Westport Winery Garden Resort — Local services in Washington

I have always loved Westport winery. It was one of the first wineries I visited after turning 21 and we've been wine club members for 5 years. I usually have my club wines shipped to me but when we have time we drive to the coast to pick up our wines, have lunch at the winery and spend the day at the beach with our dog.

The service in the past was always decent but this time the service in the restaurant was unbelievably bad. Most of the tables were full when we arrived but we were seated immediately. Our server greeted us and the service was okay at first, but after our entrees came she was almost nonexistent. We finished our entrees and waited for her to come by so I could get a box. After 15 minutes, she came to collect our plates and offered to box up my quiche for me, and we ordered dessert. She brought the dessert pretty quickly and I was so distracted I didn't realize that she hadn't brought my to-go box. We finished the dessert and waited for her to return with the check. The restaurant wasn't packed and she came several times to check on another table nearby but ignored us. We are not the type of people to flag down a server so we subtly prepared to leave. We stacked our plates, my husband put his credit card on the edge of the table and I put on my jacket. After at least 20 minutes, we finally went up to the bar to ask to pay and ask for my to-go box and no one even apologized that we weren't helped at the table. Our server ran our card and found my box which she had forgotten about on the bar, and we were finally able to head over to the tasting counter to pick up our wines. I didn't even get a chance to taste any wines because we needed to return to our poor pooch who was stuck in the car for what had turned into a 2 hour lunch.

I'm not sure if there was a staffing issue today but we heard other tables around us complaining about the food coming out slowly too, so we weren't the only ones with an issue. And the girls working didn't seem rushed or hurried at all, which made it even more bizarre. The one highlight was the food. I had the country quiche and my husband had the shut the front door burger and both were delicious. However, with that kind of service we probably won't be back to the restaurant and I'm not sure if I want to keep my wine...

What a hidden gem!

We are staying nearby while on vacation and thought we’d kill a few hours during a “chill” day. Came in without a reservation and they were nice enough to squeeze us in despite being busy, even on a Wednesday afternoon. Few points: Wine is amazing Food is decadent Service is spot on

After having a few appetizers (NW Nachos & crab and cheese dip) along with a flight of wines and a glass of wine each, we were stuffed. As a side note, we are not big wine drinkers and every wine we tried we would buy a bottle of if we could. It’s that good. Also, they have one of the most entertaining drink menus I’ve encountered. It even includes songs to listen to while drinking😂

Before trying the liquors we decided to explore their gardens and mermaid museum. The gardens are amazing and obviously a labor of love. Any horticulturist would easily spend hours enjoying then. The museum is interesting, however I’ll admit that I’m not a big museum person. Admission is extremely reasonable at just $3 per person.

Finally we tried their liquor flight, which is more our jam. It…is…amazing! My wife is not big on tequila (agave liquor) or whiskeys. We tried the Tlanchana key lime agave and Riptide brown sugar vanilla whiskey, both of which she enjoyed. The bartender was informative and a sweetheart. In the end we bought a bottle of the Riptide and Yo Ho peach pineapple ginger rum, which was my wife’s pick.

What was going to be a quick stop turned into a 3 1/2 hour adventure. We honestly could’ve spent another few hours there easily. Westport Winery, Ocean Daughter’s Distillery, Sea Glass Grill and the International Mermaid Museum are worth not just a quick stop, but spending several hours at.

They are pet friendly (except the museum portion) and have games like a small golf course, bocce ball, corn hole, etc. This really is a hidden gem to be shared. Just be better than us and make reservations at the...

We came here to taste some wines not knowing there was a restaurant. The person who was with us for the wine tasting was very nice and helpful. After finding out we were just exploring the area for a short time, she gave us a few very useful maps and recommendations on where to visit next. We picked up a few bottles of wine as they were quite nice.

Proceeding to the restaurant, it took a little time to be seated, it was quite empty and there only seemed to be one waiter. After we ordered it did take a while before our food arrived but it was quite a relaxed atmosphere so we didn't mind. Our food arrived and I ordered their 'shroom steak, which was supposed to be a steak with mushrooms and a glaze/sauce on top with a side of clam chowder. The chowder had an odd clear yellow liquid under the top layer of the soup - I mixed it all in as my expectations for the restaurant started to drop... Microwaved soup or it sat too long before service. Either way the soup was still quite bland but gladly not fishy at all. My steak I ordered medium rare but came out well done, not quite a brick though. It had the taste of a dirty grill, burned but didn't look burned. You could see the flecks of burned matter all over it. The sauce was over salted, and otherwise tasted like the burned steak. My husband ordered an open face sandwich with fries. The sandwich was fine, not quite broiled like it was described but fine. His fries were obviously ones that had been either cooked, cooled and then barely heated up or just cooked and let sit until they were grainy and soggy and then dressed with some parmesan. They weren't even refried again, shocking.

Overall I would go there for the wines and the atmosphere of the garden but never...