Dallas by Chocolate Tours

My friend and I signed up for the Wine/Christmas lights tour (12/14) and we had a decent time. We were able to taste 3 different wines from an Italian restaurant in North Dallas along with flatbreads and charcuterie. It would've been nice to have a white wine instead of the 2 reds that were chosen to go along with the rosé. After that, we were taken for dessert and I thoroughly enjoyed that as the gelato was amazing!Then the lights tour started and we hit spots in park cities that were notable for their Christmas lights. I had high expectations but was very underwhelmed by the effort of lights this year. Our very last stop was to the popular house off Deloach Avenue. I wish we would've went here first so we could've had a chance to see the house - instead when we arrived it was a madhouse and we wasn't able to see the house. The hostess was nice, they provided drinks while on the tour, and was nice enough to make a stop for a bathroom break. Overall, it was a decent time and something new to try!

They overbooked their tour, and then refused to refund $300+ despite having confirmation, booking numbers and Viatour company all confirming our reservations. The owner/operator and booking company both said the other would have to approve the refund. They appear both unsympathetic and focused on blaming the other than rectifying the situation. 2 hours on and off hold waiting for a supervisor to receive a refund. 4 hours later receive call from owner asking us to remove review, but still not taking responsibility. TLDR- Wouldn't recommend for out of town guests or if you want to book more than 1 ticket.

Such a great tour!! Thanks Rhonda ! WouldNot take a tour without her !! Great tacos and margaritas!

We booked and took a dallas by chocolates lights and sips. Currently on this tour. We've stopped at a couple of dessert places, one Kate Weiser and another a macaron shop & finally an ice cream stop. The sweets are good but minimal. (Two pieces of chocolate, 1 macaron, 1/2 scoop ice cream) The tour guide Angela is excellent. I would give her 5 stars. There's no working sound system on the bus so tour guide has to give info at the front and back, no music which would be nice. Wine and water was served on the bus. Speaking of the bus, it does not have working air. There is warm air blowing that we've been told is set at 65. It's 63 outside and at least 20 degrees hotter on this bus. Everyone is beyond hot. So hot we're starting to not feel well. Angela reached out to her boss about the issue during the tour. An offer was made to Uber us back to our car but we decided to stay with the tour.Overall an ok experience that I wouldn't necessarily pay for again but it was nice to get out and about in dallas.

Edit: Added two stars. They emailed me not long after posting this saying they were able to refund me as someone else booked and was able to take me place. I appreciate this a lot, and I might try booking through them again, but it is kind of a risk with how much it costs.Ended up getting extremely sick a couple days prior to the Taco & Margarita tour. Thought I would have gotten better before the tour but unfortunately I did not. I know they had a no refund policy, but I was hoping they had some leniency as they require everyone to be in good health to attend. Nope. No refund, not even a partial refund, nor are they willing to reschedule, which is extremely odd. $90 wasted. Just another way to scam people out of money if they can't attend due to uncontrollable illness. Will never book this again.

