Is great environment, very relaxing if you just wanna hang out with family or friends. Delicious wine and also beer. The food is okay, the price for quality of food is too pricey. I’m sure is because of the location.
Although I did not try the menu here, I can tell you that the service at the bar is excellent to taste wines and a range of beers, the atmosphere is very cozy and you can do a series of photos with the iguanas on the bridge, I like to escape from the city , they are 45 minutes of travel that are worth, on another occasion, I'll tell you about the food.
Terrible !!! this place use to offer great ambience, courteous service and good food.
the ambience is still there, and so is the almost perfect service, but the food is absolutely disgusting !!!!!
It seems that menus have changed, and so has some of the staff, but the food is inedible.
my wife and I had the misfortune to go for brunch last Sunday, first thing we noticed was that the brunch menu had changed, so we ordered from the new so called "menu".
as soon as the first course arrived, 20 minutes after, we new we had a problem, what we ordered and what was described in the menu, had nothing to do with what was delivered to the table, and whatever we were served was inedible, and actually disgusting.
second course, I was brought something totally different to what I ordered, so I decided to say something and I was told that it will be right up, well 30 minutes later the coldest eggs, imaginable, was delivered.
so again I said something, and 20 minutes later someone brought some luke warm eggs over a piece of bread, and nothing but, so I just gave up.
Now the icing on the cake is when the so called "Chef" comes out and starts yelling at the employees.
Either this guy has been watching to much TV and thinks of himself as Ramsey( sorry chef Ramsey) or he is totally clueless, maybe instead of yelling at the employees he should be worried about the garbage that is coming out of his kitchen.
Do yourself a favor and stay away from this place.
Although a lengthy drive to get there, the ambiance of the location is amazing. The winery and brewery each have its uniqueness. The best thing is Friday/Saturday night show with the live band which always does a great job in providing a fun atmosphere.
My food came out cold. The sever was not attentive. The wait was unbelievable I was seated for a full hour before food got to my table. Entrees came before appetizers. Not worth the price. The wine tasting is amazing complete 180 from the restaurant.
Overall, I think this place relies on it's beautiful scenery and the fact that they are the "only show in town" so to speak. We had reservations but still had to wait about 15 minutes to be seated. Our server was courteous and attentive once she got to our table after about another 15 minutes. We asked if we could walk around the grounds while we waited, and the hostess said we would run the risk of loosing our table because they are full of people waiting. But we had reservations! Didn't matter. Seemed pretty dumb to me. The food was delicious, so a big thumbs up for that. The bouncers were rude and arrogant, and the hostess acted more like we should be happy to be there than she was happy to have us. It was after 8:00 PM but still over 80 degrees inside. So it just got to uncomfortable to really take our time. There is really no serious competition for this place so I don't see any incentive for them to improve. The people keep coming, regardless. It is what it is: great food, very picturesque, generally unfriendly, disinterested staff with unsatisfactory air conditioning. I'm not saying don't come. I'm just saying manage your expectations. They could do better if they really wanted to but it doesn't seem like they need to, and they know that.
A must stop for everyone who wants to challenge their pallets to unique and exotic blends of local fruits made into wines. A tasting of your choice of 5 wines with a beautiful souvenir glass is only $12.95. My favorites were Guava, Cat 2 Hurricane Red, and Avovino. Michael was our wine presenter; personable and knowledgeable, he made the tasting a fun and informative experience. It didn't hurt that he was cute either. We did the tour for $8.00 each with Michael as our guide.
Again a great time and I must comment on the pristine condition of the grounds and manufacturing areas. We also met Mr Schnebly, the owner, who was gracious and very down to earth.
Had a company event here, and enjoyed ourselves. Expected more grape based wines, but liked the complexity and difference of what they make locally. Don't skip Miami Brewing in the back.
My boyfriend and I walked into the winery at 4:33 PM on a Monday due to traffic in the area. We had just come from another area attraction and were hoping for a tasting. Absolutely no one greeted us or offered to help us, even as we stood by the host's stand. We looked around and walked over to the bar, where we still were not assisted. A male and female staff member were helping other customers, but there were at least two other employees just sitting at a table in the corner and another in an office wearing what would term not a friendly-looking face.
After we stood there for what seemed to be eternity without anyone saying anything to us, the female employee said to Jorge (the person who eventually helped), "What time do we close today?" He responded 5 PM. She then said, "And isn't last call 4:30 PM?" At least four different staff members had stared at us, given us ugly looks, and just plain ignored us at that point. This included what looked like the manager in an office near the register for the gift shop.
My point in writing this is the fact that we had taken time out of our vacation to come to this winery. To be ignored and then have some snide, rude comments made by employees about us arriving a few minutes late is ridiculous. All we wanted to do was to do a quick tasting. Eventually Jorge came over and placed a few glasses down near us while quickly shoving pieces of paper at us to pick out wines. He continually just quickly served us with a few terse sentences, then went back over to another couple on the other side of the bar. He focused his attention on them. It seemed odd that no one else would help us despite the fact that soon there were four employees standing and sitting in the same corner on their phones.
In conclusion, don't expect to get good service here if you happen to be a few minutes late. Don't even expect to be told to your face that serving time is over. Expect to get rude looks and to be ignored nearly the entire time. If it had been my choice, I would not have given anyone a tip and we would not have bought any wine. We had driven all the way over to the winery from the Everglades Alligator Farm, so we figured we might as well get something while we were there.