I like to leave a restaurant feeling like I got a good meal for a good value and sadly I can't say that with my experience here. The wine selection is nice and this is a good place to take a date just to grab a glass of wine and enjoy it at a rural farm type setting. It's very pretty here.
The problem is with the value part. Mt Horeb is beginning to suffer from restaurants that are overpriced and this place is no exception.
The portions were tiny. The cheese plate that we shared between 4 adults only gave us a small bite size piece of 4 varieties and it was $14. The salad was also just a few leaves of lettuce and everyone at my table agreed it was too small for the price.
The main entree, which happened to be spaghetti marinara (no meat) was $15. It was good but again, the portion was small.
Lastly, we ordered a bread as it didn't come with the entree. The owner brought out this tiny piece of bread to share between 4 people. It was literally laughable how small it was and it was like $5 or so.
The main reason why I was really bothered by my experience is because the owner, who was a seemingly nice lady, was waitressing all alone. We witnessed people at other tables shaking their heads as they waited to order more wine. A lot of empty glasses because the owner apparently doesn't want to hire and pay for help. Don't expect to grab a quick meal here or to get prompt service.
I can't explain why there is no hired help but it gave me the impression that the owner wants to keep all the profits for herself at the expense of the customers. Maybe that's not the case, but I don't know why else she wouldn't hire people so the patrons can get the prompt service they are paying for. It just doesn't look good.
Our bill for 4 people with wine included was right around $300. So if you go here, be prepared to drop about $75 per person if you drink wine. Glasses of wine if I remember were around $8 to $12 per glass.
My recommendation to the owner would be to hire some help and make your portions bigger. If she did those two things, the experience could have been much better.