Barton Family Estate

2174 CA-46 West, Paso Robles
(805) 237-0771

Recent Reviews

X “George” X

I am not one to write a lot of reviews, but will when I really think there is value added to it for someone on the fence. If you are looking for a place to visit, this is it. I took my large family here and was beyond impressed. The staff was very hospitable and patient with the 6 kids I had with me; ages 8-16. It was a rainy day but the area is amazingly beautiful, clean, well decorated, and relaxing. I do not drink a lot of wine so the staff offered to make me a drink from their distillery. As a self-described vodka snob, I sampled their vodka in both cocktail form and straight up. Definitely a smooth and light potato vodka that I’d put on par with Chopin or Woody Creek. We also ordered from the lunch menu; we had kids pasta, flatbreads, salad, and the salmon. Not being a heavy fish eater, one of my kids told me I needed to eat healthier so I gave it a try. Hands down the best salmon I’ve had to memory. When I return I will be hard pressed to not get the salmon again. Make a reservation and try them out.

Michele Morris

Christy, Our server,was extremely knowledgeable... Wine, Food, and service were phenomenal ! Highly recommended!

Erin Whitehead

Super friendly staff. Delicious yummy food. Quality wine. Definitely worth a stop!! We really enjoyed our lunch here! (Also worth noting that they’re very kid friendly!)

Kelly D

I have been a member of this wine club for a couple years and always enjoyed the wine and the service. I moved to Oregon over six months ago and repeatedly sent messages asking them to correct my address. They would send the wine to the correct place after I sent a correction email (usually--once it went to my old address anyway and I had to give the wine away to people who still lived there). However this last time I asked them AGAIN to fix it and they sent a new shipping label that was AGAIN wrong. I asked them to fix it again and they said "my mistake as your message was very confusing." I guess it was confusing many many times in a row then and no one sought to clarify. I just cancelled my membership. Come on guys, customer service isn't that hard.

Danelle J.

Lovely large venue, fun employees, great food, great wine. 10/10Great for groups. You have to go.

Nikki R.

Couldn't get into Niner so they recommended Barton which is just down the street. Barton was very cute and homey. As they had a distillery onsite, we chose to have a few cocktails instead of wine. They were strong and very good- as was the food! Their flatbread was a little disappointing and didn't have much taste, but their Mac n cheese and salad made up for that! Service was good but could have been quicker given there were only two other groups onsite during our time there.

Courtney O.

I'm always looking for a great place for lunch. You can't taste all day without fueling up and it's great to get to do so somewhere along the vineyard path! Barton makes absolutely delicious food! Wow! The food was top notch and the prices were reasonable. I got a delicious salmon plate with farro and roasted vegetables that was hearty, healthy and delicious! My husband got the Mac and cheese that was elevated with some sausage and dried tomatoes. We decided to do a tasting to share with our meals. All the wine was good but we didn't feel compelled to buy a bottle. Besides wine and food, they also have a distillery and had beautiful cocktails coming out!Great spot with something for everyone!

J H.

Over crowded, understaffed and "family friendly" only if your kids are 10+. Wine is mediocre and overpriced, the service is just bad. We had a reservation, after we read that this was "family friendly" online. Toddler in tow, we came for a nice lunch, a tasting, and a nice afternoon, We sat down and tried to order a tasting flight, to be told "that's for reservations only" - "we HAVE a reservation", we said... after checking this, they gave us a flight... but with 20 minutes and no one to be seen between pours, it felt like they were giving us the flight begrudgingly. The food was decent, I'll give them that. After the final pour, we started to decide which bottles we wanted to purchase.. and then we waited, and waited, and waited. I called attention of the hostess, went up to the tasting room to ask for someone to help us... and continued to wait. All the while, their sound system was emitting a whining, high pitched "eeeeeeeeeee" as we sat there for two hours. After waiting for far too long, we decided to just pay for our lunch and leave. We didn't get the bottles - 2 bottles waived the tasting fee - (even though it was overpriced, we thought we'd take some home to waive one of the fees)... what started as a fun family lunch ended with such a buzzkill between the horrible slow service and aggravating "music" in the background. They have some games in back, but no actual "kid" friendly things. No booster seats or anything, which I wouldn't necessarily expect at a winery, but they tout themselves as "family friendly".... Not really. Part of me thinks part of why we were treated so poorly is because we had a kid with us. Like they didn't take us seriously. Our kid is well behaved and just sat drawing (with stuff we brought) the whole time, content!

Peggy C.

Great place for brunch and the views are gorgeous! Perfect place for a girls brunch or a date! The only complaint was our server. He was not attentive and getting his attention took awhile. It took him roughly about 20 minutes in between each wine pour during our tasting. He probably did not want to deal with our big party.

Ali Spenler

Service is TERRIBLE. Made a reservation for 8 people, didn’t get sat with menus. The waitress finally dropped off menus, and we’re still sitting here 15 minutes later.

Gabriela Bissell

Had great wine & great food. Service was awesome.

David Harris

Great location has both wine and Spirits tasting. The food is very good with the flatbread of the day being our favorite (Fig and Bacon). The wine was good but we loved the old fashion. Good lunch stop.

Brian Schwab

Wow this place is amazing, great staff and before you know it you find a distillery in the property! Awesome swag and bourbon cherries!!!! The Mac and cheese was bomb, served 4 little ones with one order and we did the red flight. Beautiful scenery, the people that work here are dam lucky

Mark Lindsey

We had a great time on our recent visit. We did a couple tastings and purchased a couple bottles. The outdoor space is expansive, the staff, is friendly, and the charcuterie was awesome! We'll be back.

Ted C.

My review is for the distillery, Grain + Vine. My previous trips to Paso had me pass by the location and since I'm not that much of a wine guy I was eager to try another liquid intoxicant. I finally got my chance and walked past the winery tasting room to the smaller counter/rickhouse. The location is on the north side of the grounds and while the seating area is a lot smaller it made it smaller but also quieter; we were the only people in this section for a while. I really only like the brown spectrum on the spirits side so I wasn't really interested in a flight. Their cocktail prices though were on the cheaper side, which I expect since they make their own spirits and I got an Old Fashioned. They make it with their rye which made it a little on the spicy side. I usually get bourbon but the spiciness while noticeable was subtle.I liked it so much that I ended up buying a bottle to bring back. The only drawback is that it's a little hard to get to. I get that it's primarily a winery but the distillery felt like it was the red-headed stepchild. I really think they should feature it a little more.

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