Tel Aviv Food Tour of the Carmel Market

The booking was easy for a group of nine. But the meeting place was a bit confusing. Caused some confusion and delay in starting, as well as a few phone calls back-and-forth. That is unfortunate…. … guide was friendly and nice, first stop, was the bathrooms, which I think is smart. And we had two hours of walking through a market. The tour could be improved if they hit more spots and had less volume served per spot.. I would prefer more and different options regarding the kinds of food. For example, maybe 2 types of halva instead of one (cinnamon) … pomegranate, or dragon fruit, something special instead of the strawberry banana smoothie… baklava instead of all of the same huge servings. Get a variety and cut them into smaller pieces…. If you give us a time limit at each place, we would know we can wander a little and shop.;) but overall it was a fun thing to do as a group.

Do not waste your money with this company. They are terrible at communicating and will leave you behind at the drop of a hat. There are many other better companies offering an even better experience.

We didn’t think this tour was worth the money. The guide was halfway through another tour with some of the people on our food tour and was not particularly engaged for the market part. She was also vegetarian and made the tour very carb heavy with no meat which I found disappointing. I also asked if we could do our final tasting - which she seemed undecided about - at a Halvah stand but was told no. I get that you can’t customize much in a group tour but this seemed like it would have been easy enough to do. We went through the market in Jerusalem without a guide and had a much better experience.