Downtown Cellars

Excellent wines at good price points. Quick delivery. Always appreciate the good customer service and advice on what to get.

Accidentally found this wine shop in my hood. Friendly, helpful staff, small yet well curated selections. Got recommendation for a brilliant cremant from Bourgogone. Def come back and try out more

Like this place. Great client service — great selection — reasonable prices. The wine is laid out so you can see every price range– with descriptors and prices. My new «go to»!

Cute place with great hours and a nice selection of wines. Been here a good amount of times. Very nice people and they knew immediately I was a rose type of girl.

Very nice place — reminded me of the French «caves» which I love. Quality of products takes over quantity which is great, especially about wine. One thing to improve: packaging. I bought two nice bottles and I would have loved to have them in a box or a special bag to carry bottles. Instead, I had them in a pretty bland plastic bag. But that’s just a detail — easy to improve — and didn’t ruin my experience at all.

This liquor store is amazing. One of the best in the city, definitely the best in this neighborhood. I have been here multiple times and have always found what I was looking for and ended up spending lots of money here. their selection is magnificent they always have the best selection of wines and hard liquor. Service here is always friendly and helpful. I’m looking forward to coming back here again and again. The only thing, in my mind the prices are on the higher side, however you get what you pay for.

One of the best reasons to come down to Wall Street! Perfect layout of local whiskies makes it easy to choose your favorite — great to see local shops supporting Brooklyn Bourbon. Their tastings on Friday’s always impress and are a great way to close the work week.

This is an amazing wine store, with a fantastic staff. I love that the owner always finds delicious, underrated and unknown wines, with high value and low prices. Now that I work in the area, I love to go on Wednesdays and Fridays to taste a wine I’ve never heard of before (South African Sauvignon Blanc, anyone?)

I just recently moved into the area and was so happy to find this place. Amazing selection, very reasonable prices, and the people who work there are friendly, professional, and incredibly helpful. When I found out their delivered, I ordered at 6:45pm in hopes it would come within the hour, but I was shocked that 10 minutes later it was already at my door step! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND downtown cellars.

Fantastic wine store. Unlike most liquor stores in the Financial District, which are over priced with a mediocre selections, this place had a great selections of wines at every price point. The staff was also really friendly and knowledgeable. Bonus points for being opened on Sundays. This is definitely my go-​to liquor store in the area now.

Super friendly and knowledgable staff. I went here to find a gift for my parents, and although they didn’t have exactly what I was looking for the woman on duty was able to point me to several alternatives at different price points. She told me about their voucher program and I signed right up. Very pleasant experience, great for special wines and spirits.

Great wine store. very friendly service, great selection and reasonable prices.
Also have a multiple interesting small-​batch hard alcoholic beverages incl. vodka, whiskey and gin

Great wine store, with a nice selection of wine you don’t see everyday and great staff
An extra star for carrying a small but great selection of Gin, Scotch and Whiskey

Although a little tricky to locate (it’s at basement level), Downtown Cellars is a cool wine shop with a nice selection at decent prices. What I really love is the fact that all the wines have cards with a few sentences to describe the wine. I’ll definitely be stopping by again.

Small store with very knowledgable and friendly staff. Will allow you to taste spirits which is nice. Excellent selection of bourbon, rye and gin. Tastings often. Love this store.

We love to pick up a bottle or two of Norton Ridge Pinot Noir and walk to a little byob Indian restaurant in the neighborhood.
Selection is small to moderate but consistent.
Staff is friendly and extremely knowledgeable.
Wine tastings on Fri from 5−8p.
Absolutely a gem.
Do not pass up Downtown Cellars because you’re in for a treat.

It took me a bit to find this little gem. After a 2 hour detour through Fort Greene (see Greene Grape review), a wrong turn down Maiden Lane (a couple of fair maidens were spotted), and a quick falafel (from Alan’s, of course) I finally made it to Downtown Cellars (formally The Greene Grape Downtown). I am sure glad I made it.
Not only did they have the 20 Year old Hirsch bourbon I was looking for, they have a great selection of other bourbon, spirits and wine.
The gentleman working there was friendly and helpful. When he realized I knew a thing or two about bourbon he opened up even more. Mentioning Noah’s Mill he immediately pulled down a bottle of Rowan’s Creek and gave me a taste — very good. And he introduced me to a couple other new ones I had not tried before.
So between the Four Roses Single Barrel (to drink while in NY) and the Hirsch (to take home), I was set for my bourbon fix.
Now it was just a matter of finding a nice wine for dinner the next night. He assisted in choosing a nice Argentinian Malbec that was so nice that it would …
Well, as Tony! Toni! Tone! put it:
Well I, I got the notion that you want to…
Oh what a beautiful thought, slow wine by candle light.
It would be nice, try to imagine the fun that we’d have.
Girl you’d be the roller coaster and I’d like to take a ride.
It would be so nice
(Slow wine, so fine) If I can wine you in my arms
Slow wine
(Slow wine, so fine) Hey Girl! All my body’s yours.
Now it would be, now it would be so nice.
If we could…
(Slow Wine) gotta keep it nice and slow
(Slow wine) gotta use your body and soul
(Slow Wine) gotta keep it nice and slow
(Slow wine) gotta use your body and soul

This is one of the better wine shops in NYC, in my opinion and it is conveniently located right by my office on the way to the subway. I’ve been here twice and both times have walked out with outstanding vino selections. The staff is really friendly and helpful, which is always nice. Also, they have a free tasting every Friday afternoon, which is cool as well. Their wine selection is a mix of local small vineyards and international wines beyond the standard Santa Margherita or Louis Jadot that you can get at dinky little places or big chains like Trader Joe’s. Also, I must add that the price is right; love this place.

Downtown Cellars is my favorite wine shop in the city. My office is located only a few blocks away, so I love the convenience factor, but more than that, I love the staff, the prices, and the wine tastings that take place at 5pm each evening.
The staff is extremely knowledgeable and friendly. They also have some great discounts, including 10% of your purchase every time you check in on foursquare, and a ‘bring your own bag’ discount of what I believe is 50 cents off.
If you sign up for their email list, you will also receive some great specials like tastings and pairings and each bottle of wine you purchase is entered into their system so that if you can’t remember the last bottle you bought, but you know you liked it, they can look it up for you.
I will continue to do all of my after-​work wine purchasing at Downtown Cellars.

A great little wine and spirits shop downtown, without the downtown prices. Their liquor selection is small, but strong and they often have open bottles from which you can try before you buy. Very, very knowledgeable about their wines. Hit or miss on spirits (their spirits guy knows a ton, but not everyone does).
A few tips:
(1) get on their mailing list. they have tastings nearly every week and they often involve awesome extras (oyster pairings, chocolate pairings, etc.)
(2) join their rewards club and get a few bucks off their already reasonable prices.