Cantonese Cuisine Tour: Authentic Local Food Experience

Embark on an immersive food tour through Guangzhou’s local neighborhoods, indulging in authentic Cantonese cuisine at hidden gems frequented by locals. Led by an English-speaking guide, this small group tour offers a unique culinary experience with unlimited beverages.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Guangzhou - As China’s earliest international port since the 3rd century, the city once known as Canton has crafted a distinctive culinary tapestry with ingredients and influences from across the world.
    Embark on a journey to uncover dishes known only to locals on this walking tour, which includes over 5 stops in a seldom-visited residential area…
What's Included
  • Local English-speaking guide
  • All food at 5+ sit-down, safe to eat restaurants and street stalls
  • Bottled water
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Dinner
  • Small group tour (2-12 people)
  • Vegetarian friendly (with advance notice)
  • Unlimited local beer, soda, and bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The ultimate deep dive into Cantonese cuisine - in the city formerly known as Canton! These small group tours take you off the beaten path to explore a local residential area rarely visited by tourists. You will eat where the locals eat, at small, family-run restaurants, and try the best local food at places you can’t find on your own. This tour is led…

Location
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Meeting Location: 2nd Workers' Cultural Palace Subway Station services line 2. When you get off the train, follow signs to Exit A. Your guide will be upstairs, outside of the exit waiting for you. Show Your Taxi Driver: 市二宫地铁站A口 Chinese map: https://j.map.baidu.com/18/GbK
Cancellation Policy

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

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R7564kabrittanys
Mar 11, 2026
AMAZING local experience with awesome food! - Absolutely LOVED this food tour. Genuinely felt like we got the real Guangzhou experience, going to super local restaurants and all the food was amazing. My your guide Rae was so lovely too. Highly highly recommend.
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Tanveera18
Jan 17, 2026
Off the beaten track food hike through historic neighbourhood - This was a really fun way to get to learn about the city. The food is authentic and not typical of what you might find in Western countries. The guide Rae was well spoken, knowledgable and good company. The addition of items such as the herbal, medicinal tea was novel, enjoyable element. Strongly recommend.
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Peterdwool
Dec 22, 2025
A Fantastic Evening Exploring Cantonese Food Like Locals - We took this tour as a family and had the wonderful Sunny as our guide. He was so warm and welcoming and made it a truly fabulous evening. We were introduced to new foods and stories, and he gave us a great introduction to Cantonese and local cuisine. We also walked through a really fascinating area of the city and felt like locals for the evening.
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K111n
Nov 29, 2025
Fantastic local food and experience - Our guide Rae brought us to experience a range of Cantonese cuisine from stores that don't look impressive, either run-down or small, nondescript, but which serve authentic local food, from black chicken soup brewed for 4 hours in a coconut to rice noodles rolls (cheong fun) made the traditional way using flat bamboo steamer baskets to personalised herbal tea to raw fish and fried eel to one of the best wan ton noodles I ever had to a last pudding dessert. I had a wonderful time. Rae even helped me get a taxi using my Alipay app as the last train to my hotel had gone off. Beware of the public toilets we had to use along the walking route — bring your own tissues and hold your breath. But that's the authentic local experience: that and walking along dark alleyways knowing it's safe, getting into a smoke-filled restaurant full of locals or having kooky yet pitiful homeless people creep up on you.
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Torontojunction
Nov 22, 2025
Great food! - Our whole family, 8 year old included, had a great time on this tour. The food was delicious and plentiful. A big thanks to Rae for being a wonderful guide!
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Cruiser59938549445
Sep 8, 2025
what a way to start your cantonese food journey - If you want to start your food journey in Guangzhou with the eyes of a local foodie, then this tour should not be missed. Having gone through food tours in other places/ cities, the only thing I was not able to prepare for was the hot humid weather. But the guys at lost plates, and our guide Rae thankfully kept us well hydrated! Thank you for the overview and history and taste of Cantonese food!
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X9467nrjordant
Jul 13, 2025
Amazing Guangzhou Food Tour - Rae. (Our guide) was amazing, extremely friendly and knowledgeable! We had a wonderful time exploring what Guangzhou has to offer and that was all thank to Rae.
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Thomasgh5177oi
Jun 7, 2025
Great way to get the local sights and tastes of Guangzhou - Sunny did an amazing job showing us the delicious food in Guangzhou! We especially loved the seafood and seeing the off-the-beaten path parts of the city. I already feel my ailments being cured by the Chinese medicinal brews; a really fun experience!
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Kmas89
May 15, 2025
Fun tour guide, good context, interesting route - Edwin was immediately warm and personable, and his English proficiency is excellent. He shared the context of the dishes, but also, he was able to answer my questions about daily life in Guangzhou. The route was interesting, with varying styles of food, and I’m excited to go on another Lost Plate tour in the future!
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Leefitz650
May 10, 2025
Highly Recommended - We've been on several of the lostplate tours in China, which have all been excellent. This one was similarly good. Our guide Edwin and his supervisor Sunny showed us great food in interesting neighbourhoods. They were very entertaining and professional.
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From $65
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).