After a wonderful food tour in Denver,CO, we were excited to go on another tour, but were extremely disappointed with how this tour went.
Below you’ll find the very few pros of this tour:
- our tour guide was friendly
- easy walking
- enjoyed tour guide’s recommendations that were provided to us after the tour
Now, for what wasn’t great about this tour:
- extremely little historical knowledge about the city provided. Only thing we learned was that 1 hotel was haunted and that there is a statue of Willie Nelson. Also, a building kind of looks like an owl due to a bank’s logo.
- ALL CHAIN RESTAURANTS. Not a SINGLE restaurant is a downtown-Austin exclusive. While some are Texas chains, 2 of the 6 can be found outside of Texas!!! Incredibly saddened that our tour was spent at places I didn’t even have to be in Austin to enjoy. Places include: Voodoo Donuts, Velvet Taco, Gloria’s, Desano’s, Cooper’s BBQ, and Taco Deli.
- Drink upgrade package was not worth it. Only got 2 drinks.
- 4/6 restaurants served Hispanic food. While delicious, 2 tacos, a tamale, and a churro donut was overkill for only a 3 hour tour.
- there were no reservations at the places for our group. We had to walk back and forth when places were less busy and had long wait times. Due to this, all of our group was unable to sit together and seating was hard to find.
If you’re coming to Austin and looking for something to do, pass on this because paying $20 per stop for $5 of food and nothing else wasn’t worth it.
Ответ от хоста
Aug 2022
Hi Grace M, thank you for reaching out and leaving your feedback about our tour in Austin. First of all, we can see you are a knowledgeable guest that has experienced Secret Food Tours before, so we hope you give us a chance to give you a better experience in our 50+ Secret Food Tours around the world.
Our tour in Austin has changed completely since you last visited us, and also the team that was working there. As you may read in our recent ravishing reviews.
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