| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? [v] |
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Excellent tour!!
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| Sun, Apr 2, 06 11:30 AM |
Necktie |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| Very informative...the food was absolutely delicous. I've also done the greenwich village tour and loved it as well! I would recommend either... |
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Great tour, terrific guide
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| Sat, Apr 1, 06 11:00 AM |
maryannfento |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Having done the Greenwich tour last Spring and enjoyed it, we decided to try the Chelsea tour. We were not disappointed! In addition to seeing an area of NYC from a native's view, the food is great and we again took away restaurant recommendations that we will use in coming visits. Can't say enough about Curt. He was an outstanding guide: funny, informative, concerned. The perfect "host" and group leader. Our only regret is that there are only two tours and now we've done them both. Add some new venues: we'll be there next Spring! |
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highly recommend!
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| Sun, Mar 19, 06 11:30 AM |
esdesoto |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| I totally enjoyed the Chelsea Market tour, which I took last week with some friends. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I repeated it 5 days later with my husband - and we plan to go again soon with out-of-town visitors.
The tour is great for several reasons: the market itself is in a fascinating old building that's interesting to learn about; the vendors in the market have unique, superb products; tour participants get to try a lot of these products; the tour guide is extremely knowledgable and provides background information that visitors wouldn't otherwise have access to.
Some of the treats we enjoyed on the tour could be purchased by any visitor, such as the pastry, gelato and soups. But the behind-the-scenes specialty tastings are not available to the normal shopper. We especially enjoyed trying the Welsh sea salts. It is this insider's view of the Market that makes the tour so worthwhile.
I would heartily recommend the tour, in fact already have done so, and plan to take the other Foods of NY tours in the near future. |
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Entertaining, Educational and Delicious!
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| Sun, Mar 19, 06 11:30 AM |
MaryHartman |
Female |
50-59 |
Unspecified |
Family Without Children |
| What a great find. We came to NYC with an open itinerary and saw the brochure for the Chelsea/MeatPacking tour in our hotel lobby. Gave it a shot and are glad we did. Our leader was entertaining, knowledgeable and gave honest appraisals of hotels, restaurants, etc. in the area. Really appreciated hearing the inside scoop from a real New Yorker of the history of the area. The food tasting were carefully selected and most were delicious. Came away full in both mind and body. |
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Great experience with lots of new knowledge
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| Fri, Mar 17, 06 12:00 PM |
louisgarvin |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Next time I am in New York, I have all sorts of places I want to visit and eat. I learned about all of these on my great tour. |
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Enthusiastically loved this tour
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| Sun, Mar 12, 06 11:30 AM |
Janettrent |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| I own a Manhattan timeshare and come to NY once or twice a year. We took the Greenwich Village tour last year. I love these tours because they take me out of my Timessquare comfort zone to explore other areas of the island. I loved this tour. The tour guide was great. I will return to the market.
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Too long and too little
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| Fri, Mar 10, 06 12:30 PM |
TinaTina |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My brother and sisters and husband went on the Chelsea food tasting tour and were disappointed. While the tour guide was funny and informative, the tour was too long, (3hrs.) and the tasting too little. The most annoying thing about it was that you were not allowed to purchase anything in the shops until AFTERthe 3HR tour that ends down the street from the market! I don't know about you but I feel that "tourists" are basically impulse buyers and if they have to wait 2 hrs and walk a couple of blocks to go back to what they thought they wanted, most people would talk themselves out of it. I would have probably bought something in every shop we went to but as a result I bought nothing. Something to think about. |
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Most enjoyable insight
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| Sun, Feb 26, 06 11:30 AM |
AllanDuff |
Male |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| Despite a very cold day, our party of 13 were given a very informative insight to the restaurants and history of the meat-packing district. Our guide was very knowledgable and we learnt so much from her during the tour.
The different stops for refreshment allowed us to sample a wide range of foods.
Well worth the money. |
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great
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| Sun, Feb 26, 06 11:30 AM |
Cortesi |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We really enjoyed the tour! |
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lots of fun, interesting
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| Sat, Feb 25, 06 11:00 AM |
kevinkeim |
Male |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| highly recommended...I will send my son and his wife! |
