Mio Vino Wine Bar & Bistro Reviews | Altamont Restaurants & Bars

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Stopped in with the family this past Sunday for brunch (offered on Sundays from 10 am to 3 pm). We ordered the veg omelet, bacon omelet, french toast and pancakes. All of the food was delicious. We really enjoyed it.

The service was great as well. Very attentive and responsive.

As for atmosphere, it's hard to imagine what the place is like for dinner or for hanging out at the bar, since we've only been the one time for Sunday brunch. For a Sunday brunch, the place feels a bit dark and claustrophobic. But I guess that's not what the place was primarily designed for.

Only advice for the owner/manager would be to give some thought to the music being played. It's a bit intrusive and all over the place with every song seemingly from a different genre. And, the speakers out front blaring music were almost enough to turn us away -- made us wonder what we were going to encounter inside.

Overall, enjoyed the experience. An unexpected and welcome surprise in Altamont.

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Posted on 08.07.13 L G.

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Dined there last evening with friends. We live in Clifton Park so it was a bit of a haul to get there. Cozy place with upscale decor, bar area and open kitchen. Decent wine list priced reasonably. Food came out nicely presented. I had mussels as an app. Good but not exceptional. I ordered a pesto pizza and asked to have grilled chicken added which is an option at a $2 up charge. Pizza came without the chicken. Our waitress explained that my pizza was mistakenly delivered to another table. The manager was very apologetic and offered to buy me an after dinner drink which was nice. The wood fired pizza was just ok. The dough was thick and chewy. There was an over abundance of cheese as well. Think Boboli and you'll get the idea. I prefer thin and crispy wood fired pizza. This was too heavy. The other diners looked very nice and my wife and friends enjoyed their meals. Service was fine but our waitress was inexperienced. Overall a good meal at a very nice place. A bit too far for me to travel so I won't go back. Many other places on par much closer to home.

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Posted on 07.28.12 Mike I.

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First off, this place is a God send for Altamont! Atmosphere is great. My wife and I ordered off the standard menu...not the pub. We were first presented with a butter poached radish, compliments of the chef. It was excellent and I otherwise don't like radishes! They then served warm flatbread with olive oil and balsamic wine vinegar for dipping....always a favorite! We both had the Buttercup Squash Soup which was excellent. My wife had the ravioli which came beautifully presented. She did think that they would have been a bit better had they maybe been in a light cream sauce of some type. I had the gnocchi dish which was very filling and quite good.

There is a pretty good wine list. We had a nice bottle of Tempranillo. Our waitress was young and not well versed in serving a bottle of wine. She never presented the bottle to me to ensure it was the appropriate wine. She mangled the capsule and then was having great difficulty in getting the cork out as she tried to muscle it. I took over and showed her how to properly use the corkscrew. She was very pleasant and apologetic. She poured a tasting from the bottle to both my wife and I rather than just me. I only share this in case you are a wine snob...you might be offended. My wife and I were not offended but just surprised that a wine bar would not absolutely make sure their waitstaff knew proper wine etiquette.

We didn't have dessert as we had a plethora of Christmas cookies awaiting at home and we were actually pretty full. All said, our bill was about $90 with the tip. It seemed a bit steep to us for a soup, couple of pasta based dishes and a $20 bottle of wine. Don't get me wrong we don't have a problem laying out $200+ for a nice dinner and wine.

We will definitely be back to check out their pub fare which sounded great on the menu! Their desserts also sounded scrumptious! I think this place will be a great spot for casual bar sitting. They were very busy for a Wednesday night and I hope they do well. This area is lacking restaurant variety of any substantial quality. Overall, I'm a fan!

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Posted on 12.29.11 Jonathan G.