Annapolis Food Tour Reviews

Easy walking, plenty of food and beverage. Our tour guide was SAM and she was GREAT! She was knowledgeable about the history of Annapolis and all of the food stops we made. She kept us entertained for the entire tour! She also made sure we were well taken care of at each stop (EXAMPLE: some folks did not like oysters; they got shrimp).

The Historic Annapolis Food Tour was fantastic! Sam, our tour guide, was so friendly, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable. She did a wonderful job! We've recommended this tour to everyone!

Carolyn is such a sweetie! Great tour, great food!

Good guide and good restaurants. Also our group was only 8 people. Can't imagine doing it with more

Great tour, great food and super tour guide Carolyn. She knew the facts about Annapolis, she didn't just memorize a few key items but actually new details. Nice variety of foods. Very enjoyable day.

The food tour was a nice afternoon. Enjoyed the food and the mix of history.

I felt our guide was very engaging and authentic. Her knowledge of history was entertaining. I felt our food sampling was more than plenty. I would recommend it highly.Even though my husband was the only man on tour, he did not feel left out at all. The women loved him.

This food tour was full of Annapolis history and stops for great food. The food wasn't necessarily tied into the history, but made for interesting stops and a chance to get to know some great restaurants and chat with our tour mates. The samples were generous and we tasted pizza, crab soup, fried shrimp, oysters, beer, farm fresh tacos, and local ice cream - all delicious! We could get wine flights and margaritas, too. Our guide was full of energy and interesting facts and made it a memorable experience. We'd definitely recommend this as a fun way to spend a day, but it was closer to 4 hours (if not more) than 3.25. Not usually a problem when you get more for your money, but good to know for planning purposes.

We enjoyed the experience. Our tour guide, Sam, was very knowledgeable and extremely friendly and attentive and I would recommend requesting her. The food was very good as well. I would highly recommend this food tour to anyone visiting Annapolis.

Food was delicious. Tour was very interesting. Enjoyable day.

My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our guide on the Federal Hill Tour. He had a thorough knowledge of the area and the restaurants chosen were interesting and the food was generous and delicious. We arrived a few minutes early and were glad we used a parking garage. We plan to take advantage of all of historic food tour options in the future.

Great tour, pleasantly historical with delicious food stops. Carolyn was a terrific guide, fun and energetic and *almost* had us believing some of the ghost stories!

Our family (4 adults) enjoyed a leisurely afternoon touring a beautiful city with a friendly tour guide. Local seafood was the best!

We really enjoyed the food tour. The food was incredible, and the facts were interesting. It was nice to have a tour guide who was dynamic (Sam) and so in tune with the mood of the group.

Had a great guide "Carolyn K" that was informative and funny providing us with great historical knowledge and yummy food.

We went on the tour October 17th. The food and drink were fantastic and our guide, Sam, was a pleasure to walk around with and listen to the historic tid bits of the area. Would highly recommend it to anyone!!!

Our Guide was Sam and she did a marvelous job of making everyone feel welcome and entertained. She had an excellent handle on the history of Annapolis and keep the group moving fluidly from site to site. I would recommend this tour to anyone. And we plan on taking it again in other towns, such as Baltimore. Thanks for a great time!

Our guide was terrific!

We had a great time on the food tour with Sam telling us about the history of different places in Annapolis and stopping at five different places to eat along the way. She also gave us tips on places to go and things to see and do. We took several of her suggestions on places to shop and were happy with what we found. I would recommend this tour to anyone that is new to the area or anyone who would like to hear about the history of the area. Also, a great way to see the city and try new foods!

Our group of 10 very much enjoyed our food tour with Carolyn. She had an extensive knowledge of the history of the area and presented it in such an interesting way. We loved the restaurants we stopped at, a variety of foods and places. Our group of friends spent the next several days discussing which place was the best and we did go back to eat at the Tavern the next day. Thanks for a wonderful afternoon with a wonderful tour. Getting the private tour arranged for our group was very easy and Sharone was so accomodating and responsive to my needs and questions. Everything was perfect

Our group of old college friends met in Annapolis for a reunion and decided a food tour would be a fun way to see some of the city. It was! We loved all the food stops as well as the walk through the city streets. The tour lasted about 3 1/2 hrs and it was a lot of walking, but the food stops give you breaks. We had our own private group which made the tour very even more fun. Our guide was wonderful and made sure that any special dietary needs were accommodated. This is a great way to get acquainted with a city!

