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15 Private Food Tours Worth Booking

57 tours  ·  from $25 a head

This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 15 private food tours worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.

Private Street Food Tour by Motorbike/Car with Local Students - The first tastes: bun bo Hue and barbecue pork noodles
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Private Street Food Tour by Motorbike/Car with Local Students

1.Private Street Food Tour by Motorbike/Car with Local Students

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,950 reviews · from $45Our pick

Join Saigon Back Alley Tours for four hours of street food, local stories, and city rides by motorbike or car. Guides such as Long, Ted, Thu, and Peter lead you to small food stalls for banh mi, bun bo Hue, sugar cane drink, sweet soup, and more. Hotel pickup and vegetarian choices are available.

“Best thing we did in Ho Chi Minh! Hosts were brilliant. Both in the back of a motor bike each and got to see the sights as well as try the food”

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Private Street Food Evening Walking Tour in Ho Chi Minh City - Starting with banh xeo and banh khot
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Private Street Food Evening Walking Tour in Ho Chi Minh City

2.Private Street Food Evening Walking Tour in Ho Chi Minh City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,175 reviews · from $49

Spend four hours eating through Ho Chi Minh City with a private English-speaking guide such as Anna, Aaron, Vejo, Harry, or Thuy. Ride by taxi to local districts, walk between food stops, and try banh xeo, banh khot, bo la lot, noodles, seafood, rice wine, beer, and dessert.

“Wow what an experience Thuy and Jimmy what a pair, they taken care of us in every way. The foods were delicious and plenty of it. Must do experience when you are in Ho Chi Minh city.”

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Private Street Food Motorbike Tour in Ho Chi Minh City - District 10: flowers, night food, and a slower look at local life
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Private Street Food Motorbike Tour in Ho Chi Minh City

3.Private Street Food Motorbike Tour in Ho Chi Minh City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,180 reviews · from $55

Join Street Food Man for a four-hour private motorbike tour through districts 3, 10, 5, and 4. Guides such as Albert, Thuy, Grace, and Eugene lead you to local food stalls, a flower market, a pagoda inside an apartment, and riverside sights. Food, drinks, helmets, photos, and hotel pickup are included.

“This was our first tour of the city and such a great experience. Albert and Katie were so friendly and took great care of us all night. They taught us about different foods we hadn’t tried before in different districts and we also learned lots about Saigon. I definitely recommend this tour - especially with Albert and Katie! 😀”

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Lisbon Exclusive PRIVATE Food Tour with 6 or 10 Tastings - What each Portuguese bite adds to the walk
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Lisbon Exclusive PRIVATE Food Tour with 6 or 10 Tastings

4.Lisbon Exclusive PRIVATE Food Tour with 6 or 10 Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,113 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $108

Spend about 2.5 hours walking central Lisbon with your own guide and sampling Portuguese favorites such as pastel de nata, cod croquettes, bifana, cheese, wine, beer, and ginjinha. Choose six or 10 tastings, ask for dietary alternatives, and shape the route around your group.

“Our food tour with Alfredo was just perfect. His attention to detail and desire to deliver a great service was genuine and much appreciated.”

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Private Hanoi Street Food Walking Tour With Real Foodie - Ten tastings, with the menu changing by the day
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Private Hanoi Street Food Walking Tour With Real Foodie

5.Private Hanoi Street Food Walking Tour With Real Foodie

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,042 reviews · from $36

Walk Hanoi’s Old Quarter with a private guide such as Minh, Bao, Patrick, or Linh, tasting about ten local dishes at street stalls and family eateries. The route can adapt to your tastes, with vegetarian, vegan, kosher, and gluten-free options available by request, then ends with egg coffee at Cafe Giảng.

“An afternoon with our guide, Minh was an afternoon well spent. He showed us a wide variety of foods and places, and it felt like being a local. I can’t think of a better way for us to have started our trip. Highly recommend!”

