If you like music and breweries, the fender bender tour is for you! Our host Glen, curated the…read moreexperience, with the music of Uni-Horn as we were transported through Asheville as we visited 3 breweries, and had a rocking good time. Highly suggest this tour, even locals told us, they do the tour at least once a year, because it's so much fun. My pro tip , split a flight of beer at each stop so you can try as many beers as possible.

We decided to go on the Friday 5:00pm LaZoom Comedy Bus City Tour. It was well run and very…read moreorganized. The City tour is Family friendly and packed with good silly fun. The Comedian(s) are punny and shared some fun facts about the city. There was one bathroom stop at Green Man Brewery. Overall a fun time.

Looking for a way to see the city and get some good info. This tour checked all the boxes. Our…read moredriver Matt was cool. Fun information. Highly recommend this tour. Very much worth the price.

The drivers are good about explaining each point of interest along the route. Our hotel was near…read morethe visitors center and we were able to walk there. There was no sidewalk as the entrance is in the back of the building. Plenty of parking if you drive there. We had to walk in the road. The stops were communicated but not well marked and no map to show exactly where they were located. We had tried walking to a stop but with no specific street address it was not possible. We returned to the place we were dropped off at a few minutes before the time the trolley was scheduled to leave and the trolley was pulling out. We were able to flag down the driver to finish our tour. The pass is good for 2 days so we may try to return to another area although it might be simpler to just drive. If Gray line posts maps with specific locations and adds a walkway at the visitors center it would vastly improve the experience.

This was an amazing tour! Our tour guide , Tom, is a retired teacher and very knowledgeable about…read moreAsheville history. We learned so much and it was fun walking around downtown Asheville and seeing the city from atop three bars. If you love Asheville, history , and architecture, this is the tour for you! I hope you get Tom as a tour guide.

5/5 stars for this tour!…read more I have been to Asheville one other time but was visiting with a friend for the weekend and we wanted to check out multiple rooftop bars so we opted for a rooftop tour! We were so surprised at how authentic, genuine and truly incredible the host Kaye was. She alone is worth supporting!!! We stopped at three local rooftops where we had a designated area to sit and a drink was served to us almost immediately upon arrival. Kaye constantly told us history surrounding the rooftops and the city in general. It was such a pleasant time. All three rooftops were stunning and a must see in Asheville!! Would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Asheville wanting a little bit of history of the city, and amazing views with a cocktail in hand

