University Wine & Liquor

This is rhe worst liquor store i have ever been too. Lying, decieving horrible employees.

DO NOT SUPPORT THIS ESTABLISHMENT! If i could give a –1 i would! Worse service in the world!!! My girlfriend and I were standing in line to pay and i gave her my money and walked to the car. When she went to pay they started saying rude comment such as «you pay everything for you boyfriend all the time?» …“on your own birthday you’re paying for yourself?”. «He was like let me just walk out before i have to pay anything»
1. I paid for the entire bottle. 2. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS! Not very professional guys!

AWFUL SERVICE. My boyfriend and I went to pick up some liquor. Upon checkout, my boyfriend showed his temporary driver’s license with a photo military ID but apparently they were not good enough for the guy behind the counter. He refused to accept the federal government issued military ID and asked for a state issued ID which was taken away by the DMV when my boyfriend went renew his ID. Then he went, «Tonight is not your night bro.»
Seriously, this is how you treated a veteran after showing you a military ID? Will not go to this place ever again. There are tons of other liquor stores in the area with much much better service/​attitude.

I had been going here regularly for a few months because I like their selection of vodka and rum, plus it is fairly cheap. Recently, as I was at the register, I was asked to provide another document which had my birth date on it, after being ID’d. Now, I don’t think I’m the only person in the world who does not carry their birth certificate in their wallet (this would be the only other official form of ID with my birthday) and so hippie dude with the long hair refused to sell to me. He is the only employee who has given me a problem, everyone else is wonderful but unfortunately he spoiled it and this business no longer deserves my patronage.
On another occasion, I got to the store a few minutes before closing and hippie dude would not let me in, even though I told him I knew exactly what I wanted and would be out of the store in 30 seconds (while there were STILL customers shopping around inside).
Okay buddy, sorry your life sucks and that woodstock was over 40 years ago.
I will no longer be giving my patronage to them and I recommend you do the same.

They have a good selection of liquors and wines. They don’t have much in the range of higher quality wines but I’m guessing this has to do with the fact that their name is «University» Wine & Liquor and they’re catering to the college crowd. I got a nice bottle of rum for my uncle and he seemed pleased with it. A decent place to stop if you want something not too expensive.

Nice selection conveniently located with fair prices and some knowledgable staff. Not worth driving further for me. Their scotch and bourbon selection is especially well curated and there are some rather fine wines to be had, though obviously not the selection of a warehouse its enough to be frequently impressed and generally satisfied. Gin selection is less adventurous but they have the top shelf, Seagrams and New Amsterdam so worth the trip. I’m there at least once a week.
Oh, and they carry the Albany Distilling products cheaper than the distillers sell it.

Been here a lot. I enjoy wine and they have always been helpful. Never steered me wrong. I see some people say that there is an attitude, maybe from college kids continually trying to buy liquor?

Walking in, I expected the kind of place college kids with fake ID like to hit up for their bi-​weekly booze fix.
I was pleasantly surprised. Staff were knowledgeable and courteous, one even helped me sort through wines appropriate to match with a steak dinner I was attending (recommending both inexpensive and expensive options, so it wasn’t like he was trying to up-​sell me). No problems with service, decent selection, clean facility. Also, decent selection of local wines from the Finger Lakes and Hudson Valley. Overall, pleased and impressed.

I’m not a big drinker so I don’t go to many liquor/​wine stores. I did stop in to pick up some Prosecco (as requested by my inlaws) for a dinner party. I partly decided to try them based on their proximity and I had the coupons ($ 1.5 off $ 10) that they publish in many places — seems to be a longterm promotion for them.
I did not ask for any assistance (I never really beleive what they tell me anyway) so I can’t judge their helpfulness but they seemed pleasent enough. The store is small so there is some limited stock and the prices I saw and compared seemed competitive.
I was glad to see how the handled the coupons. Upon checkout (2 bottles @$ 9.99 each) I mentioned that I had the coupons and started to reach into my pocket for them. The guy behind the counter said «That’s OK — I got you covered.» and applied the discount. The cool part was he applied the coupons X2 when he could have said that $ 9.99 is less than $ 10 so only one applies and/​or stuck to a strict ‘one per transaction’ rule. This may be a YMMV but there it is. Works for me.

I can only speak for the wine selection (not a huge liquor drinker), but I like this place just fine.
Decent selection, and when I’m indecisive I can ask for suggestions. I usually get a nice long string of things try (in a reasonable price range too!) to and still have trouble deciding, heh. Still, a nice place to stop when I’m out in that area picking up bagels from UG and have a sudden urge to buy a nice, dry red.

This place boasts a decent selection and decent prices, but whenever I’ve gone in the staff has been either totally apathetic or even slightly surly.

Creepy.
I like to be a very educated and informed shopper. So, I was in there browsing, and saw a few vodka brands that I had never seen before. They were a good price, so I figured I’d go home and do some research online to see if they were any good or not.
Knowing that I wouldn’t remember the names of the brands, I discretely took a couple of pictures with my cell phone.
The clerk did not like this one little bit.
He got verbally hostile, and essentially accused me of spying on his prices for his competitors.
After I assured him that was not the case, he pretty much vanished.
There was something that I wanted to buy, but instead of tracking him down, I left empty handed.
Spying on his prices? Seriously?
I am no expert, but that sounds paranoid to me.