San Francisco Chinatown Food Walking Tours - Wok Wiz, Shirley Fong-Torres

Seller:	WokWiz
	Wok Wiz Chinatown Tours/Cooking Co

Ratings Summary: Rating: 4.54

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	# of Reviews	Overall Rating	=	Positive Points	–	Negative Points	% Positive	Average Rating
Last 3 months	70	125		134		9	93%	4.3
Last 6 months	132	270		279		9	96%	4.5
Last 12 months	291	634		647		13	97%	4.5
All	643	1390		1419		29	96%	4.5

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	Overall Rating	% Positive	Average Rating
Wok Wiz Daily Tour	615	97%	4.5
I Can't Believe I Ate My Way Through Chinatown!	19	100%	4.9
Wok Wiz Evening Tour	0	0%	0.0
Ciao Chow Multicultural Stroll	0	0%	0.0

Rating	Date Attended [v]	Reviewer	Gender	Age	Where From?	Group Type?
	worth every minute Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Tue, Jul 10, 07 10:00 AM	rthiel	Male	60-69	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	This tour came highly recommended and it did not disappoint. The guide was absolutely delightful, her personal insights adding to the overall sense of a very special place.
	Skip the Dim Sum Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sun, Jul 8, 07 10:00 AM	drip000	Female	60-69	Domestic Tourist(s)	Other
	The tour was enjoyable not the best tour we've had and not the worst just alright. I would recommend that you take the walking tour only and not participate in the dim sum. While the food was delicious, the serving size was ridiculous - one pot sticker, one little pork bun, one.... you get the idea. You can do better getting your own dim sum.
	A lot of fun Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sun, Jul 8, 07 10:00 AM	tahnee68	Female	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family With Children
	We enjoyed the tour of Chinatown with our guide Hank. A very pleasant man, friendly and chatty. Maybe a bit too chatty. We heard a lot about Hank and his family but not much about Chinatown. Was hoping for a bit more history. It was still a lot of fun and I do recommend it. Especially if you get to meet Shirley-she is a hoot! The dim sum lunch was good, tried things that I hadn't had before.
	Wonderful and informative Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sat, Jul 7, 07 10:00 AM	lynnieburger	Female	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Group of Friends
	Our guide, Hank, was helpful and knew his way around Chinatown! He showed us many of those little shops in the alleys that one wouldn't necessarily go down on your own! He showed us many stops that might add to our day in Chinatown after the tour and was willing to show us teahouses after the end of the official tour! He was a great guide and fun to converse with and listen to.
	Get to know Chinatown like you grew up there Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sat, Jul 7, 07 10:00 AM	MLHart521	Male	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Couple on a Date
	Hank was a very knowledgeable tour guide. He grew up in Chinatown and had many stories to tell that illustrated what life was like when he was growing up in Chinatown 50 or more years ago. He was able to teach us some history of Chinatown from a very personal perspective. We saw things we never would have seen had we explored on our own. The marketplace - with live chickens and fish being put in bags! The fortune cookie factory - amazing! A Buddhist temple, with an interesting story behind it (across the street from the site of Hank's father's old restaurant). And to illustrate the co-existence of many religions in Chinatown - an old Catholic church. The square where men and women have played cards separately for generations! The first pagoda built in Chinatown that helped preserve the neighborhood. The site of opium dens many years ago. A tea store where you can smell over 50 kinds of Chinese teas carefully selected and imported from China by the owners' son; if you're patient you can have fresh tea prepared for you by a true connoiseur of teas. The Dim Sum lunch was a delicious way to conclude the tour. My wife and I could go on an on - this was one of the best tours we have ever taken.
	Nice Experience Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Fri, Jul 6, 07 10:00 AM	mmccarl	Female	20-29	Domestic Tourist(s)	Group of Friends
	This was a pleasant experience. We learned a lot of things that we wouldn't know had we gone by ourself. I think that this company needs younger tour guides, ours was good, but she couldn't be heard by all the noise on the streets, and she kept coughing and almost falling down. I kept wondering what I would do if she passed out. We passed another tour company with a youger guide, and I definatley would have gone with that company had I known about it. The Dim Sum lunch was excellent.
	Very informative, educational and comprehensive Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Fri, Jul 6, 07 10:00 AM	DebraAbbt	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Individual
