I purchased beautiful tanzanite here. Wonderful service. I thought they had many quality pieces.read more

My husband and I first visited Empire Jewelers in 2019. Bought beautiful ammolite pieces while on…read moreour visit in Skagway. Sunny and his family were wonderful and didn't pressure us. Their honesty and integrity brought us back. My husband bought me a ring that pairs nicely with my other collection. Thank you Sunny, Ani and family. Love your attention to all the customers that visit. If your reading my post, don't waste your time with others jewelers. It's a disappointment. This is the only store I go too.

Great place to buy souvenirs! They are famous for their freshly made popcorn and variations. They…read morehad about 15 different flavors of fresh popcorn. Not too expensive and they had tons ready and you could watch them make it there with free samples.

Richter's is one of my go to stops when visiting Skagway, though not for the many souvenirs you…read moremight find. It's my go to stop to grab a Gluten free bag of popcorn (funnily enough sourced from an Indiana farm) before heading back to the ship. Service is friendly as they quickly move the throngs of visitors in and out of the shop. As of my last visit ( 2023), cash was thankfully still accepted.

After multip[le trips to Alaska I already had a good supply of tee shirts, magnets, and other…read more"tourist" items so I was just meandering along the main street, not paying much attention to any of the shops--not even going in. Then something caught my eye here--not the usual --and I entered. The majority of the items in this shop were unusual--the kind of perfect gift I love to give. I spotted an elegant, almost spiritual carved pendant that just captured my attention. I admired it but left the store thinking that I really didn't need any more jewelry. I walked to the next corner before I realized that I did. I just could not leave the beautifully carved pendant in Alaska.

All beautiful jewelry designed and made locally! Murat, the owner, was very friendly and…read moreknowledgeable. Would definitely recommend a stop to support local small businesses rather than the cruise ship-owned jewelry lines.

I was visiting this store and the other ones in Juneau and Ketchikan. Around all stores in all…read morethree locations they advertised "free" collectible coins. However, I was unable to complete the sets due to the workers saying I have to purchase an item to get the coins. Even when I mentioned the coupon book and showed them my precious coins I got. Each time I went into the stores the workers were also extremely rude and acted like it was a problem to do the coins. If you don't like giving out free coins maybe you shouldn't advertise it. Another issue I had was I am over 21+ and a couple of the stores told me to "get my mommy and return" I simply replied with "I am an adult and can show you my id." I was able to get coins from stores 1-5. Store 6 said they "don't have that store anymore." Store 7/8 said I must purchase something before I get a "free" coin. And due to the lack of truthfulness from the other stores I didn't even try 9 because it wasn't worth me getting upset again. I just felt this whole experience was a disappointment and if you're going to advertise free it should be free.

Definitely a major tourist trap across all the cruise ports in Alaska, including this one. They…read morehave this gimmick where they'll give you a free coin at each port and most of the ports have several stores so you can get several different coins. However, as far as I know, you have to be upsold and they are pretty aggressive in trying to get you to buy some jewelry, even though the coins are supposed to be free to get without obligations. We went into this one store in Skagway just to see what it's like, but since we didn't really need to buy jewelry, we just looked around a little and then left and they didn't offer to speak with us and we didn't see anything about the coins either. There's literally a bunch of these stores all over the cruise ports in Alaska.

My partner and I looked at a couple of pieces of jewellery in this store. They offered to clean my…read morediamond earrings, which is accepted. After 10 mins we were ready to leave the store and I asked for my earrings back. The staff distracted us with more pieces of jewellery. After 20 minutes I was getting very agitated as we wanted to leave and I still did not have my earrings back. I was told it would just be a minute. After 30 minutes I started demanding for my earrings back. After 35 minutes I started yelling, and finally got my earrings back. Approximately 3 months later I had my earrings valued and to my horror they had been swapped. The stones had been removed and replaced with ones that were smaller, less quality in colour, clarity and value. In all of the time that I had them, the only time I had ever left them out of my sight was at this so called jewellery store in Skagway. They are liars, thieves and crooks. Stay away for your own good.

We bought two charms from this store. They were represented as gold, however, within three days,…read morethe gold had worn off. They completely ripped us off. Do not trust them at all.

Got a great deal on a unique ring for my wife during our cruise to Alaska. Sterling silver with a…read morenorthern lights quartz stone.

SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!…read more Advertisement in their window offered a "free charm". My fiance went inside to inquire, and was given the runaround, being told she "didn't need to buy anything", but the sales clerk would not give her the charm. He said he would wait for her to walk back to the cruise ship to get her credit card so she could buy something first. When we went back to confront the clerk, he said that "it's only free with a coupon", and directed me to the sign in the front window. He peeled a piece of tape off the words "With Coupon" and said "See, you need a coupon". As we went to leave he replaced the tape over the words. STAY AWAY!

Not at all happy with this company. I wanted a Pandora charm that represented Alaska. This store…read morecarries Pandora and I asked about Alaska themed charms. They had some with "Alaska" engraved on them, but they are $20-$25 more per bead. The gentleman showed me 4 charms that I "could only get in Alaska" - 2 glass charms, a cruise ship and a crab. I opted for a glass charm without the engraving. I was in a hurry to get to my next scheduled activity so in my haste I signed the receipt, took my package and left. When I got back home from my vacation I found out two things - First, they mis-represtented the charms. There is no charm exclusive to Alaska, and the charged me the price for the engraved charm and NOT the plain charm.

Mohamed and his staff were wonderful! Out of all the jewelry stores in Skagaway, they were the only…read moreones not pushing us to come in, offering free charms or anything. Just nice conversation and so polite. They made such an impression that we went back after we had lunch and did end up making some purchases. I made sure to get his card and will be making further purchases from him in the future. You can't go wrong at KGR!

After a very poor experience at two of the chain jewelers in town, I really wasn't expecting to…read morefind unusual jewelry that I liked and could afford. I wasn't even really looking for jewelry anymore, having gotten fed up with pushy salespeople. walking by Klondike Gold Rush Jewels, I paused because of all the Egyptian items in the windows. Most are the standard Tot and Nefertiti items common in tourist trinket collections. But there were some that were unique. I ended up going inside and Mo greeted myself and my friend very warmly. I asked about a piece with Isis on it, and she has not left my possession since. Mo was very personable, friendly, and absolutely one of the kindest people I have ever met. we stayed in his shop for more than a couple of hours, bought more than a few items from him, declined a ride back to the port (because he hadn't eaten either and we didn't want him closing in the middle of the cruise port day!) To say the least, I will forever bypass all the other jewelers in all of Skagway to come here in the future. The jewelry is beautiful, not the same as the chain store items, far more affordable, and Mo has not lied to us about any of the pieces we bought... which is HUGELY different from several other stores. I cannot recommend Klondike Gold Rush Jewels highly enough. There aren't enough words of glowing praise. Just go on your next trip and see for yourself.