iAdventure

This review pertains only to the Chocolate Walking Tour of SoHo. Groupon says its original value is $ 88/​person. We paid $ 29/​person. There’s no way I would have paid the former.
Upon arrival, we met our tour guide, Bob, who told us we’d be making 4 stops. The tour starts at MarieBelle, then you go to Vosges, Kee’s, and finish with Jacques Torres, where you get the most samples.
Initially, I was a little disappointed since I had previously gone on a walking chocolate tour with The Celebrity Planet, which I recall making 6 stops and costing only $ 15 per person through Groupon. But I’ll admit it: by the end of Bob’s tour, I felt disgusting. In a good way. You probably get 10 different samples between the 4 stops, but they’re all extremely rich, so you too should feel somewhat nauseated by the tour’s conclusion.
Overall, Bob was a great tour guide and was really knowledgable about each of the stops and their respective owners. But if you’re like me and would rather get a bigger bang for my buck, I’d do The Celebrity Planet tour.

I purchased two vouchers for a chocolate walking tour with iAdventure months ago as a surprise gift for my girlfriend and finally scheduled it for the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We were both looking forward to it, but my girlfriend came down with a stomach bug literally on the walk to the meeting place. She was sick for the rest of the weekend and certainly wasn’t in any condition to be walking around or eating chocolate.
I reached out to iAdventure a few days later to see if we could reschedule for another weekend. I didn’t want my money back, just allow 2 more people to walk around in December (how crowded could it really get in the cold?) and was pointed to their website by Melissa, which stated they have a firm 48 hour cancellation policy. Mellssa said that if we had called in advance they would have been able to reschedule, but instead we’re SOL.
I understand they need planning time and may need to coordinate with the places that are visited, but seriously? I would have happily called them 2 days in advance if I had known my girlfriend would suddenly come down with something 20 minutes before the tour, but alas that’s kind of impossible.
If I’m ever sick and have an upcoming iAdventure event (which I won’t as I’ll never be booking something with them again), I’ll just deal with it and throw up over everyone so I don’t lose my money.

emailed me about a free happy hour i won at the little town/​village pourhouse bars. the «rules» were to email a guest list at least 24hrs before your requested date, have at least 5 guests and schedule the happy hour anywhere from monday to friday until 10pm. i sent in my guest list with plenty of time to spare for my friday happy hour, and didn’t get a response after a follow up email and a voicemail. i was finally able to contact someone only to find out that the uptown locations don’t do the free happy hours on thursdays or fridays. this was not specified on the original email nor was it brought up to me when i asked for my happy hour on a friday at an uptown location. so now i am left looking like the jerk with 7 of my friends expecting to drink for free for an hour. i am contacting the bar tonight and if they refuse to fix this issue, well then they can thank
for losing them a lot of business.
horrible customer service!

I have attended a couple of iAdventure events and think that they always have great ideas for different events. My first iAdventure event was the Beer and food truck festival at the South street seaport. It was a great event on a beautiful day. The beers they had were different and interesting – we had bought the deal off Living social so received a ticket for me and one for my boyfriend for food and one each for beers as well. I ate the bacon wrapped hot dog and my boyfriend had the «Frito chili bowl» which was served right in the Fritos bag.
More recently we went to the Bacon Bash in Hoboken, NJ. I understand that this was the first time they were having this event, so it would be assumed that there were a few loose ends. We bought this deal on Groupon and each got 5 tickets for tastings. Bacon galore! My boyfriend had a great time taking pictures with the people dressed up as giant bacon pieces. The event was definitely much smaller than we had assumed it would be. Among our favorite tastes were the bacon scallion potato croquettes with chipotle mayo from Que – YUM, the chocolate covered bacon pieces, the chocolate covered strawberry bacon pops, pork belly mac and cheese and the maple bacon cupcakes.
My only complaint is sometimes the deals don’t match up with the events themselves. For instance, it was great that for $ 18 I gained access to the bacon bash and was given 5 tastes, however if we wanted to buy more tastes it would have been $ 3-​$ 5 per taste. Some more organization is also sometimes needed. Other than that, I know I’ll be attending more iAdventure events and having amazing memories to go along with them!

The Bacon Bash event in Hoboken was the worst. It was a complete rip off. If this is the quality of iAdventure events, then thanks but no thanks!!!

I’ve attended a number of iAdventure events such as Cocktail Wars and King of the Wing and have had a great time, every time. The events are well-​organized, the hosts are enthusiastic and excited, and everything is run seamlessly.
I highly recommend iAdventure events!

I went to a Beertopia: Summer Series event at the Village Pourhouse this month and LOVED it! The staff was very sweet and helpful and they had such a large selection of beers to sample. Heard they are bringing this back in the fall and I hope it’s true! Would love to sample some Halloween, Oktoberfest themed brews and ciders this time. Gonna miss summer though :(Have been to a few iAdventure events including their crawls and I always have a great time!

