Hollywood's Living Room Pours Seriously Well
Beverly Hills · Beverly Hills · American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 5, 2026
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The wine list at the Polo Lounge arrives with the same quiet confidence as the room itself — you sense immediately that someone here actually cares. Four hundred to six hundred selections, Best of Award of Excellence since 2009, and a named sommelier in Sarah Plath: this is not a hotel restaurant coasting on vibes. The pink-and-green wallpaper may be the main character in the room, but the wine program is a very strong supporting cast.
California is the anchor and it's done right — Ridge Monte Bello, Stag's Leap, Peter Michael, Opus One, Screaming Eagle, and Harlan Estate cover the spectrum from cerebral to trophy-case flex. Burgundy is equally serious: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet, Domaine Faiveley Nuits-Saint-Georges, and Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin give you genuine depth across both côtes. Bordeaux and Champagne round out the four pillars — Château Margaux, Château Pétrus, and Krug Grande Cuvée mean the classics are covered without apology. The gaps, if any, are in natural wine and the Southern Hemisphere, but this list was never pretending to go there.
Twenty to thirty-five pours by the glass is genuinely generous for a room at this level, with prices running $18 to $45. There's enough range that you're not trapped ordering a $400 bottle just to drink something interesting — Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs at $95 a bottle suggests the glass program likely includes some worthy California sparkling options. Wednesday's half-price wine night is a legitimate reason to rearrange your week.
Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs 2019 — $95
At $95 a bottle inside the Beverly Hills Hotel, this is practically charity. Schramsberg is California's benchmark traditional-method sparkling wine — serious enough to impress, approachable enough to drink through dinner without ceremony.
Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2022
At $145 most eyes will slide right past it toward the big Napa names, but Flowers is making some of the most compelling cool-climate Pinot in California. It's a breath of coastal air in a list otherwise dominated by Cabernet muscle.
Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
At $850 a bottle in a restaurant, you're paying as much for the story as the wine. Screaming Eagle is exceptional, but the retail secondary market already inflates it into absurdity — in a restaurant setting the markup stacks on top of an already stratospheric price. Save the flex for a special occasion where you need the room to notice.
Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon + Double Cut Australian Lamb Chops
Monte Bello's Santa Cruz Mountain structure — firm tannins, dark fruit, earthy restraint — is exactly what double-cut lamb wants across the table. It's a California wine that thinks like Bordeaux, and lamb chops are the proof.
Wednesday — Half-price wine night every Wednesday — one of the better deals in Beverly Hills dining, full stop.
🔥 The Bottom Line
The Polo Lounge is one of the few places in LA where the wine list genuinely matches the room's legend. Markups run steep across the board, but Wednesday half-price night and Sarah Plath's expertise make it worth the pilgrimage — and the McCarthy Salad.
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Varietal Specific
Willing but Green
Active Program
Proper
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Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Varietal Specific
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
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Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Varietal Specific
Willing but Green
Occasional
Proper
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Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Occasional
Proper
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Active Program
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Occasional
Acceptable
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