The pace of the tour was exactly right. Carolyn, our guide, accommodated her pace to slower guests but it didn't hold us up from any of the points of interest she wanted us to see.

The various stops that did include tastings were well planned and spaced through the tour. Her ability to use her cell phone to inform each location of our impending arrival(s) certainly expedited our time. Also, she made every effort to accommodate a couple of allergies on some of our party.

All in all, a great tour, a great, well informed guide.

Her enthusiasm was infectious and made it a wonderful afternoon.

I'd recommend the whole experience to anyone.

Two of my girlfriends and I decided on a weekend getaway to Annapolis! I had never been and was excited to experience the food scene and get some history of the town. We were hoping that the restaurants would somehow intertwine with the history, but not so much. Overall, it was a great time and all of the food was amazing! Carol, our tour guide, was incredibly knowledgeable and enthusiastic and truly made the tour a fun experience. Participating in the tour once was enough, but we'll definitely be revisiting the restaurants in future visits to Annapolis!

If you happen to be in Annapolis there is one thing you cannot miss - it is this tour.

You will "feed" both your mind and your stomach, you will enjoy every minute of it!

And if you are lucky, then your guide will be Sam and you will get even more excitement

From the tour because meeting Sam will add some spice to the tour. Sam is not only very nice but very knowlegible and she not only provide you with very interesting information but also answer any of your questions. So, are you home yet? Pack you bags and go to Annapolis to take this tour!

Why take a food tour? Perhaps you'll get a special dish not on the menu or be personally greeted by an owner/host/chef explaining what makes their restaurant and food unique. Neither happened on this tour. Our enthusiastic guide wove an interesting story of Annapolis history and architecture. And the variety and qualify of the food was excellent. But the lack of any extra touch from restaurants hosting a food tour was unexpected and missed.

We wanted something affordable, fun, and adventurous. This met all of our needs, we will definitely look to do this in other cities!!

It was our first visit to Annapolis and got to town around noon. We met our guide Sam for the 1pm food tour. She is very knowledgeable of the area and history. Each stop provided a delicious treat and was perfectly timed out so there was never a wait. The flatbread pizza at our first stop ended up being my wife's favorite food on our trip. The crab bisque and shrimp was my favorite. The ice cream stop at the end was the perfect cherry on top of a great afternoon. Sam had a great personality, answered many questions, and facilitated interesting conversation. It was the perfect was to begin our vacation, because we were comfortable on navigating all the streets and gave us ideas for future places to visit.

Sam from Annapolis Food Tours led our group (8 ladies on a bachelorette weekend) on a fantastic (and delicious!) tour through downtown Annapolis. She was enthusiastic, knowledgable, and fun, leading us through Annapolis's most notable historical sites and into some wonderful restaurants with a great mix of classic Maryland fare and more modern dishes.

I should also add that on the day of our tour, there was police activity downtown, right in the middle of our projected tour route, which (luckily) cleared by the start of our tour. Both Sam and Molly (from the DC office) went out of their way to accommodate and work around the disruption and communicated quickly and clearly with our group to ensure we had a wonderful tour experience, including offering us a chance to reschedule or get a refund up until the very last minute. We're so glad we didn't have to take them up on that, but really appreciated their commitment to making sure we had a great afternoon. It was definitely a highlight of our weekend, and I would recommend this tour to anyone with a few hours to spare in Annapolis.

Walk.,learn & eat ! A very pleasant way to tour Annapolis.

We had a fabulous tour with Caroline. Our group was small which allowed for questions and lots of discussion. Caroline is a wealth of info and includes a lot of info not found in history books...which made Annapolis come alive for us. The food tour started with a wonderful, albeit unusual, pizza which was wonderful. I even tried the oyster shooters which weren't bad at all. We had wonderful seafood and tacos, and ended the day with ice cream. Our bellies were full of great food, and our minds were full of interesting facts from a bygone era.

Love, love, love this! The food was incredible and the tour guide was knowledgeable, entertaining, and witty. Loved every minute of it and left completely satisfied -- both for food and for history!

Arrive early. Wear comfortable shoes. Bring your appetite. Enjoy!

Carolyn was a wealth of knowledge about the city and the restaurants.

