Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek Winery

10 Reviews on “Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek Winery”

• Trevor Sorbie

  Excellent wine, great food, fabulous views.The food was very well presented and cooked, but don’t arrive here super hungry. The portion sizes while not tiny are smaller than we’re used to seeing. Add to this a distinct lack of starch on the mains it leaves you wanting more.It’s a must visit if visiting the area. The wine tasting alone at the winery is worth it.

  November 23, 2017, 6:40 am

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• Prince Gastronome

  My girlfriend and I were on vacation through Okanagan wine country. Over six days, we visited sixty wineries. You can follow our various locations with this disclaimer. Thats sixty wineries, not an exaggeration. We ended the trip with 120 bottles acquired.The closest major winery to Oliver, the furthest from Osoyoos, Tinhorn can either be a worthy climax or an early high point further wineries will struggle to measure up to. Its truly a magnificent representation of what anyone can expect if traveling to this regionand that can be as much praise as criticism. Its no secret that many of the wineries here look similar, as they all share the same off-yellow outer coatits like every business from Oliver to Osoyoos snagged the entire supply of Gliddens Mustard Seed exterior paint. I counted at least five wineries that share the same color or close to it, which is also why I consider these wineries part of Osoyoos rather than Oliver given the former matches much of that theme, that of an archetypal village in New Mexico. I half expected men with mariachi jackets, white ruffled shirts, red cummerbunds, and large hats playing guitars on the side of the road. I mean its an amazing look, and Tinhorn is one of the better-looking ones, certainly the most extensive. After youve seen one period-specific custard-colored buildingTheres also an amphitheater and a massive wine shop. Theres even a casual self-walking tour one can take including the storehouses and vineyards. However, the real high point is Miradoro, the lavish restaurant with walls of glass overlooking both the vineyards and the amphitheater. Im jumping to the end, as after we took in the wine shop, my girlfriend and I finished with the other wineries before returning to Miradoro for dinner. The wine shop is certainly widespread, with bars on both sides of the main room. The wine itself is quite good, though not one single bottle sold me save for a nice Cabernet Franc. The dcor is simple, with tan-stained wood covering every corner, though I found the entire wine shop surprisingly small given the expansive premises. Miradoro is the real jewel. With a restaurant erected on stilts, and our table wedged to the edge of the patio, my girlfriend was almost getting vertigo, as we could lean a few inches and look straight down. Its gorgeous and incredibly romantic. And the view, oh my god, if theres one place to go for the best view of vineyardsokay, theres about ten in this part of the country, but how many have views this good at dinner? Okay, there are at least fourTHIS IS WHY Osoyoos/Oliver wine country is so amazing! The interior of the restaurant was vacant the day we wenteveryone was outside. I had the albacore tuna putanesca calamarata, and one of those words I understood. It was seared rare albacore tuna with artisan pasta and putanesca sauce. I still had to look up what putanesca was. Its a combination of anchovies, olives, and capers. Also, its spelled puttanescaSPELLING MISTAKE. Well excuse them and move on. My girlfriend had the grilled wild moon organic pork chopyou see, that I understood, with crab apple mustard, fried polenta, baby kale and charred leeks. We preceded that with the albndigas, which is Spanish for meatballs. I meanthey could just call it that. It was served in a rich tomato sauce with parmesan and arugula. It was all amazing, so much so that despite almost getting tipsy at Road 13 earlier that day, I polished the evening with a flight of three glasses of white. They paired well. Yes, its becoming old hat that every single winery in this region is amazing. Because they are. Tinhorn is barely a few minutes away from Hester Creek and Gehringer Brothers. This is foodie Disney. I cant wait to go back.

  May 7, 2017, 9:27 am

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• Bill Martin

  Would never recommend or return to this restaurant The oil provided with the bread was so full of vinegar that was it unusable The soup was so salty we had to send it backThe kale salad replacement was just satisfactory The pizza had good crust but virtually no flavor My wife’s pasta was very very peppery and the seafood in it was very dry and the whole thing was uneatable and returnedThe waitress had very poor attitude and told us no one else has any complaints about the same foods

  November 8, 2016, 2:27 am

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