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RateBeer Brew Tour Guide's Comments
Is it THE place to buy beer in London? No. But many people ask, "my family member/co-worker/neighbor is going to London and is willing to bring a bottle of something back--where should they go?" and it is just impossible to give them the names of the best beer stores, because they're somewhere between "inconvenient" and "a complete trek" to get to. Selfridges, to many people superior to Harrods, is in the heart of a major tourist/shopping area (Oxford Street) and is a destination for many tourists themselves, so it is an easy place to send people. The selection isn't huge, set among wine and whisky sales on the main floor, but it is choice enough that one can find an interesting UK beer or a European import worth having.
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| detroitsteel (23), , England | | January 30, 2007 [ Updated January 31, 2007 ]
Very small selection, but they do sell magnums of Chimay Blue, and cheaper than Utobeer. Staff are very pleasent and helpfull, even to scruffy old me. Don’t do glasswear, as I’ve read some where else it does. As an aside, Army & Navy, a department store on Victoria St, near the station, has a similar selection but does do a small range of branded glasses at about £3.50 a pop. | | fiulijn (186), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy | | December 11, 2005
Not the place to go, but it’s possible to find some good bottle (my personal choice would be for the White Field) and some bottles for the World (quite common countries if you are a good hunter). | | louchemobile (11), Barrow-in-Furness, England | | February 17, 2005
I used to go more often but the range has declined. prefer UTOBEER at Borough Market (London Bridge) these days. | | kook (36), Perth, Western Australia, Australia | | January 17, 2005
I’m sorry but it is rubbish. I suspect the range may have changed but they had less than 15 beers when I was in this store a week or so ago. I would not bother going here. You’d be better off finding a Waitrose, as it has more to offer. | | Joeh (49), , England | | June 12, 2004
As has been said, the amount of different bottles is not great, but nearly all the beers are good quality. This is obviously a great choice for those looking for great bottles but not necessarily a lot of scoops (although there were many for me). | | Sigmund (69), Hafrsfjord, Norway | | March 16, 2004
Selection is not great in quantity, but quality is very good - many fine Belgians and UK beers + a few American ones. Service is good but not overdone. Bottles are wrapped individually in tissue paper. If you're hungry from browsing in the food hall and want a prepared meal immediately, the café/restaurant has some excellent salt beef sandwiches but is rather pricey, and the beer choice there is limited to two lagers. | | Nuffield (69), Roseville, Minnesota | | January 20, 2004
I have frequently stopped at Selfridges because it is reasonably close to virtually anywhere in the West End, most tube lines have a stop somewhere around here, and I was always heading to nearby Marble Arch to pick up the bus to Oxford. So I love to stop in and pick up a bottle to take home. The selection of Belgians has some things that are rarer for North Americans--e.g., Rodenbach Grand Cru--and some less common countries are sometimes found here if you're hunting for new countries. There are also some UK bottles that are not currently imported to the US, so if you choose selectively this is as good of a beer store as I've found in central/tourist London. And the store as a whole is incredible--the food hall is not as magnificent as Harrods but it is still wonderful and in a certain way much more approachable and inviting. |
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