Taylor's Port
Taylor's Port
4.5
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Monday
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
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Taylor’s, accepted by most wine authorities to be the greatest of all port shippers, invites you to a pleasant and informative tour of its famous lodges at Vila Nova de Gaia. During the tour the visitor will be given the opportunity to learn about the fascinating history of Port wine, as well as that of the House of Taylor Fladgate making it one of the oldest Port companies.
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Lucas K
Sao Paulo, SP3 contributions
Feb 2023 • Couples
Rich history in this "cave", showing all the process and tradition of Taylor's port wine. The tour can be made at you own pace (I recommend to bring your own earphones with cable).
The tasting was good but a bit pricey if you wanted to prove other wines (comparing with other caves)
The lady at the entrace who gives you the device and takes your ticket could be a little gentler with older people.
The tasting was good but a bit pricey if you wanted to prove other wines (comparing with other caves)
The lady at the entrace who gives you the device and takes your ticket could be a little gentler with older people.
Written February 16, 2023
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Dear Lucaskawakami,
Thank you for taking the time to review your experience at Taylor's. We thank you for your feedback, it is very important for us.
We hope to see you again soon.
Thank you,
Taylor's Team
Written February 20, 2023
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Christina I
Cirencester, UK225 contributions
Sep 2022
We had time for one port cellar so went with one of the tourist or most obvious ones. Very informative 90 mins with 3 port tastings amongst the peacocks at the end in the garden, worth 15 euros each and time well spent. If we came again I believe the smaller ones can give a more intimate experience but for a starting point of port education it ticked the boxes and I would recommend.
Written October 3, 2022
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Liz W
Los Altos Hills, CA58 contributions
Mar 2020
Taylor’s Port Lodge offers an excellent audio tour for 15 euros which carefully explains port production. The self-guided tour is about an hour long and ends with glasses of a white aperitif-style port and a ruby vintage port. The setting is lovely. There is a fine dining restaurant here which offers a lovely several course lunch for about 40 euros. The setting is high above the river and the restaurant view is spectacular.
Written March 4, 2020
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Dear Liz W,
Thank you in advance for your visit and for your feedback. We are happy to hear that you had a pleasant experience in our cellars and that you recommend our restaurant.
We look forward to see you again.
All the best,
Taylor’s Port
Written March 18, 2020
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Carlos G
1 contribution
Sep 2022
First of all: Clients can't be let waiting for far more than fifteen minutes to simply get bread and olive oil with vinegar on the table. In all, we arrived at the restaurant at around 1.30pm and finished 4 o'clock was long gone! And we had no aperitifs ordered.
Second: Such a "distinct" restaurant can not have young staff serving where one noticed they must have come out of hotel school not very long ago! One gets far better service on dozens of top restaurants here in the bigger Porto area and especially far quicker and cheaper!
Third: One of the fish dishes was not properly cooked, it still showed a bit of blood on the inside, when cutting with the knife!
Fourth: The "cerise sur le gâteau" (the "cherry on the top of the cake") was when one of us ordered a Tawny port and some minutes later a young woman came, a bit shy, saying: "Sorry, just to be sure... did you ask a tonic water or a gin tonic?" I( exploded, really! I yelled at her: "In this restaurant full of "stars and "niveau chic" you don't know what a Tawny is and mix the word with tonic???"
Never ever again!
Btw, do you know now how to improve your service??
Second: Such a "distinct" restaurant can not have young staff serving where one noticed they must have come out of hotel school not very long ago! One gets far better service on dozens of top restaurants here in the bigger Porto area and especially far quicker and cheaper!
Third: One of the fish dishes was not properly cooked, it still showed a bit of blood on the inside, when cutting with the knife!
Fourth: The "cerise sur le gâteau" (the "cherry on the top of the cake") was when one of us ordered a Tawny port and some minutes later a young woman came, a bit shy, saying: "Sorry, just to be sure... did you ask a tonic water or a gin tonic?" I( exploded, really! I yelled at her: "In this restaurant full of "stars and "niveau chic" you don't know what a Tawny is and mix the word with tonic???"
Never ever again!
Btw, do you know now how to improve your service??
Written September 22, 2022
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Alice S
Cape Town Central, South Africa4 contributions
Oct 2021 • Friends
I was very disappointed with our visit - I have been meaning to go there for ages but never got the chance when I’ve been in Portugal previously.
