Taste of Nawlins

Preston was our tour guide and he was knowledgeable as well as entertaining! We learned a lot and the food was great! The portions were perfect and we were all satisfied at the end and ready for our next New Orleans adventure. Thanks Preston!

This tour was the highlight of our New Orleans Bachorette Party vacation. Our tour guide, Bob, was amazing. He kept us interested the entire tour and had a great personality. We enjoyed all the food that was included in the tour and enjoyed the history behind each food and restaurant. I highly recommend this tour for those that love history and love food!

Not horrable but not worth the money either. We got the tickets through groupon and thought we got a good deal as the orginal price for the tour was $ 100+
Our high expectations quickly dissapated… lt started pouring and our tour guide was no where to be found. To be fair, he was only about 5 minutes late. But we were told to show up 15 minutes early, and drenched in rain it felt like eternity.
The tour did not get cancelled despite of the thunderstorm and the flash flood. We moved forward and soon lost an older couple who refused to walk in 6 inches of flood water and requested a refund. The rest of us continued on. However, we looked like refugees wandering about. I slipped a few times in my flip-​flops, luckily my bf grabbed me. Still, my melted mascara made me looked like a wet kung-​fu panda. In all honestly, I think the tour should have been rescheduled for safety reasons.
But we still had fun! Mostly because we are young and we are from L.A. My bf and I giggled and shivered as we made our stops at four restaurants. (We don’t get much rain in L.A.) We had two types of sandwiches, small cup of gumbo and jambalaya. HOWEVER, since we are devoted Unilocal users, we checked in to all of them and noted they had very low ratings and was very empty.
We do not regret signing up the tour, as it was something to do and we got the tickets super cheap. But if you are paying more than $ 30 but for this tour, I think you are in it for a big disappointment.

The tour is OK, Rob was our guide. He shows up late and really doesn’t offer an explanation as to why. Meanwhile back on the courthouse steps waiting and waiting. He was disengaged much of the tour and did not seem to want to interact with his group. Our first stop was the Oceana and you can get bigger tastings at Costco, the other restaurant’s had normal size samples. All the food was tasty but I don’t think for the money it was worth our time. With all the recommendations you get from others I think we would have done better ourselves. I would not recommend to others.

Tour late, don’t go hungry guide less than friendly. Do Not waste your money like we did

Spent an enjoyable Sunday afternoon with guide Bob. Although we are local we learned some new fun facts about New Orleans food and history. Also discovered a new place to eat very good Sicilian street food and gelato at Little Vic’s on Toulouse Street. Went back after the tour for the Sicilian version of the muffaletta. Very tasty.

We really enjoyed our tour. The only possible negative, would be that there was no dessert included in the tour. We would have liked a signature dessert from New Orleans.

Excellent tour. Our guide Bob was awesome. He was very good tour guide and he took very good care of us. He was extremely knowledgeable as well. I also got this on Groupon so it very well worth it.

Having made several trips to New Orleans, I finally brought my boyfriend with me. We decided on the Taste of Nawlins walking tour and enjoyed the historical information of the City as well as the food. Bob was a fantastic tour guide and gave us some great tips for other areas to visit in the City that we didn’t hit on the tour. Wonderful food and experience!

Bob was a fabulous tour guide!!! He had great information and was very entertaining. We made 4 stops and were able to try Gumbo, Muffuletta sandwiches, Jambalaya, and Brisket Po’ Boys. Bob was chipper and kept us in good spirits even though it was pouring out!

Preston was our tour guide for Taste of Nawlins and was INCREDIBLE!!!
I wish we had enough time to book his historical tour around the the French Quarter!

Bob was a great tour guide.
But i definitely expected more food for the food tour. when they say sample size they mean it. I was hoping for at least a small appetizer size portion, in actualitiy you get a sauce size portion. Don’t go on the tour hungry.

Preston was awesome!!! Not only did he go into the history behind the foods we were trying, but also the history of this great city. Along the way he also offered other suggestions of things to see, or other activities in NOLA. it was a great experience, and can’t wait to come back and do the tour with my family!

Even with a discounted tickets using groupon, this tour was a waste of money. The guide must have been new because he didn’t have the background and stories that we had hoped to hear about the history and blending of cuisine in Cajun and creole cooking. It was the only tour we took that we weren’t warned to stay together and keep a portion of the sidewalk clear for other passers by. in some instances he didn’t even stop to address the group zbut rather talked as he moved forward with all following behind. Needless to say, we didn’t hear much of what he did try to say.
If this tour happens everyday, it was not well organized. 2 of the 4 restaurants we visited were not prepared for us and we were left standing on the corner or outside the door. In one instance I had to tell customers that there was not a line to get in or the restaurant would have lost those customers.
The restaurants we visited were generally 2^nd class with somewhat bland jumbalaya, an OK gumbo and po’-boy. The nicest surprise was a little pizza shop that made their own focacciaa bread and offered a nice variation on a muffaletta (–Little Vic’s). Not necessarily traditional, but nice. Oceana, Napoleon House, Tujague were the others.
In general the afternoon was a disappointment and I could not recommend this tour.
I have no complaints about portion size as it was just a TASTE of New Orleans.

We took a tour on Saturday night. Mike was our tour guide. It was a pretty good time. We’re going to the finals be able to dialogue with the rest aghast. The overview of the food was was pretty good. It is not enough to fill you up at all. It just gives you a taste. By the way we actually went back to one of the restaurants that we went through the taste for dinner that night. Mike did a great job though.

Our tour guide was super friendly and very knowledgeable
The samples were small but tasty
Recommended drinks along the way, additional cost but worth it
Learned some interesting facts and tried some great food!

Such a FUN tour!!! The first two stops were great and our tour guide was a riot! I loved that our guide went above and beyond in providing history about all of New Orleans, not just the food. People were constantly asking us along the way what tour we were on. I hope the restaurants change from time to time because I would like to do this tour again.

It was an okay food experience, the best part was our guide Preston. His passion for NOLA is infectious, and his love for the city is endearing. The portions are small, and at some of the places… lukewarm to cold (maybe they left it out waiting for us?)
Overall, get the tour for Preston and a walking tour through the French Quarter, not for the food.

This tour is highly recommended. As a local, they do give you a good taste of new orleans. From gumbo to jambalaya to a muffaletta to a poboy. Very good tour. This is my second tme taking it! Preston was an animated tour guide and very fun to be around.

There were some real ups and downs to this tour.
It left promptly at 3 and we tried some amazing food we definitely wouldn’t have tried elsewhere. We ate gumbo, jumbalaya, a Po-​boy (definitely the best dish), bread pudding and one other dish I can’t remember the name of. All food was delicious and (for the most part) was served on time. We loved hearing about the history of Cajun and Creole cuisine as well as the history of buildings in the French quarter. Our tour guide, Preston, was knowledgable and entertaining.
The downsides were that the tour dragged on a bit. It ended after 6pm. We were expecting to be done at 4:30. The portions were pretty small so I wouldn’t go on the tour super hungry. But I did leave feeling like we wouldn’t have to eat for a while. Our tour guide, while very engaging, rambled a lot and his southern accent was really hard to understand at times. I’m from New Jersey. But I loved that our tour guide was a native.
The worst thing I think that happened was we were told that a drink was «complimentary» at the location with the jumbalaya. And then were told we had to pay for them. I think the tour guide meant that the drink «compliments» the jumbalaya well. But that isn’t how any of us on the tour took it so we ended up having to shell out like $ 8 a drink. If it weren’t for this, I would have given 4 stars. Overall though my boyfriend and I were happy we did the tour and plan to go back to a few of the locations for a full meal!