Shauna P.
Yelp
After years of watching the construction of this place, and anxiously awaiting its opening, the day finally came for our chance to give this sparkling new venue a try. So disappointing!
It's not all bad. The space is bright and clean, with lots of glass and some greenery. Good size parking lot. Bocce court. Fire pits in the beer garden. But these features aren't enough to outweigh the negative.
Not everyone is a sun-worshipper. Since none of the outside tables have umbrellas, enjoying the nice weather wasn't in the cards for us.
I wish they could figure out how to group food orders by table, even if each person ordered and paid separately. All seven of us placed our orders one after another, but by the time the seventh person got her food, the first was nearly finished. Just awkward.
$12 for a glass of ordinary Argentinian pinot noir? Seriously? And in this day and age, what kind of brewery doesn't serve flights?
The biggest criticism of the day was the incomplete menu descriptions. When one of our party asked if anything came with the torta, she was told no, ordered a side of tortilla chips, then lo and behold, her torta came with tortilla chips. Another ordered the hanger steak tacos which came drizzled with crema - not listed on the menu. She doesn't like crema. Sent them back. My smoked carrot tacos had cilantro sprinkled all over them. Once again, not listed on the menu. Haven't you heard about the gene that causes cilantro to taste like soap to some people? You can't just fling that stuff everywhere without telling people. One of the carrots was so woody I couldn't bite through it. And there was way too much harissa. It was pretty much all I could taste. Chicken nuggets? Meh. And to add insult to injury, everything was overpriced. Waaaay overpriced.
Whoever planned Wayland focused too hard on the glitz and neglected to consider the little courteous touches that make a place a special destination that keeps people coming back. The beer may be good, but unfortunately the food end of the operation doesn't live up to those attempts at high-end gourmet bar food.
It's still new enough that I'm willing to give them another chance, but if the food is still mediocre and the menu is still inaccurate, I doubt I'll be willing to cough up 12 of my hard-earned dollars for a glass of wine a third time.