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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Excellent!
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| Fri, Jul 6, 07 12:00 PM |
srosenbalm |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Guide was great with expertise in history and art of fine chocolate making. Group was perfect size at 8. Chocolate was very good. Wear good walking shoes. |
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A wonderful and most delicious experience!
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| Fri, Jul 6, 07 12:00 PM |
daralynne |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Other |
| As native New Yorkers, our tour guide Bert helped us discover some wonderful places that we never knew existed. We were particularly impressed with his knowledge and input, but most of all with his warm and pleasant personality.
We enjoyed the fact that the size of the group was small, so that everyone was able to get to know one another and bond. And the chocolates were absolutely ethereal!!!!
Thanks so much for everything, and we would love to repeat this experience some time again in the future.
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One of the highlights of our trip
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| Sat, Jun 30, 07 12:00 PM |
GGibson |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This tour was fantastic. Our guide, Bert, was personable, funny, and had a tremendous base of knowledge about chocolate. The tour was kept at a leisurely pace and contained a huge amount of information and wonderful chocolate. We started at Saks Fifth Ave and went to five shops. We received 2 samples at each shop. If you want to do something "different" in New York - this is it!! |
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part of the New York experience
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| Fri, Jun 29, 07 12:00 PM |
bora63 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| It was my first trip to New York filled with lots of other activities, but I must say that this was probably one of the highlights. Our tour guide was great and the shops that we got to visit felt like a part of New York that I would never have been able to experience in the same way on my own. |
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Definitely a Highlight of our NYC Trip
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| Fri, Jun 29, 07 12:00 PM |
JillBinsley |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Our tour guide, Bert, did a wonderful job. He is very knowledgeable, and he wanted to be sure we had a fun, informative tour. We enjoyed the variety of familiar and unfamiliar chocolate tastes. We were amazed there were so many high-end gourmet chocolate stores, and each was interesting and unique. We are recommending Bert and the tour to our friends. |
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Absolutely TERRIFIC!
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| Sat, Jun 23, 07 12:00 PM |
GlotzbachCJ |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| This was such a great experience. The tour guide (Burt) was very knowledgeable of the topic and was so very in tune with each of the our interests and needs. Burt made sure we all had a good time as well as that we learned from the experience as well. I highly recommend this tour to anyone who loves chocolates! You will learn a lot about chocolate AND get the chance to try some of the world's best chocolates. Never would I have had the chance to try these chocolates had I tried to find them on my own. I will say, though, that there was/is one draw back to having gone on this tour: Hersey just doesn't do it for me anymore. I am now a chocolate snob! Such a wonderful experience! Thanks Burt! |
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Midtown Chocolate tour
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| Fri, Jun 22, 07 11:00 AM |
adinamish |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| first, apologies for the very long delay in writing; this does not at all reflect ANY negative feelings about the tour. I am a born-and-bred New York who now lives in Israel and joined the tour on a recent visit to NY.
The Friday tour I joined had about 6 people, as I recall, all women. The guide (can't recall his name now, apologies) was wonderful - very friendly, patient, enthusiastic and knowledgeable, and most important - a true chocoholic.
Even tho I eat kosher, I found the data I received (and the chocolatiers we visited) sufficiently informative to know which items I could taste and which not - and I was able to enjoy samples in every store, so didn't feel 'left out' at all!
The tour was one of the most fun parts of my visit to NY and even tho I lived there all my life till I moved to Israel, this introduced me to a fun and delicious part of NY I never would've been able to learn about or visit in such a coordinated, informative and delicious way!
The price seemed a bit steep at first, but given the (generously) large number of samples we enjoy, and their retail cost, it really wasn't that painful an investment at all.
Highly recommended! |
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incomplete package
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| Sat, Jun 16, 07 12:00 PM |
1sniggysdad |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| I realize time is a contraint in these types of tours but it would have been nice to experience some of the more unique stores in Soho as part of this experience. Bert did a great job for us and provided great knowledge and insight. |
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Amazing . . . A Must Do!
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| Sat, Jun 2, 07 12:00 PM |
jewles |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| I HIGHLY recommend the NYC Luxury Chocolate Tour! It's a must do for both tourists and NYers. It's definitely worth the price. Once you taste these chocolates . . . you won't want to go back to the stuff you buy in the grocery store! Be adventurous and try things you wouldn't necessarily try. We had chocolate with basil and olive oil and chocolate infused with rose petals. Both were delicious. Our tour guide Bert was the absolute best! He was knowledgeable and just plain fun. I'd love to take another tour with him again one day. Now . . . stop reading this and go buy your ticket! |
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A Great Birthday Treat for a Friend
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| Sat, Jun 2, 07 12:00 PM |
440east |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Our leader, Bert, made the tour most enjoyable; he was very knowledgeable & personable. He also gave us his own personal opinions along with the info for each stop. I bought this tour as a surprise birthday gift for my friend; we are both chocoholics. She had no clue why we were meeting at Saks, but was elated when we met the group to begin our tour. We were able to sample two pieces at each of our five stops. An extra added treat was our second stop at "Le Maison Du Chocolat" where we also sampled some sorbet.
We had a nice mixture of people in our group and had many laughs & a good time. I feel that Bert made our tour very special! |
