Two Sisters Estate Winery restaurant overlooking vineyard
The reservation was made three months ahead for a recent lunch at Two Sisters Vineyard restaurant in Niagara-on-the-lake. The high-quality wine, food, and service were all just as exquisite as when I took a larger group there for lunch a couple of years earlier.
One of the best Niagara-on-the-lake winery restaurants
Describing the beauty and relaxation you feel while dining outdoors at Two Sisters Vineyards is multi-faceted. Let’s take a look at some of the qualities that make it one of the best winery restaurants in the Niagara Peninsula. There is the superb food, the outstanding wine, and the gorgeous vineyard you look out on as you dine. It has a relaxed, continental pace that takes you somewhere else. The building’s grand architecture extends to the outdoor patio, and the attentive wait staff inevitably appears at the right time.
After our wine tasting at our first visit, our party shared a charcuterie board, followed by exquisite Ravioli, Margherita pizza, Pollo, and Vitello from the luncheon menu on the outside terrace. These were accompanied by generous glasses of Merlot, Barrel Fermented Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon. It was perfection.
There’s something about wine experts, sommeliers, and hospitality professionals in tuxedos that makes you take notice. But it’s really the supreme interest the staff takes in their customers that makes Two Sisters one of Niagara’s best winery restaurants. And the high quality of their food and wine is outstanding.
Large terrace at Two Sisters Vineyards, a Niagara-on-the-lake winery with a superb restaurant
Two Sisters Winery patio
No matter how you approach the Two Sisters Vineyards restaurant in Niagara-on-the-lake, the palatial estate is sure to impress. Whether you arrive by car or bike, via the Niagara Parkway or further west on John Street East, you’ll be enveloped by the majesty of the location alone.
Rows of tidy vineyards move past you in slow motion as tall trees sway above. The glistening waves of the Niagara River are just a stone’s throw away, and you can gaze at the stately buildings in Lewiston, NY appearing across the water. It’s impossible not to feel something special.
Green grapes line the long paved driveway leading to the estate of Two Sisters Vineyards
Grapes at Two Sisters Winery
Once you turn into Two Sisters Vineyards at 240 John St. E. in Niagara-on-the-lake, the long paved driveway with succulent-looking vines lining both sides beckons you.
Near the entrance, bicycle racks abound, and each side of the large winery building has parking lots that are perpetually full. On our visit, I looked further and spotted the exotic floral arrangement at the main door, from which a couple emerged. The gentleman was happily laden down with what looked like a heavy box full of Two Sisters wine selections.
Anyone who has been to Two Sisters Vineyards knows how easy it is to rack up a large bill fairly quickly. Given that most wines at Two Sisters start at $40 per bottle and our wine tasting and lunch for four people ran a bill of over $300, it’s astounding to consider what that satisfied customer must have spent.
Tasting room with opulent tapestry and select wines from Two Sisters Vineyards
Two Sisters Winery tasting room
Staff at Two Sisters Vineyards are so outstanding that they make their employer simply shine. The busy tasting room is both old-world exotic and efficiently modern at the same time.
The room literally buzzes with conversation, and the wines are outstanding. We tasted the Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Riesling, and Riesling Icewine. It was fascinating to hear details of the wine selections as we sipped them, and each was fantastic.
But what caught my eye wasn’t only how happy the clientele was, it was how content and engaged the staff seemed to be as well. To me, that’s the hallmark of a great employer and a truly classy winery.
Two Sisters Vineyards
1 (905) 468-0592
240 John Street East, PO Box 608
Niagara on the Lake, ON
L0S 1J0