We had a group of 4 ( 2 groups of 2) so it was very personal.

I would do it again!

Our group was led by our excellent guide Carolyn who had a wide variety of knowledge on the people and history of Annapolis. The restaurants and foods selected were representtive of the area and were very good. I especially enjoyed the pizza and the oyster shot was fun to try. Would heartily recommend this tour to anyone visiting the area.

Taking food tours is something my wife and I like to do when visiting a city for the first time. The Historic Annapolis Food Tour certainly met our expectations. Our guide, Carolyn, was enthusiastic, well versed in local history and provided a very nice experience for us. The choice of restaurants included local fare and stops at some of the more popular eateries in Annapolis. Well worth the money and highly recommended for local knowledge whether a first time visitor or someone well aquainted with the area.

Tour guide gave a bunch of historical and local facts that made the experience enjoyable to the group.

Our tour guide Claire was great. Very informative and engaging. On a lot of tours I have taken the guide is just regurgitating inane facts about the area. Our guide made it fun and informative. Annapolis is a great town and Claire made it even better.

Very nice tour with fun spots. We had a nice time. Carolyn was a great tour guide. I would recommend.

Very informative guide with some great seafood.

FROM WHAT WE READ WE DID NOT REALIZE WE WOULD BE GOING TO DIFFERENT EATING ESTABLISHMENTS. THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE WOULD BE

GIVEN FOOD AT THE 3 HISTORIC SITES THAT WERE MENTIONED. WE WEREN'T DISAPPOINTED, YOU

MIGHT WANT TO REWRITE YOUR ADVERTISEMENT. WE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED OUR TOUR GUIDE

AND THE FOOD WAS PRETTY GOOD FOR THE MOST PART. FOR THIS PARTICULAR TOUR AND EATING

ESTABLISHMENTS YOU NEED TO BE A SEAFOOD LOVER, WHICH I WASN'T.

My father and I had a great time together on the tour. It was paced well, and was a great mixture of snacks and beverage stops (with interesting history at the same time) and some walking touring in between.

Enjoyed the day even with it snowing outside!

This tour was the perfect way to start our weekend in Annapolis! Our guide, Carolyn, was so enthusiastic, and kept everyone energized, even though it was a VERY cold day. All the restaurants we visited were delicious, and the tour was well-paced with a bit of walking and history in between each restaurant. This was crucial for me, as I have a small stomach, and the portions were very generous (crab soup, lamb sliders, flatbread pizza...). Carolyn had lots of interesting stories--which buildings were haunted, stories about crazy characters at the local church, artifacts that may or may not have been pirate loot. Our only regret was that we were too stuffed at the end of the tour, and didn't have room to go back to any of the restaurants for dinner! I highly recommend this tour.

Great time in Annapolis. We were a tour of three, two plus Nora, our guide. She gave us the full tour and we appreciated it. From the history to the great food, we got to know Annapolis. Nora told us not only about food but recommended some great shops for us. Thoroughly enjoyed the time and look forward to more food tours.

Fun time and easy way to see some interesting sights of Annapolis while catching a few lite bites at local eateries.

Why experience one restaurant when you can try out 5. And you get a great

historical tour of the area by an life long local. In addition the walk helps greatly to

prepare you for the next restaurant. Our guide was fantastic. Her knowledge

of the area was encyclopedic. Highly recommend for all ages.

Ron

It was a rainy afternoon in Annapolis, but we made the best of the afternoon. Our guide was full of information and history of the neighborhoods and the food at every stop was excellent. It is heavy on the seafood, so if you don't like things from the sea, make sure you let them know before you go so they can make adjustments to the menu for you. Would recommend this tour if you are in town!

Tour guide (Ms. Caroline); very professional and full of knowledge about the city as well as the restaurants visited during the tour. I will definitely recommend this tour to anyone who decide to visit Maryland. Thank you very much for a wonderful time and experience!

Our family, including a 19 and 21 year old, took the tour last week with our guide, Carolyn. She was knowledgeable and enthusiastic. We couldn't have had a better time. This is a great way to learn about Annapolis and try out some restaurants so that your can return for a full meal later. We already have a few on our list for a return visit. Highly recommend.

