13 Jul 2022
We booked this tour for 7 of us, so ended up being a private tour. We were celebrating our 30th anniversary.
We were picked up on time.
Our driver was okay. His driving skills were not impeccable and he talked a great deal about himself. When he wasn’t talking he had the music up too high. This was frustrating.
The wineries they selected for us were quite nice.
The restaurant they brought us to was simply a disaster.
Despite there being ample seating , we were placed in an outdoor area behind a building that blocked our view. It was 34*C and the seven of us were crowded around two sides of the table to stay out of the sun. Then I think they forgot about us…or something happened. We had so many different waiters and staff that were serving us, they were confused and consequently everything took forever to get to us such as water, drinks, meals.
The food was not great. My daughter’s salad was mostly brown lettuce. My Green Goddess pasta was bland. The fish and chips were very good. All the other meals were adequate. It was pretty standard and, of course pricy.
We didn’t leave a gratuity and we are generally good tippers. The manager approached us and wanted to know why we had not tipped. We explained and she thanked us.
On our way to the boat cruise, there was a mixup and we were at the wrong dock. This ended up being a 45 minute delay to us getting on the water as our driver had to find the right dock:(
The boat cruise was awesome! The best part of our day and much needed after sitting in the heat.
We jumped in the lake with all our clothes on…wish we had known swimming was an option…but regardless, it was great.