lifecameraadventure
Nov 2018
We were taking an Alaska Cruise out of Seattle and had very limited time to sight see. We booked the Early Access Pike Place tour for the day our cruise left and wanted to be at the cruise pier by 11:00am.
First and foremost - the guide was everything you want in a tour guide - friendly, knowledgeable, energetic, and accommodating. We told him about our time constraints and he made sure we could fit everything in without compromising the quality of the tour. When it is was over he even told us the best place to meet an Uber so we didn't get stuck in Saturday morning market traffic.
The tour start location was easy to find and the guide was out looking for us 15 minutes before the scheduled meeting time.
TIP: Do the early tour. Our tour started at 8:30am and for the first hour it was like we had the market to ourselves, by 10:00 the place was packed and almost every store and vendor had long lines (although we had reserved seating, or prepared food at every stop).
The tour consisted of multiple stops with a wide array of food. The guide said the locations change depending on the time and size of the tour, but ours did the following: Honest Biscuits (coffee and biscuits), Frank's Quality Produce (best peaches I have ever had), Daily Dozen Doughnut Company, the Fish Market - because we were part of the tour we had a reserved section in front of the crowd for the famous fish throwing, this alone made the tour worthwhile (the salmon samples were good too), Market Spice, Miss Cafe Turkish Cuisine (my personal favorite and the first time my parents ever tried Turkish food, they loved it), Rub with Love Shack (salmon burgers - not my favorite, but the atmosphere was great), Indi Chocolate (very very rich).
There is no way we could have fit half of these things in if we tried to do a self guided tour. If you only have limited time this tour is a must.
Відповідь від хоста
Nov 2018
Hello lifecameraadventure,
Thank you for your glowing review of our Early Access VIP Tour of Pike Place Market. We are so glad to hear you had a great time! The Market fills up quickly, as you noticed, so it is so nice to get a head start to experience Pike Place before the crowd of 30,000 people who visit the Market each day. One of the greatest perks of this tour is that coveted one on one time with the Fish Guys at Pike Place Fish! We're elated to hear that you enjoyed your time with them! The Pide from Miss Cafe is absolutely divine; I think I could eat it every day. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review, we're glad we could offer you such a diverse experience on your limited time here in Seattle. We hope we can host you on another tour next time you are in the area.