Nora provided a wonderful tour of the highlights of Annapolis and introduced us to fantastic food around the city. The tour was a great mix of landmarks, historical stories, current cultural insights, and a tasty variety of things to eat! Every person in my family tried some food they wouldn't normally eat, just because it was clearly a thought out choice by Nora and worth the taste! We were not disappointed!

I am originally from Maryland, so I thought it would be fun to bring two South Carolina friends on this food tour.

Our guide was nice but the food was not at all what I expected, nor the tour. I could buy pizza, ravioli, ice cream, potatoe soup and a catfish taco pretty much anywhere. There was one oyster shooter and that was regional, and a very bad crab ball in the potatoe soup but I was expecting regional food....crab soup, steamed or soft shell crab, Utz potatoe chips, etc. there is plenty to eat on this tour so that was not the problem but you could easily have taken an Annapolis tour and then picked your own spots to graze. Also, this is not a tour I would do with more than 6 people total, children would not like or be happy on this tour and do not expect to be fed in historic taverns. This could have been a great way to see Annapolis. It was not. Save your money.

Tour guide was wonderful and added in a lot of fun historic details we would never know and weve lived in Maryland forever. The restaurants were a nice variety and the food was fun, if not always what I would have ordered for myself. Proud that I did my first ever oyster shooter! ( probably my last, but it was still an experience)

Our tour guide Carolyn was very friendly and knowledgeable. She took time on the tour to get to know each party within the tour group.

The website should really be updated. We only actually ate 2 things that were on the website's list. What to ammend: Housemade sangria, craft beers, high tea including caramel poundcake, and premium specialty coffee. Nothing was mentioned about the locale which our forefathers frequented (as mentioned on the website). Also, this listing leads one to believe that specialty drinks (sangria, beer) will be included, yet the only actual drink we were offered for our money was water. One shot of beer arrived with the oyster shooter and it was NOT a craft beer, just Natty Boh.

I enjoyed the tour. A current website is really key to honest salesmanship and satisfied customers.

we did not go to the places I expected, except Reynold's Tavern. I don't think a oyster shooter is a good choice there. My guess is many people don't want that. Something crab would be good. The other stops were excellent. There was only 2 on our tour, which the guide really tried to cancel. Bad news. If we can't cancel, why do you think you can?

I would recommend that you skip lunch before you start!

It was a history and restaurant tour-not a food tour. Guide explained history of Annapolis-but did not comment on the waterfront history or anything about the fishing industry or seafood.. Food was very good, but no details about what kind of food and why it was chosen to represent Annapolis. Too much personal family info

Our tour was fabulous both food-wise and with our tour guide, Carolyn, who was a wonderful historical resource and great fun! The restaurants selected were varied and prompt with service. The day was rainy and cold so each stop gave us a chance to warm up and dry off! The tastings were ample so my advice is: go hungry!

Our tour guide was fantastic! We got to see historical sights as well as eat delicious food. It was definitely a good time!

My husband and I chose to take the Annapolis food tour after seeing how quickly the tour consistently sold out (even during the winter months) on the Zerve Web site.

We enjoyed the following about the tour:

+Great information about Annapolis (its history including details about the city's ghosts, restaurants, and lodging)

+Our tour guide Carolyn who was enthusiastic and engaging

+Tasty food choices (My personal favorites were the she-crab soup and shrimp as well as the Smith Island Cake.)

+Variety of drinks (Most of the food tours in which I participated only offer water and 1 other beverage; this tour had soda, beer, and cocktails.)

The following could be improved:

-Tour Web site (The site should be updated because a few of the stops and foods listed were not on the tour.)

-Communication with the main office (My spouse and I had to contact the office because we had parked at a different garage. The office contact had difficulty giving us directions and the tour guide's contact information.)

-More or different options at 1-2 stops (One restaurant only served a pasta dish which wasn't very unique, and another stop served only the oyster shooter which was met with mixed reviews.)

Loved this tour. Delicious food and drink pairings mixed with guides knowledge of the area and it's history. Loved her stories, loved meeting owners of restaurants and their chefs. Wonder experience. Highly

Recommend.

Fantastic tour by Carolyn!

Enjoyed the walk thru historic Annapolis and learning more about it. The stops were well-timed with a good variety of venues and food. The tour guide was very enthusiastic and fun.

Beautiful, historic city....filled with great places to visit - nice people to talk with. Would appreciate info on restaurants visited (names, addresses, type of cuisine). All food presented was delicious. Loved the variety of foods presented. A little too much time lingering outside to hear history in the frigid temps. Will come back to Annapolis - great place! Thanks for the tour, we had a great time.

