Strip-Side Steakhouse That Actually Earns It
Las Vegas Strip · Las Vegas · Steak house · Visit Website ↗
Updated August 2026
Reviewed April 8, 2026 · How we review
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The wine list at Carversteak lands with the kind of confident thud you'd expect from a Best of Award of Excellence recipient on the Las Vegas Strip. Five hundred to eight hundred selections anchored in France and California, with bottle prices that climb well into four figures — this is a list that knows its audience. It's unapologetically luxe, and it doesn't pretend otherwise.
France and California are the twin pillars here, and both are built properly. On the California side, you've got the Mount Rushmore of cult Cab — Harlan Estate, Screaming Eagle, Opus One, Dominus, and Ridge Monte Bello — sitting alongside more accessible heavy-hitters like Silver Oak and Caymus Special Selection. The French side pulls weight with Château Pétrus, Château Margaux, and Château Lynch-Bages anchoring Bordeaux, while Louis Jadot and Joseph Drouhin keep Burgundy honest and approachable. Kistler rounds out the California white game with some seriousness. Gaps likely exist outside these two hemispheres — don't come here hunting Ribera del Duero — but for what it is, the depth is real.
With 20 to 35 pours running from $15 up to $60 a glass, the by-the-glass program is one of the stronger ones you'll find in a Vegas steakhouse. That range means you can open with something honest and affordable or splurge on a glass of something you'd normally only see by the bottle. We'd like to see more rotation, but the breadth at least gives the table options across the meal.
Château Lynch-Bages — $120–$180 (bottle est.)
A fifth-growth Pauillac that consistently punches above its classification — cassis, cedar, and structure that holds up to a bone-in ribeye. On a list full of four-figure bottles, this is the relative sanity play for serious Bordeaux without the markup trauma.
Ridge Monte Bello
Most tables here are ordering Opus or Screaming Eagle because the names hit different in Vegas. But Ridge Monte Bello is arguably the most intellectually interesting California Cab on this list — earned, age-worthy, and built on limestone soils that make it drink more like a serious Bordeaux than a fruit bomb. The crowd walks right past it.
Caymus Vineyards Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon
Caymus Special Selection is a fine wine, but it's also one of the most marked-up bottles in every steakhouse from here to Miami. You're paying a significant premium for a label that every table in the room is also ordering. The money spends better on Lynch-Bages or a step up toward Dominus.
Kistler Chardonnay + Oysters
Kistler's richness and precision — toasty oak in balance with bright acidity — makes it the rare California Chard that actually handles raw oysters without steamrolling them. The salinity in the oysters pulls out a mineral quality in the wine that the wine list probably doesn't advertise.
The Bottom Line
Carversteak is exactly what a high-end Vegas steakhouse wine program should be — deep where it counts, staffed by people who know the list, and serious enough to have earned that Wine Spectator credential. The markups are what they are on the Strip, but if you're eating here, you already know that.
· Las Vegas · Steakhouse
Strip House's all-by-the-glass format is smart for a Vegas crowd that wants to explore without committing, and the list has more personality than most hotel steakhouses — the Testamatta and the Lingua Franca Chardonnay prove someone made actual choices here. Prices skew high at the top end, but the $15–$25 tier offers genuine quality. Come for the steak, stay for the glass pours, and skip the Kosta Browne unless the night calls for it.
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· Las Vegas · Restaurant
Summer House is doing more with its wine program than it has to, and in Las Vegas that deserves genuine credit. Fair prices, a thoughtful by-the-glass roster, and a few genuinely interesting picks — the Grüner and the Selbach Riesling especially — make this worth exploring. It's not a destination wine list, but it's a reliable one, and that's rarer on the Strip than it should be.
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Hughes Center · Las Vegas · Brazilian Churrascaria
The real story at Fogo de Chão Hughes Center is the Monday-through-Thursday deal: South American bottles under $150 go at half price, all day, in both the dining room and bar. That's a meaningful discount at a format where a table can easily work through a full bottle alongside the picanha parade. If you're going to drink wine here — and you should — plan your visit around that window.
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South Point Casino · Las Vegas · Steakhouse
Silverado Steak House isn't trying to win any wine awards, and it doesn't need to — the list is fair, functional, and occasionally punches above its casino-floor weight class. If you're eating steak at South Point and want a solid glass without getting robbed, this list has your back; just stay away from the bottom shelf and head straight for the Davis Bynum or the Symmetry Meritage.
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The Strip · Las Vegas · Japanese
Order the $21 glass of Kirinzan Junmai Ginjo, or the $50 Signature Flight if you want three saké side by side. If you prefer wine, the Faiveley Gevrey-Chambertin at $62 by the Coravin glass is the pour to look for. Confirm availability and prices, since the list is undated. This unrated guide covers the posted drinks list, not service, storage or markups.
The Strip · Las Vegas · Steakhouse
Try the $60 half bottle of Cristom Pinot Noir or ask about the $60 Kerner, the lowest full-bottle price, or order the Azelia Barolo at $270 with the Dry Aged New York. Confirm vintages and prices, since the list is undated. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or retail markups.
Houston · Houston · Steak house
A Cabernet-first list with a long Napa Cabernet section, two flights and two Texas bottles. Start with the $18 Duckhorn Decoy Cabernet by the glass or the $48 Silver Palm bottle, and ask about the $60 Becker Vineyards Cabernet from Texas. The restaurant's online list shows no date, so confirm prices before you order. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
Miami · Miami · Steak house
Hereford Grill's list ranges from Napa Cabernet to Argentine Malbec and Vega Sicilia, but it posts no prices. Order the Adentus Malbec blend with the boneless ribeye and ask your server for the price. Confirm current availability, since the PDF file name carries 12.10.2025. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
Capitol Square · Madison · Steak house
Rare is a reliable wine destination for Napa devotees visiting Madison — the list is familiar by design, the WS Award of Excellence is well-earned, and the setting delivers. Just don't come here looking for natural wine or anything that strays from the California playbook.
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