Foods of New York Tours

My wife and I really enjoyed this tour. You can go to Chelsea Market and wander around on your own but this tour is so much more fun. You get a lot of history and the ability to sample food from so many places is great. You will also see the Highline and some of the surrounding area in the Meatpacking district. I wouldn't recommend this if you have kids though because they would probably get bored. However I felt I got my money's worth and then some.

Barry did an excellent job of taking our group through Chelsea/Meat packing area. We were very impressed with her knowledge of the area and the way the tour was conducted. We certainly saw alot and had some great food. We would not have known about this area, had we not taken this tour. It is our second in New York, and 5th in different cities. We will be taking more the next time we are in town.

Would highly recommend Curt---unbelievably knowledgable as well as very entertaining.

Our guide was extremely informative and entertaining. All of the food we sampled was excellent and there was plenty of it. We learned about the cultures and the history of Greenwich Village. The time went by so fast; it did not feel like 3 hours! Would recommend anyone visiting NYC to take this tour as they won't be disappointed.

Our guide - Kurt - was fantastic: personable, very funny, and highly knowledgeable. Learned all our names, and played us all in individually during the tour. The tour covers elements of the geography and history of the village, and visits various places for something to eat - all of which were excellent. The whole experience was brilliant, and represented a top highlight of our trip to New York. We had learned of it from a friend who was an experienced NY visitor - maybe it could be publicised more widely.

This seems much worse than the Greenwich Village tour. It is almost as if the team decided to create the tour and thought about the food as an afterthought, as it was nothing special whatsoever. Also, the tour guide was not as great as the others at all and was a bit abrasive.

I did this tour 5 years ago and enjoyed it just a much the second time! A lot of new places to see and sample along with the familiar favorites. I recommend this tour to anyone that I know is going to NYC.

This is the 3rd food walking tour we've taken (the others were Chelsea/Meatpacking, and Central Village and Soho) and each one gets better than the last. Barri was a wonderful tour guide. She had great knowledge of the area and made this a very enjoyable tour. The food was great too. Before taking these tours, we'd come to NYC and just stay in Times Square because that was all we knew. Now after spending so much time in the Chelsea and Village areas, we're so much more confident to go and stay in different places. That is probably the best testimony to give for taking these walks. The tour guides make you want to stay and check out the places they show you. Their enthusiasm wears off on you!

We had been to New York City several times but had not spent time in Greenwich Village, so I went online to Goldstar.com looking for something to do and found this tour. We had been on a similiar tour in Sacramento Ca. and loved it, so we signed up. We were again very pleased, the tour guide was a special delight all by herself, she was very witty and made us all laugh and at the same time shared historic stories about the mostly Italian community. We had tastes at each location and we were stuffed by the end, we especaially enjoyed the olive oil store with lots of wonderful tastes. Very good way to spend the afternoon.

This tour exceeded our expectations. Sephria, our most excellent guide, was cute, charming and really witty. She was knowledgeable about foods and full of facts and inside stories about Greenwich Village and New York. Try and get on her tour, she's terrific. Come hungry, there's an abundant variety of delicious food, both savory and sweet. Big bang for your buck. We will definitely take another tour the next time we are in New York.

We loved our guide, Zeffra. She was fun, entertaining, relaxed, and very knowlegable. Also, she took very good care of everyone. We LOVED her! The businesses we went to were top notch.

My wife and I (from Australia) spent a week of our holiday in New York (Manhattan) and despite pre-planning on seeing the 'major' sights, I also decided on a walking tour to discover a typical New York neighbourhood - and am so glad we did it. Our guide was excellent and the food divine. However, walking around Greenwich Village was the best way to immerse ourselves in the city and to meet some of its people. A very enjoyable and indeed essential experience for anyone wanting to visit New York.

Our tour director was funny and informative. Food was a bit cheesier than hoped for, but then again, not sure what was hoped for. I guess if you're on an Italian themed tour, do what the Romans do.

Well worth doing, you don't walk far, bit you experience food and restaurants you would never discover on your own!

Our tour guide (Karrie Ann, I believe) was wonderful. So knowledgeable but how she presented everything was what made her stand out. It was so conversational. You didn't feel like you were on a tour. Instead I felt like I was spending an afternoon with a friend who brought me around this wonderfully historic part of town and while walking along, taught me little known facts that were interesting and made the neighborhoods come alive. I feel like I truly know the area and I want to bring others the next time we're in NYC to do this tour as well. I think it was great, not at all intimidating but quite the opposite as I felt I was walking along with a friend (or group of friends).