Sam Wai Liquor Store

Quite the terrible liquor store. Theres a cat in the window — its not friendly. Theres a lady at the register — shes not friendly. Theres overpriced and overturned wine — both of which, you guessed it… not friendly.
I ventured over to this store front prior to a delicious Duck Dinner on Mott with my lovely lady colleagues. Upon learning that our restaurant for the night was a BYOB participant, the wine snob in me was enthralled and excited at all of the endless possibilities that could come of pairing some resveratrol with some quack.
Sad to say that the selection was not only meek, but grossly overpriced. Just a few examples of my upsetting findings: a Cali Shiraz that i normally purchase around my way for no more than $ 20 — displayed for $ 27.99. Reisling which i normally have nothing to do with (but hey my friends like white) at an overwhelming $ 15 that should’ve cost AT MAX $ 9.99. The Italian and French collections were like a wheres Waldo. I think i spotted at most two sightings of DOCG.
The Red turned out to be TURNED! Disappointing and uh oh yea, cash only.

If I could 0 star I would. The female old lady owner is rude when I walked in to take a look what they have. Said this in a very ride one «Can I help you!!!» Totally turned me off from buying from this place. A cat in the place. Disgusting and dusty!!! Sh*t there is ton of place that sell liquor. They only take cash. The IRS needs to investigate how much inventory they sell and find out if they are filing their tax correctly. Definitely will find them guilty for tax evasion!!!

Really crowded asked for help from the lady at the register doesn’t speak English then has the gall to talk crap about me in Chinese, granted my Chinese isn’t great but i understood what she was saying. Since she was no help i walked to the far end of the retail space to take a closer look and she starts acting like i was trying to rob her. Suffice to say I left.