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December 2023 by Y L
Owner is close minded and rude. Selection is inferior and basic, poorly curated as it looks like it would be. All the booze is baking in the sun… Overpriced for what it is, marked up 30% from regular retail. Skip it. BevMo is close by.
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November 2023 by John fuqua
I moved to SF 10 years ago, and this place always caught my eye when I would occasionally drive by on Pine or Polk Street. I never stopped in because I lived in the sunset. I moved to Pac Heights about a year ago and started frequenting this store, and I seriously regret not seeking this place sooner. The whiskey collection is second to none, and the owner has a wide variety of other spirits and wines. He is extremely knowledgeable (especially on the whiskey) and sells well below what you will find in other stores. I've had nothing but great experiences here, and the customer service is excellent. I would give 6 stars if I could.
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November 2023 by Leang L.
This review is several months late. Hands down the best liquor store ! The owner is very knowledgeable about all things alcohol. Talk story with him and buy several bottles you might be in for a treat. Great prices and even better customer service.
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November 2023 by Thea Weiland
Amazing sign that makes you want to go in there straight away. Inside it is a normal liquor store.
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June 2023 by Samuel B.
Great selection of high quality Liquors wines and beers. Very knowledgeable owner and sales staff and very friendly.
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June 2023 by yo ssi
Rude owner. The guy needs anger management therapy. He has always been impatient and rude, but after my last experience with him I am done. Jug Shop maybe a few blocks down the street but the guys there are wonderful.
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June 2023 by Ivan Ivanov
Their name is royal but their behavior is slavery. They charged me 50 cents for two paper bags for cans ? what a trash place
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February 2023 by N M.
Most convenient and opened the latest liquor store in SF. It is around the TL area but that doesn't affect anything. The only con is that they don't have a huge selection of hard liquor. Friendly service
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October 2022 by Zoe S.
Attention to all, I would NOT use your card here, cash only and here's why. VERY WEIRD BEHAVIOR. So I decided to use my card to purchase a bottle. I swipe my card and shortly after I type in my pin, I was surprised by the cashier promptly hitting a button on his end. As he does this he proceeds to tell me my card got denied. Meanwhile, there's no receipt, no transaction cancellation sign, nothing. Keep in mind, as this is happening, he's writing something down very discreetly on a brown paper bag. On top of this, as soon as I made eye contact with him, he urgently tried to hide the bag under the counter as if I caught him doing something wrong. He then repeated there's an issue with the card reader and told me to run my card again...as I imagine he will do this every time. I used cash and changed my pin after leaving. This is too risky of a situation. If there's money in your account, the card reader should work. Tell me sir, what did you write down on that paper bag? While you were hunched over, head low, using your arm to cover yourself? To me, it looks like you wrote down my pin while you stored my card information on your machine, potentially rerouting it to some another country, and being untraceable from there. I'm merely stating my encounter with this business. But those are the facts. Maybe don't hide a brown paper bag full of chicken scratch notes under the counter while you twiddle with a razor blade eyeing me down while type in my pin. I think we could ALL learn a thing or two from this story.
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October 2022 by Jake W.
Royal liquors is the best liquor store in San Francisco. Sammy is knowledgeable and passionate about his business and what they sell, and is constantly getting in a wide variety of amazing product. I'm a bourbon drinker and he's always selling harder to find bottles at a way more reasonable price (often times MSRP) than other stores that mark it up astronomically. Always a really solid selection and you can rely on Sam and the staff to provide great recommendations. This is the kind of small business that makes San Francisco great, and the kind we should be supporting to keep it great.
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October 2022 by K B.
The store was messy when we entered. Less than 15 seconds after entering, the worker yelled at my teen son for standing too close to a stack of boxes in the middle of the floor. He rudely pointed at him, told him he was not allowed to touch anything at all, and then scoffed at me and rolled his eyes in disgust. Before ringing my husband up, the man leaned over the counter to inspect my son, up and down, presuming he was stealing something with me standing right by. My husband missed all the exchange, but this guy was a total j*** and picked who he was nice to (a man) and who he was rude to (a woman and son). Walk a block and choose a more pleasant business to support.
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August 2022 by Skyler Gauuan
DISCRIMINATORY!! Don’t go here if you’re a girl or look young. The owner stereotyped me as soon as I walked in and refused to sell to me because he said I was going to “give it to minors.” I had a valid ID saying I was over 21 yet he was very rude, hostile, and tried to power play me until I left. I’m sure you love to feel like a big man denying young women but really you’re just out $50 I was willing to spend
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May 2022 by Arun M.
Great owner. Was In town for work from chicago and wanted to see what bourbons he had in store since it's becoming harder to find certain bourbons in the Midwest. His knowledge of bourbon is great. Spent 20+ minutes talking to him about the brown nectar. Very down to earth guy and all around nice guy.
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December 2021 by Scott Bodner
Sammy is the best, the first time I went in, we chatted about whiskey for a bit and he reccomended which beers to buy. Came in the next day and a couple hours went by without noticing. Great store, great person. He also makes dynamite barrel picks.
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December 2021 by Veronica Escobedo
friendly, great selection.
