Terrible experiences here every single time I go. They at least carry a decent wine selection and a good selection of beers but their management team is terrible and their customer service skills are awful. I will say, I have had some employees here help me with some wine suggestions and they have been very friendly and helpful.
Multiple times I have been in and have been accused that I was using a fake id or would be paying the parent I went in with for alcohol once I left the store and that they assumed I would be buying illegally despite my being 24 years old. Tonight was an exceptionally terrible visit, and will be my last. I care for a minor that came with me into the store while I grabbed one item, and went to purchase and the employee who identified himself as the manager began to give me issues I said he couldn't ask my minor child for id (not to mention she is a child, and not many children carry photo id's, her included). He proceeded (as I was pulling out my id) to tell me he was refusing my sale so we left. Came back in with my parent who he proceeded to instantly tell I "gave lip and attitude to" which is completely untrue and also highly unprofessional. He proceeded to tell my father and I repeatedly that he was not "stopping to our level" and refused to listen and answer our questions about their policy about id'ing minors and why he did not id the other minors with parents in the store and told us "I made the assumption the teens were all going to consume the alcohol." Very upsetting and absolutely unacceptable how I was treated considering he acted on an assumption and then proceeded to lie about what happened. I did not make a scene and simply left when he refused the sale as there was no point to argue with someone who clearly was not intelligent enough to even be capable of thinking and acting according to policy (because I am pretty sure the company policy does not state it is ok to make assumptions and id based on profiling). The asm then decided to chime in when he never was involved to begi with and proceed to agree with the other employee's assumptions i was a) purchasing for a minor an b) i was under 21, when i had a valid id. All in all, I will never be returning to there ever again. This has happened several times when I have tried purchasing when a parent was present and I was simply shopping with them and have never touched the alcohol. Pretty sure their bogus policy of "California law staying if you touch alcohol you need to be 21, is not true as the two employees refused to furnish a policy of their rules and said they "don't have it, everyone just knows it, it is California law."
All in all, never shopping at this location ever again. I do not appreciate being treated like some teen who is out to just get into trouble, being told I have attitude when I acted professional and simply left when they said they refused my sale, and was told in a very rude manner on the way out, to just "go to the liquor store around the corner." I have worked retail for over five years and have a degree and know this is absolutely unacceptable in other workplaces and that if there is an incident, a policy can be furnished for any customer to review at any time detailing why their policy is such. Highly unprofessional and child like behavior makes me all the more willing to shop elsewhere where my minor age child in my care will not be harassed for an id nor will I tolerate someone assuming I am a teen when I have perfectly valid id like everyone else. read more