BevMo!

+ staff is helpful and friendly
+ good selection
+ good prices
+ large parking lot area
+ store has a good layout, aisles are not cramped
— neighborhood isn’t the greatest

I prefer the BevMo on Geary. Selection of alcohol and prices are great. The staff… you have a 96% chance of getting someone who is cranky and irritated to help. The other 4% is lovely to work with if you happen to find them…
We ordered $ 1,200+ for our wedding party and had some returns. When we purchased the manager seemed bothered to have to check us out. She delegated the work to someone else and had to give him directions while we just stood there and waited.
The manager (Paul) literally walked away and ignored me and then actively rolled his eyes at me when he saw that we had returns. He slammed his binder down and was visibly irritated.
Next time we will brave the traffic and go to the Geary location where the staff is a lot nicer. We chose not to purchase more champagne from this location due to the lack of customer service.

An alcoholic’s dream.
Clean, organized, well-​stocked, good selection, pleasant staff.

Pretty solid craft beer selection and parking isn’t too bad. I generally get good customer service here. Solid BevMo, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to come to this one.

I came here for one reason and one reason only. While we were in SF and took the Anchor Brewing tour, I discovered that Anchor has a distillery and produces vodka infused with hops named HopHead. As no booze is sold at Anchor, our tour guide gave us info to look for a local Whole Foods or BevMo as he was sure they distribute to those two stores. Whole Foods was no luck as they carry no liquor except for beer and wine, so we headed down to Bayshore.
Access to this store is easy off the freeway and there is plenty of parking available. The look and feel of the store itself is a little outdated and too warehouse-​like, not like the newer and nicer BevMo stores. However, the size is at least twice of those and so is the selection. While I always have a big gripe with hoppy beers kept out of coolers, at least this BevMo had a good selection. But that is not what I came here for. It was the HopHead vodka. And there it was sitting behind the lock…3 bottles, just like the inventory on their website said. And after our visit there was only 1 left… so maybe you’re still in luck.
This store is not the greatest booze store ever but accurate online inventory and product selection warrants a positive review. The staff is not too helpful but I learned not to hold any expectations for BevMo workers. But the HopHead was all we Hopped it would be so 4 stars come your way.

Need to get your drink on? Need cold cuts and snacks for the party? Screw Safeway because this is the way to go… And a parking lot to boot. I’ve been coming here for years and they have never let me down… you go Bev-​Mo!

Not as long ago as I would like to admit, when I was an indiscriminate booze fiend, I could easily & openly declare that I loved BevMo! But over time (at least a few years), certain tastes of mine have refined & I no longer see BevMo as the Willy Wonka of liquor stores.
But I’m still a big fan. That’s because some of BevMo’s shortcomings are actually beneficial. Especially with beer. Most BevMo staff I’ve come across don’t know a whole lot about craft beers. In a way, though, I think that helps BevMo fly under the radar during limited beer releases.
Case in point: Stone Enjoy By 05.16.14. For this batch of Stone’s limited release DIPA, SF was the only city in all of NorCal to get it. Oh sure, all of the City’s hallowed & respected beer establishments also received shipments. But I’m certain the City’s beer geeks flocked to those places & those shipments were gone quickly.
& then there’s this BevMo out in Bayview-​Hunters Point. They had cases of the stuff just sitting out. People were walking right by it as if they didn’t know what it was. Because they didn’t know what it was. All the beer geeks who would know were looking elsewhere. In SF, this BevMo is like the secret weapon.
So, yeah, I still do love BevMo. They often don’t know the fantastic craft beers that they carry. They don’t refrigerate much of the fantastic craft beers that they have, while giving up much too much cooler space to macro garbage beers. But, at least, I can still find the hard-​to-​find stuff here.
*note: SF beer geeks, ignore this review & keep looking for beer at the places you usually do.

The service at Bevmo is extremely good. Always there to help you. They are on their game. Helpful advice about wines, champagnes, and great sales. Amazing supply of about everything to stock a bar or wine for a super epicurean meal. The best resource for all occasions.

poor service.
no customer service skills from the short little umpalumpa red head by the name of angie. oh yeah learn how to speak English too
wont be coming here again.

