Need A Ride Pedicabs

Calem was great, Picked me up and got me to the Superdome in time for the Saints game. They lost to the Titans (really?) but Calem was a good dude with a positive attitude and hustle. Honestly the best part of the trip to the game. Thanks man!

The novelty is neat, but a 5 minute ride (20 minute walk) was $ 23.00. Wish I had known that prior to getting in. There is no lack of people who are looking to serve you too much to drink and separate you from your money, but I didn’t expect it here. Watch out!

Called dispatch for one of my guests in the CBD and, as promised, a pedicab arrived in less than ten minutes. The guests were pleased and the driver was courteous.

We used a pedicab for the first time today. The rider was a pleasure and knew her way around town very well. The ride was fun but made me feel guilty for having lunch.
My complaint is the price you are not informed of in advance. We took a cab to this area for $ 5.75 plus tip. For the Pedicab it cost $ 20.00 plus tip to return. It was quadruple the price for the return trip. Not worth it.

For a wicked good time, call Thaddeus.
Hope we get to meet you again before we leave to offer a proper tip for the helpful tips and great advice for things-​to-​do, restaurants to go to, and non-​touristy bars to visit.
Thanks again, sir. You have helped finish a great day for my wife and I.
–The Other Boston Guy

I used Need A Ride Pedicabs in New Orleans, LA on 4÷15÷2015. It was the 1^st time that I used them. Brittany (from Minnesota) was an excellent driver. My bill was just $ 6.00 but it was also only a short distance in the French Quarter. Plus, I took photos.

I have worked with Joe for several jobs. Last night, Joe and his team were hired for a wedding. They arrived early, were extremely professional and their energy and positivity were infectious. LOVE these guys. Joe always makes a point to connect with the people who rides with him. He loves New Orleans and it shows. Will definitely keep using them.

Josh was an extremely friendly and entertaining pedicab driver… the ride was enjoyable… it cost twice as much as taking a cab but it was worth it for the experience and to get a nice backside view of Josh :)

Very cool guy took us around named Josh! It’s a really cool way to see the city. Fun and worth the experience :)

We had a ride with Joshua down Bourbon Street.
That guy was just extremely friendly and on time.
If you ever meet him on the street give him a holla and be sure to ask him for some tips on what to eat in New Orleans.
Thanks!

Hello, I wanted to inform you that you have very unprofessional operators. On yesterday evening you had 2 of your guys refuse to give service to a African American couple. I couldn’t believe that this guy’s used every excuse to not take on the fare. When seconds before the couple came up they where begging people to use their service’s. I stood there and listen to them tell yhe couple that they couldn’t go up Bourbon once they close it off, well any native of New Orleans knows that they have many ways to navigate thru the French Quarter when Bourbon st closes to vehicular traffic. I gave my business card to the couple to contact me and I encourage them to push the issue and file a complaint with the city about this incident. I plan on contacting the City Council, and permitting department that issue the permit for them to operate and you as a business. I informed my employees not to use your company and operators for any of our customers. It’s a sad day to see this type of stuff goes on in this day and time, when as a city we have grown and hopefully we can get pass that type of foolish thinking.

These guys and gals are reliable, friendly, and cool. They are my go to pedicab company in NOLA.

I came to Unilocal to post a favorable review and was quite surprised to see negative ones. This evening I had my first experience in a pedicab, and it was delightful. My driver, Robert, had been stopped at a red light on Iberville when I first saw him. Although I had been looking for a «regular» cab, I decided to give a pedicab a try. Since I am a 60 year old woman with cerebral palsy, I wasn’t able to spritely jump into the pedicab, even with Robert’s patient assistance. He then maneuvered the cab to two different curbs to give me the height needed to get my «bad» leg up into the cab. He asked if I had ridden in pedicabs before and explained to me that pedicabs were more expensive than car taxis. As I watched him pedaling and maneuvering through the cars and pedestrians, it was totally obvious that he deserved to be paid more than a guy driving a car taxi.
For those that have complained, do you think you could do the job of a pedicab driver? If it’s too hot for you to walk around the French Quarter, imagine how hard it is to pull the weight of one or two adults over the rough roads of the city all day.
Robert was a personable young man who loves his job, and one who cared enough to provide me with a wonderful memory of New Orleans. Thank you, Robert!

Driver was 20 minutes late, over charged us, not at all worth the $$. I kept looking over my shoulder as the driver swerved into and out of traffic. Not fun on Canal Street, that’s for sure. I can’ recommend this company. They appear to have a monopoly and are poorly regulated. Use taxicabs — much cheaper and more comfortable.

