Vino Volo — Restaurant in Austin

Update April 2024

Visited Vino Volo again recently while waiting for a flight at ABIA. Vino Volo is consistently good, good wine and good food. When it comes to dining choices at airports, Vino Volo does it right. For "frequent diners" Vino Volo has a membership club where you earn points for the dollars spent there. As you spend more, the free stuff grows. Most notably, once you reach the top level (out of 3 levels) you get 20% off your bill every visit. This visit we share a flight of champagne and rose wines. All were good! We also had a glass of Laurenz pinot grigio that was also good. On the food side, we shared the italian panino and brie/prosciutto sandwiches. Both were good, but we gave the hat tip to the italian panino. Recommend Vino Volo, they have locations in airports all over the country. PS Sorry for the bite out of one of the sandwiches, almost forgot to take the pic! LOL Stopped by Vino Bolo as per usual while waiting for a flight at ABIA. Two locations in Southwest’s terminal. Good wine, limited menu but decent food… mainly salads, sandwiches, cheese plates, a few desserts. Service is always good, friendly, attentive bartenders/waiters. They have their own app, sign up and scan your receipts to earn points. The points add up to lots of free stuff! I usually plan to arrive at the airport early to make this stop… very relaxing way to spend an hour before boarding time! Check their website to discover in which airports Vino Volo can be found. ...

Ordered a glass of prosecco and received the bill with frustration and passive aggressiveness. I could tell the server was having a hard time getting my card to work (I paid with prepaid debit card that had more than sufficient funds). She started banging the card against the table. She then punched the numbers manually into the POS, but it was weird—she was doing this really hard on a digital screen, but I did not see her swiping the card (my card had no chip). She then came to me and casually placed the check onto the table and said something like “it didn't work for the tip,” and turned around and left. I’d have been more than happy to leave a tip had she taken the time to explain what happened instead of just casually dropping the check and just leaving. It looked like they were understaffed and overwhelmed. I wouldn’t come back...

I’ve enjoyed past visits and staff is friendly. I would have like some follow up after food and wine was delivered. I ordered a red blend. The vintner has a few blends, but the person who brought the glass named a wine that is a known Syrah…. I like Syrah so rolled with it. The wine and aftertaste was so unpleasant. It tasted like it had been open for days or stored improperly for a long time. No one stopped by. I drank about 1/4 thinking it might be the combo but f my taste buds and the salad I had (which was amazing). I told the gentleman that took my check that I could not drink or and thought the bottle may be bad. No response at all. I paid the $50 (half was food) and walked away so disappointed. I know they are...