The Winery at Aerie’s Resort is the Riverbend’s top-rated destination for award-winning wines, fine dining, and live entertainment.
Sample our Private Label series, locally produced varietals, and a premium selection of wines from around the world.Savour seasonal specialties from a full menu
of shareable plates, flatbreads, entrées,
delicious desserts, and daily specials.
Experience the spectacular scenery while dining al fresco on our expansive deck, or within the climate-controlled comfort of our dining room.
Head downstairs to the covered beer garden to enjoy some live entertainment, or grab a table on our kid-friendly patio in the back.
Wherever you land at Aerie’s, you’ll always have the Best View in the Midwest.
Based on 365 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.1 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
600 Timber Ridge Dr, Grafton, IL 62037
Phone: (618) 786-7477
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Reviews
Melodi Warren (MrsRichardWarren)
Beautiful views! Great dining experience! We took my daughter here for her 13th birthday, & we couldn’t have been any happier with that decision. The food was amazing!!!! We got the spinach & artichoke dip for appetizer. It’s the best I’ve ever had IN MY LIFE. My daughter loves salad and she got a Caesar salad. I had an amazing chicken wrap. My husband had the bourbon chicken sandwich. Our server, Mitchell was attentive, polite, & just awesome.
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Frank Jones
It’s a fun experience if you’re not afraid of heights. Gondola cost $10 per person to get to the top. Wish driving was an option. No wine tasting. Gratuity is automatically added to your bill. Morgan was awesome! Owner was very friendly and accommodating to our party. 5 stars for staff!
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Marshell Cunningham
Our first time here, and we most definitely will be back. We decided to do this as a date and glad we chose this as our something new. The food was good and the scenery, ambiance, and view were romantic.
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Rob OBryan
We walked in on a Saturday. We waited 20 minutes before being asked to place our order. Fifty more minutes and all we’d gotten was our appetizer. We gave up waiting at that point, paid for the app and left. The place was very loud. Too loud for us. The menu was a little high but I figured its ok because of the nice view you get of the river. We had ordered 2 Flatbread pizzas, 12 & 14 dollars. Our waiter seemed nice but for a place that you’re going to have to pay $10/pp just to get there, I expected quicker service overall. I’ll never know exactly how long my food would have taken to arrive or how it would have tasted but judging from previous reviews an hour or more is not out of line. Sadly this is a one and done for me. I would not recommend it unless you have lots of time to spare.
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lee C
I’ve eaten here prior to the ski lift. It was good, views are great. The reason I’m giving 2 stars now is that if you are afraid of heights, you cannot eat at the restaurant. If you aren’t afraid of heights, you can take the lift but probably not if it looks like it might rain. If it is raining you can take one of six gondolas, although you might be waiting for quite a while. The Gondolas can get very hot inside on warm days and I was told that when it’s 90 or above they don’t let anyone ride in them. I must assume that the owners invested so much in this structure that that is the reason you can no longer drive up. Apparently, though, if you are in a wheelchair and don’t mind heights you can use the gondola to get up to the restaurant.
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Darlaine Donna Raley
I highly recommended this place. With a million dollars of view, a nice place to dine with a delish foods and a nice server.
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Adam Adams
Didn’t eat anything just went on the lift
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Tim Peterson
Rode the sky tram up for the first time even though my wife has a fear of heights. Enjoyed a drink at the top. We walked down to the lower building/restaurant to take in more of the view. We felt we were ran off by the bartender telling us the deck was for dine in only. There was not a crowd or even anyone waiting to be seated. We just paid $20 to ride up and also for drinks at the top. I will now question coming back. Service at the top was great but then it it went down hill down the hill.
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Nick Sharon
Great views from the new bar w/big deck! Definitely a cool spot to see some eagles and have some drinks.
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Kelsey Thum
Came to this establishment for a bachelorette party currently was shut down to accommodate needs. The owner told me that it was 2 insufficient to meet so he does not have the space or requirements to actually meet actual winery needs. Either he needs to upgrade establishment or he needs to be able to accommodate establishment needs! He refused to help 12. Women for a bachelorette party. 13. Actually, we just asked to have two tables put together. We spent almost $130 coming up to the establishment. We’re nearly going to spend more than $500 to drink and eat food and have a good time ride the coaster, but him and his family and his co-workers sit at the table and judge the entire integrity of the guest instead of meeting requirements and needs of them
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