Veeno Chester, Exclusive Hire

My sister and I had the Trip to Sicily wine tasting experience bought for us as a birthday present. We'd never done anything like this before and weren't sure what to expect. We were greeted warmly by Nico when we arrived and shown to a table straight away. Nico explained that it would take about 20 minutes to prepare everything so we had a glass of delicious red wine and sat and people watched for a while. We were shown the wines we'd be tasting - two white, a rose and two red. After a short while a large wooden platter was brought to the table containing a selection of breads, cheeses and ham. It looked amazing. Nico returned with two glasses of white wine for us, explained how the wine was made, where it was from and what to choose from the board to accompany it. He then left us in peace to enjoy it - and enjoy it we did. He returned every 20 minutes or so with two more glasses of wine and more interesting information about the wine and more excellent advice on what to choose to accompany it. We finished off with a home made Tiramisu and a glass of slightly sweeter dessert wine. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable experience and we definitely recommend it. Our thanks to Nico, Victoria and Ellie

We went for the Italian (Sicily) Wine Tasting package at Veeno. We had 2 x white wine, 1 x rose wine and 2 x reds to taste and enjoy! What lovely wines they all were. Elli (our host) was very friendly and the perfect host. Well worth a visit.

I can only comment on the wine and not food, as only had drinks. However it did look very nice and will go back to try. Good choice of wine and good service

Good staff, the female manager (can’t remember her name) was amazing and very accommodating. She makes the best toasties!

We’ve been to a Veeno previously so we were expecting some great food and wine. The restaurant had asked us to preorder as we were a large group so we submitted choices, only to be told that several things were not available on arrival, even chips! The food that was available was tasty and there’s always a great selection of wine. We were in the separate dining room so it was a nice place to eat and drink with friends. Overall, we would go again as we know the brand but this particular visit was disappointing, despite ordering ahead.

Good wine but snooty staff. On arrival we were informed there was an hour wait for food. This amazed us as the only food they do seems to be antipasti: how can it take an hour to artfully arrange meat & cheese on a board?! Also they don't have a proper coffee machine but one which uses "pods" - rather a letdown for a place that styles itself as continental. Overall unimpressed.