AmazingCo
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Overall, customers express strong satisfaction with AmazingCo's mystery picnics, praising the seamless blend of sightseeing, puzzle-solving, and local food discovery. While a subset of participants notes occasional issues with portion sizes, pricing, or technical hiccups, the overwhelming sentiment highlights a well-organised and uniquely entertaining day out for couples, families, and friends.
Was fun and interactive, despite living here for many years and been to the area, was great to find hidden gems. All venues were lovely and accommodating. Highly recommend. Show reply
It was a grocery run, and a horribly overpriced one. Don’t be fooled by the cuteness of “mystery picnic” or any sense of a scavenger hunt. It was nothing more than a glorified grocery run, with the dumbest route designed to get you away from any nice scenery, and the opportunities for the participating vendors to upsell you. The locations: We… Read more
had 4 stops in our picnic experience. 2 had water views and the other 2 were just 60 minutes horrific drive on the motorway.
And we are central coast locals! We could have had much nicer food items, for a quarter of the price, in less than one tenth of the driving time.
The value: The items we collected included: 1 piece of bakery made ciabatta, 2 scoops of ice cream, 1 small piece of cheese, 1 small antipasto box, 1 bag of crisps and 2 can of coke. The total value of these were barely $50.
A $160 price tag for these items could possibly be tolerated if it was put in a nicely arranged basket, in a convenient location. But no, you need to prepare everything yourself, cooler bag, cutlery, glasses, everything. And you were sent on a stupid drive away from any nice scenery and one hour on the motorway to opposite directions.
If you are locals, do yourself a favour and just pop into your own favorite grocery store.
If you are tourists, save yourself the stupid drive and go see something nice the central coast has to offer.
So disappointed. Feel bad my friend spent $160 for us to go to 2 shops to collect $50 worth of food. Not even presented nicely, no choices. We couldnt even find last place in Freo Markets and no other stall holders could help. Never again. Show details
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Absolutely AMAZINGly fun and unique anniversary adventure! This was a truly unforgettable celebration of our love by exploring Newport through different eyes. We learned new history and discovered so many new spaces around the city. Every single vendor that was part of our AmazingCo Mystery Picnic made us feel like longtime friends! They expected… Read more · 1
us and were happy to have us join them. The food was delicious throughout and made for quite a feast at the end. Our picnic spot, facing the water and sailboats on a gorgeous day, was like a movie scene! What made this adventure so special were the reflection "intermissions" throughout the day. It asked us questions that made us travel down memory lane and share our appreciation and love for one another. Lovely, lovely, lovely. We'd love to do this again as a way to get to know cities we travel to throughout the country.
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I enjoyed a wonderful B-day today on my mystery picnic adventure in New Hope, PA & Lambertville, NJ, created by AmazingCo. I highly recommend this event if you are looking for something different than the norm. Each clue lead us to a new destination where we met the most delightful business owners while we picked up scrumptious treats for our… Read more · 1
picnic. We leisurely walked around New Hope and Lambertville, taking in the sights of these two picturesque towns. You do work up a sweat once you’ve reached your final destination before heading out to enjoy your picnic feast. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect!
Mystery picnic – I had an excellent experience with amazing and co I decided to do the mystery picnic at the Barossa valley. The food was amazing, and so was the picnic destination. I definitely recommend the mystery picnic Show details · 1
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Mystery Picnic Weekend - Macedon - Recommend – We had so much fun, and the food was amazing (made a friend as well). The hotel we stayed at was great too. We will definitely be doing more picnics Show reply
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Had amazing experience – Made the trip memorable with curiosity. Will be booking again. Show details · 1
We had a wonderful time trying to figure out the answers to the questions, and were rewarded with a great lunch at a lovely park with a small lake and Ramada. I can’t wait to find another time to go again! Show details · 1
Must do experience! I have done three picnics now with the most recent including an overnight stay with my fiancé. I was nervous because I didn’t know what to expect but now I can’t stop telling everyone to do it. We plan to buy this experience instead of gifts each anniversary now Show reply
Booked for a birthday surprise and didn’t disappoint! All the stops were amazing and the staff who greeted were more than welcoming! In between destinations there were little picture opportunities, questions to be asked amongst the group and beautiful scenery throughout! The money that was spent was well worth the end result! We took home almost half of our mystery picnic as there was just so much! Show reply
purchased a mystery picnic for my best friend for her birthday, this was such an amazing unique experience that I would highly recommend. We captured memories, had lots of laughs and got to experience some beautiful places Show details · 1
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This experience was so much fun for me and my husband. We saw Newport in a new way!!! The owner of Cru Cafe and staff were so friendly, they were expecting us and went out of their way to make us feel special. I can say the same about Inpopnito and the owner, just super friendly. Bar Cino was the perfect end to our mystery picnic, we sat and… Read more · 1
had a cocktail while they brought out our charcuterie and bruschetta bread. So much food and so delicious, would do this again in a heartbeat. Great Gift!!!
