The Market Vines - Wine Bar & Grille — Restaurant in Wheeling

I have never had such an awful experience in a restaurant that had nothing to do with the food or service. When my friends and I walked in, the place was rather busy and the bartender asked us if we’d like a table. After replying that we would, she wrote our name down and we purchased drinks and waited for something to open up. After about 15 minutes she said, “That table over there is yours once it’s cleaned up”. We sat down and enjoyed our drinks, appetizer, dinner and the live music that was playing. After about an hour, we paid our bill and were finishing up when the owner of the restaurant approached us and asked if “we stole the table, because there is a waiting list”. After telling her we gave our name to her staff and were told to sit at that table, she went to check the waiting list, came back and said “I guess it is okay”. We were taken aback by the rudeness of the owner and felt it could have been asked in a different manner. At that point, we decided it was better to leave the rest of our meal and walk out. My friend approached the owner and told her we didn’t appreciated being treated with such rudeness and it’s a shame she acts like that toward customers. The owner told my friend that she does that all the time and she doesn’t care what he thinks. While we were outside, standing under an awning two businesses down from Market Vines, the owner comes outside to “apologize”. However, after telling her we did not want her apologies, she said, “I’m not fing sorry, f you. Never come back.” I was so astonished by her reaction and the way she had treated us, as paying customers, that I said nothing except, “Don’t worry”. She then went inside and came back out with 2 men and another woman; one of the men (the owner’s husband) got in my friend’s face and starting screaming at him and poking my friend in the chest with his finger. My friend’s wife then took out her phone to video tape their outrageous behavior and the woman owner hit her hand away and grabbed her phone, all while screaming obscenities at us. The owner made it very clear that “young people like us” are not welcome in her establishment. I have never been treated in such a manner for waiting for a table, eating food, drinking beverages and paying a bill. I do not recommend supporting this restaurant or its owners. I’m saddened that small business owners treat their customers with such disrespect, especially in a town that needs businesses like this to revive its...

This place was great. Our server was very attentive and helpful. We got a couple glasses of wine, and two chicken wraps. My fiance got the sweet and spicy grilled chicken wrap, and couldn't decide what sauce he wanted. The server suggested he get both sauces on the side and no sauce inside so he could dip instead. He liked both of the sauces very much. The spicy honey garlic sauce was really good. Just enough kick, and very tasty. The Carolina gold was also really good, less kick but so much flavor. I got the chicken caesar wrap. So good. The chicken was perfectly cooked. Just enough dressing, all the flavors were complimentary. I'm very picky about Caesar dressing and this one was so good. Not to mention the server mentioned that the spicy honey garlic sauce was great with the chips, and brought me a side as a dip for my chips. That sauce is addictive. Overall, a great lunch. We will definitely be back when we're in...

Very disappointing. My wife has a bad back so she had to sit on the "couch' while I sat at the ridiculously small table and my view was a blank wall. We waited way too long for a server and when a woman finally came over it was to say they were busy making take out orders. So we kept waiting. Apparently people who were not there are more important than the people who were. I ordered a bison burger and it was a flat round disk set on two pieces of toasted bread. It was tastelessl. Every burger that Wendy's makes is better than that burger. They brought the check and my bill with a tip was near $50 dollars. Everything is WAY overpriced. I will never go back to...