Wine & Larder Bistro

This wonderful venue is a gift that keeps on giving. Cannot recommend it highly enough. On the coldest night in Brisbane this year we celebrated my husband's birthday. We were kept warm by the blankets provided, the professionalism and attentiveness of the staff and the outstanding food and wine. Living in The Gap we are so lucky to have this place on our doorstep. Wine and Larder is quite simply sheer joy.

Very cool wine bar in Ashgrove! Myself and my partner had the degustation with matching wine here. Firstly, the fit-out here looks great. It's definitely the coolest looking place in suburban Ashgrove. Secondly every wine was excellent and matched the food perfectly. Favourites were the Hently (Victoria) reisling and the Italian Soave. The food here was also very good, but perhaps not quite as good as the wine. Favourites were the corn bread starter and the lemon meringue dessert. The staff are also very friendly and are experts in the restaurant's wines and food. After the meal had a wine in the Alleyway bar, which is also very cool.

No doubt an extensive and interesting wine list, except you don't find out how expensive almost all of the wines are until you arrive, because the list on the website doesn't have prices. I get that the menu is supposed to be matched with the wines and there are a lot of share plates, but the lack of cohesion in the food menu was off putting to most in our group. Food was certainly okay if haphazard. Not sure if I would go back. Nice and ultra knowledgeable owner and wait staff, though.