BevMo!

In late April, I bought a case of wine at BevMo. One of the bottles was corked — the cork had not sealed correctly and the wine tasted and smelled moldy. I returned with the (nearly full) bottle and the cashier agreed that it smelled off and was processing my refund when she noticed the date on the receipt — it was about 6 weeks ago. «Oh, I could never justify this to my manager,» she said. «We have a seven-​day return policy.» On a case of 12 bottles, 7 days would be nearly two bottles a day. I’m a drinker, but not at that pace. Plus we agreed the bottle was corked. But — as is often the case at chains like this, where staff are trusted with basically nothing — she couldn’t do anything. I won’t be shopping at BevMo any more.

As a non-​drinker, being on point for selecting the libations for a work party of 100+ people is a bit daunting. When I entered the store and was greeted with, «Welcome to BevMo, is there anything I can help you find?», my answer was a resounding «YES! Everything.» :)
The associate who helped me was really knowledgeable and patient. She helped me find a variety of beers and wines that would appeal to a wide audience. And the fact that they also carry ice and cups was hugely helpful and really saved me time.
All the feedback I received after our event was positive — my coworkers loved the specific selections and appreciated the variety. So much so that I’ve been nominated as official booze runner!
Guess I’ll be visiting BevMo again soon!

Good selection of wine and spirits. Always greeted warmly when we walk in and the place is always clean.
Downside is wine tasting has changed to Sat. afternoons. Makes sense, but we had been coming in on Friday’s.

Lots of drink options, at good prices!
Be sure to sign up for their rewards program, they have some pretty good deals and some good coupons that you could use for your drink purchases.
The only reason why I like this place is because they have those really hard to find syrups that i’ve been looking all over town for (so I gave them an extra star just for that!).

I was willing to drive to Southcenter, but I’m not willing to hold up the line while I fill out membership card. Why on earth can’t you just have a table with the paperwork. That way I can have it filed out when I get to the front. Thanks for the annoying experience. I was excited.

A cool place to go to if you’re on your way to a party and haven’t picked up something to contribute yet. Lots of snacks that pair well with alcohol, and of course, lots of alcohol. Their selection is pretty vast, but pale in comparison to Total Wine & More.

Visit 1÷6÷15 and ¹¹⁄₁₄
I’ve been here twice now, both times for buying alcohol for a corporate event. (I don’t drink.) Since I’m clueless when it comes to this area, I come in hand with a list of very specific brands and/​or items to purchase.
Both times that I’ve been in, the employees have offered to help me when I first walk in, while perusing and also ask if I got everything I wanted when I checkout. The first time I came, I had a very large order and one of the employees offered to help me out to my car and load everything up which I took him up on. That was a big help.
The store is immaculate with what appears to be a wide variety of beer, wine, and spirits along with soda and mixers. They sell 12 Man Beer, which I purchased the first time and was a big hit for people during football season.
When I came in this week, it was to get everything for margaritas. It was a nice surprise to see they also sold lime juice.
The parking is free.

Wine selection is nothing special – they have what everyone else has, and nothing more. Staff gets overwhelmed when busy, so its best to arrive knowing what you want.
Unlikely to return.

My friend and I decided to pick up a nice bottle of scotch and both have not been to BevMo. I’m not sure how the selections are at other locations, but this one in Tukwila had a huge selection of everything. I’ve had laphroaig islay single malt quarter cask, Glenkinchie 12 year, Macallan scotch 18 year and wanted to try something new. Brad, the associated there helped us out a lot! He asked us a few questions to narrow down our decision and ultimately went with the Laguvulin 16 year and the Oban 14 year. Both of these were very enjoyable and will be back to try others. Five stars for Brad!!!

Came here for the first time looking for beers for my fiancé’s Annual Beer Santa. One thing I like is that they allow children to enter their premises if accompanied by an adult. We have been refused entry at multiple other places because we had a toddler with us.
They have a HUGE variety of wines, liquor, beers/​spirits and non-​alcoholic beverages. The fiancé found a variety ginger beer (non-​alcoholic) for his beer Santa and scored two 12^th man growlers for himself. We will be coming back here for more in the future!

I love how everything you could need to get your bar in order is here in one stop! They have great selection of alcohol not the best I have seen but still great. They have all the bar accessories and mixers. Have growler fills and do wine tasting. And also a good selection on non alcoholic beverages!
One thing that bothers me is the beer selection pretty much stays the same. They don’t get a huge amount of seasonal and new release beers.

