Tasting House - Reading

We were welcomed warmly, and the level of service and care continued throughout our (relatively short) visit. Engaging, but never too much. VERY knowledgeable, but not pretentious young lady gave us great recommendations which were always perfectly suited to our tastes and instruction, without being automatically being guided to the most expensive wines. If you're after good wine AND good service, I can only recommend you try this place and NOT Veeno round the corner. You'll walk out very happy (instead of being frustrated with attitude from surly staff who have an overly elevated opinion of themselves). Big tick, and definite return from us both. Thank you. Rob, Reading.

Very good selection of wine with some off the beaten track. Good knowledge and help with our selections both by the bottle and glass. Meat and cheese platters good. Great for our group.

The Tasting House welcomes wine novices and connoisseurs. Each week or so the vending machines are updated to offers approx. 18 different wines. Top up your own tasting card £10 at a time to try as many or as little as you like. Prices range from £1 for a taster to £7 for 125ml glass for a rarer or more special wine. Fizz Friday's, Tapas weekends and a new coffee bar it caters for most. I enjoyed the craft soft drinks (baby on board) whilst the girls compared the white wines. The pesto toasty was a great way to round of the lunch date.

I love this place. We come every once in a while and it's always delicious. If you are fond of wine, they have a large variety of it. They also have incredible pastries and the best coffee in Reading. I would particularly recommend the lemon drizzle.

Had to buy a non refundable ‘card’ in order to get drinks. Wasn’t notified that it wasn’t refundable so ended up spending money I won’t be using. Cheap wines that aren’t anything special. Only reason this is one star is because I can’t do 0 and the cheese/ham is ok. Next time, tell your customers its money you’re not returning rather than at the end. Also, overpriced for the wine served.