Reviews of Union Square Wine & Spirits (Winery)

Ana-Maria Maxim

Great selection of wine from different countries and regions, prices fair and helping staff.

Alexis Collins

My friend and I came in with a list of wines to buy and settled on a Riesling. We both work in the hospitality industry and have never felt more uncomfortable or had worse customer service. The cashier was incredibly rude and the manager did and said nothing when we addressed the situation. We will not be coming back, very dissatisfied.

melody laurel

Was looking for Black Bottle saki, fou.d this instead. Husband will be very happy@

Alexis R.

One of the female cashiers was extremely rude to me. I wanted to purchase a bottle of rosé for my mother but the cashier wouldn’t sell me the bottle, simply because my friend did not have her ID with her even though I (the purchaser) did. Even when my friend offered to leave the store, the cashier still wouldn’t look at my ID. Unless she’s a police offer, there was no reason for her to make assumptions about who the bottle was for. Her job is to sell me, the purchaser, who had a valid New York State ID, a bottle of rosé. I have never had a problem like this before. Will most likely not come back unless someone else is working there.

Alexandr Topal

Good choice of wines. Have testing every Saturday, nice.

Lucy H

Always a tasting happening. Vast variety of wine from all around the world.

Jason Westerkon

Large selection of wine and liquor in a convenient location. Very friendly staff.

Ana-Maria Maxim

Great selection of wine from different countries and regions, prices fair and helping staff.

Alexis Collins

My friend and I came in with a list of wines to buy and settled on a Riesling. We both work in the hospitality industry and have never felt more uncomfortable or had worse customer service. The cashier was incredibly rude and the manager did and said nothing when we addressed the situation. We will not be coming back, very dissatisfied.

Birmania Tavarez

Very good selection

David Laster

Great selection and competitive pricing (especially for the prime location). Almost weekly grand tastings and daily tastings of liquor and other spirits.

melody laurel

Was looking for Black Bottle saki, fou.d this instead. Husband will be very happy@

Oren Matberg

This place has a big variety of wines, however, make sure of the price of the bottle, you may have a surprised when checking out.

Mitch Kassel

Great wine collection

Public Agitator No. 1

Great selection and knowledgeable staff

William Maxwell von Isser

Every time I go the staff is very knowledgeable, checkout people are super friendly, and they have a wide range of price options

Andrew Chen

Whoa! Almost purchased from here. Saw the staff being rude to an Asian person in store. Terrible customer service. They strike me as people who would appreciate great customer service yet do not understand the intricacies of how that works. Wine was not too badly priced but does not warrant a person being treated that way. Shame on you and your company.

Shadele Grier

Selection is amazing. Every time I go, there's some kind of alcohol tasting up at the front. Last time, it was small batch whiskey, and they were selling bottles signed by the brewer, which was cool. Plus, they have a store dog. The staff is also very good at giving recommendations, if you can tell them what kind of flavor profile you're looking for. One of the few places I've seen that carries both Japanese plum wine and mead.

Joshua Nichols

I love their free wine tastings on Saturday's! It's a wonderful pass time and I get to learn about fun wine selections!

Alexis R.

One of the female cashiers was extremely rude to me. I wanted to purchase a bottle of rosé for my mother but the cashier wouldn’t sell me the bottle, simply because my friend did not have her ID with her even though I (the purchaser) did. Even when my friend offered to leave the store, the cashier still wouldn’t look at my ID. Unless she’s a police offer, there was no reason for her to make assumptions about who the bottle was for. Her job is to sell me, the purchaser, who had a valid New York State ID, a bottle of rosé. I have never had a problem like this before. Will most likely not come back unless someone else is working there.

Matthew Freeman

Best selection

穆昱蕊

The employees don't know wines.

Nichel Bethea

Pretty standard liquor store in a great location. They do hold quite a few events so I stop by when I am in the area. The staff are also pretty knowledgable about their wines.

John Arning

A great store to shop for wine. Good prices and the staff is very nice and helpful.

