Amathus City

The place looks cosy and inviting when you first approach it, with bottles on floor to ceiling shelves. The shop minder (not sure if it was the owner) seemed to be an approachable and friendly chap, chatting with the customer in front of me, and commenting about how she clearly knew exactly what she wanted. When it came to my turn, I asked him if he had stock of the Aberfeldy single malt 18 yo. He turned to his shelves, then looked at his stock on his screen, and announced that he did not have it in stock. If he had stopped there, it would have been fair enough, but he went on to add "....assuming it exists". I was quite taken aback and assured him that it did, and was about to offer to show him what it would look like by doing a search on my phone, but then I realised that his remark did not make sense and indeed was quite rude; if he doubted it existed then why check his shelves and his stock screen? If he did not even know what it was, or that it existed, then it spoke volumes of his lack of product knowledge. And if indeed he knew what it was, then why make that passing remark unless it was to show his disdain of me? As a Singaporean who loves London, visiting for the first time post COVID, seeking to rekindle fond memories, it was a sad, disappointing and immediate turn off, and I decided not only to go elsewhere to spend my money, but also to write this review. I had thought I might have a pleasant experience talking to a knowledgeable friendly person about good whiskies, but sadly all I got was a sarcastic comeback. No, I will not go back there again. It still gets two stars though because it does have decent stock, just not what I was looking for, and definitely no pleasant people attending to you.
Dec 17th, 2022

They have everything
Nov 5th, 2022

Great choice of wines and more
Oct 10th, 2022

The staff is friendly, Polite & knowledgeable.
May 10th, 2022

Sep 28th, 2021