Wood & Wine

Tried Wood & Wine on a busy Saturday night. Though the restaurant was full, there were not too people waiting, but the staff was still clearly overwhelmed. A thirty-​minute quoted wait time only turned out to be five minutes, but we ended up waiting for an extended period at the table for the server to take our order and find us silverware (they had run out). The menu is straightforward – appetizers, salads, pastas, steaks, and pizzas – supplemented by a reasonably extensive wine list for a restaurant in its class including a good number of wines by the glass in the $ 7 to $ 10 range.
I was surprised, though, by how underwhelming the pizza was. $ 12 for a Neapolitan, wood-​fired pizza (8 slices that can easily be shared by two people) is a decent deal, but taste-​wise, the pizzas were fairly bland. The Italian pizza even had an unpleasant sourness to it. The crust was dense and chewy, though at least it had some of the trademark leopard spots from the wood-​fired oven.
I did like the create-​your-​own cheese plate option – three cheeses from a selection of ten for $ 12 served with olives, fruit, fig chutney, and crackers (though the crackers were only those Pepperidge Farm butterfly-​shaped crackers you get at the grocery store).
All-​in-​all, Wood & Wine seems like a decent place for wine and cheese, but the pizza offerings leave much to be desired. I’ll put it ahead of Mama Santa’s – the standard-​bearer of blandness – but I would recommend going a little further down I-​90 to Sweet Basil in Westlake (though a far-​less inviting interior environment) or, for a real treat, Vero Pizza in Cleveland Heights.

Great service and food! I recommend as long as you like the menu choices, go try it out! Yum! Yum! Very satisfying!!!

Nice place with a huge bar area to enjoy a bottle of wine.
We tried the calamari and the sausage and pepper pizza. Calamari was fried with plain marinara sauce. The pizza was spicy and was baked perfectly.
Highly recommend the pizza and would try another appetizer on the next visit.

Place was nice and clean. Ordered the 8 inch personal pizza for me and my wife as an appetizer to our entrees but waitress brought it out with our entrees. Pizza wasnt hot when it was given to us and the crust was soggy on the bottom. I also got an «open food» charge because it was food that was made to order? Never heard that before in my life. Not a disaster of a place but Wouldnt go back.

A great restaurant that is not a chain and has something for everyone. Located off the main strip of Avon, but don’t let the location be the deterring factor. Whether you want a drink and appetizer or a full course meal. It will please all palates.

It seems from the reviews that you either love this place or hate it. Fortunately, for my dinner companions and I, we all loved it.
We went on a weeknight, so it wasn’t too busy. We were promptly seated and given just the right amount of attention throughout the meal. Service was great.
The food was also excellent. It started with all of us sharing a magherita pizza. Fresh basil and chunks of tomatoes, so good. For the entrees we shared wings, mussels and a tortellini pasta with chicken in a basil sauce. It was all so tasty. The chicken was tender, sauces weren’t overpowering, and the portions were generous.
Two of us split a slice of the cheesecake, and it was tasty as well. Sometimes you worry about the desserts at a place that doesn’t necessarily specialize in desserts, especially cheesecake because you think, ‘how long has this been sitting around? Will it taste old?’ It didn’t. I would highly recommend.
The ambiance was very nice as well. Not sure about the wines, but everything else was great!

Poor service, poor quality food, only had 1 out of 3 wines on their wine flight that was in the menu. Started with a cheese plate that was supposed to be served with apples but instead was served with kiwi, orange, and pineapple slices? It was bad. Then got the Italian Pizza which was very greasy and garlicy and also burnt. This was a very unfortunate experience

Stopped in mid evening after a swim at the Y. The chicken salad with cranberries and walnuts was awesome and presented beautifully. A large portion. My daughter opted for the coconut shrimp appetizer. It was a generous portion size and very tasty. Our server was very friendly and welcoming. The place is very quaint inside. The hostess was accommodating about our request to sit at a booth as my daughter wears hearing aides and prefers a corner booth. Only reason I didn’t give it a fifth star is that we didn’t have an entrée but I am confident it would have scored 5 stars.

Hands down the worst food I have ever eaten. My lasgna was plain disgusting. Sauce was canned. Filling was dry and bland. There was no bubbley crust on the lasagna just a few squares of semi melted cheese of some sort. Stouffers is better. My daughter had tortellini with a cream pesto sauce, last time I checked pesto was green from the basil not brown. Waitress was nice.

I had never tasted wood fired pizza. I was quite impressed with the flavor. The staff was well informed on the the wines and that was important. The décor was warm and inviting. My reviews can be harsh at times but honestly, I couldnt find a single fault here.

Good wood fired pizza. I got the sausage one and enjoyed some Rose wine while I waited. I appreciate people that know the wine brands and can describe them. Good experience.

Fantastic! Had a multitude of plates with friends and everything was beyond great! Will DEFINITELY be returning!

I have made a few trips to Wood and Wine. The service has been ok and the prices aren’t too high. The décor was very nice and inviting.
On my last visit I tried the Italian Pizza. This pizza was average. The crust desperately lacked a desired crispiness for me and the sauce didn’t set itself apart from other places.