Fabulous mystery tour around Bath. Had fun solving the clues & collected some good quality goodies on the way Ended up at a fab wine & bottle shop - so nice we stayed for a glass All the retailers were friendly & we met some great people doing their tour Would recommend if visiting a new city as a good way to see the sights & learn about the place… Read more · 1
Recommended - we will be booking another tour Booked for my husband’s birthday - I bought a voucher - great day out for both of us
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What an awesome day out on our mystery picnic in Fremantle. The surprises just kept coming, solving clues(may have cheated a couple of time) but so much fun. The local suppliers were ready and so very friendly, we also bought extras at these interesting shops we would never have found. Such a brilliant and different way to enjoy, definitely will be doing another mystery tour, we’ll job team Show details · 1
Amazingco are amazing, what a great day we had discovering the Mt Macedon area and enjoying our picnic and night away. Show details · 1
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This was our third adventure with AmazingCo. We loved this location. We were in Big Bear California and visited some local places to pick up our items for our picnic. Myself, my husband, and our dog had an amazing time. We even had enough food left over for dinner that night. Can't wait to go on our next adventure with amazing company Show reply
Follow-up · Follow up answers as requested - Dog was welcome everywhere we went from what I could tell. We brought her inside most places. My husband stayed outside a couple just because. Clues were less challenging that prior adventures with Amazing. With that being said I did send feedback to them about two clues that seems wrong. We were able to… Read more
AmazingCo was a wonderful and delicious experience. The picnic scavenger hunt took us to parts of Georgetown that I never knew existed. The puzzles were fun and not too hard and food was delicious. From lattes to turkey and brie sandwiches,… Read more · 1
everything was perfect. I highly recommend if you want a fun, mysterious, and yummy date with your significant other.
Follow-up · To answer follow up questions: 1. Was the area busy? In the morning no. But early afternoon Georgetown gets very busy. Its pretty normal for it to be tourist central. 2. How challenging were the puzzles? Very manageable and very engaging with the environment. Nothing stumped us. 3. Picnic setup? You should bring a blanket if you want to sit on… Read more
I ordered a board game from Amazon Australia on the 3rd of May. As it was coming from the US, the expected delivery date was May 12th. On May 11th, I got a message saying it was "to be delivered tomorrow". On May 12th I got "to be delivered today".… Read more
On May 13th I got "Delayed, not yet shipped". Since then it's been a battle to get anything happening. I've tried at least six times to get the matter resolved but I've met with ZERO progress. I still don't have my game (it was in stock, by the way) some 18 days later. I am at a loss where to go. If you do order from Amazon, make sure that it's not from the US, as you probably won't receive it!
Follow-up · After much trying, I was finally contacted by an Australian Amazon rep that could get the US Amazon to do something! Within a week, my game was on the way and because they ended up sending the cancelled order as well, I got two! However, I didn't have to pay for the second one! The game is great and our family likes the one they got for free, too!… Read more
Positive reviews
We had such a fun experience with AmazingCo! It was a great way to explore different areas and discover vendors and experiences we probably wouldn’t have chosen on our own. Everything was well organized, and the vendors were absolutely awesome. We loved the element of surprise and getting to try something new. Highly recommend if you’re looking for a fun way to explore your city and step outside your usual routine! Show reply
I’ve done 3 amazing co picnics and absolutely love them! All the produce is exceptional, it’s great to support local businesses & it’s a heap of fun! They have stunning locations and everything has been thought over and planned with care. I’ll be booking my 4th one soon for my dad’s birthday! Love love love! Show reply
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An awesome experience! My partner and I had an excellent time from beginning to end. The selected places felt very well suited for us and the day was overall exactly what we hoped it would be. Definitely recommend to others! Show reply
Negative reviews
Ridiculously overpriced and underwhelming. Mystery Picnic in the Swan Valley WA. Received less than half the value paid in food items, five "clues", for locations via puzzles, two of which were at the same venue. Venue 1 we received one quiche (as in, for one person), one piece of banana bread, a loaf of bread and two drinks. Venue 2 in the same… Read more
location we recieved crackers and fruit. Following further query, it turned out the supplier had forgotten our cheese (as they weren't sure what pescetarian meant), and we were handed half a round of camembert, and some cubes of other cheeses. Venue 3 we were handed a box of coconut rough. Venue 4 we chose a mustard, with sweet or savoury option on offer.
Valentines Day add-on ($20) was some additional online themed prompts and that was it.
All up paid $180 for the disappointing experience. The day was meant to be a special Valentines day event which was soured by feeling epically ripped off of our hard earned money. Two emails providing feedback have gone unanswered. Please save your money, buy some nice food, and go on your own adventure picnic
I received a delivery from Amazon yesterday and I was livid and extremely disappointed yet again......ARAMEX does all the deliveries in Sydney as well as the Metro areas as I live in Penrith. When I collected my cardboard box I noticed a tear all… Read more
across the length of the box which was not a straight tear but looked more made deliberate as it was literally as though someone had put their thumb or finger in the box and slowly dragged it.
It appears no matter how much people complain about ARAMEX nothing changes......NOTHING CHANGES.
Follow-up · So far my delivery my delivery experience from Amazon has somewhat improved but could be better.
We did the Mclaren Vale for couples experience and it was a good but I wouldn’t say Amazing. Definitely not value for money. We only visited 4 places and I thought there would have been at least 6. There was only one winery and thought there would have been at least 2 given that Mclaren Vale is a wine region. We arrived at Chapel Hill winery as… Read more
our last stop and we received 2 pieces of cake which was quite nice. We got a Port sample which was given to us in a small preserving jar, this was a bit weird! I thought visiting the winery we would have received a bottle of wine to complement the picnic food. The highlight would have been the fresh sourdough loaf of bread and a visit to beautiful Port Willunga beach ️
Recent reviews
Was gifted this for Christmas and used it last weekend. Great way to experience the city I lived in all my life. Experience the small chains! Well worth it!!! Show reply
Great day out. My partner and I were gifted a voucher and weren't sure what to expect or if it'd be fun, but we ended up having a really great day and it took us to some unexpected but cool places. Also the food was great and there was so much! Show details · 1
What an awesome way to spend some time together exploring parts of Adelaide we had not been before! Very well organised and all the partners were expecting us to claim our goodies! Awesome!! Show details · 1
Recently did the Beechworth picnic, upgrade to the premium, really enjoyed it, a great way to see Beechworth and surrounds. Will now look at some of the other regional locations if this was the benchmark. Show details · 1
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