Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Cabo San Lucas
Five restaurants on this list hold Wine Spectator awards. Manta, Mezcal, and El Farallon hold Best of Award of Excellence, and Bar Esquina and LaFrida Restaurant hold Award of Excellence. Five restaurants on this list carry an exceptional wine program: Mezcal, El Farallon, Invita Bistro, Cocina del Mar, and JM Steakhouse. All eight restaurants are in Cabo San Lucas.
Manta's program is a 375-bottle wine list and a 4,000-inventory cellar, beside chef Enrique Olvera's contemporary Mexican cooking with Peruvian and Japanese influences. Mezcal, the signature restaurant of Montage Los Cabos, skews its list toward Mexico, California, and Champagne, with a dedicated sommelier team. Invita Bistro holds a Star Wine List, with Southern Italian cooking and homemade pasta across from the town square. Cocina del Mar serves cliffside Baja seafood on lantern-lit terraces over the Sea of Cortez, with an exceptional wine program and an extensive wine list.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Bar Esquina
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Bar Esquina sits on Av. del Pescador in El Medano Ejidal, Cabo San Lucas, in one of the strip's most trafficked beach-adjacent corridors. The bar format places it among Cabo's more casual social anchors, where the emphasis is on drinks and the scene rather than destination dining. Visitors looking for a laid-back entry point to the Cabo waterfront tend to land here first.
Cocina del Mar
Deep wine list
Cocina del Mar belongs to Cabo San Lucas’s sea-facing dining culture, where the value is less about theatrical tasting-menu formality and more about Baja’s meeting point between Pacific seafood, resort service, and open-air geography. The draw is the setting and the ingredient logic: fish, shellfish, citrus, chile, and coastal produce read differently when the water is part of the room.
El Farallon
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
El Farallon occupies a dramatic clifftop position in El Pedregal, Cabo San Lucas, where the Sea of Cortez functions as both backdrop and pantry. Recognised in the La Liste Top Restaurants 2026 ranking with 75 points, it sits in the upper tier of Cabo's premium dining circuit alongside Cocina de Autor, Comal, and Manta. The setting alone separates it from the town's marina-facing competition.
Invita Bistro
Deep wine list
A Centro address in Cabo San Lucas with serious wine credentials, Invita Bistro earned a White Star listing on Star Wine List in August 2025, placing it among a small cohort of Baja California Sur restaurants where the bottle program carries as much weight as the kitchen. The setting is walkable from Cabo's harbour, and the bistro format suits those seeking something quieter than the marina circuit.
JM Steakhouse
Deep wine list
A steakhouse operating in the heart of downtown Cabo San Lucas, JM Steakhouse sits on Emiliano Zapata in the Centro district, within walking distance of the marina and the main strip. For visitors calibrating expectations around Cabo's meat-focused dining tier, understanding where this address fits relative to the resort corridor and the broader downtown scene is the starting point for planning.
LaFrida Restaurant
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
LaFrida Restaurant occupies a dramatic perch inside Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach, where Pacific-facing dining has long defined the upper tier of Cabo San Lucas hospitality. Set within one of Los Cabos' most architecturally committed resort properties, it positions itself in the same conversation as Cocina de Autor and El Farallon, restaurants where the setting does as much editorial work as the plate. For visitors mapping Mexico's serious dining circuit, it warrants a place in the itinerary.
Manta
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Manta brings Enrique Olvera's coastal Mexican vision to Cabo San Lucas, with open-flame technique at its center and a Michelin Plate to its name. The restaurant occupies the upper tier of Cabo's fine dining scene alongside Cocina de Autor and Comal, combining serious culinary credentials with a setting shaped by the Pacific. A 375-bottle wine list and 4,000-inventory cellar make this one of the more considered wine programs on the Baja peninsula.
Mezcal
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
The signature restaurant of Montage Los Cabos, Mezcal holds a 2025 Michelin Plate and pairs Mexican cuisine with one of the peninsula's more serious wine programs: 450 selections, 4,000-bottle inventory, and a dedicated sommelier team. The wine list skews toward Mexico, California, and Champagne, while the food price point sits at $$$. Reservations are advisable for dinner.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Cabo San Lucas
- Which restaurants on this list hold Wine Spectator awards?
- Manta, Mezcal, and El Farallon hold Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence on this list. Bar Esquina and LaFrida Restaurant hold Wine Spectator Award of Excellence on this list. Manta's award is for 2025 and the others are for 2026.
- Which restaurants on this list have exceptional wine programs?
- Mezcal, El Farallon, Invita Bistro, Cocina del Mar, and JM Steakhouse carry exceptional wine programs on this list. Mezcal and El Farallon also hold Best of Award of Excellence. Invita Bistro holds a Star Wine List for 2026. Cocina del Mar and JM Steakhouse each have an extensive wine list.
- Which wine list on this page is the longest?
- Mezcal, in Cabo San Lucas, has the longest wine list on this page: 450 selections skewed toward Mexico, California, and Champagne, with a dedicated sommelier team. Manta, also in Cabo San Lucas, keeps a 375-bottle wine list on this page.
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