Half-Price Mondays Make This Buckhead Gem Worth Finding
Buckhead · Atlanta · Mediterranean/Greek/Middle Eastern · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed November 8, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Basil's Restaurant & Tapas Bar’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Basil's doesn't announce itself like a wine destination — it's a cozy Mediterranean neighborhood spot on Grandview that happens to take its wine program seriously enough to stock bottles from Italy, France, California, and even Georgia. The list leans into the food-forward ethos of the place: nothing here is trying to impress you at a distance. What catches our eye immediately is the half-price wine promotion running on Mondays and Wednesdays, which is the kind of deal that turns a casual weeknight dinner into a genuinely smart wine move.
The regional spread — Tuscany, Bordeaux, Napa, Sonoma, Monterey, and a nod to Georgia — is broader than you'd expect from a tapas-and-mezze spot in Buckhead. Italy and France anchor the list, which makes sense given the Mediterranean kitchen, while California fills in the crowd-pleasing middle. We can't quote specific bottles or prices here because the list isn't publicly documented in enough detail, but the range of regions suggests a wine director who wanted options rather than a one-note selection. The inclusion of Georgia producers is a quiet local touch that earns some respect.
By-the-glass specifics aren't publicly available, so we can't tell you exactly what's pouring or how many options are on offer. What we can say is that a list covering this many regions typically supports a reasonable glass program, and the half-price bottle nights suggest the kitchen is leaning into bottles over pours anyway. If you're going on a Monday or Wednesday, just go for a bottle — it's the obvious play.
Monday and Wednesday — Multiple reviews confirm half-price bottles of wine on both Monday and Wednesday nights. Monday is specifically called out as a half-price wine special. One of the stronger recurring deals we've seen in Atlanta.
The Bottom Line
Basil's earns a Wild Card badge not because the wine list is eccentric, but because a neighborhood Mediterranean spot quietly covering Tuscany, Bordeaux, California, and local Georgia producers — and then cutting bottle prices in half twice a week — is exactly the kind of under-the-radar wine situation we exist to flag. We'd send a friend here on a Monday with no hesitation: grab a bottle at half price, order the Greek shrimp and mushroom flatbread, and call it a great Tuesday-that's-actually-a-Monday. The full picture of the list deserves a proper look in person before we can go deeper on specifics.
Brookhaven · Atlanta · New American/Southern
Roc South is a genuinely fun restaurant — the food sounds great and the vibe is undeniable — but the wine program doesn't give us enough to work with or get excited about. Until there's a verifiable list with real producers and fair pricing, let the bartender guide your evening instead.
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· Atlanta · New American/Southern
Park 82 has a wine list in the same way a gas station has a wine selection — technically present, practically limiting. If you're a Pinot Noir devotee who doesn't mind paying restaurant markup for bottles you've seen at Kroger, you'll survive. Everyone else should probably lead with cocktails and ask what's on tap.
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· Atlanta · Asian
Tabla's wine list punches above its weight for an Asian restaurant in Atlanta. The white-heavy, aromatic-focused selection makes genuine sense with the food, pricing at the entry level is fair, and the BTG depth is real. We'd send a friend here for wine without hesitation — just order the Grüner first.
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· Atlanta · Other
MCK isn't trying to be a wine destination — it's a bar and restaurant with a list built for toasting and crowd comfort. The sparkling program punches above the list's weight, the by-the-glass selection is generous, and the markups on still wines are steep but not outrageous. Send a friend here if they want Champagne and something easy to sip; send them somewhere else if they're chasing a wine experience.
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· Atlanta · Gastropub/Tavern
Blue Moon Brewery & Grill is a beer bar first, second, and third — the wine list exists so your friend who doesn't drink beer doesn't feel stranded. If that's the situation, the Cava at $9 or the Elouan Rosé at $10 are perfectly fine. But if wine is the reason you're going out, go somewhere else.
Grocery Store
Fair
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Set & Forget
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· Atlanta · Thai
Pink Lotus has built a wine list that takes its cues from the food — acid-forward, bubbles-heavy, and genuinely curious — which is more than most Thai spots in town bother to do. Markups are fair, the by-the-glass selection is wide, and there are real finds here if you look past the Dom Pérignon showpiece bottles at the top. If you're eating Thai in Atlanta and you want something interesting in your glass, this list deserves your attention.
Small but Thoughtful
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· Suwanee · Mediterranean/Greek/Middle Eastern
Raik's wine list is fair, functional, and priced honestly — the Catena Malbec alone makes it worth ordering a bottle rather than defaulting to cocktails. It's not a destination for wine nerds, but for a neighborhood Mediterranean spot in Suwanee, this list does the job without embarrassing anyone at the table.
Crowd Pleasers
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Alpharetta · Alpharetta · Mediterranean/Greek/Middle Eastern
Mozaika Mezze has no business having a wine list this considered in a Alpharetta strip mall, and yet here we are. The all-by-the-glass format, fair markups, and a few genuinely regional picks — especially the Skouras and Ksara — make this worth your attention. Order the Greek and Lebanese bottles, ignore the urge to default to Orin Swift, and you'll eat and drink very well.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
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· Cumming, GA · Mediterranean/Greek/Middle Eastern
Giorgio's isn't a wine destination, and it doesn't pretend to be — but Tuesday half-price bottles at a casual, well-priced neighborhood spot is the kind of real-world value that actually matters. We'd come back for a weeknight bottle deal alongside the Chicken Piccata without hesitation. Just don't come in asking for a tasting note on the reserve selection.
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