Topa Mountain Winery

Raquel Campos

Discrepancies should be made and outlined in the menus in italics/bold I'll get to this point in a bit. The lack of customer service was pessimistic and disappointing. We had a reservation and it took awhile for anyone to check us in, or anyone notice we were there. Once we were seated, the tables weren't cleaned, or wiped down. There was still remnants of the previous party's food crumbs on the table. Our waiter told us they would be back to clean the table up for us, but it took awhile to get to the point by awhile I mean 15+ minutes. One of our bottles of water had a hair in it. It's a pretty warm day, and when the request for more water was made at the start to middle of our reservation was made, it took 15 to 20 minutes to get, and I had to walk constantly to the bar for water to be given to us. We ordered 5 flights per person, and we were told that they doubled two of our flights to save on the need to wash glasses, because if they gave us all the flights we individually ordered, they'd have to wash and clean more glasses, and "then we'd be behind the bar cleaning glasses all day", that was never stated to our party. And that discrepancy should be stated in italics in the menu. That even if you made a reservation ahead of time, in a timely manner, the lack of preparation should not be expected. I am 100% sure that the parties around us were not treated in that form. We had a reservation made 2 weeks ago, where we paid our deposit, and you don't have enough preparation to be able to provide separate glasses for every person, that is not hospitality, at all. That's an unprofessional presentation and impression you're making for yourself as a business. And I've never had that be an issue, in any other vineyard/ wine tasting before. The experience was below average expectations. The wine was great. But the service was awful. It genuinely felt like, "hi we are open, but high expectations, or average expectations of what hospitality should be with you, as a client won't be met, we will be the bare minimum, and still charge you the same price." I'm not coming here again. And you shouldn't either, because that was the experience, of 6 people.

Grace Marquez

I want to like this place alot since it's a great location, I'll be back to try the other wine tasting. I always go for reds, but personally did not enjoy them. The host and my server barely tried, (almost got a snobby reflection) would have liked to know more about the wines etc. But certain styles of "flights" you don't get this opportunity, especially when all the wine pours come out on a baking sheet. Like I say though wonderful and manicured grounds, worth it for that! And right off the main road in Ojai.

Jay G

This is the place to just unwind and sip some good Syrah. The outdoor sitting is beautiful with a good distance between you and the next group of people. Service is fantastic and they are knowledgeable when it comes to the wine. If your on vacation this is a must try.

andrew

Cute little winery. Our plans to check out a local hot spring fell through and we ended up at Topa Mountain Winery on Easter Sunday. They have a big spacious outdoor area with great seating. It's dog and family friendly. There were quite a few families having picnics here. Looks like they brought their own food. The little kids had plenty of space to run around. I found Topa to be super relaxing. It was a warm and sunny day. Bring some sun screen and sunglasses if you're going to sit outside for your wine tasting experience.