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Rating: 4.7  567 rating points
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French Quarter Culinary History and Tasting Tour

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Learn culinary history and discover the differences between Creole and Cajun cuisine as you taste your way through the French Quarter!

Rating Date Attended Sort Descending Reviewer Gender Age Where From? Group Type?
Rating: 5
Loved the tour!
Sun, May 19  2:00 PM Kresha Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
Annette made the tour very enjoyable with her historical antidotes about New Orleans culture and cuisine. The food samplings were delicious. Highly recommend!
Rating: 5
Great introduction to the food of New Orleans !
Fri, May 17  2:00 PM Rcallaghan Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
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 !
Rating: 5
Definately recommend this tour !!
Tue, May 14  2:00 PM smoreo60 Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
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
Rating: 4
Foodie enthusiasts
Mon, May 13  2:00 PM chrisbrian Female 60-69 Combination Family Without Children
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.
Rating: 5
Fun, relaxing, informative tour with a great guide
Sat, May 11  2:00 PM MonnyBon Female 20-29 Domestic Tourist(s) Other
My mom and I had a great time on this tour. The tour guide was knowledgeable and entertaining, and the food was great.
Rating: 4
Fun and informational tour!
Fri, May 10  2:00 PM Crazyb314 Female 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
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!
Rating: 4
Informative and Delicious Tour!
Thu, May 9  2:00 PM Eredic Male 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
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.
Rating: 5
Great New Orleans food experience
Tue, May 7  2:00 PM Denirofam4 Female 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
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.
Rating: 4
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Mon, May 6  2:00 PM ellynjane Female 60-69 Local Group of Friends
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.
Rating: 3
Our group was too large!
Sun, May 5  2:00 PM lisascircle Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
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'