Carmela Vineyards

Horrible experience at Carmela Vineyards, we have been going to this vineyard for weekend getaways and numerous events for the past 9 years. We recently made another visit and we will NEVER be back. We had several people come from out of town to golf, as we had told them how nice it was and a great course for everyone. It is a 9 hole course which is what we have always golfed in the past, once we got there we were told we had to pay for 18 since it was a weekend. The cost ended up being $36.00 per person, one of the carts we had would barely run and there were none to replace it. The golf course was in horrible condition, the greens were pretty much dirt with some mostly dead grass. We also had a gift certificate for Carmela, we ended up having money left after golfing so decided to have dinner at the restaurant. We gave the gift certificate to the waitress and then were told by the manager we could not use the gift certificate for any food purchases. This was not stated on the gift certificate, there were some exclusions which we were well aware of and this was not one of them. After a long discussion with the manager, she still would not do anything for us and said we had to pay for our entire dinner. The dinner was overpriced for what we received, steaks were not good quality and not cooked as ordered. After our visit I tried contacting the owner who I was told was local man and never received any correspondence. There are many other local wineries and golf courses with services that far exceed those of Carmela and they have lost all of our group as customers.