Downtown Mobile Food Tour: Iconic Gulf Coast Cuisine
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216 Ratings
Mobile
Experience the flavors of the Gulf Coast on a Downtown Mobile Food Tour. Taste iconic dishes, learn about Mobile's history, and visit landmark restaurants. Book now!
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Bienville Bites Food Tour - Taste Gulf Coast staples like a true Mobilian!
    Hear stories from over 300 years of history and learn about the city of six flags. Walk away knowing the birthplace of Mardi Gras!
    Our LoDa Stroll will include tastings from 7 of downtown Mobile’s favorite restaurants and shops.
    Experience the history and culture and hear the stories of downtown Mobile’s Lower Dauphin Street Historic District (LoDa).
  • The Fort of Colonial Mobile - Find out why Bienville decided to build the fort at this location.
  • Mardi Gras Park - Six different flags have flown over Mobile throughout its history. Hear the story of Mobile’s history at Mardi Gras Park dating back to 1702 and what the first Mardi Gras celebration was like.
  • History Museum of Mobile - See the History Museum located in the Old City Hall Building.
  • Dauphin Street - Our walking tour consists of restaurants all along Dauphin Street. Many historic buildings line Dauphin Street dating back to the 1830’s and see the renaissance of our present day.
  • Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Hear the history of this congregation that’s the oldest in the state of Alabama. Admire the beauty of the Cathedral built in 1835.
  • Bienville Square - Walk through the shady oaks of beautiful Bienville Square. Stop for a quick photo at the historic fountain.
  • Mobile - Visit one of the oldest cities in the US on a food tour experience!
What's Included
  • Lunch included
  • Bottled water provided
  • All food and water covered in tour price
What's Not Included
  • Price does not include alcoholic drinks.
Additional Information

Prepare your palate for an afternoon of famous Gulf Coast cuisine!

  • Experience classic Gulf Coast foods like a true Mobilian!

  • Discover tales from Mobile’s rich 300-year history and leave having learned the authentic origins of Mardi Gras!

  • Our culinary journey includes samplings from 7 locally-loved restaurants and stores in downtown Mobile. Savor an assortment of dishes - from fried green tomatoes, beignets, Gulf seafood, to BBQ, Paella Fritters, Southern delicacies, and delicious desserts! (Sufficient for a complete meal.)

  • Explore historic and legendary dining spots! With a combined 285 years of operation in Downtown Mobile, you’ll dine where the locals do!

  • Hear fascinating trivia, stories, and historical details about Mobile from our informed and passionate guides.

  • Check out our website for comprehensive details, additional dates, more tour options, cocktail package add-ons, and to provide allergy information.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
100 N Royal St
North Royal Street
Our meeting location is The Ruby Slipper Cafe. Please let the hostess know you are with Bienville Bites Food Tour. They will direct you to the courtyard where we will begin.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Cathy_s
Jun 8, 2024
Great way to learn about Mobile - Great stories about Mobile , lots of history and delicious food!! The guide Lee was informative, friendly and had great stories about the area
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Marshmeado
May 26, 2024
The best!!!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Bienville Bites Food Tour is by far the best ever! If you haven’t booked a tour you need to. You won’t regret it. Bella was our tour guide and she is fabulous. Definitely doing this again⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Z1963usthomasg
May 25, 2024
Great afternoon experience - Sprinkle was a very enjoyable and informative tour guide. She was knowledgeable about the city and all of the restaurants we went to. She was very accommodating to my food restrictions. And was very easy to talk to. Mobile had a variety of foods to sample and the company chose very good restaurants. You won't leave hungry.
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570debbim
May 23, 2024
Best way to taste Mobile! - I’ve been on this tour before but I talked so much about it that my cousins decided to come down and go on it. Of course, I went with them! Very unique restaurants, lots of information about Mobile and great food! The weather was perfect and Cathedral Square looked amazing after its recent update. Best way to “taste” a city!
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Kellydq1712hh
May 20, 2024
Repeat Attender! - I have done several tours at Bienville Bites and highly recommend this tour to both locals and tourists. It is a great way to learn about Mobile and have some variety of foods that you may not try otherwise.
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Elizabethhs3238gx
May 19, 2024
Amazing - It was amazing, the food was wonderful, the guide was so informative about the history of Mobile,she was such a delight, our group was so social, Chris was an angel to change outer booking for us . All in all it was a fantastic tour with wonderful representatives and great restaurants.
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606maggiw
May 6, 2024
What a delightful experience! - My husband and I took the Friday afternoon tour with our guide, Lee Hanks. The tour and food were exquisite and we certainly did not leave hungry! Lee's knowledge of the city, the culture and the architecture made for such an educational and amazing experience. We look forward to booking another tour on our next trip down south!!!
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Adventure822490
May 5, 2024
Best Bites Bienville - Fabulous tour by fabulous guide Lee Hanks. Lee is a Mobile native and knew so much about the city's history and rich culinary offerings. Each of our stops had terrific food and great atmosphere. We were totally stuffed at the end, so when they say come hungry believe them! Definitely recommend doing this or one of their other tours. I'm sure the other guides are good too, but if you can go with Lee you'll have a great experience.
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Lisaoh5529az
May 4, 2024
Great Food and Great Fun - We loved our experience on this tour! The food was delicious and our guide, Cynthia, was a great host and shared lots of Mobile history. We look forward to signing up for other options in the future.
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Darla777
May 14, 2024
Good mix of food, poor guide - My husband and I go on quite a few food tours and are usually never disappointed. Our tour started at Ruby Slippers and the hostess of the restaurant seated us in a cluster of tables. We were served an amazing bite of fried green tomatoes with an awesome biscuit served with maple butter. This by far was the best tasting of the entire tour. At the end of the tour, a young woman said does everyone know my name, I am your tour guide. No one knew her name because she never introduced herself as well as never told us what we were eating (this was done by the restaurant. Isabella gave us a 5 minutes warning and then just proceeded to walk out of the restaurant. We all looked at each other and followed. She walked ahead of the group with no interaction with the group until the next stop. During this time (starting at Ruby) we all noticed we were being video'd which we all thought was quite strange. When we stopped to look at a beautiful building again we were being video'd...At the next stop I asked Isabella, what was was going on and why the video....she gave some explanation about the tour, and I told her we should have been told in advance so we were aware of it. She had no answer. Our next stop was a beautiful hotel, but other than Isabella telling us she was married there, most of her facts were wrong, and many of the people called her out on her historical knowledge and corrected her. Other eateries during the tour included a Vietnamese dish, stop at a peanut place, fish place with an abundance of oysters (I don't eat oysters but everyone said they were delicious....A BBQ place, a s place that we believed was the store front for the tour which were were given a praline cookie (delicious) and ended at another establishment for beignet with dipping sauce. We also visited a beautiful church along the way....So why 3 stars and not 5....due to the tour guide, most of her information she provided at the hotel, the church was totally inaccurate, at the church she wasn't even aware the bishop's house was right there, fortunately there was a person on the tour who previously was on a historical tour, and was able to provide accurate information and correct her. She didn't even know the history of the whisper wall in the hotel. She constantly left the group, and was the standing joke does she even know no one was following her when she just took off??? No interaction with the group, all of the food tours we have been on there has been plenty of interaction, the tour guide walks with the group. Quite frankly her "lingo" was stereotypic of a valley girl. All that being said, I would recommend this tour, it did have a good mix of food, but I would try to find out who your tour guide would be in advance. The best tours have a good mix of tastings as well as a tour guide that tells you what you are eating and provides a little history along the way.
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