Cancelled without notice: They left us standing outside a derelict Burger joint that was in the process of being repaired in an extremely unsafe, grubby, dangerous and quite frightening part of New York. We waited for over three-quarters of an hour, and during that time, I was offered drugs to buy, and accosted by two beggars who hounded us by following us down the street asking for $2.00 and 0.50 cents, respectively, Their ridiculous telephone systems are a disgrace. The information they relay is a lie. The recorded message suggested your customers should text to get a quicker response—LIE...! I texted several times and had no response!

Highly recommended. Lyonel gave us a great tour of three speakeasies and was so knowledgeable about the history that surrounds them. My family and I had the best time!

In an industry filled with clowns, Alex’s Tours manages to be the biggest joke of all. I took the East Village Speakeasy tour before going on to work with the company and it’s the stupidest decision I’ve made in my seven years of tour guiding. In a best case scenario, you’ll get the founder who will mumble his way through remembering what he saw in the Ken Burns prohibition documentary. In a worst case scenario, you’ll get someone who hasn’t been shadowed and was given a jumbled script with no structure that includes a sizable chunk just describing what mash distilleries are. Riveting stuff from a man who refuses to pay his employees. On top of that, guides will sometimes get next to no notice that two of the stops are closed and you have to learn two new bars on the spot. If you’re a tour guide, avoid this company like the plague. There are better paying companies that aren’t going to waste your weekends for $100. If you’re a guest, you can just google these places (Please Don’t Tell, Barbershop, and The Back Room) and go yourself instead of enabling a pathological liar.

This tour was a lot of fun and a really different experience in NYC. I loved exploring the LES and checking out all the secret locations that I never would have been able to find on my own. I would definitely recommend this for a fun and different night out. Our tour guide Lyonel was a lot of fun and very knowledgeable. Definitely a must do in the city!

We loved this tour! There wasn’t anything not to like. Very informative with a great guide and fantastic history. We’ll be doing this again. Thanks to the Team for creating such a terrific experience!

George was a fun and engaging tour guide as he took us around to various Speakeasies. They were all unique and had Great drinks menus We can’t wait to try the other two tours and definitely recommend this experience.

We’ve now completed each of the speak easy tours offered by Alex’s Tours. Each of them were distinctly different and equally enjoyable. The fascinating details on the history of prohibition and mixology make the evening so interesting, and each guide is very knowledgeable and personable. The different establishments each have unique features but share in common that they make the most high quality cocktails! I recommend the tours no matter what time of year you visit NYC. Alex really has put together a top notch batch of tours throughout the city!

Highly recommend. Our group of 10 had the most wonderful time on the Lower East Side Speakeasy tour. Bridget was a wonderful tour guide. Such an interesting tour and everyone in our group loved how each of the Speakeasy's was hidden - be it a back stairway behind a restaurant, down a private alley to a 'back door' entrance, or through a gallery. Be adventurous with the cocktails. Most in our group ordered different cocktails. Have to recommend that you get get cigar-infused scotch drink - just for the presentation alone. The server uses a small torch on a lemon peel to bring out flavor. Really fun experience. Highly recommend.

This was our second speakeasy tour with the company. This time we got Alex. We learned a lot of history and got entry to some very cool spots for some really interesting cocktail concoctions.

My mom and I were in New York for a few days and booked the East Village tour. We met in daylight at the entrance of Thompkins Square Park, nothing sketchy or felt unsafe. We went inside three speakeasies and ordered drinks, and walked past a few others where Alex provided info and history on. Alex is very knowledgeable and provided a lot of interesting facts as well as good insight on great places to check out while we're in town. Definitely recommend!

Very knowledgeable and interesting tour. Lots to discover and learn in a friendly atmosphere. Would recommend it to anyone looking for a different way to visit NYC.

We enjoyed the tour. We even saw a celebrity or two. Though Alex is very knowledgeable I found that he added a bit too much detail into his spiel and had to speak fast to do so. It was hard to hear him in the noisy bars. Though we never were sure of the place we were in it was a good time. We wish he could have told given mus some pertinent info about each place before entering. Besides the first place, where we could order food was unclear. Alex was late to the tour due to not accounting for train delays. We all did feel left hanging for a half hour. Also, though dress code was made clear, Alex showed up in sneakers, and jeans. -Kinda a downer for us since we made an effort to dress nicely; I mentioned not being sure of the bar names w're visiting and their addresses and Alex said that he provides a list of the places to us as part of the tour. I waited several weeks after the tour and recei ed nothing. I tested him for the information 4 times. The first was ignored. the second he had me verify who I was, a week later my third text was ignored. Finally another week later on my fourth text when I asked him to please flooow-through on sending the list he'd promised he'd send, he tested me the names of a few of the places we'd been with no address. Not to get caught-up with expectations, but I guess I expected a nice complete list in email with addresses and no reluctance in sending it. Not ure if we'll do another tour..

We recently participated in the West Village Speakeasy Tour. At first it was a little confusing as the meeting place location changed at the last minute, and we couldn't attend one of the Speakeasys as they had a private function. However, the remainder of the tour was a total blast! The guide was an Art/History Major, so he had volumes of information on prohibition (pro's and con's) and stories about various players. It was well worth the fee. The drinks at some of the Speakeasys were a little costly, but each location had a menu of extraordinary mixology, and the environments were just sooo unique. There is some walking involved so I would recommend comfortable shoes, and bundle up if you're going in cool weather. It was a great evening!

My wife and I had a great time with a knowledgable guide (Alex), and some wonderful people. We were led to interesting places we wouldn't have found on our own and had several well prepared cocktails. We highly recommend the tour and hope to go on others in the future. We bought our tickets on Groupon and although our time frame had expired, Alex was kind enough to extend it. We can't say enough about him or his enterprise.

We tried a couple of times to book this tour but were unable to because they didn't have the required minimum of six people. We ended up doing the tour on Memorial Day since Alex said that day would be no problem getting the required number of people. We were supposed to visit six places but ended up seeing only four since the others were closed, which Alex should have known and passed on to his clients. The speakeasies were basically bars with the theme of a real speakeasy. There wasn't any requirement to buy drinks which was just as well since they tended to be overpriced, even for Manhattan. Our tour guide was pretty knowledgeable and did his best to make the tour enjoyable.