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Middle Eastern Cuisine and Culture Tour: Experience Food Tasting in Old Dubai
4.9
213 Ratings
Dubai
Embark on a Middle Eastern Cuisine and Culture Tour in Old Dubai. Explore the vibrant district of Murraggabat in Deira, tasting delicious Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, and Iraqi treats while learning about Dubai’s history and culinary traditions.
Embark on a Middle Eastern Cuisine and Culture Tour in Old Dubai. Explore the vibrant district of Murraggabat in Deira, tasting delicious Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, and Iraqi treats while learning about Dubai’s history and culinary traditions.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Diva Gents Salon - Meet our friendly food tour guide steps away from the Al Rigga Metro station in Deira (on the Diva Gents Salon side of the road). Our friendly guide will be wearing a “Keep Calm” t-shirt.
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Al Muraqqabat - Corner Palestinian Falafel Cafeteria
Design your own falafel sandwich using delicious ‘stuffed’ falafels and all the…
- Diva Gents Salon - Meet our friendly food tour guide steps away from the Al Rigga Metro station in Deira (on the Diva Gents Salon side of the road). Our friendly guide will be wearing a “Keep Calm” t-shirt.
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Al Muraqqabat - Corner Palestinian Falafel Cafeteria
Design your own falafel sandwich using delicious ‘stuffed’ falafels and all the trimmings: hummus, fried eggplant and cauliflower, three kinds of sauces and pickles. Also sample a sweet cheese pastry made just for us, fresh off the fire. This decadent pie is topped with crunchy noodles and pistachios. -
Al Rigga - Syrian Restaurant
Visit a popular Syrian eatery for a popular meaty snack and for our vegetarian guests, we’ll bring out freshly baked za’atar and cheese flatbreads.
**Not featured during Jun-mid-Sept. -
Al Rigga - Iraqi Restaurant
Partake of ancient Iraqi culinary customs with a traditional wood-fire smoked Iraqi fish OR kebabs.
*Food selection varies based on group size. -
Al Muraqqabat - Lebanese Baklava Shop
Experience the timeless customs of local Arabic coffee or ‘gahwa’ with a pressed date cookie and pistachio ‘cookies and cream’. Mixed boxes of baklava and Arabic cookies also available for purchase.
What's Included
- Audio receiver system with free earphones
- Bottled water
- Food tasting at 3 restaurants, 1 falafel cafe & 1 baklava shop
- Professional licensed guide
- Audio receiver system with free earphones
- Bottled water
- Food tasting at 3 restaurants, 1 falafel cafe & 1 baklava shop
- Professional licensed guide
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Substitutions in case of allergies/restrictions
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Substitutions in case of allergies/restrictions
Additional Information
Join a knowledgeable and food-loving local host who will guide you through our top Middle Eastern eateries and stores in the dynamic neighborhood of Murraggabat in Deira. We journey from one restaurant to the next, tasting Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, and Iraqi delicacies while unfolding stories about Dubai and its food culture.
Our gastronomic tour…
Join a knowledgeable and food-loving local host who will guide you through our top Middle Eastern eateries and stores in the dynamic neighborhood of Murraggabat in Deira. We journey from one restaurant to the next, tasting Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, and Iraqi delicacies while unfolding stories about Dubai and its food culture.
Our gastronomic tour covers a range of tastes from all over the Middle East – herb-infused green falafels and silky hummus from the Levant, mouth-watering Syrian dishes (both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options included!), Arabic coffee with a hint of cardamom from the Gulf, and traditional Iraqi cuisine featuring either a large smoked fish conveniently equipped with tart mango pickle or succulent lamb kebabs (depending on the group size). Apart from these, we also participate in the age-old rituals of Arabic coffee and taste a fresh sweet cheese pastry straight from the stove.
**Syrian food is not included during the summer months, from May to September.
- Minimum age is 12 years
- Please advise of any specific dietary requirements or serious food allergies at the time of booking or at least 48 hours in advance of the tour
- A moderate amount of walking is involved approximately 2km with stops
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- Not suitable for those with serious food allergies including gluten, nuts and dairy
- Tour may be cancelled if there are less than 3 participants and rescheduling options or full refund provided.
- All food is ordered in advance and we may be unable to provide substitutions in case of allergies/restrictions.
- Please do message us after booking if you have any dietary restrictions/allergies.
Location
Diva Gents Salon
Kindly meet us at the bike stands outside Diva Gents Salon on Rigga Road. Guide in "Keep Calm - I'm Your Food Tour Guide" t-shirt. Starts promptly on time! If late, WhatsApp number provided for location. Guide may not answer calls during tour. Latecomers take the responsibility to join group.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(213 Ratings)
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27anmolm
Feb 3, 2026
Great Food Tour! - Camila was an amazing tour guide and I learned a lot about the cuisines we tried. We tried a variety of foods from iraqi Masgouf to Kunafa which were all amazing. I would definitely recommend this tour.
