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West Topeka · Topeka · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 2, 2026
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The wine list at Texas Roadhouse Topeka isn't really a wine list — it's a laminated afterthought wedged between the beer specials and the margarita menu. If you came here hoping to find something interesting in a glass, recalibrate your expectations before the bread basket arrives.
The list runs somewhere between 10 and 20 wines, which sounds manageable until you realize it's anchored by Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi and Sutter Home White Zinfandel — bottles you can grab at any gas station with a liquor license. The regional focus is California in the loosest possible sense: mass-production Central Valley, not exactly Napa Valley exploration. There are no small producers, no interesting appellations, no reason to linger on the wine page. This list exists to check a box, not to enhance your dinner.
Six to eight pours by the glass sounds reasonable until you see what's in them. The selection mirrors the bottle list — familiar, inoffensive, and completely uninspired. There's no rotation, no seasonal additions, nothing that suggests anyone is paying attention to what's in the glass.
Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon — $7
If you're drinking wine here, this is your move. It's exactly what it is — a soft, approachable Cab that won't embarrass itself next to a ribeye. Low stakes, low price, no surprises.
Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon
Not a gem by any stretch, but relative to the rest of the list, the Woodbridge Cab is the one pour that at least makes some logical sense with red meat on the table. It's the least wrong option, which passes for a win here.
Sutter Home White Zinfandel
This is a 1987 wine trend that never needed to survive into the present. Sweet, thin, and completely out of place next to a plate of ribs. Order a sweet tea instead — at least that's intentional.
Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon + 8 oz Sirloin
The Cab's soft tannins and ripe dark fruit won't fight the sirloin, which is about as much as you can ask from this list. It's not a revelation — it's just the most coherent combination available.
The Bottom Line
Texas Roadhouse is a reliable place to eat a steak in Topeka; it is not a place to drink wine. Order a beer or a margarita, enjoy the rolls, and save the wine for somewhere that cares.
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Grocery Store
Steep
Basic Stemmed
MIA
Set & Forget
Acceptable
East Topeka · Topeka · Italian
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
West/Central Topeka · Topeka · Italian
The wine list exists because every Italian restaurant has to have one — not because anyone here is passionate about it. Drink the Cavit, enjoy the unlimited breadsticks, and save the serious wine drinking for somewhere else.
Grocery Store
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
West Topeka · Topeka · Italian-American
Olive Garden is not a wine destination and was never trying to be one — the list exists to move bottles, not to inspire anyone. Order the Il Grigio if you want something worth drinking, otherwise stick to the Chianti and save your wine energy for somewhere else.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
North Topeka · Topeka · Steakhouse
LongHorn's wine program exists to check a box, not to enhance your dinner. Order the steak, skip the wine list, and if someone insists, point them to the Decoy Cab and move on.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Greystone is a reliable, if predictable, steakhouse wine list — the kind where you can always find something decent but you'll rarely be surprised. Skip the Opus splurge, order the Paradigm, and you'll walk out satisfied.
Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Morton's San Diego is spending more energy on the wedge salad than the wine list, and it shows. Come for the steak, order carefully, and don't expect much beyond the obvious.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Fleming's Anaheim is a chain doing the wine bar thing earnestly — 42 by-the-glass options and a few genuinely interesting bottles buried in a mostly crowd-pleasing list. Markups run steep, but if you know where to look, you can drink well here without overpaying.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
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