Fia Steak
Wilshire's Serious Wine Destination for Meat Lovers
Santa Monica · Santa Monica · Steak House · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 7, 2026
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First Impression
The wine list at Fia Steak arrives with the quiet confidence of a place that knows exactly what it's doing. Four to six hundred selections, anchored in France, Italy, and California — this is a steakhouse that takes its wine program as seriously as its dry-aged beef. Wine Spectator has been handing out Best of Award of Excellence hardware here since 2022, and it's easy to see why.
Selection Deep Dive
France and Italy form the backbone, with the kind of names that make you sit up straighter — Château Margaux, Château Pétrus, Sassicaia, Tignanello. California gets its due with heavy hitters like Screaming Eagle, Opus One, Caymus Special Selection, Paul Hobbs, Kistler Chardonnay, and Ridge Monte Bello. Stag's Leap rounds out a California section that feels genuinely curated rather than just assembled. The presence of DRC on the list is a statement — this isn't a wine program content to rest on Napa Cab and call it a day. Gaps in lesser-known regions and natural wine territory keep it from feeling truly boundary-pushing, but for a classic steakhouse format, the depth here is real.
By the Glass
Eighteen to twenty-eight pours by the glass is a generous spread for a steakhouse, running $15 to $30 a glass. With a three-person sommelier team on the floor — Patrick Ney, Elias Cuevas, and Isaac Dean — the by-the-glass program benefits from staff who can actually walk you through it rather than just hand you a laminated sheet. We'd push them on current pours; a list this size tends to rotate thoughtfully.
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon — $90
In a list loaded with four-figure trophy bottles, Stag's Leap represents a chance to drink serious Napa Cab with genuine pedigree at a price that won't require a conversation with your accountant. Classic structure, Napa credibility, and a name that belongs on a steakhouse list without being a cliché.
Ridge Monte Bello
Everyone on this list is chasing Screaming Eagle and Opus One. Meanwhile, Ridge Monte Bello — one of the most age-worthy, intellectually serious Cabernet blends California produces — sits here waiting for the one person at the table who knows what it is. That person should be you.
Caymus Vineyards Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon
Caymus Special Selection is a perfectly decent wine that has been marked up to prestige-label prices at virtually every restaurant in America. In a list that includes Ridge Monte Bello and Paul Hobbs, spending that kind of money on Caymus is leaving serious juice on the table.
Sassicaia + Prime dry-aged ribeye
Sassicaia's Cabernet-dominant blend brings enough structure and savory intensity to stand up to a well-marbled dry-aged cut without bullying the plate. It's a Super Tuscan on a California steakhouse menu — a little unexpected, a lot of fun, and exactly right.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Fia Steak is the rare steakhouse where the wine list is worth the trip on its own terms — three sommeliers, 400-plus selections, and enough serious producers to keep a wine-obsessed table busy all night. Bring someone you're trying to impress, and let Patrick or Elias talk you into a bottle you wouldn't have ordered yourself.
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