Bud’s Liquors & Wine

I have to give this place a 5 based on price alone. KEEP READING though.
Their prices are unparalleled for anywhere in a 30 – 45 minute drive. It’s almost unbelievable, especially since they are in the middle of green hills.
My «go to midshelf» items (fireball, whisper creek, various vodkas, CM, etc… and a plethora of various wines) are 30% cheaper than anywhere I’ve ever seen.
However, their selection is relatively limited quite a bit… but again, the prices make up for it… also, the staff doesn’t always seem very happy but they are never mean; maybe slightly annoyed…
All of this is to say, if you want amazing prices on mid/​low-​shelf; this is your place to go.

How can you write a bad review of a liquor store I ask you. Nice selection of pretty much anything you could want. The only negative I have to speak of is that the staff wasn’t very friendly to me. Which is odd because I am a very friendly person. Maybe I was sending out a bad vibe. But how can you do that at a liquor store?!?

One star because they have alcohol. They were rude and rushed my friends and I out of the store.

I called around to every liquor store in Nashville to get a bottle of blanton’s bourbon as a gift to my best friend who just had his first child. I live in California and had a very difficult time trying to purchase a bottle over the phone for my friend to pick up, until I called bud’s liquor store. They not only had it in stock (everywhere else was sold out), but they helped me make the purchase and even wrapped the bottle for me!!! I was certainly grateful for the customer service I received and won’t soon forget it. Next time I’m in Nashville I’m gonna stop by, purchase a bottle and give my thanks in person! These guys are awesome!

Starting out, Bud’s is already at 3 stars, based on the key word that a few others have already brought up: Convenience! Thanks to our not so wonderful and hard to make sense of liquor laws here in the state of Tennessee, soccer moms like myself can’t be trusted to purchase wine in grocery stores (like the Kroger right next door to Bud’s or Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods a few paces away). I guess the powers that be think that we ladies will become winos given the opportunity to purchase wine in the same place we purchase our meat and bread. So they force us to load up the kids in our SUVs, drive a few feet and buy our wine in a package store. A perfectly wholseome family outing if you ask me. Let’s just hope that stopping for wine at a liquor store doesn’t become my gateway to the hard stuff. I can see it happening: came in for some Chardonnay, bumped into Jose Cuervo and Gentleman Jack and ended up face down in the gutter wondering where my clothes fell off!
Sadly, I gave up attempting to understand a long time ago, now I just want my wine and Bud’s is the most convenient place for me. Their store is laid out nicely, their selection and prices are fine, and the guys working there are polite and friendly. When we moved a few months ago, they also let me help myself to several empty boxes. If you consider yoursel a wine connoisseur, some other speciality shops are more fitting for you, but for the rest of us in Green Hills, Bud’s is a good 4-​star choice for wine

As some other reviewers have mentioned, convenience is key and usually the reason I go to Bud’s to grab a bottle of something good.
I had a bad experience a couple years back picking out a bottle of wine here. I was going to stay with some friends from wine country and asked for something tasty and local and was sure to mention the bottle was for friends who know good wine. Instead of getting Arrington or something decent, the guy suggested this horridly disgusting blackberry wine that tasted like syrup! And when I was mulling over a different bottle he acted quite snobby, so I thought at least was an intermediate wine drinker (cause they can be a bit snobby!). I was mortified and didn’t come back here for a long time.
But I’ll cut them some slack, not sure the guy still works there and when I stop in I get a bottle I know is good and don’t ask for recommendations. I will reserve those trips for Mr. Whiskers!
They have a decent selection and it’s on my way home from the gym, so I love them for that!

Walked in the store in a relatively pleasant mood looking for a bottle of Camarena Tequila and a couple of bottles of wine. As I was examining the wall, a gentleman in his fifties who worked there approached and asked if we were needing help. I said yes and politely asked if he had any Camarena Tequila. He paused, pointed to a wall, threw his hands out expansively and stated «what we have is all riggghtt there». Then, the man simply walked off. (And yes he did work there because I observed him going into a stock room). Obviously, he really didn’t want to assist in the sale or even try to help. Terrible service. My wife and I didn’t bother looking for the wine. We walked out and spent our money at a different store. Lesson for Bud’s: try just a little harder to help (especially if you offer it) and for God’s sake be genuine about it. Snoot bags.

Bud’s gets a lot of my business because it is the closest liquor store to my apartment. There is NOTHING WRONG with a liquor store a block away from your front door.
They have a decent selection of liquor in large and small sized bottles. Wines are arranged by type. Champagne is separate. And there’s a cooler in the back to get pre-​cooled white or champagne. What I don’t like is the ridiculous liquor laws in TN that do not allow regular beer to be sold at the same place or packs of smokes. WTF Tennessee — get out of the 1800s already. In TX I could buy wine at the gas station for God’s sake. I digress.
The greatest thing about this place is the people are actually very happy to work here — they will carry your purchases to the car, they will help you pick out some expensive champagne, they will call you «urban explorer» when you walk over with a backpack to carry your purchases instead of calling you a «hobo» (thanks), and sometimes they will even card me so I feel like a young lady not quite old enough to drink yet. Thank God I am though and thank God Bud’s is nearby!

You can find cheaper prices on liquor in other parts of town, but if you’re in Green Hills for a party Bud’s is your best bet. Reasonable prices and the staff usually has a joke for you or will ask where the party is and if he’s invited (that did happen once).

They sell booze, reasonable prices. Staff helped me locate a wine from a vineyard that I used to love but had changed their brand. It’s a little bit small, but packed with almost every booze I could want. Not much room for improvement.
It also used to be a great supply location for cardboard boxes suitable for moving books… or booze.

Again location, location, location. After a pseudo hard work out at the YMCA, there is nothing that appeals to me more than a bottle of wine and TV, and Bud’s like a beacon of light always seems to pull me in. For a small shop, Bud’s has a great selection of liquors, and a good but wine section. The staff is always friendly, and I seem to be in and out of Bud’s in 5 minutes flat. So if you are looking for grab and go on your way home, Bud’s is a good stop.

This is a great little wine and liquor store in a convenient spot. I mean, until Tennessee repeals its antiquated liquor laws and we can buy wine in the grocery store, at least you can walk to this place after you do your shopping at the Green Hills Kroger right around the corner.
The staff here is super helpful. It seems like there are always lots of sales clerks running around and manning the counters. I’ve never had to wait long to check out, and there’s someone on the floor to point me to where the rieslings are. They have some great deals on wines (I’m usually looking for bottles around $ 10). The liquor selection is fine as well. As Katherine and Robin said, this may not be the place to find something exotic, but it’s a solid liquor store. I never come out empty handed, let’s just put it that way.

This is a good liquor store, with basic staples and a good wine selection. If you’re looking for a rare or hard to find liquor, this probably isn’t your best bet. But for your run of the mill liquor, stop and and they’ll have what cha need. One of the guys there actually recommended a sauvignon blanc that I like so much I’ve been back several times for more!
The do have a few specialty items such as sake, high end vodkas, and fun mixers. So get the party started and go to Bud’s!

If I’m in the Green Hills area and need to buy liquor, I head over to Bud’s. They have a huge selection of liquor of all kinds – wine too, but for that I would go next door to the Green Hills Wine Shoppe (see my review on that store).
Prices are decent – comparable to other stores in the area, but the service here is great. You can always find someone very knowledgeable to help you find anything you need.