On a recent anniversary trip to Asheville, my husband and I enjoyed Eating Asheville's historical…read moredowntown food tour. We decided to splurge for The High Roller option as it was only around $10 more a person and included beverage parings with the food. Included is up to 6 stops at restaurants, bars, or desserteries with at-least 3 alcoholic beverages pairings and then other non-alcoholic options. The tour lasts about 2.5- 3 hours. This is a walking in food tour, so you have to be able and willing to travel on foot some. It wasn't a ton of walking, but did work up a little sweat as it was a warmer Friday afternoon (this tour is offered Thursday- Sunday). We had a small group of 6 people plus our tour guide. She was very sweet and personable. I think she may have been semi new at this as her story flow was a little jumbled, but it didn't bother me too much as honestly she was trying and I was interested in food way more than history. She did point out some important sites along the way and give us some fun Asheville facts. Great thing about these tours is they do vary. While the company has a number of places they work with which ones are selected for you, depends on the day, time, season etc. So you could honestly do these tours more than once and experience new things still. Our tour began at Asheville Charcuterie where we each enjoyed a personalized board of meat, cheese, cracker, fruit, and a local spicy honey. It was also served with a Bold Rock cider. This was a cute shop where you can get a drink or snack there or take items with you to go. Next was to the Grove Arcade where we hit Bebettes, a New Orleans coffeehouse with fresh out the oven beignets with a warm chocolate dipping sauce, served with a shot of coffee. So yummy. I felt bad about all the power sugar I got everywhere. Gotta love a dessert on stop 2! For the third s location was Strada Italiano. The food here was excellent. We sampled one of their arancini balls and a grilled Florentine ravioli. Both were delicious bites and executed flawlessly. Great Italian fare with some red wine. My husband and I agreed we want to come back here for a full Italian dinner experience on our next trip. Starting to feel a little full at this point, not gonna lie but things continued to get more hearty at The Rhu. We got to enjoy their house breakfast sausage and pimento cheese on a buttermilk biscuit. Thank goodness they only gave us half each as these bad boys were thick. All three components were so tasty, with the pimento cheese winning for me. It came with some iced tea, which was definitely southern and sweet. I knew we had one more food stop left before dessert. Imagine my surprise when it was an Indiana buffet at Mehfil. On the fifth stop? Lord, a bad day to wear jeans! They place was so generous giving us a like private mini buffet of items like tandoori chicken, saag paneer, naan, butter chicken, rice and more. I truly wish I had room to eat more as everything was so tasty, especially their tandoori chicken. Also they had the best beverage pairing with a pear mule cocktail - perfectly light and smooth for a warm day. Our tour guide joked that we would need to cancel our dinner reservations, turns out they weren't kidding. The last stop was Asheville Chocolate. So many amazing sweet treats you could enjoy at this place. We wrapped up our tour with a chocolate truffle and cookies and cream gelato. I had to ask my husband to help finish these as I was stuffed. Before departing, we tipped our guide. This is not required, but we were happy to do so as she worked hard and took great care of us. After the tour, not gonna lie went back to our hotel and had an amazing nap! Sign of a good food tour! I thought this food tour was a great deal for the $90 per person price. I know at first it sounds like a lot. But we more than got $15 worth at each place from the food and drink itself, plus to convenience of being able to just walk in to a reserved table at a popular restaurant with a planned bite ready in a few minutes. Not to mention, having a personal tour guide to take you around and teach you about where you are, what you are eating , and Asheville in general. If you like to eat, and can eat a lot (you will be very full but it's worth it), take this tour. It was a great way to get a taste of places you've never been and decide where you wanna go back to and try a full meal next time!

