Crooked Creek Winery Downtown — Restaurant in Centralia

I’ll start by saying their wine is decent, but this review is more about my experience with their event rental side of the business. And because of that experience, I won’t be going back for the wine either.

We booked the event space about 5 months in advance and had reached out to them a couple times within that span of time to ask questions, reconfirming the event date in those emails, all for them to tell us only a month before the event that they double booked the space and we were no longer able to rent it. Since our invitations had already gone out and a lot of planning had gone into the event, it left us in quite a bind.

They tried to offer us their outdoor space outside of town, but that wasn’t going to work for our needs. The person managing the events told me this news via email (professionally, this should have been a phone call) and didn’t respond for hours on end. At one point I was waiting to hear back on if the other person was willing to move their date and it had been 24 hours so I called the business phone number. They handed her the phone and she had the answer ready to tell me, she was just sitting on the news. When you’re managing events, you need have some sense of urgency so the people you’re letting down can try to salvage...

Crooked Creek Winery Downtown, in Centralia.

Tried a flight of wines: Carbernet Blanc, Seyval Blanc, Giddy Up, and Easy Red. I also tried Evry Day Rosé (not pictured)

Staff was super helpful with showing wine and describing each. Also friendly and attentive. Even gave me a short tour of the place. I'll definitely come up during a future event and maybe bring a few gal pals.

Took home a bottle of Giddy Up 2021. Definitely a little sweet, but not syrupy. Definitely something I usually choose since I tend to like...

Crooked Creek Winery downtown is great place to hang! We love the live music and open mic night on Thursday’s is always fun! I love Shannon and Mindy’s positive energy. They are determined to make downtown and Centralia a better place to live. Their prices are very affordable and it has a great ambiance. We are excited to see the place evolve and grow and they have many great ideas...