Downtown Spirits

Very cool spirits shop that you tap your card or phone when you walk in and it knows what you bought why you leave. They have a large selection of beer, wine, liquor and even alcohol related gifts. The store is very clean and well organized and all the employees were really friendly. There is a discount on prices of each item for members, not sure what’s membership costs.

Did they go out of business? I was downtown running errands and went to pick something up for a party later. Downtown Spirits used to be the best place to get unique stuff to show off, but they were closed 20 minutes after opening and the phone system wasn’t working either. Shame, because they were great! Frustrated to be out $10 for parking, but more frustrated to not have the goods.

I received an email alerting me to a great price reduction on one of my favs. I bought all they had and the delivery took less than 30 minutes. Best in Show service!

Update: Owners kindly let me know that they are still family owned so updated my star rating. It was easy enough but the just walk out thing was not my fave - it holds $49 on your card (which you get back at the end) but there was no receipt option and my purchase was less than $15 so it was a little stressful until the refund came through since I'd have no proof that I walked out with less than the hold amount. Original: This Google listing led me to believe that this is a family owned business but it's Amazon. Though the "just walk out" thing smelled a little like Amazon and it was confirmed when the cc charge came through and it said it was from Amazon. No thank you.

I've used their delivery service in the past, and would go to the old location if I was looking for more variety than the grocery store liquor section. The selection is still good, but the Amazon style card/app entry system is insane and off-putting. If I'm spending $50+ on a bottle of liquor, I'd like to check the receipt to make sure it's correct before I leave the store, as a part of the normal process and not an additional task for me the customer hours or days later. I understand that this likely reduces theft, since you can't get in without a credit card or the app, but that also strikes me as discriminatory - what if I or anyone else wants to pay cash or doesn't have a credit card or phone? Even Amazon has abandoned this crazy just-walk-out system, and I will think twice before going to downtown spirits again if they keep this nonsense.

the just walk out technology overcharged me. they make you deposit $49, i only bought $8 worth of items and was charged $42. no way to get in touch with customer service over the phone, very disappointing

Horrible - you need a credit card - no paper receipt - no bags to use to carry out. If you touch something....it hits your credit card. No cash. You are not informed the way it does business! Never again - the store is like a maze! The prices are very high and talk about membership of what?

Morgan is the best! I was in town for a conference and came in to get a local liquor to bring back home with me. She started talking with me about their local whiskeys but quickly we found ourselves talking about gin, both of our favorite Spirit. She highly recommended the Forest gin by Astraea but they only had a bottle in their other store. They had the bottle driven over for me within 30 minutes, and Morgan continued talking gin and amaros with me till it got there. I just tried the gin and... It was incredible! Closest comparison is Monkey 47 except instead of tasting like a Black Forest from Germany, it tasted like Pacific Northwest forests! It was a solid recommendation and I'm so glad Morgan and Downtown Spirits were flexible and patient enough to get me the bottle so I could enjoy it :) Also, Morgan chooses many of the Spirits sold there and I could tell that she truly cares about providing amazing bottles for people to enjoy. Thank you Morgan for such an enjoyable experience and recommendation. Definitely my favorite memory from my trip to Seattle!