Wok Wiz Daily Tour

Wok Wiz Chinatown Tours/Cooking Co

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Activity #521
Rating Summary:
Rating: 4.5  188 rating points
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Last 3 months 15 34 1 = 33 93% 4.5
Last 6 months 22 53 1 = 52 95% 4.6
Last 12 months 85 194 6 = 188 95% 4.5
All 1,406 3,110 78 = 3,032 96% 4.5
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Wok Wiz Daily Tour

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Explore San Francisco's Chinatown history, folklore, culture, food, and art. Then enjoy a hosted, traditional Dim Sum luncheon!

Rating Date Attended Sort Descending Reviewer Gender Age Where From? Group Type?
Rating: 5
Terrific Tour
Sun, Aug 13, 06   10:00 AM cmhaiken Female 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Family With Children
We had a super time on this tour. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable and friendly and had a great sense of humor. She told wonderful annecdotes that gave us a real feel for the place. Our dim sum lunch was delicious. We highly recommend that you go on this tour if you have any interest in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Rating: 2
Not worth the money
Sat, Aug 12, 06   10:00 AM mhm112 Female 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
The tour guide talked more about his own family than the history of Chinatown. We never got the promised cermonial tea. The best part of the tour was the lunch!
Rating: 3
A Once-Over Lightly View of Chinatown
Sat, Aug 12, 06   10:00 AM kdemontellan Female 60-69 Local Unspecified
If I had never visited San Francisco's Chinatown I might have found this a fascinating and educational day. As a San Francisco resident, of course I have window-shopped my way through Chinatown many times before. A few years ago I managed to take a free City Guides tour, from which I learned a great deal. I was hoping to to add to what I had learned on that visit. As it was, I often felt I should have been leading the tour. Our tour was a ramble through our personable guide's rather vague childhood memories of growing up in Chinatown. Had our guide enlarged his perspective beyond his early memories, talked about Chinese culture in more depth, and added some local history, my guests and I might have learned a lot that day. As it was, I felt we spent our time listening to him point out the obvious. Finally we sat down to lunch, which had been billed as a dim sum meal. I enjoyed our meal because of the good company at our table -- our likeable guide, my guests, and other tour members. The restaurant was pleasant; however, there are more interesting places to go if one is particularly interested in dim sum. So, would I recommend this tour? Only if you have never visited Chinatown before and will be happy with a superfical view. On the other hand, you could take a City Guides tour where you will learn at least as much and save some money.
Rating: 5
Excellent!!!
Fri, Aug 11, 06   10:00 AM jessiaho Female 20-29 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
We had Dorothy as our guide. She thoroughly explained the history of Chinatown and added her own history along the way. She was captivating and the time flew by. The dim sum luncheon was superb and I can't wait to try dim sum closer to home, as I am no longer overwhelmed by the prospect. I have already told some of my friends about this tour, as they visit relatives in SF a few times a year.
Rating: 5
Loved it!
Fri, Aug 11, 06   10:00 AM mueller58 Female 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
Alberta was a terrific tour guide. She was informative and fun. We learned more about Chinatown than I thought possible. This kind of tour is a must for anyone visiting Chinatown, San Francisco
Rating: 5
Authentic Picture of Chinatown
Sun, Aug 6, 06   10:00 AM surlyduff33 Male 20-29 Domestic Tourist(s) Individual
Tour guide was born and currently lives in Chinatown. This added much to the tour. The guide obviously had passion for her neighboorhood and the people of Chinatown. Her enthusiam make you feel like you were a part of Chinatown while you were there.
Rating: 4
Lovely Chinatown
Sat, Aug 5, 06   10:00 AM stacey1956 Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
My husband and I enjoyed the sights of this interesting part of SF. We would have loved to have heard more about the history and people and a bit less of the personal stories of our guide. Our guided tour was pleasant and informative, for the most part. We really enjoyed the food!
Rating: 4
The past and presence of SF Chinatown
Fri, Aug 4, 06   10:00 AM huntatucsf Male 50-59 International Tourist(s) Unspecified
You will like spontanous guided tour through the streets and few specialized shops of the CHT. Very interested visit to the Temple. Very good narrative guide. Nice lunch at the Four Season restaurant. You may ask various questions that concern life of the Cht people, now, and in the past. I can recommend the tour to each individual interested in learning more than shops of the SF ChT. Zbig Poland
Rating: 5
Wonderful!
Thu, Aug 3, 06   10:00 AM kduwee Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
Our guide, Bernice Fong, through her walking tour accompanied by warm personal stories & historical background, was able to really bring to life the past & present of Chinatown. We explored alleys & visited places such as a tea shop, herbal shop, a temple, and fortune cookie factory that we would never have visited on our own. The delicious family style meal was the perfect ending. I highly recommend this tour!
Rating: 2
Not what we had read in reviews
Wed, Aug 2, 06   10:00 AM stevecheif Female 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Family With Children
We have been to China Town several times on our own. This trip included our teenage kids so we thought a guided tour with a local expert would give us detailed information into the history and culture of China Town. We were excited to learn we would be in the group that the owner would direct thinking we had the most informative guide. Instead we heard a great deal about her life, her career, her writings, her family, and her celebrity. We only actually visited 3 spots and were not given much histroy other then the friendship between the owner of the tour place and the owner of the shop. We were very interested in going to a temple. While we visited one, we were again given little information about the practice or rituals. While it was interesting, it was not worth the hefty fee. Lunch was okay.