Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Mendoza
Bistro M in Mendoza City Center holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2026 and a Star Wine List. Azafrán in Godoy Cruz and El Hornero in La Morada in Los Chacayes, Valle de Uco hold Star Wine List awards too. Each has an extensive, sommelier-led wine list.
Angélica Cocina Maestra in Luján de Cuyo serves dishes inspired by Catena Zapata's premium wines. Casa Vigil in Chachingo, Maipú pairs with El Enemigo wines. Zonda Cocina de Paisaje in Luján de Cuyo pours Bodega Lagarde estate wines. Piedra Infinita Cocina in La Consulta pours Zuccardi wines. Ruca Malen in Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo pours its own premium wines. La Vida in Chacras de Coria pairs seven courses exclusively with Susana Balbo wines.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
1884 Francis Mallmann
Deep wine list
Set inside a 19th-century bodega in Godoy Cruz, 1884 Francis Mallmann is the Mendoza address most directly associated with Argentina's open-fire cooking tradition. Ranked among the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2002 and 2003, and holding a Michelin Plate in 2024 and 2025, the restaurant operates Tuesday through Saturday for dinner only, placing it squarely in the upper tier of the city's fine-dining circuit.
5 Suelos - Cocina de Finca
Deep wine list
Set on a working farm in Las Compuertas, 5 Suelos - Cocina de Finca translates the produce of Mendoza's agricultural edge into a farm-to-table format recognised by consecutive Michelin Plates in 2024 and 2025. Chef Patricia Courtois anchors the menu in what the land yields, making this one of the more committed expressions of place-driven cooking in the Cuyo region.
Abrasado
Deep wine list
Abrasado holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) within Mendoza's meat-forward dining scene, earning. Positioned at the $$$ price tier, it occupies the serious end of the city's parrilla tradition, where cattle provenance and fire technique carry as much weight as the wine list.
Angélica Cocina Maestra
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Angélica Cocina Maestra earned Mendoza its first Michelin star in 2025, operating from Cobos in Luján de Cuyo at the upper end of the city's creative dining tier. Chefs Josefina Diana and Juan Manuel Feijoo run a format grounded in regional produce and deliberate pacing, placing the restaurant alongside Casa Vigil and Azafrán in the small cohort of Mendoza tables where the cooking matches the wine country setting.
Anna Bistró
Deep wine list
On Avenida Juan B. Justo, it occupies the accessible end of the city's traditional dining circuit, where portion-to-price ratios and regional cooking keep both locals and visitors returning.
Azafrán
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Azafrán began as a deli on Avenida Sarmiento and evolved into one of Mendoza's most serious modern Argentine restaurants, earning consecutive Michelin Stars in 2024 and 2025 and a place on Latin America's 50 Best extended list. Under Chef Sebastian Weigandt, the menu reads as a considered argument for regional ingredients paired against a cellar that anchors the entire dining proposition.
Bistro M
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Bistro M: Mendocinian Bistro at Chile 1124 pairs local sourcing with a sommelier-led, extensive wine list and Wine Spectator Award of Excellence recognition.
Casa del Visitante
Deep wine list
Casa del Visitante sits in Fray Luis Beltran, a working agricultural town in Mendoza province where the vineyards and kitchen gardens that supply the region's restaurant table are actually grown. The address places it firmly outside the polished wine-tourism circuit, which is precisely the point. For travellers willing to move beyond Lujan de Cuyo's established estates, it represents a different register of Argentine hospitality.
Casa Vigil
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Tucked amid storybook vineyards at the foothills of the Andes, Casa Vigil distills the soul of Mendoza’s terroir into a quietly ornate dining experience. The kitchen composes seasonal, vineyard-driven menus that echo the cadence of the cellar—each course a dialogue with rare pours and coveted labels selected by Argentina’s most lauded winemaking talent. Sunlight filters through olive trees onto stone patios, the scent of wild herbs and warm earth perfuming the air as sommelier-led pairings trace the contours of altitude, soil, and time. For guests seeking an intimate immersion into the art of food and wine, Casa Vigil offers an atmosphere of understated elegance and polished hospitality where every detail—crystalline glassware, hand-fired ceramics, a whisper of smoke from the asador—has been tuned to sharpen the senses.
Centauro
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
The kitchen focuses on plant-based preparations in a city better known for its parillas and Malbec pairings, offering a counterpoint to the region's dominant meat-forward tradition. Prices sit at the accessible end of Mendoza's dining spectrum.
El Hornero in La Morada
Deep wine list
In the remote Los Chacayes valley south of Mendoza, El Hornero in La Morada has built its reputation around wood-fired cooking at a level that draws serious attention in Argentine dining circles. Edward Holloway's kitchen works alongside leading sommelier Andrés Rosberg, whose wine program matches the ambition of the fire. The setting, the technique, and the list together make a compelling case for the drive.
Espacio Trapiche
Deep wine list
Espacio Trapiche holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it among Maipú's more consistent contemporary addresses. Set within the Trapiche winery estate in Mendoza's wine country, it draws on the surrounding vineyards for both setting and menu context.
