The Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Atlanta

Atlanta's list includes 23 restaurants with deep wine lists in the En Primeur Club guide or recognition from the World's Best Wine Lists awards, such as Aria Restaurant, Atlas and Marcel. Several are in Buckhead and Downtown. Many have recognition from independent sources including Wine Spectator and Opinionated About Dining.

We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Read the entries in alphabetical order. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources, with a link to its full guide page.

How this list is chosen: Every restaurant here pours from a deep wine list or is recognized by the World's Best Wine Lists awards. En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.

Aria Restaurant
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Aria Restaurant on East Paces Ferry Road holds a rare position in Atlanta's fine dining tier: a White Star recognition from Star Wine List and 3-Star accreditation from the World of Fine Wine mark it as one of the city's most seriously curated dining rooms. The address puts it in Buckhead, where the competition for premium covers is as concentrated as anywhere in the South.
Also recognized by James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Atlas
Atlanta, United States
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Atlas Atlanta merges Michelin-starred seasonal American cuisine with a rotating contemporary art program inside the St. Regis Buckhead, where Chef Freddy Money's daily-changing tasting menus unfold among works by Alexi Torres, Hunt Slonem and Hijack, curated with Carousel Fine Art Galleries. This intimate 60-seat sanctuary represents Atlanta's pinnacle of fine dining sophistication. Atlas is a restaurant with a full bar, not a wine bar.
Also recognized by Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining
Barcelona Wine Bar Inman Park
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Barcelona Wine Bar in Inman Park sits at 240 N Highland Ave NE, operating as part of a small regional chain that has built a following on Spanish-influenced small plates and a wine program recognized by Star Wine List with a White Star designation in 2022. The format suits grazing and sharing, with a wine list weighted toward Iberian producers and an atmosphere that runs louder and more social than a conventional dinner room.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Barcelona Wine Bar Westside Ironworks
Atlanta, United States
Barcelona Wine Bar Westside Ironworks occupies a converted industrial space on Howell Mill Road, bringing the Iberian wine-bar format to Atlanta's Westside neighbourhood. Recognised by Star Wine List with a White Star designation in 2022, it sits within a growing tier of wine-focused venues that anchor a serious list to a convivial, food-friendly atmosphere. The address places it squarely in one of Atlanta's more food-active corridors.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Bone’s Restaurant
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Bone's Restaurant has anchored Atlanta's power-dining circuit from Buckhead since the early 1980s, operating as the city's dominant old-guard steakhouse at a moment when the category has grown considerably more competitive. Ranked #735 in Opinionated About Dining's 2024 Casual North America list, it draws on Southern sourcing across Georgia farms and coastlines to ground a format that most cities reserve for imported Midwestern beef.
Also recognized by OpenTable, Opinionated About Dining
Brassica
Atlanta, United States
Brassica occupies a considered position in Atlanta's upper dining tier, where menu architecture does the editorial work that a simpler kitchen might leave to spectacle. Located on Peachtree Road in Buckhead, it draws comparison to the city's established fine-dining addresses while staking its own claim through structured, produce-led cooking. For visitors already familiar with Atlanta's competitive fine-dining scene, Brassica is a purposeful addition to any serious itinerary.
Canoe
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Canoe occupies a prominent position among Atlanta's established fine-dining addresses, recognized by Star Wine List with a White Star distinction for its wine program. Situated along Paces Ferry Road in the Vinings area, the restaurant draws a serious dining crowd and has maintained relevance inside a city whose restaurant scene has grown considerably more competitive over the past decade.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Capolinea
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Capolinea sits in Atlanta's Vine City corridor at 159 Northside Drive, occupying a position in the city's fine-dining tier where wine program depth and editorial curation tend to define the experience as much as the kitchen. Comparable in ambition to Atlanta's leading tasting-menu addresses, it draws a crowd that arrives with a bottle in mind as much as a dish.
Chops Lobster Bar
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Chops Lobster Bar fits Atlanta’s appetite for polished seafood dining rather than casual fish-house minimalism. The draw is the city’s steakhouse-adjacent seafood tradition: lobster, shellfish, and composed plates positioned for diners who want a formal room and a seafood-led menu without treating the evening as a chef’s-counter exercise.
Clark’s Steakhouse
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Clark’s Steakhouse enters Atlanta’s steakhouse conversation through the grammar of the cut: ribeye for fat and char, strip for cleaner beef flavor, filet for tenderness, and larger-format steaks for a table willing to share. With no public awards or chef attribution attached, the editorial read is about category fit rather than personality: a steakhouse lens on a city that treats beef, sides, and service rhythm as part of the occasion.
La Tavola Trattoria
Atlanta, United States
