Winewood gets 3.5 stars from me overall, but I’ll bump it to 4 as I think it has lots of potential. We were on our way to an adjacent restaurant for dinner at 9:30 on Thursday night when we heard live jazz & lots of patrons chattering away here at Winewood, we saw the strings of white lights adorning the patio space & decided to check it out! As we got closer, we saw rows & rows of wine bottles on shelves mounted to the outside of the building, which appears to have once been a small brick home. We looked for signage with this place’s name on it so we could look it up, but could find none. They had a menu clipped to a music stand near the front entrance, and everything looked very reasonably priced. Just inside there are a few tables with candles on them and lots of shelves, boxes and crates filled with bottles of wine, and a smallish bar area at the back. Since we were looking for food & a good bottle of wine on this night, we were immediately hooked and decided to stay! We asked to sit on the patio area next to the restaurant; They had nothing immediately available, but invited us to sit on a modern looking L shaped couch on the front lawn and peruse the wine list, and would call us when ready. Our initial giddiness about finding this place faded a bit during the course of the meal. As with every restaurant, this place has its high and low points. Strong Points: — Extensive wine list, with many reasonably priced bottles considering restaurants’ usual markup vs. retail. — Solid menu with everything from appetizers and small plates to entrees. — Prices are quite reasonable for most everything. We ordered an appetizer plate with 4 types of cheese, olives and prosciutto, which came with olive oil, a tomato purée dip and a basket of small rolls. To be frank, there was so much food on this plate alone that it was almost a meal for both of us! That said, the price was only $ 15. For our entrée we ordered the skirt steak with mashed potatoes and chimichurri to share. It was very good, really flavorful and was priced at $ 19. We got a side of spinach which was $ 5. — The clientele is a good mix with many twenty and thirty somethings on this night, and a handful of older folks as well. — The live jazz band(guitar/lead vocals, bass and drums) was really good and added to the ambiance. The music they played during their breaks was a bit slow, however, and nearly put us to sleep. Weaker Points: — Service really needs work! When we first arrived and went inside and asked if we could get a patio table, both staff said yes, then kind of walked out and abandoned us. Though our food was delivered in good time, I don’t recall anyone checking on us during the course of the meal. We had to flag someone down to ask for menus after our appetizer so we could select an entrée, we had to flag someone down to order the entrée, and when we asked for the remainder of our cheese and prosciutto plate to be placed in a «to go» container, the woman put the foam container on an adjacent table, took my dining companion’s dirty fork, messily scrapped everything into the container, then gave his dirty fork back to him along with the«take home» container. Each time our wine glasses were emptied we had to refill them ourselves, and my empty water glass was never refilled all night. When we explained we’d be splitting the entrée and asked for plates, they brought us 1 clean plate, rather than 2. Service just lacked polish overall, in a big way. — At least 2 servers had such limited English that I was unable to easily communicate with them, even for basic things. — The service staff here don’t seem to be assigned tables or a section of tables. We quite literally ordered or asked for different things from at least 4 different service staff. This means that no 1 person has«ownership» of a specific table or area, and it showed. — They delivered a «spicy olive oil». Another server later returned with regular olive oil, telling us to be wary of the spicy one as it is very hot. It actually had no kick at all. — Chimichurri sauce was very odd, much more yellow than green for some reason? — They were out of the first 2 bottles of wine we asked for, and after we ordered the second bottle, we felt forgotten about for a while before they returned to tell us they didn’t have it. That said, the gentleman who was possibly the owner and seemed most familiar with wines brought 2 or 3 suggested alternatives to our table each time they were out of our initial selection. — Wine prices vary greatly as far as value. Some wines were much cheaper than I’ve seen them listed at some steakhouses in our city, others were much higher. The bottle we finally ordered was $ 59 here. The previous night we bought that same exact bottle in a retail store for $ 27. — It took a while to get the check & pay. Again, 1 server brought the bill, another took the payment, a third took the signed receipts. Lots of potential, good prices, but needs work!
