Sidney’s Wine Cellar

SCOTTY. What can I say about that dude? His KNOWLEDGE OF WINES, LIQUOR & BEER is an alcoholic’s dream of pairing, comparables, apéritif’s. Youngman GENIUS! BEST PRICES IN THE QUARTER! ! Semi-​pretentious staffing is what keeps the locals coming back! They know who’s who, aside from the standard tourist or the raggedy-​assed Gutter Punk Spangers. Specific requests? See Scott! He has tracked down specific libations for me, AND keeps them in stock for me. KUDOS MATEY! 100K STARS FROM THE CHILLY DADDY! !!!

Store is located in a busy area. They had a nice selection of liquors (and absinthe) but the prices were higher than other stores in the area.

A great place to grab a beer. Get a to go cup and wander off down the street with something good. Don’t be the dumbass who spends $ 8 for a crappy beer on Bourbon Street when you can spend $ 2 – 3 for a craft beer.
Selection is great — I always find something fun to try, or I go for an old standby when I am feeling boring.

Sidney’s is the tourists delight, right off Decauter, easy to grab that cold beer or bottle for the hotel room. Staff willing to help, «we don’t have a 6 pack, but I’ll make u one». Talk about service! My favorite liquor store

Good booze prices. Interesting variety. Must stop for wine and a picnic on the river.

Huge selection of wine and spirits but the best part is that they have the 16 oz cans of Steigl Radler, the best beverage ever made. If you can’t find what you need at Sidney’s nobody has it.

HUGE selection of craft beers, wine, etc for THE best prices you will find anywhere in the French Quarter! We stopped in here probably ten times over the course of our vacation while strolling around. Save some money on the bars and stop by Sidney’s first. The cashiers will even provide you with plastic cups if you ask!

Knowledgeable staff who made great recommendation about a bottle of champagne, at a central location

Being an absinthe connoisseur, I’m giving Sydney’s Wine Cellar a review solely based on their absinthe selection, considering there aren’t many great places to find good absinthe in New Orleans. Also because I don’t really buy anything other than absinthe here anyway. For the first time absinthe buyer, it would seem as though there are plenty of brands of absinthe to choose from, however if we are talking good absinthe, then there are 3 or 4 good brands here among their selection of 15 or so absinthe brands. Here you will find Pacifique and Heritage– two of the better brands out there. Also available is the more expensive Nouvelle-​Orleans made by Jade Liquers. All three of these brands come highly recommended by The Dandy of New Orleans.
The girl that works here seemed a little angry and frustrated at the world, but whenever I buy absinthe here, the guy seemed to know what he was talking about. He agreed that the brands I mentioned are the best available– at least at Sydney’s Wine Cellear. When in the Vieux Carre, stop on by and treat yourself to some good absinthe.

A simple wine /​booze shop with good service — can’t believe I haven’t been here before. I live a few blocks away in the Quarter. After getting tired of buying overpriced «gone off» wine at our local corner store, I looked up «wine shop» on Unilocal and found Sidney’s. The staff were so friendly — they let me bring my dog in the store and helped me find their nice selection of Malbecs. How I have lived here a year without a trip to Sidneys?

Picture it: New Orleans. End of June. Probably around 90-​something degrees and dense humidity, even though it’s the evening. After seeing a show in the Quarter I had the BRILLIANT idea to actually «go out» somewhere down there. Meanwhile I’m in heels. So dumb.
Where am I going with this? Well, here it is. I was walking in the heels and the heat and the humidity when I decided I needed AC and ASAP. The cool air was flowing out of this place and we immediately went in, not even knowing what it was. Well, it turns out that it is a really cool place that sells a TON of beer and wine. They had beer that I didn’t even know was sold down here! I was impressed.
Although I personally didn’t buy anything, they are getting five stars because of what my friend did and how they handled it. Well, he had a huge bottle of beer ($ 14) that he was going to buy when gravity fought back and he dropped it. Bottle smashed, beer e’rrywhere, some got on my shoe. It was a mess. The guy working there immediately rushed over, cleaned it up and when my friend insisted on paying for the broken bottle (as well as a new one) he was told not to worry about it. He just charged my friend for the unbroken bottle, told us to tell people about the place and sent us on our way. He was so nice. You know as many drunk people as that guy sees in a night, he could have been SUPER ornery about the whole thing but he wasn’t. So five stars it is. And I will be back.

