| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Don't miss this tour!
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| Fri, Feb 10, 06 10:00 AM |
llogan64 |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| What a wonderful tour! The amount of history and culture experienced on this trip was more than I ever could have imagined. This is a must for anyone visiting San Francisco for the first time or those who have been time and time again. |
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Fun
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| Fri, Jan 27, 06 10:00 AM |
Angelina |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Individual |
| This tour was a lot of fun. I learned a lot of things that I had never imagined. Chinatown is really a beautiful part of San Francisco. Our tour guide, Dorothy, was so knowledgable and had so many interesting stories. She was so enthusiastic and it was so much fun listening to her. |
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Chuck was fantastic!!
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| Sat, Jan 21, 06 10:00 AM |
qtkmom |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Individual |
| This tour was wonderful. Chuck was fantastic!! I recommend this tour to anyone who would like to know more about Chinatown. Chuck took us to historical sites, interesting places, explained why people were doing what they were doing, took us to shops, taught us about food and culture, and reminisced about his childhood in Chinatown, giving us first hand insight on what it is like for the residents there. I was so blessed to be a part of this tour. I can't wait to take my kids back to Chinatown and show them all of the great things I learned. It really makes me see Chinatown differently. I went on the tour because I had to. I was writing a paper on Chinatown for my anthropology class. But I am so glad I did. I would go again in a minute. The paper was so easy to write because of all the great information I was given and the knowledge that I took away with me. Thank you Thank you Thank you for the wonderful opportunity and tour. |
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Great Tour, Ho-hum Food
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| Fri, Jan 13, 06 10:00 AM |
collettesell |
Unspecified |
50-59 |
Unspecified |
Group of Friends |
| We were a group of friends - two hetero couples, one from Mill Valley + one from Amherst Massachussets. We loved the tour + loved our leader. However, the dim sum lunch at Four Seas was disappointing. I have had much more interesting and exciting food at dim sum elsewhere. Please consider changing the lunch location. |
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Great tour!
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| Sat, Jan 7, 06 10:00 AM |
DonSkeels |
Male |
50-59 |
Combination |
Other |
| To explain my entry under "YOUR GROUP", we are from Merced, CA and it was me and my son. Since he's over 21 I didn't think "family with children" was quite right.
We had a wonderful time! The tour was outstanding! I highly recommend the Wok Wiz tour to anyone interested in learing about the history of China Town in San Francisco.
Our guide, Judy Won, was more than outstanding! She was very knowledgeable of the history of China Town. We enjoyed so much listening to her talk about the many interesting things that China Town has to offer. In addition I noticed that she seemed to make it a point to spend a few minutes with every person in our group. While we were walking from place to place, sometimes she would be with one person while other times she was with someone else. And of course she spent some time talking with me and my son. That to me is a real plus as she seemed to really care about each person in the group. I've been on tours where the guide seems to spend the whole time with one or two people, but Judy Won made sure she spent some time with each of us. That tells me she is really interested in people and making their tour something special.
Shirley Fong-Torres has put together a really enjoyable tour! I'm sure we will one day return for the "I Can't Believe I Ate My Way Through China Town!" tour. But only if I can say, "No thanks!" to some of those really far out dishes! (ha ha)
Thank you Zerve and thank you Wok Wiz for such a great tour of China Town!
Sincerely,
Don Skeels
Kevin Skeels |
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great guide, mediocre food
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| Fri, Dec 30, 05 10:00 AM |
heatherlatin |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| Our tour was guided by Dorothy. Having been born and raised in Chinatown she brought a very unique perspective to the tour. She has a great energy. We were hoping to have more of a culinary component to the tour. Most disappointing, the dim sum at the end of the tour was mediocre. I had hoped that the lunch would be at a place that seemed to be geared toward the locals, but it seemed to be more of a tourist trap. |
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efficient guide to chinatown
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| Wed, Dec 28, 05 10:00 AM |
LindaNess |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Did enjoy the facts of area history. Did not enjoy the lunch served---was expecting better. Our older children (16 and 14) and ourselves were grouped with other families with smaller children. We would have been better off in an older group. |
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Very informative and entertaning
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| Tue, Dec 27, 05 10:00 AM |
davidread |
Male |
50-59 |
Combination |
Family With Children |
| Our tour guide was a native San Franciscan so she was well aquainted with the local history as well as the culinary high points. Being a native, she was intimately familiar with the local traditions and was able to explain many of the seemingly out-of-place items seen in Chinatown.
Great tour! |
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A new look at Chinatown
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| Wed, Dec 14, 05 10:00 AM |
HandySandy |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Dorothy was our leader and I really enjoyed her soft spoken information, her pace of information given and the entire experience. I have walked through Chinatown many times but hadn't really seen it. The tour enriched and broadened my knowledge. Thanks. |
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A nice way to spend time in Chinatown
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| Sat, Dec 10, 05 10:00 AM |
robbyw |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We enjoyed having a guide on our walk thru Chinatown. The guide gave us information on the culture, history, and archetecture that we would not have picked up on our own. We went into shops and a temple that we probably would have passed up had we been on our own. The tour ended at a Chinese resturant where we ate all familiar foods. This is not a power shopping tour- you go back to the places you are interested in shopping at, so leave about 4.5-5 hours if you want to shop after. |