The setting is beautiful - the garden is pleasant & the rooster & peacock add an element of interest. Unfortunately, the service was terrible.
We were ignored from arrival.
We just looked around the shop as the waiters weren’t paying us attention. When we approached the counter to find out the process for a tasting, we were ignored. Waiters kept walking around us and not checking if we needed help.
We settled down outside & people that arrived after us were served first. They had their drinks before we got service.
When served, we were just asked in Portuguese what we wanted from the menu. It was as if they didn’t want our money - so we didn’t waste it there.
We weren’t asked if we understood & nothing was explained to us & nothing was recommended. We heard the waiter explaining things at other tables in English.
We think they thought we were local because we were speaking Portuguese. I really hope that’s not how the locals are treated.
Another thing I didn’t appreciate was the request for a 10% tip if we liked the service. We obviously didn’t tip anything. Portugal isn’t really a place you tip huge amounts if at all… and asking for a 10% tip is a bit cheeky in my opinion.
We won’t be returning. 😞
The setting is beautiful - the garden is pleasant & the rooster & peacock add an element of interest. Unfortunately, the service was terrible.
We were ignored from arrival.
We just looked around the shop as the waiters weren’t paying us attention. When we approached the counter to find out the process for a tasting, we were ignored. Waiters kept walking around us and not checking if we needed help.
We settled down outside & people that arrived after us were served first. They had their drinks before we got service.
When served, we were just asked in Portuguese what we wanted from the menu. It was as if they didn’t want our money - so we didn’t waste it there.
We weren’t asked if we understood & nothing was explained to us & nothing was recommended. We heard the waiter explaining things at other tables in English.
We think they thought we were local because we were speaking Portuguese. I really hope that’s not how the locals are treated.
Another thing I didn’t appreciate was the request for a 10% tip if we liked the service. We obviously didn’t tip anything. Portugal isn’t really a place you tip huge amounts if at all… and asking for a 10% tip is a bit cheeky in my opinion.
We won’t be returning. 😞
Written October 25, 2021
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Pathfinder812317
3 contributions
Sep 2022 • Couples
Taylor Fladgate port lodge is a premium experience, but also feels like they are extracting money from you. We had the tasting menu lunch which was very good, but also very expensive 177 euro imcluding water. Then, we went to the tasting room, where we paid to taste vintage port. We bought three bottles of vintage port. Then we got to the caves where they insisted on another fee to walk through the cellars. This was after we had already spent 400 euros at this establishment. When i protested, their response was that every room os a separate experience and charged separately.
Written September 26, 2022
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Aayushi P
6 contributions
Aug 2022
Incredible experience of Taylor's Port.
First, you can enjoy an interesting tour through the display rooms and cellar at the property, learning in an appropriate level of detail about what Porto is famous for!
Very flexible timings for the tour with no allocated time slot as such, and not too crowded, so you could enjoy the experience without any pressures.
Very well organised with headsets guiding you through the process, with a variety of media available to learn about the port making process and history.
Staff were very friendly too.
At the end of the tour, you enter a beautiful terraced outside dining area, where you can enjoy a relaxing tasting of port of your choice, as well as a selection of nibbles and foods to complement the experience. The views are beautiful from this spot but are said to be even better for those who wish to try the on-property restaurant, which is a higher-end restaurant.
There is also a good gift shop on site.
First, you can enjoy an interesting tour through the display rooms and cellar at the property, learning in an appropriate level of detail about what Porto is famous for!
Very flexible timings for the tour with no allocated time slot as such, and not too crowded, so you could enjoy the experience without any pressures.
Very well organised with headsets guiding you through the process, with a variety of media available to learn about the port making process and history.
Staff were very friendly too.
At the end of the tour, you enter a beautiful terraced outside dining area, where you can enjoy a relaxing tasting of port of your choice, as well as a selection of nibbles and foods to complement the experience. The views are beautiful from this spot but are said to be even better for those who wish to try the on-property restaurant, which is a higher-end restaurant.
There is also a good gift shop on site.
Written August 11, 2022
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188jes49
Hereford, UK36 contributions
Mar 2022
I’m not a true port fan, but visited with my husband who is, and I can genuinely say it was fantastic, not only did I learn so much I discovered ports I actually enjoyed!!
It’s a leisurely tour at your pace, we so much to see absolutely fascinating, the tasting happens in a gorgeous garden over looking Porto, so peaceful and relaxing although we visited at the end of March so I can’t say what the busy summer months would be like.