I cannot find my favorite flavor of Crispin Cider hardly anywhere but here. Sake Cripin, made with sake yeast & organic rice syrup, why must you be so delicious yet elusive? How it pains me to hunt for you daily.
Either way, I can buy it at Sydney’s and believe me I do. I stockpile the stuff every time I’m anywhere within walking range of this place. Thank you for being so good to me, Sydney’s. I owe all my favorite summer quarter adventures to you!

This liquor store was a great little find while we were walking along Decatur St. It’s a very tidy spot filled with a wonderful selection of Craft Beers, Wine and Spirits.
The employees were very nice and helpful on the couple trips I made here.
If you are looking for a great selection of Craft Beers you definitely should stop into Sidney’s!

Can’t complain too much about Sidney’s. Pretty wide selection of beer by the bottle, a few inexpensive wines, and of course liquor.
Insider tip: go for the $ 6.99 spanish red (cheaper than yellowtail, way better), or the $ 5.99 walnut creek white. Both are great value. Oh, and did someone say $ 10 for a liter of Evan? Yes, I did.
P. S. Go for the Kubler Absinthe for when you’re feeling green. :)

Best kept secret in the quarter! Great selection of wine and spirits, friendly staff, single beer and wine! I love this place. 2 things that would make it unstoppable. Food and delivery.

Can’t comment on wine, alright, so cut me some slack. But seriously folks, I was looking for a specific beer, LA-​31 Grenade and darned if Sidney’s didn’t have it. Not only that, they poured it in a cup for me so I could drink it.
Furthermore, they had some old-​ass Russian vodka sold in a bottle shaped like a rifle! Guns and booze! What’s cooler than that.
This place is the shizz, yo. They have mad beer and stuff. GYATTP.
BT, out…

This just in: you can openly drink in public in New Orleans.
If this wasn’t the very reason you chose to visit, take a moment to appreciate it now and walk over to Sidney’s Wine Cellar. I myself had some serious reservations; in a place where open drinking is not only tolerated by seemingly encouraged, one would expect businesses catering to that caliber of clientele to be somewhat seedy. Not so.
I walked in to a well stocked store with a delightful variety of beers and wines from two-​buck-​chuck to imported Scottish Lagers. When my female companion and I were searching for the right kind of beer on a hot day we were helped out by Hugh (at least that’s what the name on the card said) who talked us through the right drink to try for the river walk we were about to take. They even gave us plastic cups (glass is not legal) to drink our beverages with. It’s was a pretty impressive operation.

Best place to buy beer in the quarter. Excellent service from intelligent staff that are passionate about wine/​liquor/​beer. They can even special order stuff (I have been known to give fancy schmancy liquor as a gift).
If you are a super broke student or just insanely cheap, grab beers at sidney’s and walk around the quarter with them, instead of paying a ton at a daq shack.
Yes, the people hanging around outside are super annoying, and the tourists lining up to eat at Central Grocery mindlessly stare into space instead of politely moving to let customers enter, but this place is well worth it.

This is always my go to spot when Im on Decatur, or Im about to wait in line for dinner at Coops. The selection is vast, the prices are cheap (respectively) and the service is always friendly and attentive.
I normally stock up on a couple of Restoration Ales and then walk the quarter. It’s far more cost effective to grab a couple of beers here before venturing out to the bars. I wish there were more spots like this in NYC.

This unassuming Store is a great find. Tucked into a small storefront a couple of blocks away from Jackson Square if you didn’t know it was there you’d miss it, be sure that you don’t though! You can pick up a good bottle of wine, tasty local beers, and absinthe. Funny Facts… they sold Absinthe before it was made legal and still carry the European Brands that aren’t found at most places. Prices aren’t that bad, especially considering it’s inside of French Quarter.
*** Also a good friend of mine Jezabel (Gwen) is the manager of the shop if you stop by be sure to say Nicollette sent you! She won’t even mind if you stop by more than once. even if she doesn’t happen to be there till the 3^rd time you stop in
*** hint hint Mr. S***