Great gaining more knowledge about our capital. Loved the food at the various restaurants! Best cream of crab soup that I had at the Federal House. Loved the fettucine at Harry Browns. Smith Island cake was awesome!

We had a wonderful time with Carolyn! She is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide and we truly enjoyed our afternoon touring and tasting Annapolis!

We enjoyed a fabulous afternoon with the Historic Annapolis Food tour. Our guide, Carolyn, was excellent and provided a spice of humor:) Our restaurant stops were among the cream of the crop in downtown Annapolis! It was a sunny and beautiful afternoon and we enjoyed the start at St. Anne's Church. Then on to Piccola Roma, where Mark (owner) shared his wit and wisdom about the food and history...loved it! Enjoyed the other stops- many historic and interesting, and the many photo ops as well (food stops - Harry Browne-great duck; Middleton Tavern-awesome oyster shooters; Federal House-amazing cream of crab soup; Red Red Wine Bar-famous Smith Island, Maryland State Cake). Overall would definitely recommend this tour, as it was a wonderful way to spend the afternoon in Annapolis!!

Tour made five stops, four at restaurants with roots in local history and one with just good food. All restaurants were relatively upscale, with offerings highlighted by tastes of Maryland seafood (oyster shooters, cream of crab soup) and shots of sangria and beer. But maybe the best part was wandering around AnnapolisÕ historic district, not as far as the Naval Academy but past the Capitol Building, waterfront, a haunted house, and Main Street. Tour guide had many great stories, and even as a quasi-local (Silver Spring) I found out that Annapolis has a lot more going for it than I ever imagined.

Our guide was so knowledgeable that it was almost too much information to digest along with the fabulous food..

Our guide Carolyn was superb and kept it very informative and lively! Our only discomfort was some of the restaurants did not serve her while the rest of us ate. That was a little uncomfortable for us. It would have been better if the facility also served her.

So enjoyable and full of all things worth knowing about Annapolis was our tour guide, Carolyn that I would like to repeat this tour with every relative or friend who comes to visit with me. What a wonderful way to tour Annapolis! As, a teetotaler (and there were a few of us), what little I gave up took nothing valuable away from my experience. For the cost of my ticket I was provided me with the perfect day: Wonderful food, riveting historical facts, a pleasant amount of fresh air and walking, and good people with whom to enjoy the experience. I hope this company expands (as they so richly deserve to do) so they will someday be able to include tours on the weekdays. I have always had a fairly good time visiting Annapolis. But never, ever, before have had I enjoyed it this much! In addition to retaking this tour, I would very much like to also take their tours of Washington D.C. and Baltimore whenever I want to take someone to lunch in an extra special way.

The Historic Annapolis Food tour was a wonderful way to learn about the history of Annapolis and also a way to try several of the local specialties at a variety of restaurants. Our guide Carolyn was very knowledgeable and entertaining. We did not expect to have such fine dining on our tour as the food was excellent. The oyster shooters were a never before tired highlight for me which I will definitely have again. Highly recommended tour for adults.

Very well done - food choices were very good, information on area was excellent.

We thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Our guide was knowledgeable and enthusiastic. Annapolis is a delightful town. If I had one critisim it would be that most of the food was at the end of the tour, it might have been nicer to have had some of the culinary stops a little sooner but that might not have been convenient for the restaurants I will look for a culinary tour everytime I visit a large city. .

The tour would be better if done later in the afternoon, e.g. 3pm. It would have been nice if the owner of the Italian restaurant was available to talk to the group. The Middletown Tavern was a disappointment. We were rushed in & out, the room was hot, & there should have been an alternative for the oyster shooter. Otherwise, the restaurants were fine. The tour guide walked very fast, usually way ahead of the group. It would have been nice if she walked with different members of the group as we went from restaurant to restaurant.

First Historic Food tour I've been on. Will definitely recommend to others. Will also go on other food tours when travelling. Tour guide Carolyn was delightful. She was enthusiastic and knowledgeable about Annapolis.

LOVED the tour, the guide, and the food...HOWEVER...after the website mentioned POPOVERS 3 times with photos of POPOVERS, I was disappointed when we did NOT go the The Maryland Inn and get the POPOVERS that were on the website. Everything was wonderful, but knowing about the POPOVERS gave me the feeling that something was left out.

