Cheese+Wine

I came here before a dinner party I was attending. Since I don’t cook, cheese is always a safe bet. The guys behind the counter were SO helpful and knowledgable about their products.
They have a huge cheese selection and plenty of crackers to stock up on to go along with your purchases as well. I wasn’t in the market for wine that day but will certainly be going back to check out their large wine selection. This shop also has cheese and wine tasting nights. I would love to try one!

It’s 10:20am and I am standing outside the door, but the shop is closed. If you say that you open at 10am, well then you should do just that. How disappointing that I came specifically to purchase cheese and the store is closed. I won’t be coming back. So now they’ve lost my business. I’ll buy my cheese elsewhere!

Really good selection of wine and cheese as well as other finer food items like cookies, olives, yogurt and more — not to mention the beautiful flowers. The new store is a peaceful inspiring space. Steve, Vicky, Kendra, and all the staff are very engaged and welcoming. Sometimes they focus too much on the current customer — and you have to wait a bit, but this is just because they provide a quality service, and don’t want to rush their customers. Oh and fantastic micro brewery and and craft beer choices too, not to mention the wine tasting evenings too. It’s been a regular for me, for several years.

Wow. I have only been here twice, and both experiences were really really good. Not only is their selection of cheese vast, but their friendliness and willingness to help (I don’t know much about cheese) is something I rarely see. They also have a selection of wine, that isn’t found in your regular liquor store. And yes, that helped me pick that out as well… And no they didn’t try to get me to buy the most expensive items in the store. Overall a really good experience, and I definitely recommend.

I received a free bottle and two different types of cheese from a contest I won. I walked in to the store, excited, as I never have been there. Well my experience was not a good one. The staff was rude and SO unfriendly you would think I was bothering them. I told them I was looking for a present for a birthday party as well and none of the four employees working even looked up or asked to help. Like hello, I am asking to spend money in your store? Could be a great spot if the staff was a little welcoming!

I was really excited when I found this spot right around the corner from my apartment. I fell in love with their cozy first location, that had a great selection of cheeses and nice accompaniments, and some decent wines, and their new space is nice too. However, for a place that I frequented quite often I found the staff to be very cold and disinterested, and sometimes pretty dismissive to my conversation and interest in their products. So despite all the positive aspects of this store, I will choose to avoid the rude staff and uncomfortable atmosphere.

I don’t drink that much wine. I’m also not a huge dairy person. but I love the Cheese+Wine store! They have delicious sandwiches made fresh every day and GREAT coffee. Seriously, get a cup of coffee. The owner Steve is also a great guy and you’ll most likely be on a first name basis after a few stop-​ins.

Seriously? Cheese and Wine has over 75 kinds of cheese. That is just during the summer when they say business is slow.
Today was yet another awesome experience at Cheese and Wine. It is a new location just down the street from the old one they moved in about a week ago.
They have an entire wall dedicated to wines from around the globe. If you are a big wine lover or just enjoy a good wine you should check them out. Me, I am all about the cheese glorious cheese. This is my heaven.
There is also a craft beer section and small area of specialty items such as pasta, oils, vinegars and even mayonnaise.
Pre-​made sandwiches which are delicious. Today’s pick for me was the turkey and cheddar on multi-​grain bread. The Mrs. had a ham and Brie on baguette.
If you are having a party they cater with several platter options starting at $ 60.00.
Today we picked up some Brie. The staff was very helpful letting us sample the two bries in stock. Can’t wait to dig into that.

Good food — worst, slowest, most absent minded staff I’ve ever seen… If there is even one person in line in front of you, be prepared to wait 10 – 15 minutes, no hyperbole.
Ps — new location more of the same… Writing this review waiting over 10 minutes to make 2 sandwiches… Just awful.
To Cheese Store mgmt — please get a clue and have your staff move w the slightest sense of urgency.

