact person from that point on. Deanna left a VERY bad taste in my mouth and lacks the connection and sincerity to be a good wedding coordinator. So much so that she completely ghosted us the day we were ready to sign the contract and pay the deposit! I reached out to Melody and she informed me that Deanna quit!!! SERIOUSLY?!?! I had no idea who to talk to at that point because we didn't want to lose the date for our wedding! Like a superhero swooping in to save the day, Melody told me not to worry and that she knew who was taking over and would make the call for us to ensure we would have the wedding of our dreams! (Are you seeing the theme here?!?) Melody bent over backwards for us to make things happen even though she was not longer working at Leoness Cellars! SHE LITERALLY SAVED OUR WEDDING! That is how much she genuinely cares about her clients!! She put us in contact with Ryan, who is picking up the mess that Deanna left and I have to say that so far he is doing a remarkable job! We canNOT wait to have our wedding there! To the Owner(s), CEO, COO and/or whoever else is in charge at Leoness Cellars: BRING MELODY MILLER BACK!!!! SHE IS AN ASSET TO YOUR BUSINESS!!!
Stephanie H.
Extremely Knowledgeable guide, great music, incredible wines. Christina was a wonderful host and gave us a great tour of the winery.
Zamunda Z.
The issue here is their food quality. I had a late lunch there yesterday a s dos not enjoy what was served at all. Their food did not have flavor. Their fries were soggy and overcooked as well as too much pepper. Theie signature caesar salad was brownish in color and texture. Whoever made it, drenched it in Ranch to the point were I could not eat it. Their baked bread was item we enjoyed. The rest of the meal was not as good as advertised. Price is high but not concerned. Just was hoping for a better experience. The servers were all great. The only bright spot here. Would not be going back to that restaurant. I recommend Ponte, Avensole and others, at least for the food part of it.
Da C.
For such a nice looking place the food was super dissapointing. Chicken I had was squishy and didn't taste right at all.
She D.
Love the winery and staff. The french fries are great however the restaurant/members patio offers very little choices for gluten-free. Also they are not very accommodating with special request such as heating up the turkey that is placed on a lettuce wrap. I wish they would consider offering a gluten-free bread and some more choices. I would recommend The Restaurant at Ponte. Almost the entire menu offers gluten-free choices or the food is naturally made gluten-free. The pizza is amazing and can also be made gluten-free.
Kare M.
Boyfriend and I went wine tasting this weekend and to 5 wineries. This one was my favorite! Jordan was the best, she made the experience amazing. She's so knowledgeable on the wines and has the best energy. We will be back and requesting for her :)
Kym S.
Love the location but the food is greasy and lacking freshness and flavor. Had the French Fries and Cod sandwich. Both were super greasy and cod sandwich lacked flavor. Chefs have changed multiple times and overall this winery is less appealing than before. Management does not listen to clients request for some type of chicken sandwich and/or a great taco on the menu. Caesar salad has a funky dressing.
Leoness has beautiful grounds and quite a large winery in general. It definitely can cater to the masses. Reservations are not required which was nice for a Saturday. We sat outside and had a beautiful view of the sunset. They also had live music which was a nice addition. The only ding they didn't have wine flights available it is limited availability and on the member terrace only. It would have been nice to get a dabble of their tastings before ordering a bottle. Oh well. Overall, a beautiful spot with views but does seem a bit more commercialized compared to the small winery charm.
Dale R.
Amazing food at Leoness Cellars Winery tonight! We had the pleasure of having great meal with incredible service from the entire staff including our server Amanda. The atmosphere is second to none. We've been many times but tonights meal was by far the best we've ever had. Thanks for the incredible food and service. We will be back for sure.
Richard T.
The wine is mid, but they charge top dollar. Only tried their reds and they were not impressive. Wife and I have been to many of wineries in area, Leoness has one of the nicer locations and ambiance but not a fan of their wines..
Ara K.
