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Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? [v] |
Group Type? |
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Dont miss this tour if visiting New York
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| Fri, Nov 20 11:00 AM |
LindaBrooke |
Female |
60-69 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| After you have absorbed the glitter and lights of Manhattan discover the other New York through the eyes of a local resident in Brooklyn.
Exactly what an overseas visitor is looking for away from the obvious tourist attractions. The tour is built around a focus on two different types of pizza but has so much more.
Paula our guide was passionate, genuinely interested in her charges for the day and very informative.
Very well organised. |
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lots of fun and a delightful personable tour guide
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| Fri, Nov 20 11:00 AM |
RBerger |
Male |
70+ |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The tour guide was personable and bouyant....full of energy and never
flagged over the few hours of the tour.....made everybody on board feel
welcome and particularly was good with some chlldren on the bus. We
had never been thru Brooklyn before so some of the neighborhoods were
surprisingly nice to us and to our French friends who were our guests....actually
changed their idea of what Brooklyn was like! |
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Great introduction to Brooklyn
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| Sun, Nov 15 11:00 AM |
hmhegedus |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| One of the take-aways I look for in a tour is to figure out the places I'd like to go back to on my own. And this tour definitely presented some great places, and not only the pizza places.
Our tour guide, Paula, was enthusiastic, and more importantly knowledgeable about the neighbourhoods we visited.
A pleasant tour and recommended. |
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Lovely day out
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| Mon, Nov 9 11:00 AM |
sheepyelmo |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Very informative and entertaining take on Brooklyn, and the pizzas are delicious. |
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Thanks for the reminder!
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| Fri, Oct 30 11:00 AM |
JMCGUIRK |
Male |
60-69 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| I forgot that I had booked the tour after 10 days in New York.
Thanks to Paula (our tour guide) ringing me & the guys at Verve translating Paula's Brooklynese instructions to go to 'Ord Fulton' into 'Old Fulton', we were able to catch up to the tour at Grimaldis.
Very pleased we did, had a great time.
Paula was a terrific guide.
Thanks Paula!
Thanks Verve!
John & Lorraine.
PS Will not forget next time! |
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A fantastic way to see Brookyln
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| Fri, Oct 30 11:00 AM |
elanora |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| My friend and I did the pizza tour and LOVED it! The pizza was fantastic and I have been craving it ever since! Paula - our tour guide - absoutely made the tour the great event it was, and I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone who just wants to get a great tour of Brooklyn - it's not just about the pizza! |
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Fantastic Tour - do it!
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| Mon, Oct 26 11:00 AM |
annetteflana |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Just home from 6 nights in New York and took the Slice of Brooklyn tour while there. I cant recommend this tour highly enough. I have beeen to N.Y. with my husband several times before and had even been to Brooklyn before but nothing like this! From the moment we met Tony in wonderful New York sunshine we were exposed to his exceptional local knowledge of the area and his great love of his home town of Brooklyn was highly contagious! All the highlights of the borough are covered in this tour and the area's significant place in film history is effectively captured in the film clips shown as you pass the various sites where they were shot. You really feel like you are a part of the action! Of course the pizza was good also but it was Tony himself that was the star of the show for us. Exceptional value for money....be sure to book this tour.....you wont regret it!
Annette and Eamonn, Ireland |
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What a 'Piz zof' the Brooklyn action!
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| Sun, Oct 25 11:00 AM |
jtreharne |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This trip has something for everyone. Fanastic sights, information delivered by an enthusiastic, charistmatic and well informed guide, great movie clips to make locations come to life and the best pizza we have ever tasted.
This was the best trip of our family holiday to New York and we have already recommended it to all of our friends. We are looking forward to the promised Mob Tour and will definately be coming back over for that.
The atmosphere in the restaurants was great - we could have happily spent the day there too - particularly Grimaldi's - our favourite (although a close thing!).
Thank you for a wonderful day with lots of happy memories and don't forget to tell us when you're Mob Tour is up and running.
Julie - England |
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Highlights Might Not Be The Pizza
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| Sun, Oct 25 11:00 AM |
fraser69 |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Paula was our tour guide and did a very good job describing each area we went through.Proud to be a Brooklynite. During the bus ride at certain points a video was shown from movies from the same area. Saturday Night Fever was a major talking point. Some sort of icon of Brooklyn thing. For me, she might have over selled the pizza. Grimaldi's was a good pizza with an excellent crunchy base, but to me a cheese n tomato pizza is not going to earn any bragging rights as the best pizza in town. Again, same with L & B's, more topping choices are needed. The idea of putting the tomato on top of the cheese is great, normally you can't tell which is cheese or the skin from your lips when you take a bite of the pizza. I was disappointed when after my third piece of pizza I was full. You're eating more bread than actual topping. The only minor, ney, major disappointment ( for me of course ) was during our walk around Coney, Paula never mentioned anything about the best movie ever, The Warriors. The wonder wheel in the opening credits, the train stopping at stillwell ave, the warriors are from coney. Maybe "a slice of brooklyn pizza tour" could be the wrong title. You only stop at 2 places while the most of the tour is talking about Brooklyn. When you go on a pub crawl you go to more than 2 pubs. The funniest moment was before we got to Grimaldi's, Paula said don't look at the people standing in line. You can't help but look. She was right. There's a kind of hatred on their faces when you jump the line. Overall a good four - five hours discription about Brooklyns area and people. |
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Lots to see so little time!
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| Fri, Oct 23 11:00 AM |
toddriedl |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This was a great way to spend our one day in NYC. We wanted something different and this tour offered it - plus the wine and pizza was great, too! |
