New Orleans Culinary History Tours

I enjoyed the insights and stories about the food and especially the restaurant history in NOLA. The guide was funny, friendly, and knowledgeable. The food was great and the company of the other patrons was as well. If you like food, definitely attend this event.

Great tour and excellent tour guide. Guide was a former Chef.

George is tremendously knowledgable with a wity sense of humor about it all. The information, history, samples, choice of restaurants, and uncommon access make this tour a "MUST DO"!!

WE HAD A BLAST ON YOUR TOUR. MY SONS GAVE ME THIS TRIP AS A GIFT FOR MY BIRTHDAY KNOWING HOW MUCH I LOVED THE FOOD. YOUR GUIDE WAS A CHEF AND SHOWED US THE WORKINGS OF THE KITCHENS, HISTORY ( THE CITY'S & PERSONAL ) & A RICH SAMPLE OF THE FOODS & RESTAURANTS , ITS A MUST SEE.

We really loved the tour. We got a chance to taste different foods that made you want to go home and try to prepare yourself. We highly recommend this tour if you get a chance.

Our guide had a great knowledge of the food and the restaurant history we visited. We visited many nice restaurants and enjoyed food samples that we would otherwise not have considered. Overall, it was our favorite tour on our trip to New Orleans.

We arrived at Antoine's to find a "closed for maintenance" sign so we gathered at the bar (which was open). We proceeded to tour a dark, closed establishment. It was an entire hour before we arrived at the next stop and sampled any food. Having been on food tours before, we purposefully did not eat because we anticipated an ample sampling as with other tours. The samples were extremely small and we did not feel like we got our money's worth considering 1/3 of the tour was spent wandering around at one restaurant that wasn't even open. If a restaurant is closed then you should either substitute another one or discount the price. We were really hoping this would be the highlight of our trip and were saddened to discover otherwise. A food tour in NOLA should have been fool proof. Our tour guide "Chef George" was pompous, longwinded and a fast talker. After an hour of hearing him blabber on and plug his other tour company and we started discussing cutting our losses and going to the Seafood Festival instead-- I wish we had. We wasted 3 hours of our weekend long trip taking this tour. Most of the food is served in condiment containers - free sample size. I've posted photos of the food on Yelp. You'll see we had brisket, gelato and a community bowl of chips and dip... just what you come to New Orleans for, right? PS Look at the reviews from November-December 2009 to get a better idea of what this tour is really like. It is true that the purpose of this tour is to get you to buy their products such as spices and cookbooks. I don't know how this tour gets mostly good ratings. It is the only food tour that I have experienced that I would not recommend to others.

My wife and I have lived in California for 48 years, and visit New Orleans every couple of years. She's a native of New Orleans, and I lived there for seven years. Despite this experience of the city, this tour was an eye-opener. Our guide "Sally" was a very friendly and enthusiastic fountain of knowledge about the history of the city and its culinary arts, and took us into unsuspected nooks and crannies of several famous restaurants where we tasted samples of some famous New Orleans dishes, such as shrimp remoulade, turtle soup, red beans & rice, gumbo, pralines, muffeletta and beef brisket. Admittedly, it did help that we were the only participants in the tour that day, but I believe Sally would have been equally good with a larger group. The tour wasn't inexpensive, but we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and thought it well worthwhile. Ken S.

We live near New Orleans and visit frequently and always take out of town guests there. Despite having eaten at a variety of New Orleans restaurants, this tour hit several that were new to us. Overall, it was a nice way to see the eateries and to sample bites from the menus. Was it worth the price? Yes...but it comes close to being overpriced.

Excellent, Knowledgeable Guide....Very interesting information, great food!

This is a great way to enjoy some history and taste of New Orleans! My wife and I enjoyed this tour, even with the heat outside was very hot.

Four of us had a wonderful time on our culinary tour. Turns out we were the only four on that particular day, which made it very personal. Our guide was very friendly, funny, but quite informative. She spun her stories in a fashion that kept your attention. We learned a lot about the history of various cuisines New Orleans is famous for, and amazed about the age and history of some of the famous restaurants we visited. The food was quite tasty and delicious, but remember it is a tasting tour. If you are looking for a meal, this is not for you. The portions were adequate to enjoy the flavor and taste of the various cuisines offered by the establishments. You will not go away hungry, but you will not be full either. All in all we had a great time. No one in our foursome had anything negative to say about our experience. The staff at all of our destinations were friendly and accommodating, which added to the enjoyment. Wear comfortable shoes as you will be walking around the French Quarter. We thoroughly enjoyed our culinary tour, and have no problem recommending it.

I took a group of guys down to NOLA for a Bachelor Party and was looking to do something a little bit more cultured while we were all there. The tour was great. Renee was our guide and she was very knowledgeable about the city, the history, the restaurants and the cuisine. We visited many restaurants and tasted different food items at each. Do this tour early in your trip and you will find a great number of places to go, while you are there. ALL in ALL great tour highly recommend.

Food and history were supurb, but the heat was a killer. Great tour guide, Sally Gilmore. She was very knowledgable and did her best to keep us out of the heat. Turtle soup was great. Wish you'd been doing the oyster trip as well. Thanks.. Mike Braton

Definitely worth the time and money spent. Learned a lot about local cusine and the history of well known restaurants. Nicely paced. The food tastings were great!!