Address: Carbost, Isle of Skye, IV47 8SR, United Kingdom
Phone: +441478614308
Rating: 4.2
based on 291 reviews.
Tour Experience
Pros:
"What an incredible tour and experience!"
"Great tour with a guide in english who explains the whole process of making whisky."
"Great tour of the distillery by an amazing tour guide who was very informative in a very personal and authentic way."
"Love getting the opportunity to visit Talisker one of my favourite whiskies and such a gorgeous spot."
"It was totally worth to take the rocky Road to this Distillery. Great Whisky, great Tour and great experience."
"Had a great time on the distillery tour and had a great tour guide, who was able to support multiple languages for everyone in the group."
"We really enjoyed the distillery tour (book in advance as they are very popular!!), it was very interesting."
Cons:
"The explanations are decent, but I had way more details elsewhere."
"Finally when we were at the gift shop I was looking to buy a couple bottles, but I couldn't find anyone to help us or to provide us with a sample."
"The tours have become small and infrequent due to an over-reaction to Covid."
"Due to social distancing we waited in the queue for over 40 minutes then went inside and bought ourselves some whiskey only to find out it was 30% cheaper in London (Waitrose) what a con."
"Talisker is a favorite of mine, but the tour is probably the least good I had in Scottish distilleries."
"Very disappointing experience - worst I've had on our tour of Ireland and Scotland combined."
"Big bummer with the tasting room is that there is absolutely no seating and they don't offer formal tastings."
Guide & Staff
Pros:
"Our guide, George, was excellent."
"Billy was fantastic and very interactive and informative."
"Chris was an awesome guide who really engaged 3 kids from our family."
"Ian was an excellent tour guide!"
"John, our guide, was fantastic- both friendly and knowledgeable."
"Our guide Gordon was a really great guide and funny guy."
"Mike is a real rock-star of tour guidance made it in extremely informative, pleasant, interactive and funny way."
Cons:
"Sadly our guide was not very charismatic and it felt like they were just reading off a script."
"The guide had very limited knowledge of the whisky and had to read the information from the paper."
"Was not happy with whisky tour, need improvement, the guide was very grumpy and not friendly."
"No one that we met with seemed to have a lot of passion or care for the work being done there."
"The grumpy guy who was doing the tasting obviously hates his job and made me cringe seeing how he treated my husband and other tourists."
"The staff there weren't very polite and had no intentions of serving us."
"After driving quite a while with no information beforehand on the website I would dare to even say its nearly a scam."
Location & Facilities
Pros:
"Talisker Distillery is in a very beautiful location. Lot of places to walk around."
"A beautiful location for a day trip."
"The view from the distillery is stunning and makes you think of the sea that influences the taste of the whiskey."
"The place is really refined and brings you to the experience of premium whisky."
"Talisker Distillery is surrounded by stunning scenery and the gift shop and bar are beautifully designed."
"You can feel the influence of the sea in the design, which creates a unique atmosphere."
"The location is beautiful, the buildings inside and out are fantastic."
Cons:
"But you feel like in a tourist attraction, not far away on the remote island of Skye."
"Decent whisky, nice tasting, but the approach roads to the distillery are a disgrace."
"All whisky on site very expensive. The shop sells a variety of odds and ends, all fairly expensive."
"Shop prices even higher than local discounters. It was a waste of time."
"Very full on a Wednesday afternoon, not even any room at the bar or tables in the lobby."
"Pretty much a waste of time. We only visited the shop which was not offering tastings/ samples as their normal facilities were being refurbished."
"Everything looks organized to make customers spend as much money as possible for Outrageously High prices in the shop."
Tasting & Products
Pros:
"The tasting room was nice and I really like the different samples they presented."
"Favorite whiskey. Absolutely wonderful balance of smoke and peatiness."
"The whisky is amazing, and when you meet the folks involved in its production and marketing, you quickly see why."
"Really surprised by the quality of the visit and tasting."
"We did the tasting experience and it was phenomenal."
"I had never tasted a whiskey that featured tasting items like 'salty' and 'oily.' So I had to try some."
"My husband enjoyed the tasting and I enjoyed the cocktails."