Gervais & Vine

Pro’s:
— Great service. Our waitress was knowledgeable and friendly.
— The scallops. OMG THE SCALLOPS. They were something out of one of those fancy, pretentious Netflix cooking shows. Highly recommended.
Con’s:
— The cheese plate had a good selection of nuts, grapes, etc. but the actual cheeses on the plate could have been better. They had a marinated parmesan which was really good, but the blue and goat were meh.
Overall, I’d recommend it. Especially as a date spot.

Great wine selection and tapas. Their brie with toasted almond and mango chutney, egg plant fries are to die for.

Had a really nice time here. The gambas were amazing but the Moroccan pork was my favorite for sure.

My husband I went to Gervais and Vine to grab a glass of wine but ended up being blown away by the service and food! We split a bottle of the Penfold’s Cab Sav and split the cheese, wine and chocolate plate, Brussels sprouts and hummus. Everything was very delicious! Our waitress Denise was so helpful, friendly and knowledgeable about the menu and wine list! We were very impressed and will definitely be back!

This place is great. The wine and food are delicious. The wait staff is knowledgeable about their wine and will make suggestions.

Amazing. I come from Texas and enjoy this place twice a year. Beef entries are amazing. Gampas is the best. Amazing service.

I went on a Wednesday which is when they have live music and wine tasting. The live music, wine, and food were all great. The jumbo sea scallops with three sauces were delicious, and the goat cheese spread was my favorite followed by the she crab spread. I also tried the lime jalapeño margarita and was pleasantly surprised by the pineapple in it. Our waitress was attentive and the back room is very cozy and romantic.
The only issue was the group that was seated near us. They were so incredibly loud I couldn’t hear our waitress or my boyfriend. Several times we had to stop what we were saying and wait for the group to stop shouting and laughing before we could continue our conversation. I was really looking forward to the professional crowd and atmosphere I have always heard about here, but these people were acting like they were in a rowdy college bar.

Great date night spot. We tried a few of the tapas which were decent. My husband was still hungry after sharing 4 plates. It was nice for a couple glasses of wine then we moved on to the next place.

Decent food, decent prices, decent service, nice ambience, ideal location, but nothing knock-​your-​socks-​off memorable or amazing. This place is tapas style and I guess I expected actual Spanish tapas. Nothing wrong with what was on the menu, it just wasn’t an authentic tapas experience. The wine selection was good and I liked the professional crowd. I’d say this is a good place to meet up for a work-​related dinner.

The menu had so many must try items and I may have gone a bit overboard… but it was worth it. We started with a trio of the dips and chose:
Spinach artichoke-​hands down the best I have ever tried. There was an extra creaminess to it and had the perfect balance of ingredients– easy to scope but not runny. My favorite of the trio
Almond Brie-​incredible as well. The almond added an extra sweetness to the cheese that made it feel more like a dessert but not so overdone that I couldn’t justify eating it as an app
Hummus-​I know, sounds boring. But it was so so fresh and if it wasn’t homemade then they definitely fooled me. Only downside is it was a little heavy on the oil for my taste, but others may prefer that.
Then we proceeded to order the bruschetta, which was a plate of two medium size slices of toasted baguette covered with a heaping of one of my favorite types of tomato dishes. We finished things off with the salmon, which wasn’t particularly seasoned, but was so fresh and cooked just the right amount that I didn’t even need the sauce they served with it on the side. I told you we went overboard and we probably could have stopped with the trio, it was so filling, but I certainly have no regrets because everything was phenomenal.

Well since the change of ownership a couple years back I’ve heard nothing good. So I decided to give it a try. Well the menu has not changed but the quality has definitely gone down hill. Sorry but it’s just not the same. Go elsewhere. Enough said.

Greatness, Goodness, Excellent Service, Cleaniness… hubby and I enjoyed to the fullest, we will be returning. No need to write a long review! A wonderful find close to home…

This is the perfect place for a nice adult evening on the town. The food menu is superb. It is so much fun to order several small plates and share. We had the cheese plate — the manchego cheese is not to be missed. We had the shrimp and scallops tapas. They were perfectly prepared. The wine menu has a nice mix of selections and the martini menu is also interesting. A very fun and interesting place for dinner, especially when you enjoy tasting many dishes.

I have been to this restaurant three times. The food and wine were excellent the two times I stayed. Service is among the worst I have found in Columbia. For that reason, I left on my third visit deciding to eat at Cellar on Greene instead were service is always great.
On my first visit, the hostess was irritated and shot me a snotty look when I asked for our table to be wiped down before sitting. During my final visit, we sat at the bar for nearly 10 minutes waiting to be served before leaving.