Cute little joint. I love the fact that they are one of the very few in the area that are finishing their cheeses in-​store! Staff seemed pretty knowledgeable too. Excellent selection of wines, cheeses, breads, crackers and chocolates. Will definitely stop here next time I need to go on a cheese binge.

Cheese + Wine, oh how I love you.
This place is an amazing addition to the Hoboken food scene. While the space is fairly compact (it occupies a store front in the creepy/​undeveloped Monroe Center all the way in West Hoboken) they pack it to the gills with great products. The cheese selection is phenomenal! I’m strictly a non-​blue/​cows milk only/​not too soft kinda cheese girl (seriously — when I found out Feta came from sheep, I cried but I still refuse to ever eat it again) but they have a wide variety of cows, sheep and goat cheeses ranging the gamut from every day to super funky. In addition to the large cheese selection, they have beer and wine (!), crackers, some charcuterie and lots of interesting snacks and condiments.
The staff is amazingly knowledgeable about the products and give great recommendations based on what you are looking for. The last time I was there the guy who was working recommended a Scharfe Maxx which is a new kind of cheese from Switzerland. He told me the back story too — basically the Swiss are super rigid about what kind of cheese their country’s cheese makers are allowed to produce (so they were all sort of stuck making appenzeller, gruyère, raclette etc.) but the rules were recently relaxed, so people have been getting cray cray with their cheese making over there. Like everything else I’ve tried and purchased from Cheese + Wine, it was awesome.
There are a few reviews on here that complain about surly service, but I have never encountered anyone who wasn’t super helpful and friendly. A few visits ago I actually spent a good 20 minutes chatting with two of the workers about the grocery woes of living in Hoboken and how awesome the Park Slope food Coop is. But even when they aren’t super chatty, everyone is great!

I love going to Cheese + Wine! First, they’re a block away and a much needed artisanal addition to this part of Hoboken. Secondly, they have a terrific selection and a wonderful staff. They’re engaging and helpful and offer food/​wine pairing suggestions! I also love that they support other local businesses by sourcing their baguettes from Choc-​o-​Pain and by having small businesses do tastings of salsas, local cheeses, etc. I wish more shops like this would open in our little corner of Hoboken! I’d never have to leave town!

If you’re looking to borrow a raclette machine, I would not recommend using it from here. I was shocked to learn the owner, Vicky, has never even tried the machine herself!
I tried to borrow the raclette machine on two occasions and had a bad experience each time.
#1: I reserved the machine on Friday morning and called a second time on Saturday to confirm that I would come to pick it up in the evening. When I got there, at 6:30 PM, Vicky the owner, started looking for the machine and told me she couldn’t find the trays to cook the cheese. Even though I had called more than 24 hours in advance, no one in the store checked to make sure all the pieces were there. Vicky was extremely rude and appeared annoyed at me for being upset, «Jeez, what do you want me to do?!» were her exact words after I had been waiting in the store for 30 minutes. Of course I was upset, I found out at 7 PM that my raclette themed dinner party was ruined and my guests were already at my house.
#2: The other occasion I tried to borrow the machine I spoke with Steven and called one week in advance. I asked if the cheese could be pre-​sliced and ready for pick up, as I wouldn’t have long to prepare before my guests arrived. When I got there nothing was ready because I hadn’t left my credit card details. Although I had left my telephone number, no one bothered to call me to ask. I waited a long time for them to find the pieces to the machine and to slice the cheese.
Raclette is one of my favorite things to serve when friends come over. It’s fun and delicious. I was so excited to find a place in Hoboken that served this cheese and even offered to let you borrow the machine. Sadly, the owner and even some of the staff don’t seem to know how to treat customers and are careless. I won’t be going back.

