Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Toronto
In our guide, 22 of Toronto's 30 wine restaurants hold a Wine Spectator award. Opus Restaurant in Annex holds the Grand Award, with a list directed by Tony Amaro and particular depth in Burgundy, California, and Bordeaux.
Don Alfonso 1890 in Harbourfront and DaNico in Harbord Village each hold a Michelin star and a Best of Award of Excellence. Jacobs & Co. Steakhouse in Waterfront Communities-The Island holds 6,200 bottles, and Barberian’s in Downtown Yonge holds over 30,000 bottles. Both serve dry-aged beef. Café Boulud Toronto in Yorkville and Reign in Entertainment District are hotel restaurants with a Best of Award of Excellence.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Abrielle
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Abrielle sits on King Street West, Toronto's most contested dining corridor, and carries a White Star recognition from Star Wine List, a signal that its wine program is taken seriously by the trade. A reservation here merits advance planning.
Adega Restaurante
Deep wine list
Adega Restaurante occupies a spot on Elm Street in downtown Toronto, drawing on Portuguese culinary tradition within a city whose dining scene has moved decisively toward provenance-conscious cooking. The address places it alongside some of Toronto's most serious restaurant options, making it a reference point for those tracing the city's evolving relationship with European heritage cuisines and ingredient-led menus.
Alobar Downtown
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Alobar Downtown at 150 York St sits inside Toronto's Financial District dining conversation, where the question is less about whether a room can feed a crowd and more about whether it can hold a room's attention through the full arc of a meal. The address places it among the city's more deliberate mid-to-upper tier tables, where ritual and pacing carry as much weight as the plate itself.
Amal
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Amal brings Lebanese cuisine to Toronto's Bloor Street with the kind of cultural seriousness the Middle Eastern table rarely receives in North American fine dining. Holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, the room sits above street level with a wine program built around Lebanese, French, and Spanish labels. Two-course meals run in the $40–$65 range, making it one of the more accessible addresses in the Annex corridor.
Azura
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Azura on Danforth Avenue occupies a distinct position in Toronto's Mediterranean dining scene: a Michelin Plate-recognised table with a wine program carrying 800 bottles and French and Italian strengths, priced at the $$$$ tier but operating with a daytime-only format that changes the calculus on what you spend. Chef Adam Ryan and sommelier Josh Mott run a tightly focused operation that consistently earns recognition from Opinionated About Dining's European Casual list.
Bar Vendetta
Deep wine list
Bar Vendetta on Dundas West earns back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) as one of Toronto's more considered Italian addresses, operating at the mid-price tier where technique matters more than spectacle. The room sits in the city's west-end dining corridor, where neighbourhood familiarity and culinary seriousness coexist more comfortably than in the downtown core.
Barberian’s
Deep wine list
Open since 1959, Barberian's on Elm Street is one of Toronto's longest-running steakhouses, holding its position through decades of dining trends with dry-aged beef, a deep wine cellar recognised twice by Star Wine List in 2026, and a multi-room setting that reads as a document of the city's dining history rather than a contemporary reinvention.
Bardi's Steakhouse
Deep wine list
Bardi's Steakhouse occupies a long-standing position on York Street in Toronto's Financial District, where the city's classic steakhouse tradition has historically served the downtown business crowd. Located at 56 York St, it sits within walking distance of Union Station and the core corporate corridor, placing it among a tier of established Toronto dining rooms where occasion dining and weekday lunch business intersect.
Biagio Ristorante
Deep wine list
On King Street East in Toronto's St. Lawrence corridor, Biagio Ristorante occupies a position that Italian dining in this city has long needed: a room where the pacing of the meal matters as much as what arrives on the plate. The address places it among the neighbourhood's heritage-building stock, and its reputation rests on a classical approach to Italian hospitality that the broader downtown scene has largely traded away for faster formats.
Blue Bovine Steak + Sushi House
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Blue Bovine Steak + Sushi House occupies a prominent address at 65 Front St W in Toronto's downtown core, combining two formats that rarely share a menu at this level: premium steakhouse and Japanese sushi. The venue sits at an intersection of culinary traditions that Toronto's Financial District dining scene has increasingly embraced, pairing the structural weight of dry-aged beef with the precision of raw fish preparation.
