Gastown Food Tour: Experience Vancouver's Historic Cuisine
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1,114 Ratings
Vancouver
Experience Vancouver's historic cuisine on our legendary Gastown Food Tour. Explore the oldest neighborhood, indulge in local craft beer, delicious international dishes, and learn fascinating stories about Vancouver's Wild West history.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Steam Clock - Gastown’s most famous landmark
  • Maple Tree Square - John “Gassy Jack” Deighton, Gastown’s original founder
  • Gastown - Vancouver’s oldest district, rich in history and culture
What's Included
  • Goods and Services Tax (GST) included
  • Entertaining storytelling tour guide
  • 9 total tastings: 6 food and 3 alcoholic (non-alcoholic options available)
What's Not Included
  • Tour guide Gratuities (15-20% recommended)
Additional Information

Experience the delights of our renowned Gastown Food tour, combining scrumptious cuisine with an exciting journey, led by our exceptional tour guides. Discover Vancouver’s most historic neighborhood. Gastown, rich in heritage, bustling with energy, and boasting a remarkable culinary culture, calls all food lovers to its quaint cobbled streets. Our acclaimed Gastown Food tour beguiles you through the ancient lanes of Vancouver’s earliest district. Savor the flavors of local craft beer, Japanese Karage Chicken, freshly crafted Sicilian Tortellini paired with local wines, vegan sweet & chili cauliflower, authentic Canadian poutine, indulgent waffles and velvety hot chocolate. Embark on this 3-hour pedestrian gastronomic tour, led by our skilled and captivating storytelling tour guides who will unveil intriguing yet lesser-known tales about Vancouver and its 150 year-old “Wild West” history. Make sure you don’t miss this incredible tour! (Note: The food tasting options are subject to change)

  • Minimum drinking age is 19 years. Non alcoholic options available upon request. Our guides reserve the right to ask for 2 pieces of ID
  • Special dietary requests can be accommodated with 24 hours advanced notice.
  • Children are welcome although note that tour cannot accommodate strollers
  • Tour operates rain or shine
  • Tour is approx 2:45-3 hours long and covers approx. 5 blocks. 5 of the stops are sit down. Tour is on a schedule, although slower paced as tour guides stop during tour to show interesting points of interest in the neighbourhood.
  • Please arrive hungry and dress for the weather. Tour operates rain or shine. Vancouver tends to get a lot of rain October-April so please bring an umbrella or rain jacket and wear comfortable shoes.
  • There are 3 stops with stairs and only one has an elevator. If you have restricted mobility issues the tour may not be suitable for you.
  • Persons under the age of 19 must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Waterfront Station
West Cordova Street
Please meet your tour guide 15 min before tour start inside Waterfront Station, main hall beside Starbucks, 601 West Cordova St (NOT Waterfront Centre)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Lneal360
May 27, 2024
Exceptional! - This tour was exceptional - our tour guide was Connor, he was full of information about the history of Vancouver and the different restaurants. We had such amazing food we went back to several of the restaurants later in our trip. Highly recommended!
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Journey734804
May 26, 2024
Highly recommended— especially for first timers to Vancouver! - Kelsey was terrific—all of the restaurants were prepared and the food and drinks were delicious. Just the right number of people (15) and the right balance of walking, history, fun and food. Enjoyable even in the rain! Thanks Kelsey!!!
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Pierre_g
May 26, 2024
Great food experience - Our tour guide Kate was excellent and very knowledgeable. We had great food tasting and would highly recommend this tour it’s worth it.
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Leslie_g
May 26, 2024
Fantastic Food Tour of Gastown - We had a very enjoyable and entertaining food tour of historic Gastown at the very capable hands of Kelsey with Sean. Kelsey was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable of the Gastown vibrant food and shopping scene. We enjoyed the food stops and most of all out tour mates. Sean also provided great guidance on what to do in Nanaimo when we saw him after the tour. Great people and wonderful tour. We highly recommend it.
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Ceemac2013
May 23, 2024
Fantastic experience, don’t hesitate to book. - We loved the tour. History and food both amazing. Tour guide was excellent. We loved one of the eating places, Brioche, so much that we went back for dinner and ate the same thing they’d given us at the tasting! Would highly recommend.
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Steven_f
May 23, 2024
A lovely afternoon - Chirag, our guide, took us through Gastown in a lovely day. The tour took us from the main station where he told us the history of the station and through several lovely stops, where we were able to have a small bite and learn about the area, the restaurant, and the history of the area as we walked down the main square. I would recommend this tour to anyone who has a couple of hours to enjoy a lovely stroll through a lovely area of town and I suggest Chirag as your guide. He was knowledgeable, friendly, and made the day quite enjoyable.
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Tanya_s
May 23, 2024
Great tour! - The fish taco and ice cream were my favorites! Definitely a fun way to explore gas town. Learned some history that I would not have otherwise known. Tasted some great food too.
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Stephen_j
May 23, 2024
Fun walk - Enjoyed the history of Gastown. Sean brought it to life. The amount of food & drink was just right. Not physically taxing.
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Catherine_r
May 22, 2024
Was great! - Had a great time. Our host (I forgot his name :/) was great! He was knowledgable, entertaining and a great guy. He took us to great places and knew all about each restaurant. He was very kind and inclusive of everyone.
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Mark_m
May 26, 2024
Easy pace walk of Gastown with local cafe/bar tastings. - Group meeting point at Starbucks, or more accurately where Starbucks used to be located. Fortunately Starbucks does not have a major presence in Australia but we had recognized the symbol while over here. Easy paced tour well managed by our guide, Sean, while providing interesting background information not only about Gastown but also the food and drink sampled. Beer, wine and food tried on the tour all tasting sizes only, so don't starve yourself beforehand !
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