Susan L.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 Wilmington, DE
Our experience was so bad that we left. I am reviewing experience with staff only since we never ate or drank or ordered anything. We arrived on a saturday night at 615 pm. They opened at 6. We entered and the hostess(presumably) seemed startled. she had earbuds in and was on her phone. she let us pick a table and was never seen again. The music was super weird for a restaurant but thats not the problem. the problem was the crazy up and down of the volume. endlessly. high and low and high and low, like, maddening. We sat there about 10 min. no one was to be seen. one person walked by but ignored us. We finally FOUND someone and asked if the heaters outside were on. She said yes, so we moved out there. Heaters were not on. again no one comes back. Someone walks by(mgr maybe? dunno). We ask about heat. He says he cannot turn it on, and in fact drags it away from our table. After 20 minutes wasted on that kind of service(wait, what service tho), we left. There are a LOT of wonderful restaurants in miami. not wasting another minute or $ 1 on that one. bye felicia. one star given because its cute, ambiance would be nice if they could fix the music and waitstaff.
Katie K.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Miami, FL
Terrible service but food was good. It might be worth it when the live music is going on… Don’t come hungry.
Stephanie W.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Fort Lauderdale, FL
Excellent food and even better service. I live walking distance from Winewood and my boyfriend and I have declared it our go-to spot when neither of us are in the mood to cook. Although pricy, you definitely get what you paid for. Seafood & pasta dishes are all fresh and delicious. Highly recommend.
Anastasiya E.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Miami Beach, FL
The only reason I’m giving this place 2 starts is for lack of creativity with food. The setting is very nice outside seating very cute inside as well. The wine is good as well as specials. However the food was below mediocre. The charcuterie cheese and seafood plate were terrible. Seafood was not fresh no taste very bland along with the cheese plate. Risotto was okay. Nice place to come for wine but definitely not food.
Ellen F.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Miami, FL
Excellence… delivery service and food is amazingly wonderful. 3rd time ordering believe me not the last… sorry did not get the mussels this time…5 stars… and I am very picky… a must try!!!
Natalia R.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Miami, FL
Awesome experience! The terrace is very cozy, the music was great and the food delicious, highly recommend definitely exceeded our expectations!
S G.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Miami, FL
Great neighborhood place. The place has a nice outdoors area and quaint indoors. Menu has a variety of good food choices. We tried the grilled vegetable plater, sautéed spinach, mushroom risotto, seafood platter and garlic shrimp. Every dish was delicious! freshly cooked. The service is very friendly and prompt
Eduardo A.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Hallandale Beach, Estados Unidos
Excelente lugar para cenar o simplemente beber un vino con amigos. Acogedor y tranquilo. Exquisitas empanadas!!!
Meli S.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Miami Beach, FL
Excellent place to meet with friends and just chill. The food was also excellent! They had many vegetarian options! Also, comes in big portions :) the waitress and staff were also very kind. I brought my dog and ate outside one evening, and they brought some slices of ham for my puppy :) 5 stars was deserving!
Ilana B.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Miami, FL
Stumbled upon this place because it’s right next door to us. We were very positively surprised! Waiters were very warm and welcoming, the wine menu had quite a lot of unexpenseful options and so did the food menu. We order the Winewood tabla, which was basically cheeses and sausages. The goat’s cheese was to die for and the roastec eggplant too. Then two pizzas, both really good, and to top it off, panqueques de dulce de leche that were just perfet. Warm service, good wine, amazing food. Oh! And pretty nice live music outdoors…
Giovanna P.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Miami, FL
Ambience excellent, appetizers were pretty food, main course was good, everyone else had the salmon and they loved it, the waitress that we had was very nice, attentive and she hooked us up. I would recommend it, also, Tuesdays is Jazz night, need to check that out.
Jen K.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Miami, FL
Décor — A Sangria — C– Food — C(arugula & red pepper/olive/mozzarella salad /Cesar salad /vegetable risotto & mushroom risotto) Nothing special. Not a return visit for us. Beautiful and well decorated outside but not enough to return.
Tony R.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 North Miami Beach, FL
Recently visited this place on a Saturday evening for dinner. Opted to sit outside because of continuous techno music inside… yes, really. There were fans… And this is more of an Argentinian place than anything else. Good mussels in tomato sauce as appetizer and nice size filet of salmon for entrée. Overall, the food is good. The service is good. Good value overall. Free parking in rear.
