Aston's Of Manchester

Has everything you could feasibly want for cocktails at home; they even have some of the stuff that’s harder to track down like chartreuse and amaro. Excellent selection of spirits, especially whisky. Staff have always been very friendly and are more than happy to help you find exactly what you’re after based on your preference and price range. They’ve a great range of tobacco products and paraphernalia if that’s your thing too!

I have visited Aston's of Manchester as a customer several times in the past and I visited today as a customer. There is a great selection of cigars, tobacco products, spirits, and accessories. However, everytime I walk in, particular staff are rude towards me, and give looks of disdain; this is probably because I come across differently compared to their usual clientele. There have only two times I have actually been treated like a an actual customer, these occasions happened only AFTER I rang ahead about products. The first time was last month, I rang about the Montecristo Edmundo Wides to see if they had the cigar in stock, I bought four of them half an hour later after the phone call. The second was today, after I rang ahead about their Boveda products, asking if they had the 320g packs in with a RH of 65%. When I arrived today (and in my previous visit when I purchased the Montecristo Edmundo Wides - last month), I was stared at until I approached one of the members of staff. The only greeting I got was a distrusting "Hello". It wasn't until I explained that I rang ahead about the said products was I taken seriously. Though my experience turned positive on both occasions, I should not have had to explain that I rang ahead prior. I hope the next time I come to Aston's of Manchester, I am actually treated as a customer from the get go, and I hope this attitude changes towaeds not just me but other people they may have treated with such prejudice today and in the past.