We went on their China Town & Little Italy tour of down town Manhattan. Dan was just terrific!…read more His enthusiasm was contagious that made our Birthday celebration weekend. We now want to go on all the tours that they offer.

What a superb tour we had with Dan. He was incredibly knowledgable and kept us engaged with…read morefascinating details and fun facts. Highly recommend

Thank you Tom! Your knowledge of the history of both Little Italy and Chinatown gave the tour a…read morepersonal touch. Sharing your own personal memories and showing pictures really gave us an idea of the people and businesses of both places, in the past and present. Overall, this is a great tour to do with family or friends.

Had a great Memorial Day weekend in New York! One of the highlights was booking this awesome…read morewalking food tour with Tom! This tour covered Little Italy and Chinatown and man, what great foods there are in the area! Tom was an excellent host and had loads of info about the neighborhoods we traversed. Our group was small and our co-tourists were super awesome! The food though....ESPECIALLY the pizza from Nolita Pizza was unbelievable! My wife insisted that we go back the next day for more pizza. Cant get any more perfect with the sauce and crust! This tour is highly recommended. If you get Tom, have him pull out the pianica and blow some tunes from The Godfather to set the mood in Little Italy!

Amazing tour, amazing guide, amazing food! No rush and lots of interesting stories…read more It's obvious that Jake loves what he does and he was well organized, had everything planned ahead of time! I had to reschedule our tour and because it was within 24 hours, Alex, the owner responded right away and accommodated us by scheduling to another day. Thank you for your flexibility and excellent customer service!

Jake is top tier! I went on the Hell's Kitchen tour with my 11 year old niece and her final summary…read moreis, I won't eat again today so cancel dinner! Lol. I can't put words to this tour that would do it any justice. I knew nothing about Hell's Kitchen going in, when I looked online it said it was a great place for food so I said why not.. but omg it's so much more. Considering I'm here for Broadway week to catch some shows this artistic, creative, theatrical tour was the best way to kick it off!!! You can tell Jake is a theater kid through and through it shows in every part of his tour and it makes it so much better. Just do it! You won't be disappointed. This feels like a tour with a show

Beth Goffe of Select Tours NYC is an outstanding tour guide. We explored Central Park with Beth…read moreand her knowledge of the park and NYC as a whole is beyond impressive. She is so passionate about Central Park and this certainly shines through in her tours. She is able to point out details and provide insight that we never would have gleaned by touring Central Park independently. I am so glad we toured the park with Beth and cannot wait to book another tour soon!!

From the owner: I offer a diverse selection of fun, high-quality walking tours throughout Central Park and other…read moreareas of the city. My tours are appropriate for both small- and mid-sized groups (under 15 attendees) as well as larger groups.

Great value! Tour and food are excellent! Matt Wade has a lot of passion for food and history and…read morecombines them both in an exciting and adventurous tour.

From the owner: NYC is more than meets the eye, and the best of this city is what exists in the not so obvious…read moreplaces. Immerse yourself in the culture of a neighborhood and learn what values those residents hold dear. What do they eat? Where did these neighborhoods come from? My team and I are going to help you find out. Your guide will offer access to a delicious variety of cuisine options as well as local knowledge and access that extends beyond what can be found in a Google search. And more than anything, this tour will be driven by our customary passion and enthusiasm.

DO NOT BOOK THIS TOUR. We were never picked up! I confirmed…read morebefore I left home. Once in New York I called the number on the voucher at least 7 times it was answered by a service. Each time a different person saying they were sorry and will send an URGENT message to the Vendor (Checkered Cab Tour) I am out hundreds of dollars and never received an email or phone call. DO NOT BOOK THIS TOUR!!

From the owner: Step back in time and take a tour in a vintage NYC Taxi!…read more Offering some of the best private tours in New York. Manhattan Highlights Tour Brooklyn Pizza Tour NYC Brewery Tour NYC Night Tour NYC Food Tour Brooklyn Movie Locations Tour and more!!