Tal T.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Miami Beach, FL
I’ll echo the sentiments of previous reviewers: Winewood is a promising new spot with an adorable patio that unfortunately falls short. The best thing about it is the ambiance, with its brick flooring and wall-mounted wine bottles covered in ivy oozing quaint charm. As a pair coming in for happy hour, my girlfriend and I were a bit bummed to see the bar held around three seats, two of which were currently occupied by what seemed to be employees. We chose a table inside on this steamy Florida afternoon and promptly ordered Sangria. The happy hour itself was disappointing. First of all it’s two for one, so you have to have the two drinks and they have to be the same. Did I teleport to las olas? The selection is slim: house red or white, or red or white Sangria. There are no food specials. Although not immediately excited by the menu, we ordered a pizza and calamari to share. We were pleased with both, the pizza being fresh and hot and the calamari being the authentic large style you find in Europe. If not for the food, this would’ve been a two star review so props to the kitchen. Unfortunately the service was the biggest downfall. In short, it was uneven and inattentive. Everyone was far more concerned about the larger tables outside, including the manager who gave us a pretty fierce side-eye/poor attempt at a smile as we left. It just felt like we were a burden and that the whole staff was miserable. The experience also felt disorganised, with staff unboxing wine right in front of the entrance and barely stopping to get us. Just not professional or warm. Hint: head to via Verdi across the street to discover what hospitality means. Bottom Line: The food is good and the ambiance is lovely, but there are many better choices in the area.
Lunasol M.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Miami, FL
Casually saw this restaurant and decided to give it a try, the ambience is luxurious but rustic, the food its amazing and the service, the terrace has a hint of a tavern from wynwood but the elegance from a 5 star restaurant, it also surprised me how cheap and exquisite the food is. I would recommend anyone to try it. Love it!
Megan G.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Miami Beach, FL
I’ve got the pretty much the same thoughts about Winewood as the previous Unilocal reviews. Went there this past Thursday evening for drinks and dinner. Our friend arrived first around 7:15 during their happy hr which ends at 8pm and had the sangria, looked quite delicious. She asked the waitress if she could order two glasses of wine for her friends who were joining her before happy hr ended. The waitress said no that we had to be there to order ourselves. We arrive at 7:58, waitress comes to take our drink order at 8:00 on the dot. Says she will try to still get our two glasses of wine on happy hr but that the computer system doesn’t allow her to ring it in that way after 8pm. Comes back a few mins later with our glasses of wine and doesn’t mention anything about if she was able to get them on happy hr or not. Turns out they weren’t which is fine however, I would have liked to have known that before she served them to us cause instead of paying for two $ 9 glasses of wine we would have just ordered the bottle for $ 25. And the service just continued to go down hill from there. We ordered the winewood tabla(selection of cheeses, prosciutto, sausage, eggplant, olives), seafood one, and 3 empanadas along with a bottle of wine. Wait… wait…and…wait. 15 mins for the bottle of wine. 25 mins for an ice bucket for the wine. Over 45 mins for the food. Food was nothing to write home about not bad but not good and definitely not worth waiting 45 mins for. We had to ask for the sausage for the winewood tabla cause they forgot it. The empanadas were just blah. Nice ambiance(if you can block out the fact that you are sitting right on busy Biscayne blvd), mediocre food, extremely slow service, and good wine is just not going to cut it. I really do hope Winewood works out the kinks and I’ll come back in a few months to give it a second chance. However, I will be sticking with Bunbury and Lagniappe for right now.
Claudio C.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Miami, FL
Totally recommend this little hidden gem. Unique wine selection at a reasonable price. Nice atmosphere with live music. Highly recommend the empanadas and the on the grill plater.
