VIN 909

Spotted pig pizza was awesome! Thanks for the recommendation. Great wine selection too.

This is a cute little place that is kind of hard to find. However, it’s a cute and quaint setting for dinner. I loved the open kitchen and the extensive wine list that they have. Our waiter provided decent service but was not overly friendly. I will go back.

We HAVE to have 909 every time we come to town. Great food and you can tell by the line of people trying to get in. Service is spectacular.

Amazing place hidden in a neighborhood. If you like quality this is the best! Perfectly cooked meat, amazing portions and they’re great at helping you find the perfect wine. If you’re nearby definitely try this place. You won’t regret it.

Favorite restaurant in Annapolis, no doubt. I really hope I do not have to wait in the line for an hour though. :)

We got there at 5:23 on a busy Saturday night, and waited 2.5 hours for a table. It was a wonderful waiting experience! We enjoyed the wine, the waiting areas, the speed with which you could grab a glass while waiting!
The selections were out of this world and our waitress absolutely rocked. We left every wine decision up to her, and she did not disappoint. Each plate was complemented perfectly.
If you go here, expect to wait (so you should like your dinner companion), know that it will be worth it, and let yourself enjoy the experience.
We will be back… hopefully soon!

What an amazing place. So glad I got to stop by on Friday with my girlfriend. We knew there tends to be a line to get in (dinner opens at 5:30). We arrived at 5:16 and there already was a small line. We made it in and decided to eat on the patio as it was a nice day. We ordered meats and cheese plate and the steam clams to start. Both were really amazing that if I were to comeback I would definitely order those again. Both cheeses were really nice and the meat was so good! The clams so the show. The white wine sauce with bacon and leeks was done divine. Our server Spencer was incredible and knew his wine and food. He was
Very attentive and brought back bread every time we ran out (be sure to use the bread to soak up that delicious clam sauce) and checked on our food. We also order a bottle of wine that was good. I’m not wine expert but I believed it was a 2014 cabaret. The wine paired well with the cheese and clams. We also order the asparagus to make it seem like we were healthy and the No skimp margarita pizza upgraded to chef Moore. The asparagus was good and came with a horseradish sauce. The pizza was really good and came with a crispy thin crust cooked in their charcoal oven. Came out hot and the meat on top came out crispy which I liked. For desert, we shared a butterscotch pudding. Which was really good but small, we each only got a few bites each. I wish it was a little bigger but overall everything was amazing! I’m definitely coming back.

Absolutely one of my favorite restaurants in the area. They offer local ingredients and lots of wine options. My husband and I decided to go here without reservations on a Friday night and did end up waiting a bit in the crowded front room but it was so worth it! We got the seeing where you could see into the kitchen and watch them prepare all the food, which I found quite enjoyable because I love cooking myself. The food was so delicious, I got the risotto for a meal and it was honestly one of the best meals I have ever had at a restaurant. No complaints about Vin 909, we will definitely be back!

Been waiting a long time to try this little place– wine selection & beer good– service good — we arrived 30 min before dinner opening time & waited in long line before opening/​the pizza was just ok– sauce bland — one memeber of our party ordered clams with bacon — they were taken aback by total saturation of smoke & very bitter aftertaste — ok but would not return

Omg! The best! We stumbled on this place and how lucky we did! All the food is amazing! Can’t go wrong with anything!

I’ve been back to VIN 909 a few times since my last review in 2011. After all Annapolis is something of a culinary wasteland and the real options are limited. My three star rating (same as before) is an aggregation of two-​star and four-​star experiences.
I know that no-​reservation first-​come first-​served is chic, but with limited parking and a location in a residential neighborhood with parking restrictions to walk into a 75 or 90 minute wait is ridiculous. We leave and go elsewhere (usually Grapes) on those occasions.
The menu has become more robust and interesting with time and the food quality is good. Nearly anyone should be able to find something of interest. Prices are still a bit high. I also find the continued focus (sub-​focus?) on pizza distracting. This is not a Roman sidewalk café. Besides, I’m from New York and those are not pizzas. You can call them flatbreads if you want (VIN 909 has the integrity to call them pizza) but that doesn’t change that they really don’t match the rest of the menu. Perhaps it is my cultural heritage but I find it offputting.
When VIN 909 is on point and not too crowded it can be a nice experience. Most of the time it isn’t.

