Culinary History Tour

Has nayone had any experience with the Culinary History Tour? We are heading to NOLA tomorrow %26amp; looking for some new and different things to do and came acorss it online. All the reviews on their website are positive but of course they%26#39;d be!

Thanks!

Kate

Culinary History Tour

It would suggest it only if you%26#39;re a real foodie and are specifically interested in culinary history. Of the restaurants you visit, Tujague%26#39;s and Napoleon House are the better ones; I%26#39;d pass on Antoine%26#39;s.

Otherwise, spend the $40+ on a great dinner, and take the free French Quarter walking tour offered by the National Park Service.

Culinary History Tour

Take advantage of the %26#39;coolinary%26#39; dinners offered at many restaurants (you often have to ask for the special menu) for fixed price and this summer special will be ending about Labor Day. Great bargains at the top restaurants.

You will buy a 3-hour tour, and will spend 2 hours %26amp; 50 minutes listening to the guide fill the time with ridiculous and uninformative information. You%26#39;ll get 10 minutes TOPS of eating time, and it will be paltry bits of food (2 oz of gumbo in a paper cup eaten on the sidewalk outside a restaurant, or a crumb of praline passed on a plate, etc et c.) Meanwhile, most of the tour overhyped as ';behind the scenes'; is concentrated in Antoine%26#39;s 14 (yes, 14) dining rooms where the guide feels compelled to spend 5 - 10 minutes PER ROOM!

Yes, I%26#39;m not exagerrating. If you%26#39;re not in Antoines, you%26#39;re on the street squeezed up against the wall as cars, trucks, and people move by. TRUST ME ON THIS: Take your money, find a good restaurant, and spend 3 hours eating, drinking and soaking up true New Orleans hospitality. This could have been a fabulous tour, But the operators are both cheap and lazy.

Dawnwinters, thanks for the informative review. Hopefully others will read this and will save their money. Again, thanks.

We did the tour over Easter. Overall I enjoyed it but the negative reviews are not really exaggerating. It wasn%26#39;t a foodie experience but it was an interesting and tasty way to see the town. The cooking demo in the courtyard of the cooking supply shop was a big highlight.