Brittany Marie

Had the best experience with Andrew showing me around the huge selection and he helped me pick out the best wines within my budget! He was very patient and knowledgeable and I definitely will be recommending the shop to everyone thanks to him!

michael rolls

Very nice

Siduo Jiang

Wines are fine. About 50% markup which is cheap. But customer service is beyond horrendous. I come grab my bottles and go without a word. Recommend earplugs too if you're easily offended.

Pieter Sommen

Great selection, in depth. Very well organized so the quantity doesn't overwhelm one! A great plus. Very knowledgeable sales people.

John Pouliot

lol they laugh at you if you ask about wine you normally get from your Brooklyn wine store...a pretentious laugh at that! Also this place is overpriced as hell but at least they don't close til 10

Yael Waissmann

Horrible place. Avoid

Jose Tamayo

I picked up my package there for deliverys I never have any problems there.

nicole raverta

Lovely store great service i like thier selection of wine or liquor very knowledgeable about what wine or liquor goes with a wonderful date night with my Husband. Thank you

Christina Boynes

The wine selection is great and so are the tastings!!

Marcia Flicker

Highly knowledgeable staff always ready and willing to provide spot-on recommendations.

Douglas Arndt

Always helpful and they will recommend a great wine within your budget

Tafari Martin

Awful service

Dave Insley

I've been here

Tim Jacobs

Good selection of wines. The liquor & spirits section was smaller than expected

Garret Fick

Nice wine tasting on Saturdays.

Aleksander Williams

This is my favorite wine & liquor shop hands down. I drink inexpensive craft stuff because I like to drink and I don't have infinite dollars. The staff here is always able to point me in the direction of unbelievably good up-and-coming brands. Most places get a little snobby when you come in looking for a good wine under 20 bucks (or liquor under 30). Never these guys.

AJ Horn

Wonderful service. So helpful making a good selection. Very knowledgeable.

Alexander Ruden

Very large selection of wine with good deals.

Siduo Jiang

Wines are fine. About 50% markup which is cheap. But customer service is beyond horrendous. I come grab my bottles and go without a word. Recommend earplugs too if you're easily offended.

Gregor J. Rothfuss

pros: knowledgeable staff, good wine selection cons: overpriced, hardly any spirits

Jeremy Espenshade

Nice selection of wines and liquors. Some ciders. Friendly staff and clear organization.

Agent 0666

Amazing selection! Decent prices and knowledgeable staff.

Pieter Sommen

Great selection, in depth. Very well organized so the quantity doesn't overwhelm one! A great plus. Very knowledgeable sales people.

Justin Velgus

Friendly and knowledgable staff. Impressive wine selection, including NY wines. The sake fridge is unlit to protect the quality. They know their stuff! Looking forward to attending an event or tasting at their huge room in the back.

Danny Chong

impressive selection

Zia Al-Khalil Ott

While pricier than Trader Joe's Wine Shop which is just around the corner, Union Square Wines still has a great selection of wines and liquers, and the staff is knowledgeable and helpful. They constantly have great free tastings here, too (which softens the blow of the prices, I suppose!).

Patrick Clare

Helpful, knowledgeable staff

Edward Cho

RUDE ATTITUDE TO CUSTOMERS. I've got a delivery of wine and sake from this place a few times. They don't even bother delivering the drink up stairs. They leave it with the door man. Gave them a call and they always give me ridiculous excuses. (ex. doorman stopped them, door man said i wasn't at home) Every single time I talk to the doorman and it turns out the delivery guy was lying. Very rude attitude over the phone. I will never be buying anything from this place again. RUDE ATTITUDE TO CUSTOMERS

Jonathan Baltus

Wanna see a movie at 14th Street? Stop here first and make it better

Janai Davila

Best place for the best wine!

Stefanee Martins

From the island and we loved this place. Great salesmens and women!! Left with 5 bottles.

Hannah Cheng

Great wine shop with an ever changing selection of wines. They often have 30% off case sales (buy 12 bottles of still wine and get 30% off). It's a deal you can't refuse. They also offer free delivery in Manhattan.

Kelli Carmichael

Very good customer service, very good selection

Tone

Excellent selection of Wines and Spirits. Attend their tasting events for education and exposure to things you may never even know exist

Anil D'Souza

Friendly, knowledgeable staff who are more than willing to provide a recommendation. The person I spoke with about Whiskey gave me not only a couple options, but the history behind a couple of the distilleries. It definitely added to the experience to know a little bit of the story and I appreciated the staff member approaching me despite the hectic time of day.

