| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Chinatown Tour
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| Wed, May 14, 08 10:00 AM |
FlorenceSte |
Female |
70+ |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I especially enjoyed the visit to the Red Blossom Tea Company. I really learned a lot about tea. I would highly recommend this stop on the tour. The tour guide was very friendly, but she could have been a little more knowledgeable about the history of Chinatown. However, I did enjoy it very much. |
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No real information about china town
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| Sat, May 10, 08 10:00 AM |
Bernarde |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The Tour was very superficial. The guide was nice and entertaining, but we saw very little of Chinatown and learned almost nothing about the history of area. After the tour I had to open a tour book to learn about the history of the Chinese people arriving and living in SG. The guide spent too much time telling us about herself and her books, not about the area its history and people. a total was of money. I felt cheated. |
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Fun and Interesting
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| Thu, May 8, 08 10:00 AM |
cgcmisci13 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our tour was very interesting. Our tour guide provided information that I do not feel we would have learned without her knowledge. We we very pleased with our tour guide and the exeperience she provided. The time went too quickly. |
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Educational and fun
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| Sat, May 3, 08 10:00 AM |
dbianco |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Nothing better than a tour guide who has lived in the place. Did I mentioned they are funny? |
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A Great Tour
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| Fri, May 2, 08 10:00 AM |
stephanini81 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The Wok Wiz Tour was great, it was definitely worth the price. It was our favorite part of our whole trip to San Francisco. Our tour guide Dorothy was great. She mixed in facts about Chinese culture, the history of Chinatown, civil rights, and put in her own personal touches, showing us the apartment where she was born and the restaurant where she had her wedding reception.
The lunch was great, there was more than enough food for everyone and it tasted great. I never would have tried some of the dishes we had on my own but I'm glad I did.
We highly reccomend this tour, we never would have known where to go or what to do on our own, and it definitely helped contributed to our understanding and appreciation of Chinatown and San Francisco. |
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Interesting - informative with a guide born there
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| Wed, Apr 30, 08 10:00 AM |
pbanderson |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We enjoyed having a guide who was born in San Francisco China Town and who was very well-informed and very articulate and personable. We felt like we saw parts of the area that a regular tourist would not see. |
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What a great experience
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| Wed, Apr 30, 08 10:00 AM |
hwhite13 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I had a lovely local guide who filled the tour with great stories. I can't wait to go back to SF and take another of their tours. |
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Best way to see Chinatown
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| Tue, Apr 29, 08 10:00 AM |
ashanker |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I highly recommend the Wok Wiz tour. It gives you the history of Chinatown in ways that you can't get in a tourist book. Plus, the tour takes you to interesting places that would be hard to find otherwise, and shows you the best places to shop, and a great place to eat. Well worth the price! |
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Had a great time with Chuck!
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| Tue, Apr 29, 08 10:00 AM |
PhillisCarey |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Chuck was lots of fun and very knowledgeable about the history of China Town. I enjoyed the tea tasting especially. I would have enjoyed more stops like this one at the best shops but the places we visited were great. |
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Does Not Live Up to Its Advertising
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| Sun, Apr 27, 08 10:00 AM |
MBStewart |
Male |
70+ |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I was very disappointed by how much time the guide wasted talking about stuff that had no particular connection to San Francisco's Chinatown. We did not get to visit a tea purveyor, or our own "farmers market" — produce markets, or learn about the beautiful and ornate architecture. We did not hear about the best place to shop for linens. The meal we had was at a restaurant that anyone could have just walked into without a guide and done just as well. The guide pointed out a place to go back to after the tour and have a chance to buy from six different kinds of candied ginger. I went back and they didn't even have one kind. All in all it was a complete waste of time. |
