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Rating Summary:
Rating: 4.3  43 rating points
# of Reviews Positive
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Last 3 months 8 16 3 = 13 86% 4.1
Last 6 months 13 26 3 = 23 91% 4.2
Last 12 months 24 46 3 = 43 95% 4.3
All 592 1,420 20 = 1,400 98% 4.6
Ratings by Activity
(Each activity's ratings from the last 12 months)
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The NYC Luxury Chocolate Tour 32 100% 4.4 Read Reviews Info & Tickets
The NYC New Cuisine Chocolate Tour 11 86% 4.0 Read Reviews Info & Tickets
The Union Square Chocolate, Wine & Culture Tour 0 0% 0.0
Rating Date Attended Sort Descending Reviewer Gender Age Where From? Group Type?
Rating: 5
Fantastic!!
Sun, Sep 4, 11   3:30 PM 7manchester Male 30-39 Local Group of Friends
The guide is very knowledgeable and friendly. The chocolates are great & delicious. It's lovely walking around Soho. My friends & I really enjoyed every single minute! Highly recommended to everyone...
Rating: 5
If you love chocolate, this is the tour for you.
Sun, Sep 4, 11   12:00 PM BrendaMizel Female 60-69 Local Family Without Children
I loved discovering new chocolate shops and learning more about the variable flavors and preparation of chocolate.
Rating: 4
Sweet Tour
Sat, Sep 3, 11   12:00 PM Doug83 Male 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
We enjoyed the tour greatly. Lindsey was an enthusiastic and knowledgable guide. Who knew there was so much to know about the chocolate you can buy in Manhattan? She explained the difference in each chocolate shop and answered everyone's questions. Pace was good, but if you can't walk long distances, probably not a good tour.
Rating: 1
Waste of time and money
Sun, Aug 21, 11   12:00 PM suttoma Female 40-49 Local Family With Children
Guide did not slow down much to make sure she wasn't losing anyone. In fact, lost her once and had to find her. Basically she told us what type of chocolate to choose from. Not too much in the way of interesting chocolate info. Only went to four places instead of five place....because one place was closed. Should be more organized that this....aren't there enough chocolate places to choose from to have a backup plan? I would rather have used the money for the tour to buy chocalate....I'm sure the people behind the counter can tell me about the selection. Would never, ever take this tour again!!
Rating: 4
Good Chocolate!!
Sat, Jul 30, 11   12:00 PM roxivanstory Female 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
Good tour. Our guide was friendly and very knowledgable. Probably won't do again because it was pricey. Walked alot and seemed a little quick at time. Guide knew LOTS. Maybe a little more conversation and not so technical, however she was extremely nice!
Rating: 3
Fun but too expensive
Thu, Jul 28, 11   12:00 PM bschles Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified
The tour was fun, the guide was great, the chocolate was delicious, but the price was just too high...
Rating: 5
Excellent and informative tour
Sat, Jul 23, 11   12:00 PM sheryllpoe Female 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
My friend (a local) and I went on this tour probably on one of the hottest days of the year, but I'm so glad we did! It wasn't THAT much walking, and we never would have found these places on our own. My friend the local only knew about one of them. The samples were very generous (2 at each stop) and at a few of the stops, they snuck in one of their specialties as well, so you were pretty well chocolated out by the time you finished. I really learned a lot about chocolate, and it's already made me a much more informed consumer. I am finding myself seeking out the small, artisan chocolate places rather than going with the familiar and inferior. I've already recommended the tour to others, and am looking for a similar tour in my town (for future visitors). So glad I found this! I'll definitely be doing one of the other two tours next time I'm in town.
Rating: 5
Wonderful Tour
Sat, Jul 2, 11   12:00 PM edfragoso Male 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Unspecified
I thoroughly enjoyed the NYC Luxury Chocolate Tour. Each stop seemed to have better chocolates than the last, and they were all delicious. Our tour guide was enthusiastic, friendly, and extremely knowledgeable. She had interesting anecdotes about the individual stores and seemed to know a lot about the chocolates themselves. I saw that someone else wrote a poor review of our guide for, among other things, not knowing the City. I can only say, as someone who lived in New York for nine years, that walking through a packed Midtown Manhattan without losing one or two friends to the crowd can be difficult (and, thanks to a street fair, it was packed that day). Our guide did a great job of keeping our fairly large group intact as we navigated the crowded streets, at one point warning us to avoid impending hustlers outside of Rockefeller Center and coming to the rescue of three older women in our group who decided not to heed that warning. Overall, I had a great experience and would take another tour with this company.
Rating: 3
Poor Guide
Sat, Jul 2, 11   12:00 PM melodymelvin Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
The tour guide was not knowledgeable about chocolate or New York City. She clearly lead us the wrong way after the meeting place and then said we were taking the scenic route as we walked past the store on the opposite side of the street. She was brief in her descriptions of the chocolates and there should have been opportunity to buy something at each store. Only in one store did an employee speak up and gave a detailed description about their chocolates, which was very welcomed. She did not mention of any of the NYC landmarks we were walking past, which would of added to the overall cohesiveness of the tour. At the bare minimum she should have said something like, "onthe way to the next shop we will walk past Grand Central Station." I realize that this was her first month, but she needs to be prepared with more information on her subject and her surroundings.
Rating: 5
Wonderfully delicious tour!
Sun, Jun 12, 11   12:00 PM lbrichetto Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Family With Children
Would definitely recommend this tour on your visit to New York. Our guide was knowledgeable about chocolate and the shops we visited were exquisite. The chocolate samples were delicious and enough.
Rating: 5
Enjoyed a great tasty tour
Sun, Jun 5, 11   12:00 PM JaneRoby Female 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Family With Children
Would definately remend this tour for anyone over age of 10.
Rating: 4
Chocolate is very high end--not for kids--
Sat, Jun 4, 11   3:30 PM pbeilman Female 50-59 Local Family With Children
tour guide was very knowledgeable--moved the tour along if you don't like truffles don't tkae this tour--all the candy tasted were truffle-like Think its a bit over priced...$50 is more reasonable than $70
Rating: 5
Tasty, informative, and interesting.
Sun, May 29, 11   12:00 PM dmargolis Female 60-69 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
Our guide, Lindsey, was very knowledgable and delightful, making the tour informative and interesting, as well as tasty!
Rating: 5
Really enjoyed the tour -- yummy!
Sat, May 21, 11   1:30 PM AndreaAmbs Female 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
The guide was very nice and knowledgable. Fun way to spend the afternoon in NYC!
Rating: 4
Great tour - but...
Sat, May 21, 11   12:00 PM juterbock Female 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
The tour itself was wonderful! We did it as part of a bachelorette party - the bride was thrilled! The tour guide, while knowledgeable, made it clear she held tourists in low regards. Comments such as her preference for New Yorkers as she "did not have to worry about them crossing the street and getting lost while staring at buildings" is rather insulting to a group of well educated women that, while from "the middle" as our guide rather dismissively stated, have demonstrated the capability of crossing streets successfully for nearly 30 years. While none in my group appreciated the attitude we got, the tour is still worth putting up with the snarky comments and self aggrandizement. Just have some thick skin and do what we did - have a good laugh over the stereotypical New York attitude (the only time we experienced it, so an unfair stereotype in my book!). We now refer to ourselves as being from "the middle"!