| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
|
The best tour, the best pizza, the best spumoni,
|
| Fri, Apr 7, 06 11:00 AM |
MColistra |
Female |
50-59 |
Combination |
Family Without Children |
| This was a surprise tour for my husband's birthday. Husband, wife, son, brother, sister in law. Brothers, as kids, raised in Brooklyn. The five of us loved the tour and highly recommend it to "everyone". Fun, informative, great sights, pizza was amazing and the best spumoni ever. Parts of Brooklyn we had never seen. We imagined this would be fun --had no idea how great a tour this was to be. Tony is great, fun to be with and he makes this a special day. You don't have to be a Brooklyn kid to love this tour. "Forgetabout" Manhattan and love the Brooklyn Bridge and Coney Island and old Brooklyn. A real bargain price and lots to remember forever. Highly recommend. Will be going again with a group of ladies. Thanks Tony. fondly, Monica Colistra |
|
|
Tony is great and the tour is a hoot!
|
| Fri, Mar 10, 06 11:00 AM |
woodbloom |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I had tons of fun on Tony's Slice of Brooklyn Tour. The highlights for me were:
All the views of Manhattan and the bridges from the Brooklyn side
The fantastic pizza
The trip to Coney Island (hadn't been there since I was around 12)
The fantastic pizza
All of Tony's stories about growing up in Brooklyn
The fantastic pizza
Tony himself!
The fantastic pizza (and the delicious spumoni)!
My husband has already made a reservation to take this tour in May when he's in NYC. Please go, you'll have a great time! |
|
Very good, but should know ...
|
| Fri, Mar 10, 06 11:00 AM |
SuePorter |
Female |
Unspecified |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Tony is absolutely excellent in every way possible ... enthusiastic, knowledgeable, accomodating, efficient, thorough, etc., providing maps and all details in the MOST professional manner.
However, this is more of a very informative tour of Brooklyn than a "pizza tour." We went to two pizza places which were fine ... but the emphasis of the 4 hour tour is Brooklyn itself, i.e., sites, history, trends, etc. We covered a lot, and it was very good ; some places we saw were Red Hook, Dumbo, Coney Island, Brighton Beach area, residential streets, etc. Tony organizes everything down to the finest detail, even with Brooklyn movie clips and music (dvd on the comfortable / clean bus).
However, unless there's at least one more pizza place added into the tour (maybe drop one of the sights?), I wouldn't call this a "pizza tour."
Other than that, it's excellent if you want to see Brooklyn and have two pizza stops. |
|
|
Excellent Tour Offering A Unique & Fun Experience
|
| Fri, Mar 10, 06 11:00 AM |
Maxanddawn |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We took two major tours while on a long weekend in NY and the Slice of Brooklyn Tour was by far the better all around! It cost less and had more value for the money. Tony makes the experience very personal and the trip had loads of information on Brooklyn that you would not normally get. The use of video clips on the bus along with music added to the experience. Tony would show you a scene from a movie and then we would see the exact location that the scene was shot. It really helped to have the videos as a reference for som eo fthe older films that we saw locations of. It was also a nice surprise to find a restroom on board the bus. Most tour buses don't have that sometimes necessary feature. We actually sat down inside two different pizza restaurants and ate plenty of pizza at both places. If you like Sicilian style, be sure to eat plenty at the first stop. If you prefer Napolian style pizza, save room for the second stop. You will definitely not leave this tour feeling hungry. Tony was also flexible and accommodating, allowing the group to decide if they wanted to spend more time in one place over another. Some of us wanted to visit the original Nathan's Hot Dogs and so he let us walk there from Coney Island and the bus picked us up. As a tour guide, Tony is funny, and comfortable as well as approachable. You left feeling like you made a friend. We took a 1/2 day tour of New York the next day by a group that calls itself a "Party Shuttle" and it was not nearly as fun or personal or informative as Tony's Slice of Brooklyn Tour. You will definitely be glad that you spent the money and time on this tour. I predict that this tour will grow increasingly popular over the next several months so it would be good to book it now. |
|
|
It's So Much More Than Pizza!