Amanda E.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Miami, FL
Oh Winewood… with your super cute patio… I really wanted you to be good. I did. The atmosphere here really is on point — great patio perfect for sipping a bottle of wine and relaxing. Everything else, though, failed to deliver. I checked this place out for dinner/drinks on a Wednesday night with some friends. The restaurant was pretty full for a Wednesday night(about 70% of tables occupied), but not the infamous South Beach full that required a 2 hour wait. I arrived a bit late, and my friends had already started indulging in some sangria. The sangria was tasty, but more juicy than alcoholic. Nothing that blew me away, but I wouldn’t spit it out either. Then came the theme of the evening… waiting. We waited for our appetizer. We waited for our main dishes(which all came out at different times). And then we waited, and waited, and waited some more, for someone to bring our check. Listen, I get that a restaurant may be packed and you are short staffed… but when I have to wait twenty minutes for water? That’s a no go my friend. We ordered the beef empanadas(which were a bit dry), the ham and cheese empanadas(very tasty), the entrada and the mussels. I think we all agreed that overall, the food was somewhere between okay and good, but not something we would think A) worth the drive(especially with LoBa and Ni’Do within a block from this place) or B) worth the wait. I’m trying to chalk it all up to growing pains, as the restaurant just opened. I’m hoping to try it in a few months and see if the kinks have been worked out. Until then, I’ll be hanging at Lagniappe or Bunbury for my outdoor wine and food fix.
Leilani D.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Miami, FL
DISCLAIMER: I did not have dinner here, only drinks and dessert. When I read that this place had recently opened up it seemed to me that this was going to be more of a wine bar with light bites(think something like Bunbury), but as it turns out it’s definitely more a restaurant. I came here Saturday night with a girlfriend to check it out and have a couple drinks after having cooked dinner at home. The first thing we noticed is that they’ve done a great job with the outside area. It reminds me a little bit of a more refined Lagniappe, and the live music was really very nice. Another big positive is the reasonable prices for bottles of wine. They have a lot of bottles in the $ 30 range; we ordered a bottle of prosecco for that price. I didn’t dig too deep into the menu but we did order a red velvet dulce de leche dessert. This sounded like it was going to be delicious but really fell flat. The cake wasn’t very tasty and there was way too much dulce de leche. The service was also spotty. I don’t think our waitress spoke any english. If she did, she just decided that she was going to speak spanish to us the entire time without actually figuring out if we were spanish speakers or not. It also took a long time for them to come to our table when we first got there. I would give it another chance for dinner because the food looked good, but if it was anything like the dessert(or the service), I’d stick to drinks alone.
Annalisa D.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Miami, FL
Such a lovely spot! On Sunday evening, myself and several of my Biscayne Corridor neighbors did a Restaurant Crawl along the MiMo section of Biscayne Boulevard. Winewood, the second destination on our crawl is a newcomer who celebrated its grand opening the night before! Describing itself as a wine bar, tapas bar and restaurant, Winewood, is a welcome addition to the neighborhood. Upon our arrival, the staff set out an array of delicious tapas for us to sample along with glasses of white and red wine. First came baskets of warm, fluffy, delectable Argentine bread — DELICIOUS! These were quickly followed with platters of tasty grilled salmon and shrimp — YUM! Then another round of platters with assorted cheeses, meats, sausages and grilled vegetables — YUM again! Everything was full of flavor, fresh and authentic. The pièce de résistance for me though was the arrival of baskets of sweet potato fries. If that is the only reason to check out Winewood, that is reason enough. Crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, sweet and salty and just the right amount of crunch! PERFECTION! Winewood is located in the space formerly occupied by Devita’s on the east side of Biscayne Boulevard and the corner of 72nd Terrace. Parking is available in the lot behind the building or along the surrounding streets. Housed in a delightful little red brick building with a trellis of flowers at the entrance and displays of wine bottles on the exterior, Winewood offers both indoor and outdoor dining. We dined outside where there is a large terrace with a covered pergola and lit string lights. A perfect spot for everyone — couples, families, big or small groups. The staff is WONDERFUL! Warm, accommodating and efficient. Natalia the owner is terrific. With a background in music and entertainment, she plans on hosting live entertainment at Winewood on a regular basis — more reason to return! Winewood is a fresh new face on the Boulevard and we wish them much success! We feasted and feasted on their delicious fare and are looking forward to returning!