	My daughter, cousin and I had a wonderful time and learned a lot about Chinatown and the people. Our guide combined hisorical information with current activities. Her explanations were easy to understand and learn from. She adivsed us on how to act properly to keep us safe and yet to have fun also. She willingly answered all questions with patience and consideration. We highly recommend this tour to anyone who wants to learn more about Chinatown in a few brief hours.
	We loved it! Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Fri, Jul 6, 07 10:00 AM	jpincus	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Group of Friends
	Bernice was excellent. Our only complaint was that the lunch was pretty good, but not great. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and will recommend it to friends.
	Pretty Good Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Fri, Jul 6, 07 10:00 AM	alejanseren	Male	20-29	Domestic Tourist(s)	Couple on a Date
	The tour was interesting as our guide gave us a good background on Chinatown's varied past. Where i felt it was lacking though was the finaly Dim Sum lunch at the end as i couldn't gone somewhere for better food. However, if your not too familiar with Chinese cuisine and would like to experience China Town with a so called expert than this tour is for you.
	behind the scenes insight into life in Chinatown Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Tue, Jul 3, 07 10:00 AM	Sburkenstock	Female	40-49	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family With Children
	Our family of 5 (dad, mom, 3 teenagers, boy, two girls) enjoyed this lively behind the scenes tour of Chinatown led by Alberta. We heard stories of her childhood in the area and discovered places we surely wouldn't have noticed or understood had we taken the tour on our own. Recommended.
	Great informational tour!! Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Tue, Jul 3, 07 10:00 AM	Tessmark	Female	40-49	Domestic Tourist(s)	Individual
	My husband and I learned so much on this tour!! We had been to China Town a few times but did not know half of what we learned!! I liked hearing it from someone who had lived there and experienced it!!
	chinatown Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Mon, Jul 2, 07 10:00 AM	pbonesteel	Female	50-59	Local	Family With Children
	things i didn't like: our group started out larger than 15, which was reduced when the group leader was questioned about it. standing, facing into the sun listening to information was not fun. zooming into shops where certain items were sold felt like paid advertising. snide comments made by the tour owner about comments others made in their review. i enjoyed talking to other people in our group at lunch . . . but the food was so-so and except for the company, you would be better off getting lunch on your own. things i did like: the group leader was a lovely woman who told a bit about her personal history, which was very interesting (tho i would have like to have heard more general history, too.) the visit to the tea shop was the most fun and informative. the two children with me (8 & 13) enjoyed the trip.
	Good times I Can't Believe I Ate My Way Through Chinatown!
	Sat, Jun 30, 07 10:00 AM	Ilsadohmen	Female	20-29	Local	Couple on a Date
	This was a very pleasant way to spend a day. The food was all excellent and though we are locals we would never have known which places to go into without Shirley. It was a good group size (10 total) and there was more food than anyone in the group could eat. We covered a broad range--breakfast, dessert, tea, lunch. It was less historical, however, than I would have hoped with the real emphasis on eating more than learning about the food or the area.
	Just as good the second time around! Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Fri, Jun 29, 07 10:00 AM	dlrodr	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family With Children
	My husband and I took a Wok Wiz tour with Shirley in 1987. We returned to SF last week and took the tour again with our two teenage boys. We all loved it! Howard, our guide, was very knowledgeable about the history of Chinatown and kept our interest at each stop along the tour. If my teens enjoyed it, need I say more! ; ) We had the pleasure of running into Shirley during the tour. She took the time to greet each tour member. Good luck on your upcoming book, Shirley! You and Howard made for a memorable Wok Wiz day!
	quick and charming overview of Chinatown Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Thu, Jun 28, 07 10:00 AM	patricia26	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	alberta energetically herded us up and down the streets and lanes of Chinatown, maintaining a steady flow of chat regarding the general (and her personal) history of the area, shopping opportunities, traditional culture and changing attitudes, and finishing with a dim sum lunch. she crammed an amazing amount of fascinating information into a short time and made sure everyone on the tour ended with their questions answered and directions back to any points visited for further exploration. personal favorites included short talk on tea at a brother/sister specialty shop, a tiny buddhist temple, herbalist shop and quick peeks at variety of food stalls displaying wildly different edibles.

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