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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
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Pouring rain couldn't keep us away.
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| Mon, Mar 28, 05 11:30 AM |
mfreda |
Female |
30-39 |
Combination |
Couple on a Date |
| It rained buckets the entire day. The tour looked like it was headed for disaster since a majority of it takes place outside. Well, the tour guides were fantastic, the food was delicious, and half the time we didn't even know it was raining. I absolutely loved the tour and I can't wait until we try the Chelsea tour. I've already recommended the tour to everyone at work and I will continue to sing your praises. Thanks again! |
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Recommended, interesting but ...
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| Sat, Mar 26, 05 11:30 AM |
Jennifer |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| not exactly what I expected. Other reviews recommend not eating breakfast because you'll have so much food. Our tour was at 11:30 and we didn't hit the majority of the food tastings until after 1:30. Our group was pretty hungry! There was a lot of history of Greenwich Village, architechture, anecdotes of literary and artistic types that have lived there - all interesting, but not enough about food. Our guide hinted that he could keep us busy for 4 hours but luckily some in our group had plans after 3 hours so we were pretty much on time, but be aware that the tours can last longer than 3 hours. I would like to try the Chelsea/Meatpacking Tour but others in my group would not. It is pretty adult oriented. However, I have my booklet with the names of the recommended restaurants and plan to return to some restaurants and shops in August. We especially enjoyed learning about Chumleys and hope to return to shop at Aphrodesia. |
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Too much architecture, not enough food
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| Sat, Mar 26, 05 11:30 AM |
mikeduncan |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| i had mixed feelings. the tour guide was clearly an enthusiastic local (he seemed to know several random people walking by) and knew a lot about the area. he was also pretty nice and jolly.
however, honestly, there was too much talking and the focus drifted away from food and restuarants to a bunch of fairly random, if somewhat interesting, stories that were tangentially related to Greenich Village. In three hours, we tasted food for 30 minutes at the beginning and 30 minutes at the end.
at the end of the tour, i felt like i had found a lot of new restaurants (they provide a list of restaurants in the area, with menus and prices) and shops. But, I think we could have skipped the second hour and still covered all the relevant ground. I would only recommend on days with good weather and if you have some interest in history, architecture, etc. along with food ... |
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Enlightened Tour
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| Sat, Mar 26, 05 11:00 AM |
arpante |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| As a New Yorker, one sometimes does not take advantage of sights and sounds
of native city. This tour opened a new appreciation for the Village, its shops,
streets, buildings, restaurants and history. Cannot wait to return and re-explore
the many sights pointed out to us by our excellent tour guide, Cindy. Thank You. |
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Interesting but a little slow
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| Sat, Mar 26, 05 11:00 AM |
AlecHaydon |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I enjoyed parts of the tour, the highlights of which were Joe's Pizza and Chumley's speakeasy, neither of which I would have found or appreciated without the guide. However, the tour was very slow and not as informative from a historical point of view as I had hoped it would be. |
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Great tour
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| Sat, Mar 26, 05 10:30 AM |
needham |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| In a city full of tourist traps and giant crowds, this tour is an breath of fresh air.
They limit the size of the groups to 15 members so you get a great intimate tour of the west village. Topics include restaurants, food shops, local history, unique buildings. You really learn what it means to live in the village.
The restaurants they reccomend are the ones you would only know about if you had lived in the village for a long time. Each one is extensively screened for over 6 months before they make the list. Those on the list are undoubtedly the best hidden gems of New York. We tried some after the tour and had the dining experience of a lifetime.
Each place we sampled on the tour had some of the best food I have ever tasted.
You get enough food for an average sized lunch.
Tour guides are fun, interesting, and very well educated.
You will be on your feet for most of the three hours.
Absolutely worth the time and money for both tourists and locals alike. |
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Awesome and unconventional family event - Enjoy!
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| Sat, Mar 26, 05 10:30 AM |
mrssvay |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This was a great family event. and worth every penny! We have raved about it to family and friends. It was very interesting and informative and capitaved the attention of my 11 year old as well as my 19 year old. My husband was even impressed.
Our tour guide made the tour so interesting with his knowledge and enthusiam about the Village. The shop and restaurant owners we met were friendly and made the tour that much more special.
If our travels take us to New York again we will surely spend our time in Greenwich.
Thanks again Todd! |
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Great tour with enthusiastic and enjoyable guide
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| Fri, Mar 25, 05 11:30 AM |
Helena |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| I went together with my 19 yeras old daughter on this very nice walking tour, for almost 4 hours in the charming area of Greenwich Village.
We learned a lot from the great guide - special thanks to him!
The food tasting was great as well - we do recommend this tour ! |
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Tasty, fun, and informative
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| Fri, Mar 25, 05 11:30 AM |
Cyndee |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| All four of us loved the Greenwich tour. Our guide clearly loves the neighborhood, and shared useful information and wonderful stories about the food, people, and places. His enthusiasm led us to return to one of the restaurants for dinner and to several of the stores for shopping later in our visit. We are veterans of walking tours in various cities (such as the architecture tours in Chicago and the history tours in London), and we all agreed that the tour was a a great part of our trip to NYC.
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Wonderful insider's view of unique neighborhood!
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| Fri, Mar 25, 05 11:00 AM |
dekalo |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Our guide Todd was extremely well-informed and not at all shy about sharing his opinions. The corporate practice of paying for the tastings v. accepting freebies from vendors goes a long way to preserving the credibility of your recommendations. You completely satisfied the middle-aged history freak, the middle-aged world traveler, the 18-year-old Spring Breaker and the 13-year-old geek in our group. Eight thumbs up! Scoring tickets to "Spamalot" was an awfully close second, but you were the best part of our trip to NYC.
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