My sister in law and I just finished our cake pop class and all I can say is how disappointed we both were. First the groupon description stated we would first bake and then decorate numerous cake pops. From the start it was not what we expected. We walked in and there were tins with crumpled cake and icing. At no point did we bake anything. Second we made pops half the size of a normal cake pop. Why you may ask? Well we were only given a certain amount of cake and then told to split it. The most appalling part of this class was when the instructor told us to buy Betty Crocker cakes and use those. What kind of instructor/​business owner tells people this. Lastly came the «decorating». We were not given the option of what chocolate to use. Everyone had to use pink and the same sprinkles. What happened to the «other accents» as described in the groupon? Honestly this felt like something I could do myself for my daughter and her friends. I’ve never been so disappointed and at a loss for words. I suggest you change the description or perhaps change the instructor.

Recently, I attended a LIGHTS OUT SCAVENGER HUNT through the company IADVENTURE in the city. It was so much FUN!!! I went with 4 girlfriends and we had such a good time. We were welcomed with free appetizers, a free drink and a great crowd. The staff was so friendly and the adventures we had to go on ranged from pictures by the statue of liberty, the empire state building, taking shots, kissing a stranger, kissing a dog!!! There was a cool free app that we had to download where all of our challenges were and it was just such a great time! Also, Kim is the person running the show and she is amazing! i HIGHLY recommend any events from Iadventure!

Bacon Bash was awesome! Not only was the food great, but the staff who worked at this event were super friendly and fun. My and my friends had a blast and I reccomend checking out any of their other events!

I recently attended a event by iAdventure called Lights Out Scavenger Hunt. All I have to say it was AWESOMMMEEEEEE. I had a great time! The staff was super nice and very helpful with explaining the whole game. The staff was really great and even after the event they stayed and chatted with everyone making the event even more fun. Everything was very easy going and organized. I will be attending many more events at iAdventure.

I recently attended a yankee outing by
but i bought my tickets on goldstar…
here are the negatives: bus was late. bus didn’t pick us back up. we were late for the game. although this sucked, it was raining so we didn’t miss much. (hey, they can’t control the weather)…
BUT here are the positives: there were two girls handling the event. even though everything seemed to go wrong, they kept everything under control. yes the bus was late, but they gave everyone who made it a point to complain an extra drink!!!
and yes, the bus didn’t show up… but guess what… they found a LIMO for us 10 minutes after finding out that the bus wasn’t going to pick us up!!! we all got back at the expected time.
it seems that everything everyone is complaining about on here when it comes to these events are not things that are under iadventure’s control. because one thing is for sure… they have AWESOME STAFF!!!
i don’t remember your names, but if you see this i want to personally thank you two for guiding us through this event. everyone still had an awesome time.
thanks!
–Katie

I went to the Kegs and Eggs event last Saturday at the Village Pourhouse and it was great! They had a variety of different green breakfasts including pancakes, bagels and eggs. They also had green beer-​YUM & a station where you could get temporary tattoos! It was a fun and festive event for St Patricks day and the staff was friendly as well. Looking forward to more events from them.

I attended a Cake Pop class hosted by iAdventure last week at Sidebar. My girlfriends and I had so much fun! The instructor Jennifer was very friendly and knowledgeable. Can’t wait to attend another class in the future.

Through Goldstar I purchased two admissions at $ 40 to an event called Midnight Circus put on by iAdventure. What was billed as a Sleep No more meets Cirque du Soleil immersive experience turned out to be a sh*tty time in a club in midtown. The masks that were promised turned out to be cheap ones, probably from the $.99 store still bearing their tags. We walk into the club where there was limited seating and while standing had to wait like 20 minutes till a mediocre contortionist appeared to do some moves on a platform for like another 20 minutes. Afterward a very skilled gymnast did some some incredible acrobatics on a ring in the air, but too much time was spent on too little entertainment. While we were waiting, music could have played to have people dance. It was pretty obvious the event was an excuse to get people to buy jacked up liquor.
After we left this event early due to a disappointing time I contacted Goldstar for a refund but was told iAdventure would only offer a complimentary admission to one of their other events. So I chose blacklight bingo at the Village Pourhouse. According to the website, a $ 20 admission entitles a person to a well drink or bud light, a bingo book and bar snacks. Already I was skeptical when after going on the Village Pourhouse website I read that a bingo book is only $ 2. It became obvious to me it’s preferable to go directly to the bar to play bingo rather than through iAdventure, but I did want to use my complimentary voucher. It was a bigger ripoff than I anticipated. The bar did not offer any snacks whatsoever with the deal. So to sum up, for $ 20 you get a $ 2 bingo book and a bud. iAdventure can keep it’s adventures.

