3/5 Nicole B. 11 months ago on Google
This
tour
is
not
a
good
value
if
your
group
has
traveled
around
Asia,
are
Asian
and/or
eat
Asian
cuisines
often,
or
are
serious
foodies.
If
you’re
like
us,
I’d
recommend
booking
a
custom
food
tour
or
a
personal
guide,
like
from
Your
Thai
Guide,
who
can
tailor
your
stops.
We
had
better
food
with
the
personal
guide,
and
it
was
more
affordable.
For
non-adventurous
eaters
or
those
unfamiliar
with
Asian
food,
Bangkok
Food
Tours
likely
will
be
a
new,
more
interesting
experience.
Our
family
of
4
adults
from
the
States
visited
Thailand
for
the
first
time
and
booked
this
Bangkok
food
tour
as
a
private
tour
with
hotel
pick
up
(which
incurred
additional
fees).
The
grand
total
came
out
to
~$81
USD
per
person
(full
list
of
food
at
the
end).
Our
tour
only
lasted
3.5
hours,
with
pick
up
at
6:00
PM
and
drop
off
at
9:30
PM.
Bangkok
Food
Tours
needs
to
ask
for
and
relay
accessibility
and
dietary
needs
to
the
guides
beforehand
(which
didn’t
happen
for
us).
Our
guide,
Tukta,
was
friendly
but
only
gave
a
couple
of
lines
of
explanation
for
each
stop
and
then
described
the
food
(we
would’ve
liked
to
learn
more
about
the
places).
Her
English
was
not
as
good
as
other
tour
guides
we
had
on
this
trip.
She
asked
basic
questions
many
times
such
as
our
spice
tolerance
level
and
whether
this
was
our
first
time
in
the
city.
The
tuk
tuks
we
had
did
not
have
a
step
to
get
in/out
and
had
low
ceilings
and
high
floors,
so
it
was
difficult
to
crouch
or
crawl
in
and
out
(and
we’re
all
between
5
feet
to
5’9”
tall).
My
sister
and
I
felt
a
bit
rushed
and
pressured
by
Tukta
to
eat
quickly
at
the
first
few
stops.
We
then
visited
Chinatown
where
vendors
are
on
the
sidewalk,
so
visitors
walk
on
the
street
inside
a
traffic
cone
lane.
Tukta
often
walked
outside
of
the
cones
and
continued
on
the
street
even
when
sidewalks
became
available,
which
was
a
bit
dangerous
with
foreigners
unfamiliar
with
Bangkok
traffic.
My
mother
kept
some
of
our
Chinatown
leftovers
but
Tukta
told
her
to
leave
it
in
the
tuk
tuk
at
the
next
stop.
That
tuk
tuk
broke
down
and
the
food
went
along
with
it.
My
parents
inexplicably
had
three
different
drivers/tuks
tuks
throughout
the
night.
Our
stop
at
the
flower
market
was
super
fast,
we
zoomed
through
the
market
without
any
explanation
and
spent
most
of
the
time
there
folding
leaves
and
petals
on
lotus
bulbs
that
we
get
to
keep.
The
best
stop
for
most
of
us
was
a
rooftop
bar
across
from
the
Wat
Arun.
We
were
told
right
before
we
arrived
that
there
are
5
flights
of
stairs
to
get
to
the
rooftop,
so
my
mother
stayed
downstairs.
The
first
floor
doesn’t
serve
liquor,
so
we
were
only
allowed
either
beer
or
mocktails
which
was
disappointing.
Overall,
we
liked
the
view
from
the
bar
and
riding
in
the
tuk
tuks.
Food:
Stops
in
general
may
change
based
on
availability.
Our
route
is
also
likely
different
because
the
tuks
tuks
met
us
at
our
hotel.
1.
Chicken
curry
noodles
with
longan
juice
2.
Mango
with
sticky
rice
and
steamed
“jack
fruit”
which
was
actually
taro
with
coconut
wrapped
in
egg
yolks
3.
A
northeast
region
Isan
restaurant
with
four
dishes:
grilled
pork,
papaya
salad,
tamarind-based
soup,
duck
larb,
and
sticky
rice
-
these
dishes
are
usually
spicy,
so
make
sure
to
tell
your
guide
the
level
of
chilis/spice
you
can
handle
(Thai
level,
not
American
level)
4.
Chinatown:
Thai
doughnut
which
is
a
typical
fried
cruller,
mini
coconut
pancakes,
taco-like
crunchy
crepes
with
a
soft-meringue
filling
5.
Outside
the
Flower
Market:
chicken
and
pork
grilled
skewers
6.
Bar:
we
only
had
beer
and
mocktail
options,
1
drink
per
person
7.
Crispy
noodles
with
chicken
(instead
of
pad
thai
which
wasn’t
available)
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