I hate being that person that writes a bad review even though I never got to taste or buy anything, but hey, that’s part of the experience.
I will say that it looks like they had a great variety of cheeses from mid to high end pricing. The wine selection was enough to make any normal person happy, and there were a few other type items such as fig spreads and olive oils.
My gripe is that my husband and I went in and walked around looking very interested in purchasing. The only employee that was working who was helping another customer, never acknowledged us. I began to grow impatient as the woman he was helping was one of those «let me try every cheese in the store type», so I mentioned loudly to my husband the one cheese I wanted (hoping this would get his attention). After waiting around for 10 minutes, we gave up and left. Too bad because I really wanted some cheese!
I wish he had done the polite thing like said «hey ill be right with you» or tried to take our order while this lady was hemming and hawing away.

Love this place! I come here for all my cheese and wine needs. They have a small selection but perfect for what I’m usually looking for. They get their baguettes (soooo delicious!) from Choc-​o-​Pain and they go super quick! The Prairie Vermont cheddar and French ham are my favorites. The Asian woman who works here is very off putting but I love Steve! He is super friendly and knowledgeable about his wines. He has never steered me wrong with a recommendation for wine and within my budget too.

This is exactly what it says it is. A cheese store. It’s not exactly in the most accessible or popular location in Hoboken, so probably doesn’t get the amount of traffic it deserves. I stopped in on my way home from the spa down the street because I’m addicted to cheese (Hello, my name is Courtney and I’m a cheese-​a-​holic), and I couldn’t keep myself from opening the door, even though I didn’t NEED cheese (what am I saying, I always need cheese).
I got a block of SOMETHING… I blacked out, surrounded by all the cheese, and I ate it by myself within like 2 days. So yeah, it was good. I didn’t realize they made sandwiches, but after reading some of the other reviews, I’d definitely go back to try one. And maybe get another block of cheese or two.

This place hardly needs yet another glowing review, but I love to hear myself talk (or in this case write), so here you go.
For a tiny shop, The Cheese Store offers an awful lot. Go at lunchtime and pick from one of 4 or 5 freshly made baguette sandwiches. Today I had prosciutto, Tallegio, arugula and olive oil and holy moly is it divine.
I laugh at my initial plan to go in there JUST to buy a sandwich. As if. I wound up also getting bacon cheddar crackers, aged chevre, a fresh baguette from Balthazar, and Parmesan that will be for grating over pasta but which is so flavorful, I will also be eating it in hunks.
The owner is super nice and helpful. I was having a hard time picking a cheese and so I said, «go ahead and help the next person while I look a bit.» Instead of leaving me alone, he offered me samples and that sealed the deal for me. I’m sure he could have given me a sample of most anything in that shop and I would have bought it. But he gave me the aged chevre and I fell in love with it. They age a number of cheeses in house, which you can see in a fridge in the front of the store.
They also sell various artisan cookies (including the excellent ones from Lark), fresh pastas, and a smattering of sauces and dips and whatnot. Dinner would be almost complete if they sold produce. But that’s what the farmer’s market is for!

*** Disclaimer didn’t really get a chance to taste or buy cheese.
I was nearby working and needed a quick bite. The Cheese Store to the rescue! I popped in and asked if they had sandwiches, they did. A selection between an italian, ham, turkey, caprese and cheesy goodness I went with the turkey, brie, lettuce on multigrain for $ 7 and change. I expected the kind gentleman to make the sandwich then and there but, he gave me one pre-​made. Suspect. Suspicions put to bed. This sandwich was simple, fresh and delicious.
The fresh turkey was piled in between multi grain bread, with crisp, green lettuce and I would say about 4 cuts of brie. It was a delicious combo that I heartily ate. I ate only half and happily shared the other half with my friend and felt satisfied. It was exactly what I wanted and needed.
Looking around the store, they had a great selection of cheeses, with other items such as olives, crackers, and dried goods — all items that would be perfect for a classy cocktail party. Oh, how I wish there was a store like this in Jersey City. (Hint, hint).
I’d most definitely pop in for another sandwich if I was in the ‘hood and most definitely will come back when I need some cheeeeese for my classy parties and don’t wanna trek into the city to Murray’s.
Side note — I have no clue on prices for the cheese but, I totally felt my $ 7 sandwich was a fair price.

