French Quarter Culinary History and Tasting Tour

Annette made the tour very enjoyable with her historical antidotes about New Orleans culture and cuisine. The food samplings were delicious. Highly recommend!

This is a great tour. We went into areas on the restaurants (like the kitchen!) we would never have experienced by simply eating there. The tour guide was knowledgeable and peasant. Loved it !

Michael, our tour guide, clearly loves his job and it shows. We got so much out of this tour in both delicious food and history. Food stops were outstanding and we really enjoyed touring Antoines and meeting the chef and seeing the Mardi Gras dress museum at Arnaud's. Cannot recommend this tour enough

As a culinary history tour this certainly hit the high points of New Orleans cuisine from gumbo to pralines, but not necessarily in that order. It was interesting to walk through the kitchen at Antoine's. It was stated that there is enough sampling to be considered a late lunch but that was not my experience so I would suggest that participants have a light lunch. Elizabeth was an excellent guide but she left before we could reward her efforts.

My mom and I had a great time on this tour. The tour guide was knowledgeable and entertaining, and the food was great.

Renee was our tour guide and she was wonderful! She was very enthusiatic and knew the city and food history quite well! We learned alot about the history of the food, restauraunts we visited and the city. It was a great day despite the rain!

Our tour guide, Renee, was knowledgeable and energetic, the food was incredible, and the venues were wonderful. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone in town who wants to try a bunch of different foods and learn a lot about the culture.

wasn't sure what food tour to take. Chose this one due to time of day. It was a very lucky choice. It was a nice variety of foods, we learned the history of the city and those restaurants. We walked to different parts of the French Quarter. It made me familiar and able to feel comfortable walking through the area during the remainder of our visit. Michael was a very engaging tour guide. Wasn't a little thrown off with the visit to a store Creole Delicacies, but the owner was delightful, we learned how to make Roux, tasted very flavorful rice and beans, Cajun dip and had the opportunity to ask questions. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone wanting a great New Orleans culinary experience.

I think you need a guide that is more of a foodie. How can you walk right by Brennan's and not give it a mention at all.

Including myself, my husband and two friends there were 13 of us in total. We were told that two of the group, were learning the tour, so they could start leading them. It was hard to hear at times as a result of the street noise and size of the group. All of the food we tasted was great, and the tour guide was knowledgeable. However, a portion of it was repeated at the end of the tour at the cooking demonstration. It was hurry up, and wait kind of tour. We were walking very quickly to get to the next place on very uneven sidewalks. One of the tour group took a nasty spill on the sidewalk. Although she seemed okay, it would have been nice if the guide would have shown more concern. We always had a convenient break at a bar/restaurant where we were encouraged to buy a drink which is probably why the bars participate. Again, the food we tasted was great, but it wasn't visited in typical dining order we had candy before brisket. I do have to say that the old gal giving the cooking demonstration was a hoot. All in all it was okay, but I wouldn't do it again. Just as a heads up if you take the tour, the guides are not shy about asking for tips. I found this to be very common on all of the tours we took. I myself would prefer to not be asked. It's my experience, that if people are going to tip, they're going to do it without being asked, and if they aren't going to tip, no amount of asking is going to encourage them to do so. Just sayin'