We also treated ourselves to the port tasting menu in the very fancy restaurant, which was such an experience, every dish was fully explained and paired with an appropriate port we spend over 2hours enjoying the food, port and stunning view.
Not a restaurant for children though.
It’s a leisurely tour at your pace, we so much to see absolutely fascinating, the tasting happens in a gorgeous garden over looking Porto, so peaceful and relaxing although we visited at the end of March so I can’t say what the busy summer months would be like.
We also treated ourselves to the port tasting menu in the very fancy restaurant, which was such an experience, every dish was fully explained and paired with an appropriate port we spend over 2hours enjoying the food, port and stunning view.
Not a restaurant for children though.
Written April 6, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
tanner159
Southend-on-Sea, UK442 contributions
Nov 2022 • Couples
After a strenuous walk up to the location it did not disappoint.
Beautiful entrance and to see our late Queens Royal Warrant was all the more poignant.
Upon entering the beautiful building we were greeted and shown to the start of the tour. Everything was explained then off we went with our audio tour into the cellars and museum.
Very informative and some hands on areas. Amazing to see the Port filled casks and kegs with the most incredible smells of port in the air.
Once you finish the tour you exit to the courtyard, garden and restaurant area where you sit and sample two of the Ports.
It was a beautiful warm day so we sat and enjoyed ours in the garden with the Peacocks and Cockerels wandering around freely.
Terrific value and would highly recommend it.
Beautiful entrance and to see our late Queens Royal Warrant was all the more poignant.
Upon entering the beautiful building we were greeted and shown to the start of the tour. Everything was explained then off we went with our audio tour into the cellars and museum.
Very informative and some hands on areas. Amazing to see the Port filled casks and kegs with the most incredible smells of port in the air.
Once you finish the tour you exit to the courtyard, garden and restaurant area where you sit and sample two of the Ports.
It was a beautiful warm day so we sat and enjoyed ours in the garden with the Peacocks and Cockerels wandering around freely.
Terrific value and would highly recommend it.
Written January 16, 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Dear tanner159,
Thank you for taking the time to review your experience at Taylor's.
We appreciate your feedback. Here at Taylor's we try our best to improve our customer service and experience constantly.
We hope to see you again soon.
Thank you,
Taylor's Team
Written February 14, 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Kathy B
22 contributions
Oct 2021
We were forewarned by reviews that the self guided tour with the audiosticks could take up to two hours--and it did, and we loved it! I am a certified wino in the industry and was fascinated. Hubby goes along for the ride and he also was fascinated. So if you want a quick tour with tasting this is not your place. But if you want an indepth tour that includes everything from the capacity of the vats and how they are made to the rocks and growing process to the history of the British influence on the port industry, you are in the right place. The only complaint I had was they will take a photo of you in front of a gigantic vat, but when emailed it has some advertising down the side and through hubby which makes it unusable. Oh well.
Then the tasting comes with two basic ports, an LBV and a white. But their tasting menu provided numerous other options and we ended up with 4 or 5 more. We ended up with both a vertical tasting of vintage ports from the same vineyard and a lateral tasting of vintage ports from different vineyards, plus a 20 year tawny. While it took a few minutes in their gorgeous garden seating area for a server to approach us, after that service was perfect. The server brought all bottles with the samples so we could photograph and read the bottles (without us even asking). We also got the cheese tray. A beautiful day in the garden to taste after a great tour.
Then the tasting comes with two basic ports, an LBV and a white. But their tasting menu provided numerous other options and we ended up with 4 or 5 more. We ended up with both a vertical tasting of vintage ports from the same vineyard and a lateral tasting of vintage ports from different vineyards, plus a 20 year tawny. While it took a few minutes in their gorgeous garden seating area for a server to approach us, after that service was perfect. The server brought all bottles with the samples so we could photograph and read the bottles (without us even asking). We also got the cheese tray. A beautiful day in the garden to taste after a great tour.
Written October 22, 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Avocado1000
22 contributions
Hi, how do I make a reservation if it is required? Thanks!
Leonie
1 contribution
For the restaurant you have to make a reservation, but not for the tour. We simply walked to the restaurant and asked to make a reservation for the evening.
Sofía G
Bilbao, Spain58 contributions
Hay que reservar? Funciona ahora con el mismo horario?
