| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Really excellent!
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| Sun, Nov 8 11:00 AM |
redbookgirl |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| For me, a good food tour should obviously be about the tastings, but it should also be an introduction to an area or a cuisine, its history and its people, and this tour really ticked all of those boxes. The tastings were delicious and brilliantly chosen, and showed us great places off the beaten track that certainly I wouldn't have found on my own (and I did plenty of research on where and what to eat before I came to NYC!). The tour guide, Isaac, was knowledgeable, friendly, and most importantly, local, so he knew lots of fascinating bits of information that you probably wouldn't find even in the best guidebook.
I would recommend the tour even if you aren't a foodie - my mum loved it every bit as much as I did, because pretty much everyone can understand a few great bites, and some beautiful views of both Brooklyn itself, as well as looking back towards Manhattan. |
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Good guide; ok tour
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| Mon, Nov 2 11:00 AM |
memebaker |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Other |
| Our guide was very enthusiastic and anxious to please. He was kind, generous and tried hard to make us feel special, and he shared his own culture quite effectively. The problem was in getting a glimpse of the larger history and culture of Brooklyn from early times until today. For that, we were at a loss. Our guide was unable to supply much context, no doubt because for this tour organization, this isn't a priority. If I didn't already known a little about Brooklyn, I certainly would have come away with a skewed idea of the place. We also needed more walking and less eating. Next time, I'll book with a local heritage organization or other non-profit because the quality of the information will be much better -- though not necessarily the tour guide. |
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Fantastic
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| Fri, Oct 30 11:00 AM |
lizziebg |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Our tour guide, Isaac, is a mile-a-minute encyclopedia and made our tour of Brooklyn a fantastic experience. He took us the fascinating places heaving with history. Don't go for gourmet food, but do go with a mind open to understanding the lives, diets and habits of various immigrant groups. I could have spent a week in his company and come away having learnt more than my history teachers taught me during my entire schooling. Thnks Isaac. |
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Great Tour
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| Mon, Oct 26 11:00 AM |
fdeigan |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We really enjoyed the tour. We were lucky that our group was small and we got a lot of individual attention. Food was good too. |
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A great fun way to see Brooklyn
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| Sun, Oct 25 11:00 AM |
trentbarry |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We enjoyed our tour of Brooklyn very much. It was great to see boroughs and back streets that would normally be glossed over. The food was interesting and of a high quality. The Cuban sandwich was really tasty (plus they offered a Fish Sandwich for the Kosher participants too). We had a little mix up in finding the meeting point as someone had stolen the street sign at the busy end, but we found eventually and were still early! |
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Fabulous
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| Fri, Oct 16 11:00 AM |
Smoothrock |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| The tour was more than I expected. Isaac was a great tour guide!!!!! Our only down fall was the weather. I brought my two daughters to New York for the first time and we had a ball. My daughter found your tour on the internet and we booked and we were not sorry. We will book with you again and would definitely want Isaac as our guide!! |
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A very interesting tour
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| Mon, Oct 5 11:00 AM |
bakedbeanie |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| I enjoyed the Brooklyn food and cultural tour. We visited places we would not have seen ordinarily. There was a range of interesting places and food to taste. Food was delicious! The bus was comfortable and modern and our guide very friendly and knowledgeable about the food and areas we visited. Highly recommend this tour. |
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Excellent tour
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| Sun, Sep 27 11:00 AM |
randinc |
Male |
70+ |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| 17 in the group, the leader was knowedgeable and pleasant. Started with a knish on lower east side, then to Brooklyn for a Polish nosh, a tour through Hassidic neighborhood, to a chocolate factory, and finished with a Cuban pulled pork sandwich. We received detailed descriptions of the food and the neiborhood histories and backgrounds. The food was amply and varied. Each was a sit down meal . Combined food with sightseeing that you wouldn't see on any other tour. Well worth it. (I even convinced myself that the Cuban sandwich was Kosher!) |
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A great way to get to know different cultures
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| Fri, Sep 18 11:00 AM |
Michita |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We were a small group of tourists (a couple from Australia, a guy from Sweden and a couple from Chile) but Isaac, our tour guide, made everyone feel so comfortable that we all felt as if we were in a group of friends. We drove around Brooklyn in a great van and had the most delicious samples of food from different ethnic groups that have settled there.
The tour was interesting and fun. Our favorite stop was at the chocolate factory. It´s really the most amazing chocolate we´ve ever had. And our guide was just great. If you are going to New York, this experience is a must. |
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"Best of Brooklyn" tour well worth it.
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| Mon, Sep 14 11:00 AM |
bettynyc |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We spend a week in NYC every year and we have lately been taking some of the specialty "food tours" now available.
The Best of Brooklyn tour was the best to date. My wife and I went to the meet-up spot in the Village and were told by Issac, the tour leader, that we were the only signups. Rather than a cancellation, we then got a personal tour with Issac continuously pointing out the dozens of fascinating sights to us as we asked question after question. We stopped for the "world's best knish" at Yonah Kimmel's, fantastic chocolates under the Manhattan Bridge and finished with a Cuban sandwich in Sunset Park.We even got a lesson in the hierarchy of fine scotch from a Hassidic liquor store operator (and the answers to some questions I've wanted to ask about Jewish culture for years). Hearing that we loved Polish food, he headed the Jeep for Greenpoint, pointing out good restaurants as we drove.
In sum, we had a lot of fun, Issac was about as good as it gets and this tour made us confident enough to return to Brooklyn on our own several times the rest of the week. (Fabulous Polish food in Greenpoint.)
We highly recommend this tour. If you are fortunate to draw Issac as your guide, you will have an informative enjoyable introduction to a number of fascinating neighborhoods, each quite different from Manhattan.
Betty & Jeff |