I’ve been here so many times in the past month that I am starting to question my potential alcoholism. I keep telling myself, well, we’ve been having guests and bbqs pretty often, so at least I’m not drinking everything alone…
There may be other places that are cheaper, and some that are better, but can’t beat BevMo for the all around selection. There’s a decent wine section, a pretty good beer section, and liquor too. Perfect for mass amounts, in short, where everyone drinks something different.
If you want rarer or more specialized selections, you’re probably better off looking elsewhere. But if you need a bottle of rum for that one guy, some blond beers, a growler of Irish Death or espresso stout or both and a couple bottles of sparkling wine, just to make sure that everyone in your party of 10 gets something they like — this is your spot. And make sure to get the BevMo card for some savings, specially if you’re going to do this a lot…

An alcoholic’s fuzzy medicated dream! Being one that likes to imbibe… (and imbibe quite frequently I might add), Bevmo is a nice treat. I once heard that a «day without wine is a day not worth living.» To that, I say Amen! Nice selection of imported beers and you can even get some charcuterie and cheese to nosh on, in one stop.

I don’t understand the hype. Bevmo is expensive and their selection is average at best. The service wasn’t particularly helpful. This location is small and parking can be tricky if you’re there on the weekend.
Totalwine is just around the corner and has a better selection and better prices.

I didn’t find what I was looking for but they do have quite a selection!
The store is nice and clean. It’s easy to get around in and has quite a selection. Unfortunately they didn’t have the beer I was looking for but they had some similar beers that I decided to try. The beer selection has quite a few different 22 oz beers and six packs. They also have about 7 or so beers on tap for filling up growlers at great prices.
I should note they had a huge selection of wine and spirits too but I didn’t venture into those sections this time.
The customer service was great here. The guy running the cash register was nice, polite and showed genuine interest in my search for a great beer.
I’ll definitely be back and hopefully I’ll remember to bring an empty growler to fill up!

This is a review of the wine section only.
I am astonished how weak the wine selection was. Especially given it takes up a good deal of expensive South Center real estate. For background, I used to shop weekly at Bay Area BevMos, and still do during regular trips to SF. Their store to store selection of wine has always been reasonably balanced with a good range of qualities for a given style, and broad selection of styles as well.
This BevMo did not offer much beyond what I can get at my neighborhood QFC. For example, they had a decent space reserved for German wine. But, there were no Prädikat wines available. No Troken. And I think all were screw tops. Most of the selection were from producers packaging for the western market (low grade entry level wine with USA friendly labels). This is fine, but in between the supermarket stuff and an elite TBA, there should be something more than BevMo had. Good lord, they have enough space for it.
Moving down to France (and skipping Austria as nothing was from there), I found only two Alsace Riesling. I think the only Schlumberger was a Pinot Gris (really missing the boat guys). The «other red» section was huge, but probably 90% of it was blends versus distinct unique grapes grown in North America such as Barbera, Limburger, etc. Italian Piedemonte selection was very light. South America slection was nice, but lots of them had that famously biased Wilfered Wong high rating for varieties almost exclusively retailed by BevMo (fishy).
There is no reason to go here with Total Wines just down the street, from a wine standpoint.
Beer and hard liquor section looked well stocked. Especially beer. That must be their deal.

BevMo took advantage of Washington’s liquor privatization and set up camp on Southcenter Parkway in one of the small older shopping complexes. Parking is plentiful and employees are super pleasant.
The décor is sparse. It feels like a cross between a grocery store and the old state stores. White flooring with white fluorescent lights and very straight forward displays. The liquor selection is impressive — all kinds of brandy, rum, tequila, vodka, scotch, and whiskey. It is one of the more impressive selections I’ve seen in a long time!
I wasn’t as impressed with their wine selection. I enjoy Rieslings and dessert wines and was surprised how both were greatly under represented. I didn’t see a single bottle of auslese or spatlese in their German wine selection or their dessert wine selection and no ice wines or moscatos. I searched every aisle carefully to make sure I wasn’t overlooking anything.
For me I will come here for the liquor and Total Wine for the wine.

Bevmo rocks!!! This is one of two new wine/​spirits stores in the southcenter area that have recently opened. Today I went to both to compare and contrast. I first went to Total Wine their store was huge and glamorous. Very overwhelming. I then went to bevmo which I had shopped at before in Cali. The store was much smaller and not as many customers but get this.
At Total Wine I walked out with 3 bottles if wine and 2 spirits for about $ 120
At Bevmo I walked out with over a case of wines which were all 90 points or higher for under $ 120!!!
I know where I’ll be shopping from now on!!! The club bev is worth signing up for and it’s free!

Even though WA’s liquor taxes SUCK — this place offers a massive collection of anything alcoholic!
Looking for a hard-​to-​find beer? They probably have it. They are still new, so ask or give them some time to stock your favorites!
Minus one star till they post the price of the liquor WITH WA’s ridiculous taxes

The store was nicely laid out and they had plenty of glassware and some food. Unfortunately one of the sales people seemed to follow me everywhere I went; she was very chatty sharing plenty of things about her personal life. Calling it «annoying» would be an understatement.
Their competitor, Total Wine, has better prices, a larger selection, and I don’t feel stalked when I go there.
Needless to say I’m crossing BevMo off my shopping list.