Iron Bridge Wine Company Columbia

Such a cute quaint place. Out of the way and off the beaten path. A wonderful assortment of wines and spirits. I had fish for lunch but the Bourbon Peach Upside Down Cake was fabulous!!!! Check them out if you are in the Columbia Md area.

Iron Bridge is a great place. The main bar room is warmer and more buzzing than the side room. The bar centers the room, and is surrounded by tables, and the walls are lined with bottles of wine. Food was good, though we just split appetizers. The mussels were great, the spinach salad was good though maybe a bit overdressed, and the calamari was great but maybe could have used a second dipping sauce a little more imaginative than tartar sauce. Service was friendly. Extensive cocktail list and lots of wines by the glass. Easy parking in a lot outside. Comfortable place, good comfort food!

Ambiance 10/10. Service 6/10. Food 6.5/10. Because the ambiance for dinner is dark and moody, it's hard to see your food. Usually not a problem except when you order a medium rare steak and it comes out blue. The most expensive entree on the menu. Which wasn't cooked enough. Disappointing. Then I'm offered a free entree coupon for our NEXT visit by the manager. Why would I come back when we paid full price for my undercooked meal? The crème brûlée is amazing it's a shame other items we ordered weren't. The sides were great! Been here a few times and the service has gotten progressively worse The service was lacking the last time here and we were constantly looking for our waitress/server.

We sat in the back room which was a little more private than the main area. Our server provided good service. I like the large water bottles they leave at your table. One glass of water is never enough for me. My panzanella salad was our first appetizer. With squash, blue cheese, walnuts and a shallot vinaigrette. I enjoyed all those elements, but the dressing was subtle. Also, the salad would have benefited from a leafy green. Their was also croutons that were not very crisp. Our other appetizer was the crispy brussel sprouts. They were drenched in dressing, so they didn 't approach crispy. They weren 't bad, just please describe them correctly. My main course was the black bass. No complaints. It was quite enjoyable. Then I ordered duck, but they were out of it at 6 pm on a Sunday night. So my fall back was a burger and fries. That was ok, but not special. One of us got fried mushrooms. Ok, but not special. One of us got scallops which I didn 't try, but they liked. We finished with bread pudding, that came with a small amount of vanilla sauce. The pudding was nice, but the sauce lacked punch and there wasn 't enough of it. So an OK meal that didn 't deliver enough for their price point.

What can I say, it's a wine store with shelves of wine to buy and a bar and a restaurant all in one. Make sure you're seated in the bar area that is surrounded by all the shelves of bottles of wine it has a great ambiance as opposed to the side rooms. The super cozy atmosphere of this restaurant is what I love. We started with the grilled octopus. It is the Mediterranean on a plate with fingerling potatoes sautéed with olives and feta and tomatoes, and grilled octopus that all paired so well that you felt like your were transcended to the Mediterranean. We ordered a whole bottle of wine with the starter. For dinner we ordered the Cioppino (a seafood stew of sorts) The fennel broth was delicious and not overpowering. It included fish of the day which was mahi-mahi shrimp, mussels, and calamari one of my favorite dishes and the iron bridge did not disappoint. My husband ordered the Farro grain that included a vinaigrette sauce as his side with mahi-mahi as the main, which was the fish of the day.and broccolini. The serving was well satisfying, and the taste of this dish with all the components really went well together. We did not order dessert but their deserts are Terrific as we have enjoyed them before. The Cappuccino was a large mug that didn't need sugar because it was made how it should be made. Service was super attentive with not just 1 person tending to our table but the whole waitstaff was either removing dishes or bringing our food, out, it was a collaborative effort. We will go back! !