Reviews of Coastal Wine & Spirits (Winery)

Michael Collis

Excellent selection of wine, beer and liquor - even have a bunch of gluten-free beers to choose from. Staff are super friendly and will help you find something you'll love - been coming here for years.

Mike Dattilo

Large selection of alcohol, good customer service, and average prices.

Chris Green

Great selection of everything. Easy parking

Rob Smith

Since I live in Pennsylvania, I always take the opportunity to check out liquor stores in other states and countries. This might be the best liquor store I have ever been in with an incredible selection of spirits, wines, beers and ciders. The depth of the collection is pretty astounding too. Whoever is purchasing inventory at this store really knows spirits. The rum variety was the largest I have ever seen. The staff was friendly as well and prices seemed reasonable. I will go out of my way in the future to visit this store.

Tiffany Duarte

Good selection of craft beers. They have wine tastings there frequently. Probably the best adult beverage store in the area beside Wine Thief, but you don't have to deal with trying to find parking in New Haven.

Martin Buonfiglio

Great selection and service. Prices comparable to most other packy's.

Jesse L

Passing through on the highway on a mission to grab some craft beer before arriving at my hosts. Holy selection! Everything I could have wanted.

Steve Ardito

Coastal Wine and Spirits always has great inventory at reasonable prices. Most of the time if you're looking for something you'll find it there. Looking for particular wine for a meal, a night out, or at home, just ask John he will surely get you there.

Doug Magda

I'd like to begin by saying I've shopped at this store for years, and they have a great staff/management that have nothing to do with my 1 star review. My friend and I went to the store on 10/5/2014 at approximately 11:30am to get some beer for the upcoming football games. I had my dog with me, a 17lbs. Shih-tzu who has accompanied me to the store many times. On the way in, the dog peed a little bit on a poll outside (yes, outside) of building. An unidentified man began screaming at me "Oh yeah that's really f***ing nice having him piss all over the place!" I shrugged my shoulders and walked into the store. What was I going to do, I didn't want a fight over a tiny little squirt of dog pee. The man follows me through the door screaming, "How would you like it if I came into your house and pissed on your floor?!?" I felt kind of threatened at this point, as I had no idea who this person was. I turned and said, "Just back off man, alright?" He continued following me through the lobby into the main part of the store screaming at me. I turned and said, "Really, man? You're following me into the store over this?" I thought he was maybe some local drunk who hadn't had his booze yet or some kind of lunatic. In either case, my adrenaline is pumping at this point thinking that this person might try to attack me. He then yells amidst his ranting, "I'm the OWNER of this place! I own this whole plaza!!!" I could not believe that someone who owns a large plaza and liquor store in the community would behave like this, so I confirmed his identity as owner with one of the employees. Indeed it was him, Albert (I'll leave his last name out). I said, "Okay, I'll go buy beer elsewhere." The guy owns several liquor stores in the state, and is menacing a customer without identifying himself over a tiny bit of dog pee outside of a building? He could've introduced himself and asked politely to not let that happen again if he had a problem, and I would've apologized and moved on. Instead he chased me into the store and made me feel like I was about to get into a physical altercation. You can all decide if you'd like to support a business owned by this man.

Nathan Guevremont

Coastal is my favorite liquor store in the area. They have a massive, well-organized selection of wine, beer, and liquor. In comparison to other large stores (particularly in New Haven) they are extremely clean and friendly.

Scott Hanson

Great if you are looking for a different beer. They have it all!

Michael Mapp

Very nice place and the employees were nice, we stop there for a quick shot and on our way back to Birmingham Alabama. We will be back on our next trip to branford from Alabama

Eric Rose

Anything you ever want or need is on a shelf and they have experts in every category. Love Coastal

neil lucibello

Very extensive selection and great prices

Andrew Taylor

Best liquor store on the shoreline. Knowledgeable staff, good prices, events and specials. Whatever your poison, if you're looking for something specific, you can find it here. If you're looking to try something new, you can find it here.

Amy Barbato

Selection ok...customer service needs much improvement. Compared to where I usually go where they're always friendly helpful and plenty of people on the floor willing and able to help you. My experience here was like they couldn't be bothered. Guy behind the service desk couldn't wait to get back to his desk and barely answered my questions. Girl who checked me out had a grumpy attitude. Too bad the store has a large enough selection but I'll go back to my usual store, Madison Wine Exchange, where they actually seem like they want my business.

matt heimann

Good selection but pricey

Barbara Jean Law

Large selection fair prices

Aydin Akyol

I'll come here every now and again and it was a fine store with great selection... But now they also have some great items on discount and/or promotions on a few of the corners and I found some great flavors at amazing prices! If you like to try new things I'd highly recommend this place!

