BevMo

Updating my review because someone who either works here it is associated with this bevmo decided to leave me a note today, saying that my review of bevmo is completely uncalled for. Actually, it’s completely called for because that’s what Unilocal is — an open forum for customers to share their experiences, positive and negative.
For your information, just because you guys hire people of all races, doesn’t mean the store is not racist. After all, people of color can be racist too. And no, I don’t need to grow up. You, lizard p, need to grow the F up though and learn to do your job properly, which is to service all customers, not just customers who are white or who seem like they’ll spend a lot.
I am appalled that someone associated with this bevmo is trying to intimidate me into silence. I won’t have it

It’s cool. One stop liquor needs. But that’s some b.s. cashier doesn’t card customer before or after us but has to card both me (who’s paying) and my buddy. Then says «I have to card both of you or I loose my job.» What ever.

Went a couple of evenings ago, to look for wine to give to coworkers.
The staff is really helpful, especially with types of wine (I have no clue).
The place is huge. I’m not a big drinker, but I love wine and the prices seem pretty competitive. I’m more curious about the art on the bottles than what’s in them half the time.
If you join the BevMo club, you’ll get the deals. It was buy a bottle, get a 2^nd for 5 cents.
There’s tons of liquor, but it’s obvious that there’s gonna be. They also have cigars and beverage-​related items like wine bottle openers, gift bags, and glasses.
Parking is good, and checking out was pleasant.
Would be back.

Great location and it never gets too busy. Every time I’ve been in, I’ve been offered help by the staff and they are always very friendly and knowledgeable when I’ve had questions about what I was looking for. The frequent sales they have really allows us to try a lot of different products and are a great deal. I’ve been asked for my ID plenty of times, but everybody’s always been courteous so their staff may just have ups and downs as noted in previous reviews.

I’ve been to better BevMo’s, the gentleman who I asked for recommendation wasn’t very helpful IMO. The girl that rang me up was very nice though, definitely not the kind of service others were complaining about but she was social and not rude at all.
As far as pricing goes, BevMo does not always have the best pricing, but their Buy one wine, get one for 5 cents is awesome. I like to come here to check out their selection of certain drinks to see what other brands have to offer, that you cannot get at a grocery store.
They have a rewards program where you’ll get some savings after spending $ 250 dollars worth there. and last, if you’re looking for something more specific, come check it out at bevmo, otherwise check your local grocery store or costco.

Happened to me and my girl too ! I’m 30 and bald ok yes lets play this shirade here’s my id but you need my girls id too ?? Chill the hell out. Nasty looking Jasmine w a nasty attitude, then why don’t u tell customers on the way in «hey guys just want to remind you it’s policy everyone has their ID». boom, confronttation avoided. But no rat faced Jasmine was just standing like a zombie. So here I’ll do you guys a favor in forcing this since u employ breezys like jasmine. I’m gng to take my 20 year old 6’7 roommate to this bevmo and if u don’t card him I’m snitching ! And Jasmine if your reading this you called me fat? I can lose the weight sweetheart but what are you gonna do about that attitude and that face and that KILLER mustache .
Ok seriously this bevmo is ok but if your here I suggest gng right next door to sprouts, quite a good selection. Best bevmos for me are the ones on Stevens creek and Santa teresa.
Lastly with this whole policy, what if I have a 10 year old and they are with me. Am I supposed to leave them in the car while I go in ???

I have been to this location several times. It is clean and convenient. Why does it get one star? The staffs inability to explain why I have to show my ID when I’m not purchasing alcohol is the reason. «Because it’s policy» isn’t enough.
I’m all for preventing underage drinking but you have to enforce this policy to every customer, every time, if you don’t it just makes it look like you’re discriminating.

They have pretty much everything you might want or need and the people are super friendly. Doesn’t get 5 stars because their prices can occasionally be far greater than the competitions. Not a big deal but some things are better found elsewhere (well tequila — Safeway & Oban 14 — Costco). Worth going to overall.

What can I say about BevMo that people already don’t know?
Ok… got it… but you can’t tell anybody… they sell…
wait for it…
Alcohol!!!
Actually the best thing about BevMo is the buy one bottle of wine, get the second one for 5 cents. That deal rocks and should never be slept on. My only gripe is that I would like to see more specialty beers in the refrigerators. Its always a bit of a bummer when I’m super stoked about a beer and have to wait for it to cool.

Living in a state in which I can actually purchase alcohol in a grocery store means my trips to liquor stores have been very uncommon. I finally decided to check out this mythical BevMo that everyone had been raving about since my pilgrimage to the west coast. I think that it might quite possibly be the most overrated liquor store in the history of liquor stores.
The prices and selections were great. I was pleasantly surprised that I could find almost all of my favorite beers in one spot. The actual liquor selection? Not quite as impressive. Perhaps my tastes are just too obscure for most people.
I finally got to the check out with my beer in tow. The cashier looked like he was pointing to the door, so I looked in that general direction. He then asked for my ID. Oh. Right. I knew that!
«Idaho, huh?» –cashier
«Um…Iowa.”– very perplexed me
«Oh. What’s your address?» –cashier as he’s BASICALLY BENDING MY ID IN HALF
«blah blah blah blah” – me
«Birthday?” – cashier
“Inauguration day.” – me
*blank stare from cashier*
«Sigh. January 20^th. Just checking to see if you were a history buff or anything. There’s a massive Trailblazer out there with Iowa license plates on it if that helps.”-me
«So…what’s there to do in Idaho?”-cashier
«Iowa. We drink. Heavily.”-me
Yeah…finally paid. Finally escaped. I don’t think I’ll go out of my way to stop here, but it *is* within walking distance of my apartment. The cashier also gave me this nifty little card that is supposed to save me money or something. I don’t know, I managed to lose the darn thing while making my great escape.

