BevMo

Don’t go here if you want a good selection of cold craft beer. This has got to be the shittiest selection of cold craft in the south bay! Do yourself a favor and go across the street to vons. Sad.

Bevmo here is great. Help is friendly, available, and knowledgeable every trip. Prices are good especially when sales run!
Parking here is tricky during the day when the bank is open but easy in the evening.

If your a minority, especially of darker skin, don’t be surprised when the employees here follow your every move. First, they wont greet you: second they only engage you once you approach the counter to pay. Employees are mostly white in a very large hispanic community and seem to pick only on certain people. Seems like management forces trains them to do so. While they are busy staring at you the white guy in the next isle is stuffing a bottle in his pants lol… Just a bit of humor but wouldn’t surprise me. The manly woman who just stood at the end of the isle watching me then hypocritically tried to e nice to me with no success. I ignored her hello and turned down her thank you… oh then offered me their rewards card lol… What an imbecile. My son and i only come go to this location to buy the awesome gourmet sodas they sell, i have never bought anything else. I’ve lived in Eastlake for 15 years and this is the first retailer that has ever made me feel like I am there to steal. Stay away my minority friends!

3.5 stars. It’s a decent BevMo, about par for the course, not bad for a chain. Don’t buy cigars here — stick with a cigar shop for that. I think it’s time to reorganize the beer selection a bit — separate the sell-​outs (Ballast Point, Lagunitas, Elysium, etc) from the real craft brews so novice buyers know what they are actually buying. That, or get rid of the sell-​outs and bring in some more local brews. There are plenty of good local brewers that deserve to have their product sold here.

this is the toys of us for grown ups
I love this location.
I enjoy the wide variety of wines and everything they have to offer.
They also have tastings that are great.
go here and you will have a blast

The Otay Lakes Bevmo has been in place for about four years. It is a very clean, well-​lighted store specializing in adult beverages. It is extremely well located in the midst of a massive shopping complex which covers both sides of Otay Lakes Road. BevMo is on the north side. It must be quite convenient for those who live in the Eastlake area.
There is a dedicated parking area along the front and side of the BevMo store, and a massive general parking area to the north of the BevMo site. Although this is a very busy center, in the many years I have been shopping here (mainly at Lowe’s and Target) I have never seen this parking lot filled up, unlike say, the Fashion Valley or Mission Valley lots.
This store is very well organized, as are other BevMo’s. I noticed that while shopping for beer, the beers are organized and grouped by geography. Makes sense.
This BevMo has very helpful staff. I wanted to buy a couple bottles of wine on their «Buy 1, get the second for $.05), but the wine was sold out. I mentioned this to an employee, and she immediately set up a step stool and pulled down a case to restock the shelf, minus two for me.
My wife found the German beer she was looking for, as well as the Polish vodka. In other words, it was a very successful shopping trip for us.
However it is true that just about any other store or drugstore can beat BevMo’s prices for beer by the case. But it’s not that kind of store, it’s more of a specialty store. An adult beverage specialty store. I’m a fan.

This place is dope! Never been to a place like this before. I grew up in Ohio and there is nothing like it there. Huge selection. Friendly staff. Prices are nice.

I love coming here whenever I feel like having a arts and craft night I love to come up with a new mix for different drinks and they always have everything stocked in order and priced super well! I’m not an alcoholic but if I was this would be heaven to me

I am not fan of alcohol but this place does have a huge selection for whatever your taste buds might be.
Whenever we are having a shindig this is our go to spot to get what we need for it.
I gave it three stars because I don’t like that it is located in the heart of eastlake. It’s too close to a lot of homes and I wish it were farther out of the area.

Selection is very good. Service is mostly good, though I have had a couple of visits where it was on the poor side. That being said, most retail stores have that same issue. Chalk it up to human error. The prices, I would say, are fair. Not cheap, but neither are the beverages. Hard to find craft beer as well as quality scotch and tequila kick this place up a notch. So why only 3 stars? Because there is room for them to grow, I’d say 2 stars worth.

Very clean easy to find things location. The prices are the same as any other location, but the people who work there are very friendly and ready to help you find anything. The selections they make for their 5 cent wine sales are normally very good tasting wines. However, I remember being able to buy two different wines that were the same price to get the 5 cent sale but now you have to buy two of the same kind. :(Kind of a bummer but since I love the brand «Powder Keg», I don’t complain. Definitely recommend that brand to anyone looking for a great tasting wine that is almost always on the 5 cent wine sale if you look on the shelves for it!

Super shady. I’m going to post pictures in this review. Long story short, the tag on an expensive bottle of wine didn’t match the vintage of the bottle being sold. That was compounded by the fact that they advertised a certain quality /​points on the tag, and the actual quality of the vintage being sold was worse.

