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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Fantastic
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| Thu, Jun 11 9:30 AM |
jwarchol |
Male |
60-69 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| My wife and I are from western Massachusetts and have never explored Chinatown. After this tour with Jim Becker, we plan to enthusiastically go back for many more visits. The tour flew by as we meandered the streets and stopped at the various shops, including bakeries, herbal stores, and restaurants. Throughout all of it, Jim provided the fascinating history of the area in a well-paced and planned presentation. His knowledge of Chinese culture is amazing. No question could stump him and the culminating dim sum lunch was perfect. We're hoping this company will offer more tours like this of other neighborhoods. By the way, Michele's North End tour is also excellent. |
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Professional, informative, fun, and delicious!
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| Wed, Jun 10 9:30 AM |
meanderson |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| Jim was the most professional and knowledgeable tour guide I've seen yet. The tour exceeded our expectations. We learned a lot, tasted some delicious food, and got some great restaurant/cooking recommendations as well. I'd highly recommend it to anyone! |
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interesting, insightful and delicious
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| Wed, Jun 10 9:30 AM |
modig8 |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Other |
| we loved our guide, his knowledge of chinese culture, the language and the history of boston's chinatown. additionally, his tidbits of info at every stop helped bring the tour to life, not to mention the fantastic food we had the chance to experience. top notch all the way. can't wait to do the north end tour as well. |
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Highly Recommended
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| Sat, Jun 6 9:30 AM |
Deanna45 |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Excellent and fun tour. Our guide was extremely well informed and very personable and friendly. |
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Don't miss this!
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| Thu, May 28 9:30 AM |
cbcook |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| This is a must-see-do for anyone interested in learning about Boston's China Town.
The guide is outstanding...he had a great wealth of knowledge that he shared in a fun and interesting way. He even speaks Chinese which made a few of the people working in the shops do a double-take (he is a "long-nose"--something he'll explain on the tour!).
The food we tasted at the different shops were outstanding and the Dim Sum lunch was out of this world.
I went to college in Boston but my experience with China Town was minimal (2AM trips to restaurants!). I wish I had known then what I now know after going on the tour. China Town is filled with wonderful shops and unique foods. I look forward to going again on my own and visiting the stops on the tour.
I did the North End tour last spring and thought that was wonderful too. However, this tour surpased my North End experience. That Dim Sum lunch was what did it for me!
Enjoy! |
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Everyone should do this...
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| Sat, May 23 9:30 AM |
Dark_Knight |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| Our tour guide, Jim, was fantastic! His general knowledge of the the culture as well as Boston's Chinatown was impressive. Althought the tour was to be 3.5 hours, we were still at Dim Sum after 4.5 hours having a blast. This is impressive considering that we all just met that morning.
We foudn the diversity of the tour and the locations appealing and the ease and welcoming attitude fo the store owners refreshing. The latter left such an impact on us that we went back to two fo the stores to make purchses.
We have also recommended this tour to all our local freinds, which is significnat, and we are also looking to do a larger group for the Norht End excursion.
THe only downside to the tour and it had little to do with Jim, but one of the stores he recommended us to go to for a Dim SUm guide was not that hospitable. They actually had a bit of an attitude and suggested that the tour guide not continue ot recommed sending people there, becaus ethey have not carried the Dim SUm book for awhile. We will get the book from Amazon, but the store employees, should rercognize the business that Jim is affording them adn try to adjust the behavior.
Overall: This wasa great date surprise! Thank you Jim! |
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A wonderful experience
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| Sat, May 23 9:30 AM |
VillaPiazza |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| My husband and I spent a long weekend in Boston over Memorial Day 2009, and this tour was one of the hits of our trip. Our guide, Jim, was charming, eloquent, funny, and most importantly, both knowledgeable and exceptionally well prepared. He interacted well with the 4 quite disparate couples in our group, and with each of the shopkeepers we visited. Without the tour, we would probably have avoided this part of Boston altogether, but armed with the knowledge Jim gave us we enjoyed some wonderful meals there. Highly recommended! |
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A Local Journey in Chinatown
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| Sat, May 16 9:30 AM |
BigEthyl |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Our party was coming from all direcrtions, but we had no trouble parking and finding the group. Jim was a terrrific tour guide; friendly, knowledgeable, and good at keeping the group together and on track. The food we sampled was excellent and dim sum was delicious. We were impressed with Jim's Chinese language skills! Lastly, the take-away information is a nice keepsake. I've already recommended the tour to several people. |
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Excellent
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| Sat, May 16 9:30 AM |
SallyannN |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| This was my second Chinatown Tour with Jim, our friendly, knowledgeable tour guide. I enjoyed myself so much the first time that I decided to take the tour again and bring my sixteen year old nephew. My nephew really enjoyed learning the history of Chinatown as well as the sampling of food along the tour route. I would highly recommend this tour for teens and adults of all ages. |
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highly recommended
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| Sat, May 2 9:30 AM |
smccln |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Other |
| this is an entertaining way to get to know about an interesting area of boston. i've been in and around chinatown for over 30 years, and still learned new things about the neighborhood and its merchants. our guide was smart and funny, and really knows his way around chinatown. the food was great, too. what more could you ask for? |
