A Wine Bar on the Upper West Side: Pull Up a Stool on Amsterdam Avenue

Amélie sits at 566 Amsterdam Avenue, and if you are looking for a wine bar on the Upper West Side, this is a French one. It is a bistro with the instincts of a wine bar: low light, good music, a snug bar that fills up by six, and a list of wines by the glass that is the reason most people stay longer than they planned.

We have been here since 2017. This is how we would spend an evening.

Start at the bar

The bar is the best seat for a first glass. Our co-owner, Olivier Filograsso, is a certified sommelier, and the team will help you choose. Say what you usually order, then ask for something close to it that you have not tried.

Our wine bar on the Upper West Side, glass by glass

The by-the-glass list rewards curiosity. A few pours worth asking about:

• Poulsard, Jean Louis Tissot, Arbois, Jura, $17 a glass. A light red that changes what you thought red wine could be.
• Listan Blanco, Bodegas Arautava, Canary Islands, $17 a glass. A white from the Canary Islands, for when you want something you cannot quite place.
• Muscat "Rare Orange," Château Maris, Languedoc, $15 a glass. An orange wine: white grapes left on their skins, which is where the color and the grip come from.
• Coteaux Bourguignons Gamay, Cave de Julienas, $14 a glass, served chilled. Easy to drink and good with almost everything on the table.
• Sancerre, Domaine Sautereau, Loire Valley, $22 a glass or $84 a bottle. For anyone who has strong opinions about Sancerre.
• Champagne Joseph Perrier, Cuvée Royale Brut, $25 a glass, for the night that calls for it.

Sharing a bottle? The Sancerre Rouge from Domaine Sautereau ($76) is a red from a village best known for its whites.

Wine prices as of 28 October 2026. The list changes, so ask your server what is pouring tonight.

What to eat with it

Order for the table. Start with the crispy artichokes with piquillo pepper coulis ($15) and truffle fries ($12). A cheese and charcuterie plate works like a wine tasting you can eat: choose one for $8, three for $21 or five for $32, from Comté, Brillat Savarin and Petit Basque to saucisson sec and Bayonne ham.

For something bigger, the moules-frites marinière ($29) is made for a glass of Picpoul de Pinet ($14). The coq au vin ($31) and the steak au poivre ($39) both want a red.

Food prices as of 28 October 2026, from our dinner menu. The full wine menu is online too.

When to come

• Happy hour, every day from 4 to 6 pm. The wine of the day is $10 a glass or $40 a bottle. The $14 flights give you three wines side by side: try the light reds (Poulsard, a Cabernet Franc from the Hudson Valley and a Nebbiolo) or the orange wines. Cocktails are $9, and small plates run from $6 to $16. Oysters are $1.50 at happy hour every day and all day on Sundays and Mondays, or six oysters and a glass of wine for $19. The bar fills early, so reserve.
• The early bird, $26. The Amélie burger with a draft beer, or moules-frites with a glass of house white, both on the happy hour menu.
• The prix fixe, $49, every night. Three courses: the soup of the day, roasted cauliflower, hand cut beef tartare or escargots à l'ail; then ravioles du Royans, moules-frites, the Amélie burger or the steak au poivre ($8 more); then vanilla crème brûlée or Valrhona dark chocolate mousse. Not everyone at the table has to order it. Tax and gratuity are not included. See the prix fixe menu.
• A late table. Dinner runs until 9:30 pm Monday to Thursday and Sunday, and until 10:30 pm on Friday and Saturday, for when you would rather skip the early crowd.
• Lunch and brunch. Lunch is Tuesday to Friday, 12 to 3 pm. Brunch is Saturday and Sunday, 11 am to 3 pm.

Prices and times as of 28 October 2026.

Find us

Amélie Upper West Side is at 566 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10024, and the phone is (646) 422-7167. Reserve on our reservations page through Resy or OpenTable. To see the room first, read about us or meet the team.

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