We were given a 75 minute wait time, but in the end, it wasn’t a big deal. They were clear when we called that they work on a first come, first serve basis. And what else would we expect? It was a Saturday night and they have limited seating.
They take your name and text you when your table is ready, so you can head out and return when its time.
The service and atmosphere were fine, nothing memorable, but the food was where it’s at. The waiter told us upfront that the dishes would come out staggered, which helped to know. He explained that they don’t use heat lamps so, they like everything to come out as soon as it’s ready.
We ordered the clams, mushroom risotto, and butternut squash. Everything was absolutely delicious. I wish I had better words to explain how good it was. The portions kept us comfortably full. To top it off, we ordered the butterscotch pudding. It was very light in flavor and had a chunk of cookie in the middle.
We’ll definitely return to sample more of the menu!

This place was very good but oh man was it packed! The wait was 75 min but it was very cool that they take your number and text you when your table is ready. We took full advantage and hit a couple spots for drinks before dinner.
We sat in the patio section which was actually very nice. The food was excellent. We lucked out and got the last order of clams with spinach in a nice cream broth, the mushroom risotto and the squash. My favorite was by far the clams! They were perfect and the bread they served to dunk in the broth was some of the best bread I’ve had. Everything else was good as well but nothing compared to the clams in my eyes. Honestly if the mushroom risotto had some Parmesan cheese and a little more salt in it, it would have been a lot closer to perfect to me but good non the less.
The service was good considering that the place was packed but they didn’t really stand out to me. I felt that they’d written us off because of the volume of people going through. With that said, they weren’t bad, they just didn’t stand out.
I would definitely recommend trying this place. Oh and the Todd White print hanging in the dining room didn’t hurt them either

Located in Annapolis, a town known for their seafood, is a local gem, Vin 909. It has been written up in the Washingtonian a few times and the reviews preceding mine speak for itself. When you drive to it, you go through a neighborhood. I thought we were wrong but keep going. Vin 909 is located in a house that was turned into a cozy restaurant. It is quite small and the wait for a table can be long. Tip– go early, otherwise you will wait. We went right when it opened at were seated at one of the last few open tables.
The menu has seasonal items and reflects the flavors of the area. We started with a beer and wine and brussel sprouts. We then ordered two pizzas to share: the Jonny Appleseed with pork belly and poached apples and The Spotted Pig with basil and wild boar. We also asked for bread which they brought out with olive oil and butter. The food here is delicious. The ingredients are fresh and the chefs execute their meals perfectly. Both pizzas were delicious and flavorful. They are thin crust pizzas and surprisingly filling. The tomato sauce on the spotted pig was amazing. I keep using the word fresh but it really applies to their food.
Service was good, prices are average for a good meal. Worth the visit and worth the wait.

This review is for the ‘za. And the wine.
We like &pizza. We really do. But VIN 909 is the ONLY restaurant pizza we’ve found in these parts that we absolutely LOVE! Maybe it’s the wood burning oven. Maybe it’s the nice atmosphere. I know it’s the farm-​to-​table cooking, sauce, toppings, and dough quality. This pizza is as good as it gets, not just on the east coast but in most of America.
All we ever get is the Chef Moore: No Skimp Basil Margherita + upgrade to Chef Moore includes prosciutto + chili flakes + squeeze of lemon. Amazing. Crust is almost cracker thin and always perfectly good without the burn (/​side note: What do people see in charcoal crust pizza read: New Haven style?). Service is on point while still maintaining a relaxed, neighborhood atmosphere.
The VIN takes no reservations, so especially on Fridays and Saturdays there’s a big line. More folks fit inside than you’d think though, once those doors open at 5:00pm. The large covered outdoor patio and front porch provide additional seating.
All in all, one of the few restaurants in the DMV these displaced Oregonians truly love.

