Reviews of Beacon Wines & Spirits (Winery)

Jaime Foster Lee

A great wine

Queen Bear

I fell in LOVE with this store if there is ANY OBSCURE, IMPOSSIBLE, HARD TO FIND bottle that you've been looking for try them out. I went the them with 2 such requests and they had both of them so they will be where I go when I need my RARE treats. One of the items I've looked for in other stores all around NYC and been told It didn't even exist even though I had a bottle of it with me to show them. The other item is also carried by other stores just at a MUCH lower Proof. At the end of the day it was worth the drive to pick up bottles I can't get elsewhere. And they even carried my box to my car for me, Great customer service!!!!

Jake Levine

Good selection of alcohol and decent prices for area

Natalie Neusch

Decent prices, large selection, and very friendly/knowledgeable staff. They also deliver everywhere!

Kiara Castro

Unwelcoming staff

Gordon Silva

Exceptional NY serrvice, best selections! My GO-TO!!

Christie Ray Harrison

Great personal recommendations and service! And of course, excellent wines, especially the selection of local area/NY wines.

G P

Great variety. Great help and service.

T.J. Barber

I truly enjoy that Beacon Wines & Spirits will deliver Uptown. They have a wide selection of spirits and are one of the few places I could get limited stock of Absolut flavors in the city. The staff are extremely helpful and are always willing to provide you with assistance when it comes to purchasing items. I highly recommend them for your adult beverage needs.

Ryan Johnson

Couldn't ask for better service and they're very prompt to ship when you order online.

Jose Gambirazio

Knowledge of their spirits and wine, decent prices but you have to know what you buy or ask about it, not too good wines are mix.

Patrick Armstrong

This location offers a great selection, including hard to find saké. The staff are knowledgeable and very accommodating - they go out of their way to ensure you find just the right bottle for your needs. Highly recommend.

Jennifer DeJesus

I wouldn't recommend this store to anyone. I went in because I know my boss likes a certain brand of wine and I wanted to get him a bottle for the holidays. Everyone at the store was greeted when they walked in, but me, but that did not bother me. What did bother me was when I asked for assistance, the guy doing whatever he was doing at the register rolled his eyes and said "I'm listening." I said "I would like to buy a bottle of wine, that's locked in a case". He started yelling "2221" and a stock boy came by, opened the case, and stood in front of it staring at me in an intimidating manner. I said "that's okay, I'll get my wine some place else." As I was walking out, the guy behind the register apologized by saying he was busy preparing something. He wasn't too busy to help the woman who was looking for a bottle of champagne. I admit, I just came from a long day at work, wasn't wearing any make up, and definitely didn't look my best, but my appearance didn't warrant such intimidation and blatant discrimination.

Natalie

Primarily offered wines, but good spirit (gin✔️) range, staff were nice.

Zia Al-Khalil Ott

Decent neighborhood wine and liquor store with a helpful, friendly staff and a nice selection of different wines. Prices are pretty decent and comparable to other shops in the neighborhood. Like most wine shops, they have wine tastings once or twice a week and they also have a frequent purchaser program.

Elaine Brennan

Nice selection.

Mitchell Jerine

One of my favorite liquor stores. Good prices. Great selection.

Josh Graber

Incredible selection and very friendly staff. Reasonable prices for the area as well.

Ray Behar

Love the store, and Chris is a great wine guide. He is a gem.

Joe Cera

They would not replace a corked bottle of wine worth ~$12 when we brought in the brittle and unsoaked cork. (Picture attached of the dry cork which broke in half when opened. This is the second half) We've been loyal customers for 4 years. This was very disrespectful.

Phenix Hall

There are wine stores and then there are WINE STORES. Beacon is the latter. The staff is knowledgeable and can tell you about the wine in full descriptions and can also recommend other wines you can try. The prices are more than the neighborhood 400 square foot wine store but the selections of wines are worth the extra cost. This is the place you go to when you are tired of drinking the same brand of Rose all summer or the Red Zinfandel year after year. This is place where showing your ignorance works on your behalf. In fact the less you know when you walk in the better it is. Sometimes I stop by just for a brief education to make certain that I can impress my guests from out of town with a pungent, woodsy aroma, light on juniper berries notes blah blah wine. Yeah its that detailed. You can even ask what type of glass you should pour the wine into, how long to decant, etc. Great place. Will I stop again? You dang on right I will.

