Customer Reviews

Anchor Hocking 5-Piece Martini Gift Set

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I was in search of a glass cocktail shaker rather than a stainless and was pleasantly surprised finding this beautiful set. My personal experience is that the strainer on stainless shakers can be difficult to remove to rinse out between cocktails. Feigning a similarity to Anchor Hocking's Depression glass series entitled "Manhattan," this set is quite nice. This glassware, also made by Anchor Hocking, is named "Celebrate." My only annoyance with it is that the (9 oz. not 10 oz.) glasses are just too large for a single martini and a too many double martinis can be a problem. Oddly enough, the (18.5 oz.) shaker seems disproportionate to the glasses. However, with it's excellent horizontal rib styling I can easily overlook that. The shaker itself also has a rubber gasket at the top so that it prevents leaking, but can be a little difficult to take off the lid however, not as bad as a stainless model. While Amazon.com listed this product as taking 1-2 weeks for delivery, in reality it took nearly two months to arrive. All in all, if you have the time to wait this is a wonderful modern-retro set to add to your bar. --Dawn Marie, [URL]- 2002

Great Gift Great Value - I had to get one for myself. The glasses are over sized and the shaker stirs up a great batch of dry Martini's. I love the retro glass look and the shaker has a seal to prevent leaking while shaking your favorite drink.

glasses are awesome. They look great and they are larger than your average martini glasses. All my friends loved the glasses when I had a martini party.
The shaker looks great, but alas, it leaks all over your hands when shaken, despite having a seal. So be careful!!
But for this price, it's still a great buy.

This is not the Martini set for Martini "fanatics" but for someone who wants to whip up a couple and have "correct" glassware its really not bad.

I based my rating of four stars mostly on function and price. The shaker works well enough. It is necessary to get the top correctly fitted on the lower glass. Since this shaker is made of glass there is a rubber gasket at the top that keeps the setup from leaking. This makes the large top (not the cap for the pourer) a bit difficult to remove and replace if your not careful. Once you've done it a few times it becomes much easier.

The glasses are reasonably strong (actually a bit heavy) for stemware. They are very large (will take up shelf space) but a shaker divided four ways is about right (Martinis shouldn't really be "sloshing" in the glass).

This is not the prettiest set under the sun. The glass is okay but certainly not top end. Much more of a casual or outdoor set than something for a high end cocktail party.

Long story short this is a relatively easy to use, low cost, martini set that will let you make better martini's than if you tried to mix them in a typical cocktail glass.

Tip of the day: Vermouth counts nearly as much as the Gin or Vodka ... don't cheap out you'll regret it.

Compared to all the other martini sets I've seen for around this price, nothing even comes to close to the quality or the amount of items you get. For 4 glasses and a good shaker, I would expect to pay a lot more for these high quality items...especially since most of the shakers I've seen are very flimsy and this one is definitely heavy duty! I have not had the leaking problems or opening problems that some of the other reviewers had. Maybe they don't close the cap tight enough? I also hadn't had any problems with breakage. I've had this set for over a year now and it's been great! I also think size of glasses is perfect and our martinis come out perfect. And the bee-hive design is so hip!

The set looks very nice and elegant. I have no problems with the glasses, it's the shaker that bugs me. There's a bit of leak when you try and shake it. But worse, when the glass gets wet it gets really slippery, so you have to take extra care, not to let it slip out of your hands.

I'm probably going to buy another shaker and just put mine away for looks or something.

The glasses are absolutely fabulous. Very 1950's....retro.
They have texture with the ribbing and are very one of a kind.
The Glass Shaker is the pits....the top doesn't stay on very well and there is a great likelyhood that it could fly off.
But the value is still there for the glasses.

While I like the looks of this set a lot, with its retro feel, I find the shaker to be in need of a design overhaul. Every time this is used (and it's been used by several people so I don't think it's a user problem) it spills while pouring! This has been very frustrating to lose good top shelf vodka because of poor design. I had to go out and purchase another shaker because of this problem so I would not recommend this set.

at a very attractive price. This set reminds me of the one my folks had in the 50s.

I got a similar set (3-pc with shaker and 2 glasses). I agree with the other reviews about the shaker, it leaks a little bit. I suggest getting another shaker, but keeping this one around as a back-up OR wrapping a small towel around the leaky seam. I like the texture of the shaker and glasses. It's classy and not so overdone that it's tacky.