Supper Club Glamour With a Serious Wine Backbone
West Village · New York · American · Visit Website ↗
Updated June 2026
Reviewed April 19, 2026 · How we review
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Wingman Metrics
Walk into Jack & Charlie's No. 118 and the wine list feels exactly like the room: polished, classic, and unapologetically old-school. This is a place that knows its audience — steak-eating, Burgundy-drinking Manhattanites who want a proper bottle without a scavenger hunt. The Wine Spectator Award of Excellence it picked up in 2024 isn't a surprise; this list was built with intention.
The list runs 150 to 250 bottles deep and leans hard into a French-California-Italian axis that suits the supper club format perfectly. California is the anchor — expect serious Napa Cabernet and Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir with real producer depth — while the French side covers Burgundy and Bordeaux châteaux without feeling like a greatest-hits compilation. Italy shows up with Barolo, Barbaresco, and Super Tuscans, rounding out a list that covers all the classics without venturing far into adventurous territory. If you're hunting for esoteric natural wine or obscure Jura pours, look elsewhere — but if you want a beautiful bottle to match a beautiful room, the list delivers.
The by-the-glass program runs 12 to 20 options, which is genuinely solid for a restaurant of this size and ambition. We'd expect the glass pours to mirror the bottle list — California-forward with a few French anchors — though rotation appears limited and the program feels more static than dynamic. Enough to get you started without making you commit to a full bottle, but don't expect weekly surprises.
Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir — $60
In a list that skews toward triple-digit Napa Cabs, a quality Sonoma Coast Pinot in the $60 range gives you elegance and restraint without the sticker shock — and it bridges the gap between the raw bar and the pasta courses beautifully.
Barbaresco
Most tables here are gunning for the Napa Cab or the Burgundy, which means the Barbaresco section gets overlooked. That's your opportunity — Nebbiolo at a proper producer level hits above its weight class in this context and holds its own against the steak program.
Bordeaux Châteaux bottles
Bordeaux is where the markup does its most aggressive work on a list like this. Name-recognition bottles from well-known châteaux are priced for the room, not for the value — you're paying for the label as much as the wine. Redirect that money to Barolo and you'll drink better.
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon + Dry-aged steak
This pairing is exactly what this restaurant was built for. A structured Napa Cab with the tannin and dark fruit to stand up to a serious dry-aged cut is the reason people still dress up and go out to dinner in New York. It's a cliché because it works.
The Bottom Line
Jack & Charlie's No. 118 is the kind of place you bring someone you want to impress, and the wine list doesn't let the room down. It won't surprise you, but it will satisfy you — and in a $12-a-glass city, that's not nothing.
SoHo · New York · Italian
A long bottle list with Italian, Burgundy and Champagne sections, fronted by a 22-wine glass page. For a glass, try the Skerk Orange Wine from Friuli at 25/95, and for a bottle on a lighter budget, the Volpaia Vermentino at 60; upstairs in the café, the labeled list pours Palistorti di Valgiano's orange Tuscan blend at Glass $22. Confirm prices before you order, because the site's Upstairs Café dinner menu and the beverage PDF do not match. This unrated guide covers the posted wine lists, not service, storage or markups.
Midtown East · New York · American, French
A Park Avenue restaurant whose posted wine list is a 21-wine glass list. Start with the $18 Leitz Riesling or the $19 Ogier Saint-Joseph. No bottle list is posted online, so ask the restaurant what is available by the bottle. This unrated guide covers the posted glass list, not service, storage or markups.
Hudson Yards · New York · American, Seasonal
A hotel restaurant whose list opens with a 13-pour glass page and then moves through Champagne, Burgundy, Austria and other regions. Start with the $29 Prager Grüner Veltliner or the $24 Do Ferreiro Albariño by the glass alongside the chilled oysters, and confirm current pricing since the list is dated 09.30.26. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
East Village · New York · Southern French, Wine Bar
A glass-only list of 15 Central and Eastern European pours from $18 to $26, with an orange wine section of five. Start with the Gal Tibor Egri Bikavér Superior at $18 or the Kapistoni Tavkveri at $23, and confirm prices because the list is undated. This unrated guide covers the posted by-the-glass list, not service, storage or markups.
Financial District · New York · American
A short posted wine selection, with the full list available by email. Start with the $17 Crafted Cava or the $18 Côte de Brouilly by the glass, and email ahead if you want the full list. This unrated guide covers only the nine posted wines, not service, storage or markups.
East Village · New York · American Steakhouse
A compact glass list at a beef-focused restaurant: 11 pours from $19 to $39 across France, Italy, Germany and California. Start with the $24 Domaine Perraud Chardonnay, or the $30 Signorello 'Edge' Cabernet if you're ordering steak, and confirm current pours because the page isn't dated. This unrated guide covers the posted glass list, not service, storage or markups.
Downtown Atlanta · Atlanta · American
Hard Rock Cafe Atlanta's wine list is a Lazy List by every measure — grocery store brands, steep markups, no specials, and a rotating staff with little incentive to know what's in the glass. If you're here for the memorabilia and the atmosphere, lean into a cocktail or a beer. If wine is non-negotiable, the Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling or Columbia Crest Cab will get you through the night without regret.
Grocery Store
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Cumming, GA · American
The real headline here is Friday: half-price bottles under $250, which is a legitimately good deal in any zip code. Add a sommelier in a neighborhood grill context and Tin Cup earns a look that most Cumming restaurants don't. We'd go in on a Friday, ask for a recommendation, and let the staff do their job — that's what they're there for.
Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Active Program
Acceptable
· Wichita · American
Dave & Buster's Wichita is not a wine destination — and the list makes no attempt to pretend otherwise. Fourteen labels of grocery-store standbys, no pricing transparency, and a venue where the primary business is flashing screens and redemption tickets means the wine program is essentially decorative. Order the cocktail, feed the machine, save the bottle for literally anywhere else.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
MIA
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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