Wanderlust Wine Co. - Speakeasy Wine Cave — Restaurant in Austin

This review is specifically for the "wine cave" on the lower level of the building, where I did the three-wine tasting option without food pairings.

First off, I'd like to mention that this is not a real cave. It is a back room on the first floor of the building where someone installed fake rock coverings along the walls and ceiling. Don't believe everything you see on Instagram, folks! I felt like an idiot for falling for it. With that out of the way, here are the pros and cons of my visit:

Pros: Wine was good Staff were nice The bookshelf door into the "cave" was a fun touch Server was good about making sure our water glasses were filled It was very funny seeing the reactions of another party in the moment when they realized the "rock" walls were hollow plastic

Cons: Aforementioned fake cave No opportunity to order food or any more beverages beyond the 9oz of wine included in the tasting. Once you've had your 1.5 glasses of wine, that's it. This is a minor thing, but the social media clips of this place show the workers pouring wine from crazy glass containers and putting on a show. They did not do that for my visit. Maybe it only comes with the more expensive wine + small bites sessions, or for influencers filming content Expensive: $135 for two people to each have three 3oz pours of wine while sitting in the "cave" for a 2-hour session

Overall, the experience was wildly overpriced for what you get. The novelty was a little fun, but there are much better (and cheaper!) wine bars and...

This was our second time enjoying this experience, and overall, it was still amazing. The staff was incredibly friendly and welcoming, and the wine as expected was delicious. They really know how to create a great atmosphere.

That said, I was honestly really sad when I realized the food offering this time was just a basic meat and cheese platter. It was my understanding that this was the same experience as before, just with a different menu. I knew the food would be different, but I didn’t expect it to be so scaled down.

To be fair, I’ll take the L here, I must not have read the description closely the second time around, because I wouldn’t have booked this had I known it was just going to be a charcuterie board. Still, compared to the variety and quality of hors d’oeuvres we got the first time (for the exact same price), this visit felt like a major downgrade. I left feeling disappointed, which was tough because I was so excited and looking forward to this night.

I am leaving a 3 star solely because the staff and the wine were amazing and our first visit was absolutely amazing. The first time the food menu was so amazing we left raving about it and couldn’t wait to come back. Unfortunately, this second visit really changed how I feel, I did not leave raving and don’t see myself chancing to try it again because it was so disappointing. While the staff was still wonderful and the wine was just as good, the food offering was a...

This is one of the hardest locations to get parking. Came here on a Sunday afternoon. There was parking right behind the building. We walked around looking for the entrance to the wine room, thinking it was going to be like other one on 6th street. The first floor was closed and it’s reservations only. On Tock, it’s about $35 per person for a tasting. So we sat inside where it’s air conditioned. The walls are pink, it’s a coffee shop with wine options. I got a sparkling wine, 9oz for $15 but a 5oz was $13 and my partner got a strawberry margarita slush for about $15. The one bartender was making coffee drinks and seemed really focused. The woman standing in line in front of us was told that the counter to order food was outside. Inside there are bar stools against the wall with a window facing Barton Springs Road and along the bar. We hung out by the couch in front of the DJ booth. Outside there’s 2 seating areas that’s a little separated from additional outdoor seating (5 tables?). When we were leaving, half of the parking space...