Wine Spectator Award-Winning Restaurants in Atlanta

Browse 20 restaurants in Atlanta that hold a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award, including Aria Restaurant, Atlas and Lazy Betty. Several are in Buckhead, Midtown or Downtown, and many have recognition from Michelin as well. We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards.

The entries are in alphabetical order so you can look up a restaurant by name. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources, including Wine Spectator.

How this list is chosen: Every restaurant here holds a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award. When more qualify than the list can hold, 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
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
Brasserie Margot
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
On Midtown Atlanta's 14th Street corridor, Brasserie Margot occupies a stretch of the city where the dining scene has grown more serious over the past decade. The brasserie format, with its balance of French discipline and relaxed service rhythm, finds a natural home in a neighbourhood that rewards both weeknight regulars and destination diners. It belongs in any considered survey of Atlanta fine dining.
C&S Seafood and Oyster Bar
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
The format suits drop-in weeknight visits and longer weekend gatherings alike, placing it closer to a community gathering spot than a special-occasion destination. It is one of several independently minded dining rooms shaping the strip-mall corridor north of Atlanta's perimeter.
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.
Holeman and Finch
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Holeman and Finch occupies a specific register in Atlanta's after-dark dining scene: a bar-forward room where the food program carries the same weight as the drinks list. Located in Buckhead's Colony Square area, it draws a loyal crowd that returns not for occasion dining but for the kind of low-key expertise that only frequent visitors learn to exploit. The regulars here know what to ask for, and the gap between their experience and a first-timer's is considerable.
Kyma
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Atlanta's Greek dining scene has a clear upper tier, and Kyma on Piedmont Road occupies it with a wine list of 2,100 bottles weighted toward Greece and a kitchen operating at the $$-range dinner price point. Wine Director Garrett Geiler and Chef Pano I. Karatassos position the restaurant inside a broader Buckhead dining conversation that takes Mediterranean cuisine seriously as a technical endeavor, not an ethnic shorthand.
Lazy Betty
Atlanta, United States
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Lazy Betty holds a Michelin star and a place on Opinionated About Dining's North America list, operating from a Midtown address on Peachtree Street with a contemporary French-American tasting format. Chefs Ron Hsu and Aaron Phillips run both the kitchen and the business, keeping the program tightly owner-operated. A wine list of more than 1,000 bottles, led by France, California, and Italy, gives the dining room weight beyond its modest exterior.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List
Le Bilboquet
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Le Bilboquet brings a French-bistro sensibility to Buckhead's dining circuit, with a wine program spanning California and France — including deep Burgundy and Bordeaux selection across a 200-label, 2,650-bottle inventory. Chef Momo Sow leads the kitchen through lunch and dinner service at the $$$ price point, positioning the restaurant against Atlanta's upper-tier but below its tasting-menu tier.
Le Colonial Atlanta
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Le Colonial Atlanta occupies a prominent Buckhead address at 3035 Peachtree Rd NE, bringing the brand's signature French-Vietnamese aesthetic to one of the South's most competitive fine dining corridors. For Atlanta's upscale dining scene, it represents a distinct alternative to the dominant New American format.
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
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.
Umi
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Umi occupies a prominent address in Buckhead, Atlanta's most polished dining corridor, where Japanese culinary tradition and a commitment to precision have built a loyal following among the city's serious-dining crowd. The restaurant operates at the upper tier of Atlanta's Japanese scene, drawing comparisons to the focused, ritual-led formats found in major coastal markets. Reservations are advisable well in advance.
Yebo Beach Haus
Atlanta, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Yebo Beach Haus on East Andrews Drive brings a coastal leisure sensibility to Buckhead, one of Atlanta's most commercially active dining corridors. The format sits at the casual-to-lively end of the neighborhood's spectrum, offering a contrast to the white-tablecloth formality that defines much of the surrounding blocks. For Atlanta diners looking beyond the city's fine-dining tier, it occupies a distinct register.

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