| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age [v] |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Very Nice
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| Fri, Sep 12, 08 2:00 PM |
ChuckButters |
Female |
70+ |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| I thought it would be more restaurant oriented, but enjoyed it nonetheless. The history was very interesting and the food was delicious. |
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Need to end with better food, a meal?
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| Fri, Nov 6 2:00 PM |
JNRapach |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| I thought that it left no time to buy anything.
I thought that it would end better if there was an actual meal included.
Tasting was somewhat commercial.
Good job by Guide ( from Mass.). |
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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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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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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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Very interesting
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| Sat, Jun 13 9:30 AM |
Grammy3 |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Enjoyed walking through the farmers' market and sampling the food. Great information and an entertaining stroll through the city. |
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Great Tastings
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| Thu, Jun 4 9:30 AM |
mckinnse |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| The tour guide was very knowledgeable and the tastings enjoyable. |
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Knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide
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| Thu, Apr 30 9:30 AM |
DDomogauer |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Generally good value! The guide is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the cuisine and culture of Charleston and the Lowcountry . Samples of food are quite generous, we couldn't have eaten any more food, but I wasn't completely satisfied with all the choices. No real reason to go to the chocolate shop--had nothing to do with Lowcountry cuisine. They should give some thought to replacing that stop. The visit to Charleston Cooks, an excellent cook shop and cooking school, could be improved. The other stops on the tour were excellent and most generous. |
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Discovering Local Food
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| Fri, Sep 26, 08 2:00 PM |
donnawinter |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We did enjoy our tour with Sara who was very knowledgeable about the local history and food of Charleston. I would recommend that a printed listed of the establishments where we were visiting would be nice. The length of time at each was good and the tastes were very nice. Sara provided a wonderful background to each tasting. It was a history lesson on the area and food. We loved the grits which was a wonderful introduction to the tour.
We did care for 2 sweet shops and would say another food could be substitued for one of these. At the Corner Kitchen the Bene wafers were tasty but left a little to be desired. We were please with all the others and did go back to the Dixie Bakery to purchase grits and also bought candy from the Belgian shop.
We loved the BBQ and Collards. What a great way to end our tour with it and being on King street. |
