| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? [v] |
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A fun, thorough tour of Chelsea Market and area
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| Sun, Mar 2, 08 12:00 PM |
robz1330 |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| This tour is definitely worth the time and money. Several top shops are visited within Chelsea Market, as well as popular restauants of the surrounding area. The tastings are all of very high quality foods. There was more than enough food provided to suffice as a meal for lunch. The tour guide was fun, nice, and very knowledgeable, not the 'corny' type that I have encountered on many tours that is simply performing for tips. And, not only do you get to taste great food, you learn the history and other facts about the area while you are at it. Highly recommended! |
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Bravo. What an enjoyable tour!
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| Fri, Feb 29, 08 12:00 PM |
bridgmw |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Good food, good fun -- what more could you ask for? An enjoyable afternoon from start to finish. |
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Terrific way to spend a Saturday afternoon!
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| Sat, Feb 16, 08 11:30 AM |
SandraThomas |
Female |
Unspecified |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Our guide, Samson, was great! He was entertaining and informative. My husband and I enjoyed sampling a variety of foods from the marketplace, especially since we started with dessert first. |
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great tour
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| Sun, Jan 20, 08 12:00 PM |
erwinstanta |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Other |
| We booked the tour not expecting a lot but expecting a average time. We were totally surprised by the tour guide, Sam and his knowledge of all that we learned.
It was a very interesting way to spend 3 hours in New York City. I would not suggest you bring children or teenagers unless the teenagers are interested in history and food.
Overall we got more than we expected and would highly recommend this tour for foodies and the "not your regular tourist". |
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Meet-up groups best tour ever!
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| Sat, Jan 19, 08 11:00 AM |
linda7 |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Other |
| Our tour guide's name was Kurt. He happens to be the most informative, bright and funny guide I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. He made the tour very interesting, fun and smooth. Great job Kurt!! Ask for him when you book the tour. |
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Rave review
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| Sat, Jan 19, 08 11:00 AM |
hmv622 |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Other |
| The tour was wonderful on its own but made 1,000 times better by Curt, our tour guide. He was knowledeable, fun, personable and very, very likable. |
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Fantastic Tour of Chelsea Market
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| Sat, Jan 12, 08 11:00 AM |
sandrews |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Our guide, Curt, made the day! He was very informative, funny and definitely made it interesting. It was great to learn the history of the buildings and the area. We were able to sample delicious foods along the way and were definitely more than full by the end of the tour. We would highly recommend this very interesting tour and will look forward to participating in future tours.
Bill and Susan Andrews |
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Fun way to see and taste New York
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| Fri, Jan 11, 08 12:00 PM |
bigtjohn |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| I have been on all 3 food tours and found them to be not only delicious but informative. As a regular vistitor of the city I love having the inside scoop on where to eat. The tour guides knowledge of the area's is an extra bonus. If your lucky enogh to get Kurt as your guide you will also get a great dose of humor to boot! Five Stars!!! |
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Chelsea/Meatpacking district was a nice surprise!
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| Sun, Jan 6, 08 11:30 AM |
ArkansasRN |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| My 55 y/o mother and I did this tour on a Sunday in January. Our group was a mixed group of mothers/daughters, singles in town on business, local NYC family with teens, local NJ family with teens.
Our guide Kurt was entertaining and informative. He also provided bottled water for everyone and a packet of information that listed all places we would stop into or pass by-which will be very helpful for return trips!
We toured the Chelsea Market (old Nabisco cookie factory) and sampled food from many of the shops and then walked the surrounding meatpacking district.
Our food: large gourmet cookie, organic chocolate milk, full cup of lobster bisque(or another choice), chocolate truffle, gourmet potato chips and gourmet salts, nice sampling of Italian meats/cheeses/olive/bread, buttermilk biscuit with fresh apricot/blackberry spread, organic tea, and wonderful small Italian gelato-we were also given a coupon for a free wine tasting on our own. He was prepared and provided vegetarian alternatives to the one vegetarian in our group.
The tour was 75% indoors with a bathroom break. After Chelsea Market, we walked the neighborhood stopping into a couple of restaurants and for historical and humorous information. We briefly viewed a home/garden that is also a B&B-interesting for outsiders to see. We went to the Hotel Vansevoort's roof top bar area and around to the back open air deck for a great view. The tour ended 1-2 blocks from where we began at Chelsea Market. A word of caution-one participant received a $115 parking ticket for parking outside of the Market-pay careful attention to the signs.
The tour was interesting and informative.We both agreed that we saw things and learned information that we would not have noticed/ found/ learned on our own. We were happy and not hungry at the end of our tour. But, for large eaters I would not count this as "lunch" and for foodies...there was nothing outside the box or anything you have not had before...but, again, it was all good.
The tour was $40pp and all participants tipped at the end. Our guide helped give everyone directions on how to get to their next destination or the nearest subway. I recommend this tour for tourist and locals alike. I will not do this tour again...because, I don't see how it can vary much...but, will definitely try another tour from this company.
Happy Travels! |
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Wonderful Experience
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| Fri, Jan 4, 08 12:00 PM |
SLammertin |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| My daughter and I throughly enjoyed this tour. The food provided was not only tasty and far more than we anticipated. The Tour guide was very entertaining and talked about the history, the location, the city, restaurants, in addition to the great food! Would highly recommend this for anyone! |
