BevMo!

What a disappointment. Not much to choose from and spread out with all kinds of room where inventory should be. Rose City liquors on Sandy in Portland has everything. Its worth the drive over plus no sales tax is a bonus. This place is from California? Go back.

Wine sales are pretty good, especially when the 2-​for-​1 deals are going on.
Unfortunately, today I called inquiring for a specific beer & the female on the phone started laughing, stating they haven’t received that one yet. When I inquired to the reason of her laughter & if this beer is highly sought after, her reply was simply, «We just haven’t received it yet.» In contrast, Total Wine looked up info on the beer and gave me an estimate on shipping date as well as price. Total Wine has won my business.

I was helped out by a really nice manager and got all I wanted with in my budget within 10 minutes!

Love me a BevMo no matter what state it’s in!!! Even though WA liquor tax rapes people for an additional 30% above the advertised price, it’s hard to beat the BevMo variety. Fortunately I don’t have to pay WA prices for my regular booze as I live in Idaho. However, I’d be tempted to over spend at BevMo just about anytime they have something I can’t live without…

What the hell am I doing at BevMo at 745 in the morning on a Wednesday? Why waiting for a rare whiskey lottery, of course! Wait… what? As one of my fellow patrons mentioned… «We should have our heads examined.»
See, there are not many reasons I’ll cross the bridge to the ‘Couve, and buying liquor with Washington’s ridiculous 20% tax is definitely at the bottom of the list. But when a store like BevMo is doing something democratic like holding a lottery to see who gets to buy some Antique Collection? Well, that’s worth the trip and potential expense (if you win). See this stuff is pretty hard to come by. And even in the supposedly egalitarian liquor system of Oregon, the fix is in. Unless you’re on the inside, you ain’t gettin’ shit. So when I found out BevMo was offering a very fair way of apportioning their allocation of small-​batch whiskies, I figured what the heck. Why not see if I can score a bottle? And lucky me…
The folks here are friendly and fair. And the prices (pre-​tax) are reasonable. The selection is good. The store layout works. And even though the location is remote even from downtown Vancouver, it’s a solid place to get liquor. If, that is, you simply don’t have the time to cross the border to Oregon and buy it at a 20% discount. Which can translate to a lot of money if you’re buying anything expensive.
Yeah it’s a chain, but a well-​stocked one. And I give them extra props for making it so an average person actually has a shot at getting something special. Something tells me I’ll be repeating this scenario in 2014 when the Pappy comes around.

BevMo! BevMo! BevMo! Oh how I have missed you since I last lived in L. A!!! It’s so nice to have you back. This place is an awesome warehouse with even party accessories and pairings… they have cheese selections to go with their huge assortment of wine. What I really love is that my Macallan’s and HIghland Park single malt scotches are frequently on sale.
Bless the staff’s heart, they’re really nice and friendly, but I don’t think they really know too many details about all their products.

the Walmart of booze! Great place to pick up cases!

I think maybe I didn’t understand what this place was. I was really hoping this would be a alcohol megastore, full of unusual choices and hard to find items. So I went in hoping they would have a good selection of Grappa. While they had a few local ones, hardly any Italian grappa was to be found here. Nothing unusual and unavailable in Portland area stores.
Overall– it did look like a well stocked liquor store besides that. Just not what I am looking for.

I’ve been a customer here for quite some time and appreciated most of the people that work here. On way to pick up a very very special bottle of liquor for a friends b-​day present, I got to the store with a couple minutes to spare. The clerk had just locked the door, saw I was there and continued to go back into the store and refuse to recognize I was there until I lightly tapped on the glass sliding doors. She signaled they were closed. I called her letting her know of my circumstance and she replied there was nothing she could do… and referred me to another liquor store by the van mall. Very disappointed in their decision, I just hope they were indeed closed and not just being rude.

