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Oak Park Mall Area · Overland Park · American Casual · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · June 29, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Houlihan's Restaurant + Bar – Overland Park’s wine list and gave it The Reliable — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list here is exactly what you'd expect from a polished chain bar-and-grill near a suburban mall — familiar labels, no surprises, nothing to argue about. It's not trying to be a wine destination, and it doesn't pretend otherwise. What it does offer is competent execution at a price point that won't ruin your night.
All 19 labels lean heavily on crowd-pleasing domestic workhorses — Rodney Strong Chardonnay, J. Lohr Seven Oaks Cab, La Crema Pinot Noir — with a few international names like Martin Códax Albariño and Alamos Malbec rounding out the edges. There's no real Old World presence to speak of, no interesting Rhône or Burgundy lurking in the back pages, and the list essentially stops where most grocery store wine aisles end. That said, the producers are reliable rather than cynical; these aren't bottom-shelf fillers dressed up with fancy fonts. The regional scope is narrow but the execution within that lane is consistent.
Every single bottle on the list is available by the glass, which is a genuinely useful setup for a table splitting between red and white drinkers. The $8 for a 6oz pour and $11 for a 9oz pour keeps things accessible across the board. There's no real rotation or curated glass program to speak of — what's on the list is what's on the list — but the consistency is its own kind of feature.
J. Lohr Seven Oaks Cabernet Sauvignon — $8 (6oz)
Seven Oaks retails around $15-17 a bottle, so an $8 glass is about as fair as a chain restaurant gets. It's a dependable Paso Robles Cab with enough weight to stand up to a burger or a steak without demanding your attention.
Martin Códax Albariño
Most people at a table like this will default to the Kim Crawford or the Chardonnay. Skip them and grab the Albariño — it's a Rías Baixas producer that actually knows what they're doing, and it's the only thing on this list that tastes like someone ventured outside California.
14 Hands Merlot
14 Hands is Washington State grocery-tier wine, fine in a $9 retail bottle but uninspired at restaurant glass prices. With La Crema Pinot Noir and J. Lohr Cab both on the list at the same price, there's just no reason to land here.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling + Stuffed Mushrooms
The Ste. Michelle Riesling has enough off-dry sweetness and bright acidity to cut through the richness of the stuffed mushrooms without overpowering them. It's a low-risk, high-reward move that most people at this table will enjoy even if they think they don't like Riesling.
Wednesday — Wine Down Wednesdays — half-price bottles of wine. Applies to all wine bottles, likely capped at bottles under $100. This is the real reason to visit.
The Bottom Line
Houlihan's isn't where you go to drink interesting wine — it's where you go to drink decent wine cheaply, especially on Wine Down Wednesdays when half-price bottles make the whole calculus flip in your favor. Send a friend here on a Wednesday with low expectations and they'll leave pleasantly surprised.
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Crowd Pleasers
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Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Willing but Green
Set & Forget
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Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
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Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
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Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Grocery Store
Gouge
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Occasional
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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