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Bellevue Place · Bellevue · Lounge/New American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 1, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Suite Restaurant / Lounge’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 Suite reads like it was assembled to impress someone who learned about wine from a steakhouse menu — Opus One, Silver Oak, Caymus, Dom Pérignon Rosé. It's a greatest hits compilation, heavy on Napa prestige labels and Washington State flagships, light on anything that suggests actual curiosity. This is a cocktail bar with wine ambitions it hasn't fully committed to.
Forty-two labels sounds like a decent list until you realize most of the real estate is occupied by brands you'd find at any upscale chain restaurant. There's a nod to Washington — Col Solare, DeLille Cellars D2, and the Forget Me Not Brut show some regional pride — but the depth stops there. No value-driven Rhône picks, no interesting Italian, no grower Champagne to balance the prestige bubbles. What you get is a list built for bottle service optics, not for someone who actually wants to explore wine.
Sixteen by-the-glass options is a solid count for a lounge, and the $13–$20 range won't shock anyone used to Seattle/Bellevue pricing. Belle Glos Clark & Telephone makes an appearance, which is at least a recognizable, crowd-pleasing pour. The problem is we don't know how often these pours rotate — and based on the "Set & Forget" energy of the overall program, probably not often.
DeLille Cellars Forget Me Not Brut — null
A Washington State sparkling wine that most people at this bar will walk right past in favor of the Dom. DeLille makes serious wine, and if this is priced anywhere near the bottom of their bottle range, it's the smartest order at the table — local, legit, and not marked up to fund a DJ.
Col Solare 2018
A Red Mountain collaboration between Chateau Ste. Michelle and Antinori that regularly punches above its profile. Most guests here are reaching for Caymus or Silver Oak on autopilot; Col Solare is the more interesting bottle and likely costs less than either.
Caymus Vineyards 2021
At $189 a bottle, you're paying lounge markup on one of the most mass-produced 'luxury' Cabernets in California. Caymus is fine, but it's also everywhere, made in enormous quantities, and built for people who want the name more than the wine. Your money works harder anywhere else on this list.
DeLille Cellars D2 + Charcuterie Board
D2 is a Bordeaux-style blend — Merlot-forward with Cab Franc and Cab Sauv — that has enough structure to stand up to cured meats and enough fruit to work with a cheese spread. It's one of the few bottles here that actually makes sense in a small-plates context rather than demanding a 16-oz ribeye.
The Bottom Line
Suite is a lounge that happens to sell wine, not a wine destination that happens to have a lounge. Come for the cocktails, the scene, or a splurge bottle of Washington bubbly — but don't expect anyone behind the bar to talk you through the list.
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Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Occasional
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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