Chelsea Market/Meatpacking Dist Food Tasting Tour

I found it a bit boring that the whole tasting was limited to the Market because one gets the feeling that one could do the tour on his own. Also, I found it a bit stressful to eat most of the food while standing (e.g. the croissants and the soup). However, the guide was very nice and funny. Also the other participants were really nice and the guide managed to bring the group together. Thanks for three nice hours!

Darell was superb! The only thing missing was a wine tasting at the end.

This is the second tour we've taken and Kirk (Kurt?) was our guide both times - we were so lucky. Not only do we learn about food, restaurants, and the area, we get a stand up comedy routine also. We have sent both of our adult children on this tour and they loved it too. I had never been to Chelsea before and now we will definitely be back! To be exposed to such amazing food and entertainment - priceless!!

This was a wonderful activity. My husband loves architecture and we both love food so this activity proved to be a great way to combine both of our loves. I should point out that it was MUCH more than a tasting. You should come with a somewhat empty stomach because their tasting portions are quite sizeable. Our tour guide was fabulous! I think his name was Kurt. He was knowledgeable, entertaining and did an excellent job of telling us stories associated with each stop. He even took us to see a few sites that weren't on the outlined agenda. Now that we've been introduced to the Chelsea Market and the Meatpacking district we will definitely return on our next trip to New York City. We'll also want to take another of Kurt's tours if he's around.

The 3 hour tasting tour of Chelsea Market and the Meatpacking District was terrific. The samples were generous and delicious. I have been on some tours where I was given a TINY cube of food to sample and this was not the case here. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and very patient with the group I was in. My husband and I also enjoyed the Greenwich Cultural and Tasting tour that I took about 3 years ago, when I went with the same great tour guide, Toby. I recommend both of these tours to anyone that goes to NYC.

This tour gave our group of 6 another insight into a neighborhood of NYC that we probably would not have spent any time in if it wasn't for this opportunity. The samples were great, the people watching was fun, and our tour guide Todd was friendly, thorough and accomodating to all people on the tour. His knowledge of the area was so intriguing that even passersby were listening in! Go, you won't regret it!!

Ron, our guide was very knowledgable & pleasant & the food was excellent. Especially interesting was to see the transition in this area from a seedy industriial part of town to a blossoming fashion & dining destination.

The tour was informative, entertaining, and delicious. There was a good variety of samples and the tour guide was fantastic-very enthusiastic, engaging, and knowledgeable.

Todd was a wonderful tour guide. The selected tastes were outstanding. We will return to many of the restaurants on our own.

Curt was our guide on 9/17/06 for the Chelsea Market Tour and provided exceptionally entertaining and insightful information about the Market, the businesses, the neighborhood and its history! I would enthusuiastically recomment his tours to anyone who wanted to have an engaged, knowlegeable and affable tour guide.