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| - Imagine walking into a dimly lit room fully of loud chatter on a cold Saturday night. Bottles and bottles of wine lined an entire wall to your left, what looks like bookshelves full of more empty bottles of wine are at the back and menus w more wine choices are scribbled on chalk boards all over the place. I felt like a cozy den, but a den full of old and new world wines..... and I liked it. The seats along the benches on the left were mainly for pairs and there were small tables for groups of four or more gathered in the middle. That's what I remember from Mildfield wine bar.
Wine. Surprisingly, their selection of wines was not robust. I guess I'm more of a Bordeaux girl, so I was slightly disappointed that they didn't have it listed on their menu. It was fun reading their descriptions and trying different wines. After trying a few glasses of their Greek, Spanish, Italian and French reds and still(!!) unable to find one that I really liked, I spoke w our server. She came back w a bottle of bordeaux from off the menu and we knew we had a winner. I guess I know what I like and tend to stick with it! Needless to say, after a couple glasses, we asked for the bottle and got the last one. Woohoooo.
Food. Prior to coming here, I was actually looking forward to trying their Duck Heart Tartare. The warm brioche that came w the Tartare was amazing and the duck heart was Deliciousss as well. Tasted like steak tartare but w stronger flavours. Wasn't too chewy (like chicken heart could be) and wasn't gamey. I liked it.
Cheese and charcuterie was good as well. Choose your own based on their list on the chalkboard. I liked the Sauvagine and Finocchiona. :D
Anyway, my review for this place is that our server was pretty nice and accommodating. The place is a bit loud because it was kind of crowded, but its probably the same anywhere on a Saturday night. Selection of wines was okay. Not a lot of vintages. Food was tasty but menu is small. Resos are recommended.
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