No 0 star, oh no! :(
This is in connection to their Chili Cook Off, 1÷20÷13.
1^st and last time we foolishly participate in an iAdventure «event» — fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me!
Only if we searched Unilocal for iAdventure reviews — if we did, we would not have purchased tickets to the Chili Cook Off — granted we got it at less than full price, and yet it still felt like a big rip off. There were about 7 or so tables, one vendor at each table, and each vendor served 2 types of pre-​cooked chilli. Each chilli serving was teeny tiny, some vendors were nice enough to fill up the little plastic cup, others served it at 80% full. The quality of chilli was pretty decent for a couple of vendors, but mediocre for the rest. The worst part is that we lost 3 – 4 precious weekend hours to this event (commuting to/​from and time spent there) — big waste of time!
Also, the event was slated to be at Greenwich Village Country Club, but a few days prior to start date, got an email that the location has been changed to Hudson Terrace, which seemed to be their usual venue from Unilocal reviews here — bait and switch? Advertised a better location then switched to the usual spot afterward?
iNeverAgainAdventure to iAdventure.

The Chili Cook Off was very mediocre. The venue was too small, the chili selection was whatever, and the sponsors were weak. Glad I paid $ 23 through LivingSocial (normally $ 43) because I don’t think it was even worth $ 20.

I participated in an iAdventure «Food Truck Scavenger Hunt.» This was not a scavenger hunt by any stretch of the imagination. A scavenger hunt provides you with a clue, that leads you to the next clue, and so forth. The questions at this event required you to Google the answers on your smart phone, then follow each food truck on your Twitter app to find out where the truck was in the city, then try to run through the city (between Astor Place and Bryant Park) to the trucks to scan a bar code on the truck (no other interaction with people at the food truck itself at all), and you only got points if you were the absolute first people to scan the truck. Other than that, they asked you to do stupid, fraternity party-​esque things, such as taking a picture of yourself chugging a beer, for points. Additionally, the event advertised appetizers at registration, and we saw but one plate of cold mozzarella sticks. I will never do an iAdventure event ever again. I bought a deal to do this event through Living Social, and I just wrote them that I don’t think that they should ever promote a deal for an iAdventure event again. But don’t take my word for it– check out all of their other atrocious reviews on Unilocal

I attended the tex mex food truck fest at the South Street Seaport. They sold thousands and thousands of tickets to what amounted to access to 10 food trucks. TEN. Lines were more than an hour long and we did not get so much as anything to eat or drink. Highly unorganized, unyielding pools of people who had no idea what line to stand in, that is, if we were even standing in a line at all. We left. IAdventure made $ 40 bucks off me for nothing.

So this review is based on the Winter Cocktail Wars that they just held at Hudson Terrace. My best friend and I attended the «finale» with supposedly the best two bartenders of the entire competition. You have GOT to be kidding me!
First of all, they called it a cocktail war. The word cocktail for me conjures up images of well mixed and balanced alcoholic drinks that taste good and are to some degree sophisticated. I was expecting a more sophisticated crowd as well. I can’t even tell you how much B&T there was at this event. I don’t think I’ve seen that many hooker heels and short, tight dresses since an episode of Jersey Shore.
Also, they kept using the word «mixologist» and «mixology» to describe the event.
It’s starting to irk me that people are using these words without any regard for the terms. Mixology, if you look at the root and suffix would seem to refer to the study of mixing. That suggests that people that are mixologists are constantly learning new recipes and how to refine them. I think of the differences between bartender and mixologist much akin to the difference between a chef and a cook. A mixologist has received more extensive training, has greater industry knowledge and usually works in the more upscale establishments. In addition, a mixologist usually commands a higher base salary and can expect more tips due to an increased drink repertoire. Bartenders do just that, tend a bar. They’re main objective is to get liquor across the bar to the customer as quickly as possible so they can get on to the next drink and next tip. Don’t get me wrong, bartenders have a lot more going on than just serving drinks, but the vast majority of them are more focused on the quantity of drinks they get out as opposed to the quality.
Anyway, the whole concept was to use Iron Chef as their theme the competition, giving the bartenders «secret ingredients» that they must use in a drink each round of the competition. The first «secret ingredient» of the night was… Coconut Shavings. Yeah, gross, right? Coconut water, yum! Coconut milk, also delish (we’ve all had a Coco Loco on a beach somewhere). But, coconut shavings??? Disgusting! From beginning to end, the drink recipes the bartenders came up with were gross, either too sweet, or just a horrible combination of ingredients that didn’t compliment each other. I spent $ 45 for my ticket to this event thinking I’d at least get my money’s worth on the drinks. Um, NO, I didn’t take more than 2 sips of each of the 5 «tasting» cocktails and forget about wanting a full 2 drinks of anything the bartenders made.
In addition to horrible drinks, they served appetizers, but buffet style. These tickets were marketed as «VIP», so in my head I’m thinking there will be some nice appetizers and likely table service of some kind. NO, not even close. The appetizers were hummus, pita, tortilla chips, guacamole and french fries. AND, you had to wait in line behind like 100 people to get some, so I didn’t even bother.
All in all, this event was a COMPLETE FAIL! I’m all for the wave of companies like Lifebooker, Living Social, Groupon, etc. putting together affordable outings for people at great locations. I’ve frequented many of them. However, there needs to be some serious attention to detail here with iAdventure. I hope they get it together and offer some better organized and researched ideas, otherwise, word will catch on that they are just slinging crap for the masses.