U-Save Liquors

Great selection of beers and spirits and a cool staff.
I never have to wait in line. They always have staff ready to check you out.
Prices or OK. not cheap but not overly expensive.
Beer is plenty cold and ready to drink.

I have a love hate relationship with this place and here’s why. This place has a wide variety of alcohol to choose from, and the prices are really good too. Sometimes they even have alcohol marked for sale by their register. But one time my boyfriend and I bought a small bottle of Bacardi that was marked down to $ 8. He paid with credit card and said he didn’t need the receipt back when asked (which he probably should have gotten). When he checked his bank statement he was charged $ 32 which is impossible because we never even spent more than $ 10 at this place. Not sure if they accidentally charged us more than what they were supposed to or what, but just be wary when using a card here. Not sure I plan to come back, and if I do I will be sticking to cash for sure.

It’s no Santa Clara Liquors but service is friendly and these guys know their beer. I am not a drinker whatsoever but dating a guy that drinks IPA’s like there’s no tomorrow means I’m always on the lookout for something w/​depth and deliciousness such as Lagunitas Sucks, Pliny the Elder, Stone Enjoy By, etc.
Call first. I was in a bind but sufficed to the next best thing whilst I was there.
Damn. this review took me a year + to write.

This place looks really sketch so whenever I’m here I feel a little scared, however, the guys who work here are always very helpful and look out for my group of friends. I didn’t have my ID on me once so I stayed outside in the car while a friend of mine went in to pick up a few drinks, the cashier was keeping an eye on her, offered to help her with her basket, and asked if she needed assistance to her car. I think the way a business treats their customers speaks volumes.
Prices are competitive but sometimes Safeway has a better sale deal on popular handles/​bottles that this location does not have.

I love U-​Save Liquors. Very competitive prices and there’s always someone on the staff who can advise when you’re looking for something different (though you might have to come back to consult with them).
Great place for snobs of wine, tequila, rum, scotches, bourbons, ryes and my favorite, whiskeys. Ask for Murphy (No, I’m not kidding)! He’s a walking encylocpedia of whiskeys.

They have one of my FAVORITE tequilas, NUMBER JUAN, the extra anejo which is aged 5 years and is VERY smooth. Hard to find this great sipping tequila, plus they sell it very very cheap.

Great Staff Awesome priceing and fresh beer not stale like other places

The quality and prices are great. The young guy working the counter this morning was super rude. Sad. Rude enough that as a 13 year customer of the store– I won’t be back.

One of the three best liquor stores in Santa Cruz. Good selection of beer and booze. Friendly staff.

I found nothing special with this location in the way of high-​end spirits but the local booze-​hounds probably only want cheap liquor, of which there is plenty.

Good conventional store for liquor and cigarettes. The cashiers are always chill and nice. Located right across from Safeway for convenient shopping! :)

U-​Save is the go-​to place for Santa Cruz booze shopping!
Great deals on 30-​packs, kegs, wine, and hard liquor.
You can also find a pretty good selection of speciality beers, making it a successful stop for beer nerds!
U-​Save also has normal liquor store finds like lotto tickets, cigs and blunt wraps… become a regular and get to know the staff! They’re a lot of fun: D

Best place in town buy KEGS!
Check their website for coupons and bring em in! They rent out kegs, taps, and buckets with a deposit. The kegs are kept cold and the best thing about U-​SAVE is they even hook you up with a BOX OF ICE! Try asking Bevmo or any other store and they’ll make you buy your own.
I always reserve mine 3 days in advance so they’ll set one aside for me.

This is practically a West Side landmark and is definitely my favorite liquor store.
The cashiers working here don’t take %*#^ from nobody, and I’ve seen them kick out a few people that rubbed them the wrong way for one reason or another. Having said that they’re usually friendly and entertaining.
They’ve got some good deals going on sometimes, and often have better prices than the Safeway next door.

No club cards, no hidden charges, and good sales. I wish I could come here regularly just to stock up on whatever they were selling on sale that week. Other than that, the prices are comparable to any other safeway or other liquor store.
They don’t have super fancy /​crazy stuff like Bev Mo.
Also, the guy in the picture on this business was arrested outside of it the night I came by.

The best place for deals on booze. You’ll have to wait in line as it is near the UC campus but they have selection, kegs, and deals.
Back in the day if it was your birthday they would give you your choice of a free little bottle, if you got one of the veterans they’d say «This is the first and last free item you’ll ever get from here, enjoy»

Best place to buy alcohol in Santa Cruz. They have the best selection, considering the nearest BevMo’s in Capitola. Everything you could ever want and a lot of things I’ve never even heard of. They seem to have pretty good deals as well, hence the name U-​Save.
I don’t know why I ever try to go anywhere else, I should always just start at U-​Save. They have EVERYTHING! And the people who work there are always really nice and helpful!

Before I turned 21, I spent many occasions sitting in the parking lot of U-​Save liquors waiting for whoever was 21 to buy some liquor so we could go indulge in underage drinking. U-​Save has a reputation of taking faking IDs and refusing to sell alcohol if they suspect you of were buying alcohol for minors, which is why I hid out in the car :)
I’ve gotten kegs from U-​Save a few times and they have a good selection of keg beer choices. You have to put down a $ 50-​$ 75 deposit for the keg shell, which isn’t bad as long as you return it. U-​Save is more expensive than CVS across the street, but they have a bigger selection of alcohol.
Thank you U-​Save Liquors for fueling us with liquor for some crazy wild nights.

I like this establishment. They provide a wide selection of beers, single malt scotches, and just about any kind of alcoholic poison you could want, also cigars!
they are called U Save liqueurs, but i always call em university liqueurs, so please kids, bring your ID’s. They card everyone in your party. And they confiscate fake ones. They don’t want their license taken away.
the long haired white owner is cool. he is always there. be nice to them, have a conversation, they provide an important service to the community. hahaha.

A good one stop shop for alcohol needs… Its like a more convenient location for the BevMo in Capitola, and its been around longer.
The best thing about this place is you can see the keg selection online, and then go in and order it up quick. I’ve gotten kegs here a couple times, and it was always a really fast and easy process.
I never tried using a fake here (obviously because I never had one since I was a good kid wink wink) but from the people that I know that did try and pull a fast one, it did not go over so well here. Fakes beware, U-​save knows better!