30 reviews of Food and Cultural Walking Tour of Pike Place Market
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Reviewed by Debra B, April 2013
Our guide was delightful and the tour was perfect. It was educational and tasty!
Reviewed by Kimberly B, April 2013
More than just a "food" tour! Great food, great history and highly entertaining!
Our guide was fantastic. We have kids 8 and 12 and they enjoyed it as well.
So glad that we did this our first day in town.
Reviewed by Donell T, March 2013
Our tour was entertaining, informative and gave us some great insight into the city of Seattle. Can't remember our tour guide's name, but he was fantastic!!
Reviewed by Martha H, March 2013
Had grand time, great tour guide (complete with pink umbrella so we always knew where he was). Food bites were wonderful and the coupons to use were helpful. Only wish I lived nearby or had a similar place near me.
Reviewed by Shebby, February 2013
Great tour: Santino was informative, interesting and VERY funny. Santino provided a great historical base of the market and was able to answer nearly every question the group asked. We went to many different vendors and tried some wonderful food. Having the headset made sure we always were able to hear what Santino was saying. One of the group REALLY wanted to catch a fish at the Pike Place Fish Market and he both got to catch and throw one. This tour was a highpoint of my trip and is a great part of any trip to Seattle.
Reviewed by Virginia P, January 2013
The tour was a fantastic experience. The food is great, the guide knowledgeable and entertaining with our best interest in mind. I'd have no hesitation in recommending this tour.
Reviewed by Paul W, USA, October 2012
We decided to try the food tour with some trepidation. We had never done this before.
After meeting the group at Starbucks, across the road from the market, we followed our food guide, Matt, to the market.
The first advantage was that we were able to bypass the lines to get our food samples, some of which were almost a full meal in themselves. The stares of the people in line was an indication of what a good idea this was.
The choices of vendors was excellent. My wife and I did not eat certain foods, so Matt organized alternate choices at some vendors. They were delicious. We experienced a variety of foods, something we would NEVER have done without the tour.
The company's use of radio equipment so that we could easily hear Matt all the time was a bonus.
Based on our experiences at the different vendors, we went back the next day for a meal to one of our favorite choices from the tour.
We would strongly recommend this tour to anyone wanting an introduction to the Pike Place Market. Enter your review here.
Reviewed by Judith M, September 2012
***** More than expected. I was born and raised in Seattle 40 yrs. Been going to market since I was 4 yrs old. So took some friends to tour. Our guide Brett told us so many things I never knew..He is also very funny. Food choices were excellent. I will do this again. Judy
Reviewed by Marissa D, September 2012
Our food tour with Santino was a great experience! Santino did an amazing job showing us the market with detailed history and incredible enthusiasm. I would not only highly recommend the food tour but would recommend any tour that Santino was guiding. Thanks for a great experience!
Reviewed by Patricia, August 2012
Even if you've been to the Pike Place Market on your own, this tour is a must because you deal directly with the merchants who are kind hosts. You sample chai with orange and cinnamon, three types of smoked salmon, seasonal fruits, sausage, clam chowder, seafood bisque, cheddar and goat cheeses, macaroni and cheese, pork loin, a salty caramel and miniature crabcakes.
Reviewed by Carolyn C, July 2012
It wa 5 star.The food was excellant and the giude was informative and funny. We truly einjoyed it and will recommend to friends visiting Seattle.
Reviewed by David K, USA, December 2011
The tour guide as great! He was very informative and funny. We sampled many different foods and met many vendors and learned the history of Pike Place Market.
Reviewed by Frank P, USA, September 2011
The Food and Cultural Walking Tour was one fo the best local tours I have ever been on! Caroline, our guide was knowledgeable about the area, and she knew the people we encountered on our walk. She was naturally entertaining - a wordsmith straight out of a "pun-atentiary!" Do you want to know how to tell the male eggplant from the female at the farmer's market? Do you want to know why you should care? Ask Caroline! Would you like to know how cheesemaking by-products are disposed of? Ask Caroline. There seemed to be something to entertain everyone on the tour from the teenage set to us old geezers. Great experience!
