Red Door Wine Market

I was excited to go out with friends on a Friday night to this place, but perhaps my friends and I just aren't fancy enough.  Note the small sarcastic note there.

The menu is certainly eccentric and we ended up not eating. The tables are tiny for four people and it's not exactly a good place to go and sit outside in the evenings. Sure - ambience and such, but the mosquitoes in summer make that impossible to enjoy. They have a small citronella candle that doesn't do any good on the tables, and ours broke pretty quickly. They don't have regular soda, but I tried a grape soda I enjoyed well, even though ice isn't provided.  My friends tried the Orange beer, which they enjoyed quite a bit. They have flavorful drinks and wines as well as a nice presentation.

The worst thing was the service. It was hard to get anyone's attention, we had different servers for different assistance since one wouldn't stay around to be dependable enough, and they really weren't that friendly.

I love sitting outdoors with music but I could barely hear it here, and the only thing we kept noticing and laughing about is it's by an apartment buildign with the windows open where we saw a guy working out. The place is cute and small but there is no room to sit inside if it's busy, so bearing the heat and mosquitoes is the only option.

We stopped by for a delightful late lunch. The restaurant is in a charming bungalow across the street from the Polk Museum.

We started off with the hummus plate. The hummus was really tasty, but the pita bread did not seem fresh. My husband had the chicken and waffles sandwich and loved it. I had the caprese press. It was good, but the balsamic reduction made the bread soggy by the end of the meal. I was happy with the meal and will go back.

have to agree with above reviewer. very odd way to treat customers. arrived one evening to an almost empty patio, attempted to move a table slightly so it wasn't in the sun. was told in a loud voice not to move it, it was reserved. no signs on it. no one ever showed up to sit there the whole time we were there. ordered pizza with no goat cheese, got goat cheese. sent it back. it still showed up on the bill. they did take it off when it was pointed out. had been there a few other times with other peculiar experiences involving availabilty of items on menu, no substitutes or apologies offered.  too bad, we were excited about a place like this in lakeland, but i think we're done. also rather expensive food for what you get.
service was great aside from order error.