Did we have a good time overall? Yes. However, do I think…read moreit's worth the $92/person price tag all in with taxes and fees... to sample 5 places with varying portions of food and drink? Not quite. The classic before fees is $79/person. It offers "minimum of 5 stops and at least 2 drink pairings" from their website. Don't get me started on the 15.5% extra they tack on for "taxes and fees". If the unavoidable city tax for Asheville is 7%, the remainder is 8.5% for what? Their website/payment services? To be fair, the pricing is similar to one we took part in NOLA $78/person with Destination Kitchen but the food and portions were more balanced (albeit without drink pairings). For $10 more base price, you can book the high roller tour $89/person. After all is said and done I'm wondering if we should have spent the extra amount and upgraded to the high roller since the descriptor highlights "most elegant, trendy, and acclaimed" options. I understand the business also needs to make a profit along with giving a cut to the tour guides. At the beginning and throughout the tour, the guide continued to emphasize that if we were still hungry by the end that they have not done their jobs. However, there's more to consider. I'll go through the 5 places we tried and how one of the newest additions isn't even listed still on their website so if you were to look ahead of time for the offerings you would not expect it! We met our group inside the Grove Street Arcade on a Monday in September which is a great spot with some shops and public restrooms before we started. STOP 1 - The Rhu https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-rhu-asheville This is the cafe/breakfast bakery sister to Rhubarb, which is more upscale. They prepared a small cup of iced sweet tea with half of their breakfast sandwich. The refreshing tea with sugar cubes paired nicely with the buttery biscuit sandwich. Value: $8.50 for full sandwich and drink was not listed so going to estimate total is worth one sandwich. STOP 3 - Bold Rock https://www.yelp.com/biz/bold-rock-asheville-asheville The Cidery story actually started in VA but I'm glad they expanded to NC. We sampled a 6~7 oz cider paired with a Bruschetta and Bacon Apple Grilled Cheese. (American, cheddar, goat cheese, local apples, bacon, Dijon aioli, sourdough) It was super tasty and really enjoyed everything!! Value: ~$5 half pour, ~$10 for the food so one of the better values STOP 3 - Mëhfil https://www.yelp.com/biz/mehfil-asheville-2 Full buffet spread of ~6 Indian dishes with Mango Lassi and a tasty alcoholic beverage too! Now this place is the spot I mentioned isn't even listed with their logo on the restaurant page... I checked their Instagram which isn't updated frequently either and they announced just the day before our tour so this is brand NEW. Unfortunately this is one of the cuisines my SO does not eat. We would not have known that reserving in advance... which is a shame. Value: ~$25-30 honestly since they were offering generous full size portions of their dishes that you could serve yourself, this was hands down the best cost wise. If you were to fill up it would be at this stop. The staff were also super nice and hospitable! STOP 4 - Manicomio Pizza https://www.yelp.com/biz/manicomio-pizza-asheville Plain and simple pizzeria with some funky designs. We sampled a single slice which may have been their special of the day with cherry tomato and artichoke and a lemon wedge to spritz. It tasted good, but forgettable. They just gave us water. Value: $5.50 by the slice for daily special STOP 5 FINAL - Sunshine Sammies https://www.yelp.com/biz/sunshine-sammies-asheville Makes sense we'd end on dessert and we sampled 1/2 a sandwich of I believe their seasonal pumpkin! It was a sweet way to conclude the tour. Value: $4, a full size seasonal flavor is $8 I was full from the generous spread offered at Mëhfil which carried the food and drink side of the tour. Unfortunately my SO didn't get to fully enjoy the experience, and there was no way we could have expected they'd take us to the new restaurant that was just announced. Even being generous with some of my estimates, I landed at value of ~$60, which is still short of the cost you're paying especially when more than half of these locations are more fast casual spots. The most disappointing was the pizzeria, since aside from the artwork I didn't feel anything unique about the taste and seems like a wasted opportunity given the list of other more interesting restaurants. I enjoyed the historical information the guide sprinkled throughout along with background about each of the locations. Next time I'll keep in mind for Mondays where many restaurants aren't open.

What a fun time! Brian was an amazing story teller and kept us entertained for well over two hours…read more Lots of cool things were learned, and quite a lot of interesting architecture and facts about what we were looking at. We did not see any ghosts but felt like they could have popped up at any time. A great and different experience! So glad Asheville is back!!

Great experience! Tad was the tour guide. He kept it entertaining and fun. It is a family friendly…read moreactivity.

My son wanted to take a tour of Asheville, and we found an amazing option, Tukit. The guide was…read moreable to pick us up where we were staying downtown. It was just the three of us, and you can see a lot in the vehicle, which is electric and very quiet. Jennifer was excellent. She knew a lot and even put a happy birthday sign on since it was my son's birthday. We saw the historical sights and then got to choose the last leg of the tour. We chose the Omni Grove Park Inn, which was a lot of fun. One of his favorite parts was the wild turkey Jennifer pointed out on the Montford Area part of the tour.

Our tour guide Jennifer did amazing! My husband and I chose the history tour, and she was well…read moreinformed. She was also very conversational and personable. The tukit was also very cute and romantic. 10/10 would do again.

Our tour guide was awesome. He explained the brewing process and had a ton of knowledge. The tour…read moremade four stops and since it was raining our driver offered to drop us off at a different brewery rather than our original starting point which saved us a walk. Looking for a laid back way to enjoy some beer use this group.

