Wine and Liquor Depot

This is THE place to buy tequila. The selection is amazing and prices are really good. They also have a good selection of other alcohols, but main reason to visit is the tequila selection.

I went out of my way to swing by during vacation to hunt for hard to find whisky. It wasn’t open, even though I went during the business hours posted on their website and door. What a disappointment. I didn’t think it was the type of business that opens and closes on a whim. I recommend calling ahead, especially if you’re coming from out of town like me.

Haven’t been here for a few years because its not in my neck of the woods but used to make special trips out there for the Scotch selection. Made a trip out with a friend this afternoon because he needed something.
Scotch selection is still pretty extensive but not as good as it used to be.
Friend and I each grabbed a bottle but despite being the only people in the store, the owner kept having an extended conversation on the phone and wouldn’t acknowledge us at the cash even though we’d been standing there waiting a while. Left $ 100+ worth of liquor on the counter and walked away.
Even if he had looked at us and made a «Hey, I’m sorry, I’ll just be a minute» it would have been fine, but he just kept talking like we weren’t waiting there and ignored us.
Guess he has all the business he needs these days… though from the empty store, you wouldn’t have thought so.

I’ve been shopping here for years. Amazing selection of tequilas, whiskey and tons of other specialty items not found in ‘chain stores’ like small batch Rye and estate /​craft liquors. Very well informed staff. Prices are simply the best.

This place has all the funky stuff you can’t find anywhere. Mainly liquor and wines. If you have a friend waxing nostalgic about some liquor or wine while traveling abroad, check this place out. They are HUGE inside, hidden in a building with limited façade so it’s easy to drive by and never notice. Gem in the Valley.

This is the best place for tequila in the valley. The guys there are really nice, helpful and know there alcohol. That is why I always stop here first.

Great Tequila selection. Hard to beat.
Good Scotch selection. Better than most.
Wine… decent selection.
Service? Depends on their mood and how busy they are.
Prices… believe it or not, they are better places. Go to Topline in Glendale — bottle for bottle they are cheaper. Heck go to Costco.
I think they are resting on their laurels of season past.
If you live in the area… sure they’re good.
Live elsewhere and you dont drink tequila or scotch… save the gas.

First off let me clear this up, the only reason this place doesn’t get 5 stars, is because they don’t have cold beer. That may be better for the enviroment though, so I truly am torn.
This place rocks! Affordable wine, extensive liquor selection, and a few random yet exquisite beers. Even better because it’s on my walk home from the Commuter Express.
The other day I got two bottles of Tanqueray for $ 20, that is awesome!!!
I even left my wallet on the counter, and when I called the next morning after I realized what I had done, they called me back immediately, which was hours before they opened. The other day when I was walking home, the guy came outside to make sure my boyfriend was who he said he was, they carded him, and that I got my wallet back

I was this close to giving these guys 4 stars. Well you can’t see my fingers to show how close but you can imagine pretty close. Right? Why? Because they didn’t have anyone working there one day. Well they did but i felt bad because he was having to work the back and rush up to check me out. Oh their parking situation is kind of weriod too. No advertising, no signs just a warehouse looking building with a back lot. Almost felt like I was walking into a secret warehouse.
An Awesome secret warehouse full of Liquor… muhahaha…
I’m a whiskey man and I read online that this would be the spot for a whisky collector such as myself to visit if I was truly interested in collecting the good stuff. It is true. They have a very very… very… large collection of whisky and whiskey. They even have sample bottles from different regions. Granted its not alot but they are out there. My friend is a Tequila man and he himself was happy to find a favorite bottle of tequila at an awesome deal.
Ok so they aren’t as large as Total Wine or BevMo but they definitely have their own secret niche filled out. I think they got rid of the Beer and the accessories. They also don’t have the largest of wine collections. I think they were trying to specialize or something.
So there it is. I didn’t like it at first but now its grown on me. Dirty little secret warehouse.
Oh and they only accept Debit or Cash. Be prepared and have fun in here.

First time I walked into this place I felt like if I was walking into a candy store. The selection is huge and the prices are good. If you are a tequila enthusiast this is the place to be. If you are looking to try something new make sure you do your research so you wont’ be disappointed.

