L’Aperi Vino

Nice wine list, limited tasty menu and poor service. A second glass of an attractively priced Vino Nobile took forever. This took focus away from what could have been a real nice meal. Would I go back? Not this trip with many nice looking alternatives close at hand.

This is a wine and food bar owned by the same owners as the adjacent restaurant «de goei goesting»
Went here with a group on Saturday night, started with a Pinot noire (Rully Rouge — ‘La Chaume’ — Domaine Claudie Jobard) to accompany the finger food (lightly spiced lamb skewers), the wine was fruity and fresh but maybe a bit too light for the lamb. I would maybe recommend it with the iberico pork mini burger they serve, although I never had that combination.
Then to follow this up I chose the tenderloin and fried potatoes stacked on top of rucola lettuce. We had a bottle of blended wine (La grande clotte — lussac St-​Émilion) which paired well with the beef. Sadly even though the cuisine of the beef was asked upfront, they were all served medium. And the dishes weren’t warm enough in my opinion.
In the end I topped it all off with a very tasty tiramisu. Unfortunately to my disappointment I did not find any dessert wine that went by glass on the menu.
Everything is served more or less bite sized, and tapas like. But that’s the point. I liked the experience and since I love wine I could live in a place like this. But, I would get bored of the food rather quickly. Not impressed by the diversity of their menu, and also I find it is more of a commercial standpoint that only few wines are served by glass, since they do have the ability to keep bottles stored on tap. The kitchen is open and when busy it is noticeable that the staff can’t keep up with the food that is being ordered. This makes the wait long. But hey, no time is ever lost when in the good company of wine.
Besides all that and more than enough on the plus to make up for it. Good job to the owners, this is truly a good addition to the restaurant business in city of Hasselt.