Vines Grill & Wine Bar

09/06/09

Poor service

by Jillie at Citysearch

We went for Magical Dining month dinner. How very disappointed we were. The wait staff gave the impression that they were doing us the favor by serving us. No server ever introduced themselves to us. They kind of threw the bread on the table never explaining what was the red sauce that came with. (It was red pepper jam because I finally asked.) The portions were so small, honestly, and we are not big eaters. The food was OK but no one ever checked in with us to see how our food was or if our steaks were down correctly. We waited about 40 minutes for them to finally bring our desserts. Our evening dinner took 2 1/2 hours. You can listen to the jazz band playing in the bar but they only played for 30 minutes out of every hour. (Nice gig if you can get it.) We will never go back to Vines again. There are so many great restaurants in the area that we will not waste our time and money on a restaurant that is expensive, small portions and unattentive servers.

• Pros: Food OK
• Cons: Terrible service, small portions

12/16/08

WHAT A SHAME-NASTY FOOD-GROSS WAITRESSES-LOUD-OVERPRICED

by KingSamir at Citysearch

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY...The food is cold and tasteless. The service is horrible, the girls are flirty and crude to get their tips & deliver awful service....Very Rude to my wife. I think they hire from a street corner. The management is rude too when you return food for being cold. Prices are way over priced for the quality. What a shame, they will go down fast...No one I know is returning. It will take a while for people to realize how overated Vines made themselves out to be. Bye Bye Vines...your off our list of places to dine!!!!! Do us a favor and close up now so there can be an elegant & charming place in the Fountains.

• Pros: NONE
• Cons: FOOD-SERVICE

12/14/08

Great Atmosphere Forgetable food

by FLSawbonz at Citysearch

We live locally and had stopped frequently at the old location to have a drink and listen to the jazz. They moved into a larger venue just a few doors away. The decor and atmosphere are top rate. Service is very good. Prices are very high with few entrees under $30 and salads/sides are all al la carte above that (menu can be seen online, but site won't let me link it). I had Caesar Salad and Chilean Sea Bass. I have to say it was the worst Caesar I ever had (bland dressing) and though the fish was cooked well I didn't care for the risotto. I thought for $38 I might get more than 2 asparagus. My wife had the Vines salad and liked it. She got the fried shrimp and thought it was dry and overcooked. Maybe we should have gotten steaks. I think we will stick to drinks and jazz in the future and eat somewhere else.

• Pros: atmosphere
• Cons: food

04/11/08

Over priced and LOUD!

by Easygoin at Citysearch

My husband and I went for a romantic dinner with some live jazz, what we got was over priced food and loud banging on the piano. It all sounds good on paper but in reality It was not good. The food was salty and soooo overpriced. I can't say it enough. Beware, the menu looks great but does not taste great. Will not recommend to anyone. Besides there are so many other great restaurants to choose from, do yourself a favor and go somewhere else. Do not even attempt it, unless you have money to throw away.

• Pros: Good Service
• Cons: Bad food and too loud

01/06/07

Dont go there!!

by coccochanel at Citysearch

We wanted a night out!!!but what we got was cold lobster and steak.. an overpriced bill!!!

Not Good..for the price :)

• Pros: Atmosphere
• Cons: Food,overpriced loud annoying band

06/11/06

Awful Jazz Band noise

by tscovill at Citysearch

What a shame. Such good food but drowned out by the mediocre jazz band. Do I really want to hear a drum solo while I'm enjoying an excellent glass of wine and a succulant steak. Wouldn't I rather share in some good conversation with my dining companions, if for no other reason than to share comments on the food. It is absolutely impossible to carry on a conversation even in the back room.

A jazz pianist would suffice or unplug them, but really, a drum solo, c'mon. You would have had at least another $100 in deserts and after dinner drinks were it not for the 'noise". This is an affront to the chef and the waitstaff.

• Pros: good food
• Cons: Lousy ambience, jazz or food. don't ruin the food with the loud j

02/13/06

Disappointment

by micdanno at Citysearch

My wife and I went to Vines anticipating a romantic night out, with Jazz, great food, and excellent service. What we received was far from that. We were seated at a cocktail table right next to the drummer, and the staff refused to move us to an available booth, even though we had reservations. It just went downhill from there. The service was awful, we had to get our own silverware from another table, as we could not find someone to help us. The food was not prepared as requested, and when brought to the attention of the staff they did little to address the issue. In short this was one of the worst dinning exp's we have ever had and we truely are not difficult people to make happy.

• Pros: Good music, available parking
• Cons: Bad service, Food over priced, Bad service

07/09/05

DON'T GO THERE!

by nhelyer at Citysearch

Worst dining experience in 15 years. The service and management quality of this restaurant makes the worst Denny's look like service utopia. Many entrees are around $40, so for Orlando, it's high priced. That can be OK though, if the experience matches the pricing. We had a table of 8 - all evening, everyone had to aggressively flag down wait staff for replacement drinks. 2 entrees were delivered wrong, which is OK in principle. But no wait staff or management came to the table for the next 20 minutes - those with food had completely finished, and still nothing from wait staff or management. Eventually, I had to go searching for the manager, who became immediately argumentative. It goes on and on. So - if you don't fancy the feelings that come with very high prices and the worst service in the catering industry, DON'T GO THERE.