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Private Montmartre Food Tour with Wine, Cheese & Pastries - Tasting your way through French staples
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Private Montmartre Food Tour with Wine, Cheese & Pastries

6.Private Montmartre Food Tour with Wine, Cheese & Pastries

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,027 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $302

Spend about 3½ hours exploring Montmartre with a private English-speaking guide such as Rita, Baptiste, or local Matthieu. Sample cheese, bread, crêpes, macarons, chocolates, cured meats, and pastries while shopping for a picnic lunch. The route begins and ends near Boulevard de Clichy.

“Mattheiu was awesome! He is a local who grew up in the area and was able to share the history and his pride exuded as we walked through the village. The cheeses and bread were incredible!”

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The Award-Winning PRIVATE Food Tour: 10 Tastings of 3 Cultures - Starting among the shophouses of Kampong Gelam
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The Award-Winning PRIVATE Food Tour: 10 Tastings of 3 Cultures

7.The Award-Winning PRIVATE Food Tour: 10 Tastings of 3 Cultures

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,017 reviews · from $152

Spend about three hours with a private English-speaking guide sampling 10 Malay, Chinese, and Indian foods across Kampong Gelam, Little India, and Chinatown. Guides such as Marcus, Arthur, Adam, and Stefan have been praised for adapting tastings to allergies, interests, and walking pace.

“Awesome tour guide. Best tour I have been on. Arthur is very knowledgeable and great to tour with. Too much great food.”

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Private Lisbon Arrabida Wine Tour: Food & Wines, Mountain and Sea - Arrábida Natural Park and the Atlantic coast
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Private Lisbon Arrabida Wine Tour: Food & Wines, Mountain and Sea

8.Private Lisbon Arrabida Wine Tour: Food & Wines, Mountain and Sea

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 907 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $139

Travel from Lisbon with guides such as Pedro, Peter, Rui, or Andy to Setúbal and Azeitão for a market visit, Atlantic viewpoints, two winery stops, local cheese, handmade tiles, and a Portuguese lunch. The day is private, flexible, and best for curious food and wine lovers.

“My wife and I are actually in the process of disputing the money we were charged for this tour. After our friends got sick and decided to cancel their portion of the tour, my wife and I decided to shorten our tour and try to customize it a bit to suit our needs. However, when trying to do this, we discovered that the tour was not really completely private. The transportation to the first stop of the tour, and back to the hotel, is with other people not on your tour, so it is not possible to change anything about the tour that affects where the tour starts, where it…”

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Rome Private Food Tour with 6 or 10 Tastings - Trastevere supplies the atmosphere and final bites
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Rome Private Food Tour with 6 or 10 Tastings

9.Rome Private Food Tour with 6 or 10 Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 902 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $140

Spend about three hours walking from Campo de' Fiori toward Ponte Sisto and Trastevere with a private local foodie. Choose six or 10 tastings, with possible bites such as buffalo mozzarella, supplì, Roman pizza, gelato, pastries, and espresso. Vegetarian options are available if arranged ahead.

“This tour included some of the best shops to taste Rome’s culinary delights! The walk was easy and leisurely. We had food to take back for later. Our guide, Frederica, was amazing! She was knowledgeable of the areas, full of recommendations, flexible and very accommodating. Nothing about the tour felt rushed. She was kind enough escort us to two additional locations for us to get cotton candy at Piazza Di Navona and leather goods near the Trevi Fountain. Best tour booked through Viator so far!”

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Lisbon Private Food Tour – Taste 10+ Local Dishes & Wines - Starting near Rua dos Bacalhoeiros
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Lisbon Private Food Tour – Taste 10+ Local Dishes & Wines

10.Lisbon Private Food Tour – Taste 10+ Local Dishes & Wines

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 896 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $370

Spend about three hours with a private English-speaking guide such as Marta, Jorge, or Wanda, tasting Portuguese cheese, petiscos, fish, bifana, pastel de nata, Port, and vinho verde while walking from Rua dos Bacalhoeiros to Restauradores Square.

“What a wonderful tour with Marta! She was so knowledgeable about the connection between history, culture, and food, and she gave us a greater appreciation for why the people of Lisbon eat what they do. She was fun, energetic, and remained upbeat when a huge rain and wind storm blew through. We found her so interesting and would highly recommend the tour and suggest that you ask for Marta.”