I went here out of sheer curiosity and to see how it stacked up against Total Wine across town. There was an immediate difference and it was for the better.
Good:
* Lighting was pleasant.
* Layout, once you get your bearings, makes sense.
* Not too overwhelming, but still comprehensive selection.
* NO pushy head-​set staff every 6.75 feet to «help» you or hold you emotionally captive.
* Food/​snack selections that are better than average.
* Drink accessories and mixers not easily found elsewhere.
* Beer selection is organized well.
* You can walk in to the keg cooler, all by yourself, and pick your keg… like a big boy!
* Ditto for the growler fill… go in the cooler, and fill it yourself like a grown man… I love it.
* Friendly check-​stand staff — quick, painless process.
* Excellent Selection of Cigars
Needs Work:
* This won’t change, but the prices are a little higher than elsewhere.
* More entry-​level liquor and wine options needed.
* Like most of the PNW, enough with the 10,000 IPA’s and get something else.
* British, Irish, and Scottish beer selection is very small.
* Good cigars looking like they aren’t quite stored right.
* Good cigars, still about 15%+ more than Paul’s down the road.
Overall, none of these negatives were enough to pull down the rating to 3. It’s a decent store and it will have things that you won’t find elsewhere (caviar? yep.). I’m glad that real retailers can sell spirits now in Washington — I’ll be even more glad in a year or two when the market corrects, competition is where it needs to be, and the prices come down. It will be better than the government price-​fixing monopoly was before. But I digress.
If you want a great selection in a good environment and don’t mind the 5−8% higher prices for the convenience, then this is a good place to go in East Vancouver.

My GF brought me here all excited about a new liquor store that was supposedly awesome that she had seen in California or somewhere. I was like, OK sure, it’s a liquor store…
It’s shiny and new, friendly staff, good selection, but all I could see was $$$TAXES$$$. Alright, if this store was in Seattle and I had no other option to buy, it would be great, but in Vancouver, if I’m really wanting booze, it’s worth my time to drive the 5 miles across the river to save $ 8 per bottle in taxes.
I guess I’m not as picky as some, if I want a bottle of good booze, I don’t care that the store is shiny and the staff is friendly. My soul is already crushed enough to want that bottle of booze after all, so I don’t really feel like paying a 6 pack’s worth of taxes for further soul crushing while there is a viable alternative. And ‘discount liquor’ is something of a fallacy when you get to tack that much on the top of everything you buy.
Eh. My GF loved it, but I think I will continue going to my run down (but actually cheap) store in OR on the way home from work. They have pretty much the same booze and I can still poison myself, but it’s cheaper.

Great customer service and a wonderful selection all under one roof. Can’t wait to plan my next party!

From the second they handed me my shiny, new, red Bevmo club card I knew that this place was kind of magical.
Discount liqor of every variety crawling up the walls alongside mixers and syrups, rows and rows of specialty beer divided by region, a cigar station, a decent wine section boasting a multitude of BOGO bottles, and growlers to go. You want a sample? Head over to the tasting station for a nip of the offerings and have some cheese to accompany your sipping.
If you need glassware or bartending supplies, you’re in luck because they’ve got ‘em.
My only qualms with the place are not deal breakers, but unfortunate. I visited the place the day after it opened and tried to hand the clipboard that my club card sign up was attached to over to a female employee who was standing by the wine isle. She replied that she wasn’t on the clock and refused to take it. Why the hell are you on the floor in your uniform if you aren’t working, and, couldn’t you have just passed the clip board on to someone else who actually was working, would that really have inconvenienced you that much? Everyone else in the store was really great though, so I’m going to chalk it up to one shitty egg.
The parking sitch is pretty bad as it shares a lot with The Old Spagetti Factory and neighbors Target. There is 15 minute parking up front which is nice if you need to run in to grab one thing, but I doubt anyone will ever take those signs seriously when faced with driving loops for parking.
It may not be the best liquor store in existance, but it definitely beats out any other option in the Vancouver area.

I had high expectations that a California style BevMo was coming. Unfortunately it is just a mini-​BevMo. Very good selection of high end spirits that seem to be unavailable in Oregon. HOWEVER the tax is a killer. Looked up my purchase on-​line and I would have spent less in Oregon. Only 9 feet of old-​tyme sodas vs 20+ feet in CA. Poor selection of WA/​Or wines. Limited imported wines except NZ and Australia. Not much selection of white varietals beyond Pinot Gris and Moscato. Get with the trends boys. Not everything comes from California.
The Good: Growler Room and only place to get CASA SANCHEZ SALSA.

One of the things we’ve missed about California (aside from the weather) is BevMo for their decent selection of beer, wines and spirits. So glad one has opened in our neighborhood. This place has a growler room with 10 craft beers on tap, a great selection of miniatures, and some snacks and supplies. Everything is very well organized and labeled and the service was good. We’ll be stopping by regularly.