Wiki’s Wine Dive & Grill

This was my first time at Wiki’s. Our waitress was great! I ordered the Kobe burger and my husband ordered the steak sandwich. OMG! My burger was almost too beautiful to eat… almost ;) both dishes were delicious. Definitely a good hang out spot.

Meh. Im a sucker for a BOGO coupon (found in the Bakersfield Californian) which I think is a great way to get someone into a restaurant for a first time. Unfortunately the first experience probably would not get me to go back and pay full price for the food we received. Promptly greeted and taken to a booth. Drink order was taken and the order was taken promptly after receiving our drinks. Ordered my hamburger cooked medium, came out well done. The buttered and grilled bun on the burger was nice. The French fries were good, may have been double fried with just the right amount of kosher salt. Too bad there was only about 8 fries on the plate, maybe this was because of the BOGO coupon, I will probably never know. Glasses of iced tea sat empty until the waiter brought us our ticket. It a nice place, just not for me. Didn’t find much value in the meal.

Chilled here for 5 hours with a girlfriend on a Saturday night. Had never been here before and was pleasantly surprised. I should mention this review isn’t focusing purely on the food but also the experience and the ambiance .
Sat in a very comfortable booth and enjoyed the attentive service from the various waiters throughout the evening who kept checking in and refilling drinks/​water. We tried a number of small plates mostly from the appetizer/​happy hour menu: the chopped Mediterranean salad, mahi mahi tacos, carnitas tacos, Brussels sprouts, and sweet potato fries, and the carne Asada tacos with goat cheese and pickled onions, plus some drinks.
Can I just say, I ate fish people (!) This sort a big deal (for me) and newish ground in this last year. Served up in these little tacos with some lime on it the Mahi Mahi was pretty tasty. I don’t like blue cheese so had that on the side with the Brussels sprouts. I don’t know what they did to them as I have never had Brussels sprouts that come out looking more orange, kinda like sweet potatoes, but the taste was awesome. I really liked the Carne Asada tacos-​they were tasty little bits of goodness. Olé! The carnitas tacos got a thumbs down from my friend; I didn’t eat them.
What really made the night was the live music by Tino Ibachi. The evening started out without too many people,
but later on got packed with a diverse crowd enjoying the ambiance and the music. I really enjoyed the vibe here and look forward to coming back.

Fun little restaurant! The owner was ver accommodating and made sure we got a table and even gave us a discount on our drinks. Yummy appetizers. They also have gluten free options. Will go here again!

I love going to Wiki’s on Thursday’s they have live music and the outside seating area is so cozy. The staff is amazing and friendly. Wine choices are great and the calamari is delish. So if your looking for a nice fun friendly place to go this is your place.
Ronda C

Great drinks, talented music that is diverse and awesome staff! Lea and Carla are great !

Visited Bakersfield for work. Had dinner here due to a few of the locals raving about this place. Its a local restaurant/​wine bar. We had a large group so we ordered a lot of appetizers to start! Ordered the Lamb pops, mussels, brussel sprouts. The lamb was perfectly cooked. The sauce the mussels came with was to die for. Wanted some more bred to soak it all up. The brussel sprouts were very flavorful but seems all the fixins took over the dish as I didn’t get very many Brussel sprouts. For dinner I had the salmon. It was cooked perfectly and came with risotto. The risotto was very tasty. My only issue was that I could see all the butter they used on the side of it. Little unnerving knowing how much there was. Other than that I can’t complain! Great local spot for a nice meal and quality service.

Great Thursday Night specials, love their mussel dish!!!
We came in fir drinks, but find out that, they had live music from Hawaiian wonder. Great drinks, good food and live entertainment!!!

We needed dinner on Valentine’s Day and didn’t have great expectations of Wiki just because we were actually able to get in. I was surprised to find the best shrimp street tacos I’ve ever had at this little place. Shrimp, perfectly roasted brussel sprouts, purple potato and edemame melded into taco perfection. I wasn’t that thrilled with the wine but found a great IPA on tap. The chocolate mousse cake was pretty yummy, too. Great service.

The place is nice, plays good music, but I will never go back again. First off the bartender was having a pretty big glass of wine, chopping strawberries and eating them at the same time. Gross! Her fingers touching her mouth then handling the fruit. Yuck! Not sanitary! My poor husband got food poisoning! We are not sure if it was from the filet mingon with blue cheese sauce and mashed potatoes or the draft beer he ordered. He mentioned it tasted weird, but didn’t want to send it back and look like a beer snob.
I’m only giving this place one star for the atmosphere and music!

I always receive a warm welcome when I come to Wiki’s. The crispy brussel sprouts are to diiiiie for… they’re not like your grandma makes em! I love the strawberry salad — it is delicious, refreshing and light. I also dig the hangar steak — it has a great flavor. Stinky fries on happy hour (every day til 7! And all day Sunday and Monday!) are so yummy and indulgent.

