Arlequin Wine Merchant

Matt Sain

I definitely just found my new hang for select bottle of Californian wine. From the moment I walked in the staff was eager to give me a brief but thorough lesson on Californian wine.The secluded area outback is one of the best you can find in the city. I’m looking forward to hiding away here again the next time I want stow away with a bottle of red and ignore real life.

Larisa Kablikhina

If it wasn’t for the delicious food and the amazing job the restaurant workers did, this place would be a one star for me, which is very disappointing, since my friends and I were very excited to visit. From the moment we walked in it was obvious that the staff was not excited to see us. The person working in the wine shop barely acknowledged us, and mumbled under his breath to let him know if we had questions. We did have questions, but they were all met with a cold and indifferent answers. We all felt very unwelcome and awkward with the front staff. Regardless we wrote it off and thought the place is just quirky and maybe the staff is super knowledgeable and doesn’t have time to address the needs of pure mortals but maybe they know their wine… Unfortunately even their wine recommendations were terrible…we tried the white flight and had a favorite, but wanted to try something similar. I specifically asked the guy working the wine bar at the time for something similar. First he gave me a red….when I asked for white. I wrote it off to him not hearing me correctly. Then we had a conversation about how I do not like sweeter whites, he suggested for us to try a Gewürztraminer, which was surprising since those are sometime pretty sweet. He assured me it was dry. It was not…it was exactly what I asked for It not to be…and they charged me a corkage fee …which is also odd given the fact that this is a wine shop which offers bottles to be enjoyed in the garden. Needless to say we left very disappointed and didn’t even ask for a refund on our barely touched bottle since it seemed like too much trouble to confront the unfriendly wine shop staff. Very disappointed, Particularly in the wine staff that served us… For anyone looking for a wine bar with a knowledgeable and friendly staff please go somewhere else, may I suggest the lovely Ebb and flow across the street.

Hank Holiday

The best wine shop in the city. They have a unique, constantly changing selection with surprisingly reasonable prices due to their affiliation with the Absinthe restaurant group. Plus the staff are friendly and knowledgeable. Just tell them what you like and they'll go around and pick out bottles for you. Super fun experience. (Covid FYI: They have a walk up window and a menu of recommended bottles, but they'll happily help you pick stuff out from the full selection if you ask.)

Jules C (popmonkey)

a bit bright, would have preferred a less cafeteria like atmosphere but when the cafeteria like atmosphere is in the midst of library like shelves of wine, one can't really complain. great wines and we met some cool folks as well.