Strong selection (though not top-notch), but very high prices. The only game in this part of town for hard liquor, and clearly they're aware. Though dimly lit, and with a level of security to pass to get through the door, service was friendly. But all grades of liquor--I checked rum, tequila and bourbon--are priced above market. Many items on shelves lacked prices. Overall, a fine choice, if it's your only choice. read more

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I recently had the chance to visit Travis Heights Wine & Spirits and spent some time chatting with the owner--such a great person! He taught me more about tequila and mezcal. While there, I picked up a Cazcanes Rosa and a G4 Blanco Madera. The prices were outstanding for a mom and pop store. They are not price gouging like other businesses. I'll definitely be returning in the near future! read more

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I went here with a friend the location is located right next to Randall ina very busy shopping center in Leander very wide selection of wine and liquor and the staff was very knowledgeable. read more

Love this little place off the highway. They have a great selection and are very helpful.

If i could give 10 stars I would! I was in need of a specific wine for a Xmas present, and I was not having any success locating it locally. I searched local stores, and the closest one was 120 miles away, this was one way and also I tried the wine maker to get it shipped out here to Texas, with no luck! I even had friends from my previous city, where we lived to try to locate some, and ship it out here from California! I searched for liquor stores on Yelp, near my town, and lucked upon this place and looked at the reviews of other customers, and decided to give this place a try! Low and behold, they were able to get the product that I needed and within 2 days, I was able to pick it up! Major Kudos to Eric and the staff at this location for helping me out! I'll be going back for other purchases. Damn fine job!!! Signed, Very Satisfied Customer read more

Travis Heights Beverage World is the lesser known brother to The Whip In next door. Everyone knows Whip In has one of the best beer selections in Austin. So it's no surprise that Beverage World has the best selection of interesting wines and spirits, especially for whisk(e)ys - I've managed to score a bottle of the limited release George T Stagg here! Have you been missing out? Well, check out the free tastings they have on every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 5-8pm. I've discovered many awesome wines, whiskys, gins, mezcals, champagnes and even vodkas from the tastings. The folks who work there (Rohit, Eric and Bart) have a wealth of esoteric knowledge. They exude passion for what they do and are some of the finest gentlemen in town. Support your local and independent businesses. I never need to step into a Spec's or Twin Liquors when I have Beverage World to take care of my spirits. read more

What a gem! I follow Travis Heights closely on social media. They have some of the best selections of spirits including rum, whiskey and especially agave. I spent an hour looking and talking with them about certain expressions of mezcales and tequila. They are very knowledgable and proved an amazing experience. I highly recommend visiting this location and finding some great brands that a lot of stores cannot get. I look forward to my next trip down to find more beautiful agave spirits. read more

Eric and BArt are amazing! Tastings on Thursdays. Wine selection is my favorite part and I always find exactly what I need. Parking in the back!!! Great service. Excellent selection. Oh and always playing great tunes!! Sometimes loudly :-))) read more

Upon entering, the store is clean and organized with nice lighting. The shelves were filled with bottles aligned neatly. We were in a hurry since our Uber was waiting for us outside, so we grabbed the largest but most affordable bottles of tequila and vodka hoping it would last us the entire time of the Bachelorette extended weekend. We were obviously tourists, but the cashier rang us up fairly quickly to get along with our errands. If you're not from around here, this place has wine, beer, and liquor~ read more

The gentleman behind the counter was very kind. The store was clean and neat and had a huge selection of all the types of spirits he may need. read more

I love this place. Definitely one of our favorite liquor stores in Austin. Rohit and Eric do a great job running the show - whether it is the morning meditation music while I peruse some wine to get for a party this weekend, or the free weekly liquor tastings featuring a plethora of local, domestic, and foreign wine and spirits. They carry a TON of liquor, and are more than willing to order in something special for you if you talk to them. They have a wide selection of bourbon and mezcal too! These guys know their alcohol and are quick to provide recommendations, and creative concoctions if you tell them the items you have in your liquor cabinet at home. Most recently, Rohit recommended Cappelletti Aperitivo, tonic, and lime for a most refreshing summer drink. INCREDIBLE! What's more, it's right next to Whip In, so you can swing by BW on your way to grab some dinner or drinks. Cheers! read more

Very high prices compared to other stores who $29 for a handle of Titos when this stores charges $38. Selection and service was fine but prices were pretty outrageous. read more

A casual stroll down their whiskey aisle and being hooked was a foregone conclusion. Experience working in higher-end bars and restaurants has catalyzed my taste in spirits. This Austin snowflake has a nearly uniform selection of irreproachable options in all categories. If you want to find a new bourbon to get hooked on or that cordial for your high-end cocktail that the wholesale stores never have, this is your place. read more

This little place packs a punch for its size! It is located by the infamous WhipIn, too!! We went in here looking for a couple of local beers and sure enough they had them. They carry tons of liquors and different goodies. If I am in the area I would surely come here again to pick up a few things before heading to a party or get together etc! read more

Beverage World has a great selection of Mezcal. They don't always have the largest selection, but they keep their bottles rotating, so it's always worthwhile to stop to see what new products they have on the shelves. Typically, their selection is solid and comprised of unique agave blends and new brands on the market. They are more expensive than elsewhere in Austin, but their staff is friendly and knowledgeable, and they seem to do a lot of Mezcal business as the shelves are always changing. read more

I dropped by Whip In because of Jackie A's ROTD. Cool place... but while I was there, I remembered that I owed my roomie a bottle of liquor. And while Whip In is VERY cool, they don't carry liquor but sent me next door to Beverage World. Ok... so I can't say much about the place... it was really cool, they pointed me to what I needed, and all three guys (yes 3) were very cool. I really don't go to liquor stores very often... I think I've only ever been to one. But this was a great experience. So yeah, someone smarter than me should check it out and write a review. 5 stars for the cool guys behind the counter. read more