Marc Lucas of Piccolo Roma was the best host to the group,,,charming!

Julia Bigelow did a fantastic job in making our tour enjoyable, entertaining, and informative. Kudos to a fine young lady.

We thoroughly enjoyed this tour, we're still talking about it and telling our friends to check it out. The tour guide(we forgot her name.) Was WONDERFUL. Very knowledgable and the food was good. We went to 5 different restaurants.

Our guide, Julia, a native, was informative and friendly. Loved Annapolis history and great food. While we love seafood, oyster shooters were a disappointment, compared to more elegant fare from other highlighted restaurants. You should offer food to guide, we felt guilty eating without her.

Having Jillian as a tour guide made this a great experience. Her knowledge of Annapolis and of the food is tremendous. She interacted very easily with the owners and operators at each establishment as well as being very considerate to the needs of her group. Really worth doing many times.

This tour was a well balanced introduction to Annapolis history flavored with a delightful mix of cuisine available there. I LOVED the anecdote of "gossip".. the context of Annapolis' emergence and decline as a port.. and the Middleton tavern story.. and the "communal bakery" prohibiting ovens in homes... that's just a smattering!

The cuisine... Piccolla Roma.. and Mark's description of the food and tour of available accomodations... what a way to tour the boat show! All of the restaurants were welcoming and a special "local flavor": was the "Smith Island Cake" at the Red Red Wine Bar... along with it's story of course.

Our tour guide was well informed, set a pace for a varied group in terms of speed in walking and information and responded to questions in a delightfully informed and professional manner.

I will "do the tour" again!

Gerry de Seve

The guide was well-informed of the applicable local history, well-spoken and clearly enthusiastic. We were well-received at each of the restaurants. the food was uniformly excellent and the staff spent a good deal of time discussing the restaurant and the food dishes served. My wife and I are going back to one of the restaurants for our 36th anniversary.

Our guide, Carolyn, was excellent and very knowledgeable. The food we had was very good - lots of mushrooms and we had several who weren't fans of mushrooms. A lot of history. We had a beautiful day and a good time- even got a surprise at end! The people who hadn't been on food tours before loved it!!!!

My husband and I were visiting Annapoils for the weekend to celebrate our Anniversary. We took this tour not really knowing what to expect. Our tourguide was Stephanie and she was wonderful. Very informative about Annapolis and about food becasue she is a Chef. We felt the tour was a great mix of History, food and fun. We revisited 2 of the restaurants that we ate in. One for dinner in the evening and one for brunch on Sunday morning.

My advice to anyone taking this tour is not to eat anything for several hours before..and not to have immediate dinner plans after because you will be happily stuffed by the end of the tour. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Annapolis.

We enjoyed ourselves so much, and Jill was great!

Our girlfriend weekend was looking forward to the tour, and it did not disappoint.

The guide was very nice, funny and informative . The food on the tour was wonderful and

was served in a timely manner. Everyone in the restaurants was nice and explained many

interesting facts to the group. The tour was a great success and will certainly be on my

list to entertain other guests to Annapolis.

Our reservation listed the wrong meeting place. Our tour guide went out of her way to find us. We had very nice time on the tour

I highly recommend the food tour to anyone visiting the Annapolis area. It was the best walking/history tour I have ever taken. The frequent stops in air conditioned restaurants were lovely in the summer heat. The tour was conducted at a nice pace and was very informative. Best of all, the food was spectacular!

Liked the restaurants visited but wish it wasn't assumed that we would enjoy alcoholic drinks with our food since we are non-drinkers. The history part of the tour was informative but some may find it boring.

Our Saturday afternoon tour was great. Lots of food and very personable and knowledgeable tour guide (Stephanie)

This tour is a great way to see the city, inside and out. The tour takes you through the historic neighborhoods of Annapolis and into some great restaurants. Although I did not like all of the places we visited, it was still a good tour that moved along efficiently.

Our tour guide Julia was very knowledgeable, fun and the food was very plentiful, great variety and delicious. The stops were well organized and everything went well. Have already recommended it to a friend.