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The Award-Winning Private Food Tour of Taipei: The 10 Tastings - The first tastings and the shape of the walk
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The Award-Winning Private Food Tour of Taipei: The 10 Tastings

11.The Award-Winning Private Food Tour of Taipei: The 10 Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 716 reviews · from $90

Walk Taipei’s Zhongzheng District with a private local guide such as June, Eva, Sonia, Judy, or Garen. Taste up to 10 Taiwanese foods, visit Dongmen Market, see the old prison wall, and get help with dietary needs and restaurant advice.

“Wonderful evening food tour with Sonia. She is an excellent guide and our group enjoyed a variety of dishes from places where the locals eat. It was a great introduction to Taiwanese food culture and history. Highly recommend.”

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Private Venice 2 hrs Tour: Boat & Walking Tour with food tasting - Cannaregio’s quieter canals and church façades
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Private Venice 2 hrs Tour: Boat & Walking Tour with food tasting

12.Private Venice 2 hrs Tour: Boat & Walking Tour with food tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 688 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $402

Start near St. Mark’s Square for a two-hour guided tour by boat and on foot. Cruise the Grand Canal and Cannaregio’s smaller waterways, then walk through quiet campi near Marco Polo’s former home. Finish with pastry and coffee or cicchetti with wine, depending on the time.

“The views we saw along with the commentary provided by our guide was fabulous. It was my first experience in Venice, and I understood and appreciated a lot more about Venice now. Loved this experience 😀”

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Hanoi Food Tours in Hanoi Old Quarter (Small Group/Private) - Bun cha, pho, and the first round of Hanoi flavors
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Hanoi Food Tours in Hanoi Old Quarter (Small Group/Private)

13.Hanoi Food Tours in Hanoi Old Quarter (Small Group/Private)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 657 reviews · from $28Best value

Walk Hanoi’s Old Quarter for three hours with a local English-speaking guide such as Patrick, Kai, Cherry, Andy, Bao, or Tommy. Try up to 10 local dishes, including bun cha, pho, banh goi, and banh xeo, with drinks included and pickup from Old Quarter hotels.

“Great food, it allows us to have places to go back to to eat throughout our stay in the area. Glad we did this on day one as we would not have tried some of these places on our own.”

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Florence Exclusive PRIVATE Food Tour with 6 or 10 Tastings - Santo Spirito: food, markets, and neighborhood character
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Florence Exclusive PRIVATE Food Tour with 6 or 10 Tastings

14.Florence Exclusive PRIVATE Food Tour with 6 or 10 Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 654 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $137

Spend about three hours with a private local guide tasting Tuscan specialties, wine, coffee, and gelato while walking from Sant’Ambrogio Market to Santo Spirito, Ponte Vecchio, and Piazza della Signoria. Guides such as Ana, Maria, Giorgio, and Eden are praised for food knowledge and Florence stories.

“It was just my husband and I, so it was perfect and intimate. Maria was so knowledgeable about the history of the city, and the top places to eat.”

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Porto Private Food and Drink Tasting Tour with Local - Ten tastings chosen by your local host
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Porto Private Food and Drink Tasting Tour with Local

15.Porto Private Food and Drink Tasting Tour with Local

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 652 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $139

Spend three hours with a private Porto food guide such as Mayumi, Jorge, or Ana, tasting 10 local foods and drinks. Expect Port, pastel de nata, market bites, pork sandwiches, pastries, and city stories, with vegetarian options available. The route and exact tastings can vary by host.

“We met with Jorge our guide who took us on a three hour walking tour of Porto. Not only did he take us to the best places for local food, but was also an engagement conversation list. We had wonderful cheese, Vino Verde carpaccio and tasted wonderful olive oil at the market. He took us to a wonderful place Le espresso for a wonderful local pork and cheese sandwich and wonderful cabbage/potato soup and our evening with pork wine and PASTEIS.. wonderful afternoon and evening.”

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