This review is for the Bishop Arts Tour. We got a Groupon, so we thought the price was a good deal, but honestly, we weren't impressed by this tour. Even with the Groupon deal, it wasn't worth the value. I've been to a few food tours, and my favorite part is trying popular, high quality food and learning about the city. There is also usually a lot of food, so I always end up leaving stuffed. For this food tour, the food quality and quantity were disappointing. However, the manager was kind and let two of our friends join the tour even though the tour was overbooked, so I appreciate the flexibility. The tour ended up being 18 people, so it definitely felt too overcrowded, and my friends didn't end up enjoying the tour very much so maybe it would have been better if they didn't join. The first stop was Eno's Pizza Tavern. It was literally just pizza, so I didn't think there was anything special, although my boyfriend said he liked it. We also came about 10 mins late to the food tour, so the pizza wasn't hot. 3/5 stars for the pizza in my opinion. The next stop was Parker Barrows (a sandwich place). This was our least favorite spot (collective agreement from our party). The sandwich was nothing special, and we all thought we could get a better sandwich from Jimmy John's or Jersey Mike's. 1/5 stars for this place. The next stop was Lockhart BBQ. You get a tiny piece of brisket with a small scoop of Mac and cheese. Brisket was pretty dry, and Mac and cheese wasn't flavorful. Would probably give 3/5 stars. Lastly, was Azúcar (an ice cream place). I got half a scoop of the Reese's flavor and half a scoop of their best seller (guava, cream cheese, cookies). Flavor and texture was just average. The flavor was unique but wasn't executed very well. 3/5 stars for the ice cream. For the tour itself, our guide Kimberly gave a talk about Bonnie and Clyde in the beginning, and she was knowledgeable. We didn't walk around the area as much as I thought we would, and I was hoping for more pearls and information about the Bishop Arts District. The tour was estimated to take around 3.5 hours, but it was really only around 2 hours. I felt like most of the time spent was just waiting around, instead of receiving information about the foods we ate or about the locations. To make this tour better, the tour should highlight higher quality locations that make the Bishop Arts district special. Food portions should also be bigger. I felt like most people on the tour didn't eat much pizza in the first stop because we were warned to pace ourselves, so there ended up being leftovers. However, the remaining food for the tour had small portions, so we all actually could have had more pizza. If the tour is indicated to be 3.5 hours, then we should receive high quality information about the area and the food, and there should be more places to sight-see. In summary, I would not recommend the Bishop Arts Tour. You are better off going on your own and trying different foods at your own pace.

Kimberly's Chocolate Tour was CRAZY GOOD. We had a great time while sampling some of Dallas's best chocolate shops. It was informative, tasty, and a rip-roarin great time. Highly recommended.

Very disappointing! Host didn't have a speaker so you could not hear anything from the back of the motorcoach which meant we couldn't participate in the trivia. Nothing was explained to us about the cemetary-we just wandered around on our own. The hotel changed hands and they were pissed we were there and practically yelling that we couldn't go up to the 10th floor. We drove by a house that had decorations but the driver left the lights on inside the motorcoach so we really couldn't see outside. The party house dismissed us instead of the wine tasting we were promised. The lake again just wandering around with no direction. The haunted house was the owner talking to us in her driveway about her house but we didn't get to go in. I guess we take her word for it?! Then to top off a disappointing night, the driver on the way to the last stop, takes a corner too sharp and get the motorcoach stuck on the curb. Needing a wrecker, we all had to find our own rides back to our pickup location. The host was sweet and was trying so hard but I think by the end she wanted to cry. She called the owner several times throughout the night but was getting minimal.help. I am hoping we get a refund on this adventure!

My family has been doing these tours since the very beginning. We may have been on some of the first. We did the Bishop Arts walking tour and could NOT eat all the food we had. My friends made an extra stop at the famous taco stand for us to purchase the Elote in a Cup and shared it 3 ways because we were so full. It's been a year or so (hasn't everything) since that tour. We also took a chocolate tasting that was fabulous and was also satisfied with serving sizes. You better really love chocolate though. I am scheduling a Taco tour this summer with family.This is a tour. Not meant to be a meal at any one place. (the original guides were better - I think they might be the owners). Take a picnic basket on the bus. Carry some savory snacks for the chocolate tour and some wine or spirits, make a party of it. We've had great fun.

We did the Haunted Lights & Frights Tour and several of the stops did not expect, or want us there. There was no speaker system for the tour guide on the bus so the people in the rear couldn't hear anything that was being said up front. Even after the tour guide became aware of this, she didn't make adjustments or repeat herself where we could hear her too. Apparently the people at the front of the bus knew what we were looking for at the cemetery we stopped at, but the rest of us had no idea. Several of the stops were cut way short and the other stops that we spent more time at were lame since we didn't know why we were there. Then the bus cut a corner too tight and ended up stuck in the ditch so we all had to find our own rides back to our cars and never even made it to the last planned stop. Apparently, this was not the driver's first time getting stuck like this either.