Niagara Falls Duty Free

Niagara Falls Duty Free isn’t worth a special trip, but if you’re already here and need to stop anyway, it’s ok. I’ve definitely been to better duty free stores. The prices here are a bit higher. The souvenir type stuff is what you’d want to skip. Some of the liquor is priced ok. You can find some of the wines at better prices, but if you’re not going to be shopping around in Ontario anyway, I could see why you’d opt for duty free.
I typically stay in Toronto for several days, so I don’t need to worry about paying the duties. I also have no interest in bringing back ice wine though, unlike most visitors. Shoot me. I’m just not into it. I usually try to avoid the Niagara Falls visit if I can too. I’ve been one too many times. It does get old. How many times can you do the obligatory pics in front of the falls? I will admit I’ve never been to the U.S. side though. I’m sure I’ll do it before I kick the bucket.
Service is good. Parking is easy. I can’t comment on restrooms, I’ve never checked. I always pay with Canadian currency, but of course you can use your cards and those American dollars that some of you are afraid to exchange :-)

I saw some really nice markdowns on perfume and other beauty items. Versace, Versace, Versace… yesss. Lol I did pass all that up and headed to the wine room and it was packed with ice wine. The sales clerk gave me a sample and really tried to push her brand of choice. I’m certain that the fact that her fave was the most expensive wasn’t pure coincidence. Needless to say, I checked out some online reviews and settled for a nice bottle of Inniskillin Vidal. Happy camper here!
The rest of the store housed a huge selection of liquor, snacks, candy, smoked salmon, purses and some clothing. The prices seemed to be pretty decent with extremely large bottles on display and for sale.
The staff is very helpful and friendly. Definitely worth stopping to take a looksie.

This place was not bad. Alcohol was so inexpensive. Too bad we live on the other side of the USA. Too hard to try to stick this all in the suitcase.
Maple products were a little ridiculous. It wasn’t bad to stop at for those last souvenirs. It’s nice that they do take CAD and USD.

Cannot walk out the door with purchased items. Have to go outside and around to pickup window. We were also told to expect a possible $ 5 fee for our bottle of liquor when crossing the border.

This place is duty free but not profit free. Buy only the stuff that is harder to find in the US. Ice wine and the Sheridan liquor are examples. Otherwise, Costco’s Western liquor store is the cheapest by far for everything else.