This was the first food/culinary tour for us. Since we both are foodies thought it was worth a try. Our tour guide Fran is a Charleston native and did a wonderful job taking us through the history of Charleston, its people and its dishes. Our first stop was for cheese, ham & cheese and cinnamon roll biscuits...yum! Then we moved on to a spice and tea shop where we smelled and tasted different spices in dips and spreads. Next we visited a sweet shop and sampled fudge, peanut brittle, candies nuts and bear claws. We got a praline to go! On to the Oyster Bar where we tried bacon wrapped shrimp, red rice and hush puppies. Our final stop was Poogan’s Smokehouse where we sampled pulled pork sliders, pimento cheese balls and skillet cornbread. The food was all delicious and we received impeccable service wherever we went.
Our only complaint has to do with parking. We could not find any information in the details with recommendations of where to park before the tour. We are not very familiar with downtown Charleston, so we parked at a lot relatively close to the meeting spot. It cost us $30 to park there, which is excessive for a 2.5 hour tour. A suggestion is to give tour goers parking recommendations and relative cost.
Одговор домаћина
Apr 2019
Thank you for your fantastic review. We are so glad you had a good time on the tour with us. Thank you for the thorough review. We appreciate it.
We will check what information is on our site about parking in downtown Charleston. $30 for the day sounds about right, however. That is indeed the going rate. We are sorry if it was inconvenient to find a spot. Thank you for the feedback.