Ulices Villavicencio

Great prices, huge selection

Matt Donafrio

Awesome selection but everyone at the registers, minus one person, looks like they hate being there. I feel like I'm bothering people when I get to the counter. But, beer is awesome and is always happy to see me!

Frank Dahlmeyer

Mediocre, overpriced craft beer selection. The type of establishment which will also stash and refuse to sell limited releases unless you know or are related to someone employed there - plenty of other shops more worthy of your business with better selection, pricing, and customs service practices.

Isobel Stevenson

Awesome place, great selection, whatever you want they will have it.

Joseph Lockery

Great Craft Beer selection, friendly knowledgeable staff

Joneen Nielsen

Easy to find off RT. 1. Plenty of staff, decent prices and pretty decent wine collection.

Dana Runkle

This is Beerhalla. Fabulous selection.

Bart Connors Szczarba

Best selection and price, great beer too.

Kelly Stoyak

I went to Coastal Wine for the 1st time. During my visit I was greeted by an employee upon entering the store who asked if I needed any help. Once I got to the section that I was looking for - another asked if I needed help with my selection. The staff are very friendly, courteous, and helpful. There was also a huge selection of EVERYTHING to choose from. I would definitely recommend Coastal Wine & Spirit.

Walter Maguire

It is the best and they are helpful.

Cynthia Scully

Cool place to buy booze.

Anthony Piccirillo

Huge beer selection

Sarita Renee Whaley

Amazingly huge liquor store. If there's something that you're looking for, there's a huge chance that you'll find it here.

Jason Stanko

Very friendly and courteous service. Prices are fare.

Bruce Lyon

I was totally ingnored by the clerk manning the computer near the Bourbons. I may dress casual but I was ready to spend big dollars on an expensive Bourbon which is going to be a gift. I gave up, went home, and ordered it on line. And people wonder why brick and mortar stores are failing.

Breer Rabbit

Excellent beer selection here. I don't know of another store with such an extensive selection of craft beers. Great wine selection as well and plenty of help whenever needed. highly recommended and we'll worth a visit.

John Tradeski

Great selection

Jacqueline Monsalve

This place always has good prices and are always available when looking for something...

Greg Carbonella

Neat and organized store with friendly staff and tastings. The selection of wines most likely surpasses that of most other stores. Great selection of beer, but did not pay attention to the selection of spirits. You might find the prices here a bit higher than some other stores, but at least you see where the money goes - fine selection, helpful staff, cleanliness. A quality store.

Duebur L

They have a huge selection and someone always asks me if I need help finding something.

Melanie Marrero

Great Brew selection, so much to choose from. The staff is knowledgeable and helpful.

Lester Allen

Lots of variety, helpful associates, live the tastings.

Shelby Church

Awesome selection and good prices!

Stephen Evermore

The widest variety in the area. Knowledgeable and friendly employees. Decent prices. Easy highway access.

Walter Brokowski

All the booze you need. Great!

Dean Bradshaw

You can almost always find what you're looking for. Wide selection of spirits, wine and beer.

fred johnston

Great packie

John Prior

Great selection

Emilie Rose Willoughby

Best liquor store! They always have everything I am looking for. The staff is super friendly and extremely helpful

Benjamin Jerew

This place is really big and has a huge variety of bottles from all over. Floor staff fairly knowledgeable.

alan macdougall

Solid beer selection and great customer service.

Halit Pinar

Many choices. Was able to find Turkish beer and raki.

gdrums 28

Good selection. Need more port wine selection

Yuya Sakaki

Good place, very friendly people

Raymond Priest

Great selection of beer!

William Wilcox

Awesome selection! Staff was knowledgeable and attentive!

gregory west

They have it all. If the do not have your brand of wine or beer. They will get it for you and start stocking it.

Ken Bagwell

Excellent wine and beer selection, good prices.

Beth Wallace

Great selection of wine and other liquors. There's always someone available to help with suggestions or finding a particular wine!

Kyle Northam

This place has a very large selection good prices and there's usually a lot of employees ready to help you find something

Latasha Eaddy

Nice selection, staff is very helpful

Haleigh Phillips

Soooo much to choose from! A beer-lover's heaven.

Rosanne Cross

Very big selection on everything

Scott Collins

Great prices great selection

Ed regan

Great variety of beers. If you can't find something you like, then the problem is you.

Fred Johnston

Great beer and liquer selection

Sebastien Treu

Best selection of alcohol in CT. The friendly and knowledgeable staff is more than happy to help you sort through their immense stock. They also can order special items if they do not carry it regularly. The prices are either average or bellow average to boot. Worth a stop if you need a great bottle of wine or craft beer.

catherine solomon

Very wide selection of wines and other drinks to enjoy. The staff is very friendly and polite. I enjoyed the wide selection as well as the different props that made some drinks, so inviting.