Not much a review but, beer selection is great. Got the fillet mignon cooked to medium and o.m.g. amazing, imo. Kind of questioned the mashed potatoes without gravy but who cares, cooked in butter and salt.
Everyone at the table enjoyed their meal to the fullest, including the kids who ate all their meals which rarely happens at other places. Definitely worth going to again but maybe just adults around the fire top table.
Our service was amazing and very quick to get us our drinks when refills were ordered. Very helpful and knowledgeable of the menu.

I met a group here on a Friday night. I know it’s a busy time to dine, but should it really take 30 minutes to get appetizers? Or for someone to take our main course order? It really shouldn’t. Our drinks were often empty and our waiter was running around so much that we often couldn’t track him down. Because of the wait, they did comp our appetizers (which why I gave them two stars instead of one). The staff really wasn’t very friendly or helpful. No one seemed to help out our waiter or even seemed to want to when it looked like we were looking for help. I had the lobster pasta and it was awful. It had a weird taste to it and had little white stick looking things in the sauce. I thought it might have just been my plate, but someone else in our party had the same and agreed that it tasted weird and found those little white sticks in her sauce too. For as much as you spend here (over $ 30 for a salad, this pasta, and an iced tea), you would expect a better meal and food out in a more timely manner. Our waiter did what he could and kept apologizing, but I will never return unless I have to.

Nasty food and bad service. Went there with my family (husband and five kids) on a Saturday night. What a mistake. We were seated outside, along with three other families. There were some guys smoking at the bar. We asked nicely if they could move us because of the cigarette smoke, no luck. Our food arrived late, it was cold and bland. Hated every minute of that experience. I Will never be back.

This place looks nice and all but I don’t think I’ll come back here. The service sucks worst than chillis on Gosford. The table we were sitting at kept moving. Our waitress was slow for everything. Waited 45 minutes after we ordered for our food. The food looked good but that’s about it. The French toast was dry AF. The chicken on the waffle had pink wasn’t cooked right. The only good things about my experience was my buzz from the mimosa bar.
The server didn’t seem like she wanted to be here,
She was not attentive at all. She had so many opportunities to impress but would only disappoint ignoring all the tables but the one task she was doing at that point. B

This place is a disaster on the weekends! First of all, they have plenty of people that work there, but don’t actually do anything other than trying to find a sugar daddy, from what I’ve observed on my few visits to Wikis. This lack of helpful staff leaves the servers who do have tables stressed out and unattentive. Solution: utilize those people walking around by spreading out the table coverage.
2^nd observation: The waitstaff often comes off as extremely rude. You can’t seem to ask them for a drink without attitude, which I get being stressed out and attitude can shine through. However, if you have servers that dislike the smokers on the patio, they need to not serve that section; the faces and overall body language of the girl last night on the patio made it very apparent that she did not like smoke and hated going out there.
3^rd observation: The food is extremely inconsistent. It takes forever to get appetizers and drinks, as well as refills. Last night I had the Cajun shrimp alfredo, sad to say, the most dissapointing and bland alfredo sauce while other times its great. I shouldn’t have had to add as much salt as I did to make the food tolerable. My boyfriend’s cheese-​steak had peppers in it when he ordered no peppers and it took another 15 minutes before he received a replacement after everyone else had already finished their food. Another person in our party had undercooked green beans.
I hope the next time, if there is a next time, that it is an overall better experience.

I love this place!
Great bar, great food and the staff is fantastic!

Come for the abundance of wine & appetizers, but forget the entrees. A few of the salads are good, but make sure you ask them to toss them for you. There is a nice atmosphere no matter where you sit: the bar, patio, or at the tables. It’s a good place to meet up for drinks for a few friends, but I would advise against planning a night out of more than 8 here, unless you plan on taking over the patio. We had a party of 6 and it was cramped. The parking lot is a good size so there’s no trouble finding a spot. I do appreciate the always friendly service and the live music on Fridays.

Such a great addition to Bakersfield. Nice menu selection with a good variety of appetizers, burgers, tacos, seafood and steaks. Not your same cookie cutter meals. One of my favorites is the fried green beans with the spicy dip as an appetizer.
The new addition to the bar is a plus!
Lastly, be prepared to have a bit of a wait on Wine Down Wednesdays, but the food is definitely worth the wait!

Had a better experience this time at the bar! We met a couple of the friendly owners and also some regulars. Had a drink and enjoyed the plantains once again re Happy Hour ($ 3). Also tried the buffalo spring roll, also on the Happy Hour menu! ($ 4) Pretty good!
We had great service and stayed longer than intended as a result.
We learned that there is a new Chef at the restaurant — great news. Still not sure I would come here for a full meal but nothing wrong with the appies and cold drinks!
We left as it started to get busy but I am sure we will return as it is close to home and now close to our new gym!