Decent selection here. Pretty big, I think they mostly do corporate accounts.
They do $ 2 WINE/​BEER tasting every Saturday from 2 – 5!!! $ 2 gets you 5 – 7 wines, 7 – 9 beers, and free meat, cheese, and crackers.
It is Bayview/​HP/​The Hill (aka hood) so stash everything in your trunk when you go in (the signs say the same). Also, they have armed guards so feel free to ask for an escort to your car. They have 1 – 2 armed security guards working at a time and they are super nice people.
An easily car accessible BevMo.

If you see Angie working at the check out counter, please stay away from her. She will treat you like a beggar, Not a Customer!
So stay away!

this BevMO feels huge, feels more like a warehouse than other locales, one long central building instead of bunch of rooms patched together, .
not much bargains (football season?)
brew: «shipyard monkey fist ipa» 3.99
notes:
–parking not so convenient here, all alongside side of building.
–promos no longer listed on large signs
just a small emblem on main price tag.
–just ok. friendly service.

Girl with the fake ass lashes was all attitude. She needs to get her self checked before I go to her manager next time. Otherwise, great selection of alcohol. (:

It felt like the mothership calling me home.
Aisles and aisles of alcohol at great prices, more aisles of mixers, punctuated by every possible drinking accessory known to man. When I first walked into this place, I felt the same way I felt when I walked into my very first Toys R Us as a child.
Seriously. I may have a problem.
It’s a little difficult to get to if you don’t have a car. Otherwise, the place has easy parking. This is the best place to go if you need to stock up your bar or buy supplies for a party. Cheers!

Excellent prices depending on what you get, and a amazing selection of wine & spirits. The staff was really trendily and helpful, even the security guard was showing me where stuff was.

Thieves in the parking lot, do not leave valuables!
I stopped by Bevmo today and within 10 minutes my car was broken into and my laptop was stolen. What can you expect for Bayshore blvd?
The fishy thing is that when the police officer came to take the report, the bevmo security guard stated that there was a mysterious «glitch» on the parking lot surveillance camera at the exact moment my car was broken into.
I’m not going to necessarily say there is collusion, but seriously do not leave your valuables in your car like ever.
Oh and there is a car glass repair shop next door.
Super fishy.
Will never return.

Im not a big wine fan but I am a chocolate whore:)
I couldnt pass on chocolate liquere wine from the Chocolate Shoppe:)
A smooth, chocolaty taste that will get you buzzing after you finish the bottle by yourself :)

This review is for the cutest old lady in the world:)! I came here to buy some drinks for the night and was craving some bomb ass beer. I walk in and went straight for the cold beer. Was trying to make up my mind for a good 15 minutes till I was set on the Coconut Porter (10.49 for a 4-​pack. Ouch!) and some Stone IPA:)
Walked up to the cash register to continue my purchase and was greeted by the nicest lady (Sorry! Didn’t get your name) who quickly started ringing me up. She saw my selection of beer and was all excited for me to be drunk later. Lol. She started telling me about her young days and how trashed she would get. Lol. I thought it was the cutest thing in the world. I’d party with her. I’d probably go back to this particular BevMo for that reason just to say Hi:)
The store itself was pretty small compared to the ones I go to here on my side of town but they did have lots of varieties.

I think it is safe to assume that management salaries are not in any way shape or form linked to store profits. Go there sometime around 7PM and you’ll get to watch them turn people away yelling «We’re closed!» thru the glass doors at perplexed and annoyed almost-​customers. People beg to get in, but to no avail — they clearly can not let new customers in when they already have their hands full kicking out all of the considering-​not-​being-​customers that somehow managed to sneak in before 7PM. Giving it 2 stars until they change their closing hours, even the BevMo website thinks they close at 9PM, but they don’t.

BevMo — short for Beverages and More — is a west-​coast chain which sells alcohol, smoking products, and party supplies like drinking glasses, food trays, and cheese.
The Bayshore location is fancy compared to other liquor stores I’ve been to: it’s well-​stocked, well-​lit, and CLEAN. It wasn’t crowded that day (Saturday afternoon) so there was plenty of parking.
I had a hankering for Soho Lychee liquor (as of right now, it’s impossible to get in Pennsylvania) so friends and I went off on a semi-​wild goose chase, calling many stores until we hit BevMo Bayshore. The first few locations had either one or zero bottles left, but Bayshore had three. (For the curious, we bought their three remaining bottles.) My friend also scored us a discount with his BevMo membership card. (Note to self: get one of those next time I’m in the area.)
Looking for alcohol that’s not terribly obscure? BevMo probably has it.