Cellar 53 Wines & Spirits

This is the best liquor store I’ve been to. It’s huge and open, clean, yet so well laid out it doesn’t feel like a warehouse at all. Giant fridge/​chilled section. Staff is friendly, knowledgeable and charming. A+ selection. Many choices in every type of wine, saki & liquor.

Largest and the cleanest layout of all the stores that sell wine in Hell’s Kitchen. Even though there’s a wine store across the street from me, I walk the extra four blocks to come here instead.

Absolutely love this place! They deliver which is rare in this neighborhood and it’s fast and free! Great wine and high end whiskey selection. The staff is friendly and very knowledgeable. Thank you Cellar!

Staff was friendly and made sure I knew she was available for assistance. The store was beautifully kept and very clean. The liquor selection could have been a little bit better but definitely shopping here if I need wine and spirits.

Solid wine and liquor store. Wide ranging selection that’s fairly priced for NYC and a friendly cashier — what else do you need?

Great location for West Hells Kitchen. Very large selection and good prices. Delivery service is great when you are ordering a lot for a party.

Cellar 53 is a solid wine and liquor store on 10^th Ave in the low West 50’s. The location is key as there aren’t many liquor stores around that stretch of 10^th Ave and there is nothing on 11^th. You have to go a lot farther south to find anything else or head over to 9^th Ave.
I like this place because this is not your typical dirty hole in the wall liquor store that just has the basics stacked to the ceiling. It is a very large space, that is very clean and well lit. They have a broad selection of booze and a very good selection of wine. I have found the prices to be in line with what you expect to pay for booze, no surprises. They often have wine or booze company reps conducting tastings as well. The staff is friendly, too.

Very modern yet homey and classy place. Very clean and organized. Helpful staff and lots of specials and great selections, including chilled wines & bubbly. Love the anytime free delivery too as well as discounts on cases of wine. Best wine shoppe in Hell’s Kitchen and glad’s they are in the neighborhood. Nice little doggie treats for the pups too!

Once upon a time this place was amazing. Now the good staff is gone and who’s left is pretty crappy, unhelpful and disinterested. The prices are just ok but the worst part is the entire store constantly smells like an old rental car — it reeks in there with stagnant air always smelling of stale cigarettes. Definitely not the upscale, inviting place it once was.

Cellar 53 was there when I had a wine shopping emergency, yes that’s right a wine shopping emergency. It was a New Years Eve party and I was on the hunt for a bottle of Muscato. It was texted to me by my wife like I was in the opening sequence of Mission Impossible. Trouble is I have never seen a bottle of Muscato and wouldn’t know how to begin. The helpful clerk took their time with my questions and had time to show me around.
Question: What’s a Muscato?
Clerk: It’s a kind of grape you’ll see it on the label we have a sparkling cider muscato and a regular muscato.
5 minutes later after having tried some samples for deals they had for the day I was out of there sparkling muscato in hand, party crisis averted.
Thanks Cellar 53!

«I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.»
This place is awesome. Shame she is WAY off the normal gay hells kitchen path, unless you go to Taboon.
Location is spotless and the music is super fun. («Come On Eileen»…YES!) The variety is extensive, the staff is very nice. Would not expect this in that location.
I would go here on default. Prices and selection can seriously not be beat for Hells Kitchen area.

Super nice, helpful staff, great selection and fantastic daily specials. Get on their email list for even more deals.

Wow, what an awesome spot to have in the ‘hood. Their daily specials are very creative and make me want to come back on certain days of the week (crafty marketing!!) to take advantage of the specials. The staff was friendly, they have treats for your pooch, the prices are great, and the selection is pretty impressive. My only gripe (small one) was navigating the different wine areas. I ultimately found what I was looking for, but the signage didn’t make it as easy as I would have expected.
Overall, this place is GREAT!

They deliver! And the service is great!

What a wonderful addition to the neighborhood! Even though I live about a dozen blocks away, I’ll definitely be returning here because the owner is really nice, everything is very reasonably priced, and they have a terrific selection soju and sake (which is really rare, unfortunately).