Bacon Parm Duck Fat Fries..... I will give up my entire family for those if I had to. Also the Bread Pudding, I want to curse someone's mother that's how good it was. The service by Amanda was top tier. Very friendly and funny. She is another reason we'll be going back! Thanks again AMANDA!
Dulce Perez-Spence
1 hour 25 min and they forgot about our table so no food....We were told the Chef was going to come talk to us, we saw him walk up to the door to the kitchen and turned around.Didn’t even give us a reason for only our table being skipped. He didn’t even give the us the courtesy of an explanation.Canceled our membership and wont be coming back.If you coming to Temecula Valley on vacation don’t come here it will ruin your Southern California experience.
The opportunity to join a membership only enhances the experience here. Such a great place to be!
The $35 charcuterie sucked. Been members for 16 years, considering finding a new winery
Went for dinner for two, we ordered Wild Kale Salad and I ordered the Leoness Signature Caesar Salad. Will say both were yummy nothing spectacular but very yummy. We also ordered Oven Roasted Bone Marrow which took a while to arrive. The Bone Marrow was beyond extremely salty it was like eating a spoon of salt. It was definitely something no human can eat. We informed our waitress we couldn't eat it and asked for a different one, she informed us they had no more. We ordered a bottle of wine with our dinner. As we were about to place our dinner order, our waitress informed us that they had no shrimp and no halibut? It made my husband and I question this restaurant, how such a white clothe restaurant runs out of so many main choices from the menu?? We both ordered the Cast Iron Prime Filet Mignon one rare and I ordered mine medium well. Once our dinner came the server clearly asked Rare? My husband responded me the server placed his plate in front of him and I was served the Medium Well. Being that, I am a very slow eater. By the time I took a third piece of my filet mignon. We both realized the server gave us each of the wrong Plate. By this time it my husband was almost done with his dinner. We both realized we made a big mistake coming in here for Dinner. when we informed the waitress, she giggled didn't apologize or bother to make it right in anyway. This dinner was definitely not worth $200!!! Sadly we will never go back nor will we recommend LEONESS to anyone. We are both now very eerie about Leoness, in what goes on in the back of that kitchen??? Sadly a waitress never bothered to make it right in any way, shape or form!
We came here to check out Leoness for our wedding venue and ended staying for lunch.....and WOW! So glad we did! The food was amazing! Highly recommend the lamb and the chicken!! Amanda P. gave us great service as well! And oh yeah....we ended up hiring Leoness for our wedding! I have to give a VERY special shoutout to an extraordinary person at Leoness....Melody Miller! When we first went to tour the vineyard for our wedding venue we were greeted by Melody and Deanna. Mind you this was our 3rd tour of the day and I had my fill of wedding coordinators trying to pitch us and convince us their vineyard was where we should have our wedding. Melody was different from the start! (And I'll say this....Leoness Cellars sells itself! Stunning property!) She really had a feel for me (my partner was unfortunately home with covid so I was facetiming him during the tour), our wants and needs. When she said "I want you guys to have the wedding of your dreams!" I really believed her.....more so than anyone else I met that day or during any other venue tour. After the tour we sat and went over the pricing, and never once did I feel any pressure from her. A few days later Melody informed me that she was leaving Leoness for personal family business and I have to say that it REALLY bummed me out. BUT she gave me her information and let me know that if there was anything she could do to help us to make our dream wedding come true she would do her best....again.....I TOTALLY BELIEVED HER! I kept in touch with her even though Deanna was our contact person from that point on. Deanna left a VERY bad taste in my mouth and lacks the connection and sincerity to be a good wedding coordinator. So much so that she completely ghosted us the day we were ready to sign the contract and pay the deposit! I reached out to Melody and she informed me that Deanna quit!!! SERIOUSLY?!?! I had no idea who to talk to at that point because we didn't want to lose the date for our wedding! Like a superhero swooping in to save the day, Melody told me not to worry and that she knew who was taking over and would make the call for us to ensure we would have the wedding of our dreams! (Are you seeing the theme here?!?) Melody bent over backwards for us to make things happen even though she was not longer working at Leoness Cellars! SHE LITERALLY SAVED OUR WEDDING! That is how much she genuinely cares about her clients!! She put us in contact with Ryan, who is picking up the mess that Deanna left and I have to say that so far he is doing a remarkable job! We canNOT wait to have our wedding there! To the Owner(s), CEO, COO and/or whoever else is in charge at Leoness Cellars: BRING MELODY MILLER BACK!!!! SHE IS AN ASSET TO YOUR BUSINESS!!!