Corbet Munro

Lovely selection!

joann demetriades

Wonderful selection of wines. Especially imported.

david white

Prices much higher than when it was locally owned.......

Danielle Blackstone

Huge selection, tons of parking and in a convenient location.

Joe Handy

Very helpful and Curtis.

Kathleen Metzler

Very good selection, best for the area. Prices are a dollar or so higher though on some things compared to other local stores.

Shawn Brown-McAteer

Great selection of everything at surprising prices

Adam Noah

Greatest beer place I have been to!

Gregory West

Big selection of wine and beer. Even better prices. They have imported and local micro brews too.

kathleen morton

Fantastic array of spirits and amazing selection of beers. Great prices!

kristin piscitelli

Friendly and great selection and prices

David DeNaples

Good section, great service.

Elizabeth V

Great selection of wines etc. Perfect place to go if you're looking to bring a bottle to a friend's home etc.

SAL NEGRO

Place is great! Cool selection.

Nicole Biamonte

Great selection, and very helpful and knowledgeable staff. It's easy to get your questions answered, and I think I've been offered assistance without having to ask for it more times at Coastal than in any other store. It's true that their prices aren't always the cheapest in town, but on the other hand I've found some brands to be less expensive there than either the liquor store by Kohl's (used to be the Wine Thief but they keep changing the name, can't remember what it is now) or South Shore Wine & Spirit in East Haven (at the other end of Short Beach Rd).

Bruce Harang II

The staff is always friendly and helpful. Great selection of beer, wine and liquor.

roger parmelee

The ultimate "Big Box Store" for all your Beer , Liquor , and Wine needs . Great staff Knowledgeable, Curtious , and Friendly. And best of all Loads of Parking , While Convenient and Centrally Located.

Susan Malone

I couldn't find what I was looking for so I asked an employee if he knew where I could find it. He went to the general area of where it might be but to no avail so he went on the computer and found the kind of wine I was looking for. He was very nice and helpful.

Gordon Terwilliger

Huge selection but the prices are consistantly higher than our small local liquor store. Helpful staff.

Ruben Tenaglia

Do you looking for any type of wine beer or anything they have the best place for it. Just be careful when you rent barrel and equipment check what you pay for.

Pete Carletti

Good selection! Super prices! Friendly helpful staff!

Christopher Town

Good selection and good prices.

Paul Treichel

Always have new local beers to enjoy.

Keith Scalia

Huge selection of beer, wines, and liquors. Always someone available to assist you. Courteous staff. Great prices too

Robert Santoro

Huge selection. Great prices.

George Melillo

Most all there beer is almost out or close to being out of date. Especially the cases and larger. There prices are not so great. They say they will add match, I had another liquor store on the phone to let them know that I can purchase a bottle of bourbon $10 dollars cheaper than what they had it for. They said NO I need an add. The other store doesn't have adds, that's there every day price. Will shop in North Haven from now on

Alexandra Parfenov

Great selection.

James Doody

Coastal is one of very few places that require you to bring return nottles to a separate counter & get a receipt. Problem is, quite often there's nobody @ that counter to receive your returns & issue a receipt. Oftentimes I've had to go looking for someone - anyone - to accept the returns. So you waste a lot of time necause Coastal doesn't know how to manage its own business! Very poor system!!

Martial Naky

Lot of spirit wine and beer

Gregory Malicki

Always a stop when I visit Connecticut. Great selection of bourbon and beer.

Daryl Esposito

Has everything at incomparable prices you cant beat!

tatjana reynolds

Great selection! The best!

S Smith

Wide selection, but tends to be overpriced

martin krebs

Nice place

Shamel mcdaniels

Great selection of wine, spirits and anything else you want to drink

Cooledit 5000

Big, but not too big. Knowledgeable, nice, local staff. Very helpful. Good prices. You can find anything here. Good local beers. If You want high end products, you can get it. If you want every day stuff, you can get that. Great variety.

Russ Hamilton

OK prices, this is CT so no real deals, and a really great selection of beer and wine. Plus staff is attentive and knowledgeable! Has become my go to store in Branford!

Evan Morrell

Fantastic selection, and they were very helpful.

Bill Nelson

Great selection, discount prices

Matt Battista

Good place that has a large square footage with plenty of stock.

AE Formica

Always have new and interesting varieties to choose from. Fair prices too.

Paula Jones

Good selection of wine, spirits n the staff was most helpful

John Lazor

Best selection of beer wine and spirits on the shoreline

Krista Duche

Great beer, wine and spirits selection and very knowledgeable staff.

