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Hotel Steakhouse That Actually Earns It
Crown Center · Kansas City · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed March 27, 2026
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First Impression
The list lands with the kind of confident thud you'd expect from a place that stocks both Chateau Petrus and Cleto Chiarli Lambrusco without blinking. This isn't a hotel restaurant phoning it in with a dozen safe Cabs and a token Pinot Grigio — someone actually built this thing with intention. The range from grower Champagne to Brunello to Provence rosé tells you immediately that the person curating this list drinks well and wants you to also.
Selection Deep Dive
The Old World bones are serious: François Carillon's Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru sits alongside Gaja's Pieve Santa Restituta Brunello, Chateau Cheval Blanc, and a Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg that exists mostly to remind you this is not Applebee's. The California side runs deep too — Kosta Browne, Quilceda Creek, Mayacamas, Ridge East Bench Zinfandel, and Vérité La Muse give you serious range without being a greatest-hits cash grab. The Champagne selection is a genuine strength: Marc Hébrart Special Club alongside Krug Grand Cuvée and Dom Pérignon means you're not stuck choosing between the Brut NV and the Brut NV. The one real gap is the Southern Hemisphere and anything remotely natural or low-intervention, but given the steakhouse context, that's a nitpick not a dealbreaker.
By the Glass
By-the-glass specifics aren't published prominently, which is a minor frustration for anyone walking in without a reservation and a budget for a full bottle of Sassicaia. A list this deep should be showing off more at the glass level — it's a missed opportunity to pull curious drinkers into something they'd never order off a bottle list. Given the sommelier presence, ask what's open; there's likely something worth drinking that didn't make the digital menu.
Ridge East Bench Zinfandel — null
Ridge East Bench consistently punches above its price tier in a way that almost nothing else on a list like this does — it's the kind of wine that holds its own next to $200 Napa Cabs without asking you to spend like it. On a list with Opus One and Vérité, this is where smart money goes.
Clos Cibonne Tibouren
Most people's eyes slide right past this one to reach for something Napa-shaped, which is exactly why you should order it. Clos Cibonne is one of the most distinctive producers in Provence — their Tibouren is an ancient grape variety with saline, almost savory depth that most rosé drinkers have never encountered. Stunning with the seafood tower and a genuine conversation piece.
Armand De Brignac Ace Of Spades Rosé
It's beautiful, it photographs well, and you're paying a massive premium for the gold bottle and the cultural cachet. The wine itself doesn't justify the markup relative to the Krug Grand Cuvée or even the Marc Hébrart Special Club sitting right next to it on the list. Order those instead and spend the difference on a second bottle.
Quilceda Creek Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon + Prime dry-aged steak
Quilceda Creek is one of Washington's most serious Cabernets — structured, dark-fruited, and built with the kind of tannin architecture that actually needs a fat, mineral-rich dry-aged cut to open up properly. This is the pairing the list was made for.
🔥 The Bottom Line
For a hotel steakhouse in Kansas City, this wine list is genuinely surprising — serious producers, real regional depth, and a sommelier who can help you navigate it. The markups are steep (this is a $$$$ hotel restaurant, no illusions there), but the ambition and execution are real enough that we'd send a serious wine drinker here without hesitation.
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