Five stars because they tweeted about having St. Arnold's Pumpkinator when (seemingly) the rest of Austin was out. Came in and scored two bottles. The guy working in there was friendly and kind. Super chill. They didn't even have a limit on how much Pumpkinator I could take! Thanks Beverage World. read more

Not only my favorite wine/liquor store in Austin but one of my favorite retail establishments. The guys there are passionate, friendly and super knowledgeable. The main wine guy Eric is a French dude who arrived in Austin because he loved the music scene. He always points me in the right direction. The old wine guy Bob, who originally sold me on the place, was about the most unpretentious laid back wine expert you can imagine. They don't have a huge selection but what they have is very well chosen. Rohit puts up funny tweets and Facebook postings on new products and weekly tastings. (declaring a French rosé "chingón" on one occasion. It was.) Drop by on a Friday or Saturday late afternoon to sample something new and good and talk to the people in your neighborhood. read more

Unreal selection of wines and great personable, knowledgeable, service from the owners- Keep it

Who carries pear liqueur? Beverage world. If they don't, they order it for you because they are awesome. Always a great selection of beer and wine with friendly service. I absolutely love this place. AND, they have parking. read more

Glad to see this place has such an amazing reputation already. After searching the local wine stores, the staff at Beverage World is the friendliest and by far most knowledgable group of wine lovers in Austin. Sign up for their newsletters for free tastings most thurs-fri-Saturday's. read more

I have known Beverage World since before there was a Beverage World. I was already a regular customer at the Whip In next door, back in the days when it was a Mom-and-Pop one-off convenience store, with the best micro-brewery six-pack selection in town, before I bought my funky little condo next door in 2000, back when it was still affordable. I got to know the Topiwala family, who owned and ran the Whip, including their three sons. Rohit, now the owner/manager of Beverage World, is the middle of three sons, just as one of the best friends I ever had was himself the middle of five sons and it's the one in the middle who can see in all directions. What is now Beverage World was an empty space way back when, but Pops Topiwala bought the property and Rohit turned the empty space into the Beverage World it has now become. Like the Whip In, it has become an essential feature of the neighborhood. A one-off, like the Whip In, not part of a chain, Beverage World can't afford to buy in bulk, like Spec's, to keep the prices down and it has an overhead it has to meet. No, you're not going to get cheap deals at Beverage World, but what you are going to find is a distinctive selection. One of my oldest friends, a wine aficionado for decades, works at Spec's as something to do in retirement. So I took him around to Beverage World a few months back and had him tell me what he thought. He told me Beverage World has some really choice wines, stuff Spec's itself doesn't carry. I had him tell me about wine, I can tell him about their whiskey selection, top-of-the-line Scotch and some lovely Irish whisky the likes of which I've never seen anywhere else. The Topiwala family lived in England in the 1980s, at the same time I lived in Scotland (my ex-wife is English). Living in the UK, I discovered the difference between Indians and Pakistanis: Indians have a sense of humor. And Rohit Topiwala is distinguished by his unfailing good humor, something he extends to his employees, much as his father did the same thing for his employees at the Whip In next door. The atmosphere is relaxed, welcoming, with regular wine tastings, the few employees each with their own taste in music and Rohit happily allows them to play what they like while they're pulling their shifts. All in all, a very happy place. And, oh yeah, they got some great booze! read more

I'm glad to see there are people giving this place five stars but every time I have come in here I feel like I'm inconveniencing the staff. They more or less begrudgingly ring up your purchase with barely a hello or thank you or any indication that they give a rip to get your business. It has not encouraged me to browse their aisles and check out the selections. That is in stark contrast to the superb customer service I get at other establishments. After three or four visits ( I suppose I was thinking my previous experiences were anomalies) I doubt I'll be back. I'd just rather give my business to a place where the staff will at least greet me and ask me if I need any help. It's as though they figure if you don't already know what you want they aren't going to help you because it would be beneath them. Weird. I'll never know how good their selections may be because they don't give a damn. So neither do I. Who wants to spend money in a place that can't even be bothered to attempt to make a customer feel welcome? Not sure what business model they are following here. The original Whip-In had a friendly atmosphere. Those days are gone. Today I came in to get something because it was convenient. The place was dark as a dungeon and I didn't even see the clerk behind the counter because he was silent and not visible sitting in a corner. It wasn't until I went up to the register that he stood up and it surprised me because I thought the staff might be in the storeroom because I never heard a peep from this guy. I paid him and he more or less mumbled something and I left. It's like their philosophy is anti-service. As though a little cheer would seem too tacky or something because in their opinion they are more than store clerks? Like I said, just weird. I've come in before when they were doing some kind of tasting and the small group gathered just completely ignored me. I don't know if a staff member was one of the group but not one person in the place acknowledged my presence. I compared notes with my niece who has gone in there as well and she gets the same weird, off vibe about this place. What gives? Someone enlighten me. Is there some secret code I'm supposed to utter upon entering this dung...ummm, store? I'm going to rename it Vampire World. I'll stick to Twin Liquors or even Specs in the future. Sheesh. read more

One of Austin's true hidden gems. Best staff around; super old-school. I'm a bourbon and scotch drinker, and they've never steered me wrong. Incredible selection of wine, too. read more

Love the hell outta this place great owners, very nice people the prices are competitive and the guys actually know what they are talking about when you ask them for recommendations! read more

These guys know wine and spirits better than most. Not the same old boring stuff, either. One of the largest natural wine selections in town. Ask for Eric or Rohit, both are really good guys. Give them some of your wine business, you won't be disappointed. read more