PortCellars
1 contribution
Buenos dias sof_ag439,
Gracias por su contacto. No es necesario reservar ya que tenemos el sistema de audioguia disponible entre las 12h e las 19h.
Esperamos recebirlos pronto.
Taylor's Port
Maria de Fátima Santana Moreira
6 contributions
Porquê não cuidam da parte externa, com estacionamento próprio e vigilância para prevenir danos aos turistas? Tivemos todos os nossos pertences roubados dentro do veículo arrombado em plena luz do dia 06 de outubro de 2019 quando visitavámos a Taylor's. A segurança local não ofereceu a mínima ajuda, nem pra acionar a polícia? Quem é o diretor da instituição? A quem posso me dirigir para evitar que fatos como este aconteçam com outros turistas? Achei o local bastante perigoso. Foi nossa primeira viagem para Portugal
PortCellars
1 contribution
Cara Sra Maria de Fátima Santana Moreira,
Agradecemos novamente por compartilhar a sua experiência em Vila Nova de Gaia.
Tomamos conhecimento dos vários comentários que escreveu sobre este incidente. Lamentamos que tenha tido esta experiência nas proximidades das nossas caves. Como já referi em respostas anteriores, a rua no exterior das Caves Taylor’s é pública. A entidade responsável por essa rua é a Câmara Municipal.
A cerca de 80 metros da entrada da Taylor’s existe um parque público pago, devidamente sinalizado por uma placa azul com a letra “P”. Este parque é utilizado por grande parte dos clientes que viajam com pertences valiosos nas suas viaturas. De fato, ao viajar para qualquer lugar no mundo deveremos ter muita atenção à segurança das nossas viaturas, sobretudo quando transportamos objetos de valor.
Posso garantir-lhe que este assunto está a ser tratado pelas entidades competentes. Após termos tomado conhecimento deste incidente, contactamos a Polícia Municipal e a Câmara Municipal demonstrando a nossa preocupação com a situação.
Mais uma vez lamentamos que este incidente tenha acontecido nos exterior das nossas caves.
Taylor´s Port
Atentamente,
Taylor´s Port
Le parking est il gratuit pour les personnes qui ont une réservation au restaurant demain à 13h00 ?
PortCellars
1 contribution
Bonjour,
Veuillez noter que le parking n'est pas gratuit.
Merci.
Taylor's Port
Philip
Montreal, Canada1 contribution
Devons-nous réserver à l’avance pour une visite avec audio-guide?
PortCellars
1 contribution
Bonjour Philip,
Merci par votre contact.
On vous informe que vous n'avez pas besoin de réserver une visite avec audio guide. On est ouvert entre 10h00 et 18h00 pour les visites et jusqu'á 19h30 pour la salle de dégustation.
À bientôt.
Taylor's Port
Sandy L
Miri, Malaysia39 contributions
I’m a little concerned about mention of a steep climb. Is it possible to take a taxi?
Planning lunch at the restaurant then tour.
PortCellars
1 contribution
Dear M.MiriSandy,
Yes, it's possible to take a taxi.
Our adress:
Taylor's Port
Rua do Choupelo 250
4400-088 Vila Nova de Gaia
We suggest you to make a reservation for the restaurant.
Thank you and see you soon.
Best regards,
Taylor's Port
juyeon
Madrid, Spain
Is there any parking lot?
PortCellars
1 contribution
Dear juyeonje,
You can leave your car at The Yeatman Hotel parking which is across the street.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Taylor's Port
Dami Yoon
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Hi? Do I need to book a vineyard tour? I wonder if it is possible to visit without a reservation, and how much, including the audio guide.
PortCellars
1 contribution
Dear nicedami,
Thank you for your contact.
In fact, we don't have vineyards in Gaia, just the cellars where we age our Port.
The price for audio guide plus tasting of a white and a red port is 15€ per person.
Hope to see you soon!
Best regards,
Taylor's Port
Is there a restaurant at this port house ? Thanks
Andy L
Allen, TX1,148 contributions
Yes, Barão Fladgate is the Taylor Port restaurant on the Gaia side. This restaurant offers awesome views for lunch and dinner at moderate to high prices for the area. One of the best. Worth it if you can afford it and get reservations. The Grahms House is also nice.
Taylor's Port (Vila Nova de Gaia) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go
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- Taylor's Port is open:
- Sun - Sat 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
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- (0.02 mi) Barao Fladgate
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