Laura Missett

Review of 13.5% WIne Bar

I've been here before and wasn't a huge fan, but t...

I've been here before and wasn't a huge fan, but they changed the menu so my wife and I decided to give it another try. The chairs are really fun and funky. We sat at orange swivel chairs straight out of the seventies. The wine and alcohol menu is extensive and the food all sounds good.

We made the mistake of ordering the pickle flight thinking we were getting different kinds of cucumber pickles, but if you keep reading it is pickled stuff (cauliflower, green beans, onions, mushrooms). You have been warned. We ordered Gazpacho and Seared Tuna. I got a flight of wine, which is a cool concept, of sparkling wines. My wife got lemonade. The tuna was really good. Soft, rare, perfectly tender and seared. The sauce was also tasty. The Gazpacho had issues. The shrimp wasn't cooked all the way through at the tip, it tasted bland, and I found a fruit/veggie sticker in mine. The wait staff was apologetic and offered to get us a new one, but at this point we decided to leave and eat somewhere else. They took the Gazpacho off of our check but offered no additional compensation or drinks or anything. Which is totally their prerogative and not required, but if I was serving fancy cold soup in a high-end restaurant I'd be really embarrassed by serving someone a sticker.

This meal cost us about $48 with tip. We went and got real dinner at Frazier's for $37. This really should be 2.5 stars, but the staff was friendly, the place looks really cool, and I got to sit in an orange swivel chair. This place needs another new menu.