The Margaritas Are Doing All The Heavy Lifting
Downtown/North Round Rock · Round Rock · Mexican · Visit Website ↗
Updated September 2026
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 4, 2026
RagingWine reviewed La Margarita Restaurante Mexicano’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list at La Margarita is less a curated selection and more a greatest hits album from the bottom shelf of a grocery store. Thirteen options sounds fine until you realize you've seen every single one of these bottles at a gas station. This place was built for margaritas, and the wine list knows it.
The full roster is California and Chile, split between Woodbridge, Sutter Home, Beringer, and Casillero del Diablo — basically every label that sponsors a NASCAR race. There's no depth here: two Merlots, two Cabs, a White Zin, a Chardonnay, and a Roscato Sweet Red rounding out the red-leaning lineup. The lone bright spot is La Marca Prosecco, which at least has a pulse. If you're hoping for anything regional, exploratory, or even mildly interesting, you're at the wrong restaurant.
Every single wine on the list is available by the glass, which sounds generous until you realize the list is only 13 bottles deep and none of them warrant a full bottle commitment anyway. Prices run $5 to $9 a glass, which is honest pricing for what you're getting. Rotation appears to be nonexistent — this list looks like it hasn't been touched since the restaurant opened.
La Marca Prosecco NV — $8
At $8 a glass, La Marca is the only pour here that clears the bar. It's a real producer making a genuinely decent Prosecco, and it won't fight with whatever's on your plate. In this lineup, it's the undisputed winner by default.
Wycliff Brut NV
Five dollars for a sparkling wine is basically free, and if you're ordering wine at a casual Mexican spot anyway, leaning into the celebratory fizz angle is a solid move. It's not going to blow anyone's mind, but at $5 it doesn't need to.
Sutter Home Cabernet Sauvignon
Sutter Home Cab is the kind of wine that exists purely to occupy a slot on a list. There's no reason to order this when Casillero del Diablo — a marginally better bottle — is sitting right next to it for roughly the same price.
Roscato Sweet Red NV + Cheese Quesadilla
If you're eating something simple and crowd-pleasing, the Roscato's sweetness won't clash with melted cheese and mild salsa. It's not a sophisticated pairing, but it's honest about what it is — and so is a quesadilla.
The Bottom Line
La Margarita is a perfectly good Mexican restaurant that has simply decided wine is not its problem. Order a margarita, enjoy your chips, and leave the wine list alone.
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Rotating Cast
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Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
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Rotating Cast
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Acceptable
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