Wild Pickins Winery - Chesterfield

Visited here after a day of apple picking with my friends. Now, a group of black people visiting this Southern Illinois, off the beaten path winery was a bit intimidating, but when I say we were welcomed warmly, we were definitely made to feel welcome! We were immediately greeted by the owner, Todd, who was behind the bar servicing customers. He took the time to thank all of us for coming in and shook each of our hands. Todd, separated us from the dry wine drinkers to the sweet wine drinkers, sharing with us his top recommendations for each category. Unanimously! We all enjoyed the blueberry wine the most. We all literally bought a bottle! LOL. Todd had to leave us for other duties, but left us in the care of his staff. These ladies were great and fun. After our wine tasting, we sat to order food. We ordered the meat lovers and the loaded baked potato pizza and a few side salads to share. Never thought of a baked potato as a pizza, but this was sooo good!! The food in general was delicious, fresh, and made to order. The winery itself was super cute. The outside seating area was packed with folks, rocking out to some live music. The inside seating area was surprisingly very large. A large dining space with a separate event space and video gaming area. Thank you Todd for welcoming us and thanks to your team for helping to make our experience enjoyable. We look forward to visiting you all again!

Great place to enjoy the outdoors and fantastic food and a great staff, looking forward to enjoying another trip to Wild Pickins Winery

Great food was great waitress was exceptional definitely recommend for at great evening.

This was our second time visiting for a meal. The grounds are beautiful. The outdoor patio is spacious. The service was inefficient and disorganized. Our first visit was for a Saturday lunch with another couple about 6 weeks ago and it was not busy at all. The food took nearly an hour to receive and out of our table of 4, one order was incorrect and two came at vastly different times. The food was decent, not great. Our drinks weren't refilled unless asked and that took awhile too. Second visit just last night: Our table of 10 sat outside. It was busy because of the scheduled band. Our drink orders took 30 minutes to arrive and at very different times. The server didn't know the beer menu and said certain beer wasn't available, however we later saw it inside at the bar. Food orders were taken and arrived after an hour and a half of waiting. 4 of the 8 orders were incorrect. All of our orders were delivered at different times. 4 members of our table were boxing up their leftovers just as my husband and I were receiving our food, and we were the first at our table to place our orders. Our hamburgers were dry. Both my husband's and my orders were wrong and missing items, but they were eaten anyway because we didn't want to take a chance on waiting even longer. Another table member ordered a simple salad, which was delivered last after a long wait, and was missing one of the main ingredients chicken. Drink orders throughout the night were consistently slow and incorrect. As I was observing not only our server but other servers, no one appeared to be working efficiently. I overheard most servers ask which table numbers were which and deliver food to wrong tables. My husband and I were disappointed in the service and quality of food, and while we recognize that it was busy, there was no coordination or efficiency in service. The servers appeared untrained at best. We assumed that when a table placed a food order, each plate would be delivered at the same time, like most restaurants. Our mistake. We also observed the owner/manager sitting at the bar and appearing to be unaware of the service confusion. However, the band was great (which we were there to see) and we had a good time with friends and others we ran into. As stated earlier, the grounds and atmosphere are ideal for the area. We really wanted to enjoy our meal, and we're not picky, but will we dine there again? No.

Food was great. On my visit they had a shrimp boil which was delicious. Didn't have a chance to taste any wine, but had a few craft beers. Will definitely be visiting there again