A three hour historical walking tour may sound intimidating, but the frequent stops in air-conditioned restaurants broke up the tour quite nicely. The guide was informative and the historical tidbits were very interesting. And the food part was a win for all -- while the restaurants slow down in the mid-afternoon, we roll in. It's a great, un-rushed atmosphere. The description reads that the cumulative food is roughly equal to a "light lunch"... maybe for a 300-pound gorilla! We left too full to eat dinner that night... and that's a good thing in my book.

My wife and I enjoy Annapolis and love to eat. We thought a food tour would be fun and different. Our tour guide, a chef, was great, and endured one of the hottest days of the year. More than half of our 3.5 hours was spent walking and listening to her talk about history. I was surprised and wished more time had been spent eating. For $50 (or so) the value is consistent with the experience. Like other reviewers as far back as May, we had the same restaurants and same dishes: popovers at Treaty of Paris (not good, should be cut); sangria, beef carpaccio, and bruschetta at Piccola Roma (very good); duck confit pasta at Harry Brown's (also good); coconut shrimp and cream of crab soup at Federal House (plus a local beer!); oyster shooter at Middleton Tavern (too much cocktail sauce, and terrible beer); and ice cream at Annapolis Ice Cream Company (lots of flavors to choose from). I would be willing to pay a bit more for higher quality food.

Loved the history, met some great people. Things were ordered well, good amount of walking, and got to see most of downtown Annapolis while we were at it. A great way to spend an afternoon if you live anyhere close.

we have a great tour with Jillian. She is a history teacher who was very enthusiastic and informative. The group size was perfect and we were thrilled & impressed with the restaurants we visited. the food was delicious and the hosts at each restaurant were attentive and gracious. although every restaurant we visited was wonderful, Our favorite restaurant to visit was Piccola Roma. Here the owner Mark spent an extended amount of time with us explaining the history of the restaurant, the art work, the special drinks paired with the artwork, the food- his passion for his craft was evident. We made friends, had fun and enjoyed mouth watering foods. I can't talk about it anymore- my stomach is growling!

I was concerned with a lot of walking in the heat but it was well spaced out. Places we ate at were friendly and the food was excellent. We actually went back to two of them later in our visit to dine. The group we were with really clicked which made it even more enjoyable. I would do it again.

We always enjoy the food tour. Marc Lucas' restaurant in particular was a wonderful stop on the tour!

We had a wonderful day weather wise for this walking tour. Our guide Stephanie was very knowledgeable and provided interesting social history as well as cultural and historical. She must have read every book out there. The food was wonderful and well picked out and the restaurant owners took time out to talk about the food. If you want to go on a history tour trade in the tour with the dressed up leader for this one with wonderful food.

I am from Maryland, but moved to Annapolis almost 2 years ago. I went on this tour with my husband and another couple, and we all had a lot of fun. We were able to try some different foods while learning a little bit about Annapolis. On our tour, we had popovers at Treaty of Paris; sangria, beef carpaccio, and other tasty bites at Piccola Roma; duck confit pasta at Harry Brown's; coconut shrimp and cream of crab soup at Federal House; oyster shooter at Middleton Tavern; and ice cream at Annapolis Ice Cream Company (I think). There was more than enough food for a meal, and yes, some of the food was a little adventurous, but if I went on a food tour to eat hamburgers and french fries I would be disappointed. There were a few minor snags getting 10 people to 6 different places to eat while also touring other key places in Annapolis on a busy Saturday afternoon, but nothing that detracted from a very nice day. Overall I would recommend this to a friend.

Who knew Annapolis had such fantastic food! The combination of food and history made for a wonderful afternoon. I now see many afternoons in our future sitting on the patio of Piccola Roma and drinking Sangria :)

enjoyable, fun, good food, a little noisy on the tour from the traffic

My husband and I came from Baltimore to come on this food tour. We choice this over seeing Andrew Zimmern at the Hippodrome. We love history and found this tour to be very satisfying. Our guide Stephenie was very funny and knowledgeable. The restuarants we went to very great and the food was amazing. The serving size of the foods were very generous. This food tour has opened my eyes to what Annapolis has to offer and I know that my family and I will began to take advantage of the sights and activities that Annapolis has to offer. Thank you so much for offering this type of resource to us.

Fun way to tour a new town, learning the history and also the (food) culture. Highly recommend.

Really enjoyed. well organized. Good samples of various foods. No waiting for seats. Interesting commentary. Our guide was very enthusiastic and informative.