Derek Haas

Chris is super helpful and very knowledgeable about whiskey. One of the best selections of bourbon at fair prices on the UWS.

Hisana Kuchiki

Interesting concept this place. VERY cool little walk up that you can order something to-go from the menu, order and dine in a very small area, or buy fresh homemade pasta by the pound to take home and make your own concoction! My reason for fo Beacon Wines & Spirits ur stars instead of five is due to the smaller portions and price. I'm okay with the menu price- just wish I would have gotten more food for it!

Charles Barker

Great selection, prices and very informed staff.

Nathan Gertner

What poor customer experience.

Jen Fraenkel

They've always been helpful to me in here. There is a lovely selection for mid prices wines all the way to the moon. Only good experiences here! Just found out they deliver (nearby, I live 7 blocks up) for orders over $35. Amazing!!!

Johannes Palmgren

One of the best liquor/wine stores on the UWS. Good selection, okay prices

Christine F

Excellent service - always friendly, they go out of their way to be helpful when you look lost, would like recommendations, or need anything, but leave you alone when you know what you're doing or are just browsing. They'll give you honest opinions too: Told me straight-up that the bottle I was buying wasn't "a home run" but that it was solid, especially for my price point (read: slightly more expensive than cheap). Yeah, that was right on the money. In general, this seemed to me to be one of the -- if not THE -- most reasonably priced wine shops in the UWS. Really happy with my experiences in-store and with the wines I've taken home.

Joycelyn Woods

Good wine. Good prices.

Oleg P

Good selections of wines and hard liquor.

Alvin Lee

The store owner is rude, unprofessional and unresponsive. Never replied your email and got back to you for your complaints. Poor customer service and no follow up at all. Horrible experience and definitely not recommended

Andrew H

Selection is better than 79th street liquor. However, I might not suggest taking recommendations from the store on what to purchase.

Lisa Martinelli

Great selection and staff, but a weird, unpleasant odor, always!

Miguel A. Jourdain

A seething angry silver haired Scots Irish looking gentleman asked me if I needed help with his teeth clenched, probably cause he's racist and cause I forgot I had my headphones on, causing a bit of confusion; however, he was very polite and good looking. I had a big grumpy dog with a coat that was similar in color to the his general color scheme (pale skinned, gray haired and wearing cream and beige colors) My dog's grumpiness and growling didn't make me love him any less. Lol. With regard to the store and their selection, service and even the aesthetics: wonderful! Really lovely.

Victoria Nicholas

I live nearby and this store is the closest to me, so I keep making the same mistake and buy my wine there. However, this time I've finally learnt my lesson and won't set my foot there again. I bought 2 bottles of wine for my Thanksgiving dinner -- I was very specific in my request and made sure to ask for a recommendation from one of their employees (tallish older man, white hair -- don't bother to ask him anything, he doesn't know his wines) -- and not only the wine I got tasted nothing like what I'd asked for, it was bad to the point of being of simply undrinkable. I was very embarrassed to serve wine like that, thank god my friend brought a couple of decent bottles. Forget the waste of money, it was a real bummer to not be able to buy normal wine as all stores got closed soon after due to the holiday. I guess they used Thanksgiving as a way to dump all their bad wines. I suspect they carry a lot of bad wines in general, as I got a couple of "tolerable" bottles from them before, but never anything great. So for hard liquor it's probably fine, but their wines are gross. P.S. I'm not a wine snob or anything, I just think wine shouldn't taste like rubbing alcohol, agreed?

Greg Uehling

Great knowledge and assistance

Susan Lang

Experienced staff who know their selections. Reasonable prices for UWS.

Dani Deitch

Great Service and lots of kosher wine

Richard Lee

Great source for all things alcohol. Excepting beer of course. But tha'ts a NY thing. They give my dog treats, so he drags me in there. Knowledgeable and gracious staff.

MELANIE LYNN

Great liquor store on the Upper West side. Extensive wine selection. Knowledgeable & helpful staff.

Gerald A. Reisner

Friendly, helpful staff.

Yanay Cohen

Great selection of wines and you can find good prices for some really good wines.

Léo Paillier

Excellent selection of liquors. I've always found everything I was looking for! Definitely the reference in the neighborhood!

Garrett Ewald

Hard to find any bargains.