Reviews for Pairings Wine Bar Restaurant in Pleasanton, CA
Excellent ambiance. Live music. Great wine selection. Food is decent but not excellent.
I joined friends at Pairings last night and while I enjoyed the wine and the live music, I probably won't be back. My entree... order of shrimp tacos was one of the skimpiest entrees I have had. As someone who cooks on a regular basis and someone who grewup in the restaurant business, I know there were at the most, two chopped up shrimp on three small tacos. To call this anentree is sadly over stating this dish. While my three measly tacos were tasty, I was searching for the shrimp (they werechopped in small pieces and sparsely sprinkled on the tacos. Also, there was supposed to be cabbage on the tacos, they were indirect proportion to the shrimp. For the price, I can go elsewhere and enjoy a shrimp taco with some shrimp inside. Read more
The only reason why I rated it 1 star was only because I needed it to place a review. This place was HORRIBLE. Terrible service,... even after we placed a reservation, clearly are not accustomed to serving latinos, and we were literally ignored by everyonebesides the busser. Never AGAIN. Don’t ever come here. Read more
Went to Pairing for Mother's day, had a reservation for 1pm. After being seating and given menus our waiter did not return for... at least 35 minutes. We placed our order for appetizers and wine and inquired about entrees, were informed that 4 items of the 8entrees on the menu were already sold out. We told the waiter that we needed more time to decide since our initial decisionwere the sold out items. The waiter leaves and does not come back for another 30 minutes. We had to yell across the restaurantto get her to come to our table. We finally order. After 45 minutes our win and appetizers still have no arrived. So far wehave been at this restaurant for 1 hour and 15 minutes and still no wine or apps. At this point we were tempted to leave, butbeing mothers day we figured it would be tough to get a table anywhere else without a reservation..so we endured. After 1 hourand 30 minutes of waiting our wine and appetizers finally arrive. our entrees come out 30 minutes later, for a grand total ofwait time of 2 hours and 5 minutes. The food was mediocre, the flat bread pizza was okay and the cheeseburger was overcookedand under seasoned. Look elsewhere if you want a pleasant dinning experience. Read more
Fantastic place! The live music was excellent, played a lot of oldies which was super fun. Felipe was our server and he was... awesome, very knowledgeable and friendly! Will definitely come back and recommend to friends and family! Read more
I love this place!!! Great wine bar and restaurant in the best area of downtown Pleasanton. The wine is good, the food is... amazing and the front porch seating is incredible. Great people watching area! It's a bit on the expensive side but worth it.Love coming here! Read more
I went here for drinks on a weekend afternoon as soon as they opened. It was empty so they let us pick any table. I ordered the... rose flight. They had run out of the 3rd selection and let me choose what I wanted to replace it with, but I let them addwhatever they recommended. I ended up with a pinot that was pretty good. I ordered several appetizers, the shrimp, the crostinitrio, and the bacon wrapped dates. All were incredibly amazing and I would order them all again. The only negative was part ofthe service. There were probably 2 other tables full at the most the entire time I was there, which was about 2 hours, and thefood still took a ridiculously long time and the waitress stayed scarce. Read more
No reservation was needed for a Thursday 5pm, was able to just walk up and take a seat anywhere. They have nice couches on the... patio which are comfy for a small group. Read more