We had the best day exploring New York City as a family. We have three girls ages 20, 12 and 10…read more Like did an amazing job of making the history and city exciting for each of them. They asked to hang out with him the rest of the week. He stopped for snacks and let me customize the day according to what the girls were interested in learning. Thank you for being a part of our memories!!

After touring with Luke twice in 2011 (group tour as a couple in April then a private tour on a…read moregirls trip in October) when we were planning our itinerary for our trip back to NYC in November 2025 with our 11 year old son, Real New York Tours was the top of our list. We chose the private family tour and booking was quick and easy and the customer service as great as I remembered. On to the tour itself: Luke met us at the Museum of Natural History on time and we got reacquainted. My son is autistic and can have some trouble warming to new people but absolutely no the case with Luke, he immediately put my son at ease and they were chatting like old friends as we made our way into Central Park. The tour covered loads of Central Park, including an exciting off track visit to a secret cave, the plaza hotel, grand central station, some fun subway rides, and concluded at the Brooklyn Bridge. But more than just seeing so many iconic sites, Luke had hundreds of facts and stories (which my son loved) about what we were seeing. It was truly like spending a wonderful day with an old friend. I cannot recommend highly enough Luke and Real New York Tours. Until next time!

I always use the big bus tour group when I come to NYC with teenagers. The customer service is…read moregreat-- as we are checking in between 18 and 25 people. it's an easy way for us to travel around the city and let them separate off into some smaller groups but not get worried they don't know how to get back to the meet up. The open top is a great way to see the buildings especially when it's your first time to the city. The recorded running commentary is informative and witty. This year we again did one day on the red route and one day the blue route. Great experience- especially Denise and Wanda!

Big Bus Tours is a great concept with extremely poor execution and staff mentality of hustling…read morecustomers. Before even coming to New York we had already planned to do the Big Bus Tour through the New York Pass via Go City. As we wandered the streets, we were constantly hounded by their aggressive staff in the streets trying to get us to buy tickets. Chill, we already have tickets!! Honestly if we didn't already have tickets I would have been so turned off I wouldn't have gotten tickets for it. On the day we redeemed the Hop On Hop Off we went to the stop by M&M World as indicated on their map. And just for the record I have their App, so it SHOULD be simple. Since we wanted to do the uptown loop, we were directed by their staff to walk a few blocked the other way to a different stop. Then ran into another staff member who gave us the opposite direction. The first person gave us bad directions and wasted AT LEAST an hour of our time. And as I mentioned the App, there were buses that were synced without any updates for 20-30mins. What's going on?? And even when we asked their staff they didn't know when the next bus would come either. So frustrating!! In THEORY the value of this hop on hop off bus would be to help you explore the city. You can stay on the bus the entire time and do full loops of the uptown or down town loops OR you can get off and explore a little bit, and hop back on at a later time. All great... if it was actually reliable. Also they give you headphones to listen to their audio tours. Jeez who uses wired headphones these days? Give me something to sync to so I can use my airpods. The audio quality was so poor. It was be loud one moment and then hard to hear the next... and if you increase the volume, later it would be too loud in a painful way. And I've done a lot of these tours in many cities. Usually I have a PERSON telling me amazing facts about the city. This is a recorded unpersonal tour, I am expecting THE BEST FACTS. After being disappointed by the segment I listened to, I gave up on the audio tour. I enjoyed the view from the top deck, and being able to see things without the pedestrians in my way. Well the pleasant feeling soon ended because we were almost at our final destination when the bus stops WITH NO ANNOUNCEMENTS and we're all sitting there baking in the sun wondering what happened. People started leaving. MORE WASTED TIME. Awful operations. I was over it after a while and told my boyfriend we should leave too. When we got off we saw their staff in some deli nearby eating lunch. Obviously I want people to take their lunch breaks but an FYI would have been nice. They allegedly "gave" us a second day but I didn't even want to deal with it. Too unreliable of a service and too much wasting time. Is there another tour bus company that's better than this one in NY?