BlueBlood Steakhouse
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Occupying the lower halls of Casa Loma, Toronto's century-old Gothic revival castle, BlueBlood Steakhouse places prime beef inside one of Canada's most architecturally arresting dining rooms. The setting alone separates it from the city's standard steakhouse circuit, but the kitchen earns its keep through serious sourcing and a format built around the beef itself. Reserve well ahead for weekend service.
Buca Osteria & Bar
Deep wine list
Buca Osteria & Bar occupies a discreet address off Yorkville Avenue, reached through the Four Seasons Hotel courtyard, a routing that sets the register before you've sat down. The room positions itself inside Toronto's premium Italian tier, where the conversation between kitchen, cellar, and floor defines the experience as much as any single dish.
Café Boulud Toronto
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
At the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto in Yorkville, Café Boulud occupies a distinct position in the city's French dining tier: less formal than the Daniel Boulud flagship universe, but more considered than a standard hotel brasserie. The kitchen pulls from Lyon-rooted French technique while weaving in Canadian ingredients from Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, and Baffin Island, with a wine list that balances traditional French appellations against Ontario producers.
Canoe
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Thirty years into its run, Canoe remains the clearest argument for what contemporary Canadian cooking can be at the summit of the market. On the 54th floor of the TD Bank Tower, the kitchen works a seasonally driven menu anchored in Canadian terroir, farmed, foraged, fished, while the room delivers panoramic views of Toronto and Lake Ontario that few dining rooms in the country can match.
Carisma
Deep wine list
Carisma serves authentic Italian fine dining at 15 Toronto St, with an extensive wine list and leisurely pacing for lunch or dinner.
DaNico
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Inside a former bank building on College Street, DaNico holds a Michelin star for Chef Daniele Corona's tasting menus, which move through seasonal Italian cooking with global inflections and luxurious ingredients. The wine program spans 595 selections with particular depth in Italy and France, overseen by Wine Director Julie Garton. It sits at the summit of Toronto's Italian fine-dining tier, alongside peers like Osteria Giulia and Buca.
Don Alfonso 1890
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Awarded a Michelin star in 2024 and ranked among La Liste's top restaurants globally, the kitchen runs an eight-course tasting menu that balances Amalfi Coast heritage with Canadian ingredient sourcing. The wine list spans nearly 5,000 bottles with depth across Piedmont, Tuscany, Burgundy, and Bordeaux.
Elora Mill
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Elora Mill occupies a restored 19th-century grist mill on the banks of the Grand River in Elora, Ontario, roughly 90 minutes from Toronto. The property operates as both a hotel and dining destination, drawing guests who want serious Canadian cooking set against limestone architecture and gorge-side landscape. It sits in a small but growing tier of destination restaurants outside Ontario's major cities.
FK
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
FK on St Clair West has earned back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, placing it firmly in Toronto's contemporary dining tier. Under chef Zino Jacobs, the kitchen works within a modern framework that rewards attention, a neighbourhood address that punches well above its postal code.
Gatsby
Deep wine list
Gatsby occupies a quiet address on St Thomas Street in Toronto's Yorkville corridor, positioning itself within a neighbourhood where the premium dining conversation runs from contemporary Canadian tasting menus to Japanese omakase counters. The address alone signals intent. For a considered multi-course evening in one of the city's more measured dining pockets, Gatsby is worth the reservation.
George
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
George has held consecutive Michelin Plates through 2024 and 2025 and earned 91 points on the La Liste Top Restaurants index, placing it firmly within Toronto's upper tier of contemporary Canadian dining. Under chef Lorenzo Loseto, the Queen Street East address runs Tuesday through Saturday from 5:30 pm, with a format and price point that positions it alongside the city's most serious tasting-menu rooms.
Grey Gardens
Deep wine list
A Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient in consecutive years (2024 and 2025), Grey Gardens brings contemporary cooking to Kensington Market under chef Ksenija Krajšek Mahorčič. Part of restaurateur Jen Agg's Toronto portfolio, the Augusta Avenue address pairs a carefully composed dining room with food that earns its place in the city's mid-range conversation without straining toward formality.
Henry's
Deep wine list
Henry's sits on Queen Street West at the less frenetic end of Toronto's contemporary dining corridor, earning a Michelin Plate in 2025. Owned by a wine importer, the room leans on a carefully sourced bottle list and a contemporary kitchen that draws on classical technique. At the $$$ price point, it occupies a distinct middle tier between Queen West's casual spots and the starred rooms further downtown.
