The Wine List Nobody Asked For
Southwest Waco / I-35 corridor · Waco · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 16, 2026
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You flip past the margarita section and the bucket-beer promos before you even find the wine list — and honestly, that tells you everything. It's a short column of names you'd recognize from a gas station cooler, wedged between the appetizers and the dessert add-ons. Wine is clearly not why anyone drives out to La Salle Ave.
The list tops out around 15-25 options, and the heavyweights are Barefoot, Sutter Home, and Woodbridge — three brands that belong in a grocery store endcap, not on a steakhouse wine list. California is the only region represented with any consistency, which makes sense for a chain playing to the broadest possible audience. There's no depth here: no single-vineyard anything, no interesting appellations, no attempt to reach beyond the mass-market shelf. If you came hoping to find something to stand up to a ribeye, you're going to be disappointed.
Six to ten pours are available by the glass in the $6–$10 range, which at least means you're not committing to a full bottle of Woodbridge Chardonnay. The rotation doesn't appear to change — this is a set-it-and-forget-it program designed to move volume, not to spark any kind of interest. The staff knows the margarita menu cold; the wine pours are an afterthought.
Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon — $7
At this price point, it's the least offensive option on the list. It's not good wine, but it's not overpriced bad wine either — and that's the ceiling here.
Woodbridge Chardonnay
It's not a gem by any stretch, but if you're eating the fresh-baked rolls and want something cold in a glass, it gets the job done for under $10 without embarrassing itself.
Sutter Home White Zinfandel
Sweet, pink, and roughly $7 — there's no scenario in a steakhouse where this is the right call. Order a margarita instead and spend those calories more wisely.
Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon + Hand-cut sirloin
Cab and steak is the oldest play in the book, and even a mass-market Barefoot Cab has enough dark fruit to hold up against the char on a sirloin. It's not poetry, but it works.
❌ The Bottom Line
Texas Roadhouse is a great place for a hand-cut steak, cold beer, and line-dancing servers — but the wine list is essentially a placeholder. Come for the food, order a Lone Star, and leave the wine ambitions at home.
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