Great individual food tour - We spontaneously decided to go on a food tour in Santo Domingo. Francis did a great job and gave us exciting and delicious insights into the life and cuisine of the locals. He catered to our individual wishes. For example, we were allowed to decide at each "station" whether we wanted something more. We felt completely at ease. I can only recommend the tour to everyone.

Needed this! - What a tour! It was awesome. I love traveling that allows me to see more local culture and less American-centered culture. I don’t love tours that cater to American tastes. This wasn’t that! We tried a nice handful of little bites from “in the cut” places that we hadn’t tried before. We visited Chinatown, Little Haiti, zona colonial, and outside the city. I would’ve loved if the tour was a little longer actually! Woulda loved to try a few more things. But overall it was a good time. Even though he clarified that it’s not a history tour, he gave us great history facts. We had done a history tour already so his little tidbits were perfect fillers to what we had already learned. We were with Francis and he was just super nice and was able to answer all our questions. Would recommend!

Went places we wouldn't have gone on our own. - Our guide took us many places we wouldn't have gone on our own, and the food was wonderful. Little light on the history but all in all a very nice tour.

Amazing guide gave an amazing tour - This tour was one of the highlights of our whole Dominican vacation. Our guide Francis was extremely knowledgeable, answered our endless questions, and ensured we had a great time. He made the day so fun and was super accommodating to our needs. I highly recommend!

You'll see more than inside the walls of Zonal Colonial - Francis was a brilliant host and guide. It ended up being just me on the tour but I still had a great time. Got to eat local foods including breakfast and pastelitos, eat amazing fresh mangoes, traditional sweets and saw some great sites! I'd recommend it to anyone! One piece of advice for anyone, don't eat much before you go 😅

Great exploration of food, culture and history - The tour was great! Got to have small bites of many local food - pastelitos, mangu (Dominican mashed plantain), pera piña (juice of rice and pineapple), Jalao , mama juanca, and also local presidente beer. We walked around a bit outside of zona colonial, explored market and tasted mango, sour cherries and stinking toe fruit. The guide Francis also gave me about the history of Dominican Republic along the walk. I enjoyed a lot. Highly recommended !

First time experience - Everything was amazing 👏 , I'll do it again. Shopping was great 👍 the original food of Dominican 🇩🇴 .

Sights and bites walking tour. - Jose was amazing, great story teller. He certainly knows his history and the entire walk was full of information. We stopped quite a bit to eat and the finally was a very very cold beer. Wonderful trip, highly recommended

An excellent way to experience a more off the beaten track part of the Santo Domingo - Luis totally made the experience wonderful. This was my first time doing a food tour outside of the US. So there was a lot of history about the Dominican Republic in general – which I appreciated. Although we met in the Zona Colonial, we only had 1 stop there and went to less touristed parts, all within walking distance. Something unique about this food tour is that a couple of the places we went to, he explained all the things there (deli, bakery) and let us choose – sometimes between over a dozen items. So the tour ended up being a lesson in Dominican cuisine. I liked that we also stopped at art shops and Luis explained the difference between the Haitian and Dominican paintings, looked at the larimar stones and even visited a cigar shop. And I realized Luis has his hands full, making sure guests don’t get run over while crossing the street – as drivers in Santo Domingo are pretty loony. The dishes we tried are things that the locals eat – cheap eats and street food. I had seen these things the in the days prior and honestly had no idea what most of it was – so the food tour placed the dishes in a larger context. Tourists in Santo Domingo will be spending most of their time in the Zona Colonial – and this food tour is an excellent way to expand a bit to a more off the beaten track part of the city.

Third visit to Santo Domingo - We're a group of medical professionals who travel to the DR annually to do humanitarian work. If you have spent any time traveling in the DR (outside of a beach resort) will likely have experienced all of the foods in the tour. Rice, fried chicken, beans, macaroni salad, and bottled water. Presidente beer is ubiquitous, as are the mangoes we had at the fruit stand. Our guide was very pleasant and friendly but at $60 per person we felt it was overpriced for a 3 hour walking tour. We have had better tours (on bicycles, without food) in colonial area for half the price.