This was a great brewery tour for the price, just shy of 50 bucks. We went to three breweries and…read moreloved every single one of them. We were a group of 5 and it was just us. I can't remember the name of our tour guide but he was super knowledgeable about beer and the area. He has lived in Asheville for 30 years and gave us tons of info about the area and things to do. Also very knowledgeable about the business. We really enjoyed it. The bus we rode on was comfortable and the tour guide had waters for us to drink. It was just over 3 hours. We never felt rushed. It was on Sunday, Father's Day. Things were pretty empty which was s nice contrast to our usual Sunday's in Miami. Overall great time, great tours. Highly recommend If you are in Asheville for a couple days and want to visit a few breweries.

This review is long over due!!! I had the pleasure of meeting up with a couple of my girlfriends…read morewhom I hadn't seen since COVID... and really since I changed jobs since we used to work together. We booked the pub cycle tour last minute and we had a blast! We had a bachelorette party that was also part of our tour and all of us had a great old time. We made a few stops and had some drinks and commiserated about cycling while drinking was actually a lot harder than we expected. We certainly got our workout in! What was also great was we were able to BYOB so that was cool! Next time I'm back in town I would definitely try to book another ride!

My girls booked a Pubcycle tour for my bachelorette and it was such a fun experience!! Our Captain,…read more"Captain Kait," was hilarious, super knowledgeable, and a great captain. My only complaint is that these tours only stop at one spot for half an hour. I would've liked to get off and try 2 spots, but it is what it is. It was super fun and I would definitely do it again!

Peter made this interesting walking tour of Ashville. His humor enhanced is extensive knowledge of…read morethe development of Ashville from it occupants to architecture. I loved it so much I'd do it again Thank you Peter

We began our long weekend in Asheville with a walking tour to orient ourselves. The weather…read morecooperated and it was a great morning for a stroll. Our group assembled at 10 a.m. in the center of town, as instructed. Tebbe, our guide, showed up and distributed audio headsets, which were a real plus for the tour. I could see how otherwise you might have difficulty hearing in some spots, but this eliminated any issues. Tebbe is a long-time resident who genuinely seems to enjoy local history. He offered in-depth and often wry commentary on the city and its stories. We initially lingered at the starting point for a while and I was starting to wonder when the 'walking' part would start, but then we set off and kept a good pace for the remainder of the 2 hours. I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and definitely got my bearings for the remainder of our walking throughout downtown for the rest of the weekend. We also saw a number of places that we returned to check out on our own later on. I would highly recommend this as one of your initial activities if you are planning a multi-day visit to the city.

I originally booked Asheville Brews Cruise for a tour for 18 people for my bachelorette, originally…read morescheduled for October 2024. Due to the hurricane, I had asked to reschedule my booking to the end of March 2025. I had put down an over $1000 deposit, which I was told was fully refundable at the time of my booking. At first J.C. was very communicative and said that he was happy to reschedule and that he would send the updated paperwork. However, I never received the updated paperwork and tried over 3 months to get a response from J.C. as to whether Asheville Brews Cruise would still be able to provide a tour for my bachelorette. With no response, I assumed that Asheville Brews Cruise could no longer support a tour for my bachelorette party and therefore booked a tour with a different company and asked for a refund of my original deposit. With again no response, in February, I finally tried messaging Asheville Brews Cruise over Instagram to get a refund on my deposit. J.C. finally responded and noted that he would reach out about a refund. But to this day I have still not received that refund after trying to communicate with Asheville Brews Cruise over email, text, and through multiple phone calls. While I understand that all businesses in Asheville are going through a hard time post hurricane, the lack of responsiveness over 5 months and failure to refund my substantial deposit has put me at my wits end. I would not recommend booking with this company for any future tours.

J.C. is the right man in the right place! We got this tour from our great friends who live in the…read moretown and we really thanks them for that experience! All you want to know about the Asheville beers and breweries, just ask the guide. As we are from the country where the "beer was born" (Czech Republic, Pilsner) I appreciated the knowledge of that history as well We spent a lot of fun there and tasted many types of beers during the tour, the Brew Cruise bus was amazing, we met nice people from other countries. Absolutely recommend that