Queen Victoria Market Ultimate Foodie Tour: Guided Walking Exploration with Tastings

Embark on the ultimate foodie adventure at Queen Victoria Market. Explore the market’s history, taste fresh produce, and discover unique ingredients on this guided walking tour. Limited to 10 food-lovers per guide.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Meet your small group at a designated spot in Queen Victoria Market. This historic landmark, affectionately known as “Vic Market” or “Queen Vic,” has spanned two city blocks since its establishment in 1878.
Five days a week, vendors set up shop in the laneways. Organic produce bursts from crates labeled by region, and stands overflow with honey, spices,…

What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Generous tastings
  • Queen Victoria Market shopping bag
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Experience a delightful and intriguing guided walking tour of the renowned Queen Victoria Market. Savor the freshest produce, uncover unique ingredients, gain shopping and cooking insights, explore the Market’s history, and meet some of our cherished traders. This two-hour guided tour includes ample tastings and a Market tote bag.
Tastings vary based on…

Location
Market Espresso & Trolley Hire
Queen Street
Please meet out the front of Mary Martin Bookshop, corner String Bean Alley and Queen Street.
Cancellation Policy

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

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36gianpaolop
Jan 26, 2026
Not to be missed - Every time we come to Melbourne we rent an apartment near the market. It is for us European, one of the most beautiful and interesting in Australia.
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Stefanbt3915ye
Jan 24, 2026
Queen Vic Marley food tour review - Excellent tour with an experienced and super knowledgeable guide. We learnt so much about the history of the Queen Victoria Market, how it’s run in the present day and what the best food options are. The tastings delicious and generous which included oysters, kangaroo meat, cheeses, fruits and ice cream. Would recommend to all.
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Hahaterri
Jan 12, 2026
A great food tour - This was terrific! Amanda gave us a complete tour of the food hall, and customized the tour to just us. We had several food samples, including mango and macademia nuts and cheeses and some meat. We had a great time.
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Pdx2025
Dec 14, 2025
Great tour for foodies - Irene was an informed and interesting guide. We stopped at a half dozen vendors for tastings. All tastings were fantastic but we particularly enjoyed the St Helen’s oysters and squid ink mortadella. We also enjoyed the stories from the vendors. Overall a super experience.
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Sabrina_s
Dec 5, 2025
11/10 Food Tour - Hannah was a fantastic tour guide, she is both knowledgeable and fun! I got to try a variety of different foods the QV market has to offer from delicious mussels to made in house gelato. This tour was both educational and tasty, I would 100% recommend it to anyone who is traveling to Melbourne.
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Skylee304
Nov 7, 2025
It was definitely a must visit in the Melbourne. - Our guide Daria was very great at introducing us the greatness of the traditional market. All the tastings were so delicious and all the staff were very generous about the history and the specialty of their store.
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Anita
Nov 2, 2025
A foodies dream of tastes and knowledge - We had the pleasure of Daria as our guide around the QVM, she was such a delight and wealth of knowledge. The 2 hour food tour around the market was so amazing and as a local to Melbourne it opened my eyes and tummy to places and vendors I never knew had such incredible family history. I very much recommend this foodies tour, the amount of food enjoyed throughout is worth every cent paid and then some. I suggest skipping breakfast as you’ll last till dinner with what you sample and enjoy.
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Silversaint
Sep 6, 2025
Wonderful market visit - We met our guide Irene who was welcoming and friendly. She took us on an interesting visit through the market and was full of interesting information about the market and the traders. The traders were also interesting with info about their histories. Don’t have a big brekky or plan on a large lunch afterwards as the sampling was delicious and plentyful. On our tour we sampled some delicious treats including oysters,salmon, kangaroo, chicken,cheeses and antipasto. A lovely vanilla slice and donuts. What a great way to spend our Saturday mornin
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Bandyamama
Nov 26, 2025
Bandya Mama - love the Victoria market for its fresh fruits, seafoods, coffee. - A must visit in Melbourne, especially if you love food. We started from the food hall side and came hungry. Had the bratwurst, hot chocolate, and two dozen oysters – the Sydney rock oysters were the best.After that, we moved on to the main market area, which had even more cooked food that day. I think there was a Philippine event happening, so there were many Philippine food stalls as well. We were already quite full by then, but it added a lively vibe to the whole place.
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Sightseer24708589940
Nov 8, 2025
This is what I wanted - During my time in Melbourne, I went to the Queen Victoria Market for a week in a row. The place here is really big, which can be simply divided into four parts: the cooked food area, the raw food area, the fruit and vegetable market and the souvenir market. There are some small shops in the delicatessen area where you can order food, and there is a place to sit down and eat on the spot. Personally, I think breakfast or lunch is very suitable. Raw food areas and fruit and vegetable markets are for guests to buy and cook food. Those meats and seafood are very cheap. I have no ideas but locals say this kind of price is cheaper than other places. There are many handmade things for sale in the souvenir market, such as: soap, skin care products, we loved it.
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From $78
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).