EAT AND CHILL TOUR Food Tour — Local services in Geneva

Awesome tour and don't miss it. I'm submitting this review on behalf of my friend, Martine, who participated in this tour with Val on 14 May 2019.

Martine says: "Val was simply excellent. She customised the tour for me as I told her that I am blind and that my ankles were quite sore at the time because of all the long-haul flying. As such, she made sure to include tactile, tasting and hands-on experiences instead of visual scenic stuff. I got my own private tour but they do definitely guide groups of people, of course.

The staff at the outlets we visited treated us like long-lost family. The tasting platters were generous, the guessing games in terms of what you’re tasting were fun and one gets a lovely history lesson as part of this all without even realising it. I couldn’t finish all the lovely treats, wine and goodies received. Val packed it all up for me so that I could enjoy a “party after the party” as she put it. I definitely did that later in the evening.

When Val arranged for a taxi to pick me up following the experience, she told me more than once to call her should I get lost or some such. I felt as if I got to know an unexpected, lovely friend."

Extra note from me (Jocelyn): When I contacted Val to book this tour for Martine, I was impressed by many things. Firstly, the speed and the enthusiasm of her reply. Next, was her thoughtful offer to customise the tour for Martine to include additional sensory experiences. Third was her speedy and helpful response when Martine’s flight to Geneva was delayed, which meant Martine would miss her tour with Val. When Martine got in touch about the delay, Val was able to reschedule without fuss.

Of note, I recently tried to book Martine onto a food tour like this in another country. I received an instant ‘no’ because that operator thought it would be too difficult and they blamed ‘health & safety’ laws. Clearly, Val does not view disabilities as a problem. Instead, she offers ways to help everyone to enjoy her wonderful tours.

A big thank you, Val, for your care and professionalism so that Martine had an awesome tour with you. I recommend Val for anyone. You will be well looked after by her as she is kind, thoughtful and focussed on what her customers need and will enjoy. 5 stars...

I booked this walking food and wine tour as a birthday surprise for my fiancée after reading some amazing reviews on Google and Viator. Let me tell you, it lived up to the hype! Val, our guide, was fantastic in every way - she clearly loves people, loves her job, and loves the city of Geneva. She also just exudes positive energy! She is 100% the person the reviews make her out to be, and then some. Moreover, she seemed to have a great working relationship with the various store proprietors, which was not lost on us at all and really enhanced the experience. We happened to book on a Tuesday, which is apparently delivery day for many of the shops and threw off the "normal" tour schedule, but Val was able to adapt perfectly and make everything work on the fly - the "worst" part was [oh no!] we were drinking wine and eating cheese at 10 a.m. instead of noon.

Personally, I appreciated that the tour featured a wide variety of local stores and goods, giving us a well-rounded experience. The food and drink items themselves were also of substantial quality, and not things we as tourists would necessarily have known about or thought to have tried on our own. We actually went back to several of the stores later in our trip to spend more time there.

Thanks to Val, we also learned some very useful food tips for later parts of our trip [i.e., that we needed to try diot when we went to Annecy, etc.]. Never would have known about that delightful Savoy sausage sandwich if not for her!

So if you're on the fence about whether the price tag is "worth" a three hour tour, let me assure you - you're paying for so much more than "food and wine." It's a whole experience that is so much more than the [very, very, very delicious] things you eat and drink.

P.S. - I'll also note that my fiancée and I were the ONLY people on this particular tour that day. Unlike other tours, which might have canceled based on the "numbers game," Eat and Chill went full steam ahead and gave us the whole experience as just the two of us. I think that says a lot about their...

Val our guide was knowledgeable, fun and very sweet! We had an absolute blast touring with her!! As we traveled with her it was clear she was a favorite of all the places we stopped. The Hall of the River was like nothing we have seen before!! All the foods displayed and the meat tray we were served was incredible! We loved tasting all the different kinds of delicious meat! We loved the wine store and visiting with David! He was so knowledgeable and very fascinating. The history of the store was also fascinating! Not to mention two wines and cheeses we were served. Such an enjoyable time! The store with the olive oil and playing along as Silva tested our sense of taste and smell was so fun and my wife won hands down. We had never tasted truffles before and found that we liked it! And to close off at the fabulous award winning pastry shop was the icing on the cake (pun intended). Such a fun joyous time with Val!! This tour with Val was clearly worthy of the 5...