Kensington Market: Toronto's International Food Tour Experience
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558 Ratings
Toronto
Embark on a flavorful adventure through Toronto's Kensington Market, tasting dishes from 6+ countries. Experience the city's diversity and learn about its culture and history.
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Kensington Market - Toronto’s most eclectic and bohemian neighbourhood that demonstrates the beautiful mosaic of the city’s diversity
What's Included
  • Local expert guide
  • Skip-the-line access
  • Authentic food tasting experience
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

NOTE:  This tour is not suitable for Vegans and those on a Gluten-Free diet. If you require special arrangements, please get in touch with us for a Personalized Tour.

Tailored for culinary explorers, this food journey allows you to savour world cuisine, catering to beginners as well as food enthusiasts. Explore Toronto’s rich diversity via its food, with a tasting menu comprising dishes from 6+ global destinations. The food walk meanders through one of Toronto’s most diverse quarters. Every tasting showcases flavorful dishes minus the heat. Numerous vegetarian alternatives are available and we have completely excluded pork from our menu. Completing this tour, you’ll feel like you’ve embarked on a global gourmet tour, unburdened by the task of selecting the right dishes for your ethnic food exploration.  Uncover the cultural and historical facets of our city, situated just to the northwest of the bustling downtown zone.

Discover why Chopsticks+Forks is regarded as the top-rated Food Tour enterprise on TripAdvisor in Toronto!

Please be aware: This is a walking food tour which continues to operate throughout Winter.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Infant meals not included
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • We ONLY offer Vegetarian and Pescatarian options. This tour is NOT for guests who have an aversion/allergy to: gluten, dairy, nuts. We do NOT have a “Vegan” option.
  • We do not recommend this Experience for guests who have mobility issues.
Location
240 Augusta Ave
Augusta Avenue
Your guide will meet you in front of Nu Bügel which is the first stop and tasting.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Ana_v
May 26, 2024
Let’s talk about a diverse neighborhood….. - Jessica our tour guide was engaging , funny and knowledgeable when it comes to food !!! Love the neighborhood and how diverse it is . GREAT TOUR. Come hungry
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Debbielq4413xd
May 25, 2024
Good food variety & knowledge host - Jessica was our guide and we had a great experience. She was very knowledgeable and engaged everyone on the tour. The food stops took us through Kensington Market and allowed us to experience different foods. I would definitely recommend this tour.
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Audrey_c
May 22, 2024
Fun and delicious - Great experience! All of the food was wonderful and I never would have found them by myself. Perfect ending stop as well. Guide was great!
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W2018rrangelal
May 19, 2024
Worth the money - There were 6 stops so we were stuffed. Our guide Felicia was very informative. We leaned a ton about the area. She recommended a place to get souvenirs when I asked. We loved that place.
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Angela_l
May 19, 2024
Worth the money - There were 6 stops so we were stuffed. We really enjoyed Felicia the tour guide. She was very informative and even gave us suggestions on where to buy souvenirs.
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Jacquelinepepels
May 17, 2024
Multicultural food tour - We started at a shop called “nu Bugel”, a very enthusiastic guide, William was already waiting for us, we were with 4 other people, so a nice small group. We got 2 different bagels, one with salmon, the other with coconut, delicious! Then we walked a bit through the Kensington district where William told us all kinds of things. We received the 2nd sop “Golden Patty”, a Jamaican 'beef patty' with a kind of pita bread around it. Definitely worth it! The 3rd stop at “jumbo Empanada”, 2 large empanadas, one with mozzarella, the other with Chilean beef, both incredibly powerful but also delicious, plus a drink that will make your fillings fall out of your mouth, so sweet: “Inca cola” After walking for a while again, there was 'fish and chips' ready with salad at 'Fresco's', delicious fish! Everywhere you looked there were posters of the Beatles, very nice to see. The 5th stop was at a Tibetan cafe where we got some kind of dumplings, one vegetarian, the other with beef and a very special drink, butter tea! Finally, a stop at the 'Fika café' where we could sit in the garden with a refreshing rooibos iced tea and a kind of gingerbread. In total we ate a lot in 2.5 hours, but it was great fun, highly recommended with William as a guide.
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Sue_e
May 17, 2024
sol much fun - we traveled with our college girls and had a great time. our tour guide was great . he had us trying foods from different countries and also showing us local art and architecture
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Kim_w
May 15, 2024
Food fusion in Kensington - William was an entertaining and kind tour guide, very considerate of the whole group, made sure everyone had what they needed. It was an informative tour with lots of stories about fusion of cuisines with a chance to eat them. Definitely worth the money!
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Louise_r
May 11, 2024
Have an enjoyable learning experience - Had an interesting , social and very knowledgeable leader and two pleasant group members. Our leader could have written a book - he know so many nuiances about food from all over the worl
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Finnlagun
May 26, 2024
So bad we ABSCONDED half way through… - We had been looking forward to this food tour but, as the heavens opened, our anticipation soon gave way to anguish. Of course, it is scarcely the tour operator’s fault that torrential rain occurred, but we felt it would’ve been better to cancel the tour rather than expect guests to trudge, drenched, about the streets. If prior communication with guests and cancellation isn’t possible, guests should at least be able to expect for there to be a ‘Plan B’ route available to the guide in the event of severe rain. In our case, however, we ended up standing totally uncovered in the rain whilst the tour guide murmured quietly about the local area. No effort was made to take these briefings inside, or even to somewhere with basic cover. This meant that we were very wet and uncomfortable, and thus quickly miserable. The tour guide also moved at a glacial pace, compounding the situation for all having to follow her. We would probably have continued grinning and bearing it but the food we ate was of very low quality and the establishments we visited dirty and virtually devoid of locals — which says it all. The bagels at the beginning were acceptable, though the establishment was smelly, whilst the Jamaican patties served thereafter were ok but we found putting a patty in bread, as though the patty were a sandwich filler, to be carb overkill. Things got worse when we arrived at the empanada place: the guide mentioned a 71-year old woman preparing the empanadas, the doña of the establishment. We never saw her, which would’ve been nice given her centrality to the stop. Moreover, the empanadas needed to served with some sort of hot sauce. They were bland and sickly, especially the cheese one which was crying out for salt. When we arrived at the ‘fish and chips’ establishment, we had had enough. The place was very dirty indeed, the toilets filthy, and the fish was poor. At this moment, we chose to abandon the tour and go to a top restaurant rather than head back out into the hammering rain for more miserable morsels. To be clear, I do not at all hold the tour operator or guide responsible for the poor weather — rain happens — but the company should think through an alternative route / experience for when the weather is as horrendous as it was today. But, most importantly, I would not be able to recommend any of these good stops to anyone, ever. Please exercise caution if considering booking. If you are serious about good food, this is not for you.
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