Tanner's Wine Bar — Restaurant in Burlington

Tanner’s wine bar is a new restaurant in downtown Burlington, NC. Tanner’s offers a unique dining experience by offering small plates, an extensive wine menu, and the option to purchase a cigar and enjoy it in a cigar lounge. The ambiance is what you might expect for a wine bar, dapper and elegant accentuated by small tables and a long L-shaped bar. The place was buzzing with patrons enjoying themselves after a long week, while piano jazz streamed in the background. My wife and I enjoyed a charcuterie board, that was beautifully assembled by your choices of meat, cheese, and dried fruit. We also shared a panzanella salad, and a very delicious lemon cake. Tanner’s is a great place for a romantic date, after dinner drinks, or to enjoy a nice cocktail, beer or glass of...

I write this as we are waiting for our food. We had a 6:15 pm reservation where we arrived a few minutes early and there were only 3 other tables who already had their drinks. We ordered our drinks, which came right away, a charcuterie board and crudités at approximately 6:20 pm. We then waited…and waited…and waited. After almost an hour we tracked down our waiter about where our food was and to order another round of drinks. We were told that it would be 5 minutes and they were short staffed in the kitchen. We kept seeing tables that came after us get their food and were told that the tickets got mixed up. Finally, after 1 hour 40 minutes our food came and the $12 crudités plate was comped. This is a very poorly managed establishment and a...

If you want a very rude hostess, an inaccurate reservation system and very small plates for the price, this is your place!

Update: Resy Customer Service helped me determine that the hostess entered my phone number incorrectly on my reservation...not surprising given her surly attitude in each of my 4 encounters with her (3 phone calls and in person). So, it was someone with a similar phone number who cancelled my reservation. not me. Mistakes happen, but her attitude (never once offered an apology for any confusion, etc.) left a bad impression for everyone...