Wine Cellar and Bistro

We ate here tonight after my sister's graduation, and out of the eight people in our party, the majority had a good experience.

First off, our server was really sweet and was quite knowledgable about the food and wine. However, the service itself was hit and miss. We had some empty water glasses for a while. But on the other hand, when we had an issue with one of our cocktails, she gladly removed it from our bill.

As for the food, it was mostly good. My husband and I split the Shiitake Mushrooms 3 Ways, which was a custard, a pate and a ceviche. They were so different but went together perfectly. The pate was extremely savory with garlic and onion, and the custard and ceviche actually worked best when it was eaten together.

I ordered a couple of small plates for my meal - the beef tips in a sherry cream and the coconut curry scallops. Beef tips were great. The sauce was really great. Exactly what you'd want in a cream sauce. The scallops were cooked perfectly, but the sauce was overpowering. If you are on the fence about curry, I don't know if this would be the dish for you.

My husband had the duck, and he loved it.

Would have loved to try their dessert menu, but we brought in our own graduation cake. Maybe next time, since I'm sure we'll be back.

Food is very good BUT don't order the "featured" wine. Instead of their normal markup, you will be paying twice as much or four times retail cost.  Their featured wine is a ripoff!

My second time at the Wine Cellar & Bistro didn't quite deliver - was expecting a repeat of an amazing visit about a year and a half ago and it was fine this time but not quite as unique/special the second time around.  Great wine list but overpriced entrees.  We only had two glasses of wine for the entire table and our bill was over $200 for a party of four.  If the food would have been over the top wonderful or if our waiter would have paid attention to us AT ALL it wouldn't have bothered me at that price point but ..... meha - probably not going back soon.   Oh, well, I sort of lied, our waiter DID pay a lot of attention to us (too much and somewhat intrusive into our table conversation) for the last five minutes before he brought us our check.  Where in the "restaurant employee handbook" does it say to neglect your guests/patrons for 2 hours and then get all gushy friendly for the last 5 minutes to work up a good gratuity?

Anyway, good enough for a three star!