The Vines

Have always loved it here, from dine in to take out. Vines has looked after us for years. Awesome food choice, quality and portion. Their known for their dinners, but they have amazing breakfasts as well. How about this? Stop reading my review and order something for yourself. You'll be glad you did.

Amazing food and drink, friendly staff. They opened the upstairs dining for us early and it made the first half of our date night feel a little more private and intimate having the entire room to ourselves for about a half hour. Not over-priced, but a little more than the average restaurant, however, the quality of food and service is worth the few extra dollars.

Here is where I struggled with this. I really wanted to like this dinner as it was to celebrate two birthdays and mothers Day. I'll do this in two parts. I'll start with my positive. The server was top notch. Very personable, very attentive, very informative and just made the experience great. Everyone at our table commented on how great he was and how he enhanced the experience. Sadly my meal was sub par and I wouldn't even have given it a three star rating. I'd ordered Cajun fettuccine as I was excited for the chicken and sausage combo. I portion my food at home so would estimate that there was about an ounce of chicken breast in the whole dish (this was made up of 4 small bite size pieces of chicken). There was about 6 pieces of sausage to compliment the 4 pieces of chicken. The noodles that came were penne noodles and not fettuccine noodles. The serving size would have been adaquate for a ten year old and for $23.00 this fish just fell way short. Based on the service I'd say it's a great experience however based on the meal and the quality of the meal I'll stay home next time and just add some seasoning to a can of my kids canned ravioli. As for all my reviews this is my experience. You may find it very different from mine and that's ok. Lots really like the place and it's been around for many years. I wish them continued success.

My husband and I went to the Vines for our anniversary dinner. The service was great. We were seated promptly and the server was pleasant and friendly. We shared mussels for an appetizer. They were plain, but fresh and good. My main course of flambed scallops and shrimp was excellent. They were cooked perfectly and they were served on a bed of perfect el dente pasta. My husband really enjoyed his chicken parmigiana . We both ordered Caesar salad, because the last time we were there, it was really good. One of the best I’ve had. This time it was disappointing. The lettuce was not fresh. It was browned around the edges, the croutons, parmesan and bacon bits were obviously prepackaged. There is no way this was an ‘award winning’ salad as was promoted on the menu. I did complain to the server who apologized and said she would tell the kitchen, but nothing else was done. Hopefully this menu item will improve in the future.

I was there with my family on Mother's Day, a table of 8. We were told at the time we placed the reservation there would be brunch as well as regular menu. The only option we had was an 8 option menu that we could choose one item from, whether it be fried chicken and waffles to an omelet. There was no open brunch set up nor regular menu. It took us over an hour to get our food. The sausage was missing on one plate once received it was burned on the plates of both people that ordered it. Three of us order chicken and waffles, they were all overcooked and dry with a battered rock hard, another ordered an omelet which was burned on the bottom. When brought to the attention of our server the food that was not prepared properly was replaces, even though some of declined to have the food replaced and opted just to finish our fries and waffles we were told they would bring it anyway and we didn't have to eat it if we didn't want to. The omelet was replaced and again burned underneath. Whole wheat toast was not available nor could we get an English muffin that wasn't buttered. The icing on the cake if you will..... the server was inappropriate in his handling of the service to our group, with all of the mistakes, the poorly prepared food etc we barely received an apology. Over $300 spent on breakfast and over 2 hours to do it. First time at this establishment and probably won't return.