| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender [v] |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Great Guide, great tour, great time
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| Sun, Sep 14, 08 11:30 AM |
drdivingdon |
Male |
60-69 |
Combination |
Group of Friends |
| Excellent, time well spent with good old friends and family. |
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great food
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| Sat, Sep 13, 08 11:00 AM |
tsgriess |
Male |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| the food was great, the tour was interesting, and you get to know an area you might miss otherwise |
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Fun walking and eating tour of Chelsea market
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| Sun, Aug 31, 08 11:00 AM |
cannibal869 |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| The tour started out with our tour guide, Ed, introducing himself and handing out bottled water and napkins. The food stops were quite good overall, although I personally would have liked to have seen a few more places in the market. The portions of food were good for snacking and overall sufficient enough that we didn't need to get lunch afterwards. However, there are two things that I would recommend changing: The first stop is at Eleni's for a tremendously large oatmeal cookie. I would rather have had a smaller cookie and add another stop at a different vendor for another tasting of something else. Perhaps set up something with the Fat Witch Brownie co next door? Also, I think that if were possible to even just go and see the lobby of the Food Network (as opposed to just looking at the elevator that takes you up there), that would have been uber cool. Yes, I realize that would be sort of a hard thing to arrange (and probably expensive, at that, but I can dream, right?) Touring both Mario Batali's Del Porto and Morimoto's NYC branch restaurant were highlights for us, especially seeing the stark contrast between the two atmospheres. We appreciated the dining tip at Del Porto - I don't want to steal their thunder, so you'll just have to take the tour to find out what it is, but trust me, it's worth it if you ever decide to dine there.
The tour of the meatpacking district, while historically interesting, was somewhat lacking in the tasting department. I would have liked to have had some kind of tasting set up at at least one of these places.
Overall, though, if you're a foodie, you'll enjoy this tour. Definitely bring comfortable shoes and a camera to commemorate the event. |
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Fun and informative tour
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| Fri, Aug 29, 08 11:00 AM |
cbarnes217 |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our tour was and a lot of fun and we're glad we did it. Chelsea Market is really unique and a definite must see. our tour guide, Kurt, was a great blend of informative and funny. He seemed to be able to remember everyone's name and really knew his facts about the area. This activity was recommended to us by some friend's who had done it a few years ago and it ended up being one of the highlights of our trip to NYC. |
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Enthusiastic guide, interesting sites, super food!
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| Sun, Aug 24, 08 11:00 AM |
Hankus36 |
Male |
70+ |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our guide, Cindy, was full of vim, vigor and vitality. She was very knowledgable and provided a lot of relevant and interesting history. The choice of food sites included nice variety and the food/drink samples were excellent with one exception. My wife and I thought the flavor of the tea at our last food stop was so subtle that its taste was akin to very slightly flavored water.
We were not so enthusiastic about the last part of the tour, the meatpacking district.
After being on our feet for the good part of two hours, we were tired and found it hard to get involved in all the changes taking place in that part of Manhattan.
Overall, we enjoyed most of the tour immensely and would recommend it very highly with kudos to our guide, Cindy.
Hank Goldstein & Linda Chapman
Dubuque, Iowa |
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Food was great!
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| Sun, Aug 17, 08 11:00 AM |
woodycbb |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| This was our second food tour, having taken the central Village tour last summer. Really enjoyed the guided tour including the history of the meat packing district. The samples of food were delicious and more than enough to satisfy our hunger. Would recommend this tour to anyone. |
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This was my second tour, good as the first
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| Sun, Aug 10, 08 11:00 AM |
pedal2floor |
Male |
40-49 |
Combination |
Group of Friends |
| I had previously been on the Greenwich Village Tour and have been back for the Chelsea Mkt / Meatpacking Dist Food Tasting Tour. The tour should really be called simply the Chelsea Mkt Tour -- The Meat Packing District was so-so and very little would have been lost if bypassed altogether -- that is unless they decide to put Pastis on tour. The Chelsea Wine Vault is not on the tour and that is a real shame. The tour guide as always was awesome -- funny, knowledgeable and kept up a nice pace -- we were in stiches laughing from the jokes for most of the tour. I wish they would put the FoodTV Kitchen as part of the tour, that would be a blast to see. I have will continue to recommend the tours unless I hear the quality drops. While the tickets may be expensive, I have found places on my two tours for which I will be returning for some of their fine food and I now have a better more comfortable feel of the Greenwich Village and Chelsea Market that I feel I have someplace to always return to see. I have a lot of family that comes to visit who always wants to see NYC, beside the standard places (which I have seen hundreds of times) this tour gives me and my out of town family something new and interesting to see that not everyone knows about -- all in all, it was blast and had great time |
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Just okay
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| Sun, Aug 3, 08 11:30 AM |
jliszka |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| I guess I was expecting more walking on this walking tour, especially on such a nice summer day. But it was almost all inside the Chelsea market. Food was excellent, though. Our tour guide seemed a little too focused on local celebrities and episodes of Sex and the City, which didn't interest me particularly. |
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Outstanding tour of Chelsea market
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| Sun, Aug 3, 08 11:00 AM |
ritadutra |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Our guide explained the history of the building, the concept of the new market place and a bit about how each business started.
The variety of food businesses was good, the food samples were sized properly.
Our guide showed us the progress being made developing the meat packing district and ended at the roof top of a hotel in the district that showed us the area.
Strongly recommend this as part of a visit to New York City. |
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Loved the tour
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| Sun, Aug 3, 08 11:00 AM |
dreamer81983 |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The guide was very knowledgeable and very friendly, really enjoyed the tour have nothing but great things to say, My wife and daughter also loved the tour.
Thank you for the great time
John C. Munoz |
