Ella P.
Yelp
I was stuck at the Newark airport for what turned out to be seven hours (!) due to a series of events that, if not too recent to be funny (I am still feeling the jet lag), would actually be pretty funny. After a) missing my connecting flight by approximately 2.5 minutes and b) waiting in the United customer service line for about 45 minutes to be re-booked and assigned a seat on the next available flight, I retreated to Oeno for a little liquid refreshment and some R&R.
We (I was with my husband) were able to snag a cozy corner table in the back; this proved to be a very welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of Terminal C. This was my first time using an iPad-only ordering system. It took me a minute or two to get the hang of it, but,once I did, it was pretty easy to navigate. I was excited to see I could use my United miles to pay for our drinks. (Due to this and some other recent, and most decidedly unpleasant, experiences flying United, I have decided I shall do all in my power to not fly them again. So, if I'm not going to use my United miles for flying, I might as well drink them away.) (I will add, though, that I agree with some others that prices here are a tad high. And, if I had used actual dollars, instead of FF miles I do not care about, to pay for my drinks, I might not be rating this place quite so highly.)
Overall, though, as mentioned, sitting in a quiet corner in Oeno, on what as an otherwise pretty stressful and frustrating day, was a very welcome break. Despite the fact you order from a machine and not a person, we did find the actual people at Oeno to be very friendly and helpful. One man, in particular, who cleaned our table when we first arrived, explained the ordering system to us and stopped by again a while later to make sure all was ok when he'd noticed we'd been sitting a bit too long without a drink. (That was because I had had trouble remembering my United FF password, which is required when paying by miles; but, by the time he stopped by, password had been remembered and drinks were on their way.)
I really, really hope I do not find myself trapped at Terminal C for an extended period again any time soon (or ever), But, if I do, I'll be making my way back to Oeno,