Grand Wine & Liquor

I’ve been going to Grand for a while (sorry, I haven’t written until now!). Great location with a great, well priced selection of booze. I can get some nice «interesting» wines (as my partner says) for a great price, handles of great liquor, and even sake and soju.
There’s a taxi stand out front so parking is a total mess — although we usually manage to find a spot a block or so away.
Tip: There is a frequent boozer club, sort of. If you buy big, you will get the blue bag (you can also buy it). It gives you a discount on future purchases when you bring it along. Yasssss!

I’ve never sought out or really cared for anything when looking for a liquor store besides convenient location and hours. My mother mentioned how much she loved Grand and I decided to stop by since I needed to buy multiple bottles of wine for my daughters teachers (they deal with 26 3 year olds? They need it!).
With my little girl in tow we grabbed a cart (the liquor store is big enough to accommodate carts! This already is a plus!) I start seeing brands of wine that I would normally pay about 10 bucks for in my local liquor shop for under $ 7! Not only were the prices great but the selection was huge. Everyone was friendly. We were greeted by two employees offering help and the cashier was a pleasure. You rarely get customer service like that in this town! Keep doing what your doing Grand.
I hear they also have free delivery!

A great selection and very friendly and professional management and staff. They helped cater a big professional brunch event at a local venue. Everything we needed for a classy Belini/​Mimosa station was packed and ready to go. Can’t thank these guys enough for being so meticulous in helping me with preparations.

This is my first visit here after all the time I had been living in Astoria.
They have a wide selection of liquor and seem to be having various things on sale. The store is pretty big on selections too.
I was looking at dessert wine (because they had a wonderful 20% off!) and I really needed assistance. This was a gift for my boyfriend’s mother so I needed an expert! Charlie guided me towards the petit guiraud sauternes. What a great choice, my boyfriend’s mother was surely impressed.
Charlie even gift wrapped it for me (:0
Great service, honest staff, decently priced products.

I live on Bayside, so every once in a while I tend to trek to this wine store for several reasons:
Excellent wine selection for eastern eauropean wines, cheap prices, a solid selection of hard liquor, the staff is knowledgeable, although finding parking to haul my wine home is always a challenge. The greek sectioin of wines is great, sometime you find varietals that are not common in other stores so best be prepared to do your research and ask questions, I like to ask for people that specifically can answer questions about varietal more than to recommend a label. Of course this could sometimes be cumbersome when trying new wines and or vintages that one may not be familiar with. If you dont see something on the shelf, they sometimes can order it, so thats a plus. I wish it was closer to where I live. I believe the store got a make over sometime last year? but they look great now, is kind of like the 2. o version… new and improved Grand Liquors.
When I saw the new store, I got scared as I thought it was a completely different business.

Local liquor/​wine store. Bigger than a shop and easy to get to. Frequent wine/​alcohol tastings which is cool. Prices are reasonable and great big selection of wines, broken down by region. I always buy and try something new. Last new wine– red– by Train, named drops of Jupiter, light full body red, pairs well with a saucy red dish, lasagna maybe. Tonight I’m trying «19 crimes», red, SE Australia. The label on this one looks comical/​cheesy but the taste isn’t. Another light red, easy on the palate, good for spring, I’m thinking BBQ chicken and salad. Reminds me of a Pinot noir. I’m sold! I like it. Great suggestion and great selections. Now bring back the rewards card!

It’s the biggest around which is great, but seems to be going down hill in terms of supply and customer service. On a recent Friday night they were out of stock on the only two items I was looking for of any size and there were no employees available to ask for assistance. I went back last Saturday and there was only one register open with a very long line, no employees available for assistance in the store. Used to be filled with staffers during peak times.

I agree with Dave. Not only have the prices gone up and the service suffered (at least 2 or 3 young girls would work the registers at the after-​work rush before, while only one SLOOOOOOOW girl works it now), but I think the selection has deteriorated as well. It seems as though they’ve gotten rid of a lot of the middle range wines and have added more crappy stuff — like the full shelf of yellowtail et al swill wines — and a lot more high end stuff. While it’s convenient to the train, that’s really its only selling point for me now, and since noticing a new wine shop opened right near the hospital on Crescent, I think I’ll be going there or to the small place further up 30^th ave.

Grand Wine and Liquor always has what I’m looking for. They’ve also been more than willing to order /​take suggestions for any additional wines or liquor I may want. The staff is always very knowledgable and they have a HUGE selection. They’re probably the biggest I’d say in Astoria. I’m a huge Australian and New Zealand wine guy, so GWL is definitely the place to visit if you’re like me! They’re even open late for those last minute party /​house warming gifts.
Overall, I’ve been going here for almost two years now and I highly recommend them for their selection and competitive prices. Don’t forget to flash your Metro Card as well, and automatically receive 10% off your purchase! No minimum spend required either. This place rocks!

I was looking to get a variety of wine bottles as a gift and desperately needed some help. One of the guys at the store was so helpful. We literally took a cart, walked down each aisle together and he helped me together a very nice assortment of different wines.
Recently, needing to order liquor for our company Christmas party, they were the only ones that would accept payment for our purchase ahead of time and get it ready for us.
Overall, my first choice for our liquor needs.