Do you love cheese? Do you drink cheese like myself? lol, then this is the place for you! The store is called «THE CHEESE STORE» for a reason. Its because they have all different kinds of cheeses you can ever get here. Wide varieties, and I do mean wide varieties!
The guy, im guessing he is the owner of the place is super nice! He knows a great deal about cheeses and he even makes his own homemade cheese from what I remember. They also sell different breads there, such as baguettes. I would think this place was French, if I didnt read the name of the store.
I just came by to see what type of stuff I can buy there for future reference. I didnt really buy anything but from what I saw, if u even have a small, tiny love for cheese, you gotta see this place.

When I first walked into Cheese + Wine I was a little confused, there was one gentleman of color and one of Asian descent behind the counter. I was expecting some frou-​frou Northern European with an accent like someone gargling hot sauce. Apparently cheese-​loving knows no boundaries and come together to make dat bread, chedda’ and dough.
Steve — has an encyclopedic knowledge of cheese, I challenge you to stump him. He can sound off the name, type and nationality of any cheese in the store with a gag in his mouth, plugs up his nose, and double eye-​patches. His patience is legendary because I’m the 2^nd most indecisive person in the world, after Bret Favre. Once he gets to know your tastes he’ll tailor his suggestions and encourage you to sample every delicacy before committing.
Chung — is the master of the gourmet domain; he gives away recipes, knows where to find the best Korean BBQ, and makes his own cheese, which he sells at a bargain. Besides that he stocks the shop with a wide variety of specialty goods, here are some examples –
Refrigerated Provisions: insane collection of hard to find foodstuffs like not from concentrate blood orange juice, sheep’s milk Greek-​style yogurt, Orangina, organic soy milk, pignoli, semolina pasta and mozzarella di bufala (especially the burrata variety with its creamy center).
Dry Goods: you find everything dried, pickled and brined under the sun. Oils from deep green Kalamata olive to fragrant Truffle grace the shelves (keep the bottle as it can be reused once or twice and still retain that sinful essence).
Cured meats aren’t second-​string to cheese at C+W there’s; Prosciutto di Parma, Saucisson Sec, Sopressata, and my personal favorite, Jamón ibérico aka Pata Negra with its amber flesh and acorn flavored fat. It’s worth every cent of its $ 89.99 per lbs price tag.
Baked goods abound with selections like cranberry + walnut baguette, French country sourdough and every flavor of Margaret’s Artisan Bakery Crisps including; almond + caramel + apricot, cranberry + pumpkin seed, date + walnut and the star of the show… goji berry + pistachio.
Kitchen necessities like cookbooks, cheesecloth, knives and Fondue sets are available for sale. If you’re worried about investing in something as expensive as a Raclette grill shhhh… don’t worry… buy two pounds of the cheese and they’ll let you borrow theirs’ for free.
Speaking of cheese, this is what we’re here for. Here are some of my favorites –
Prairie Breeze: dry and growth-​hormone free hard cheese that I swear is infused with hazelnuts. My newest favorite cheese that I’ve taken the liberty to nickname, Cheesy F. Baby.
Delice de Bourgogne: texture of whipped butter, flavor of a Blue Camembert, but with a hint of sweetness. In the words of acter ternt sanga, Drake –
«Delice, you my everything, you all I ever wanted. I can do it baguette big, bigger than you ever done it. You be spread on everything, other snacks ain’t never on it. I want this forever; I swear I can spend whatever on it.»
Greek Feta: made only from a combination of sheep and goat milk. It’s creamier than the Italian version from buffalo milk, and not as salty as the domestic variety from cow’s milk.
Cheese + Wine is a gourmet market that happens to specialize in cheese but trust me there’s something for every dietary restriction, but heed my warning those of you on budgets, diets or both. I can’t walk in there without spending at least a Ulysses, not because it’s expensive, but because I want everything. You’ll have to control yourself from bursting into a cheesetarian rage and scooping handfuls of feta into your mouth like a zombie scooping out brains.