| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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More food!
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| Wed, Oct 28 9:30 AM |
coriehayes |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| I would have loved to sample more food for the amount of money charged. But the tour guide was good and the stores were very welcoming. |
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Good taste and tour of charleston
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| Tue, Oct 27 9:30 AM |
KTomolonis |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| All the food presented was great. It really gave you a feel for charleston. Our tour guide Cathy was very knowledgeable and truly loves Charleston. I'm really into grits now and am glad to have had the time to sample your cuisine. |
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A delicious look at Charleston
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| Thu, Oct 22 9:30 AM |
bkj1724 |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| What a fun tour! Our guide was very personable and knowledgeable. The food which we sampled was delicious! We later returned to three of the places which we visited and made purchases there. We dined at three of the restaurants which our guide had talked about. This was a fun way to learn some of the "culinary history" of Charleston. |
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Had a great time!
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| Tue, Oct 20 9:30 AM |
vam3000 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We really enjoyed our guide...very friendly and informative. Our favorite stops, I think, were the Dixie Supply and the spice shop We went back to both later and might not have found them otherwise. The other stops were great also. I would certainly recommend this to friends. The only suggestion I would make would be to add one more stop. Perhaps another restaurant. |
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Enjoyable overview of Charelstons foods
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| Thu, Oct 1 9:30 AM |
tmhairston |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| I really enjoyed this tour. The guide was very informative and every stop we went to had very enthousiastic workers/owners ready to show us their food and food products. |
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Learning experience
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| Wed, Sep 30 9:30 AM |
t3keenan |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Enjoyed the experience but it was not what we expected. Thought it would be more focused on resteraunts. |
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Could have included more real food.
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| Wed, Sep 30 9:30 AM |
sharonwnuk |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The tour was interesting and provided a narrow view of Tastes of the Low Country. The grits at the Dixie Supply and Cafe were very good. My wife and I stopped there several times during our visit. They made a grits eater out of my wife. The stop at The Cooks store was a little lacking. It was more like a commercial than a Taste of the Low Country. The Benne wafers did not seem to be a good representation of the Low Country tastes. The Belgium Chocolate stop was definitely not representative of the Low Country. The Main Street Sweet Shop presented a good use of the regionally grown pecans, the pralines were delicious. We had to get some to take home with us. The final stop at the restaurant was very nice. It gave the tour group a wonderful taste of a low country meal. I would have liked to see something like Shrimp and Grits or a Gumbo in the mix of flavors on the tour. Something that showcased the Gullah style of cooking. |
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A waste of time!
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| Fri, Sep 25 2:00 PM |
crowgo |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The taste of Charleston .to me and my four person adult family was a total waste of time I really dont have anything good to say about it |
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Expensive guided walk to downtown shops
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| Wed, Sep 23 9:30 AM |
avalon7300 |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We paid $42 (plus $2 service fee) per person online. The website did not seem to indicate that you could make a reservation and pay when you arrived for the tour and avoid the fee. It did say that reservations were required though. There was some interesting information provided, but the tour basically took us to places where we could make a purchase. We started at a cafe and were provided with a small drink and a taste of grits. We stopped at Charleston Cooks as well as a praline store, both of which we had been to on our own the prior day. We also went to a chocolate shop that gave a brief description of the chocolates and tiny chips of chocolate samples, which I think could've been gotten by anyone walking into the store. Another stop was at a really nice spice shop and then a restaurant where we had a sample of the pulled pork and collards.
All the stores were in the shopping area of downtown Charleston and could have easily been visited on our own. I felt that the tour was priced quite high for what it offered. I would definitely pass on this tour. |
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A taste of downtown Charleston
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| Wed, Sep 16 9:30 AM |
kumerle |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The tour guide was informative, knowledgeable with a good sense of humor. I certainly recommend the tour for others. The tour is in the heart of the market street area, which is ideal. We loved the chocolate, pralines, stone grits, etc.
Ken |
