Navio
Ocean Views, Serious Bottles, No Compromises
Half Moon Bay · Half Moon Bay · Seasonal, European · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 7, 2026
Wingman Metrics
First Impression
You're sitting inside a Ritz-Carlton on the Pacific Coast, and the wine list arrives feeling like it belongs here — substantial, confident, and clearly assembled by people who actually drink wine. At 350-500 selections anchored by California, Burgundy, and Champagne, this is not a hotel list coasting on the view. Someone put real effort into this.
Selection Deep Dive
California is the undisputed star: Kistler, Aubert, Peter Michael, and Williams Selyem represent the cream of West Coast Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and the list wears them proudly. France fills in the prestige gaps with Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet, Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin, and serious Champagne houses like Bollinger and Pol Roger. Italy gets a proper nod with Giacomo Conterno Barolo and Gaja Barbaresco — these aren't token bottles, they're legitimate heavy hitters. The regional depth across three continents earned Navio a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence in 2024, and the list justifies it.
By the Glass
Sixteen to twenty-four pours by the glass is a generous range for a restaurant of this caliber, with pricing running $15-$25 — reasonable given the Ritz address and the Pacific view adding a silent surcharge to everything. We'd expect a rotating selection that tracks whatever's interesting in bottle, and with a three-person sommelier team on staff, the pours should be well-kept and worth ordering.
Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir — $60-range
Drouhin Oregon punches well above its price relative to the prestige bottles surrounding it on this list — it's a serious, Old World-informed Pinot from the Willamette Valley that won't make your credit card cry the way Williams Selyem will.
Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin
Most tables here will gravitate toward the California Pinots, which means the Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin sits quietly in the France section waiting for someone who knows what they're looking at. Classic Côte de Nuits structure, earthy and age-worthy — and probably underordered compared to the flashier domestic names.
Gaja Barbaresco
Gaja is a legendary name and the wine is genuinely great, but at a Ritz-Carlton hotel restaurant it will be marked up to a level where you're paying a significant premium just for the setting. Unless you're celebrating something that warrants it, your money works harder elsewhere on this list.
Kistler Chardonnay + Pan-seared halibut
Kistler's richly textured, restrained-oak Chardonnay has the weight to hold up against a properly seared halibut without overwhelming it — the coastal California setting makes this feel less like a wine choice and more like a geographic inevitability.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Navio is doing serious wine work inside a hotel that could easily get away with doing very little — a dedicated sommelier team, 400+ selections, and names like Aubert and Conterno on the same list is worth the coastal drive. The markups are what they are for a Ritz property, but the depth and care here make it a legitimate destination for the bottle, not just the view.
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