Istanbul Food Tour: 10 Tastings with Local Guide

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Indulge in a private food tour of Istanbul and delight in 10 mouthwatering tastings selected by locals. Explore the city’s culinary scene, savor traditional dishes, and experience the vibrant culture. A must for foodies!

Duration: 3 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Cicek Pasaji - A historic passageway originally called the Cité de Péra, is a famous historic passage on İstiklal Avenue in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul featuring ornate architecture, shops and cafes. Start your food journey of Istanbul learning more about Cicek Pasaji.
This tour includes 10 food and drink tastings. Your local host has…

What's Included

10 Food & Drinks Tastings
PRIVATE multilingual local foodie guide
Vegetarian alternatives - please message your host to advise of any dietary requirements
Sustainable carbon neutral experience (B-Corp)
PRIVATE tour - only you and your local

What's Not Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Entrance tickets to the attractions - we will visit them from the outside

Additional Information

Embark on an exclusive gastronomic adventure through Istanbul’s vibrant food culture with a private food tour. Embark on a delectable exploration as you sample 10 of the local favorites, encompassing savory, sweet, and native beverages; this expedition guarantees to gratify all culinary explorers!
Indulge in tastings that reflect the essence of local…

Location

Espressolab Cihangir

Sıraselviler Caddesi

in front of the Espresso Lab Cihangir

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Thibault_m

May 10, 2025

Super nice experience we... - Super nice experience we had the opportunity to test a lot of different food and Tolga was an amazing guide

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Blue_wahine

May 8, 2025

Culinary Adventure for a Foodie - You will LOVE it - First, Come HUNGRY. We had an excellent guide, Emre, who had a vast knowledge of Çihangir, Pera and Karaköy and took us to wonderful places to sample Istanbul's tasty cuisine. We savored 19 different items - Cheese, Mussels, Shish Kebobs, Spicy Bulgar Balls, Turkish Delight, just to name a few. Walked thru Pera and learned about it's humble beginnings to be the "Paris" of the city. This tour is not just about food, but about the history, culture and traditions of Istanbul. Try EVERYTHING, you will be impressed! Thank you, Emre.

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135carlar

Apr 6, 2025

Great tastings with Faruk - Faruk was our guide on an afternoon of food tasting. He was great. He picked us up at our designated spot promptly and showed us the area. We ate at several different places. He took care of everything. He ordered the food and drink showed tums to good spots for a break from the street. He was so courteous and his English is excellent. My twenty something daughters and I really enjoyed our tour. Faruk deserves all 5 stars.

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Judy_s

Mar 28, 2025

Excellent Introduction to Turkish Foods - Our guide, Tolga, met us just shortly before the appointed time. Tolga was a wealth of information regarding the food we consumed and local sights. He was truly a great guide. He led us through alleyways, main streets, and side streets to allow us to taste a very wide variety of Turkish foods that we would have never discovered on our own. The three hours we spent with him flew by and we had a delightful and memorable time.

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Voyage11109124980

Mar 21, 2025

Best Foodie - Tolga is very knowledgeable and knows his history. We tried so many new kinds of foods and visited new places . He was very nice and friendly.

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Voyage665899

Feb 19, 2025

Excellent!!! - Tour guide Emre was amazing! He was so friendly and knowledgeable. We had a tour not only of food, but of the neighborhoods we walked through. He knows so much history, great stories about different locations. And he has a lot of recommendations for all kinds of food places! He sent clear details about our meeting point, which was very helpful. And he also sent helpful general information about getting around Istanbul. Would absolutely recommend this tour with Emre!!!

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Ashwin_b

Feb 18, 2025

Highly recommend the tour... - Highly recommend the tour with Dilek. We had a great time and sampled delicious food. Dilek also gave us good recommendations for other things to do while in Istanbul.

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Tolua898

Feb 16, 2025

Great food, history, and culture. - Such a unique tour experience. Not only do you get to taste great traditional Turkish food, but you get to explore great locations filled with history and culture. High recommend the experience and it is worth the price! The host is also great, very friendly and knowledgeable !

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Kenhaycock

May 25, 2025

A Missed Opportunity - Let me start by saying that it may have been an off day for our guide. He seemed a bit tired and said he had had a lot of work that day. Rather than compare the experience to what we might have expected, I'll compare it here simply to two recent experiences with food guides through WithLocals, one in Taipei and one in Prague. We had expected that the sites would be pre-selected and organized. They were not. We did not seem to be expected, seats were not reserved and the food had not been pre-ordered. We had expected that the sites would be local and unique yet one was a chain. The owners and wait staff did not always seem to know the guide. The food was not necessarily unique (a lot of chicken) to Turkey and the provenance rarely explained. The guide offered a couple of times to cut the tour short if we didn't want to walk or preferred to shop but that was not our intent. On our final night we had the ten-item tasting menu at a restaurant. Each dish was introduced, where it originated and how it was cooked. We remarked that this was what we had hoped the food tour would be. A lost opportunity. We still tipped the guide 20% as he made clear that he was saving for a house, caring for aging parents and working two jobs. TMI.

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Seattlewinelover

Apr 15, 2025

Not our usual food tour - We really hate to leave a low rating review, but after many food tours, this was not a very good one for us. We enjoyed trying some new foods from Istanbul, which was our primary objective and why we take food tours. However, there was very little discussion about the foods. We had to constantly ask what was the name of what we were eating, what were the ingredients, how is it made, what is the history, etc. And no interaction with the people making the food until we had tantuni (had to ask the host to write down the name of the food for us) when we got up on our own to watch it being made. Also, some of the portions were too big - heavy, pastry type food that we could not eat 6 pieces each and felt wasteful leaving. We expected a kebab, but did not have one and it seemed like we should have had more savory items before all the pastry ones. Maybe that’s the way it is done in Turkey, but we weren’t told that. Although we had plenty to eat volume wise, I’m not sure it was quality enough food to justify the high price of the tour, but I understand we were paying for the host’s time, which we appreciate. But overall, we have concluded that it is not a food tour that we would recommend.

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