Lucian Books and Wine in Buckhead seamlessly fuses a chic wine bar with a curated bookshop, offering a delightful menu of artfully prepared French-American dishes alongside an extensive wine selection—perfect for a cozy evening with a good read.
"Lucian’s intimate dining room is framed by a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf, stocked with books about art, food, and wine for purchase. But their best reading material has to be their thick, saddle-stitched wine menu, which offers page upon page of wines by the bottle and a small section dedicated to cocktails and wines by the glass. By the time you make your way through the wine menu, you’ll likely appreciate the limited entree choices that can help you find your way quicker to a final decision, which should include the faultlessly prepared omelet with caviar, and the cheese plate." - demarco williams, nina reeder, juli horsford, jacinta howard
"Lucian, most recently a James Beard Award semi-finalist for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program, changes its booklet of wine selections monthly and typically carries close to 250 wines by the bottle and 15 wines by the glass. Co-owner and sommelier Jordan Smelt keeps the deep wine list here approachable, grouping wines by easily recognizable varieties, like chardonnay, cabernet franc, or sauvignon blanc. Book titles on the shelves center on art, design, food, and culture, with a food menu including everything from an omelet with caviar and crispy polenta to ricotta gnudi and roast duck. Don’t skip the fries here, which come served with a special aioli for dipping. A new restaurant by the Lucian team is headed to Old Fourth Ward. Reservations highly encouraged." - Beth McKibben, Henna Bakshi
"James Beard semifinalist Lucian may be best known for its amazing selection of wines by the glass and bottle, but do not sleep on the stellar martinis here. While the bar makes the cocktail to order (and with gin or vodka), take advantage of the fact that this is a wine bar carrying quality, small batch vermouths and stir that martini into a 50/50 with a lemon twist. Lucian is opening a new restaurant in Old Fourth Ward called Sargent." - Beth McKibben, Henna Bakshi
"A wine-focused restaurant planning to open a second location next year, contributing to the wine-centric dining scene in Atlanta." - Henna Bakshi
"A restaurant known for its European-inspired menu and emphasis on wine, named after British painter Lucian Freud. It features a backdrop of cookbooks, art anthologies, and wine books." - Henna Bakshi
