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Reykjavik Food Walk: Explore Local Cuisine and City History
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Reykjavík
Embark on a mouthwatering journey through Reykjavik, tasting the best local cuisines and uncovering the city’s history. Join our food walk and indulge in authentic Icelandic dishes!
Embark on a mouthwatering journey through Reykjavik, tasting the best local cuisines and uncovering the city’s history. Join our food walk and indulge in authentic Icelandic dishes!
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre - During the walking food, city & history tour, participants will discover all the beloved local highlights of Reykjavik. The tour begins at the stunning Harpa concert hall.
Arriving early is recommended to explore the building before the tour starts :) - Arnarholl Statue - On the walking food,…
- Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre - During the walking food, city & history tour, participants will discover all the beloved local highlights of Reykjavik. The tour begins at the stunning Harpa concert hall.
Arriving early is recommended to explore the building before the tour starts :)
- Arnarholl Statue - On the walking food, city & history tour, participants will discover all the beloved local highlights of Reykjavik. The tour includes a walk on Arnarhóll hill to view the statue of Ingólfur Arnarson, Iceland’s first settler!
- Laugavegur - On the walking food, city & history tour, participants will discover all the beloved local highlights of Reykjavik. The tour includes a stroll along Laugavegur & Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavik’s main shopping and dining streets.
- Hallgrimskirkja - On the walking food, city & history tour, participants will discover all the beloved local highlights of Reykjavik. The tour includes a visit to Hallgrímskirkja church, one of Reykjavik’s most remarkable landmarks.
- The Reykjavik Food Walk - Admission is complimentary
What's Included
- Visit 4-6 local establishments from food trucks to fine dining restaurants
- 3 hour walking tour with a local guide
- Taste 8+ amazing & authentic Icelandic cuisine
- Visit 4-6 local establishments from food trucks to fine dining restaurants
- 3 hour walking tour with a local guide
- Taste 8+ amazing & authentic Icelandic cuisine
Additional Information
Explore Reykjavik’s culture, history, and local food scene.
Embark on Iceland’s most satisfying culinary journey, where we take you through the heart of Reykjavik whilst indulging in the country’s delicious and unique foods that you wouldn’t typically find on typical Icelandic itineraries! Let our entertaining and educated guide take you around the city…
Explore Reykjavik’s culture, history, and local food scene.
Embark on Iceland’s most satisfying culinary journey, where we take you through the heart of Reykjavik whilst indulging in the country’s delicious and unique foods that you wouldn’t typically find on typical Icelandic itineraries! Let our entertaining and educated guide take you around the city to 5-6 fantastic local eateries.
On our tours, you will have the opportunity to savor Iceland’s finest local dishes in every season, such as the succulent Icelandic lamb, homemade Icelandic ice cream produced from a confidential family formula, a genuine daily catch, a hot dog from the infamous Icelandic hot dog kiosk, and a lot more!
If you wish to experience Reykjavik, Icelandic customs, exotic cuisine, local dining spots, and meet new people, our Reykjavik Food Walk is a must-attend. Remember to come with an empty stomach!
- Got any food allergies or dietary needs? Don’t worry — we can accommodate almost everything! Just send us a quick message and we’ll make sure you’re taken care of.
Location
Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre
Austurbakki
We'll meet by the main entrance of Harpa Concert Hall. The guide will either be waiting inside the lobby or just outside, wearing a blue backpack! We look forward to seeing you there!
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
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Emily
Jan 23, 2026
Great food tour and walking highlights of Reykjavík - We attended the food tour led by Stevie, as a group of friends. We had a great time - thoroughly enjoyed the food and the snippets of information on Reykjavík as we walked around. Stevie was amusing and informative, happy to answer our questions and give us useful tips. It was easy to buy a drink when this wasn’t included- well organised and smooth - would highly recommend the tour
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Compass28331467029
Jan 22, 2026
Delicious and Exciting way to learn about Iceland! - We loved the Reykjavik Food Walk and especially our tour guide Katrin! Each of the stops was unique, thoughtful and delicious food. Katrin did an amazing job providing context and history for each dish and weaving in details about Icelandic life- family, culture, holiday traditions, sport, university life and much more. This made the tour much more than just food! We enjoyed the mix of high end cuisine (delicious smoked salmon, crispy char) and fun Icelandic treats like the famous hot dog and the rye bread ice cream. It was such an immersive way to learn more about daily life in Iceland and to sample the incredible ingredients local to Iceland and the creative cooking style. Highly, highly recommend!