So from what I can tell this is like a huge liquor store chain. They have almost every type of alcohol you can imagine; wines, beers, spirits and champagnes, including specialities of each that you may not find elsewhere.
Seems prices are even a little cheaper than supermarkets, and definitely have a lot more selection, so if you have the time I would certainly recommend having a nosey up and down the aisles.
We were lucky with the guy we had serving us, as he seemed like a genuinely nice guy, but some of the other employees looked bored to tears. We ended up getting a loyalty card and saving ourselves $ 5 off our purchase. Every little helps right?
The three stars is because a lot of the more popular lines were out of stock, the whole place kinda felt like a warehouse (unless that’s supposed to be the vibe, in which case I apologise) and because more than one of the employees had a look on their face that I can only liken to a puppy in a pet shop when he desperately wants to get out of there.

Great selection and prices!

Big, clean store — lots of selection! I like this location because it never gets insane busy. The staff is helpful and know their booze. I also enjoy all the different glasses they have (fun gifts!).
My hubbs likes the IPA/​brew area and I like oogling at the fancy champagnes.

I went in Sunday at 10:10am on 9−8−13 as my wife and I were looking for a certain beer we liked that was hard to find. When we went in a latin lady with red hair, who did not acknowledge us, was at the register in the front. We did not find what we were looking for but we figured it was a seasonal drink. When we were leaving I said «Thank you» to the lady with red hair who in return gave us a stink eye. She did not respond but kept giving us dagger eyes. Call me old-​fashioned but I believe in good «costumer» service seeing as I am the «costumer».

Great selection of wines, beers, spirits, and even nonalcoholic options. Parking here is plentiful, service is good, and the prices are reasonable (even better during their 5-​cent sale). Not really that different from any of the other BevMos I’ve visited.

It’s warehouse store of liquor with a decent selection. The price is on par with every other place. It’s strong suit is that it has a good selection of beer from all over the world. The staff was helpful trying to find a particular beer but their supplier doesn’t carry the brand.

Love the store and the selection and the $ 5 cent sale.

So it’s a BevMo. And it’s new. I think by now most folks know what a BevMo is like, but each location is a little different, there are some things which are locally curated, and size varies.
This one is about medium size. They’ve got a comparatively decent selection of wine (though while I was hanging about, someone came in looking for Opus One, and the guy helping out in the wine section had no idea what it was or whether they had it. They didn’t.) If I were looking for a deep wine selection, I’d go to the Mountain View location. This location also carries cigars and American caviar.
The beer selection, though reasonably large, is not very deep. The Sunnyvale store is much better.
Their selection of glassware, bar equipment and so on is a bit small; I think it’s because of space limitations. And frankly, I’m fine with that.
They’ve got a better than average stock of Scotch right now. The liquor selection in general seemed a little bit better cared for than most locations Ive visited recently … almost on par with the Winchester/​Stevens Creek store.
I like BevMo. They generally have what I want in stock. They offer tastings. The prices are a bit high compared to other specialty liquor stores, but they have a lot of sales.
I don’t know if it is the newness of this particular location, but they seemed even more overzealous about checking ID than normal. I don’t get carded at most of the places I go because I’m not that young anymore … and I know the people who work there … and most people in the business are willing to trust their judgement to some extent in the name of customer service.
One of the drawbacks of a chain store like this is that corporate policy comes into play, that they don’t trust their own employees to keep them out of trouble. That they end up hiring a bunch of college kids who don’t *really* know that much about what they’re selling. And it shows.

This new Bevmo is where the grocery store PW used to be. You can find every type of alcohol here that you can think of. They have a huge selection of wine, beer, hard liquor, wine coolers, and party snacks here such as cheese, salami, chips, candy, crackers, dips, etc… You can also find cute and funny Birthday, Anniversary, and other types of cards here to as well as wine openers and cheese boards and slicers among other things.
The selection of vodka is impressive. They have flavors from many different brands in raspberry chocolate (I’ll have to try that out sometime, yum) to grape, passion fruit, fruit punch, and other flavors that most places don’t have. I like the great selection of small bottles of liquor to so that I can try a flavor out and not have to end up wasting money on a flavor that I don’t like. You can also find many different kinds of sodas and energy drinks here to.
Sign up for a club card if you like to drink as it’s free and you’ll get discounts on certain items. If you give them your email address, they’ll send you coupons. Parking in this area is plentiful. The employees are nice and friendly to. For underage people, don’t even think about buying alcohol here as they card everyone. I saw a guy there earlier that was trying to BS the manager and a couple of other guys who was trying to buy alcohol. He kept on making excuses about not having I. D, dumbass, lol!

To put it simply, it’s the Toys R Us for adults :)
When I heard that BevMo was coming to take the place of PW, I was pretty excited. They always have a huge selection of drinks, and for a pretty good price too. Since it was the grand opening, they had a ton of workers around the store asking if customers needed help, handing out free samples, helping out with wine/​beer tasting (25 cents to taste), and even making friendly conversation. I think the gf and I talked to like 8 different workers at BevMo and got tips on what to mix with certain drinks as well as learning a bit about their lives. I thought it was a most entertaining trip to BevMo…
It gets quite crowded because it just opened, but definitely happy to have such a selection of alchy so close.