Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Hilton Head Island
Eight restaurants with exceptional wine programs make up this category in our guide. Charlie's l Etoile Verte in Hilton Head Island holds Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence and a Star Wine List. Michael Anthony's Cucina Italiana on New Orleans Road holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and an extensive wine list. Ombra Cucina Italiana in The Village at Wexford has an extensive wine list and craft cocktails.
Red Fish Restaurant in Palmetto Dunes has an on-site wine shop with over 1,000 bottles. Chophouse 119 in Shelter Cove Towne Centre is a modern steakhouse with an extensive wine list and craft cocktails. CQ's in Harbour Town has an extensive wine list of over 400 selections. Frankie Bones and WiseGuys are on Main Street: Frankie Bones is an American-Italian steakhouse with an extensive wine list, and WiseGuys dry-ages USDA Prime and Wagyu steaks for 28 days.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Charlie's l Etoile Verte
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
A long-standing presence on Hilton Head Island's restaurant scene, Charlie's l'Etoile Verte earned a White Star recognition from Star Wine List in 2022, signaling a wine program serious enough to place it above the island's resort-casual baseline. Located on New Orleans Road, it occupies the narrower tier of the island's dining options where wine depth and kitchen intent carry more weight than beachfront spectacle.
Chophouse 119
Deep wine list
Chophouse 119 sits at 28 Shelter Cove Lane, placing it within one of Hilton Head Island's most active waterfront commercial corridors. The name signals a steakhouse format, and its Shelter Cove address puts it alongside marina-facing dining options that serve both resort visitors and year-round island residents. For those working through Hilton Head's dining options, it occupies the mid-to-upper tier of the island's chophouse category.
CQ's
Deep wine list
Where Hilton Head's Lighthouse Road Meets the Table The address alone places CQ's in a particular register of Hilton Head Island dining. Lighthouse Road anchors the southern tip of the island, where the density of the resort corridors gives way...
Frankie Bones
Deep wine list
Frankie Bones sits on Main Street in Hilton Head Island's northern reaches, occupying a position in the island's casual-to-mid dining tier that draws on American comfort traditions with a coastal South Carolina lean. The room runs warm and familiar, the kind of address locals return to without needing a special occasion as its reason.
Michael Anthony's Cucina Italiana
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Michael Anthony's Cucina Italiana on New Orleans Road brings Italian-American dining to Hilton Head Island's mid-island corridor, where coastal resort dining tends toward seafood and Southern comfort. The restaurant occupies a distinct position in the local scene as a dedicated Italian kitchen in a market where that genre is underrepresented. Visitors looking for pasta-forward cooking on the island will find it here.
Ombra Cucina Italiana
Deep wine list
Ombra Cucina Italiana brings Italian dining to Hilton Head Island's William Hilton Pkwy corridor, operating within a resort-market dining scene that spans coastal seafood, steakhouses, and Continental formats. For travelers calibrating where Italian fits in the island's restaurant mix, it sits alongside a compact tier of cuisine-specific independents rather than the broader casual waterfront category.
Red Fish Restaurant
Deep wine list
Red Fish Restaurant is a Hilton Head Island dining room for a slower evening than the island’s busiest waterfront stretch. It is a useful reservation when you want a composed meal rather than a high-volume tourist stop.
WiseGuys
Deep wine list
WiseGuys occupies a Main Street address on Hilton Head Island, placing it in the everyday dining fabric of a resort town better known for seafood shacks and private club rooms. The venue draws repeat visitors who treat the island as a second home rather than a one-week stop, and its positioning on Main Street keeps it accessible without requiring resort entry. Detailed menu and pricing data is limited, so confirmation with the venue directly is advised.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Hilton Head Island
- How many wine restaurants are in this category?
- There are eight wine restaurants in this category, all with exceptional wine programs. They are Charlie's l Etoile Verte, Michael Anthony's Cucina Italiana, Red Fish Restaurant, Chophouse 119, Ombra Cucina Italiana, CQ's, Frankie Bones, and WiseGuys.
- Which neighbourhood has the strongest concentration of wine restaurants?
- Main Street has the strongest concentration in this category, with Frankie Bones and WiseGuys. Both are steakhouses with exceptional wine programs and extensive wine lists, and WiseGuys dry-ages USDA Prime and Wagyu steaks for 28 days.
- Which venues in this category hold Wine Spectator awards?
- Charlie's l Etoile Verte, Michael Anthony's Cucina Italiana, and Red Fish Restaurant hold Wine Spectator awards here. Their awards cover a seafood bistro, an Italian restaurant, and a seafood-and-steaks room, which shows how varied the island's strongest wine lists are.
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