1. Bodega Wine Bar
8.7
814 Broadway (at Lincoln Blvd), Santa Monica, CA
Wine Bar · 57 tips and reviews
Thai Liu: Great wine and tapas bar! This is a great place to start out the night or have a work happy hour.
Shaun Brown: Amazing Wines and Bites! Fun Environment, Highly Suggest
Lauren K: Cozy but modern esthetic, great wine list, and Sunday is game night, complete with vintage board games scattered throughout!
2. Wally’s
8.4
214 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA
Wine Bar · Downtown Santa Monica · 12 tips and reviews
Casey: Tuna melt. Well done fries. Awesome wine by the glass list.
Jonathan Correa: Great selection of wines, spirits, and cheese. Food is good and service is great. A bit overpriced, though, for what you get.
T Man: The Bloody Mary cart is fun on Sunday’s. It perfect for a rainy afternoon. Sipping great wine choosing from a nice selection of cheeses.
3. Sonoma Wine Garden
7.6
395 Santa Monica Pl #300, Santa Monica, CA
Wine Bar · Downtown Santa Monica · 100 tips and reviews
Royce: Order Rosso Di Toscano for red wine, and items with Truffles - Garden Salad Pizza and Steak with Truffle Fries.
Justine Ezarik: This place rocks. Great food, wine and sweet atmosphere. Also all the employees were super friendly!
David Windey: Great place to relax, wine, small plates and enjoy. Thanks for the brownie special
4. Rustic Canyon
8.0
1119 Wilshire Blvd (at 11th Ct.), Santa Monica, CA
Wine Bar · Wilshire-Montana · 86 tips and reviews
BordeauxWines: This wine bar has an ever-evolving menu of the best of the best in food and wine. One thing remains consistent, their selection of Bordeaux, whether by the glass or bottle, is a must try.
James Citron: Best wine by the glass - get the Gargiulo Sangiovese. Great winemaker, goes with much of the menu and a fair price!
Rem Koning: Burger is solid and wine selection is varied and delicious
5. Wine Expo
8.5
2933 Santa Monica Blvd (at Stanford St), Santa Monica, CA
Wine Store · 8 tips and reviews
James Redner: There a really great tasting room at the Wine Expo. And it's not super busy. Great for a weeknight. Plus, they have a really unique and super wine selection in the store. It's a must go.
Donlee: 20 wines for $20 on Monday and Thursday nights! Best deal and selection in town!
Donlee: Every Monday and Thursday, 10 wines for $10, all you can drink
6. Capo Restaurant
8.2
1810 Ocean Ave (Vicente Terrace), Santa Monica, CA
Italian Restaurant · Downtown Santa Monica · 30 tips and reviews
Eater: Cheap it ain't, but Santa Monica's oceanside Italian crown jewel is a serious pleasure. A focus on grilled market offerings and their deep wine list is strongly encouraged. [Eater 38 Member]
The Feast: Best for prime cuts of steak, pizza from a woodburning oven and lobster risotto. They also house one of the most impressive new world wine lists in town.
Alexis Budejen: Everything is amazing. Good simple Italian food. HUGE wine selection. Fun-casual-formal environment. You can't go wrong. Perfect for dates, business meals, and get-together's.
7. Farmshop
8.8
225 26th St, Santa Monica, CA
American Restaurant · Brentwood · 69 tips and reviews
R Williams: Great section of up and coming cult wines. Dumol, Favia, and more plus serious awesome like Bond.
Amber Jamal: Love their retail area, and their dinner menu is fresh & hip. Decent wine selection, nice for a date or dinner with a friend.
Naz F. Gérdabi: One of my favorite spots for Wine & Cheese night. 🍷- Les Valentines Rosé 🧀- Womanchego | Marieke Gouda | Humbolt Fog
8. Blue Plate Oysterette
8.9
1355 Ocean Ave (btwn Santa Monica Blvd & Arizona Ave), Santa Monica, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Downtown Santa Monica · 149 tips and reviews
Cyndie Carlson: Great oysters, curry mussels & try the wine the girls that work there like! Super friendly staff!!!
Jessica Trevino: Oysters are amazing! Even better with Villa Sandi Prosecco. Staff extremely friendly, great place with good atmosphere and extremely dog friendly.
Jan W.: Cozy restaurant with amazing sea food and very good wine!
11. Ingo's Tasty Diner
8.2
1213 Wilshire Blvd (12th Street), Santa Monica, CA
Diner · Wilshire-Montana · 17 tips and reviews
Andrew Flegg: NY Strip Steak, meatballs, salmon sandwich, burger, wine and Old Fashioned were fantastic. Service was awesome!
Russell Adams: Sunday and Monday if you purchase an entrée you can get a bottle of wine for $5 over their cost. The Beckman Syrah and the Hocus Pocus Pinot Noir are good values.
Frosty: Happy Hour is everyday until 7PM! Featuring All Tap Beer, LGO Reserve Red & White Wine and Specialty Cocktails.
12. BOA Steakhouse
8.7
101 Santa Monica Blvd (Ocean Ave.), Santa Monica, CA
Steakhouse · Downtown Santa Monica · 104 tips and reviews
Adam Lilling: Best Steak (bone in Filet) in town. Go on Sunday. It's half-price wine night. Almost any bottle. Sunset location for the scene. Santa Monica for more more mellow family feel.
Lulu: Sunday = half-priced bottles of wine. Charlotte behind the bar. We love her! Eat at the bar and order a Kansas City bone-in filet or for a more flavorful cut, get the aged bone-in rib-eye. Read more.
Heather Wetzler: Sundays they offer 1/2 price bottles of wine
14. Trader Joe's
8.4
3212 Pico Blvd (at 32nd St), Santa Monica, CA
Grocery Store · 30 tips and reviews
Lindsey Chen: Get the Robert Hall wine! It's my fav!!
Chantell Dawn: Hooray Mayor status! ;) I love the wraps and salads for a quick on the go meal. & cheap beer and wine! ♡
Francisco Arias: legit store, good selections good collection of wines, they lack moscatos wines, but they have large collection of reds.