| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Great experience
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| Wed, Jul 16, 08 10:00 AM |
jjgoodrich |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| My husband and I enjoyed the whole experience!
Only thing we wished for was that we could have had little more adventurous/variety of dim sum. |
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Excellent tour
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| Wed, Jul 16, 08 10:00 AM |
mbeardallis |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Excellent tour ---informative and utterly delicious! I highly recommend the tour! |
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Yummy and Insightful
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| Tue, Jul 15, 08 10:00 AM |
eagleowl |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Excellent and enthusiastic guide who gave lots of his own time to answer questions. Through this tour I was able to gain insight that I wouldn't have been able to do on my own. Also, a good value with a delicious lunch included. |
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Enjoyable and informative
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| Tue, Jul 15, 08 10:00 AM |
BHauer |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The guide was very friendly, shared interesting historical insights and was very protective of the group so that everyone felt included and safe. The lunch at the end was very good and there was plenty of food.
I would highly recommend this walking tour. |
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Informative and Fun
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| Tue, Jul 15, 08 10:00 AM |
bobcat377 |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Frankie was an execellent tour leader. Great explanations. Felt like he was a friend by the end of the tour. Food was good . We went back to the tea shop after the tour. A top notch business. |
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Interesting, but not a food tour
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| Mon, Jul 14, 08 10:00 AM |
raj2008 |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| We were expecting something like the the North End food tour in Boston, hoping to come away with a better understanding of the ingredients and techniques that effect the quality of Chinese cuisine. This tour is really a walking history tour with a couple of food stops; you pop into the fortune cookie factory and grab a cookie and eat lunch at a Chinese restaurant at the end of the tour, but the tour guide only speaks about the local history of the area. The high point of the tour was a stop at Red Blossom Tea, where the owner presented a wonderfully informative primer on tea and preparation techniques. I would only recommend this tour to someone interested in the history of Chinatown, not someone interested in learning more about Chinese cuisine. (Our children are teenagers and love to cook, so they were disappointed, too!) |
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Wonderful Tour
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| Mon, Jul 14, 08 10:00 AM |
cristpot |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| We had three adults and two teenagers on the Wok Wiz tour and we all had a great time. The guide was very friendly, knowledgeable and easy to talk to. I had been to China Town before but taking the tour was a much more rewarding experience. WE all learned so much, and had fun doing it. I loved the tea shop and the din sum lunch! |
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More rewarding than just wandering by ourselves
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| Mon, Jul 14, 08 10:00 AM |
amcguiggan |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| We particularly enjoyed the temple visit and the tea shop. The lunch was great and we tried many dishes that we otherwise would not have had the opportunity to taste. Our guide was very knowlegeable and approachable. We were in a small group of 9 people comprising two families - this made the experience more enjoyable than being part of a larger crowd. |
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Very interesting!
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| Sun, Jul 13, 08 10:00 AM |
meganmcconne |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| I attended this tour with my husband and 10-year old daughter. We have visited SF's Chinatown many times before, but this time we felt like we learned so much and have much more insight about the culture of Chinatown and the people. Our tour leader was very enthusiastic and a ton of fun! Highly recommended! |
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Interesting with Room for Improvement
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| Sat, Jul 12, 08 10:00 AM |
klytle |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Chinatown was very interesting, and the tour took us to locations that we wouldn't notice if we were walking through on our own. I expected our tour guide to be a little more outgoing and more familiar with the current Chinatown. She grew up there but didn't seem to be up on what it is like today. I took a similiar tour of Greenwich Village in New York and was incredibly impressed, so that was my comparison. Still, I would recommend the tour and discovered a lot about Chinatown. |
