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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Wonderful time - repeat customer
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| Wed, Jul 2 11:30 AM |
tarajmerrill |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| This was my husband's first time taking one of the tours. He loved it and looks forward to attending another one. I, on the other hand, have taken the Greenwich tour twice before and have also enjoyed the Chelsea Market and Central Greenwich tours. The guides have all been wonderful...great personalities and a true enjoyment of the city and it's spectacular neighborhoods. You will see us again soon! |
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Fantastic time!
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| Wed, Jul 2 11:00 AM |
philzphan |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My husband and I booked a Greenwich Village food tour with a guide named Curt. Curt memorized the names of every person in our group as we introduced ourselves to him. The next three hours flew by as we walked, listened, laughed, and sampled foods from several different establishments. I was stuffed by the time we were done! We tasted two different types of pizza, arancini balls, cheeses, olives, and salami, chicken dumplings, cannoli, gelato, olive oil drizzled on artisanal bread, and chocolate chip cookies. I cannot speak highly enough about our tour guide and the tour itself - Curt was personable, intelligent, knowledgeable, friendly, and had a charmingly snarky sense of humor. I can't think of anything he could have done to make the tour more informative and fun. We enjoyed it so much we came back to Greenwich Village the next afternoon to purchase olive oil and enjoyed a discounted pizza courtesy of a coupon in the booklet given to us as a guide for the tour. The next time we come back to New York, we will definitely consider a food tour of a different neighborhood. |
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Great insider tour of the Village!
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| Tue, Jul 1 11:30 AM |
tokyopete |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Well worth the time and money! I finished the tour feeling like a Greenwich Village insider. I was also stuffed to the gills. Great food, great tour. If you love NY and love food, don't miss it. |
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An amazing way to see Greenwich Village
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| Tue, Jul 1 11:00 AM |
TerrieF |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| I high recommend this tour if you want the sites, and history of Greenwich Village. As a New Yorker who moved away about 20 years ago it was wonderful to walk through the village and see the amazing transformation of this area. I booked this tour because my son, who is a culinary student, was looking for a place to do his internship. This tour was a great experience since we were able to taste our way through the tour. We were impressed so much we went back to the village three times on our own. I will now be getting regular delivery's from Murrays cheese shop, Pastries from Rocco's, and Olive oil from O & Co. And if it was possible Pizza from Joe's Pizza. Our tour guide Ed was great. He was very informative and he had a great sense of humor. Everyone in the neighborhood seemed to know Ed and he knew them too which made it very special. I highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting NYC for the for the first time and to those who have moved away and are returning to see what has changed over the years. Thanks for a great experience and thank you Ed for a great tour. |
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Go, even if you live in NYC!
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| Mon, Jun 30 12:00 PM |
mosimonet |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| This trip was great! Mike was a fabulous guide. We took this tour on our first day in the city and returned several times during the week to try the fabulous restaurants and and visit the shops he recommended. This was well worth the time and money! |
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Loved it, loved it, loved it!!!
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| Mon, Jun 30 12:00 PM |
tanaGray |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We were 3 women friends from Florida, 2 of whom had never been to NYC before. Our friend (we were visiting in NJ), researched options for us and choose the walking/tasting tour of Greenwich Village. Aside from the 4 of us being together, the tour was the highlight of our visit. Can't say enough about how much we enjoyed and have told everyone I have come in contact with that it is a "must do" if they go to NYC. Our tour guide - Mike - was excellent. He was funny and full of great facts and information relayed in a completely charming and interesting way. All of the tastings were delicious and a really excellent blend from pizzas to olive oil to chocolate chip cookies to cheeses, etc. Would most definitely choose another tour of this ilk should I return. Thank you for giving me the chance to tell you how much we all enjoyed the experience. |
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Great way to discover Greenwhich Village
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| Mon, Jun 30 12:00 PM |
Derricko |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| A great way to find out more about the history of Greenwich Village, and discover some great local restaurants. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable, funny and enthusiastic - he really wanted to make sure we all had a good time. Highly recommended. |
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THINGS I DID NOT SEE ON MY FIRST NY TRIP
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| Mon, Jun 30 11:30 AM |
janilez |
Female |
Unspecified |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| This is my second trip to NY and I was looking for an activity that gave me a better feel for some of the neighborhoods. This fit the bill perfectly.
I had read the reviews posted and decided on this tour. I loved the insiders view to Greenwich and found it a very funky neighborhood. I was happy to finally find the "Friends" apartment building on this trip.
The only disappointment was echoed in some of the previous reviews. While the food tasting was a great idea and filling, this particular tour was too "bread heavy".
Tastings were
pizza,
olive oil and bread,
cheese with bread, olives and salami,
thai dumpling,
piece of chocolate,
cookie,
pizza
and cannoli.
Two pizza tasting were redundant-the second stop with the sicily style would suffice.
I would have liked another protien (non bread) ethnic item instead.
The olive oil place and spice shop where we were given a chocolate did not generate too many "Ooohs" but the cookie bakery was fantastic.
I would like to try the SoHo tour next as I read it stops at PB&Co. Would like to see Dean & Deluca shop added on that tour and Pomme Frittes as well.
Chinatown tour sounded good and it was listed at half price but was sold out for the period we were in town.
Ovewrall, good value for the money. Informative and a dfferent thing to do in NY. |
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wish we had done tour sooner!
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| Mon, Jun 30 11:30 AM |
nvromen |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| hi - really enjoyed the greenwich tour as it gave great tips, insight, and well, food! we only wished we had gone on the tour earlier in our trip so we could take advantage of the great ideas of things to do rather than our last day. will remember for next time! |
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Best tour of our entire NYC trip!
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| Mon, Jun 30 11:00 AM |
BrendaGagnon |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Heather our tour guide was absolutely superb! We learned so much from her and we absolutely loved all the food locations that she introduced us to. In fact, we were so delighted with Rocco's Pastry Shop that we went back another day to try their wonderful New York Cheesecake. All in all our entire family enjoyed this tour from start to finish!
Thanks,
Brenda, Dave, Nicole and Julie |
