Gulf Discount Liquors & Wine Merchants

Great wine store in coral gables. Visiting my son who’s at the U and he took us there. Great selections, good prices and friendly staff. If you like fine wine, they have an unbelievable selection of first growth bordeauxs.

Very nice selection of everything!
Good pricing too! This is my go to store in this area, but you have to make sure you check the hours ahead of time. Special hours for liquor stores in Coral Gables.

I’m never going back to this liquor store.
Wasn’t familiar with liquor stores in the area, but Unilocal pointed me to Gulf. Called to see if they had a particular Riesling in stock. Guy who picked up said «We have a few kinds, you’ll need to come down and see; I’m too busy…» *click*
Yeah, he hung up on me. Huge red flag. But knowing that most liquor stores are small, understaffed places and it was during the day on new year’s eve, I figured I’d give them the benefit of the doubt and go there anyway…
Walk in and there are five employees working. Literally more people working there than customers that came through the entire time I was in the store.
I also realized why they couldn’t tell me if they had a particular wine; the place was a cluster***. It could be that they were doing stock or something, but I doubt it. Most of the boxes in the aisles were cut open and priced as if they were on display. It was hard to even walk down the aisles…
At this point, I realize that I’m not going to be able to find anything in particular on my own, so I ask at the front for some help. Guy says «you can look over there and I’ll send over xxx to help». I go over there and still can’t really find what I’m looking for.
What’s that you say? Not to worry? Someone who works there is coming to the rescue? Not so much. Stood there for a few minutes while the guys in front talk to one another and decided I needed to ask someone else if I was going to get any help… :(
Finally get someone to help me and he’s next to no help at all. He keeps pointing me to the cheapest wine and telling me how «you get a lot for cheap with this one». But not at all helpful at finding the specific things I’m asking for. I never once asked about the price on anything.
In the end, didn’t find what I wanted, so went to Crown liquors literally down the street and had a much better experience. I won’t be going back to Gulf…
Pros:
— They sell liquor
— They have a big selection
Cons:
— Good luck finding something specific
— Store is a disaster and hard to walk through
— Customer service was awful. Would get 0 stars if rating only on CS

I found, at Gulf Discount Liquors and Wine Berkshire Mountain’s Limited Edition Ethereal Gin. I thought they didn’t sell this stuff outside of Maine. I had tried it once before at the Local in the Gables — where their stock of Ethereal came as a gift from the distiller as he was on vacation in Florida. It is true to its name.
I danced. I bought the stuff, and then made some of the best gin and tonics I’ve imbibed to date.
How does such a small, unassuming liquor store, that I have driven by millions of times, end up stocking an obscure gin AND Del Maguey mescal?! How? Why didn’t anyone tell me this before?
The Discount in the name is perhaps misleading as I found the prices to be fairly standard. But the selection is among the best I’ve seen in Miami. Better, even, than Total Wine.

Went in there about a week or so ago, Noël recognized me from the UM days — I graduated in 2009. Solid service, great prices and specials on top of a convenient location. And yeah, I still got my UM freebie!

This place is great. The prices are awesome and the staff is friendly. First time I went I was greeted by a lady who asked me if I could tell the difference between two different rums. I lost, but still received the prize t-​shirt!
Much better than those awful people over at Crown Wine and Spirits. Please, never shop at that disgusting place. They treat customers like dirt.

My local liquor store since 1994 (funny, that’s when I started freshman year at UM).
Ok fast-​forward to today. Chan, the owner, just bought out the entire building and thus renovated the entire place. The outside is nice and clean.
My office is right behind the building so coming here is almost a weekly ritual (for the pink grapefruit juice, not liquor every week!). On Friday nights, there are always the lovely «sample» girls providing free shots in their provocative outfits. Always a good teaser for your Friday night happy hour plans.
They have all of you typical liquors and a nice selection of wines from around the world. They FINALLY have Veev! My very favorite drink.
Speak to Miguel if you need a wine recommendation. Soft spoken and modest, he knows his wine! He knows the best values. Give him the chance and he’ll point out which vintages have garnered the most points.
Overall, a great local place!

great selection, great location… parking can get a little confusing, but there’s enough to go around. not too sure that its the discount it claims to be, but I guess that’s a matter of opinion. clientele seems a little on the bro-​y college student side, but their merchandise tells another story.
objectively, a very nice liquor store.