Chelsea Market/Meatpacking Dist Food Tasting Tour

Bob's fun and interesting insights brought the Chelsea Market to life. He knows this area and the vendors involved and that makes an exceptional tour. The food provided was often more than sample sized and the number of vendors involved were more than expected! We've been to Manhattan several times but have never ventured into the Meatpacking District. We've been missing out! Thanks, Bob, for taking such great pride in your job!

Enjoyed hearing the history of the Chelsea Market & highline park. of course, the food tastings were wonderful & being inside was a draw for my husband.

Our tour guide Bob was very knowledgeable and entertaining. He made sure that each member of our large group felt special. The food choices were very good. My favorites were the lobster bisque, the scallop and bacon chowder and the red velvet cupcake. I would have preferred the cupcake at the end of the tour as more of a dessert. I enjoyed the highline too. I look forward to other Foods of New York tours along with my friends who attended the tour with me.

Bob, was very pleasant and knew what he was talking about. He has a nice way.

My 2 friends and I were in New York from Canada to celebrate our 40th birthdays. Among the activities in which we partook during our 4 day stay in Manhattan, this tour was by far our favourite and most reasonably priced. Our guide Diana was immensely interesting and we learned so much about the history of not only the meatpacking district, but New York in general. The food we sampled was delicious and visiting Chelsea Market was an extremely cool experience. We were pleased when the tour extended from the market to visit among other places Highline Park, the famous Morimoto Sushi Restaurant and Macelleria, the wonderful little Italian restaurant where our tour ended. We will highly recommend this to any of our friends visiting New York and we would even consider doing the same tour again with our husbands when we return to New York, hopefully in the not-so-distant future. :)

Our tour guide was so energetic and friendly. All of the food that we sampled was delicious and we learned a lot of the areas history. I highly recommend this tour!!!

How could you not like this fun tour, full of information and full of food. Bob our tour guide was very pleasant, a bit hurried at times. I think the group makes or breaks the tour our group was ok somewhat quiet and did not interact much. My only suggestion would be to reverse the order and start by the outside area and end up in the market. I would have liked to shop more inside and never had the opportunity to return to the market when tour was over. started out with the sweets and ended with the big meal. Overall it was fun and i would be in for other tours.

so enjoyable and our tour guide Darrel was great and so much fun. Ca't wait to go back and do another one!

Overall, we enjoyed the tour. My mother and I travelled from Bucks County, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia via the train. We thought the guide (Curt(sp)) was sensational; he was enthusiastic, animated, knowledgeable and seemed to know the owners and their commitment to their products. He provided a history of the market and its evolution. It was really interesting. We learned about the neighborhood and the food. We learned why there are greenhouse windows in the market and how not all baby carrots are baby carrots. And, why we shouldn't order the special - I always did?!?. He knew everyone's name, where they were from so as to make the information targeted for each person. The tour moves quickly so if you want to linger this is not for you. It's an overview, so you can go back and get what you want ... probably with a coupon.

Curt was a great guide who was very informative and entertaining. He knew all of our names and where we were from within the first 5 minutes. The tour was way more informative than I expected with all of the history of the Chelsea Market and Meat Packing District. I am from Brooklyn, but did not know that area well and it was nice to learn so much. The food was great! We got to sample so many different types of food and it was all delicious! My only recommendation is to pace yourself with eating because it is more food than I expected. I would highly recommend this tour! I am looking forward to taking the Food Tour in the Village!