Yin chong Boey

Good variety across countries... organic wines avakiable too incl half bottles etc.. but sale guy wasnt too firendly...

leisa gibson

Wow! I Stopped by this Wine Shoppe soon after my Facial at Mia's! The Selection is Extensive and Affordable! Union Square Wine has Wines from Europe and Both North/South America! I picked a Wine from Spain that was $7.00!! It was Fruity and Dry. Perfect!! I Wish this Wine Shoppe was in my Neighborhood!!

Juan Munoz

Great selection of wines from around the world.

rodelo seaton

Great place

Emily Hanhan

I really love that there's a wine shop in Union Square that isn't as jam packed as TJ's. The staff has lead me to some really lovely bottles of wine, whether as gifts or for myself. While the prices can be a bit high, they have some great bottles for $15 and under.

Baizhou Gu

(Translated by Google) A lot of choices, the price is relatively cheap, the clerk has a wealth of knowledge but not over-selling (Original) 选择很多，价格相对便宜，店员知识储备丰富但不过分推销

domingo serrano

Great pricess and great service...the cashier.Isabel..was very helpfull and friendly

Kaori N

A good selection of American wines and the usual European wines. Reasonably priced for NYC.

Alex Koronec

When they lost a few of their knowledge able people. The staff can only answer questions. That are basic

A.J. Ojeda-Pons

Great selection and variety, excellent prices, helpful staff!

Benjamin Roberson

Floor staff are nice and helpful but checkout ladies are consistently rude. Double check prices at checkout, I've been overcharged multiple times. I've never had a "sale" item or "tasting event" item rung up with the correct price. After the Nth time of this, I'm never going back.

Leonardo Comercio

Great staff! Great selection. Spirits are on point.

francesco ramiroez

This nice wine shop on 4th ave is really cool and a lot of options

Mike Bitter

Good selection. Everything you need minus mixers.

Micaela Virez

The cashiers are so getto and unrespectful !!! Including the managers! I live around and sometimes I need to buy there ! But I hate it the worst cashiers in the world ! Nothing professional!!! Not personal sorry but it’s the true.

Andrew R

Great staff. Extremely knowledgeable. David and Andrew are the best.

Luis NY

Great liquor store!

Bebe Andrukiewicz

Excellent sake tasting event

Paige Bartram

One of the delivery guys was sent to my office to deliver a bottle of wine for my boss in Dec. My building has strict security so the delivery guy called me asking to come down. I am not a loud to leave my desk empty so I asked him if he could give me a minute and i will be down shortly. He rudely responded "so is someone coming down or not" I said "yes, if you could please give me a minute I will be down shortly" he then repeated himself. I said "i am on the 9th floor it will take a minute for an elevator to come and take me downstairs so please wait only a minute" and then goes "fine i will tell them that no one came down and no one was available". At that point i was annoyed. I said "that is not true I am on my way down" he replied "fine". So i left my desk risk getting in trouble to go downstairs to get the bottle of wine. The delivery man left. Now its over a month later and someone delivered the bottle of wine with a note saying "12/12 no one available". The rudest delivery man i have ever met and i meet a lot as a receptionist.

Victor Perez

be careful when you're paying with credit card. I have been charged double and triple (!) the amount I was supposed to pay. After several calls with the clerk in charge I have finally been partially refunded... If I am lucky enough - and I guess it will take several annoying calls - someday I will getting the remaining balance back...

Chester Yee

Very nice experience and very interesting discussion on Port wines.

Jan-Marie Jones

Huge I mean a HUGE wine selection. This place sells nothing but wine so if your looking for something or than wine, you're out of luck. BUT ITS HUGE!!!

Yin chong Boey

Good variety across countries... organic wines avakiable too incl half bottles etc.. but sale guy wasnt too firendly...

leisa gibson

Wow! I Stopped by this Wine Shoppe while visiting Union Square! The Selection is Extensive and Affordable! Union Square Wine has Wines from Europe and Both North/South America! I picked a Wine from Spain that was $7.00!! It was Fruity and Dry. Perfect!! I Wish this Wine Shoppe was in my Neighborhood!!

