(between H St & I St)
Fremont, CA 94536
(510) 792-0112
The wife and I wanted a nice dinner out, and were looking
for something other than our known Indian and Chinese food haunts. We
consulted Yelp and found The Vine. When we arrived, we oohed and aaahed
over the quaint little place (emphasis on little--there is not much seating
inside), until the hostess informed us that they were booked for the evening.
We turned to leave, but she mentioned that there was patio seating in
back--if we weren't too cold. Apparently their heat lamps weren't working.
It was a nice night, so we agreed to sit outside. It was several
minutes until our supposed server acknowledged us at our table, and then
several more minutes, and a server change until we were asked for our order.
We weren't given a drink list when we sat down, so we actually ordered
our drinks after we ordered apps and dinner, once the server realized the
mistake.
They have a pretty good selection--I ordered a "cougar juice" wine flight, which was supposed to come with a Chard, Pinot Grigio, and Pinot Noir, as a mixed flight. wife had a cocktail. When I was served my flight (our servers switched back in the interim), I was brought three white wines. Wife, budding wine connoisseur, questioned our server as to which was the Noir, because he thought they were all red. The server looked a bit baffled, and pointed to the left-most glass. "Really?", wife and I both asked, skeptical, so the server went away to consult the hostess, who informed him that the he had just poured the Grigio of the same brand of wine instead of the Noir. It turned out to be A-OK though, because he brought us the Noir, in addition to the Grigio he had poured. Yay for free wine.
Our food came shortly after--I had the cheese plate as an app, which I highly recommend. I should mention now that almost everything they use is local. So, this cheese was from Cowgirl Cremery, and delicious. Wife had the sweet potato tots, which he also claimed to be a roaring success. For our main courses, I got the salmon, scallop and muscle sauté and wife got the fried red snapper. I enjoyed my plate very much. There was plenty of seafood, the noodles were a nice texture and the tomato cream sauce was tangy and hot (temperature, not spicy). Wife wasn't so lucky--the red snapper is essentially their fish and chips. It came in a basket on top of fries--fast food stlye-ish. He said the fish was good, but there were a ton of bones in his pieces, which made it a bit hard for him to enjoy.
We rounded out the evening with a carrot cake cupcake, which was pretty solid, and the richest, creamiest, and thickest chocolate mousse that I have ever had. It was almost like someone melted chocolate baking cubes in a coffee mug and then stuck it in the fridge for a bit. I enjoyed probably the first 5 bites or so--but it was so rich and thick that I couldn't even finish it. I'd have preferred it a bit lighter, but for those who dig chocolate (like, a lot), would probably love it.
The Vine has GREAT potential to be an amazing little spot with great food and amazing atmosphere. It's just not quite there yet with the food or service. Wife and I agreed that we look forward to going again six months from now to see how they're doing!
They have a pretty good selection--I ordered a "cougar juice" wine flight, which was supposed to come with a Chard, Pinot Grigio, and Pinot Noir, as a mixed flight. wife had a cocktail. When I was served my flight (our servers switched back in the interim), I was brought three white wines. Wife, budding wine connoisseur, questioned our server as to which was the Noir, because he thought they were all red. The server looked a bit baffled, and pointed to the left-most glass. "Really?", wife and I both asked, skeptical, so the server went away to consult the hostess, who informed him that the he had just poured the Grigio of the same brand of wine instead of the Noir. It turned out to be A-OK though, because he brought us the Noir, in addition to the Grigio he had poured. Yay for free wine.
Our food came shortly after--I had the cheese plate as an app, which I highly recommend. I should mention now that almost everything they use is local. So, this cheese was from Cowgirl Cremery, and delicious. Wife had the sweet potato tots, which he also claimed to be a roaring success. For our main courses, I got the salmon, scallop and muscle sauté and wife got the fried red snapper. I enjoyed my plate very much. There was plenty of seafood, the noodles were a nice texture and the tomato cream sauce was tangy and hot (temperature, not spicy). Wife wasn't so lucky--the red snapper is essentially their fish and chips. It came in a basket on top of fries--fast food stlye-ish. He said the fish was good, but there were a ton of bones in his pieces, which made it a bit hard for him to enjoy.
We rounded out the evening with a carrot cake cupcake, which was pretty solid, and the richest, creamiest, and thickest chocolate mousse that I have ever had. It was almost like someone melted chocolate baking cubes in a coffee mug and then stuck it in the fridge for a bit. I enjoyed probably the first 5 bites or so--but it was so rich and thick that I couldn't even finish it. I'd have preferred it a bit lighter, but for those who dig chocolate (like, a lot), would probably love it.
The Vine has GREAT potential to be an amazing little spot with great food and amazing atmosphere. It's just not quite there yet with the food or service. Wife and I agreed that we look forward to going again six months from now to see how they're doing!
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