Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Atlanta
Twenty-one restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator award. Eleven hold a Best of Award of Excellence and ten hold an Award of Excellence.
Buckhead holds 13 of the 30 restaurants on this page, and 10 of those Buckhead restaurants hold a Wine Spectator award. Aria Restaurant, Bone’s Restaurant and Kyma are among the awarded rooms.
Lazy Betty in Midtown keeps more than 1,000 bottles led by France, California and Italy. Marcel in West Midtown lists 465 selections with depth in Burgundy and Bordeaux. Barcelona Wine Bar Inman Park and Barcelona Wine Bar Westside Ironworks pour large Spanish programs. Madeira Park in Poncey-Highland is a French bistro with a long wine list and a Michelin Plate. Canoe in Vinings holds a Best of Award of Excellence on a modern Southern menu.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Aria Restaurant
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Atlas
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Barcelona Wine Bar Inman Park
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Barcelona Wine Bar Westside Ironworks
Deep wine list
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.
Bone’s Restaurant
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Brasserie Margot
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.
Brassica
Deep wine list
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.
C&S Seafood and Oyster Bar
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
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Capolinea
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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
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
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 $$-range dinner price point. Wine Director Garrett Geiler and Chef Pano I. Karatassos position the restaurant inside a broader Buckhead dining conversation that takes Mediterranean cuisine seriously as a technical endeavor, not an ethnic shorthand.
La Tavola Trattoria
Deep wine list
La Tavola Trattoria on Virginia Avenue has held a steady place in Atlanta's Virginia-Highland neighbourhood for years, anchoring a stretch of the city where Italian-American trattoria dining sits between the formal and the casual. The room reads lived-in in the way that neighbourhood regulars prefer: a place that has earned its familiarity rather than designed it. For Atlanta diners who favour progression through a meal over single-dish satisfaction, it represents a consistent address in a city still defining its Italian dining tier.
Lazy Betty
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Lazy Betty holds a Michelin star and a place on Opinionated About Dining's North America list, operating from a Midtown address on Peachtree Street with a contemporary French-American tasting format. Chefs Ron Hsu and Aaron Phillips run both the kitchen and the business, keeping the program tightly owner-operated. A wine list of more than 1,000 bottles, led by France, California, and Italy, gives the dining room weight beyond its modest exterior.
Le Bilboquet
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Le Bilboquet brings a French-bistro sensibility to Buckhead's dining circuit, with a wine program spanning California and France, including deep Burgundy and Bordeaux selection across a 200-label, 2,650-bottle inventory. Chef Momo Sow leads the kitchen through lunch and dinner service at the $$$ price point, positioning the restaurant against Atlanta's upper-tier but below its tasting-menu tier.
Le Colonial Atlanta
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.
Little Alley Steak Buckhead
Deep wine list
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
Deep wine list
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.
Madeira Park
Deep wine list
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.
Marcel
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Nàdair
Deep wine list
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
Deep wine list
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
Deep wine list
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
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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
Deep wine list
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
Deep wine list
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.
Umi
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.
Wisteria
Deep wine list
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.
Yebo Beach Haus
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.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Atlanta
- Which neighborhood has the most wine restaurants on this list?
- Buckhead holds 13 of the wine restaurants on this list, the most of any neighborhood here. Those rooms include Aria Restaurant, Bone’s Restaurant, Clark’s Steakhouse, Kyma, Lucian Books and Wine, Le Bilboquet, Chops Lobster Bar and Umi. Midtown is the next neighborhood on the page, with Lazy Betty, Reverence, Brasserie Margot and Holeman and Finch.
- How many Wine Spectator awards are on this list?
- Twenty-one restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator award: eleven Best of Award of Excellence and ten Awards of Excellence. The Best of Award of Excellence recipients are Atlas, Aria Restaurant, Marcel, Bone’s Restaurant, Lazy Betty, Canoe, Yebo Beach Haus, Ray's In the City, Clark’s Steakhouse, Barcelona Wine Bar Inman Park and Barcelona Wine Bar Westside Ironworks. Award of Excellence recipients include Kyma, Le Bilboquet, Chops Lobster Bar, Reverence and Capolinea.
- What wine list styles show up on this page?
- France, California and Italy, Burgundy and Bordeaux, Spain and Greece are styles poured on this page. Lazy Betty holds more than 1,000 bottles led by France, California and Italy. Marcel lists 465 selections with depth in Burgundy and Bordeaux. Kyma holds 2,100 bottles weighted toward Greece, and Barcelona Wine Bar Inman Park pours a large Spanish program.
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