Wine Experience Cafe

The wine was good, atmosphere nice, but the food was bland and over priced. I had the duck, which was prepared well, but came with about 5 snap peas. The charged extra for crackers for the overpriced charcuterie. For the money, I would rather eat at a place like Rioja or Linger.

Was seated right away, took twenty minutes to get our bottle of wine, was not the bottle we ordered they were out of that one, took 1 ½ hours to get our food, then it came out cold, my granddaughters meal came out first, 3 adult meals came out 20 minutes later and the 4^th adult meal came out 10 minutes later, 3 of the meals were cold. After talking to owner, he comped our meal, I don’t want a free meal, I want a good, hot meal in a reasonable amount of time. I did not eat the meal and walked out. That night I emailed the owner with my dissatisfaction with the meal, service and preparation of my meal, all he could do was make excuses for his staff. He did offer a gift certificate, why would I want to come back to wait for ¹¹⁄₂ hours for a cold meal. No thanks

I love this bar and the owners are the nicest people around… They always make sure their customers are happy and that everything is to your satisfaction. The food is delicious!

Yuck Dec 18, 2015. Food — overpriced and tasteless. Rockafeller oysters were cold. Wine — meh and overpriced. Service — Waiter was very very slow. Restaurant music — impressive. Waited for at least 50 minutes for our food. Save your money, cook at home or order a pizza.

We stopped here before a movie and were very happy with our experience.
The good-​Excellent wine list, and our very young waiter really knew what he was talking about. Our steaks, while not as buttery at some of the finer steakhouses in town, had excellent flavor. We are excited to go back and try the extensive cheese list with some wine!
The bad-​The décor is a little lacking and there was no music playing– and the staff, aside from our waiter, seemed timid and inexperienced.
Overall a necessary and welcome addition to southeast aurora!

Went there to have a wine and cheese flight and to take advantage of their wine special hoping to purchase a case or more for Christmas gifts. Upon arriving, we decided to eat dinner instead and the hostess seated us. I asked about the wine specials in the shop and was told they would send the owner over. He never came. Not even sure they told him. Wondered into wine shop and noticed bottles were marked with different colored stickers. Asked about it and once again was told they would send owner over as they had no idea what it meant. Owner never came. We did see him frequenting other tables, chatting with customers but he never dropped by the table that was ready to drop some bucks on wine in the shop. Maybe even pick up a Brunello or two for our own consumption.
Meal arrived. I ordered the steak frites. Waitress came by to ask us how our meal was. I told her my steak was somewhat cold and she said ‘noted.’ What does that mean?
Enjoyed the olive oil served with the bread. Asked the waitress to find out what brand and asked if we could purchase it from them. Yes but was never told what brand. Asked again to not forget the name of the olive oil. By the end of the meal, we left with no wine and no name of the olive oil which I asked twice about and would have liked to buy.
I have been in the service industry for many years. I would highly suggest better training your waitstaff. Nice restaurant and would really like to support local business owners but 19.00 for a cold steak and no response to the questions we asked.

Had a great meal, service and wine recommendations last night. Perfect anniversary dinner. Highly recommend letting the owner pick the wine to pair with your dinner. Recommend the veal scalopini, kobe steak, caprese salad.

Always enjoy a good wine and cheese flight… never disappoints.
They ran out of the soup of the day, and changed a couple wines on the flight, but still plenty of choices.
The atmosphere is warm and comfortable and classy. And the wine shop is fantastic!

Had the BEST, perfectly serviced lunch I could have ever imagined. I’ve been here a few times and the food has always been very good, but the service hasn’t been as great. The owner waited on me the other day and he was simply perfect… if he could get the rest of the staff to act just like him, I would give this place five stars easily.

This was my fiancé and I’s first time dining in. Classy, warm ambiance. We started off with the Calamari, which was pretty darn good. One of the best. Something different was that it was included with fried green beans and fried jalapeños. Very heavy on the stomach, so if u are planning on having an entrée, I definitely would not recommend it, its a meal In itself! I had the fettucine carbarna. It was pretty darn good! A little salty but delicious. My significant other had the steak frites, which was pretty tender, and good meat! Fries kinda sucked, but the fry sauce served with them made them ok. Lol.
Unfortunately, the desserts were not tasty at all. The cheesecake /​brownie was not fresh. The apple/​cherry pie of some sort was pretty disgusting as well.
I would probably return only to experience the cheese and wine flights. Great wine selection and our server, Chris was awesome!

Great place for a date night or gathering of a group of friends. The place is small so arrive early or make sure you have reservations. The atmosphere is great, low lighting, fireplace, good selection of table varieties. They even have a great selection of wines and beer in their small side store.
You can’t go wrong with their wine flights, they have a huge selection of pairings. They also have cheese flights that are very nice however crackers cost extra, which is a little odd. Food selections aren’t huge but what they do have they do it great. Haven’t had a bad meal here yet. My favorite is the seafood cioppino which has a great variety of calamari, mussels, shrimp and fish.
Entrée orders can be a little slow to come out so order early and enjoy an appetizer.
Definitely recommend this place, I’m confident you will find it as appealing as we do.

I love this place so much! I’ve been here a few times and I’m never disappointed. The wine is good and the food is even more delicious. They always have some great deal going on. My husband and I did a wine and cheese tasting (bought a groupon) and we were very pleased. The main dishes are a little pricy but the potions are huge! We really enjoyed the chicken fettuccine pasta. Sign up for the emails they send great weekend deals.

