Chelsea Market/Meatpacking Dist Food Tasting Tour

Perfect way to spend an informative interesting and entertaining 3+ hours in NYC.

This tour was splendid. The entire time we were touring, I kept thinking of all the other friends and family that would agree that this is a special and fun event. I plan to repeat this tour with my friends in the near future. Our tour guide was knowledgable, informative and interesting. He told us so many facts and stories and was excellent at his presentation. I will do this again and definitely do some of the other offered tours.

We very much enjoyed this tour and would recommend it to anyone as a delicious and fun activity. Our guide, Kurt, was very funny and so informative. His ability to learn everyone's name was amazing and his personal connection with each of us really made the tour special. We learned about many of the businesses that we visited and I was delighted to hear about so many successful business women. It was so entertaining that I would do this tour again as long as Kurt was my guide!

Terrific tour

Curt is a professional guide. Uses his background as a stand up comic to assess the group in order to tailor his delivery. He does not phone in his tour of duty. For a tourist, New York is full of neighbourhoods that would not likely to be visited without guidance - but once done in this format we would have no qualms in returning on our own. While the foodie context was marginal, the feel and history of the place was well shared.

Many thanks to our knowledgeable and entertaining guide, Kurt. We learned a tremendous amount about the shops and specialty foods. We also had a wonderful tour of the neighborhood. I've already bought tours as gifts for family members.

In short: This tour is MUST if you live in Manhatten and highly recommended if you dont. I was not as full as I expected, but also was not hungry at the end of the tour either. About the tour guide: I was so impressed with our tour guide, Kurt (or maybe it was Kirk). He took the time to learn everyone's name, where they were from and who they were traveling with. He continued to address each of us individually throughout the tour ensuring he had our attention and kept us engaged. Not only was he funny, but he really made all of the details of the area stand out with his interesting facts and the way he presented each place. He gave tips for buying vegetables and even gave a few receipe ideas. Between him and the group as a whole, this is my favorite tour thus far. About the tour: The portion sizes for the food was smaller than I expected, but we received samples at more places than I expected, so it evens out. From chocolate milk to jams to grilled cheese to pasta, everything was delicious. My only regret is that I do not live in NYC where I could frequent this marketplace gem. It had everything in one location, just multiple stores specializing in their own food. But just because you cant buy the fresh, raw meat to cook yourself or the fresh milk doesnt mean your tour is fruitless, each place has prepared food options that are just as delectible. The majority of the time was spent inside the market. It was cold though, so I didnt mind. We went up to the highline and then walked through part of the meat packing district. This part of the tour seemed a little rushed and vague, but it doesnt make me change my opinion of the tour overall.

This was a new area for is to explore we really enjoyed all of the tour. The food was wonderful. Our guide was fun and knowledgeable The food was so good I would recommend this tour to anyone

We did many things during our trip to New York but the Chelsea Market/Meat Packing tour was the highlight of the trip. The market was a sight to see and the food was beyond delicious. On top of that, our guide Kurt was the best tour guide I have ever encountered; he is so knowledgeable and extremely funny. The only down side is the tour seemed to fly by so fast and I was not ready for it to be over even though I was full of food.

Although the tour information suggests that younger children may not appreciate all aspects of the tour, our 9 year year old son said that this was the best part of our trip to NYC! Our tour guide Bob was fantastic; a wealth of knowledge and he answered any questions we had about the area. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone young or old with or without young children. We will do another tour when we come back again.