Jacobs & Co. Steakhouse
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Among Toronto's upper tier of fine dining steakhouses, Jacobs & Co. at CIBC Square holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and one of the city's more serious wine programs: 1,175 selections, 6,200 bottles in inventory, and a $50 corkage policy.
Joni Restaurant
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Joni Restaurant at Park Hyatt Toronto applies the logic of European bistronomy to a Canadian context, pairing French-bistro structure with modern technique and a micro-seasonal sourcing philosophy. Chef Merlin Labron-Johnson's menu draws from B.C. spot prawns to Quebec foie gras, while the ellipse-shaped dining room houses commissioned work by Indigenous artist Nadia Myre. Weekend afternoon tea and holiday brunches round out a program that reaches well beyond standard hotel dining.
Le Sélect Bistro
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Le Sélect Bistro on Wellington Street West has anchored Toronto's French bistro tradition since the 1970s, serving classic dishes including steak tartare, cassoulet, and confit de canard in a Parisian-inspired interior that remains one of the city's most committed examples of the genre. The wine list follows the same transatlantic logic as the menu.
Mademoiselle Raw Bar and Grill
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
On King Street West, Mademoiselle Raw Bar + Grill occupies a stretch of Toronto's most densely programmed dining corridor, positioning itself as a neighbourhood anchor between the raw bar tradition and the city's grilled-protein appetite. The combination of formats, cold shellfish alongside open-fire cooking, gives the room a dual identity that suits both the after-work crowd and longer Saturday sittings.
Midfield Wine Bar & Tavern
Deep wine list
On Dundas Street West, Midfield Wine Bar & Tavern occupies a quieter register than Toronto's tasting-menu circuit, a neighbourhood wine bar where a rotating list of interesting bottles meets small plates, cheese, and charcuterie. The format is deliberately casual, the wine selection genuinely engaged, and the pace set by the guest rather than the kitchen.
Modus Ristorante
Deep wine list
On King Street West in Toronto's Financial District, Modus Ristorante earned a White Star recognition from Star Wine List in October 2023, signalling a wine program that the platform's editors considered worth flagging to serious drinkers. The address places it among a cluster of Italian-leaning dining rooms where the wine list often does as much talking as the kitchen.
Moretti Toronto
Deep wine list
Moretti Toronto sits on Wellington Street West in the heart of the Entertainment District, positioned within the same Italian-focused tier as DaNico and Don Alfonso 1890. Where Toronto's top Italian tables have moved toward contemporary reinterpretation, Moretti draws from the deeper cultural grammar of regional Italian cooking, placing it in a specific conversation about what Italian cuisine means in a city with one of the largest Italian diaspora communities in North America.
Opus Restaurant
Wine Spectator Grand Award · Deep wine list
Located on Prince Arthur Avenue in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood, Opus Restaurant has held a place on Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings since 2023, reaching #326 in 2025. Chef Jason Cox leads a European-influenced Canadian kitchen, while the wine program, directed by Tony Amaro, spans 2,100 selections across 52,000 bottles, with particular depth in Burgundy, California, and Bordeaux.
Osteria Giulia
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Osteria Giulia brings Ligurian cuisine to Yorkville with a Michelin star and a menu that focuses on the seafood-rich coast rather than the usual pan-Italian repertoire. Chef Rob Rossi's uptown room, with its candlelit cream walls and blond-oak tables, is the kind of place that absorbs a milestone dinner without effort. La Liste ranked it among the world's top restaurants in both 2025 and 2026.
Prime Seafood Palace
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
A Michelin Plate-recognised steakhouse from chef Matty Matheson on Queen Street West, Prime Seafood Palace operates in Toronto's upper tier of destination dining. Statement cuts like the 20-ounce prime rib with beef garum bordelaise anchor the menu, while the room's theatrical energy and attentive service match the ambition on the plate.
Reign
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Inside the Fairmont Royal York, Reign operates across a dining room, a Jazz Age-inspired wine bar, and a bakery, a multi-format property with a 2-Star World of Fine Wine accreditation anchoring its wine credentials. The wine bar is the venue's most distinctive element, pairing serious cellar depth with one of downtown Toronto's more atmospheric dining settings at 100 Front Street West.
