Wilding Oxford - Wine Dine Shop Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Chefs and their team were warm and enthusiastic and made me feel comfortable."
• "Amazing impromptu late birthday lunch with my partner... Completed by warm and effortless service."
• "Service matched the quality of the food - attentive, professional with personality."
• "Super friendly and knowledgeable staff throughout. Wonderful food and drinks."
• "Staff were very friendly and attentive, the food and drink was delicious and arrived promptly."
• "Staff was totally prepared to treat each customer as they seemed to want to be treated- at once attentive, next calmly aloof."
• "Had a fantastic evening for my husbands 50th... The evening was made for us by our host Romain, who was charming and passionate about wine."

Cons:

• "However, great service stopped there. The waiter was definitely not attentive."
• "Our main complaint was the very strange music playlist which was distracting."
• "The staff were friendly but not very knowledgeable about the food and wine."
• "Waited 40 minutes for bread that was dry and unappealing. Then waited a further 40 minutes to not receive the correct order."
• "Service was cold and not attentive at all."
• "We had a long wait for the food order to be taken and even longer to wait for it to be served."
• "Largely underwhelming experience... Ended up having to remind the staff several times about drinks and side dish that was ordered but not received."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was simply sublime. Oysters with smoked jalapeño oil and butterflied Gurnard were one of our favourites!"
• "Had a great dinner at the new and improved Wilding, which now has a food service to match the wine and surroundings."
• "Outstanding food, beautifully presented, with startlingly good flavour."
• "Nice wines and food. It was a bit loud for us until we were moved into another place."
• "Fantastic wine venue. Only had the wine, but the wine I had based on their recommendation was fantastic."
• "Absolutely delicious food! I would recommend trying one of the homemade, woodfire pizzas!"
• "The food was very good - it was honestly the best pizza I have had, ever: so refined, so crispy."

Cons:

• "Food was interesting but more misses than hits. The crudo was overly seasoned and the fish not appeared as fresh."
• "Unfortunately the delicious menu massively fell flat when it arrived."
• "We were very excited to try wilding, and were so disappointed. The wine was underwhelming and the food was actively rubbish."
• "The soup (£8) was honestly foul, it was meant to be tomato but it came out cold like you’d take it out a fridge and we couldn't tell if they forgot to heat it up or whether it was cold on purpose but either way it was almost inedible."
• "The sharing plates concept is great. Unfortunately the delicious menu massively fell flat when it arrived."
• "The waiter was friendly but clearly had no knowledge what so ever of the menu, not even the basics."
• "The gnocchi was very bland, literally no taste what so ever."