Koi Zen Cellars — Restaurant in San Diego

Winery in an industrial park, that was unexpected. Small, but nice interior. The one business decision, not to sell/serve any non alcoholic wine, seems very out of touch with today’s sensibilities. I had called ahead regarding the wine issue and they refused to allow us to bring a bottle of our own. Two of our group of seven do not drink alcohol. They could have simply had an uncorking charge, we’d would have happily paid it. I guess they are more concerned about their wine snobbery, than they are being great hosts and making everyone feel welcome and truly enjoying the evening on par with their friends.

We were there to listen to a great blues band, but our friends couldn’t participate in the celebratory atmosphere of hoisting their glass of wine, multiple times throughout the evening.

With such a non inclusive atmosphere we won’t be back. Besides, the expensive Cabernet Sauvignon was of the...

Let's start off with I don't like wine. So, I didn't like the two I tasted but the one from the back that was "not even close to be ready to be bottled", really had great potential. It was a Port and tasted sweet but not too sweet. I don't know what else to say to describe it because I don't know wine talk. I was happily satisfied as I like sweet wines like Moscato's but not all of them as I am picky wine drinker. The reason it only got 3 stars was because of the entertainment. They had Comedy night that night. The head liner was really good and two other were ok. The other 3 were bad. When I go see a show, I expect all of the entertainment tobe good, almost great. I know, high...

Love the staff and owners here, we always feel welcomed. The place is a diamond in the rough when you look at its location in a kind of industrial park back behind Home Depot in Carmel Mountain Ranch. Our daughter wanted us to bring her here for her first tasting for her 21st BD and Darius (owner/winemaker) went out of his way along with the other staff to make it an event to remember for her. They all took an interest in teaching her a little about wine. We are members and are glad to support this local, home-grown Mom and Pop winery and to stop in for our “free” monthly...