This would have been a 4-​star in the past, but in recent months I’ve grown increasingly frustrated. Finally, I’ve had enough and do not plan to buy from here again. The problem? This stuff costs too darn much.
I became worried after I noticed a bunch of changes a few months ago. Like a bunch of completely different people working there (the «cute girls» mentioned by other reviewers are gone), inventory changes… When I asked, I was told that the place is under new management.
The next thing I noticed was that the price on my favorite item was jacked up, by $ 2 a bottle, from $ 13 to $ 15-​something. Then I noticed a little sign tucked away in the corner that if you show your Metro card, you get a 10% discount. The staff didn’t bother telling regular customers about this, though. If you missed the sign, you missed out on the deal. It’s not even a loyalty card, but just your Metro card, so it doesn’t really make business sense to me, but whatever. It *almost* brought the price down to what it used to be.
But when I went back recently and took out my Metro card, I was told, «Sorry, we’re not doing that anymore.»
So I said thanks but no thanks. I can walk three blocks away to a lovely store on 30^th Avenue and get cheaper stuff and a warm smile from the cashier.
If you enjoy paying 15−18% more for alcohol, definitely give Grand Wine & Liquor a try. It’s certainly huge and has a wide selection. However, if you don’t want to leave feeling like you got gouged, walk down the street. There are cheaper options.

I will confess. I am a wino on occasion. Walking into this wine and liquor store set my heart beating 50miles a minute. This is a no ritz looking wine (heavier handed in a wine selection) and liquor but the selection is impressive.
I have been here several times and the staff is always super friendly. They always have promotions going on. Like this month has a «show your metro card for 10% off» sale.

Friendly service, knowledgeable staff, and great selection! Also conveniently located at the bottom of the 30^th Ave subway stop.

Favorite liquor store in Astoria. Huge selection, prices are pretty much as good as you’ll get, and staff is helpful.

Grand WIne & Liquor is a pretty large store. I’ve never walked side-​by-​side with someone in any of the aisles because they’re a tiny bit narrow (to make room for ALL the WINE/​LIQUOR/​SHOESHINE/​ETC). I’ve been here on weekend nights where the store is bustling and they offer samples of some of their offerings. They always hit it out of the ballpark with these samples and I usually end up buying whatever it is I taste.
I’ve always found what I needed here, and the staff is always friendly. I can’t imagine buying my stuff anywhere else.

Maybe I’m missing something, but this place is lacking for me. Sure, it’s convenient, but I just can’t seem to navigate their wine stock. The staff is nice enough, but I haven’t found them to be particularly helpful with recommendations.
Well-​priced Jameson, however.

What strikes me about this place is how unassuming it is from the outside, then how huge it is once you walk in.
Seriously, HUGE! With a great selection of wine and liquor. They also have competitive pricing to rival and beat any other business in the area. Nay, in any of the borough’s of NYC.
I love the simplicity of local wine shops when I need to pick-​up a bottle for dinner, or do an extensive tasting. But for the right choice, when hosting many friends, buy in bulk here.

Really great selection of wines here. They’re all in order of location, color, year and they’re presented with a clearly marked price and usually have fliers with their «grades», any awards they’ve won — what notes the wine is made up of, any special brewing techniques, if they’re from oak barrels or manufactured another way, and helpful tips to help people select the best wine for their occasion (not that I personally need an occasion to enjoy wine… just sayin’), palette and price point.
People that work here genuinely care that you pick a wine that you actually like and will recommend wines for YOU and your taste — not to make a quick buck. For example, I was tempted to buy a $ 25 dollar Tempranillo when one of their employees suggested I’d be fine with a particular $ 16 dollar bottle and it was actually really good for a simple movie/​cuddle night.
They also have more stuff other than wine, but I’ll be sure to be back when I need to get my rum, vodka or tequila fix ;-).

I came in for vodka and they had Absolut on sale. Deal! Cost me just shy of $ 30 including taxes for a 1L bottle.
They had a decent selection of pretty much everything and I will definitely be back (what a convenient location!).

The first word to come to mind when you walk in here is «whoa…»
This place is certainly grand (heh). To say that their wine selection is quite large doesn’t quite do them justice. This is one of the biggest wine selections I’ve ever seen short of the wine warehouse in Manhattan off the 8^th St-​NYU stop on the N/​R line (you know the one, or you should).
Their spirits selection is notably smaller, but they do have some of the classics that you should be able to get by on. I settled for a bottle of Skyy vodka and also managed to snag my favorite bottle of prosecco for under $ 30. That’s not bad. Grey Goose will still run you $ 35, but that’s fairly standard for the Goose.
I may not come here if I’m specifically looking for vodka or anything non-​wine related; however, if I’m in the mood to try a new type of wine, this will probably be my first stop! The prices are decent and the selection is unbeatable!
Staff were really nice too and looked up a specific type of Riesling I was looking for (which they didn’t have unfortunately). They were quick and able to tell me almost immediately that they didn’t have it. Guess what place did have it though? The dinky little liquor store right next to my place… go figure.