M Reis

Good selection and prices.. knowledgeable staff

Ralph Ricciardelli

Awsome service.

Tricia Numberg

Best customer service around! Friendly, knowledgeable staff.

Kelly Best

A HUGE selection of everything. Weekly tastings of all different kinds of alcoholic beverages. A great store to have at your disposal.

Edward Rivera

Decent beer and liquor section, employees seem unhappy to be at work at all times.

Michael Barnett

Great ct craft beer selection

John Zapthethird09

Great selection of hard liquor and beer. Wine selection is good for cheaper wines but if you want something special it's a little harder to find.

Heather Joseph

Great staff selection tasters and classes

Andrew Gargano

Vast selection, reasonable prices

Bill Dest

Best selection of beer and wine.They have what you are looking for..

Joseph Garzi

Fantastic place. The staff was friendly and very helpful. The selection was great. I'd would highly recommend Costal Wine & Spirits.

Magnus Thomasson

Great selection and prices

Robert Martin

Excellent people and service and good prices

Ellen Faller

Great prices, wide selection, good advice!

Ron R

Great place lots of choices for every taste ....go there

jim phillips

Excellent selection and prices for the area

Isaiah Simmons

Best liquor store around, hands down. Clean, friendly and knowledgeable staff and a huge variety to choose from.

Kimberly Talmadge

Have a huge assortment of wines

zandra smith

Large selection of wine liquor and beer but they are very unfriendly maybe to just people of color. They smile and chat with you if ya pale but the times I been in there sour as a lemon. So I try not to go there to much of it am in that lil town.

Wayne Church

Awesome local beer selection. Friendly and helpful

Henry Milton

Vast selection of beer, wine and spirits. Thanks to the helpful staff you won't get lost in the stacks. If you need an alcoholic beverage, mixer or accessory you will find it here.

glenn mcfadden

The store gets a 5 star. The local people that comes in giving employees a hard time gets a -star. If you want to see local people treating employees like trash because of the color of there skin then this is the place for you.

ric felten

So good, love when they have local brands for tasting

B Lynn Garland

Go here every time I am in town Great selection and reasonable prices

C Sorber

Sure, sure; they have alcoholic beverages and mixers but have you seen their Root Beer? It can be hard to find a more crafty root beer and more non-alcoholic beverage options are always welcome! Especially when shopping for picnics where not everyone is drinking alcohol.

Kim Dunn

One of the best selections on the ct shoreline. Staff is always friendly and helpful. Clean store with a easy presentation

colin asby

Large selection of everything...in and out no long lines

Jonathan Sepowski

Definitely the biggest selection I've ever seen under one roof if you want it they have it!!!

Jeanette Marulli

Seriously has everything. Helpful znd friendly staff

Steffanie Moccia

Amazing selections of beer

Charles Cicarella

They have anything and everything. If they don't, they will find it and get it for you. Friendly staff. Competitive prices.

Daniel Harvey

Large store with a great variety of liquor, wine and beer. Staff members are very knowledgeable

Thomas Beaudoin

Good prices, knowledgeable staff, clean and a great selection. On top of all the new, local craft beer that people want.

Christopher Anderson

Terrific beer selection

Jay Doubleyew

Best selection in area, unless I want to drive an extra 40 miles round trip to Total Wines. Prices are okay, not exceptional. Staff is largely indifferent, barely say thanks.

Aileen Johnson

Usually have what I want in stock! 9 out of 10 times I'm happy. I've only had to go elsewhere once before because they were out of what I drink.

starky nunez

Good vareity

Ralph Laroche

This place is huge and has a wide selection of wine and spirits. Price wise is competitive. Interesting choice Italian and French wine.

Marco Di Raffaele

Amazing Selection plus a Super Friendly & Knowledgeable Staff!!

Seth Walker

Great selection of liquor, wine and beer and a knowledgeable staff to help with any questions or to find what you are looking for.

Elissa Martindale

Great selection and helpful staff. Prices are the best around.

Jarlols

Lots of variety and knowledgeable staff

Michael Fitzgerald

Yes my favorite shop in CT for my beer and wine.. the staff is excellent and they are all soo helpful.. the selection and pricing is fantastic..I have shopped competitive.. and they win hands down.. so come on down and see for yourself.. you will be impressed.. also on the weekends you will not be let down by their free wine or beer tasting experience.. enjoy...

Sharon Krenkel

Friendly helpful and a great variety

John Gruden

Good attentive staff great selection

Maria Soshea

They had exactly what I was looking for: Harford flavor Rose Liqueur! Layout was easy to navigate, pricing was fair, the variety was nicely extensive, and the service was friendly and efficient.

Matthew Norman

Great selection, knowledgeable staff.