| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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A Very Pleasant Experience
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| Sat, Nov 15, 08 12:00 PM |
Helwig |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Excellent Food
Great Restaurants
Very Informative Tour Guide
Wonderful Weather
Tour Guide Was Very Considerate Of My Needs |
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Fantastic
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| Sat, Nov 15, 08 12:00 PM |
cbz38a |
Male |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and wholeheartedly recommend it to one and all. It has only been two days since our tour and I have already spoken to many friends and co-workers about it and am looking forward to a future tour.
Our host was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about New York, its history and many wonderful foods available during the tour. He was the perfect person for the job, very attentive to his group.
The amount of food was OK ... but I was still hungry at the end. We immediately went back to several of the eateries in our tour package. (The Pumpkin Raviolis with Genovese sauce with walnuts is out of this world!)
Definitely worth the price! |
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excellent storytelling; tasty bites
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| Fri, Nov 14, 08 12:30 PM |
jardeeling |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Rahim was an entertaining tour guide, telling us stories about SoHo and Central Village's history, the restaurants we visited, as well as the architecture. He did a great job weaving together stories about the area together with stories about the food. What I particularly appreciated, as a foodie, was the level of detail he gave about what made the food at the restaurants so good. And the smoked mozzarella from Joe's Dairy--YUM! The only thing I could critique the tour for is the amount of food -- I would like to have tried samples from more restaurants Rahim talked about during the tour.
It definitely beats going on the more typical tours. And it something both locals and visitors will enjoy. I highly recommend it! |
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Fantastic Tour
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| Fri, Nov 14, 08 12:30 PM |
estherhong75 |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Individual |
| Our tour guide Rahim was amazing and very knowledgeable and enthusiastic.
I learned so many things about the village and soho that I never knew before and I"m a local!
He was so amazing in his ability to recount funny stories, tibits and anecdotes about his experiences in the village as well!
I loved the places we visited and I will definitely recommend this tour to everyoone and him as he made the experience so wonderful.
It was nice that this was not only a food tour but a cultural/architecture slant with it as well. |
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Not to be missed!
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| Thu, Nov 13, 08 12:00 PM |
weremchuk |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| It rained during our entire walking tour, but the rain did not take much away from the wonderful experience we had. We are a little familiar with the area, or so we thought .... Our guide Rahim was perfect. He knew so much about the area and talked about it with a lot of knowledge and I would say passion. A great sence of humour, too. Everything we tried was so tasty. There was a lot of variety and EVERYTHING was delicious. We ended up retracking our steps and visiting a couple of places after the tour and sampling their food (wonderful tarts and some more of the amazing sausage, which came back home with us). We have made a note of a few places for our future visits ... You think you know the area and then you go on a tour like this ..... |
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Our tour was our best yet, best part of our trip
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| Thu, Nov 13, 08 12:00 PM |
conniebosley |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our tour guide was perfect, we met up with six crazy family members in New York, this was the best place to start our week of enjoying family, we share your tour with everyone. I am looking forward to doing the China Town & Seafood Tour soon, with our same guide.... or we no can do, he was just simply a great inspiration to us all. |
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Excellent tour on a very rainy day
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| Sat, Nov 8, 08 12:30 PM |
woody1834 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Thoroughly enjoyed the tour and all the stops even though it rained throughout. |
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WONDERFULL TIME
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| Sat, Nov 8, 08 12:00 PM |
HEIDIDEKEO |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| THIS WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE TAKING A TOUR IN NYC AND IT WILL NOT BE MY LAST. WHAT A GREAT TOUR GUIDE AND A GREAT EXPERIENCE, WE LEARNED SO MUCH HISTORY ABOUT THE VILLAGE AND SOHO,THE FOOD TASTING WAS DELICIOUS AND A PERFECT SELECTION OF FLAVORS TO TASTE. MY FRIEND HAS CELIAC DISEASE WHICH MEANS SHE IS ALLERGIC TO GLUTEN...THE FOODS OF NY MADE SURE THERE WERE FOOD SUBSTITUTES FOR HER TO TASTE AS WELL , VERY ACCOMMODATING AND A MUST TO DO FOR ANYONE TO EXPERIENCE. |
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INFORMATIVE, GOOD FOOD, FUN PLACES
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| Fri, Nov 7, 08 12:00 PM |
cassano |
Female |
Unspecified |
Combination |
Group of Friends |
| Interesting history of the area we visited and interesting stories of the shops and restaurants. |
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Far more than just a food tour
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| Fri, Nov 7, 08 12:00 PM |
seaski42 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Unspecified |
| I found the Central Village/Soho Tour informative and very enjoyable. While tasting the samples of food at numerous stops was pleasurable, I enjoyed even more learning the background of the restaurants and their role in the community. Our guide (Ramin--not sure of spelling) did an excellent job of escorting a group of about 15 through the area while minimizing the activity disruption of local residents. The handout guide to the area was also helpful for future restaurant suggestions. I would hightly recommend the tour. |
