Montaluce Winery - Dahlonega

After reading all the reviews people either love or hate the place. This was out first time there. We celebrated my husband's 65th bday. We went for lunch and it surpassed our expectations. The hostesses were very friendly personable. Ashley was our server she was outstanding. The food was 10 stars. Thinking about some of the negative reviews, I can sorta understand, but it really depends on your expectations. Like in Italy, there is NO rush at meal time, you are not rushed to leave nor is someone refilling your drink every five minutes. The ambiance is part of the experience. The food is prepared from scratch, so it does take a little longer for it to arrive, but it is definitely worth it in my option. If you don't order an appetizers the wait may feel a little excessive, but again, it's cooked from scratch, and that takes time. Just FYI, they do not serve complimentary bread, but my husband was given a huge homemade dessert complimentary for his bday. We're were there appx 2 hours, it was a memorable experience some of the best food we have ever eaten and great service. If you are in a hurry, this may not be the best place for you. I definitely recommend.

Just very very sad. We're literally sweating like crazy at a wedding reception here and the management could care less.Beautiful place but we cannot recommend this place because of the unprofessional management and poor service. Dinner service painfully slow. Soup served in bowels. Mug and cups all different sizes, pathetic buy more bowels) What seemed like rationing of wine at a winery no less, stop being so cheap) we only had one refill offered, no water refill ALL NIGHT Dirty dinner dishes remained on the tables throughout the evening and cake and coffee service was NON EXISTENT we had to ask where the cake was and serve ourselves. No coffee at all. Servers struggled all evening because of poor management.Rudely rushed out of the facility by nasty employees who obviously are not happy working there.Don't waste your time and hard earned money here on a warm , not hot day because your family will hate it, and your daughters special day will be ruined.READ THE REVIEWS AND BELIEVE THEM.

We went for the Sunday brunch. The menu was very good and it's all farm to table. My salad with salmon was very good. The French toast looked wonderful as did their grilled cheese and soup. We ate upstairs; the view was exquisite! Very nice day with friends.

WOW … more than beautiful and impressive. We were invited to take our glass of wine with us as we explored the outdoor views and watched the sunset. There are two places to eat. We had the best pizza at the Trattoria. The restaurant in the main estate is very romantic and extensive so we put it on our list for a future special occasion.

We came here today after being here several times before and we had reservations at 2:15. We got seated upstairs and waited at least 20 minutes and nobody ever said a word to us! During the time they sat another full table gave them water and we still have not received anything! Not even a word from anybody! After we decided to walk out a gentleman said oh I was just told that I have your table and I was going to get you some water. We also noticed a lot of people had not been taken care of. They only had 2 people serving the whole room! I called and asked for a manager and talked to Caleb and he said I will make sure this never happens again. We will never be back here again which is sad because we have enjoyed our previous visits!! We left there and went to Spirits in Dahlonega and was served within 11 minutes and had drinks, appetizers and ordered our food! They have been amazing at service!!