Old-school Waikiki with a serious wine game
Waikiki · Honolulu · American, Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Updated August 2026
Reviewed April 7, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Hy's Steakhouse’s wine list and gave it The Rager — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You walk into Hy's and the leather booths, dark wood paneling, and live piano make it immediately clear this place takes itself seriously — and the wine list backs that up. Five hundred-ish selections, a dedicated sommelier, and a Wednesday half-price wine night that's frankly rare for a place this polished. This isn't a hotel bar wine list slapped together on a Tuesday afternoon.
The list leans hard into California and Champagne, which is exactly where you want a Honolulu steakhouse to live. Napa heavy-hitters are all accounted for — Opus One, Stag's Leap CASK 23, Far Niente, Caymus Special Selection, Silver Oak — alongside serious French benchmarks like Château Margaux and Château Lynch-Bages. Louis Jadot anchors the Burgundy side, and Dom Pérignon and Krug Grande Cuvée keep the bubbles credible. The gaps, if any, are likely on the natural or esoteric end, but that's not who Hy's is and they're not pretending to be.
Twenty to thirty-five pours by the glass is a strong showing for a steakhouse, giving you real options whether you're doing a solo ribeye at the bar or working your way through a multi-course dinner. The Wednesday half-price wine night applies to bottles, which means the by-the-glass program on any given night is worth exploring before committing to a bottle at full price. We'd steer you toward their Champagne pours as an opener — the program skews strong there.
Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon — Not listed
Jordan is consistently one of the best QPR Cabernets in the game — smooth, food-friendly, and typically priced well below the Opus Ones and CASK 23s that dominate this list. Pair it on a Wednesday and you're drinking very well for the money. Exact bottle price not confirmed but worth asking.
Château Lynch-Bages
Most tables at Hy's are reaching for Napa Cab, which means Lynch-Bages — one of Pauillac's most reliable over-performers — gets overlooked. It's a leaner, more structured pour next to the big California fruit bombs on this list, and it's exactly what a well-marbled New York Strip is asking for.
Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
At $195 a bottle, you're paying a significant premium for a wine that's become the house red of every airport lounge in America. It's fine. It's always fine. But with Stag's Leap CASK 23 and Far Niente on the same list, there's no reason to default to Caymus at this price point in this room.
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars CASK 23 + Prime New York Strip Steak
CASK 23 is one of Napa's most refined Cabernets — structured tannins, precise fruit, serious backbone — and it meets a well-seared Prime New York Strip exactly where it needs to be met. The fat in the cut softens the wine's edges while the wine's acidity keeps the next bite interesting. Classic combo executed in a classic room.
Wednesday — Half-price wine on bottles every Wednesday — one of the better deals in Honolulu dining.
The Bottom Line
Hy's is the rare Honolulu restaurant where the wine list feels like it was built with intention, not just filled in around the menu. The markups are real, Wednesday half-price night is your friend, and sommelier Prestyn Timas is worth the conversation — this one earns the Wine Spectator hardware.
Kahala · Honolulu · Italian
Arancino at The Kahala is doing something genuinely unusual for a hotel-adjacent Italian restaurant in Hawaii — it's built a list around obscure Northern Italian producers that most diners won't recognize, and that's exactly the point. Markups are on the steeper side and we can't vouch for glassware or staff knowledge from the available data, but the wine selection itself earns respect. If you know your Nebbiolo from your Barbera, this list rewards attention.
Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Honolulu · Seafood
Mina's Fish House isn't building a wine program — it's building a dessert wine moment, and that is a genuinely uncommon thing to find at a restaurant of this profile. If you're eating dinner here, you'll need to source your table wine elsewhere on the menu or order cocktails; this list doesn't cover that ground. But if you want to close out a Four Seasons meal in Honolulu with a glass of 2013 Tokaji Aszú or something out of the Madeira cellar, this is a quietly excellent place to do it.
Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Waikiki · Honolulu · Italian
Quiora isn't trying to be a wine destination, and it doesn't need to be — it's a 22-label Italian restaurant list on a rooftop in Waikiki with an ocean view doing the heavy lifting. But the list is genuinely considered, the glass-pour selection is deep for the size, and pricing is fair by hotel standards. If you're eating here, drink the Tintero rosato or the Selbach Riesling and enjoy the sunset.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Waikiki · Honolulu · Italian / Californian Coastal
Botanico is doing something genuinely unusual for Waikiki — building an Italian-forward wine list with real regional depth and mostly fair pricing in a place where restaurants routinely treat wine as an afterthought. The by-the-glass program alone is worth a seat at the bar. If you care at all about what's in your glass, this belongs on your radar.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Honolulu · Hawaii Regional
Moku Nui is a casual Hawaii Regional spot that has no business running a wine list this thoughtful — and we mean that as high praise. Fair glass prices, a sommelier clearly making intentional choices, and enough variety to reward the curious drinker. If you're eating here, skip the default beer order and let someone at the table order the Vouvray.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Waikiki · Honolulu · Seafood
Azure is a genuinely lovely place to drink wine — the setting does a lot of heavy lifting and the France-Italy-Hawaii focus is a sensible match for the island seafood menu. Just go in knowing resort markup is real, and if the tasting menu with wine pairing is available, that's likely your best shot at getting something memorable poured without having to guess blind from the list.
Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Westwood · Los Angeles · American, Steakhouse
A Cabernet-first list with 30 glasses and a long bottle book, but no wine prices posted online. If you want a known price, the $9 happy hour Bonanza Cabernet by Caymus is the one posted figure, and if you want to step away from Cabernet, try the Il Bruciato Super Tuscan by the glass. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
Scottsdale · Scottsdale · American, Steakhouse
A very large list with a long glass section, from a $14 Muscadet to a $90 pour of Krug. Start with the $14/glass Mélon de Bourgogne, then look at the Arizona Selections page if you want an Arizona bottle, and confirm prices because the PDF says they are subject to change. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
Van Ness / Polk · San Francisco · American, Steakhouse
A serious steakhouse list with a glass program you can actually use: 32 pours by the stem from 14 to 99 and California Cabernet across eight pages. Start with the Keenan Cabernet at 22 by the stem, or step up to the Jordan Alexander Valley at 129 with the Porterhouse, and ask which vintages are current since the list is subject to vintage change. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
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