Today (16 Sept ’24), my wife and I had the absolute pleasure to have the very personable and professional Jerry Weissman as our tour guide for the Early–Bird Tasting Tour of Pikes Place. Jerry was a font of knowledge, information, history and humour. The food stalls we visited and tasting we did was excellent as it was varied. We enjoyed learning about the history of Pikes Place, Seattle, the Boeing dilemma, etc. etc. The tour was evenly paced and not rushed at all. Our group had time to exchange experiences and stories with Jerry as well. My personal highlight was catching the thrown fish and not dropping it! So a big thanks to Jerry for making this morning an unforgettable experience. Thanks mate. Cheers, Carol & Tony Cashman Sydney, Australia

Tour was a great way to learn about Pike Place Market. Don't eat before hand! Lucky was a fantastic tour guide and the speaker at Helinski was passionate about the creamy Gelato. We sampled a variety of delicious samples.

The first time I went to Pike I was frankly overwhelmed, so this guided tour sounded like a better option. Chip was great. Learning about the history and hidden treasures of the market was really interesting, and I really liked doing it in the am when things are quieter. The food choices were wonderful and varied. Having multiple little taste opportunities was much more fun - and Chip made lots of wonderful choices for us to try.

Cacey was absolutely fantastic. She was knowledgeable and hilarious. The historical stories she told were compelling and interesting. All of the food we tasted was delicious and left us wishing we had a bigger suitcase to take food home. We highly recommend this experience!

“Lucky” (Dave) was awesome!!!! Great tour. Very informative. Couldn’t have asked for better. We highly recommend. Ask for him.

Lucky, aka David did an outstanding job. Great interpersonal skills, very informative and kept group engaged! Highly reccommend!

What a great tour! I can't say enough about David (aka Lucky). He clearly loves his work. I had no idea about the history of Pike Place Market nor how it works today. It's a community, not just a random collection of vendors. I would take this tour again with family and friends.

Excellent experience and tour. Delicious food, tastings, and our guide. Jerry was fun and incredibly informative! Would recommend to anyone!

Do not miss this tour! We have been to Seattle, have done other tours, numerous times. This was the best. Lucky, our guide, was energetic, fun, and vey knowledgeable. We went all through the market and learned all sorts of new things. We sampled wonderful food through the tour, and were quite full by the end. Good job Lucky!

This tour included a LOT of food and drink as well as introductions and/or stories about many of the vendors, which was fascinating. The description was a bit misleading when it stated that we would be entering before the general public and that the entrance fee would be covered in the cost. We were not there before the general public, even though the crowds were certainly less at that time. Also, there is no cost to enter the market. I would still certainly recommend this tour for both the food samples and the history.

A great way to see the market. We had a 4 year old, and Jerry, the guide, was great, including him. We never would have discovered some of the places without his assistance. I would recommend this if you have any desire to see and understand the market better.

We had a great experience with Lucky touring the Pike Place Market! It was very informative and helped us gain an appreciation for the rich history and current operations of the Market. The variety of food was fun and offered our family a wonderful introduction to the Market and the surrounding area. Highly recommended!

We went on the EARLY BIRD tour and had a great tour of the market, sampling selected treats all along the way. We started out with an amazing hot chocolate at Indi Chocolate and then had a delicious savory biscuit at Honest Biscuit before walking on to hear about the history of the market, local culture, local favorites, and "must do" experiences. Our tour guide was Woody and his relationships with the local market vendors got us special access/skip the line in several places which was really helpful! Make sure you taste the greek Gelato (end of the tour) and the vegetarian Samosa (delicious)---and definitely don't eat before you go---you will be full by the end of the tour.

My husband and I did the early bird tasting tour with Chip. He was an outstanding tour guide. We loved the tour and the food samples were excellent. Much more food than we expected which was wonderful. Chip did a fantastic job of giving us the history of the Pike Place Market as well as the current state of the market. We learned so much. The vendors he chose were amazing too. We highly recommend this tour. Thanks, Chip!

We were a friends group of 13 and had “Lucky” as our guide. I was not pleased with him. He was rude and condescending to members of the group. He walked at breakneck speeds over cobblestone through the crowded market, often leaving us scratching our heads as to where he went. We were all older (retirees), some with canes and he kept going on about how we were “late”. He chastised members of the group for food preferences (not wanting a particular sample). We were all very frustrated with how he spoke to passersby who pleasantly engaged us over our Phillies gear (for the game that night) - told them to take his tour if they wanted to talk to us. It really felt like he was annoyed that we were there at all. Other than that - most of the food was good but only two of the merchants actually spoke to us.