Fogón Cocina de Viñedo
Deep wine list
Fogón Cocina de Viñedo sits on San Martín 1745 in Luján de Cuyo, the vineyard-floor dining address that positions it squarely within Mendoza's wine-country restaurant circuit. Where many region-facing restaurants lean on the winery tasting-room format, Fogón centres the cooking around the open fire tradition that defines Argentine rural hospitality. It belongs to a small tier of Luján de Cuyo addresses where the meal and the terroir are treated as a single argument.
La Vida
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Holding consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions in 2024 and 2025, La Vida brings contemporary cooking to Chacras de Coria, the leafy wine-country suburb southwest of Mendoza city. The kitchen works at the higher end of the local price tier, positioning it alongside the region's most serious dining addresses. For a region where the wine list often defines the meal, La Vida fits the pattern well.
Los Bocheros
Deep wine list
A Michelin Plate-recognized address in Las Compuertas, Los Bocheros occupies the mid-price tier of Mendoza's traditional cuisine scene. Positioned between the wine-country splurge and the casual neighbourhood table, it draws diners looking for Argentine cooking with roots rather than reinvention. For occasion dining in the greater Mendoza area, few addresses at this price point carry comparable recognition.
Martino Wines
Deep wine list
A Michelin Plate recipient in Mendoza's Mayor Drummond district, Martino Wines sits in the mid-tier price bracket alongside peers like Brindillas while punching into Michelin-recognised territory. Modern cuisine with a wine-country sensibility makes it a considered choice for visitors building an itinerary around the region's vineyards and its growing restaurant culture.
Osadía de Crear
Deep wine list
Osadía de Crear holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) and sits in Mendoza's mid-tier contemporary bracket under chef Flavia Amad Di Leo. The restaurant brings a technique-led approach to Andean ingredients at a price point that undercuts the city's high-end creative houses without sacrificing ambition.
Piedra Infinita Cocina
Deep wine list
Situated in the Paraje Altamira wine district southeast of Mendoza city, Piedra Infinita Cocina holds a 2024 Michelin Plate, placing it among a small cohort of contemporary Andean restaurants where the landscape itself shapes the kitchen's vocabulary. The price tier sits at the summit of Mendoza's dining range, and the address alone signals a deliberately unhurried visit.
Riccitelli Bistró
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
At Las Compuertas, on the fringes of Mendoza's wine country, Riccitelli Bistró earned a Michelin Star in 2025 under chef Luc Mobihan, signalling a new tier of fine dining in Argentina's vineyard belt.
Ruca Malen
Deep wine list
Among Luján de Cuyo's winery restaurants, Ruca Malen occupies a distinct position: a Michelin Plate recipient for consecutive years and an Opinionated About Dining South America selection for 2025, with contemporary cuisine from Chef Mariano Gallego that is as tied to the Andean foothills as the vines outside. This is a wine country lunch destination that earns its place in the region's serious dining conversation, not merely its tourism circuit.
Siete Fuegos
Deep wine list
Siete Fuegos sits on Ruta Provincial 94 in the Valle de Uco, where Francis Mallmann's open-fire cooking meets Argentina's most serious wine country. Ranked 57th in South America by Opinionated About Dining in 2024, the restaurant draws on ancient fire techniques, seven distinct methods, applied to produce from the surrounding foothills. Lunch and dinner service run daily, making it one of the region's more accessible destination restaurants.
Zonda Cocina de Paisaje
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Zonda Cocina de Paisaje holds back-to-back Michelin stars (2024 and 2025) under chef Augusto García, placing it in a small tier of destination restaurants that have reshaped Mendoza's dining reputation. Located in Mayor Drummond, just outside the city centre, the restaurant works with the agricultural character of its surroundings, translating Cuyo landscape and produce into a focused, traditional menu.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Mendoza
- Which restaurant on this list holds a Wine Spectator award?
- Bistro M in Mendoza City Center is the restaurant on this list with a Wine Spectator award, an Award of Excellence for 2026. The wine program is exceptional, extensive, and sommelier-led. The kitchen is a Mendocinian bistro with an open kitchen and wood-fired dishes from regional ingredients, served a la carte and as prix fixe. It also holds a Star Wine List.
- Which restaurants pair the meal with a named producer's wines?
- Angélica Cocina Maestra in Luján de Cuyo serves dishes inspired by Catena Zapata's premium wines. Casa Vigil in Chachingo, Maipú pairs with El Enemigo wines. La Vida in Chacras de Coria pairs seven courses exclusively with Susana Balbo wines. Piedra Infinita Cocina in La Consulta pairs with Zuccardi wines. Zonda Cocina de Paisaje in Luján de Cuyo pours Bodega Lagarde estate wines, and Ruca Malen in Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo pours its own premium wines.
- Which neighborhoods on this list hold several wine restaurants?
- Luján de Cuyo is the neighborhood for Angélica Cocina Maestra, Zonda Cocina de Paisaje, Osadía de Crear, and Fogón Cocina de Viñedo. Godoy Cruz is the neighborhood for Azafrán and 1884 Francis Mallmann. Maipu is the neighborhood for Espacio Trapiche and Casa del Visitante. Las Compuertas, Luján de Cuyo is the neighborhood for Riccitelli Bistró and Los Bocheros.
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