This was our first time to take the Babcock Ranch Eco tour and it won't be our last. We went in…read morelate March, which is the FL dry season. Our knowledgeable guide Brad told us if you go in the late summer (wet season), 2' or so of water is flowing through it. So, what you see in the two seasons is different. They also have a nice gift shop, small museum and a restaurant. We saw all sorts of birds and animals. Even though they aren't necessarily exotic or rare, you are seeing them in their habitat. The ranch property really represents FL, more so than some other types of tours. And, it is for all ages and reasonably priced. Our visiting late teenage aged grandsons and friend enjoyed the tour every bit as much as we did. Highly recommend!

My kids (8 & 5) absolutely adored this. The tour guide was so patient with kids and very…read moreknowledgeable. I came away with some cool facts, a ton of great pictures and video and two very happy kids. I highly recommended this tour!

I purchased the Taste of St Pete food tour on Groupon. I was excited to see that my home city now…read morehas a few food tours. I chose the Beach Dr food tour which had four stops. We met our tour guide Craig, near the Vinoy to start the tour to make our way further down Beach Dr. Craig has a great personality, is super friendly and has an awesome singing voice. He starts the tour with a few songs and performs more during the tour. I am not a huge fan of listening to these types of solos but he was good and it was entertaining enough. People who enjoy that type of thing would love it. I don't want to spoil the spots, but as you can see from my pictures, you get a lot of food on the tour. You get a drink at the first stop and can purchase drinks at the 2 other restaurants. The tour was approximately 2 hours, I am used to longer food tours with more history. It went quickly, would be nice if the tour was slightly longer.

We had great time. Enjoyed the diverse and delicious food along with the the information of the St…read morePetersburg downtown area.

Called the number - got a medicare recording - the website does not work and the number does not…read morework - I think this should be removed!

Nicole thank you so much for such an enjoyable tour. My friends and I had so much fun! The food and…read moredrinks were fabulous!! Highly recommend your company!

The tour, food and drinks were amazing. Our tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable of the…read morehistory of the area. I highly recommend this tour and we will definitely be back for another one.

Kimberly was fantastic in assisting us to book our tour since our tickets were older…read more Even though parking was a little problematic, since the Christmas parade was the same in day in Dunedin, we were able to snare a spot that wound up being very convenient to the last stop on the tour! We started at Lucky Lobster and experienced the best Lobster and Shrimp Pizza and also Lobster Bisque. Never had that combination before but it was off the chart good! There were many great stops but our favorite was Harley's Popcorn! So much so that we later ordered a tin of Popcorn to be delivered to family!! And the grand finale was the dessert and coffee at the Bon Appetit Restaurant! Fresh hot coffee and a choice of many desserts. We chose the Coconut Pie which was a the perfect ending to a delicious afternoon and husband chose the Key Lime Pie which he declared was the best ever! Thank you for a great tour. Alex was well informed and we liked how he incorporated some Dunedin history into the tour!!

If you want a terrific walking tour of downtown Sarasota, along with fabulous food all along the…read moreway, this is it. Our group (8 of us and four other fun people) met our guide, Maggie, in front of the Gator Club at 3:00 pm and spent three hours walking and dining. Each tour is different based on the group and any dietary restrictions, so I am not giving away any surprises. Our tour stopped at Nancy's Barbeque, Coolinary, Salute! and Gelato-Go, all on or very near Main Street. All were fabulous, with great food, service, and interaction with the group. For someone that has lived and enjoyed Sarasota for 13 years, the tour was packed with info of the city that I didn't know, and exposed us to two restaurants that my wife and I had never visited before. We also felt it was a GREAT value! This company does many tours in the Sarasota area and is readying a ghost tour for the fall. I highly recommend them!

