Wine Bar restaurants in Orange County

The Bordello

901 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Formerly Little Pedro's, this incarnation returns to the room's roots, with decor evoking its start as a turn-of-the-century brothel.
The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar

2647 Park Ave., Tustin, CA 92782-2707

Yvon Goetz used to be the chef at David Wilhelm's long-defunct but excellent Chat Noir. Goetz was the reason it was excellent. Now at his own... More »
Pizza e Vino

31441 Santa Margarita Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688

In the parlance of authentic pizza in OC, Pizza e Vino bubbles above the rest. It has a true wood-fired oven in which its hand-tossed, doughy discs blister and crisp... More »
Bacchus' Secret Cellar Wine Shoppe and Bar

6735 Quail Hill Parkway, Irvine, CA 92603

Located in the Quail Hill Center, Bacchus Secret Cellar Wine Shoppe & Bar is the ultimate outpost for imbibers. The high ceilings, plush... More »
Hi-Time Wine Cellars

250 Ogle St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627

Not sure if there's a restaurant in OC that serves it, but the best wine since the days of Dionysus is Commandaria St. John, an elixir from Cyprus that's... More »
The Hobbit

2932 E. Chapman Ave., Orange, CA 92869

The Hobbit is from a dying breed, a group of the proud and the expensive that once included La Vie en Rose, The Arches, and The Riviera at The Fireside�?"places that had... More »

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Recent Critic Reviews

DAVE LIEBERMAN writes for OC Weekly on Hi-Time Wine Cellars

Ever heard the joke about how drinking Coors Light is like having sex in a canoe? Because both are fucking close to water? It's an old, tired joke, sure, but back when Santa Ana's Mayor-for-Life Miguel Pulido was a wide-eyed innocent, 3.2 percent beer was all that was available in OC. Those days are happily going the way of the Great Park boondoggle. The craft-beer revolution, which reached...
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EDWIN GOEI writes for OC Weekly on Juliette Kitchen & Bar

Not long after Pascal Olhats closed his 24-year-old flagship restaurant, Tradition, news came that another Frenchman, Christophe Eme of LA's Ortolan, was eyeing the space. That wasn't to be. Instead, the Newport Beach spot was inherited by husband-and-wife team John Hughes and Hyun-Sook (Juliette) Chung, who previously owned the Filling Station in Orange.

Their new...
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EDWIN GOEI writes for OC Weekly on The Hobbit

The Hobbit is from a dying breed, a group of the proud and expensive that once included La Vie en Rose, the Arches, and the Riviera at the Fireside—places that had their heyday when eating out was still called dining, men were required to wear dinner jackets, and the cost per person was about the same as a ticket to Disneyland. But even among those, the Hobbit is distinguished. Instead...
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Recent User Reviews

Kristan5 wrote a review for Hi-Time Wine Cellars
11/24/08

They have a great wine selection... I love wine from Temecula and they have a lot!
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