Local Wine & Kitchen — Restaurant in Lower Merion Township

I have eaten here before and would absolutely recommend the food, but I had a very poor eating experience there earlier this evening. After waiting an hour, the food has not came out yet(for two people) and the server had come over to say the printer never printed out ticket, so our food was not made yet. He apologized and stated he would put a rush on the food. We finally received the food a nother half hour later, however my partner was beginning to get a migraine from sitting under the very loud speaker for over an hour. When asking if we could switch tables, the waiter offered to lower the volume instead. We only stayed another 15 minutes after this, because my partner wanted to go home after this experience. We were not offered any compensation for all the craziness with the food and it was just not worth the hour and a half wait and over $30 we spent per person (plus my partners migraine that followed this for another hour).

Our waiter should have been more persistent in checking why we had not received our food, and more should have been done to rectify this, it was not a pleasant...

Amazing! We had almost every dish between us all and everyone was so happy that we didn’t have to drive into the city to have an excellent dinner. I took a star away for service just because although our server was personable and remembered every single thing we ordered our first round of drinks took too long because he was also bartending on a Friday night, which seems like a lot for one staff member to do, and one minor issue was our individual plates were not cleared when we transitioned from small plates to entrees so by then mine was a mess and it was so small it was just difficult. The kitchen had no missteps though. Every dish was top shelf. The opening peach Prosecco tarragon salad was a big star of the night. We had some really tough asks to fulfill and the kitchen nailed it…. Happy food allergy person, really happy vegetarians and there were non alcoholic beverages for me! Thank you Local for making my friends 50th very special. We all cant wait...

We stopped here for dinner after having drinks at Tired Hands. On a Monday, it wasn't very crowded at all.

My husband and I got the Chili Soy Glazed Octopus, Little Neck Clams, Airline Chicken, and Peruvian Meatballs.

The octopus was outstanding. The flavors were perfect. The clams were also very good. I loved the green curry.

The seasoning on the chicken was good, but I found the chicken a little dry and the horseradish mash to be lacking horseradish (I prefer dark meat and it was white meat so I'm sure that contributed). The meatballs were kind of bland as was the orzo it was served with.

This place seemed to have a lot of potential. I loved the portion size. The dishes were hit or miss for me, but I would give them...