Three Thousand Bottles Deep in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills · Los Angeles · Upscale American-French Bistro · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 21, 2026 · How we review
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Walking into Wally's feels like someone took a serious wine shop, a French bistro, and a power-lunch spot and smashed them together on Canon Drive. The list lands on the table like a small novel — 3,000+ labels across Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne, Napa, Piedmont, and Tuscany. This is not a restaurant that treats wine as an afterthought.
The depth here is genuinely absurd in the best way: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux and Château Lafite Rothschild Pauillac sit alongside Screaming Eagle and Opus One, with Gaja Barbaresco and Sassicaia representing Italy at a high level. Burgundy and Bordeaux anchors are strong, California gets serious real estate, and the Italian section punches well above what you'd expect from a Beverly Hills restaurant. The list reads like a retailer's cellar that grew up, put on a blazer, and started taking reservations — which makes sense, because Wally's began life as exactly that.
Thirty to forty options by the glass is a legitimate program, not a token gesture — with a price range of $18 to $45 a pour, you can either play it approachable or go deep without committing to a full bottle. Given the caliber of the cellar, the glass list rotates through wines that would hold their own at dedicated wine bars. We'd love to see more rotation and surprise picks, but what's here is well-chosen.
Dom Pérignon Champagne 2013 — $650
Yes, $650 is a lot of money for a bottle of Champagne. But at a restaurant, Dom Pérignon at 132% over retail is about as close to fair as you'll get on a trophy wine at this level — especially in Beverly Hills, where the zip code alone usually tacks on an extra 40 points of markup.
Gaja Barbaresco 2019
Most tables here are chasing Screaming Eagle or the Burgundy hits, which means Gaja sometimes gets passed over. That's a mistake. Angelo Gaja's Barbaresco is one of Italy's benchmark wines — complex, age-worthy, and a relative conversation starter in a room full of Napa cabs. At $720 it's not cheap, but it's a better story than a lot of what's around it on this list.
Opus One Napa Valley 2018
At $950 on the menu against a $375 retail price, Opus One is carrying a 153% markup — and it's already one of the most over-hyped wines in the country relative to what's in the glass. There are better Napa bottles on this list that won't make your wallet feel quite so used.
Sassicaia Bolgheri 2020 + Truffle Pizza
Sassicaia's Cabernet-forward blend brings enough dark fruit and cedar structure to hold its own against the earthy funk of truffle, while its acidity keeps the whole thing from feeling too heavy. It's a slightly left-field call on paper, but at a place like Wally's, ordering Super Tuscan with a pizza is kind of the whole point.
The Bottom Line
Wally's is the rare restaurant where the wine list is legitimately the main attraction — 3,000 labels, a knowledgeable floor team, and a cellar that can hold its own against dedicated wine bars anywhere in the country. The markups sting on the trophy bottles, but if you know what you're doing (or ask someone who does), there's serious drinking to be found here.
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