The Wine Bistro

We went here on a whim Saturday night. Whim = me driving down High St. and shouting "Ooo, wine bistro!!!".

We got super lucky, we wandered in without a reservation and snagged the last table. Then we settled in for a heavenly meal. We both got wine flights; I got the "Diamonds in the rough" and he got "Baby got blends"... and we were both pleased. Then we stared at the menu and ordered via whim (again). By far, our favorite things were the olive hummus in the hummus trio. We fought over it. And the chocolate pot de creme for dessert was sinfully good. Our server, Lexie (sp?), was awesome... she made great recommendations and was all-around fabulous.

On a whim or not, We will definitely come back here.

The best wine bistro location, just because it takes two minutes for me to get there. Finally one great hang out spot in Clintonville area. If only they would extend their hours into late midnight.

I also happen to believe that you can judge a quality of a restaurant from its restroom. Based solely on that factor, they are a winner! Probably one of the best, most well-thought, spacious restroom in Columbus, lol.

I have seen places with more wine collection, but I think this place covers the basic. Not a wine lovers, so I won't talk much about it. There are $8 corking fee nonetheless, so I thought that was a bummer considering the server had a super rough time opening our bottle and one of us had to help her.

But, a great addition to Clintonville list of restaurants.

I will probably come here again because the ambiance is really nice and the menu looked really nice.  However, I wasn't super impressed with the wine selection and it would be nice if they had more flight selections.  The price per glass was on the high side but not ridiculous, ditto for the food.  Really the only travesty to me was that there is an $8 corking fee for bottles!  That is just ridiculous in my opinion since your only options are glasses on the menu.

For real wine lovers I would say House Wine or Spagio's wine room are better options but for a glass of wine and dinner, this is a nice place.