Eight Bottles, Zero Ambition, Great Pho
· Johns Creek · Asian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed November 4, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Le Mekong Vietnamese Cuisine’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
Wingman Metrics
Eight wines. That's it. The wine list at Le Mekong is less a list and more a paragraph — the kind of thing that gets printed once and laminated until it yellows. To their credit, everything is priced fairly enough that you won't feel robbed, but there's not much here to get excited about.
The list reads like the rep left behind whatever was on the truck that week: Louis Martini Cab, Souverain Merlot, two Cono Sur bottles, Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio, J Lohr Chardonnay and Riesling, and an Iless Sauvignon Blanc. It's a snapshot of mid-tier supermarket California and Chilean wine with no real through-line. There's nothing from the Old World, nothing remotely adventurous, and no effort to match the wine program to the cuisine — Vietnamese food is a natural home for aromatic whites and lighter reds, and this list mostly ignores that opportunity. The two Cono Sur bottles are the only hints that someone thought about value over recognition.
Every bottle on the list is also available by the glass, which makes this technically an eight-pour-by-the-glass program. Prices run $7–$9 per glass and $25–$34 per bottle, which is honest math — roughly the standard 3–3.5x restaurant markup. There's no rotation here; what you see is what you get, indefinitely.
The Bottom Line
Le Mekong clearly puts its energy into the kitchen, not the wine cellar — and that's probably the right call. If you're eating here, grab the Cono Sur Pinot Noir or the J Lohr Riesling and focus on the food. Don't come here for the wine list; come here despite it.
8 wines captured from the source list, including wines not yet matched to our catalog. Availability, vintages, and prices can change. View source wine list.
Louis Martini Cabernet $9.00 $34.00
Red
$9.00 / glass · $34.00 / bottle
Souverain Merlot $8.00 $28.00
Red
$8.00 / glass · $28.00 / bottle
Cono Sur Merlot $7.00 $25.00
Red
$7.00 / glass · $25.00 / bottle
Cono Sur Pinot Noir $7.00 $25.00
Red
$7.00 / glass · $25.00 / bottle
Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio $7.00 $26.00
White
$7.00 / glass · $26.00 / bottle
J Lohr Chardonnay $9.00 $33.00
White
$9.00 / glass · $33.00 / bottle
J Lohr Riesling $8.00 $28.00
White
$8.00 / glass · $28.00 / bottle
Iless Sauvignon Blanc $8.00 $28.00
White
$8.00 / glass · $28.00 / bottle
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Crowd Pleasers
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Crowd Pleasers
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Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
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Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
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Grocery Store
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Basic Stemmed
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Crowd Pleasers
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Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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