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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
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Great way to spend an afternoon
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| Sat, May 10 12:00 PM |
wigglesworth |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This is a great way to spend an afternoon away from the tourist traps of Manhattan and find out about the real NY from a New Yorker's point of view.
Our guide Rahim was superb and whilst we weren't familiar with all the cultural references being from the UK we did know where he was coming from most of the time.
The food was excellent going into places we probably wouldn't normally do just by the look of the outside. We went back to Montes for our final dinner (thanks for the recommendation) and also to some of the great places we went to on the original tour a few years ago - glad to see they are still going strong - John's Pizza and Rocco's particularly. |
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Great guide, nice tour but food bland & uninspired
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| Sat, May 10 12:00 PM |
pegan770 |
Male |
Unspecified |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| No question guide was best part of experience and was enthusiastic explicator of area haunts & history. Altho $44 doesn't require knock out food or big portions, it should be warm ( tour began late and food was prepared for earlier arrival), tasted bland (i.e., potato gnocchi at Monte's & potato pizza at last stop), and uninspired. Nothing exotic needed. Why not try a little red sauce or something familiar to compare against?
Authentic Italian pasta maker & cheese maker across from St. Anthony's Church were great and tasty. Indian Bakery was good as well as Sullivan St. Peanutbutter Co. with taste of curried chicken in pb sandwich.
One bone to pick: tour need to be prepared for vegans or those with food allergies for alternate offering(s). (There were insufficient quantity of substitute to satisfy the number of people in these categories in our group.)
Another quibble: Tour covered many spots but ommitted mention of a few notable restaurants in the area that are on par with, or superior to, Monte's, et al.
Best part was learning history of area. In summmary, it was a good tour because of our guide and nice walk around the area, but food, in general, was disappointing. Correct that and you have a 5+ star experience. |
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Great food!
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| Sat, May 10 12:00 PM |
Jerilandon |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Great food! We were able to sample food from other countries (i.e. Indian, Greek, Italian, Middle Eastern). The tour was interesting and tour guide was very knowledgeable. We were looking forward to the Israeli and Jamaican food as described in the tour info, but for some unexplained reason we never got to sample these foods. We would like to recommend that tour ends where it starts. It was a bit confusing to get back to our subway station afterwards. We did not enjoy this tour as much as the Greenwich Village food tour which we took last year. Bleecker Street Pizza remains our all time New York pizza favorite!!!! |
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Fun
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| Sat, May 10 12:00 PM |
juliamonster |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| It was a fun tour and our guide (Raheem) was awesome. He was really funny and he was a dynamic and interesting speaker. He really seemed to enjoy what he was doing. I did the Greenwich Village tour a few years ago and that one had better food, but this was still enjoyable. If I repeated one though, it would be the Greenwich Village tour, not Soho. |
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Village History with Taste
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| Fri, May 9 12:00 PM |
Picoalaska |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| It rained steadily for the entire 3.5-hour tour but our guide kept our interest and offered a strong distraction from the rain with his knowledge of the classic central West Village and its historic clubs, hotels, coffee shops and hangouts. We sampled eight types of food on welcome opportunities to go indoors, learning first-hand why the Village/Soho may be New York's most ethnically diverse neighborhood and why eating there is as much adventure as it is appetite arousal. The guide, incidentally, spoke to be heard above the street sounds, although he sometimes rattled off his stories a bit too speedily. |
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3rd walking tour in nyc
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| Fri, May 9 12:00 PM |
SharonElsey |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Friday may 9th.
Everyone showed up for the walking tour of Soho and central village and it was pouring rain and windy.Rajim our guide was interesting and informative. He tried to get us inside our tour stops to let us eat inside as much as possible. It was very good and enjoyable despite the weather. My recommendation is maybe a couple more eating spots, just don't tell us about how good the food is at certain places but let us sample them. My first tour of Grenwich Village we had 11 different eating places. Next I was at the Market area and that was 9 or 10 so a couple more would make it perfect, cause there was quite a span between eatries at the latter part of the tour but overall it was informative and interesting and I will definitely book for the 2 new tours. Japanese Tapas and Shisii. |
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Great Secret Finds
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| Fri, May 9 12:00 PM |
Antonietta |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| Super. Yes, we did have great tastings at conspicuous places but the uniqueness of this tour is the discovery of small "hole in the wall" eateries that were great surprises! |
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Nice historic tour with lots of great food
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| Thu, May 8 12:30 PM |
apruss |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| More historical information provided than expected. Great variety of great food, with an interesting combination of styles. Lots of local background stories.
Staff at Cafe del Mare (starting point) fairly uninterested in selling drinks before the tour.
To whom it concerns : expect a lot of Carbohydrates ! |
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wonderful way to spend a day
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| Thu, May 8 12:30 PM |
cindylederer |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| We had a wonderful time walking and eating around the Village and SoHo. It was great to learn the history of the area and to be told about current spots to try both to eat and listen (comedy and music clubs), We were told about many places we would otherwise have just walked by and were tipped off as to what to order at many places. |
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Great food choices! Not far to walk.
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| Thu, May 8 12:00 PM |
KMyers |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Fresh mozzarella (half an hour old!); Delicious Greek yogurt ; gnocchi by a gourmet chef -- all of these and more in a few hours of a pleasant walk around Greenwich. Lots of information delivered by our tour guide Rahine - he's quite into food and gave more information on the preparation of food than I personally required. He also gave great tips on jazz clubs in the area, local and personal history, details about each restaurant mentioned. I'm sorry we weren't able to make good use of that information as we didn't have any other time in Greenwich other than the tour itself. I'd highly recommend using the tour as a starting point for your Greenwich visit and then eating at the great restaurants, getting to the great clubs and enjoying Washington Square when it's not under construction! |