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827gabriellez
Jan 12, 2026
Delicious food, knowledgeable guide, and good value for the price! - We booked this food tour as the last activity for our honeymoon in Iceland, and we’re so happy we did! Despite being here for 10 days, we hadn’t yet enjoyed 4/5 of the locations we went to. (The other one is a quick stop and a fan favorite 😉.) We came hungry and left satisfied, albeit not stuffed. People who had eaten beforehand struggled to enjoy everything, so definitely come hungry! Eating out is VERY expensive in Iceland, so given the high quality and amount of food, I would say that this tour is a great value for the cost. Without giving too much away, expect to enjoy some yummy fish and lamb dishes as well as dessert. Note that this is tour is very accommodating to dietary restrictions (my husband is pescatarian and didn’t have any issues), but not well-suited for picky eaters. We were also lucky enough to see the northern lights on our way to the last two stops, which was a lovely bonus.
Lenny was our guide, and he was amazing! So kind, happy to answer any questions, and passionate about the food and Icelandic culture. We could not have asked for a more knowledgeable or personable tour guide. He even provided some personal recommendations in Reykjavik for those staying longer.
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C3557phphilipr
Nov 19, 2025
Best time on food tour in Reykjavik! - Everything about the trip was wonderful. The food at each restaurant was excellent! The variation on each restaurant experience was great( hot dogs to shark to bread ice cream, etc.)
Most of Katherine our tour guide was incredible, informative and warm and friendly.
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844barir
Nov 18, 2025
Food of Iceland Tour - This walking food tour was incredible! We were able to taste, and enjoy a bunch of local delicacies. The experience was enriched by our sweet and knowledgeable guide, Katrin.
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Davidmr3960sq
Oct 27, 2025
Fun, tasty, entertaining, sometimes manic way to be introduced to Reykjavik & local food. Do it! - What a fun night led by Dave, whose manic, bubbly personality, sometimes dry humour and always enthusiastic style led a friendly actively participating group of people around some of the local eateries and bars of Reykjavik. We didn't even notice the initial blustery winds and rain as we launched straight into an entertaining tour eating mostly tasty foods (yep the Fermented Shark was one of those things you had to try - but lets not kid ourselves - NOT tasty guys. Thank goodness for the Brennivín -Burning wine shot to wash it down with!) Still trying to perfect that Viking noise though Dave! GGrrrr! This is the second time we've done the tour - both times great and while last time I enjoyed it, Paula was unwell on a stopover (unrelated to the Food tour) and couldn't enjoy it despite the her best efforts - so when we came back on another three week tour of the Ring Road and we did the food tour again and had a blast. Thank you Jenny for the first time and thank you Dave this time. Full Viking! 😁😉 .... and yes we know you do the Shark to %^&@ with the tourists - good one guys 🤣. Skoll!
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Realtravelprof
Oct 19, 2025
Fun and Delicious - This was a great tour. We did an early tour, starting at 10.30, and as other reviewers recommended, came hungry (we skipped breakfast). We started out at BakaBaka with tea/coffee and different pastries. We than went to Messinn where we enjoyed two fish dishes (panfried arctic char and Plokkfiskur) - both were wonderful. Next was Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur for the famous Icelandic hot dogs. At Íslenski Barinn we had lamb soup and for those who wanted, fermented shark. The tour ended with rye bread ice cream and tea/coffee at Café Loki. Rye bread ice cream sounds strange perhaps, if you have never had it, but it tasted good and the flavor was less strong then I had imagined (just Google it). The food we had at the different places was very good, I enjoyed it very much. There was also plenty of it. What I really liked is that we got to taste many different typical Icelandic dishes in a single tour. Your tour may go to different place and enjoy different dishes, but I am confident the food will be very good and interesting, and you will sample some typical dishes. Apart from the food, we has a great tour guide (Tómas Howser) who was very friendly, knew a lot about Iceland and seemed to enjoy being our guide. He provided information about the food we ate and on the way from one restaurant to another pointed our some famous buildings and landmarks in Reykjavik. He also had some great tips about places to visit in Iceland. Finally, we had a fun, friendly group of people from different countries. We do not typically do organized tours while on vacation, but I am glad we did.
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Nicole_d
Oct 4, 2025
Best food tour - We had the best time on this tour! Our guide Minty was fantastic and taught us a lot about Icelandic cuisine. We got to go to 5 different locations around the downtown area and try lots of traditional Icelandic cuisine. Wonderful tour if you are an adventurous eater!
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Amy
Sep 19, 2025
A fun dinner tour with “Day” - “Day” was a great tour guide! He gave us some history while walking around the city. The food was great and I would recommend it to everyone!
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Global47679448072
Aug 22, 2025
Reykjavík Food Walk - I’ve been to Iceland a few times, but had never visited most of the places featured in the tour. What an incredible collection of foods and restaurants. My trip was made better for it. Lenny was an excellent guide. I recommend this for anyone!
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