What’s not too like? Good store, clean store, good service, great products. Enjoy using their Bevmo card for additional savings. Only downsides are selection of some things, like draft beer, is somewhat limited and the parking is a real challenge, so took off 1 star.

Best selection of craft beer in Eastlake. That’s not saying much as there has not been any real selection here, ever. Unless you think CVS is a craft beer hide away — (it’s not).
Be cautious of the dates as I witnessed the distributor not «rotating» the stock properly. He just pushed the beer in the front — to the back and loaded more beer in front onto the shelves.
I said ‘I’m pretty sure that’s not how you rotate stock’ and he just shrugged his shoulders and told ME to «watch out» while he inappropriately added more beer to shelves.
Now I know to check dates and you should too. $.02

And you thought 99 bottles of beer on the wall was a lot… How about thousands of bottles of beer on the wall?!
BevMo has quite the selection of beer, whiskey, vodka and wine. Yes, I know that many reviewers have said that the beer selection is dismal, but I was able to find my Washington state brew all the way down here in Eastlake.
The store employees are always friendly and knowledgeable. They can definitely direct you in the right direction if you’re looking for something!
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Happy drinking, friends!

I would give it 5 stars BUT other reviewers have changed my mind — apparently their beer selection isn’t as great and although I have yet to notice this (considering I buy mostly wines), I will still rate fairly.
Still, I am most definitely a fan of this place. I love the wine sales, although I wish there was a bigger selection for Rieslings. Other than that, can’t go wrong! Customer service is pretty good, and the times that I asked questions to the workers they seemed to be fairly knowledgeable.

Came here expecting the same Craft Brew selections and options as with all the other Bev Mo’s in town. Was surprised to see much less variety in the fridge as well as on the shelves.
This store is different from the rest in town in that you can’t pick and choose a six pack of beer nor can you pull singles from 6 packs (and pay single bottle price accordingly). Mehh… If this is a national or Corporate store, why aren’t the options consistent throughout all the stores in San Diego? Just as the «2 stars» indicate next to the rating… «Meh. I’ve experienced better.»

Excellent go-​to place for some cheap fun to bring home! I’m always down to save a couple bucks if I can just drink at home rather than spend money at a bar and worry about a DD.
I’m glad I finally got to visit a BevMo! My boyfriend and I decided to come in and check it out because we felt like having wine that night, luckily we came in during their sale. Which was a select few wines that was buy one get the second for .5 and you could mix and match.
We probably stayed in the store for nearly an hour because we kept going back and forth from their liquor selection to their wine. They’ve got a lot to choose from. Can’t wait to come back!

BevMo is one of the few chains that I fully support because of what it is — a specialty liquor store. I’m always eager to try new alcoholic drinks, whatever the form, in moderation. This is my go-​to stop if I need to pick out a drink for a party. Thank goodness that they were able to build one so that I don’t have to drive up to Mission Valley.
PROS
1) EXCELLENT selection of the main six spirits: brandy, gin, rum, whisk (e)y, tequila and vodka. I was able to find reposado and anejo tequilas that weren’t Patron, a good-​quality Russian vodka (Russian Standard) used in a well-​known restaurant’s cocktail drinks and ZUBROWKA (Polish Bison Grass vodka). Prices do vary based on the brand, so do your research before you go.
2) EXCELLENT selection of liqueurs.
3) A wide variety of craft beers. Good selection of the SD Big 3 (Stone/​Karl Strauss/​Ballast Point) but they also offer beers from lesser-​known breweries such as AleSmith and Manzanita. I also find that the staff are very knowledgeable with their beers.
4) For a few dollars you can do a tasting of several beers or wines. When they do this varies.
5) Really cute bottles containing sample sizes of the most common spirits, equivalent to one serving. When empty they make quite a collection.
CON
Although they have a good wine selection, I would only buy wine here if I’m in a pinch. I usually like to get wines elsewhere, such as Trader Joe’s (usually can find good wine at a cheaper prices) or specialty wine places such as Wine Steals or Mosaic Wine Bar. The wine selection seems a bit too generic for my taste, and I’m particular about the type of wine I bring to events.

BevMo in Eastlake opened its doors this morning at 9am. Yes, the line was long, but well worth the wait. And yes, they were handing out free samples while we waited in line! Since we were part of the first 500 people to enter the store, we got our free «swag bag» with BevMo goodies such as a martini mix, coasters, a bottle opener, etc. Thank you BevMo!
Once we got in, there were plenty of employees helping the flow of traffic inside the store. The line to pay at the cashier was not bad either. They had all lanes open, and more employees helping to manage the line.
There is a coupon in the mail right now that is $ 10 off your purchase of $ 50. Make sure to bring this coupon with you. We are very excited to have this location open.
Cheers, BevMo!