|
| Fri, Feb 17, 06 11:00 AM |
Parfait |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| Take this tour! Tony has done his homework and even if you are a Brooklyn native, you'll learn something you didn't know about the borough. Tony plays music that has to do with Brooklyn during the tour and he shows lots of clips of movies made in Brooklyn while you are RIGHT THERE where the movie was made. It is so AWESOME! He peppers the tour with historic facts, you see the mansions in Bay Ridge, you learn about the hundreds of celebrities who were born in Brooklyn, and you get to go to Coney Island. It's an amazing tour that would be a bargain at twice the price. And, the pizza is WONDERFUL, too! Be sure and have the spumoni at L&B Spumoni Gardens--it's delicious. (I am not Tony's mom.) |
|
|
Don't miss this fun experience
|
| Wed, Dec 28, 05 11:00 AM |
johnmoore |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Took tour over 2005 Holidays and thoroughly enjoyed every minute. Was in a party of 6 adults from Texas and we all had a great experience. Tour guide, owner, and life-long Brooklyn resident was outstanding and very genuine; smaller bus offered enjoyable tour environment contributing to effective communication of a broad range of topics re: Brooklyn's history, neighborhoods, new development and relationships with movie industry. Stops at pizzarias were wonderful and history of pizza business in NYC very interesting. Good balance of "on" and "off" time. Not a tour for small children, too much content. Will actively recommend tour to friends visiting NYC in future. After more than a dozen trips to NYC for vacation and having many interesting experiences, this your ranks right up at the top of enjoyment. Hope tour company will continue to grow and offer additional, similar style tours of other aspects of Brooklyn. Would highly recommend to anyone interested in learning about Brooklyn culture and having some great pizza. |
|
|
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
|
| Wed, Dec 28, 05 11:00 AM |
TheresaSpenc |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Unspecified |
| I went on the internet to do research for a book report that I am doing on A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I was looking for tours of Brooklyn and found Tony's. Although, this is not a literary tour, Tony and I managed to exchange a few words about this book. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed all the detail, Tony was able to share about this wonderful borough. Later, I went back on my own to explore the Williamsburg area. Another recommended read pertaining to this borough is A Brooklyn Reader. I look forward to my next visit to Brooklyn and hope Tony will be able to add additional tours! |
|
|
Best Tour Available in NYC
|
| Fri, Dec 16, 05 11:00 AM |
JGFire1 |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| This tour is a hidden gem, the tour guide was extremely knowlegable, enthusiastic, and entertaining. The pizza was great, the spumoni was awsome, and the histroy of the area was amazing. The many locations that were visited from popular movie scenes were very entertaining.
This tour would be excellent for anyone who enjoys food, history, and pop culture and we would recommend it to all! |
|
|
Kick A$$ Tour!
|
| Fri, Dec 16, 05 11:00 AM |
spuckncoline |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| A group of us from South Florida took the tour and we had a spectacular time. Tony is very personable, friendly, and knowledgable. He has obviously done his homework and knows both the history of Brooklyn and the history of pizza in the Big Apple. He is not someone that is reciting from a memorized script, but someone that loves the area where he grew up, and loves sharing its history. An audio-visual presentation is included and enhances the tour greatly. The pizzas were incredible, and combined with the history, make this a terrific tour. I would strongly recommend this tour even if you are not a hard core pizza junkie. |
|
|
Great Brooklyn Tour from Local
|
| Fri, Dec 2, 05 11:00 AM |
kstockmann |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| My friend was visiting again from Chicago and we wanted to do something different than the normal Manhattan sights. This tour was perfect...let us see Brooklyn and taste great New York style pizza! Tony is a very enthusiastic and knowledgeable tour guide. |