WARNING: VERY EXPENSIVE! $$$ We paid $ 20 a couple days ago for a pedicab ride for 2 of us from Capdeville in the Central Business District to our destination: the Fountainbleau room at the Roosevelt Hotel, also in the Central Business District. A Taxi ride would have been way cheaper!!!
We were shocked at the price. It was my first time in New Orleans, and we had a business card for «Need A Ride», along with their phone number, 504−488−6565, which is printed on the card. We found this business card in our Unilocal packet and figured it must be a good deal. WRONG!!!
This «Need A Ride» company wants your money, and once they get it, you won’t get it back. Don’t make the mistake we made… we got into the vehicle without being clear on the price. The dispatcher didn’t explain the price, and our driver didn’t explain it either.
Not sure why we handed over the 20 bucks instead of arguing at the end of the ride, but we were just shocked. NONE of the regular taxi rides we took in New Orleans had been as expensive as this pedicab! We also tipped the guy a dollar.
The next day, I did call the Need A Ride company and talked to somebody in the management business office. However he was NO HELP at all. He neither apologized nor offered any kind of compensation. I thought maybe he would at least offer us a discount on another ride, or some of the money back, but nope. He told me that there are several different routes between Capdeville and the Fountainbleau room at the Roosevelt Hotel, and he couldn’t be sure which route our pedicab driver had taken. He said, depending on the route, we could have been charged LESS than $ 20, or we could have had to pay MORE than $ 20. HOLY HECK!!! So… in that case, why didn’t our driver take the shorter route and charge us LESS than $ 20!!!
It was our first time in a pedicab, and it didn’t occur to us until we were already in the pedicab in traffic that you are NOT very safe when a pedicab drives down the side of a busy street. At one point, the driver of a car came very close to side-​swiping the pedicab. The pedicab also had to make an awkward sort of u-​turn across a busy street to drop us off by the Fountainbleau room at the Roosevelt hotel. It sure seemed very dangerous to me.)-: Our pedicab driver also kept saying it was his first day. That wasn’t very comforting to know.
We made a HUGE MISTAKE when we called «Need A Ride». It was very expensive, and cost us way more than a taxicab would have cost. It wasn’t a very safe vehicle to be in on a busy street. The Capdeville is a café/​bar on a street called Capdeville, which is a narrow, quiet street, and that is where the pedicab picked us up. But the Fountainbleau room at the Roosevelt turned out to be on a busier corner.
We had no trouble at all with the taxis that we took while in New Orleans. We used taxis a lot in Nola because I have a sore foot and currently have difficulty walking distances on city pavement. The taxi rides were all reasonably priced. If you need a ride, a local will tell you which taxi companies are reliable. United was recommended to us, and they were good, and so were a lot of other taxi companies. If you are a visitor, ask your hotel, or the owner or manager at a restaurant to help you if you need a good taxi.
While we were waiting at the Capdeville for our pedicab to arrive, he was also later than the dispatcher had stated.
My advice: AVOID taking a pedicab unless you can agree on the price in advance. Also, for your safety, AVOID taking a pedicab if it is necessary for him to ride on the side of a very busy street, or even worse, to make a scary sort of u-​turn on a busy street. 0-​:
I am also surprised that when I called the phone number and complained to the management office, even when I mentioned that I picked up his card in my Unilocal packet, for the Unilocal event in town… he did not care at all. He wasn’t the least bit interested in my dissatisfaction as a customer.
It was my first visit to New Orleans, and this was my most disappointing experience. My husband will be returning to New Orleans for a business conference, and he will definitely be recommending regular taxis to his friends and colleagues at the conference. We cannot recommend «Need A Ride» pedicabs.
Hmmmm…I just noticed that there are a number of filtered reviews for this business, which complain about the same issue… other customers have also felt that they were overcharged. I WISH I HAD NOTICED THOSE REVIEWS BEFORE I CALLED NEED A RIDE!)-:

Now this is what I’m talking about! I was caught in a pinch for the Barkus parade. You know how parking and whatnot can be — a real headache.
A pedicabber named Easy E (or maybe it was Ryan?) saved the day. Truly.
He loaded up a cooler full o’drinks and other things straight from my car trunk and took me (and a days worth of drinks) right up to the parade route. It was that easy. No headache, no backache.
This was my second or third time catching a pedicab with Need A Ride and they are now my fav way to get around downtown for events. I recommend. Ask for Ryan Eavey or Kyle Ruggieri. You’ll have a great view (oh la la!) and they’ll treat you right.

Need a Ride is the BEST thing to ever happen to New Orleans!
Being disabled, they catered to every thing I needed to get from one place to another.
I called the number and within 2 minutes, the pedi-​cab was at my front door and dropped me off at the door of where I was going.
I go to New Orleans often and fighting with vehicle cabs to get a ride somewhere in the quarter was a complete nightmare and made my trips miserable.
The staff of Need A Ride are very knowledgeable of where they are going, love to have conversations, give tips for good local places to eat and drink that are not consumed by tourists, but by locals.
This last trip to New Orleans was the absolute best, thanks to Need A Ride!!!
Thank you so much for being there for me and helping me. I will be using you again and again! I have already shared your number to friends who will be coming to the city.

My wife and I were in New Orleans recently and after walking all day and in to the night needless to say our feet needed a rest. We stopped in front of Café Du’ Monde, we considered a regular taxi because we were going a couple of miles back home to The Marigny area but the Pedicabs looked like fun so we asked if they could bring us that far. The driver said no problem and the quoted price was actually cheaper than what a taxi usually cost so we jumped aboard! The driver was so friendly and nice, he talked about the area and things we were passing by, it was such a nice ride and he was definitely the nicest guy we’ve ever had driving us somewhere! Anytime we’re back in New Orleans we’ll be in a Need a Ride Pedicab!

This is THE way to get around when visiting NOLA! I hate taxis and their surly attitudes — this is completely different. You get a nice ride through the streets, the breeze blowing, while your «driver» talks about the city. We went on & on our weekend here about how nice it was. I would recommend to anyone.

We got picked up by a Need a Ride pedicab while in transit between hotel and restaurant, and liked the experience so much that we called for a timed ride later in the day.
Need a Ride was friendly on the phone and dispatched our requested driver quickly. He arrived at the exact moment the dispatcher reported he’d show. The ride was low-​key and fun, and our driver was knowledgeable about the city and good company. He even stayed a bit past his shift’s end to ride us past a cemetery, and he was exceedingly patient with my senior father (who moves very slowly and asks a lot of questions).
Recommended. Ask for Chris if he’s working and you’re reading this review in a timely fashion. He’s great.