Nicholas Fodor

Good selection of wine and ciders which is clearly their specialty. Smaller but well-curated selection of spirits. Extra-friendly staff and especially the manager was very polite and helpful. Occasional events in a dedicated backspace.

Beatrice Chesley

the most unfriendly, unhelpful staff in the hood....have lived across the street from them- former location and current - for 20 years and on principle and will NOT buy their wine

Will Mazur

Great selection of specialty spirits! Seriously, how many kinds of vermouth do you need? All of them! They were doing a gin tasting when I went too, which was fun!

Carol Koronec

I love this place. Because of unique tasting events

Melchior du Boullay

Lots of choice....

Francil Tejada

Amazing staff, amazing wine

Harrison Hillier

Lots of Fancy wine and Booze. But over priced and they don't carry all the basic liqours. If you want a big handle of some obscure rye, or a mezcal you can brag about then come here with your cash out. But if you want to make some jungle juice on a budget. go to MLK liquors down the street.

Cynthia De Jesus

Wide variety of anything you are looking for

Karen Bukolt

Great tastings

prashanth r

Good selection of wine

Jimmy Vo

Awesome sake tasting

Michole Cunningham

Very good

Corey C

Very good wine selection! Needs to expand on bourbon a bit more.

Christian Viau

A very nice store with a wide selection of wines from all over the world. Friendly and knowledgeable staff.

Cooper Marcus

Great selection of overpriced Wines & Liquors

Keanan Mcgonigle

Really unfriendly cashier!

Michelle Scott

A huge selection of wines and liquors! They had a nice little tasting going on which convinced me to buy this canned cocktail that I would've otherwise never have gotten.

Lee-on Pedahzur

Beyond great selection, they have great events like the Lopez de Heredia tasting where was the only way I could taste the Rosado!

Rob Millie

Very classy wine store. They have a neat tasting room in the back where they hold events occasionally. Prices are a little steeper than competitors

Nathaniel Brown

The staff is very helpful they do tasting sometimes I have never had any problems here

Teresa Donahue

Very interesting, well organized selection,, would be worth 5 stars were It not for the chillier than wine-temperature attitudes of staff, and, per a previous reviewer, prices at checkout- 20% high-higher than shelf price, pre tax, in my case!!

Julio Lugo

The staff are very helpful the minute you walk in.

John Puma

good staff, nice selection

Aaron Blankfield

This is probably my favorite store for wine shopping in New York City. They have an amazing selection from all over the world, friendly and helpful staff, and reasonable prices. If ever in need for something usual or unique, it's worth stopping by this store.

Brian AKA Geno Nettle

Been going back for years. Great wine selection.

Chris Ratner

Good wine store, a bit expensive, but very good selection and very helpful staff. Go here at last minute often to pick up wines. Not as big lines as Trader Joe's wine store which is less expensive, but uber crowded at times.

Victor Lee

Rude staff and horrible customer experience. They were also extremely prejudicial and unhelpful.

Alex Khan

I don't go this place anymore. Very rude place to be for wine shopping. I found a better place to go for my wines and spirits shopping Manor House Caller located 23rd Street between 6 & 5 Ave.

Jason Lo Presto

Great service. Great prices. Great selection. Staff is extremely friendly and knowledgeable. They have a great selection if wines and Champagnes. Picked up a few rare Coteaux Champenois' from here. They also have a great selection of Rare whiskies, mezcal and other spirits. Highly recommend!!

Vladimir Lokshin

Simply love this place.

Milena Giunco

Convenient location. There is a wide variety of wines and other spirits tp choose from and they source from several different countries / makers. The staff is friendly and helpful (needed to ask them where something was because I couldn't figure out their organization for a moment). I have the impression that their prices reflect their location. I was there specifically to buy Japanese shochu and it was fairly price. I recommend checking it out if you're in the area and want to get your shochu fix.

Nisa

Huge selection of wine and spirits. Spent an hour browsing and found exactly what I was looking for. They also have a fridge with single serving bottles by the entrance. I was surprised to see various japanese sake there.