Vietnamese Culinary Experience: Private Food Tour with Local Guide in Hanoi's Hidden Spots

Embark on a private food tour in Hanoi’s hidden spots and discover the secrets of Vietnamese cuisine. Indulge in authentic street foods, learn about local traditions, and explore the city’s iconic sites. Book now!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Old Quarter - “We pick you up at your hotel or hostel punctually and We spend 5 minutes discussing about food allergies, vegetarian and tour’s itinerary.
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    We pick you up at your hotel or hostel punctually
    We spend 5 minutes discussing about food allergies, vegetarian and the tour’s itinerary
    Discover Hanoi Street Food
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What's Included
  • Free Hotel pickup (Hanoi Old Quarter only)
  • Free local guide
  • Free Hotel drop-off (Hanoi Old Quarter only)
What's Not Included
  • Transport
  • Foods and drinks (3-5 dishes)
    • You will pay only what you use (5- 8 Different Street foods, around $10 for 2-4 person)
Additional Information

Gordon Ramsay’s timeless expressions about Vietnamese food: ‘I’m grateful I wasn’t born in Vietnam, I’d be a sub-par chef here’ and ‘The Vietnamese don’t understand the high culinary value their inexpensive meals possess’. It’s not hyperbole to say that Vietnamese cuisine has impressed many international visitors.
Our tour guide will introduce you to…

Location
Old Quarter
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Michael_l
Mar 16, 2025
Highly Aeronautic Alex the Food Genius - Our food tour guide, Alex, showed us an excellent first evening in Hanoi. He was fun and informative and took us to sample many excellent authentic Vietnamese dishes. He catered the tour to our tastes and interests, from Bunh Xeo to Egg Coffee and more. I highly recommend Alex and his tour!
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146sarahy
Jan 15, 2020
Great local experience! - Met some new friends and got introduced to hole in the wall delicious food. Recommend for first time visiters
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Uuuuuuuuuuuu12
Jan 7, 2020
Excellent local buddy - A very friendly local buddy that knows the best food at the most reasonable price and even go the extra mile to answer your additional questions. Best service you can ask for!
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Nichebuilt
Dec 30, 2019
Hanoi Old Quarter walking your - Today I had an amazing walking tour with Ha who was extremely informative in showing me some lovely historic places as well as going to a beautiful hidden cafe. Thank you Ha for showing me your city and all the best for your future endeavours. Much appreciated
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520vincenta
Dec 22, 2019
Amazing experience - Our guides Myno and Sarah took us to many street food places where we’ve got to variety of delicious local food. Everything was perfectly organized, they took very good care of us and it was quite enjoyable to discuss with our guides.
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358mariepaule
Nov 21, 2019
A very special day in the Old Quarter - I thoroughly enjoyed the local food tour in Hanoi Old Quarter! Tracie, my volunteer guide was fantastic, so spontaneous, caring and knowledgeable about Vietnamese cuisine of course, but also about history and culture. After tasting delicious specialties like Bahn cuon, Pho Bo, green papaya salad with beef and even Vietnamese ice cream, Tracie took me to “book street” where I found the book I was looking for, and made an unexpected discovery: the oldest book store in Hanoi, a gem hidden in a back alley! Thank you for this very special day! Marie
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Emvi55
Nov 4, 2019
An immersion to Vietnamese culture - I had a tour with Tham this evening. Though at first we had some difficulties finding each other, as soon as we started the walk, we clicked immediately and had a reeealllly great conversation for ca. 3 hours. She took me to very nice local places - most of the time I didn't even see foreigners and every place had very-very delicious, good quality food and nice atmosphere. I loved every minute of our journey, not only to gastronomy, but to each other's cultures, from studies, work, through relationships to climate and environmental issues... Tham (Nina :) ) was a great guide, she even referred me further to places, I could visit the next day and helped me bargaining at a shop (absolutely irrelevant to the tour, we just spontaneously popped in :) ). I had a great time and I can only recommend this tour (and the very nice company of Tham) to everyone.
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Shpwoh
Dec 23, 2019
Acceptable food tour - I saw this available at a reasonable price through Viator so thought to give it a try for the family since local food is still best to be done by the locals. We had 3 guides for 7 of us. Duration of food tour is 3 hours, and we choose to begin our food tour at 1130am. We got a chance to walk around and see old quarter as well as food tasting. In total, we tried 4 types of hanoi food, including desserts and egg coffee. The food really really good and without the local guides, we will never know where to find these local foods as they are at places we never thought we will want to walk in. Here are some of my feedbacks, I feel 3 guides for our group is not necessary. Also, our food tour duration is 3 hours but it ended earlier. As for food, we only tried local salad, some kind of side dish, desserts and egg coffee. I think we are still missing something.... Anyway, overall experience with the tour was good, if you want to give local food a try and not always walking in to a restaurant.
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Rangas61
Sep 9, 2022
DO NOT book with this operator — you may just keep waiting and waiting. - This tour operator was a NO SHOW. They did not respond to any calls to the number that was listed on the booking confirmation voucher. They had no listed email and neither were they available on WhatsApp. We had booked a vegan food tour in the morning and were waiting outside our hotel at 8:30 am sharp. No one turned up — we wait for half an hour more just to be sure but nothing. We’ve asked for a full refund at the minimum from Viator through we booked this tour. Please be very wary of this operator — Hanoi Tour Zone.
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From $30
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).