Went on Friday night with some girl friends. I have to say, I really expected better. I know Fridays are probably busy, but that was not the issue.
My friend ordered a wine that the bar had sold out of. Being sold out on a Friday shows poor planning, but whatever. The waitress could not have been less helpful. She told us that they were sold out, and then she just stood there in silence. We sort of expected her to recommend something, but nope. So we asked her if there were any other wines close to the one we had wanted. Of course there weren’t (hard to believe…) so she just ordered what I had ordered. Kind of lame to have no guidance or backup wines.
The food was bad all around. Pizza was black, just burnt all over. The cheese plate was smaller than a lunchables. Two friends ordered pasta with chicken and they were convinced it was either canned, or not chicken at all. The «coconut shrimp» was basically a bag of frozen cocktail shrimp (the size used for pasta, NOT the size used for an appetizer) with some lime drizzled on top of it.
The wine that we did order was ok, but quite honestly we could get that anywhere. Would not bother going back here, sorry.

My first time to Wood & Wine. It was not what I expected inside. Its nice enough at the end of the visit. Its a large building with wide expanse both ways. As finished it does not have a lot of character. Its kind of like a pole barn building fully finished. There are booths, high top tables, a bar, and low tables. Because of where we sat I did not see that there was a nice looking wine cellar to look into. That is on the front of the restaurant. But go see it its attractive.
I was disappointed in the wine selection. I went to look for some Ohio wines, New York wines, maybe other local wines, like Virginia. There were none. Those wines are as good as any in the USA. Their selection is mainly California, some Oregon. They had French and South America well represented. But the lack of local has fueled the 2 of 5 star rating.
I had a glass of Petit Syrah which was great, a glass of Gewürztraminer was had by my dining companion and was good. Later I had a glass of Chile Carmernie which was a kind of flat flavored vanilla ish wine and I did not like it.
The wine was served in nice glasses and you don’t normally get such nice glasses. That is a real plus.
We ordered the cheese plate, and picked 3 cheese’s. The presentation was very nice and the cheeses were great.
For dinner, I had the Port Chop which was tasty. It had a nice sauce with strawberries and the vegetables were excellent. My dining companion ordered a margarita pizza which came burnt but they brought another soon after. However, it stated fresh tomatoes but these were for sure canned tomatoes. It had a kind of flat flavor and it tasted like sugar had been added to the sauce, another disappointment.
If I was rating on food along it would get a 4.0 as the cheese and pork chop dishes were 4 or slightly over 4 of 5. The Pizza was fresh but with canned tomatoes and mediocre sauce, and it hurt its flavor.
The big point drop was the lack of local touch in the wine selection. While there is apparently a person of some experience at the restaurant in terms of wine selection I just felt the choices seemed distributor dominated and distributors have a true lack of appreciation for local wines. If it was not a wine restaurant then I would probably give the wine list at least a 3 of 5. Again the lack of diversity is a big loss for someplace that considers itself a wine restaurant.
I will probably go back hoping that they might take up some local wines.

Brought a friend here for his birthday dinner (his choice) and what a nice place. Good casual dining place but the food was great! Would def go back!

This place didnt have great reviews before mine but it was next to my hotel and I really wanted a good glass of wine and a wood fired pizza. I call that self inflicted. I should have believed my fellow Unilocalers.
It has a feel of Dennys and may have been at one time. I sat at the bar. They actually have a decent bottle list. By the glass as pretty limited but I found a cab I was familiar with and was satisfied with it. I ordered a side salad and wood fired wings to start. The salad tasted like dirty refrigerator. You know what I’m talking about. The wings I ordered twice baked. They cook them in the wood fired oven, then they are supposed to toss them is a sauce and put them back in the fire. What I got seemed to fall very short of that. My wings were rubbery like they may have been microwaved. Tossed? Nah, slop a little sauce on them and hit start.
I also ordered a traditional Italian pizza. It was good but nothing exciting and fell pretty short of the description but not of my expectations at this point.
The service was rough. I got the impression the general attitude was «Im stuck here whether youre here or not so deal with it». The bartender did everything by herself. Nobody to take out trash, handle money, run food, or any visible support whatsoever. I watched her do all of these task and then handle food and make drinks without ever washing her hands. YIKES!
Next time… nah, who am I kidding. DONE

Tried this place for the first time this weekend. We were impressed with the décor and the menu. We enjoyed the bruschetta, very flavorfull. The bread before the meal was perfect and fresh baked. We had a simple thin crust peperoni pizza and it was baked just right with a very good crust. We are big fans of wood fired pizza and are glad to have a local option. They have a great wine list but I would liked to have seen some cheaper wines by the bottle. We enjoyed the chianti and the house red was very tasty. Our service was prompt and efficient. Manager came by to check in, that is a nice touch.
We will try dinner here again. Thank You!

Excellent pizza and service! We had the baked Brie app and The Italian pizza. Both were fantastic. The restaurant’s atmosphere was pleasant and the staff was very nice. I couldn’t have asked for a better lunch date with my wife.

This place has some serious class. I have never had a bad meal here, so let’s just start with that. But then let me impress you by saying that the one I had this time around was one of the BEST. Roasted chicken with green beans, yellow squash, over a bed of butternut squash ravioli and pecan cream sauce. I wanted to lick the entire bowl! Seriously though, please get anything, any dish, that has the butternut squash as part of it. You will never, ever be sorry.
As for the wine, one of the restaurant’s namesakes, get a glass. Any glass. The wine expert there is great at what he does. Ask him for a suggestion, or any of the servers, and you won’t be able to put it down. Just try and nurse one glass through the whole meal. I dare you. I think you’ll need a second. :D