Wine Underground, The Adelaide

The Wine Underground Details

The Wine Underground Address

The Basement
121 Pirie St
Adelaide SA 5000
Map
The Wine Underground Menu
The Wine Underground Website

The Wine Underground Contact Info

Phone (08) 8232 1222
Fax No (08) 8232 1466
Emailinfo@wineunderground.com.au

Cuisines

Prices

Average Meal Price $39 - based on one entree & main course only

General Price
Entrees $1.50-$24.00
Mains $18.00-$33.00
Desserts $8.00-$16.00

Degustation
5 courses
Without wine $95.00
With wine $155.00

Prices last updated: 07/2009

Hours

Mon to Sat 11am - 11pm

BYO

by prior arrangement only
Corkage per bottle $18.00

User Reviews of The Wine Underground, Adelaide

Displaying: 1 - 4 of 4 reviews

5.5 Average

Food 7 Ambience 5 Service 5 Value 5

Food is quite decent (dessert of chocolate pudding and souffle were not exciting though) but the experience was let down by the mediocre ambience and the waiting staff who lacked knowledge about the wine and food. While it is nice that they've separated out the dining area from the loud bar area at the front, the dining area still feels like a walkway.

The waiting staff are polite and friendly but they lack knowledge about the food and more importantly the wine. For a place that advertises itself as focused on wine (and their good wine list supports this) I would expect staff to be able to tell me a bit about the wines and make recommendations to go with the food beyond broad suggestions like, one of the whites will go with the fish.

Even if staff didn't have a specific suggestion they should have had a sommelier on hand to be able to answer such questions. In sum, there isn't anything wrong with this restaurant but it holds itself to a very high standard of being a fancy wine focussed dining experience that it falls well short of.

Nov 17, 2011

maggie's_beer
51

5.3 Average

Food 6 Ambience 6 Service 8 Value 1

Food - Not a bad menu. Nice food. But seriously, who still serves offal and charges a truck load?

Ambience - nice enough place to sit and eat. A little tightly packed. The decor was inline with the name.

Service - Pretty good! Curt, friendly, prompt.

Value - Very poor. Small servings for the money and then add sides. Where's my bread? I left hungry after 2 courses. Wine was over priced considering this is their main attraction. $14 for a glass of NZ Pinot? Come on!

Would I go back? Nup, but I would not aggressively discourage others to try.

May 22, 2011