| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Thoroughly Wonderful Entertainment and Food
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| Fri, Dec 5, 08 11:00 AM |
rappsy |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This was the first time we had ever taken a food tour and it will not be the last. We had a wonderful time and enjoyed every moment of both the bus tour and the food stops.
We will be back to enjoy another one of your tours. |
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Good overview, albeit lacking in depth ...
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| Fri, Dec 5, 08 11:00 AM |
dcwatts |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| It wasn't the pizza, but rather the bus tour of Brooklyn which highlighted this outing. We walked underneath the Brooklyn Bridge and walked along the boardwalk in Coney Island, driving through fascinating and diverse neighborhoods in between.
The pizza angle was not emphasized; and this was OK with me. Nevertheless, if you are a serious foodie you may be unsatisfied. We stopped at two places: (a) Grimaldi's for Neapolitan-style and (b) Lombardi's for Sicilian-style. The visits were strictly dining-room. No one from either establishment met with us for Q&A or to show us the kitchens or ovens.
I thoroughly enjoyed the tour myself; but then again I signed on more for the Brooklyn experience than to learn about the NY pizza scene. |
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Yummmmmm
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| Fri, Dec 5, 08 11:00 AM |
jeneaneo |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| The pizza was delish, Maria was fun and full of fascinating Brooklyn-lore. We luv'd Grimaldi's pizza with the thin crust and the creamiest mozzarella we've ever had, contrasted by the pizza at L & B Spumoni with the thicker gooey crust and perfect sauce. AT L & B Spumoni ask for the "combination" spumoni which will give you all three flavors - did I say yum.
We had a great group of folks on the tour with us from all over the U.S. My husband and I will definitely be back to visit Brooklyn -- hopefully next time we can take friends with us on the tour again. We highly recommend the tour! Thanks, Maria for a great time!! |
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Great Insight into Brooklyn
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| Mon, Dec 1, 08 11:00 AM |
mishmash83 |
Unspecified |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Tony was a great tour guide with a wealth of information to share with us about his native Brooklyn. I especially liked how we were shown the clips of movie scenes of areas we were passing and also the wonderful Sicilian Pizza. Highly recommended! |
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Truly Loved this Tour!!
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| Mon, Dec 1, 08 11:00 AM |
Kathyschoen |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Five sisters-in-law from Louisville, Kentucky loved this tour. Tony was absolutely perfect, full of insider knowledge about Brooklyn. The film clips are a great addition, especially for a movie buff, and seeing the actual places where scenes in famous movies were filmed was really cool. The history behind the pizza places we visited was so interesting and the pizza was awesome. I have visited NYC numerous times and this was one of the most special things I have done. You should go on this tour. |
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Real Enjoyment in the Bustle of the City
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| Mon, Dec 1, 08 11:00 AM |
jeanclark |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We really enjoyed this tour. The only thing we had to say was the pizza was delicious
but it was served too close to each other. I expect to come back to this tour with my
husband in July. That's how much I enjoyed it. I also enjoyed seeing the expensive
part of N.Y. City that I was surprised to see and also Coney Island, which I have been
anxious to see for years. I was great to see Brooklyn, because I know I would never have seen it no matter how many times I came to the city. So we thoroughly enjoyed
the whole tour. |
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A very special day!
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| Sun, Nov 30, 08 11:00 AM |
RosemarieFer |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| My husband and I are both from Brooklyn and we wanted to show our grandchildren where we were brought up. Tony has put together a great tour we had a lot of fun and our grandkids had fun and lots of pizza. We leared a lot but also was entertained. Tony was the best guide ever. We were the only locals the rest of the tour was made up of people from Austrlia, Germany, and Ireland and they loved it as well. We plan to do another tour in the spring. |
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Outstanding!
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| Fri, Nov 28, 08 11:00 AM |
anitadengel |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| What a great way to see Brooklyn and all it has to offer! I have been in the tourism business for years and I highly recommend this tour. Thank you Tony for being so passionate about what you do and so enthusiastic about Brooklyn! Wishing you and your family a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Anita Dengel- Appleton, Wisconsin |
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high expectation proved wrong...
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| Mon, Nov 24, 08 11:00 AM |
dleimonis |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| After reading all these positive reviews all over the net i was expecting something more than that.
I think that the idea of such a tour is a good one and it gives a newbie a chance to see Brooklyn through the eyes of someone that knows the area. Our guide, Paula, did a good job to show us around Brooklyn and tried to entertain us but i think that at the end was obvious that 4,5 hrs are more than enough.
they could squeeze the schedule a little bit and still offer a decent tour. i like the first pizzeria, grimaldi's, but the other one wasn't sth special. the most important aspect was those little details of brooklyn's history that Paula shared with us rather than the pizza.
i think that it didn't worth the money and certainly the time could be less as the actual tour needed 2,5-3hrs max.
still, i'd recommend it as an experience but i'd ask for a better deal. times are difficult and those guys have huge margins. |
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Slice of Brooklyn with the fabulous Paula
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| Mon, Nov 24, 08 11:00 AM |
chio1979 |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This tour was truly one of the highlights of our trip, and we saw Broadway shows, plays and went to the Met, so that's really saying something. It was great to discover a side of NY we never had before and to go to places we never would have been, otherwise. The pizzas were EXCELLENT, specially L&B's and our fabulous tour guide *Paula* was very attentive, knowledgeable, witty and caring of all our needs. Thank you Slice of Brooklyn, we had a WONDERFUL time.
Much love from Puerto Rico...
The Other Paula et al *wink* |
