818 Tequila reviews and discussion

Honestly just tastes like your average tequila, I honestly just bought it for the aesthetic and to keep the bottle afterwards. Wouldn’t go out of my way to purchase again, but wasn’t “bad” necessarily!

I'm a huge fan of cocktails so I thought I'd test out Kendall Jenner's 818 tequila to make them for myself and some friends I had round. It was good but it wasn't as good as my go to Fortaleza. At this price point I couldn't justify the cost, it does feel like the brand is more focused on the marketing and celeb status of it all then the taste.

The 818 tequila tastes horrible. The after taste is like plastic or chemicals. DO NOT BUY THAT TEQUILA 🤮

I think this is a great quality tequila to have with friends or before a night out and also has a clean look that blends well in your bar cabinet. I need to try the additional products and I would recommend this.

The marketing team deserves a round of applause because at first, I didn't want to purchase but they really created the feeling of FOMO so I bought a bottle online and was looking forward to testing it out for myself. I have to say, I am not an alcohol snob but I know what tastes good. My sister and I took shots straight (which I rarely do, but wanted to see how smooth it was) and it is smooth. After that, I made a deliciously sweet sugar-free margarita using MiraBurst, a shot of 818, and some lime juice. It was great. I probably will repurchase at some point if I come across it in person. Also, very aesthetically pleasing packaging.

If you want a celebrity-hyped tequila that is hit or miss (sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not), then this is the brand for you. It's not Patron by any means. 818 Tequila has a very vanilla aftertaste to it and doesn't mesh well in a margarita but you might find it useful in a sweeter drink.

The tequila is good, not great, but the frustrating thing I have realized is the prices are all over the place depending on where you shop. I've found that BevMo on Instacart has the best prices.

Really smooth and delicious. I was pleasantly surprised - thought it would be overhyped by kendal jenner tbh

This tequila is wonderful! Especially the Reposado. It is one of the best tequila's I've had, perfect for cocktails or on the rocks, and bottle looks amazing!

I’m a BIG tequila girl and while I did enjoy 818, it wasn’t my favorite. Since beginning to drink authentic tequilas, celebrity brands have started to lose their shine to me and I definitely don’t feel like this tastes as good. The vanilla notes definitely seem like it would make this tequila easier to drink for people who have only ever had, like, Cuervo, but it’s not as authentic and that’s what I think I look for the most.

Sorry Kendall, but I don't love it. I'm a bit of a tequila snob and the flavor doesn't justify the price point well enough for me. I like the branding, but it just didn't go it for me.

Really smooth, but a little over hyped in my opinion

I used to work in the wine and spirit industry and had the chance to taste good tequila - this one is only marketing oriented, this is not a great tequila, the liquid is not what we are expecting. Marketing only - i dont recommend! I would go for Volcan Tequila

I am a huge tequila person, it is probably the only alcohol I drink. 818 was getting so hyped up I just had to try it. Nothing against the company, this was just not good tequila. I couldn’t finish a shot, so I tried making a simple margarita, still no. I feel bad by saying it isn’t good, but I recommend drinking something else.

Boring packaging, nothing special

I love tequila. And when I first tried 818, I thought I found my new go-to. Seriously, first bottle I had was SO GOOD. It tasted smooth yet sweet, perhaps hints of vanilla? It was a delicious chilled shot. However, the second bottle, I almost spit out the tequila immediately. I had to double check, it was actually 818. It was not good. They were bottled on different dates, and so this leads me to believe that they have a serious quality control issue. I tread with caution with buying this, haven’t found a bottle as good as my first encounter.

It's tequila my dudes. It's nothing special and it's got the same problem as resposado, it tastes sweet, but other than that, it's just overhyped, over expensive, and altogether kinda cute looking tequila. I can't recommend it, and i'd never buy it, but like, if you're faced with 818? take the pic because what is kendall sees it!

818 is a truly no good tequila. I hosted a blind tasting with three celebrity blanco tequilas: 818, Casamigos, and Teremana. We didn't have really high expectations for any of them but by trying them blind, we could set our biases aside. 13/15 tasters put 818 last and it was no one's first choice. 818 smells and tastes like a birthday cake candle. If you enjoy distilled spirits, namely tequila, you will be disappointed by 818. By trying to make the product "smooth" and palatable, they killed off any desirable flavor qualities that might come from the agave itself. 818 is a tequila for people who don't like the taste of alcohol. I think a product like 818 has its place. It's probably easier to drink shots of 818 than a traditional tequila. It might taste fine mixed with juice or soda. But if those are the destination, a $45 bottle of tequila is not the way.

Not my favorite tequila, but it's a good price for the quality

The silver is honestly really smooth and I generally choose it over most other 100% agave tequilas, as embarrassing as that might be. However, the respado felt awful. Perhaps an acquired taste, but I personally could rarely get myself to stomach a shot of it, despite tequila always being my go-to. I've only ever drank both straight, so I can't speak to it tasting better when mixed, but my roommate enjoyed the reposado in the form of a tequila sunrise.