Ristorante Sotto Sotto
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
On Avenue Road at the southern edge of the Annex, Ristorante Sotto Sotto has held a specific position in Toronto's Italian dining scene for decades: a room that feels lifted from a Roman cantina, where the atmosphere does as much work as the kitchen. It sits in the mid-to-upper tier of the city's Italian options, drawing a loyal crowd that returns for the consistency of both cooking and setting.
SAMMARCO
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
SAMMARCO is the Italian steakhouse interpretation from Michelin-starred chef Rob Rossi and David Minicucci, the team behind Giulietta and Osteria Giulia.
Sassafraz
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Sassafraz occupies a landmark address on Cumberland Street in Yorkville, Toronto's most established fine-dining neighbourhood. For visitors reading the Toronto dining map, it represents a particular strand of Canadian restaurant culture worth understanding.
Sorrel Restaurant and Bar
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
On Yonge Street in Summerhill, Sorrel brings French and Mediterranean cooking to a mid-tier price point that sits well below Toronto's upper-tier omakase and tasting-menu counters. A wine program spanning 1,050 selections and 11,000 bottles in inventory, overseen by Wine Director Sarah Pearson, gives the list genuine depth across France, Italy, California, and Canada. The kitchen and front-of-house share ownership, which shapes how the two halves of the experience align.
Taline
Deep wine list
Armenian cuisine occupies a small but serious niche in Toronto's dining scene, and Taline on Yonge Street has held a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, a signal of consistent execution across successive inspector visits. The mid-price format makes it accessible relative to the city's starred tier, while the kitchen's focus on Armenian tradition gives it a distinct position among Toronto's ethnically diverse restaurant offerings.
Ten
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Ten on College Street holds two consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024 and 2025) and a wine program that punches well above its West End address. With 185 selections and 1,350 bottles in inventory, and a California-leaning list priced accessibly at $$, it represents the quieter side of Toronto's contemporary dining tier, serious cooking and serious wine without the downtown fanfare.
The Daughter
Deep wine list
On Bayview Avenue in Toronto's Leaside neighbourhood, The Daughter occupies a small dining room that draws on the intersection of Canadian produce and globally trained technique. The kitchen's approach places it within a growing cohort of Toronto restaurants rethinking what local-ingredient cooking looks like when filtered through international methods. Reservations are advisable, particularly on weekends.
TOCA Restaurant
Deep wine list
TOCA Restaurant sits inside The Ritz-Carlton Toronto on Wellington Street West, serving Italian-inflected cuisine built around locally sourced Canadian produce. The dining room centres on a glass-walled cheese cave stocked with selections from Prince Edward Island to France, while hand-painted charger plates by resident artist Jacqueline Poirier give the room a detail-driven character rarely found in hotel dining at this tier. A Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star rating anchors its position in Toronto's upper bracket.
Trattoria Milano
Deep wine list
Trattoria Milano sits on Bloor Street West in Toronto's Yorkville corridor, operating within a city where Italian dining ranges from quick-service trattorias to Michelin-adjacent tasting menus. The address places it in proximity to some of Toronto's most competitive dining real estate, where neighbourhood expectations run high and the Italian category is well-contested by venues like DaNico and Don Alfonso 1890.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Toronto
- Which restaurant on this list holds the Wine Spectator Grand Award?
- Opus Restaurant in the Annex holds the Wine Spectator Grand Award. Tony Amaro directs a list of 2,100 selections, with particular depth in Burgundy, California, and Bordeaux. Chef Jason Cox leads a European-influenced Canadian kitchen, and the wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led.
- How many restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator award?
- Twenty-two restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator award. Opus Restaurant in the Annex holds the Grand Award. Best of Award of Excellence restaurants include Don Alfonso 1890 in Harbourfront, DaNico in Harbord Village, Canoe in the Financial District, and Café Boulud Toronto in Yorkville.
- Which neighborhood has the most wine restaurants on this list?
- The Annex has four wine restaurants on this list, the largest neighborhood group on the page. They are Osteria Giulia, Joni Restaurant, Opus Restaurant, and Ristorante Sotto Sotto. Osteria Giulia holds a Michelin star and an exceptional wine program. Opus Restaurant holds the Grand Award. Joni Restaurant holds an Award of Excellence, and Ristorante Sotto Sotto holds a Best of Award of Excellence.