Avondale Wine & Cheese

We travel to Charleston once a year and this wine bar is a must for us every time we go, not only is the place extremely cozy but the service is extrodinary. The woman who work there, Simone, Mia,Katie, and Erica make it such a wonderful experience. It wouldnt be the same without them. If you looking for a cozy reasonably priced delicious wine bar this is your place!

This company tries to hire people by asking them to come in for free and donate their time for free to see if theyre capable of working without explaining their process. Keep in mind, this restaurant has minimal food being served compared to other restaurants in the area and is the most unexpected place to be acting this way toward future employees with ample cooking experience. Theyre looking for people to cut cheese and meat and place it on a wooden board and they call it "art". When someone submits a resume of various restaurants with 100s of things on the menu, its a complete insult that they wouldnt respond within 24 hours about concerns from prospective employees about why they require free "staging" efforts and are left in the dark about how things work. Upon being direct with them that their response time is unacceptable, they responded within minutes telling me the deal is off, which is funny because I was the one that said the deal was off, and yet they came out of the woodwork to respond once I became frustrated at their lack of response time. This is just a small insight into how this restaurant does business. You can always assume there is more behind the scenes going on when one negative experience has been had. If they cant respond to their own future employees in a reasonable period of time with relevant information, you can only imagine how little they value the hiring process of trained professionals that have an expectation of basic communication. Best of luck hiring an employee who doesnt need actual information in a timely fashion and will just desperately take your position. In 8 years of working as a cook thats trained with chefs in NY, CO, CA and SC, this has been the most unprofessional experience Ive ever had trying to get hired somewhere and wouldnt even recommend eating/drinking here based on the unprofesasional attitude they have in the hiring process towards the people that are asking basic information that is only used to serve the company. If they cant give that, thats a no-go for any reasonable customer/prospective employee.

Fun place to enjoy wine, a great charcuterie board, and conversation.

Great wine and lovely charcuterie with a lot of choices. The creme brulee was on point too!