Steak, views, and California classics done right
North Main / Hillside Overlook · Moab · Private Dining / Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Updated August 2026
Reviewed July 28, 2026 · How we review
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You're eating inside a uranium mogul's former mansion on a cliff above Moab — the setting is doing a lot of the work here. The wine list matches the room: classic California heavyweights, a few Champagne names people recognize, and not much else. It's comfortable and crowd-tested, which in a tourist town at 4,000 feet elevation, might be exactly what it needs to be.
Twenty-eight labels sounds modest, and it is — but Sunset Grill commits hard to a lane and stays in it. You've got Silver Oak, Caymus, Cakebread, Stags Leap, and Frog's Leap all showing up on the Cabernet side, which tells you everything: this list was built for steak drinkers who already know what they want. France gets representation via Dom Pérignon, Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé, and Veuve Clicquot, which rounds out the Champagne column nicely. Elderton Barossa Shiraz and Justin Cabernet add a little texture, but don't come here hoping for a Burgundy rabbit hole or anything from the Southern Hemisphere beyond that one Shiraz. The gaps — no white wines named in the research data, no Pinot Noir, no Italian — are real.
Six by-the-glass options is a thin lineup for a dedicated wine room with private dining ambitions. Without confirmed pour-level data, we can't name the pours specifically, but given the bottle list skews Cab-heavy and California-forward, expect the glass program to mirror that. If you're not a red wine drinker, your options here are going to feel limited.
Justin Cabernet — $30–$50 range (bottle list low end)
Justin is the approachable end of this list — solid Paso Robles Cabernet without the trophy markup that Silver Oak and Caymus carry. It drinks well with prime rib and doesn't ask you to spend $160 to have a good time.
Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé
Most tables here are ordering Cabernet before the steak arrives and calling it a night, which means this gorgeous grower-style Champagne house rosé gets overlooked. Billecart-Salmon is one of the more elegant names in Champagne — far more interesting than defaulting to Veuve — and starting dinner with it while the sun drops over the canyon is genuinely hard to beat.
Dom Pérignon Blanc
At $325, Dom Pérignon in a steakhouse in Moab is a tough sell. You're paying full luxury-hotel markup on a wine that requires no explanation, in a setting where the view is the real luxury. The Billecart-Salmon does more for less, and the $325 is better spent on the actual food.
Silver Oak Cabernet + Prime Rib
Silver Oak Alexander Valley is built for exactly this moment — enough fruit and structure to stand up to a fat-marbled prime rib, familiar enough that you don't have to explain it to anyone at the table. It's the obvious call, and sometimes the obvious call is obvious for a reason.
The Bottom Line
Sunset Grill isn't trying to be a wine destination — it's a landmark steakhouse with a stunning hilltop setting and a list that comfortably serves its audience. If you want Cabernet with your canyon views, you're in good hands; if you want anything adventurous, you're in the wrong room.
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For a cafe in the middle of the Utah desert, Jailhouse punches above its weight class on the wine front — fair markups, a nearly all-by-the-glass menu, and a couple of genuine highlights in the Gruet and the Jadot. If you're rolling in off a trail and want something better than a gas station beer, this list will take care of you.
Crowd Pleasers
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· Moab · Brewpub
Moab Brewery is a solid brewpub doing exactly what it should — pouring craft beer to dusty hikers and mountain bikers. The wine list is an afterthought, and that's fine, as long as you treat it like one. Order the beer. If someone at your table insists on wine, the Trapiche Malbec is probably your least-bad option, but don't come here for the wine.
Grocery Store
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Basic Stemmed
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· Moab · Italian
Pasta Jay's wine list is a list in the most technical sense — it has wines on it, they cost money, you can order them. But with no whites, no rosé, steep markups on grocery-tier labels, and a selection that ignores most of Italy's wine country, it's hard to recommend anyone spend real money here on wine. Order the pasta, drink water, and save the bottle for somewhere that actually cares.
Grocery Store
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Highway 128 / Sorrel River Ranch · Moab · Hotel Bar / New American
Sorrel River Ranch's bar and lounge isn't a wine destination, but it's a perfectly serviceable place to drink while the canyon walls turn red at sunset. Come for the view, order the Jordan, and don't overthink it.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
North Main / Hillside Overlook · Moab · Outdoor Bar / Steakhouse
Sunset Grill's wine list is a passenger, not a driver — you're really here for the view and the prime rib, and the wine program knows it. Come for the canyon sunset, order the Justin, and don't let the Silver Oak price tag ruin your evening.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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