Elk Creek Vineyards

We have spent many meals in the past at this establishment. All of the other times were excellent. Unfortunately, today was a disappointing experience. We spent the day at the sporting clay range. We were celebrating a birthday and dropped off a cake to the Cafe to hold for us. We arrived at the cafe around 4:15 to eat dinner. We immediately placed our orders at the counter for appetizers and meals. We were given our drinks and went outside to sit. There was one other couple at the establishment. Our party had 9 people. Our orders ranged from cheese trays and pretzels for appetizers to sandwiches, pizza and salads. It was not long before the two orders of pretzels came out. However, it was quite a long time before one cheese tray came out. Then an extended time before food began to come out. Still no second cheese tray. (It actually never arrived) The other food came out very haphazardly and with no real explanation of why it wasn't delivered together. We didn't receive an appetizer or meal that was ordered. Finally we just had them remove those items and friends shared food. The staff seemed to disappear and not be available for an extended time. The food wasn't great. It honestly seemed like over priced cafeteria food. We were there far past what one would expect for a meal due to lack of service. Sadly, after having many years of great food and service, we were so disappointed, next time we go shoot, we will be sure to head back to town to eat.

Absolutely gorgeous building and property! The vineyard is high atop a hill in rural Owenton KY. Tried the dry flight of full bodied reds with one crisp pinot grigio, all unexpectedly tasty. The fabulous Ben Walz and his guitar provided a chill, super fun evening of entertainment. He played the songbook of our lives with mostly 70's soft rock, even taking requests. I would love to give 5 stars but we waited over 2 hours for our food. Go early, order your food with your wine flights and I'm sure you'll have a shorter wait! This is a must see venue if you're in rural KY. Well worth our 30 min drive each way while visiting Dry Creek. Ellen W

It's been years since I've been to Elk Creek. With a pretty Saturday, my friends and I made the trek to the winery. Once we arrived, we were seated and socially distanced from others within the winery. Masks are required when you are away from your table. Their wine flights are kind of on a sliding scale. If you want to choose from all wines, tasting start at $24. The next level starts at $18. With each flight, you get to choose 5 wines. My favorites were the Riesling and the blackberry merlot. I ended up getting bottles of both to take home. We split the signature cheese board. I think the only thing we left were the dried cranberries. All the cheeses were delicious and it was nice to enjoy a day out. I would definitely return again.

Exceptionally poor service. We were a group of six and our orders were lost. We finally received our food about one and a half hours after we ordered!I complained to Elk Creek and got this reply.Before you read it, you should know that two of their employees, said that our order was lost. This is a truly sad response.Hello again,As I mentioned earlier, we did not lose your tickets. I want to believe that you came in with the car club of over 50 people, but if that's not the case-we received an overwhelming amount of orders before yours. I apologize for your wait, as all of our lunch guests waited +/-45 minutes for their orders, but all meals are prepared in the order that they are received.Hopefully we'll have an appropriate amount of staff available the next time you visit, and we can serve you in a more timely manner.Thank you,Laci RollinsOperations Director

Elk Creek has a little something for anyone! If you like wine, you can take a tour and learn about the entire wine making process. There is also clay shooting, fishing, etc. The restaurant had great pizza and live music! There are also options for staying overnight. You can stay in the lodge, an Estate Room which is similar to hotel rooms, or rent the house. The lodge has a great entertainment area with a pool table and fire pit.I can't say enough about the sweet young lady that handles so much! She manages Check-In, breakfast in the lodge, and much more!

After celebrating my birthday with a night in one of the Estate rooms in 2016, I joined the wine club and therefore pick up 3 bottles quarterly. Since I enjoy a glass of wine after work, I appreciate supporting a Kentucky Proud winery over an out of state winery!Lacey, Jessica and others in the tasting room provide good service and I appreciate doing business here. The wines can, and sometimes do, change with the seasons and I like some of the wines better than others! They have dinner specials and live music most weekends, and we have enjoyed a steak medallion dinner, as well as pizza. There is a lodge with rooms available as well as the Estate rooms and a house, and other entertainment.

My friends won a free wine tasting and tour during a charity event that included 10 people. We were so excited but a little confused as to what the night entailed. Upon arrival the staff was not very friendly nor informative on what our tour included. We were seated for a little before tour guide let us through the bottling process and down to the cellar, the tour was a total of 15 minutes.. maybe a little less. Would not pay for this if it hadn't been free. After the tour we knew that we had a free wine tasting but the staff did not tell us what to do or where to go. We decided to sit back at our table and approximately 20 minutes later we got our wine tasting. The waiter quickly said the names of the 5 wines and let us be- didn't give any further description nor did she check up on us after, we had to go to the bar and ask if we had a waiter. We ordered a couple bottles of wine, cheese board and pizza. The wine and pizza were very good, but the cheese board was a disappointing. I think the best part of the whole day was the live music and the beautiful sunset. Just disappointed with the staff and cheese board.

This is a review from November 2019. We stayed at the Lodge for a girls night. We had ended up not having water for most of the night. We had to leave around 7:30am due to not being able to shower, flush the toilet or brush our teeth. (We were told not to flush). The doors to the lodge (which is located on a shooting club) was told to stay unlocked while we stayed there. We felt we were rudely treated by staff when asked for any compensation. I'm giving 2 stars because the concord wine is yummy.

Absolutely love this amazing place wine is phenomenal, food fantastic the lodging, the view, and let's not forget the Crew!!!! Laci, Kay, Caleb new faces experienced faces all amazing around staff!!! These are some of the reasons why it's my go to winery!!!!! Will continue our stays it's our close, but far enough getaway to relax and enjoy the whole experience!!!

A bit of drive from northern Cincinnati. But well worth it. 4th of July afternoon, we didn't want to sit around the house, but didn't want to be out in the heat. Decided to give Elk Creek Vineyards a visit. Fine choice!!Very scenic drive once off the main road. Do NOT be in a hurry, road there is quite twisty and curvy. Matter of fact, you may want a designated driver afterwards. Or, check into reserving a room there since they have a lodge and a Bed & Breakfast and an Inn. We did not stay there but they looked very nice from what we could see.We took the tour of the facility. Not long, maybe 20-25 mins, but very interesting and informative. We also did the wine tasting package ,with 2 flights of 5 wines, a cheese and crackers platter, two glasses to take home and a Bottle of wine. Nice!We also stayed a bit longer and ate a late lunch. We had the Club sandwich, that was large enough to slit for two. And also had the Triple chocolate brownie. Warmed up, WOW! Nice finish to lunch! We are planning on getting some friends together and go again. Well worth the drive!