Wine Experience Café is the hidden gem of the Denver-​metro dining scene. This family owned and operated restaurant is a one-​and-​only. The owners and their kitchen and service teams work noticeably hard and take real pride in creating unique, fun, friendly, and educational fine-​dining experiences for their guests. Hands-​down, this is the best dining location in Aurora, CO.

I travel to Denver often for work and a friend was excited to bring me here knowing how much I love wine. We had such a wonderful time! Worth every penny spent. Our waiter was attentive and personable without being intrusive and was extremely gracious with our indecisiveness while we took our time chatting. The food was spot on. Excellent cheese list and wine flight selection which made the whole thing more fun! Our entrees and dessert where absolutely delicious– I’m still thinking about it! The chef came out at the end of the meal and it was great to meet the man behind the food ;).
Overall — elevated food presentation and menu selection along with a diverse cheese and wine list in a comfortable relaxed atmosphere.
I will definitely make the effort to come back when I am in town next.

We went here for our anniversary and we weren’t wowed. I actually wish we went somewhere else.
We made reservations and were sat quickly. It was a Wednesday night and we had a nice table by the fireplace with very comfortable chairs that felt like couches. The ambiance is nice. We ordered wine flights and those were delicious. I liked the large selection of wine.
There seemed to be one waiter and one hostess, but it wasn’t understaffed because there were only three tables sat and maybe four people at the bar. After we ordered our food, it took 35 minutes before our food made it to the table. A family walked in after us and they got their meals and were already done paying their bill while we were still waiting for our food.
The salad was fresh and delicious. The menu is restricted to maybe 20 dishes and they’re all very pricey. We ordered the seared scallops (those were good) and some clam and mussel appetizer. It was too spicy for what was advertised but still delicious. We couldn’t open 6 mussels so that was a waste of money.
Our server was very absent and we had to keep flagging him down for attention. Again, there were THREE tables sat and the rest of the restaurant was empty and we still had to flag him down. The staff members were socializing and one of the staff members was wearing a backwards black baseball hat. VERY unprofessional for a fine dining restaurant, ESPECIALLY if you work there.
I liked that the dishes were healthy and delicious. But for the price, the mediocre service, and the wait time, your money and special event is better spent elsewhere.

This place is just ok. The menu is very limited and I actually had to inform our waiter that we wanted to order a drink. The meal was plated just ok and was actually cold when I received it.
Southlands area does need more restaurants like this one. The ambiance is nice inside, will probably go back to try it out again.

This is truly a well price treat. You would expect to find a place like this in downtown, but not in your backyard. Get on their mailing list because you don’t want to miss the wine testing donners.

I’m not a wine person, but I suppose if you are this is a good place to go :)
We recently got the groupon for the wine and cheese tasting so figured we’d give them a chance. We thought about eating regular food here (they have burgers and such), but a bacon cheeseburger was $ 20 and it was a big no way.
The service was excellent and they were really quiet on the night we went in. I wasn’t too impressed by the tastings. We had 3 different types of wine and each one was little more than a swallow. If you add all 3 together it might have totalled one glass. And the cheese was 3 tiny one ounce servings with a half an apple and a handful of grapes. What we had was good, but really didn’t come up to much more than a snack.

I had the occasion to join a friend here for a wine flight. It was a lot of fun, nice and quiet on a Saturday mid afternoon. The service was attentive but no so much it drove you nuts. It was also nice to be visited by the chef a few times during our visit.
The atmosphere is a little more upscale/​white table cloth place, as is the menu. They do a very nice wine flight. Grapes, fresh bread, crackers, apples and assorted cheeses, it was a meal in itself. So what do you do after a great meal? You have DESERT!!!
They had Demetris at Bread pudding. I was more in the mood for cheesecake, but it was not on their menu at the moment. So at the recommendation of Chef Jason I went with the Brownie Tower.
Good Lord have MERCY! Lovely Chocolate Brownies, alternated with Blondie’s. I was considerably happy with this decision. Definitely a desert for sharing as it was 2 of each. 2 wound up coming home with me, which made for a great second day treat.
I didn’t really peruse the wine section much, just didn’t seem to be much I was interested in at the moment. We did see some neat things though. Might be worth a stop back again.
My only complaint… I could not see the person sitting across the table from me. No I had not drank that much wine I could not see. There is an enormous wall of windows I was facing. At that time of the day it was just a little hard to see. At night I am sure they are lovely!

I’m no wine aficionado so I didn’t know what to expect. But you walk in first to a nicely laid out retail area of all the wines they have for sale and the prices aren’t bad.
It was kind of slow for 3pm but I still made a reservation for two. We were greeted than the executive chef greeted us and seems like he comes out to greet most of the patrons as time permits.
The server was well knowledged in the wines and the cheese to go with it.
I’ve had wine and cheese plates and this was far better. The bread came out the oven piping hot though a little butter would of been good.
I preferred the lighter wine, red is a little to heavy for my palate.
I checked out the menu prices aren’t bad for a nice meal with that special someone.
The dessert menu rotates every 3 – 4 mos but they serve bread pudding so I was sold.
It must of been the best by far. Pictures don’t do it justice.
Bread pudding with dried cranberries with a bourbon reduction.
And even tried a hybrid cheese that tasted like a light bleu cheese that would make a great grilled cheese sandwich.
I recommend all to check this out and get a wine flight. The ambiance is great as well. Who knew this gem existed in aurora.