Extremely Knowledgeable guide, great music, incredible wines. Christina was a wonderful host and gave us a great tour of the winery.
The issue here is their food quality. I had a late lunch there yesterday a s dos not enjoy what was served at all. Their food did not have flavor. Their fries were soggy and overcooked as well as too much pepper. Theie signature caesar salad was brownish in color and texture. Whoever made it, drenched it in Ranch to the point were I could not eat it. Their baked bread was item we enjoyed. The rest of the meal was not as good as advertised. Price is high but not concerned. Just was hoping for a better experience. The servers were all great. The only bright spot here. Would not be going back to that restaurant. I recommend Ponte, Avensole and others, at least for the food part of it.
For such a nice looking place the food was super dissapointing. Chicken I had was squishy and didn't taste right at all.
Love the winery and staff. The french fries are great however the restaurant/members patio offers very little choices for gluten-free. Also they are not very accommodating with special request such as heating up the turkey that is placed on a lettuce wrap. I wish they would consider offering a gluten-free bread and some more choices. I would recommend The Restaurant at Ponte. Almost the entire menu offers gluten-free choices or the food is naturally made gluten-free. The pizza is amazing and can also be made gluten-free.
Boyfriend and I went wine tasting this weekend and to 5 wineries. This one was my favorite! Jordan was the best, she made the experience amazing. She's so knowledgeable on the wines and has the best energy. We will be back and requesting for her :)
Love the location but the food is greasy and lacking freshness and flavor. Had the French Fries and Cod sandwich. Both were super greasy and cod sandwich lacked flavor. Chefs have changed multiple times and overall this winery is less appealing than before. Management does not listen to clients request for some type of chicken sandwich and/or a great taco on the menu. Caesar salad has a funky dressing.
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Leoness has beautiful grounds and quite a large winery in general. It definitely can cater to the masses. Reservations are not required which was nice for a Saturday. We sat outside and had a beautiful view of the sunset. They also had live music which was a nice addition. The only ding they didn't have wine flights available it is limited availability and on the member terrace only. It would have been nice to get a dabble of their tastings before ordering a bottle. Oh well. Overall, a beautiful spot with views but does seem a bit more commercialized compared to the small winery charm.
Amazing food at Leoness Cellars Winery tonight! We had the pleasure of having great meal with incredible service from the entire staff including our server Amanda. The atmosphere is second to none. We've been many times but tonights meal was by far the best we've ever had. Thanks for the incredible food and service. We will be back for sure.
The wine is mid, but they charge top dollar. Only tried their reds and they were not impressive. Wife and I have been to many of wineries in area, Leoness has one of the nicer locations and ambiance but not a fan of their wines..
Bacon Parm Duck Fat Fries..... I will give up my entire family for those if I had to. Also the Bread Pudding, I want to curse someone's mother that's how good it was. The service by Amanda was top tier. Very friendly and funny. She is another reason we'll be going back! Thanks again AMANDA!
1 hour 25 min and they forgot about our table so no food....We were told the Chef was going to come talk to us, we saw him walk up to the door to the kitchen and turned around.Didn’t even give us a reason for only our table being skipped. He didn’t even give the us the courtesy of an explanation.Canceled our membership and wont be coming back.If you coming to Temecula Valley on vacation don’t come here it will ruin your Southern California experience.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1