Northwest Liquor & Wine

This place has everything and then some. Despite some of the reviews on here, they were super helpful over the phone as well as in-person.

Wow, total rip-off on Scotch, i paid $25 over list for a bottle of Ardbeg BlaaaK (not including WA tax)They lost out on a sale of SuperNova too, by wanting to charge $100 over retail Not spending my money here, ever again

This is the best liquor selection and service in CHAZ/CHOP. I was helped by the manager Larisa and another employee named Pat during the hectic COVID-19 + CHAZ/CHOP. These 2 really know their alcohol and are very passionate about it and live in the neighborhood. Larisa is able to get rare whiskeys not found at other stores & can get you any liquor you want. This store also has a clearance section. The friendly service is impeccable & they know how to deal with the riff-raff so I can shop comfortably, despite what's going on in the neighborhood.This is the place to go when going to an event at CHAZ/CHOP, which is how I found myself here.

Before the pandemic I used to go into this place every now and again. I went back and holy crap was it different. Staff were not knowledgeable. The prices are insane. Any liquor that has any rarity to it at all has a sky high markup. Many prices were not posted. Saw a bottle of Weller 107 and had to ask the price. MSRP is around $50. They wanted $200 for it. Another bottle of more "normal" scotch that is $100 at retail was $130. This is before Washington State Liquor Tax. There are a few liquor store like this in our area and I will never shop at any of them. They want to treat retail like the secondary market. They do have a lot of bottles, but you have to really want them to take one home.

The older white lady that works here kicked me out cus she thought my drivers license was fake because it looked too dark. I told her I've never had this issue before and that I'm 25 I lost my ID so it was reissued in 2019. She conveniently assumed I got a fake ID during covid to say I was 21 when my birthday said 95 so her math wasn't calculating. I told her Ive never had a fake ID nor do I need one and she continued to raise her tone at me in front of several other people falsely accusing me of carrying a fake. Also why would I use a fake WA ID in Washington? Anyways idk what she has against darker but she was gross for her actions.

Horrible. I wish I could give 0 stars... The older white lady with the super short hair (and nerd glasses) that works at this store is a real piece of work.. She is in obvious need of some professional help. This woman is the definition of a Karen and makes sure her customers know it. To summarize: The people here don't seem to like their jobs and they take it out on the customers. Not to mention the place is overpriced to begin with. Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere, unless you're down to interact with a real Karen in the wild lol

I didn't have any issue with clerks like everyone else is mentioning. Only issue I have is paying $60 for a pint of Don Julio. I'm not an avid drinker and ran in prior to a party for some good tequila and feel I was completely ripped off. The same pint is half the price at Total Wine. I'm just curious how this place even stays open? I remember when this location was actually a state run liquor store. Go to Safeway/The Co-op or even PCC. Don't go into this place!

It's so bad. Prices are absurd, prices are not properly updated, service is is slow, service is rude. I could go on and on. The longtime manager left recently and she was the only decent thing about this place. The owner needs to figure it out or I won't spend another dime here.

The worker was very rude to us when we came In yesterday. Automatically assumed that we didn't know liquor laws and told us to learn the laws after she misheard my friend and got upset at us for no reason. My friend was trying to get all of our ids because that's what the lady asked for and she got very mad at her for no good reason. Totally would not recommend going here because they're just straight up rude and grumpy.

Got racially profiled while we were looking around for some specific recommendations from friends. My friend, who happens to have dreadlocks, was specifically pointed out by one of the employees, who said, "we don't have enough employees to keep track of you loitering around the store," before promptly kicking us out and threatening to call the cops on my friend, making up a story of how she threw a drink at her (which didn't happen as I was there the entire time). I've never had a remotely similar experience in any store/restaurant in my life (as a white passing, half Asian, half white individual), and it was absolutely shocking. Despite my appreciation for a large alcohol selection, I will be making every effort to avoid this establishment in the future.