The Vault Wine Bar - Bistro & Event Space

Hands down the best restaurant we've been to north of Seattle. The food is exquisite, the wine list out of this world with reasonable up-charge on it. The owner and staff are incredibly friendly. You'll be wondering how this place exists in Blaine. Worth the drive 2x over. Try the halibut.

Our first visit to Blaine, and this place is fantastic. Great atmosphere, great wine selection, great food. We enjoyed this place so much that we came for appetizers, left for a dinner reservation... Then decided to come back for more :). Great spot, highly recommended!

Worth the drive in every way. I surprised my girlfriend with dinner this evening: brisket with Mac salad, cornbread and pickled cucumber with blueberry cookie dough cheesecake for dinner. I asked Allen to pair this meal with a bottle of wine, and I am blown away by the everything I just had. Perfectly paired wine: dry to accompany the perfectly cooked brisket. Thank you guys! I called ahead for takeout and they brought it out to the car with directions how to heat it up- couldn’t be easier! Can’t say enough about it. Make the drive! It’s worth it!

Excellent food, atmosphere and service! We had a wonderful, leisurely meal on the deck. What a beautiful evening! We will be back!

Our first time, although we drive past it on occasion. Just off the main roads in Blaine you may not know it's there unless you go a block out of your way. New build, plenty of parking and seating. Placement of large windows and tables give it an upscale diner feel upon first glance. But live-edge type tables, mirrors, lighting, cloth napkins and stemware, and no tvs (music and general patron conversation made it so you could easily talk and be heard), and you feel you're in a nice restaurant. Service was prompt and friendly. Although we went for the Belgian beer tasting, the food was the star. None of the portions are huge but they are large and more than enough food for most. Hubby had seafood chowder which I tried and we both thought the flavours were great; he also had the burger sliders which he really enjoyed and said the meat was very good. But I wanted space for my first Ethiopian food: beef stew with carrots, peppers, onions, potatoes and wonderful spices. Not sure what Ethiopian is supposed to taste like but this had great flavour and a wonderful mouth feel; the bread was hearty and tasty and made the plate even better. I was happy. Belgian beer was good but not my style as they seemed too micro (maybe I'm not cultured enough although the cherry one was a good fresh surprise) and as a general statement Belgian really are my favorite beer. There is an outside patio which we'll have to try in the summer. Owner came outside as we left and asked for our feedback, as a newer place.