French Quarter Culinary History and Tasting Tour

This was the best tour that we did while in New Orleans. Our tour guide not only took us around to the different places to sample the food, she also told us about the history of the French Quarter. As we walked from restaurant to restaurant she told us about the different buildings, why they were important, and about the history of the meshing of the different cultures that came together. It was amazing to learn the history of the French Quarter, all while enjoying delicious food.

The tour was good. Some of the food samples were great.

lots of history. we left after the first location. not because we didn't like it but because my husband wasn't feeling well. I was dissapointed that on the first location we were unable to see some areas of the restaurants because there were people in the areas dining so we couldnt go in and we couldn't go into the kitchen because there was some mantenance being done.

The tour was a wonderful event that I will recommend to any friends that visit New Orleans. It started with a historical lesson of the history of food in Southern Louisiana, and the major additions that different countries and cultures added to the cuisine. After the historical journey, we sampled Gumbo from Antoine's and subsequently began our tour. We started by touring Antoine's restaurant and went to other famous and historical restaurants located in the French Quarter. The stops included lessons about the history of the restaurants, their additions to local cuisine, and the sampling some delicious food. Our guide, Renee (I believe), was extremely knowledgeable and made the tour an enjoyable experience. The tour lasted about three and a half hours, and concluded with the opportunity to purchase Sazerac's at Tujague's. Overall, I think the tour is a great activity for both locals and visitors.

We enjoyed our tour a d tour guide. Very informative and the food tastings were wonderful.

Our guide was super(Rene)- love the itinerary she provided, hit the tour in anticipation of every stop.

I've actually taken this tour before but I enjoyed it as if I were experiencing it for the very first time. The history of the city, how its blend of cultures came to be, and how that all relates to the cuisine never ceases to amaze me. Also, the history and the stories behind the restaurants were very entertaining. Put that all together with great samples of food and you have the recipe for a wonderful afternoon! The tour guide was very knowledgeable and a lot of fun too.

Sally was a very knowledgable and enthusiastic guide. The selection of restaurants visited and food sampled was great. The visit to the culinary antique shop really topped it off. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and would highly recommend others do it on the first or second day of their trip so they know the best places to eat.

Thought the tour was ok, spent too much time at Antoines, took us to see the dirty kitchen - full of greasy dust on everything higher thatn 6 ft. Got no printed material about places we visited. Samples were tiny for the price. Worst part was the guide who was abrasive and full of himself. Acted like we were a big bother and stupid, wasting his time. He smoked between places, constantly touched his hair then our food, bragged on himself and put others down. The tour covered great restaurants, just not done well.

After reading reviews we decided to sign up for this tour, hoping we would get Candy and not "Chef". Unfortunately we got "chef". We have taken 3 Zerve tours in NYC and enjoyed all of them. When analyzing why we were not happy with this tour we decided it was the guide. The other guides gave the impression that they enjoyed their job. They did have higher ambitions but for the time they imparted the feeling that they enjoyed sharing this part of the city with us. We thought the chef felt this job was beneath him. The information he gave us was ok, but could have done w/o the many sexual comments/inferences. Also, he should have refrained from smoking while the group had to walk behind him. Towards the end of the tour he went outside while we were in the restaurant and that was appreciated. Also, almost an hour spent at Antoines was too long, since there are so many other excellent restaurants there.