«great selection! hands down beats any place with huge selection, you name it scotch, bourbon tequila anything, there shelves are deep with choices!»

Great prices, good selection. Knowledgeable staff!

As a whiskey enthusiast, I must say this place is the BEST. I have never been steered wrong by the selection. They have the best prices and the best selection from the sea to the valley. I live in Echo Park and I drive to Van Nuys for my yearly Whiskey Barrel Invitational to purchase my inventory. They will always get my business before anyone else. It’s a place completely void of high nose pretense, bare bones, grab your shopping cart and fill it up. Mark, is the MAN. He has never missed a step with helping me curate my whiskey tastings. This weekend I found a Ben Raich 21yo which is discontinued, no longer available in L.A. since only 4800 bottles were presented. It was on the bottom shelf collecting dust. I almost cried when I saw it. I stock my home bar and my collection with inventory from Wine and Liquor Depot and wax poetic about it to every whiskey lover I come across.

I am a beer drinker, so not a very good selection at all. If you don’t care for beer selection this may be your place.

At the risk of sounding like an alcoholic I’m going to admit that this is my favorite store in the valley. They have a great whiskey selection. I’m sure they have great selections of other alcohols to but I’m a whiskey man and only know about the whiskey ;)

Although in a creepy looking part of town and annoyingly far from the freeway, I never feel ripped off even though I usually spend $ 100+ every time I come here. It’s my favorite place to find new Bourbon’s to try and is one of my top three favorite places to buy booze.
Liquor: Best selection of whiskeys I’ve seen along with great prices. This is the #1 reason to come here. Like other Unilocalers state, it’s a Scotch haven, but it’s also a great place to find Bourbons and Canadian Whiskies. On prior visits they’ve stocked Van Winkles. On this visit, they carried a Parker cask strength, a 25-​year-​old Rittenhouse rye, the latest Woodford Reserve Master Collection release, and a full range of Hirsch’s. Wow. The rest of the liquor selection isn’t bad either with a sizable section of tequilas.
Wine: Popular and affordable bottles, but not ideal for someone looking for a hidden gem.
Port: Nothing from the current vintage, but plenty from prior vintages.
Sparkling: Probably the weakest part of the store, unless the goal is to find Champagne on a tight budget.
There is parking on the street in front and parking in the back with a back entrance.

The belvedere bloody mary vodka is great with bloody mary mix! Delish, thanks again for ordering it for me! Happy holidays.

I’ve been a customer for over 20 years back when they had a seriously undersized store on Ventura Blvd and were forced to move.
Their customers followed the store and it continues to beat the competition in variety and service, and the prices… always excellent.
No gimmicks, no flash, but the best assortment of almost everything. (Woodland Hills Wine has a better assortment of wine, but Howard and his son are happy to special order anything you may want.
As noted in other reviews, they close at 6:00 every day and are not too easy to find, just because there’s not much flash in their exterior at all.

Best prices and selection in town. You are a fool if you buy your booze anywhere else. The staff is knowledgeable, and they are happy to place an order (by the case) for anything they don’t have on hand.
This is a great place for hard-​to-​find items, they carry retsina in stock, which used to be super hard to find in the Valley.
And for scotch, well, why in the world would anyone go anywhere else? The selection is HUGE, and the staff will always recommend something that fits your budget and taste.
They have great prices on beer (but you have to buy it by the case). It’s where I always go to stock up for parties.
Parking is in back (there is an entrance back there too, but it is locked after 5:00pm).

A Unilocaler below described this place as a Scotch drinker’s Mecca. As a faithful customer who makes the pilgrimage about once a month through the treacherous, traffic-​drenched freeways of LA, I am compelled to raise my copita in agreement with that description.
The selection of quality independent bottlings from Cadenhead’s, Douglas Laing, Duncan Taylor, and Signatory is staggering. A lot of the stuff was bottled years ago and has already gotten great reviews. I’ll raise my copita again to the fact that this store doesn’t do internet sales. Way to sacrifice the quick buck in favor of building a faithful customer base.
Best of all though, the prices are unbeatable. It’s almost as if the owners don’t know how hard to find a lot of what they carry is. Shhhh! I’ll let you know when I buy up their stock and then you can tell them, k?