| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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colorful history, delicious tour
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| Mon, Oct 8, 07 2:00 PM |
lisarieb |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| This was an excellent tour if you're interested in the behind the scenes history of New Orleans. Favorite stops were Antoine's and it's many dining rooms, the Herman-Grima House, and The New Orleans School of Cooking (yummy red beans and rice). Our guide, whose name escapes me at the moment, but I think was Joe--was great. He really knew his history, and had a fun sense of humor. I do recommend bringing a bottle of water--only one drink on the 3 hour tour, and wear comfortable shoes. We ended up revisting many stops on our tour over the course of our vacation. If you love history, if you love food--take this tour! |
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Interesting facts & food about the French Quarter
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| Mon, Oct 8, 07 2:00 PM |
bbtcailler |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| My husband and I and our 15 year old son had a great time on our culinary history tour of the French Quarter. We learned many interesting facts surronding the French Quarter and New Orleans. The food tastings were great as was the tour of Antoines Restaurant, where we learned alot about Mardi Gras and the Mardi Gras Krews and Queens. I would highly recomend taking this tour at the beginning of your stay in New Orleans. |
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Informative
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| Sat, Oct 6, 07 2:00 PM |
chefbette |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We found the tour to be extremely informative and enjoyable. It really gave us a basis for understanding New Orleans cuisine and how it has evolved. A must for any foodie visiting the city. There is a lot of eating, so come hungry. |
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Great food and history
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| Sat, Oct 6, 07 2:00 PM |
DHockaday |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The tour was great mainly due to our tour guide who was a masters level history student and a native New Orleanian. He was a wealth of knowledge. The food samples were good. The gumbo was served on the street, not a great atmosphere. Touring Antoines was worth the trip. Very interesting. The restaurants listed on the web site were not all visited. Needs updating. Would recommend to anyone. |
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Enjoyable and informative
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| Fri, Oct 5, 07 2:00 PM |
photobyalan |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Despite some rather unseasonable heat and humidity, this was overall an enjoyable three hours with Renee, our guide. She obviously gives this tour on a daily basis, but her enthusiasm level was high and it seemed to me like she really had a good time doing it. Through her colorful narrative, I learned a lot about New Orleans food and, along with it, New Orleans history. The tastings are more illustrative than filling so, if you have more than a bird's appetite, don't skip breakfast thinking you're going to get a meal out of this tour. Overall a very nice tour, highly recommended. |
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Delicious and entertaining
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| Fri, Oct 5, 07 2:00 PM |
scaryan |
Female |
Unspecified |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| The tour guide provided thorough information of the past, and how the differing flavors came to be in New Orleans. The food we were able to taste was excellent. We were happily surprised at the various places we were able to visit. We were stuffed by the time the tour was over. |
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Thoroughly enjoyed it! Very informative!
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| Mon, Oct 1, 07 2:00 PM |
bobarniel1 |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We read about this tour before we started our trip and pre-booked it to ensure that we could do it on the first day of our trip to New Orleans. Our tour guide was excellent! He was very knowledgeable and was able to answer questions and provide great insight. All of the locales visited were great as was the food we sampled. A great introduction to a great culinary city!!!! |
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Humorous and tasty
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| Sat, Sep 29, 07 2:00 PM |
Blossom72 |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I appreciated the light-hearted approach to history, as I find history as a subject very dry, but it was made entertaining as well as interesting. Not 100% factual, but 100% factual is boring.
Perhaps a warning to future tour members that this tour will replace their next meal, so don't make dinner plans; you'll be full.
I very much enjoyed myself.
Thank you. |
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very informative
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| Sat, Sep 22, 07 2:00 PM |
Aggie93 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We enjoyed the history and the food. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about NOLA history. He answered every question. The only thing he should have done is hang around for a few more minutes after the tour was over. If he had lingered a few minutes longer, he would have gotten an least 2 more tips! |
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The Great Disappointment
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| Sat, Sep 22, 07 2:00 PM |
tenpro1 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| While our guide was a nice young man, he was not up on culinary history. When asked the most basic culinary history questions (what was the origin of gumbo and jambalaya), he could define the names but not the origin. The tour was primarily conducted on the street, in the middle of the block, between bags of garbage. Being given food to taste in those conditions (90 degree heat amidst vomit, urine, and who knows what else with drunks staggering inbetween us) led us to want to provide our own mess into the mix. The walk through the kitchen at Antoine's was just that - a walk through. The only professional part of the tour was at the New Orleans School of Cooking. Their presentation was done in air-conditioning with seating and water and tea to drink as well as wonderful jambalaya. We did learn about the mayor's house being home to Napolean and were taken in there (it's now a bar) and were given mini-muffalatas. However, there was a poor explanation about the sandwich and its origin on the sidewalk outside the bar. We went to a pastry shop, but we were never given the reasoning behind that visit. There are many more examples of the poor quality, but they are all in the same vein. The tour ended behind Cafe du Monde with the comment, "All countries have some form of fried dough. That concludes our tour." We took this tour as a prelude for recommendations to the 2,000 visitors to New Orleans next year for a sporting event. This tour will not be on our list of recommendations. |