Dined here on a Friday night. We made reservations which was nice because the place is quite small, a lot smaller than we expected. We were sat in a small room in the back against the wall which gave us some privacy but for a tapas place the table was very small. You would think when needing to accommodate 5 – 6 plates at one time that they would select larger ones.
We started with the bruschetta which was really good. Two large pieces of French bread topped with a lot of tomatoes and a thick balsamic vinegar. We then had the olive plate which I loved, but I never met an olive I didn’t like so maybe that’s just me. We then had the Moorish pork kabobs with gorgonzola fondue for dipping; warm almond brie with mango chutney; gambas (spicy shrimp with roma tomatoes, sherry, bacon & garlic); and the garlic-​parmesan fries with spicy aioli. We also ordered the petite filet mignon but our waitress never brought it out and we were full so we told her to just forget it. Overall our food was delicious and filling. With those 5 plates (olive plate doesn’t count) we were SO full. Plenty of food for two.
The service was great; our waitress was so nice and knowledgeable and made great recommendations.
We paired the meal with a delicious Malbec, unfortunately we saw that same bottle of wine at Publix the next day which was kind of bummer considering we paid I think $ 36 and it was at Publix for $ 12. That’s the name of the game I guess.
We thought the prices were more than fair, our meal only came to $ 90 (pre-​tax) for everything. The low-​lighting made for a romantic atmosphere and we will definitely be back!

Great experience. This place came highly recommended and did not disappoint. I tried the goat cheese, which was amazing, followed by the marinated olives, which were excellent. The meatballs were good and the Sicilian pizza was great. Great atmosphere, great service, great menu, great food. Definitely coming back here.

It sincerely distresses me to write a review giving Gervais & Vine anything less than 5 stars. My husband and I have been going here regularly for at least 6 years. We LOVE the food and atmosphere, and in all times past, the service.
Tonight we went in for dinner, with a reservation, and were taken into the back room to be seated. The hostess asked if the table was okay, and my husband asked if it would be possible for us to sit in the front part of the restaurant. This was met with an undisguised eye roll and sigh that was loud enough for me to ask, «Is that a problem?» The hostess responded, in a clearly mocking tone, «No problem at all.»
She proceeded to seat us only one table away from the hostess stand (which was fine) and then discuss my response to her eye roll and sigh, quite loudly, with the other staff (which was NOT fine). This was all done loudly enough that my husband then asked the server, who was included in the hostess stand conversation, if our seating was a problem.
Initially, I took this quite personally, but as we sat and continued with our meal, I saw this process repeated with at least half of the customers that were seated. Eye rolls, loud discussion among the staff nearly mocking the patrons, and general attitude of annoyance from the staff.
We have never left the restaurant without ordering at least one bottle of wine, several orders of tapas, and at least two desserts. I was so uncomfortable by the end of our meal that we opted to head to Kaminsky’s for after dinner drinks and dessert. (Which, by the way, was FANTASTIC!)
It just generally seems that all of the employees hate their jobs and that all of the customers are a bother. So disappointed that the service has, seemingly, gone so far downhill at a restaurant with fantastic food and great ambiance.

I really and truly had an open mind and wanted so much to really love this place. I’ve been wanting to come here for a while. However, I hate to admit… but I was kinda disappointed.
Our waiter was really nice and very attentive. I wish I could just give him 5 stars. Our appetizer, which was the Costa Brava, was very good. I was excited to be off to such a good start.
The tapas that we ordered, Beef Paillardes and Catfish (it was one of the specials) was pretty disappointing… They were both about 3 stars. But the Eggplant Fries, were soggy and not very good at all.
Because I was still hungry not eating much of the other we ordered some Fingerling Potatoes. They were pretty good. I wish we had ordered them instead of the Eggplant Fries.
Overall, I’d like to give them 3 ½ stars. But since I can’t, I have to just go with the 3 stars. Definitely not worth a 4 star.
I hate to say this, but I doubt we will ever go back.

I had been coming here for years and usually have a very good experience. I’ve recommended it to several friends. Today (10÷9÷2014) at lunch was the worst experience I had ever had there. I would give it one star if the food I ordered was awful. However, the tasty salmon burger and Parmesan fries are the ONLY things keeping this from being a one star review.
I arrived and there was a party of 8, however they were already in the process of having their meal served to them. I placed my order and waited and waited and waited. Did I mention I waited? By this time, other diners had come to the restaurant and were seated and ordered. The place was nowhere near being packed, mind you.
As I continued to wait, a 4-​top, 3-​top, and 2-​top (all arriving after me) had already been served. The 8-​top that was having food delivered to their table had long since finished eating and had left. The only table besides mine that hadn’t been served their lunch was a 3-​top that arrived much later than me.
I think my server was avoiding me since he rarely came to check on me or when he did, would assure me that my salmon burger was on the way. At this rate, I’m thinking that my salmon is still on a boat off the coast of Alaska.
So the food finally appears AFTER ONE HOUR. And the salmon burger is piping hot, so it was comforting to know that it had just been cooked and hadn’t been sitting on a counter for 45 minutes, however, this means that somehow my order was the next to the last put in with the kitchen. I normally take photos of my food so I can post them to Unilocal,but given the serious rumbling in my stomach, the primal urge to feed took over.
My server was completely oblivious to the fact that I had been clearly waiting and inexcusably long time. I think he may have been high or had a NyQuil hangover since I didn’t get the sense he was ‘all there’ today.
Needless to say, Gervais and Vine is one of my favorite places for happy hour with girlfriends or for a low key lunch, however today’s experience greatly disappointed me.

I have had really great food here and I have had food that wasn’t good at all. The servers here are really nice but, I don’t think this place is consistent like maybe this place has changed hands or something. We will have to come back for dinner and give it another go. My friends say they mostly prefer to come here for dinner as the lunch is just okay.