Great Happy Hour, Rough Deal Everywhere Else
Downtown / Clematis · West Palm Beach · Italian gastropub / Italian fusion · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 5, 2026
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The wine list at Hullabaloo reads like a greatest-hits compilation from your local grocery store's endcap — familiar labels, zero surprises. It's a cocktail bar that happens to have wine on the menu, and the list makes no effort to pretend otherwise. Nothing wrong with that honesty, except the prices are anything but honest.
Thirty to fifty labels sounds like a decent starting point, but when your anchors are Sonoma-Cutrer, Fleur de Prairie, and Terrazas Malbec, you're firmly in crowd-pleaser territory. The focus skews California, France, and Argentina — safe corridors, all of them — with no real depth in any one region and no producers that would make a serious wine drinker pause. There's nothing wrong with these wines themselves; Sonoma-Cutrer is a perfectly competent Chardonnay and Fleur de Prairie is a reliable warm-weather rosé. The problem is that the list stops there, content to let name recognition do the heavy lifting.
Ten to fifteen by-the-glass options is a reasonable count for a gastropub, and the Thursday wine special genuinely softens the blow — half off select bottles from 7 p.m. to close and half off glasses all night. Daily happy hour from 4–7 p.m. also covers wine, making those early pours significantly more defensible. Outside of those windows, though, you're paying full gouge-tier prices for wines that retail well under $20.
Sonoma-Cutrer Chardonnay — $54
At full price it's a hard sell at more than double retail, but snag it on Thursday night at half off and you're suddenly paying ~$27 for a genuinely solid Russian River Ranches Chardonnay. That's the only context in which this list makes sense.
Terrazas Malbec
Most people on Clematis Street are ordering cocktails or something bubbly — the Malbec gets ignored. It's a straightforward, fruit-forward pour that actually holds up against the kitchen's heavier dishes. Still overpriced at $46, but it's the most food-friendly bottle on a list that otherwise skews light and trendy.
Fleur de Prairie Rosé
At $50 a bottle for something you can grab at Total Wine for $15, this is the list's most egregious markup at nearly 234% over retail. It's a decent Provence rosé, but there is no version of this story where $50 is the right price. Order it on Thursday or not at all.
Terrazas Malbec + Grilled Hanger Steak
Malbec and hanger steak is a classic pairing for a reason — the wine's dark fruit and soft tannins don't fight the char, they lean into it. It's the one combination on this menu where the wine list actually earns its keep.
Thursday — Half off select bottles from 7 p.m. to close; half off all glasses from 7 p.m. to close. Daily happy hour (4–7 p.m.) also includes 50% off wine.
The Bottom Line
Hullabaloo is a fun night out on Clematis Street, and if you're strategic about Thursday's wine special or daily happy hour, the pours are legitimately worth ordering. Show up outside those windows expecting a fair deal on wine, though, and the list will take your wallet to the cleaners.
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