THERE WERE A GROUP OF SEVEN OF US (ALL GIRLS ) AND WE ALL AGREED ( NOW THAT IS REALLY SOMETHING FOR SEVEN WOMEN TO ALL AGREE ON ANYTHING ) THAT IT WAS TRULY A GREAT AND VERY INTERESTING DAY. WE LEARNED SOME THINGS WHILE ENJOYING THE LOCAL CUISINE AND VERY TASTELY PORTIONS OF GREAT FOOD. WE LOVED OUR TOUR GUIDE CAROLYN SHE DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH WE WILL RECOMMEND TO OTHERS

I treated one of my good friends to the Historic Annapolis Food Tour for her birthday. We were a few minutes late, but the tour guide waited for us. The food was great; especially the flash fried spinach. The tour was filled with tons of historical facts about Annapolis. Although it was cold outside, we had an awesome time. The Historic Annapolis Food Tour makes a great gift or activity!

Excellent tour guide and very unique glimpse at the food offerings available in Annapolis. Perfect for visitors and long time local residents alike. Will become a part of the routine for when friends and family come to town to visit.

Our guide, Lauren was wonderful. La Picolla Roma was my favorite.. I just loved how the owner, Mark stayed at our table while we tasted. I can't wait to go back. The food was awesome!

Interesting tour, although it was the first tour for one of the guides and she was a little shaky, not very loud, and nervous. The accompanying experienced guide was very good. Great food and interesting stops to have the food.

She had great enthusiasm.

My favorite was piccola roma. The owner was stellar and passionate about his place, his chefs and the food was amazing. Loved the tea place...what a nice surprise. the food and tour was worth the price and the rain and snow.

This was a great way to see the city, learn about the area, and taste some of the cuisine that distinguishes this place. Thanks!

Our guide Carolyn was enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and fun! The food was surprisingly high quality, much better than we were expecting. A great way to see Annapolis!

My wife and I took the historic food tour in Annapolis for our anniversary. It was a great time. Our tour guide Jill was knowledgable and made the tour fun for the whole group with her wry sense of humor and obvious love of the city. There was enough background to satisfy me, somewhat a history buff, but not too much to overload my wife who was more interested in the food side of the tour. We did eat some phenomenal food throughout the tour. The soups at Hell's Point were especially memorable. All in all it was a great experience, one which I have already recommended to friends. We would definitely do another tour with them.

Our guide rambled on and talked A LOT about ghost stories. We truly enjoyed the food, restaurants, and the information presented to us by the owners of the establishments that we visited.

Our family loved every aspect of the Annapolis Food and History Tour--Our guide was very informative and entertaining; the food and restauranteurs were great, and the history came alive at every turn as we walked the streets of Annapolis. We want to go again!

Better than your normal walking tour. You still get historical facts, but samples from local restaurants adds so much! We went back for meals or drinks based on the tastings we had along the way. Go with the attitude that you'll try some new things. I don't care for mussels, but the offering at Hell Point was pretty good. My wife had her first oyster shooter at Middletons. I now know what a pop over is, why taverns exist, and how large meals were cooked in the early 19th century. Take this tour and you'll be pleased and have a full belly!

I went with my boyfriend on this tour just as a fun daytime activity and we both also love food. We had such a great time and our guide was really fantastic. We didn't realize there was so much to see and so many delicious places to eat! I'd go back to all of the restaurants on my own and am glad we got introduced to them in such a fun way. I'd highly recommend this tour to anyone and hope to go on others soon.

My husband and I attended the Food Tour along with our married son and his wife. We enjoyed the delicious tastings at a variety of establishments. It was relaxed and had just enough history mixed in to make it interesting. Our tour guide was delightful, upbeat and willing to answer any and all questions.

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Took this tour with my parents and we had a great time! It was super hot out, but we didn't have any issues since we stayed in the shade most of the time and there were plenty of stops for delicious, small treats of food! It was very neat to get to experience the atmosphere of taverns established in the 1700 and 1800's. And some of the food was delicious! Also really enjoyed going into a house that has been in the family for generations; Anne Jensen the owner was wonderful.

Our tour guide was great and really played the role of a colonial person well-she also brought in each member of the group at different times.

Variety of food was also great: Crab cakes, stuffed clams, sushi, beer, oyster shooters, ice cream!