The Wine Shop — Restaurant in George Town

A wine vendor and restaurant concept in the town. Second time visiting this shop, due to the vast selections of cheeses at their cheese counter. The staff at the cheese counter was pretty helpful and knew their cheeses well. They served pretty great cold cuts as well. The wine selling next door is being marked up if diners were to drink in the restaurant, about 30% more from the take away price! Actually that is a lil too much of the mark up provided diners ordered food in the restaurant, could be lowered the mark up! The steaks were under seasoned and overcooked, we ordered medium rare but both pieces came medium to medium well. The noodles with siew yok was recommended as their signature dish but not sure why, rather it was just a stir fry ramyeon noods with deep fried saucy siew yok which was hard to chew 😅 The service was good with attentive staffs! The table setting for group diners was great as well....

We greatly enjoyed our lunch here. We were served by a very soft spoken staff member who explained the elements of the set lunch and other possibilities from the a la carte menu. The ambience is great and the wine retail next door is superbly stocked as is the cheese counter 🍷🧀. My wife ordered the set menu and opted for the grilled chicken with coconut and tomato sauce. My daughter ordered the fried Korean noodles with pork belly and I chose the fish and chips. The dishes looked good and tasted even better. The meats and fish were cooked just right. The portion sizes while not extravagant were decent. No wine for us this time, we made do with lemonade and a perfectly chilled Edelweiss 🍺. Will try and come back soon. So much wine...

Overall, food is above average. It’s more towards the salty side, considering my family and I prefer stronger taste food (we find it a bit salty as well). Food portion is quite big (esp for certain dishes). Wait time was quite long, from one dish to another. And they don’t serve the appetisers first. The luncheon meat fries came last! Restaurant was full. Reservations recommended. It’s quite a cosy place, with a lot of wine selection. You can choose some meat from the butchery too.

Edited review: Came during 2nd day of CNY 2023. Had set lunch. Very worth it. 30 bucks for a soup, main, dessert and coffee. Delicious food. Great wines. Service was impeccable from all...