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Chelsea Mkt / Meatpacking Dist Food Tasting Tour


Seller: FoodTours (Foods of New York, Inc.)
Rating Summary:  Rating: 4.81 (1498)
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Rating: 4 Nice(and cheaper) alternative to broadway show
  Sun, Dec 16, 07   11:30 AM games43 Female 60-69 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
  Good for both tourists and locals. Bad weather prevented us from enjoying outside part of tour but the tour guide was inventive and kept us entertained. Food was excellent.
Rating: 5 Interesting, informative, fun
  Sat, Dec 15, 07   11:30 AM deblazys Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
  We come to NYC every year at xmas and check the windows, eat, etc. This was a new experience. We even ventured on the subway from Grand Central. Instructions were great, it was easy to get to. The guide, Sampson, was informative, lively, a lot of fun. Really likes his job and made it an enjoyable event. the tastings were good, some meager, some substantial. I think more explanation on website so you know the types of food and the substance of it. I know it can't be too specific, but some tastings like potato chips are nice, but not what I expected on a "food" tasting. The restaurants are mentioned, some you get to see as architecture and history, but my expectation was that there would be tasting there as well. Like a mini tappas. The price was fair for the tour and some of the tastes were very good, but some were "cheap fillers". Enjoyable on the whole and I would highly recommend to anyone that wants to explore a new area of NYC. I'd be interested in one of the other tours to see if there is actually more food tastings. Thanx for this opportunity.
Rating: 5 Great Experience
  Sat, Dec 15, 07   11:00 AM cjones48 Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
  Our tour guide was very knowledgeable, humorous and energetic. He provided a lot of interesting information about the area and the sellers. We did go back to the market to shop after the tour, so he was a good salesman!
Rating: 5 Great Experience and wonderful guide!
  Sat, Dec 15, 07   11:00 AM ninascat37 Female 20-29 Local Group of Friends
  The tour guide was very informative and made the tour exciting. The food selections were great.
Rating: 2 a little pokey
  Fri, Dec 14, 07   12:30 PM msn37zerve Female 40-49 Local Group of Friends
  More information about the vendors (maybe even hear them speak for a moment or two) and less about the guy who built the market. I wanted a tour not a roving biography. We bailed. That said, the tour guide was bright, well-spoken and quite charming
Rating: 5 Great time with odd ending.
  Fri, Dec 14, 07   12:30 PM fived21 Male 20-29 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
  We had a great time on the tour. Every shop we entered was nice and we learned a lot about the area. The guide told us that he would bring us back to the starting point but he quickly ended the tour at the top of a hotel. It was kind of strange. Besides that, I had a blast and I will be back for another tour. Thanks.
Rating: 5 Very insightful, fun, great guide!
  Sun, Dec 9, 07   12:00 PM lisaliqunlee Female 20-29 Local Couple on a Date
  We loved our guide! He was very knowledgable and made the whole experience super fun!
Rating: 5 Wonderful tour - great food and history
  Sun, Dec 9, 07   12:00 PM mmehlman Male Unspecified Local Group of Friends
  The guide was knowlegable and enthusiastic. The tour is a great blend of food tastings (lobster bisque, chocolate milk and cookies, Italian antipasto, bread, fruit spreads, unusual tea, etc.) combined with a historic tour of the Chelsea market and the meatpacking district from the revolutionary days to the present day upscale developments. We also had the opportunity to take a peek into some of the most exclusive eateries in town (Budda Bar, Morimoto. Pastice). Highly entertaining and delicous.
Rating: 4 Good but not enough walking
  Sun, Dec 9, 07   11:30 AM jlocke6872 Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
  We had taken the Greenwich Village tour a few years ago and loved it. I think we were expecting a similar tour - especially since your instructions indicated to dress for the weather. We were in Chelsea Market for 2 1/2 hours of the tour, carrying heavy coats, scarves, gloves, etc. Most of that time we were standing and listening or noshing. Samson was a great tour guide. However, if you're going to be inside that long, it would have been nice to know it in advance and also it would be nice to have a place we could have left our coats. In the Greenwich tour we would walk, stand a little, nosh and walk. I preferred that to very little walking and mostly standing. Having said that, the food was great and the background stories were fun otherwise.
Rating: 5 Great time!
  Sun, Dec 9, 07   11:30 AM MLEisSweet Female 20-29 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
  Fabulous time and you leave full!
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