Have you ever had dinner at your friends house and thought to yourself…“this place should be a restaurant!” Que in VIN 909, because that is basically what this place is.
A wine bar with killer pizza in a residential neighborhood just a few minuets from downtown Annapolis. The concept itself should be enough to get you in the door. The wait was 40 minuets on a Sunday night, which was fine because we waited on yard bench drinking wine. It felt like a really cool block party, much better than just waiting by a bar to get in.
The experience is special because the restaurant and backyard are really cool… it actually feels like you might be eating in someones house.
The food is as good as a home cooked meal. We started with an order of muscles that were cooked in the most delicious cream sauce, perfect for soaking up with bread. Then we ordered the spotted pig which is probably one of the best pizza’s I have ever had. The pizza has wild board on it and VIN uses the highest quality ingredients, you can tell.
For desert we had the butterscotch pudding which was incredible.
If your in the neighborhood, you have to try this place.

Yeeesssssss, Good Lord yes.
Came here with some girlfriends and we ate gggoooooooddddd, yall let me tell yall.
We split the :
Cheese Plate
Pork Sliders
Halibut Special
Bison Meatballs
Margherita Pizza
The Grill Master Pizza
Chocolate pot de crème… this may have been the best thing Ive ever eaten, ever. like ever!
Peach Sorbet
Everybit of food we tasted was pretty much the best thing I had to eat in a very long time.
Yes, its small and quaint, but romantic and you are usually so engulfed in your conversation and or food, you don’t even notice how close your neighbor is.
Since it is small, be patient with the time allotted to be seated especially during peak hours. Dont come here on Saturday night expecting seating right away, dont come here on your 5^th level of starvation.
But dont skip this Annapolis Gem, just come here when you can enjoy it.

Truly an amazing meal — we had such a blast there for our first dinner of our weekend away. It’s relatively new to the Annapolis area, but it has certainly caught up. They don’t take reservations so just be OK with the fact that you are going to have to wait a little bit of time to get your table. Saddle up at the bar or find a spot to sit outside and you will be just fine. They are going to text you when your table is ready so you don’t have to stay truly stuck to the local area.
We got their margarita pizza and it was exactly what we wanted. They do wonders back there in the kitchen. Jessica was our waitress and she did not set us wrong on anything we ordered. Make sure you finish off with the butterscotch. It is a unique desert and not something I have had anywhere else.
They provided a great experience for us – we were there on a Saturday night and had to wait 40 minutes (so not too bad).

SO good. So, so GOOD! Was on a couples night and had quite a lengthy wait (be prepared!), but it was 110% worth it (just order an app and a bottle of wine to pass the time). I can’t say enough how great this place is – all of our table’s dishes were fantastic (squid ink pasta, tuna tatar, different pizzas, skirt steak – to name a few). However, the show-​stopper was the Butterscotch Pudding w/​Carmelita Points. O-​M-​G, I am not even a butterscotch fan, but I am still dreaming of this pudding – especially the carmelita points! I am, seriously, on a quest to find where they buy those carmelitas!
Please do yourself a favor and try VIN 909 out — you (and your stomach) won’t regret it one bit!

We came to Annapolis to check this place out with some friends. «This place is popular and very busy.» No ish, that is why we came here! The front area is very small, so in the colder months, waiting for a table can be tricky. Inside was full so we snagged a table on the outside porch area, a bottle of wine and began our wait. We barely got halfway through our glass of wine and our table came open. We were seated and handed menus. I have to say that in just perusing the menu, this was going to be a hard decision. I will say that the wine selection did not really impress me that much. I thought I would have seen some better quality wines on the menu. But oh well, we were there to do damage to the menu.
So we started off with the Fresh Pulled Warm Mozz that came with a balsamic pearls, prosciutto, and a pesto. Holy smokes was this good. Those pearls just took the dish to another level. Next we had the tuna tartar. Also a fantastic dish. Good aioli with a good amount of acid to the dish as well. The next dish we had was the Moroccan spiced skirt steak. Absolutely phenomenal and delicious; perfectly cooked with a just a hint of spice to it. Finally we went with the Spotted Pig Pizza which came with soppressatta and wild boar meatballs. This pizza is wonderful. Just the way I prefer it. Thin, crispy crust; charred a bit. Perfection. We finished dinner with a chocolate mousse desert. Really rich and creamy. It was a chocolate explosion.
The best part about this place is the price tag. While obviously the wines are marked up a ridiculous amount, as does any restaurant, their food is not. We got all that food for 4 people and got out of there with spending about $ 100! Outstanding. Highly recommend you check this place out.