The Front Room Wine Bar

I just got back from being in Smithville for three nights with my husband. Out of those two nights, we ordered from the Front Room Wine Bar on two of those nights because we usually love their food.I got the caprese pizza without basil on both nights. My husband had the meatza pizza. We also shared the brussel sprouts on both nights as well. My husband had never had the pizza from Front Room before this, and he was amazed at how good it was. (I had been telling him that the pizza was so good from here for ages.) My pizza tasted absolutely delicious as always. Both nights, we ordered our food to go, and it was always ready when they said it would be. Crystal was the waitress/bartender who was there when we would pick up our food, and she was super nice both times. My husband is British so he spent a lot of his time in proper British pubs. He is pretty particular about a place calling itself British inspired or British pub inspired, but the Front Room Wine Bar passed his test with flying colors. It definitely has the authentic British pub feel.Definitely check out the Front Room Wine Bar if you're in the area. The food is decently priced and beyond delicious; the staff are always friendly, and it has the charm of a proper British pub.

The ambiance is fabulous. They really invested in the interior space. They seem to focus more on cocktails than on the wine, but they do have a two-page wine menu.Early on Saturdays they have $3 mimosas and a bloody mary bar. Signature cocktails reflect a love of the craft. The Whistle Pig old fashioned features fig syrup and pecan bitters, and I'll try that next time I'm here. Our bartender was amazing, but she was personally serving 19 customers simultaneously. But that may not be normal, and honestly, she did that with grace. There is a food menu there and we've eaten there before. But it's mainly a wine bar / cocktail bar... but a good one at that.

Stopped in for a coffee and a slice of cheese cake.Been years since I have been here and I can only assume that the place has changed ownership.Service was barely average. Ordered coffee and it arrived promptly.First noticed a nice mug with only a half a cup of coffee? I guess they are rationing it. When the coffee arrived there was neither cream or sugar delivered with the coffee. She actual asked whether I wanted either and I replied that I wanted sugar. She came back with a handful of packets and asked how many did I want, I replied that I wanted three. She was actually started to count out three packets and realized she had four and then decide to give me all four. I guess they are rationing sugar also. As she turned away to leave I asked here for a spoon. She promptly returned with a large soup spoon.Let me digress. When serving coffee one expects a full cup. One also expects coffee to be served with cream and sugar, whether one uses them or not. Lastly one expects the appropriate spoon and a napkin to come with the coffee service.I don't what was worse having the ante room doors open that one could sit and enjoy their coffee and look directly into the restrooms. Disgusting! Or the paint worn doors into the kitchen area. Rationing paint too?While you are at it take a hard hard look at your worn wainscoting, thread bare chairs and give the stain concrete floors a scrubbing and polishing.Can't believe a proper British man would leave his house in such disarray.

Great atmosphere and delicious food. Cocktails were perfect. Perfect for a laid back dinner and a few outstanding drinks.

Such an interesting find in a small town. Warm ambiance, good food and drinks. It's quite a popular spot with the locals, always a good sign.

We came here with some friends and we ordered just about every appetizer on the menu and it did not disappoint. This place is just such a great spot to have a date night, meet up with friends or just go to have an awesome cocktail.

Our 3rd time there, and it was so bad we'll never go back. If you like slow service, smug waiters, and obnoxiously loud wined up Californians, this is your place. First two visits were good, impressive food, good service, but super loud. This time however, we got tattoo boy as a waiter. Snarky and indifferent to say the least. We ordered the Talapia and the steak, my usual. Had the pot stickers as an appetizer. Tattoo boy brought two plates of pot stickers, i stopped him and said we only had one order, he said "yes, I know and I know what I'm doing" okey dokey bud. Pot stickers were ok, and we continued to wait on our food. After around an hour, we were done. Borrowed a menu from a neighboring table to get the cost of the appetizer, left $6 on the table and left. Sad, as this was a good place at one time, it had it all, but not so much now.

Probably my favorite restaurant in town. The filet is always on point. Everything is delicious and the staff are great. It does get crowded on the weekends, so we usually go out during the week.

We went for the prime rib dinner, first time at this establishment, made reservations for 6pm. Ordered drinks but no appetizers. The dinner came out way too fast. My medium rare was too well done. Server who never introduce himself. He took it back and came back with a medium, really quick. Dinner must be prepared earlier and plated for whoever called making reservations for the prime rib dinner. The meal was disappointing, plus fighting the flies that wanted to land on drinks and food. Only ate a small portion, too many flies, too much fat and gristle. Dogs could only eat half of it. For a bar, I like that it was in an old building, for food forget about it.

Great place in nice small town. Food is amazing. We ate there 2 nights in a row and had pork chop specials, hamburgers, several apps, wedge salad among other dishes. Everything was top notch. Good wine choices and nice big glasses. Not too pricey overall. ONLY complaint is the noise level. It is super loud inside. Bad acoustics or something. Way too loud for this nice of a place.