Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Virginia Beach
Six restaurants are on this Virginia Beach wine-restaurant list. Five have exceptional wine programs: Eat, Zoes Steak & Seafood, The Porch on Long Creek, Steinhilber's, and Aldo's Ristorante. Tautog's Restaurant holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2026, with a wine program and craft cocktails.
The exceptional programs have extensive wine lists in common. Seafood and steak cooking sits with those lists: steakhouse plates, classic seafood and steaks, and southern coastal cooking that also includes sushi and steak options. Aldo's Ristorante is sommelier-led Northern Italian, with dishes from a wood-burning oven, and Eat is an eclectic American bistro served a la carte and as small plates.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Aldo's Ristorante
Deep wine list
Aldo's Ristorante on Laskin Road has served as one of Virginia Beach's steadier reference points for Italian-leaning dining, operating in a corridor where the city's restaurant scene has grown considerably more competitive. The room rewards guests who value a familiar, ingredient-focused approach over trend-chasing formats. Reservations and timing details are best confirmed directly with the restaurant before visiting.
Eat
Deep wine list
On Atlantic Avenue at the edge of Virginia Beach's oceanfront strip, Eat occupies a address where casual coastal dining meets the everyday appetite of a resort city that runs on seasonal foot traffic. The restaurant sits in a neighbourhood defined by proximity to the water, where the dining calculus shifts with the tides of summer crowds and quieter off-season weeks.
Steinhilber's
Deep wine list
One of Virginia Beach's longest-standing dining addresses, Steinhilber's at 653 Thalia Road occupies a particular tier in the city's restaurant history: the kind of place that predates the resort-strip boom and has continued on its own terms. The physical setting and the institution's longevity place it in a category that few Virginia Beach restaurants can claim.
Tautog's Restaurant
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
On 23rd Street in Virginia Beach's resort strip, Tautog's Restaurant has held its ground as a seafood-forward address where the mid-Atlantic catch sets the pace of the meal. The room rewards those who let the kitchen lead, moving through courses shaped by what the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic waters bring in season. It sits in the upper tier of the Virginia Beach dining scene without requiring a journey across town to find it.
The Porch on Long Creek
Deep wine list
Smart-casual waterfront dining on the Lynnhaven River, suited to date nights, celebrations, business dinners, and mixed groups. Expect Southern coastal American cooking with seafood, sushi, steak options, craft cocktails, and an extensive wine list at about $60 per person; book ahead, dress smart casual, and choose dinner if the river setting is central to the night.
Zoes Steak & Seafood
Deep wine list
Zoe's Steak & Seafood sits at 713 19th Street in Virginia Beach, placing it within easy reach of the Oceanfront district's core dining corridor. The kitchen focuses on steak and seafood, the two categories that define occasion dining in coastal Virginia. For milestone meals in a beach city where the dining tier is still maturing, this address draws consistent local attention.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Virginia Beach
- Which restaurant on this list holds a Wine Spectator award?
- Tautog's Restaurant in Northeast Virginia Beach holds the Wine Spectator award on this list, an Award of Excellence for 2026. It is a seaside cottage for fresh local seafood, served a la carte, with a wine list and craft cocktails. On this list, that is the only Wine Spectator award.
- Which neighborhoods are these wine restaurants in?
- The neighborhoods on this list are Northeast Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, oceanfront, Great Neck, and Thalia. Tautog's Restaurant is in Northeast Virginia Beach. Eat is in Virginia Beach Oceanfront, and Zoes Steak & Seafood is in oceanfront. The Porch on Long Creek is in Great Neck, and Steinhilber's is in Thalia.
- How many exceptional wine programs are on this list?
- Five restaurants on this list have exceptional wine programs: Eat, Zoes Steak & Seafood, The Porch on Long Creek, Steinhilber's, and Aldo's Ristorante. Aldo's program is sommelier-led, with an extensive wine list. Eat, Zoes Steak & Seafood, The Porch on Long Creek, and Steinhilber's have extensive wine lists as well.
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