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Flatwhite10
Jan 7, 2026
Fantastic Food Tour in Dubai! - This was a wonderful food tour in Old Dubai. I have participated in over 20 food tours in my life, and this is definitely in the top 5! The food was interesting, delicious and varied. The details were smoothly handled by our friendly guide Camilla. I loved learning the stories behind each Middle Eastern dish we encountered. Camilla did a great job contacting all the restaurants/shops in advance and she even handled some tough dietary restrictions. I would love to return to Dubai and try another one of their tours. Highly recommend for families!
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Mikeby6591sp
Dec 29, 2025
Awesome food and cultural experience! - This was my third time back for this tour and have learned new things about Dubai and the food each time. Farida is an excellent host having grown up and currently living in the area. Farida really gives a locals perspective on the area. As usual the food was excellent. I am vegetarian and Farida made sure I had options to enjoy the tour. Highlights are the best Falafel and Kunafa you will find anywhere.
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Jason_r
Nov 13, 2025
Book early. Don’t miss out. - Overall great experience to explore the culture and the food. Great host and guide. Definitely recommend.
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Daviesfamilynz1
Oct 17, 2025
A taste of the Middle East in Old Dubai - We had a great evening with Camila, learning about the food culture of various Middle Eastern countries - and, more importantly, eating quite a lot of delicious food. The felafel was the best I've ever eaten. Likewise the baclava. And I was introduced to some dishes I had never tasted. Camila had lots of anecdotes and interesting snippets of information to share.
A huge success from our point of view. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in food and how it relates to the wider culture.
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Excursion31399958704
Oct 4, 2025
Camila & Kunafa the perfect couple! - I decided to take our team on this tour as something fun to do after a long week together in Dubai.
6 people, 6 nationalities, 3 residents of Dubai, 3 not. All of us had an amazing time. Camila was so knowledgable and the knowledge was not being read from a script, she clearly loves the food and the culture and understanding.
The food was Devine, epically the Kunafa, I could have eastern the entire tray.
I am sure that we will return to do another tour in the near future.
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M4821ogjanetf
Sep 20, 2025
Lovely Experience - Thank you for a lovely experience, and Camilla for sharing her knowledge of the area and food. The best kunafa I have ever had.
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Jessicatt4246yc
May 26, 2025
I Want to Eat Everything! - Whole heartedly reccomended! My team and I recently booked a private food tour for 8 folks because we LOVE food, how it ties into a place, history, and people. Communicating was easy, fast, and pleasant. Farida answered my many questions via WhatsApp before I booked, and even helped me change the date of my reservation when I realized a day later I had made the booking for a week earlier.
The food tour itself was delicious. I am sure we would never have the opportunity or know to look for many of the places we visited. It was very difficult to stop from pace ourselves throughout each stop because everything was SO good.
The tour was a good balance of eating, walking to digest, interaction and stories about Dubai and other cultures, while allowing us enough room to take in the sites around us, sit with our food, and talk as a team. It was our favorite part of the trip and I can not recommend joining in the food tour and eating through the city. One thing I love about Frying Pan's Food Adventures is that they're also make sure that any extra food is not thrown away, but set aside where it can uplift someone else's day.
Thank you so much for everything! We created memories, I'm sure we'll hold on to for a long, long time.
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250husseinr
May 16, 2025
Good people vibes - I'm not sure where to begin with how good this tour was. Camila was our guide. She was friendly, warm, paid attention to the various needs of our large group. The walk around she did was conversational, rather than tour. She made us feel like she was a friend showing us her favorite places. The stories of the food and the city added to the comfort of the tour. The food spots were outstanding, and the people in each shop were excited to have us there. That's the sign of a good community based tour, when your partners are happy to receive your guests. It screams relationships, not transactions. I've been recommending this "tour" company to everyone. I'll also do this tour again and any others they offer. And I have the names of the food places to go back to again and again.
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Slconti1
Apr 23, 2025
Best authentic foods in Dubai! - We got to eat a variety of wonderful middle eastern foods at restaurants that we would have never discovered on our own. I've saved all of them on my Google maps so that I can revisit and enjoy them again on a future trip. It was also great to get away from the more touristy areas of the city. Of course the big resorts have excellent chefs, but the neighborhood restaurants that we visited on this tour really introduce you to the vibrant culture and the true heart and soul of the people.
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