Taking a food tour is one of my favorite ways to experience a city in a short period of time.
If you've taken a food tour, you will be aware that there is an optimal number of people to have on a tour. I know this because we've done both tours that were too small, which made them awkward, and too big because you couldn't hear anything and the food took too long to come, etc.
We booked a tour with TASTEBUD TOURS AND EVENTS LLC for the day we were in NOLA (Dec 2) and even though it was booked completely online, I called and they said they would add another tour and split up the one that was already scheduled so we could join.
However, what actually happened was our poor guide, Roger, WHO WAS STELLAR, was stuck with a group of fifteen trying to yell loud enough in Jackson square so that all of us could hear him (we couldn't) and when we got to the first stop, it took an hour just to get 15 po' boys because the place was packed out.
Additionally, we couldn't hear anything that was being said, so we had no idea what the second stop was going to be - and when we lost the tour in the crazy crowd that gathered to catch a glimpse of the French President during his visit, we just had no idea where to go.
Of the 4-5 stops we were supposed to have on the tour, we got 1.
Again, the guide was GREAT. And I'm sure it would have been an awesome tour, if they'd kept it to a manageable size. But the 15 people on the tour made it too much.
When I emailed the tour company to bring this all to their attention, I got a reply of, "Thanks for your feedback." and to be honest, after spending about $300+ on the tour, and canceling our dinner reservations because we assumed we wouldn't need them after the tour... I'm a little salty over that response.
Response from Host
Dec 2022
This review is False and misleading this is written by someone that did not take a tour and has been reported to Tripadvisor. There is no way you can have a food tour on one stop, We look forward to treating your Tastebuds to the best in New Orleans Thanks, Lynn