| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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This is a terrific tour.
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| Thu, Oct 22, 09 11:00 AM |
juneneal |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| The tour was informative, well organized, and friendly. Curt, our guide was great. He is knowledgeable, friendly and entertaining. The locals are elements of any tour. The guide makes the experience good or bad. With a guide like Curt you get more than what you hoped for. This is one of the best guided tours I ever been on. And, I've been on tours all over the world. Thanks, Curt! |
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Afternoon well spent
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| Sun, Oct 18, 09 11:30 AM |
Ellen714 |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Other |
| The tour started right on time. Our tour guide was a delight. He was well informed, answered all our questions. The tour is definitely I would recommend, and will considered doing other tours with your company. |
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Very disappointed with our Guide
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| Sun, Oct 18, 09 11:00 AM |
aavastardis |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| We would have had an incredible time had it not been for our very obnoxious and nasty guide. The tour itself is amazing and well worth the money. We were two families with two children each and it was very apparent the tour guide did not like children. If children are not welcome than it needs to be made known. Our children were all very upset with the entire situation as were we. We were left behind on many occasions because the guide was running behind on her time schedule and was rushing us from place to place. It was a freezing cold rainy day and we needed to get jackets on the kids before heading outside to do the meat packing part of the tour and she was across the street before we could even get the kids ready and out the door.
As a business owner my self, the net is that individuals such as our tour guide can cause ireperable damage to your business. Customer experience is key to a successful business and this individual clearly left such a negative feeling that I had to share with you so that in the future you can continue to prosper. |
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Great Tour!
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| Sun, Oct 18, 09 11:00 AM |
dianept |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| We enjoyed the tour and have already recommended it to friends. I would not recommend bringing children on this tour. There were four school aged children who were not interested after the first stop and really took away from the tour for the rest of the group. So get a babysitter and enjoy the day with some friends! There was plenty of good food and intreresting facts for the tourist or local alike. We live locally and couldn't believe the history behind a building we see all the time! We will definitely be back to enjoy the food and scenery. |
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a fun way to tour a neighborhood.
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| Sun, Oct 18, 09 11:00 AM |
chanlee |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| We happened to join the tour on a stormy day. The tour did not start well when a family of 8 was 10 minutes late. Diana, our guide, had to situate them, re-organize and rush back on schedule. This group of 8 had 4 children under 12 (one in stroller). Based on what I observed, young children in a group are not suited for this type of tour. They were eager to get to the food, asked random questions, and jostled around the adults and at times, they lost interest.. It was a challenging uncomfortable, distracting and tense 3 hours between Diana, the parents and the rest of the tour group.
The content of the tour was fun, interesting and veyr enjoyable. Beside having the ability to taste various food offerings, we saw the inside of the Morimoto and Del Posto restaurants. It would have been great if we could have seen the Food Network stages or kitchens.
My daughter (24yrs old) and I I would do the tour again at a different neighborhood. |
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Fun way to see a NYC neighborhood
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| Sat, Oct 17, 09 11:00 AM |
BridgetW |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| The food was good, our guide was informative, and we enjoyed the neighborhood sites. I plan on taking the tour in another neighborhood soon, and I've recommended this to friends and family. |
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Great guide & delicious food!
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| Fri, Oct 16, 09 11:30 AM |
StephenieW |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I took the tour as an individual since my husband was in town for business and couldn't come with me. It was wonderful - I got to see a historic part of the city, taste some great food, and meet other enthusiastic foodies on the tour.
Our guide, Diane, was everything you would hope a guide to be - knowledgeable, fun, warm, and she kept us moving at a good pace. I can't wait to try another tour the next time we visit! |
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Highlight of trip to NY
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| Fri, Oct 16, 09 11:30 AM |
susanwadle |
Female |
60-69 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| This was my second Chelsea Market Food Tour - Diane was our tour leader this year and she was terrific - knowledgeable and entertaining.
The tour is well organized and so informative, not to mention delicious! Very fun sampling the offerings from the best vendors. |
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Third Tour just as amazing as the first!!
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| Fri, Oct 16, 09 11:30 AM |
dbsalter |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our Chelsea Market tour was the third eating and walking tour we have taken of NYC. All three guides have been terrific - knowledgeable, pleasant and fun!! There is always so much interesting history included as well as excellent food. In fact, we ate at Cuba, a restaurant that we visited o our tour last spring!
WE are only sorry that we are running out of neighbourhoods to visit!! |
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Good food...good information and good tour
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| Fri, Oct 16, 09 11:00 AM |
jversaw |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Great tour guide...quirkie...but kept our attention and had great energy. |