We came on this tour as two couples. We had read only very positive reviews. The website states…read morethat on any particular walking tour only 4 of a possible 8 restaurants are visited. After going on this tour, I learned that there seems to be only 4 restaurants that this tour ever goes to. That being "Nancy's Bar-B-Q, Owens Fish Camp, Caraguilas Italian and Pastry Art". All the food was very good and by the end of the tour you won't be hungry. The reason I'm giving only 4 stars and not 5 stars is for a couple of reasons. The first one is "Sarasota Culinary Tours" does not allow any substitute of any food items. I'm allergic to shell fish and at "Owens Fish Camp" they served "Bloody Mary Oyster Shooter". Out of a party of 13 people, only 8 people elected to try the raw oyster shooter. Another dish that was served was "Shrimp & Grits with Smoked Sausage". I understand this was very good but I couldn't eat any due to allergies. So the only thing I could really eat was a "Deviled Egg and Fried Dill Pickel" and fish spread with crackers. The last place that we visited was "Pastry Art". This was the place for dessert and coffee. Our only complaint here was there was only 4 Cannoli's for 13 people. So only 4 people got to taste the Cannoli's. There were other small pastry's to eat but in the other 3 restaurants, everyone had the chance to sample everything that was on the table. The 4 people in our group didn't get to sample a Cannoli even when we mentioned it. It fell on deaf ears. I know this may sound like I'm being nick picky but this isn't a cheap tour at $60.00/person to get little sampling's at each of 4 restaurants. That said, all the food served at all 4 restaurants was served at the right temperature for that item and tasted great. Each restaurant had it own unique flavor and personality. Our tour guide (Gary) was excellent. He was a very good explaining the history of Sarasota, helping to get water for tables and asking if anyone needed anything. At each stop he passed out a card and menu for the restaurant. The owner at 2 of the restaurants (Fish Camp and Caraguilas Italian) came over, introduced themselves, told the history of the restaurant and answered any of our questions. When the owner at the Fish Camp spoke, it was hard to hear her talk due to the loud music. These are only helpful suggestions. It would be nice to know where to park. Street parking in downtown Sarasota is only good for 2 hours. This is a 3 hour tour. There are parking garages and unless you frequent the area one doesn't know where they are. Also I was informed that the first couple of floors of the parking garage is also only good for 2 hours The upper floors are for longer parking. Even though the website states that no food substitutions will be made, I feel that if there are individuals who have allergies to shell fish, I truly believe that some other kind of seafood should be available. This is no fault of our tour guide because he was a very patient man. We had 3 individuals in on our tour who couldn't keep-up with walking. As a group we waited at least 10 minutes at each stop for these individuals before we could go inside each restaurant. This is only a 3 hour tour and our time seemed to be cut short at each restaurant due to having to wait for these individuals. All the individuals on this tour appeared to be in their sixties. All that said, if you can't walk a total of 2 to 3 miles at a decent pace, perhaps this isn't the tour for you. So everyone in our 4 party group said this was a great way to learn about other restaurants in Sarasota. We each felt that we would sign-up again in the future. Overall we had a wonderful experience.

Ask for someone besides Tom for your tour guide. Our group of 6 has been on other food tours in…read moreseveral cities, but the others were all better than this one. Our specific concerns: 1.) Even though two of our group had food allergies or a strong aversion to a small number of ingredients, our collective impression was that none of the food establishments had any knowledge of this at any time until we asked. 2.) Tom was inadequately prepared; he stumbled through notes about what we were seeing and offered only a limited amount of knowledge about Sarasota. 3.) Tom attempted to show old pictures of some historic buildings and people on his tablet. The images were very hard to see because of glare on the dimly lit screen. 4.) Tom spent too much time talking about his skateboarding, his tennis, his cooking and catering, his linens, his tour experience in other cities, his ya-da, ya-da....you get the idea. We passed Tom's wife (Kelley) and her tour. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves much more than our group. We went to 4 restaurants and were generally pleased with the food offered. But if you are claiming to be offering in-house preparation, you should know if your food contains problematic ingredients for your guests, and the tour guide should be more interested in this subject than he was.

We had a great tour with Christine! We learned several interesting facts and some folklore about…read moreSarasota while sampling foods from 4 different restaurants. I would recommend this walking tour to anyone, tourist or local.