I am going to start by saying the reason I like writing and reading reviews on here is because you get to give your honest opinion and share the truth about experiences, not just the fluff. We all like something different so you also get to build a picture of the reviewer by what they like and what they share. Makes every snoop and snooper way more credible in a world where trolls are just trashing people’s businesses online for kicks. I read this week it’s becoming a real problem especially for independents working really hard to deliver something amazing in a difficult market.
Which is why I want to tell you about my experience at Kilo Wine Bar in Quorn, somewhere I had read about on here and decided to try for the first time.
Have you ever been somewhere that was so good until it was so bad?
It was a Thursday afternoon, we fancied a cocktail, decent wine and cheese, maybe a salad, and had read about Kilo Wine Bar in Quorn. It seemed to have it all.
We didn’t complain, we couldn’t they were doing so many things right, this is a place packed with potential, established by someone who clearly cares about what they do, a lot of passion has gone into this place and the wine list is probably the best and most extensive I’ve seen, certainly in Leicestershire.
We started with drinks, a very well mixed martini, and great value we thought at £12.50, no alcohol free spirits on offer but they did have Estrella a delicious Spanish alcohol free beer.
The cheese plater we ordered was amazing, £19.95 beautifully presented and abundant with pickles, chutney, delicious tapenade, hummus, olives and served with a bread basket with a selection worthy of a Mediterranean bakery except no oil and vinegar to go with.
The beautiful lentil salad looked absolutely delicious but was missing salad dressing making it a little tasteless, not horrible, the ingredients were fresh and the combination well chosen, it was just a bit like having a roast lunch without gravy and would have been so much better with dressing.
The service was really good, attentive and friendly but the bruschetta came on buttered bread. I don’t think I’ve ever had bruschetta without garlic and olive oil. Fortunately the delicious bread in the bread basket could be substituted.
It wasn’t busy which wasn’t a problem for us but became a problem when the background music cut out half way through our meal wasn’t switched back on again and one other customer spent 30 minutes on a work call we and the only other table in the place didn’t want to listen to. They asked to be moved outside.
You realise hospitality is more than great food and wine when a place like Kilo Wine Bar which is fantastic in so many ways makes a few easily rectifiable minor on their own mistakes, which collectively add up to an experience that was on the one hand so good and yet on the other so bad.
Would I go back, definitely. Like I said the drinks, cheese platter, wine list and service was stand out. The “no atmosphere” was easily rectified by hitting play and the small mistakes with the food, again easy to put right with a bottle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
There was a great deal to like about this place, quite a rare find in Leicestershire if you like Mediterranean style bites, tapas, cheese and wine.
If you like the Wine Shed in Market Harborough it’s like that with a better food offering. They also offer a Wine Flight which sounded fun if you like to taste a few different wines, 6 75ml glasses for £60.
Kilo wine bar is open every day from 9am for coffee and pastries until late.
We parked outside off the High Street for free, for one hour. There’s a paid car park about a 3 minute walk away.