Meet the Top Dog Tours New York City Guides
Our tour guides are local professionals who are passionate about the history, culture, and uniqueness of New York City.
Nicole
Patrick
Liz
Hometown: Leominster, MA
Favorite Neighborhood: Upper West Side
Favorite NYC Landmark: Lincoln Center
Favorite Restaurant: Flor de Mayo
Favorite Tour to Give: 3 Neighborhoods Tour
Best Pizza in NYC: Two Boots
Favorite Broadway Show: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Favorite Movie about NYC: Gangs of New York
Favorite NYC Park: Riverside Park
"It'll be a great place if they ever finish it."-O Henry
Christine
Hometown: Dayton, OH
Favorite Neighborhood: Brushwick, Brooklyn
Favorite NYC Landmark: Washington Arch
Favorite Restaurant: Yia Yia's Taverna
Favorite Tour to Give: Ghost Tour
Best Pizza in NYC: Joe's Pizza
Favorite Broadway Show: The Humans
Favorite Movie About NYC: When Harry Met Sally
Favorite NYC Park: Central Park
"The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding." - John Updike
Marshall
Hometown: Enid, Oklahoma
Favorite Neighborhood: Greenwhich Village/West Village
Favorite NYC Landmark: Washington Arch
Favorite Restaurant: Bamonte's
Favorite Tour to Give: Ghots of Greenwhich Village
Best Pizza in NYC: Robertas in Bushwick
Favorite Broadway Show: Come from Away
Favorite Movie About NYC: When Harry Met Sally
Favorite NYC Park: Washington Square
"But there is one thing about it—once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.”―John Steinbeck
Matthew
Hometown: Albany, NY
Favorite Neighborhood: West Village
Favorite NYC Landmark: The Booth Theatre
Favorite Restaurant: Otto's
Favorite Tour to Give: Superhero Tour
Best Pizza in NYC: Lucali's Pizza
Favorite Broadway Show: Stephen Sondheim's Assassins
Favorite Movie About NYC: Mel Brooks' The Producers
Favorite NYC Park: Central Park
Mackenzie
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Favorite Neighborhood: Upper East Side
Favorite NYC Landmark: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Favorite Restaurant: Mission Ceviche
Favorite Tour to Give: 3 Neighborhoods Tour
Best Pizza in NYC: Whatever is closest and cheapest to me
Favorite Broadway Show: Hadestown, Slave Play
Favorite Movie About NYC: Mel Brooks' The Producers
Favorite NYC Park: Central Park
Bryan
Hometown: Cambridge, UK / San Diego / Philadelphia
Favorite Neighborhood:Upper West Side
Favorite NYC Landmark: St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Favorite Restaurant: Ippudo Ramen
Favorite Tour to Give: Greenwich Village at Night
Best Pizza in NYC: John's of Bleecker St.
Favorite Broadway Show: Hadestown, Sunday in the Park
Favorite Movie About NYC: The Muppets Take Manhattan
Favorite NYC Park: Riverside Park/Hudson River Walk
"The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding." - John Updike
Gabi
Hometown: Toledo, Ohio
Favorite Neighborhood: Little Italy
Favorite NYC Landmark: The Chrysler Building
Favorite Tour to Give: 3 Neighborhood Tour
Favorite Restaurant: T-Swirl Crepe
Best Pizza in NYC: Krave It
Favorite Broadway Show: Fun Home
Favorite Movie about NYC: When Harry Met Sally
Favorite NYC Park: Central Park
"New York is a city that plays hard to get. You want me? You better work for it."-Rony Vardi