We took the Trolley Tour in Scottsdale. We originally signed up for the walking tour, but not enough people signed up so they offered us the trolley tour instead. The trolley tour had quite a bit of walking as well.
We really enjoyed seeing the Valley Ho Hotel. It has a unique mid century retro design, with all the decor, music etc. it was a great place to have a drink before the tour started.
Our young tour guide, Joe, was pretty good. He admittedly has not done this particular tour many times. His boss Jessica joined us for part of the tour and it seemed like she had more historical information and anecdotes to share with us. But Joe did pretty well. I think he would have impressed us more if he hadn't made such a point of constantly reminding us that some of these things were new to him.
We went to six places. Craft 64 was fabulous, beer and great crispy artisanal pizza. The Great Australian Bakery was unique and delicious - meat pie and a dessert pastry. We also liked Barrio Queen's tacos. Tea Time was a bit of a bore, and not conducive to a group experience. The cake truffle at Classic Cakes was delicious, but again, not a convivial, sit around the table experience. We liked the atmosphere and decor at the Beverly but I thought the food was terrible. Cold buffalo wings, and melted banana foster with no caramelization.
Not a bad tour, but not great. It was not very expensive either. I'd rather Pay more and have more restaurants like the first two!
Одговор домаћина
Nov 2016
We appreciate your feedback and thank you for making the change in tours. We really work hard to line up the best restaurants partners and also give a variety of food and drinks on out tour. I am glad to hear you enjoyed a majority of the stops and because we are limited to 3 hours and have 6 different stops, we make sure our guest get sit at 4 of the stops and the other two are more of the traditional food tour stops where you can sample and look around. It sounds like what you wanted is more of a Dine Around which we offer in Downtown Phoenix. It's a evening dine around and it's cost a little more but we go to 5 fantastic stops and sitting down at everyone.