La Tavola Trattoria on Virginia Avenue has held a steady place in Atlanta's Virginia-Highland neighbourhood for years, anchoring a stretch of the city where Italian-American trattoria dining sits between the formal and the casual. The room reads lived-in in the way that neighbourhood regulars prefer: a place that has earned its familiarity rather than designed it. For Atlanta diners who favour progression through a meal over single-dish satisfaction, it represents a consistent address in a city still defining its Italian dining tier.
Little Alley Steak Buckhead
Atlanta, United States
Little Alley Steak in Buckhead brings the format of a high-end Atlanta steakhouse to one of the city's most concentrated fine-dining corridors, at 3500 Lenox Road NE. The room and menu position it within the same occasion-dining tier as Atlanta's other $$$$ destinations, making it a natural reference point for milestone meals, celebrations, and corporate dining in the Buckhead district.
Lucian Books and Wine
Atlanta, United States
At Lucian Books and Wine on Peachtree Road, wine and literature occupy the same considered space — a combination that reflects a broader Atlanta shift toward venues where curation drives the experience. Recognised by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, Lucian operates under chef Jason Paolini and has developed a following among Atlanta's wine-serious crowd looking for something with more substance than the standard bar format.
Also recognized by James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining
Madeira Park
Atlanta, United States
From the team behind Miller Union, Madeira Park brings a Mediterranean-leaning small plates format and a serious wine program to Poncey-Highland. The 2025 Michelin Plate recipient and Resy Hit List honoree operates at a neighbourhood wine bar register — more convivial than ceremonial — while the kitchen maintains the culinary discipline you'd expect from that lineage.
Also recognized by Resy, Wine Enthusiast
Marcel
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Marcel is a French-inflected steakhouse in Atlanta's Westside Provisions District, earning a Michelin Plate in 2025 for its European-leaning menu anchored by bone-in côte de boeuf and 60-day dry-aged cuts. The room channels a mid-century speakeasy through low lighting and red leather banquettes, while a 465-selection wine list with deep Burgundy and Bordeaux depth rounds out one of the city's more considered steakhouse programs.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, World's Best Steaks
Nàdair
Atlanta, United States
Atlanta's only dedicated Scottish fine dining address, Nàdair holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025 and sits in the Zonolite Road corridor among the city's most concentrated stretch of ambitious independent restaurants. The menu draws on Scottish culinary tradition within a format that reads closer to a tasting-menu counter than a casual bistro, at price points that match the city's upper-tier dining bracket.
Nikolai's Roof
Atlanta, United States
Perched atop the Hilton Atlanta in the heart of downtown, Nikolai's Roof is one of the city's longest-running fine dining destinations, known for its commanding skyline views and formal service approach. The room operates at the upper end of Atlanta's special-occasion tier, drawing comparisons with the broader cohort of American hotel dining rooms that prioritize wine depth alongside the menu.
Pricci
Atlanta, United States
One of Buckhead's most enduring Italian addresses, Pricci has occupied its Pharr Road position long enough to become a default setting for Atlanta milestone meals. The dining room carries the particular weight of a room that has hosted many celebrations, and the Italian-leaning menu positions it within the city's upper tier of occasion restaurants.
Ray's In the City
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Ray's In the City occupies a address on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, placing it inside a corridor that has long served as the commercial and civic spine of the city. The restaurant draws on the American seafood-and-steak tradition, positioning it alongside Atlanta's tier of upscale dining rooms where occasion dining and business hospitality overlap. For visitors calibrating the city's fine-dining scene, it offers a useful point of reference.
Reverence
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
A European-leaning restaurant at 1117 W Peachtree St NW in Midtown Atlanta, Reverence operates under the MainSail Hotels umbrella with a mid-range cuisine price point and a wine list of 170 selections spanning California and France. Chef Henry Tapia and Wine Director Brian White anchor a program that situates the restaurant alongside Atlanta's more considered fine-casual addresses rather than its highest-price omakase or tasting-menu tier.
So. Fox
Atlanta, United States
So. Fox on Virginia Avenue sits at the intersection of fermentation-driven technique and seasonal sourcing that defines Atlanta's more considered dining tier. The menu rotates around proteins, produce, and a natural and biodynamic wine list that treats the cellar as an extension of the kitchen's philosophy. For Atlanta diners tracking where serious ingredient work is happening, it belongs on the radar.
TWO urban licks
Atlanta, United States
TWO urban licks occupies a converted warehouse space on Ralph McGill Boulevard, where the industrial bones of old Atlanta meet a program built around live-fire cooking and an ambitious wine list. The venue sits in a corner of the city's dining scene that prizes energy and scale over precision tasting-menu formality, offering a louder, more democratic counterpoint to Atlanta's white-tablecloth tier.
Wisteria
Atlanta, United States
On North Highland Avenue in Atlanta's Inman Park, Wisteria occupies a corner of the city's fine-casual dining conversation that sits closer to Southern roots than European formalism. The menu reads as a document of regional American cooking filtered through a contemporary lens, placing it in the same bracket as Atlanta's other serious independent restaurants without replicating any of them.

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