Gastown Food Tour: Experience Vancouver's Historic Cuisine
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1,052 Ratings
Vancouver
Experience Vancouver's historic cuisine on our legendary Gastown Food Tour. Explore the oldest neighborhood, indulge in local craft beer, delicious international dishes, and learn fascinating stories about Vancouver's Wild West history.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Steam Clock - Gastown’s most famous landmark
  • Maple Tree Square - John “Gassy Jack” Deighton, Gastown’s original founder
  • Gastown - Vancouver’s oldest district, rich in history and culture
What's Included
  • Goods and Services Tax (GST) included
  • Entertaining storytelling tour guide
  • 9 total tastings: 6 food and 3 alcoholic (non-alcoholic options available)
What's Not Included
  • Tour guide Gratuities (15-20% recommended)
Additional Information

Experience the delights of our renowned Gastown Food tour, combining scrumptious cuisine with an exciting journey, led by our exceptional tour guides. Discover Vancouver’s most historic neighborhood. Gastown, rich in heritage, bustling with energy, and boasting a remarkable culinary culture, calls all food lovers to its quaint cobbled streets. Our acclaimed Gastown Food tour beguiles you through the ancient lanes of Vancouver’s earliest district. Savor the flavors of local craft beer, Japanese Karage Chicken, freshly crafted Sicilian Tortellini paired with local wines, vegan sweet & chili cauliflower, authentic Canadian poutine, indulgent waffles and velvety hot chocolate. Embark on this 3-hour pedestrian gastronomic tour, led by our skilled and captivating storytelling tour guides who will unveil intriguing yet lesser-known tales about Vancouver and its 150 year-old “Wild West” history. Make sure you don’t miss this incredible tour! (Note: The food tasting options are subject to change)

  • Minimum drinking age is 19 years. Non alcoholic options available upon request. Our guides reserve the right to ask for 2 pieces of ID
  • Special dietary requests can be accommodated with 24 hours advanced notice.
  • Children are welcome although note that tour cannot accommodate strollers
  • Tour operates rain or shine
  • Tour is approx 2:45-3 hours long and covers approx. 5 blocks. 5 of the stops are sit down. Tour is on a schedule, although slower paced as tour guides stop during tour to show interesting points of interest in the neighbourhood.
  • Please arrive hungry and dress for the weather. Tour operates rain or shine. Vancouver tends to get a lot of rain October-April so please bring an umbrella or rain jacket and wear comfortable shoes.
  • There are 3 stops with stairs and only one has an elevator. If you have restricted mobility issues the tour may not be suitable for you.
  • Persons under the age of 19 must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Waterfront Station
West Cordova Street
Please meet your tour guide 15 min before tour start inside Waterfront Station, main hall beside Starbucks, 601 West Cordova St (NOT Waterfront Centre)
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Tayte_h
Mar 29, 2024
Amazing - Good was amazing. Gastown is beautiful. I loved the old buildings. Our tour guide Sean was very knowledgeable.
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Andrew_w
Mar 29, 2024
Sean is an excellent guide - Sean is an entertaining and knowledgeable guide. Following the tour I dined and breakfasted at restaurants discovered on the tour - you can’t get a better recommendation than that I think.
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Hannah
Mar 29, 2024
Great time in Gastown - This was such a fun tour with great food and lots of history too. I highly recommend for anyone who wants to explore a lot of different restaurants in Gastown in a short amount of time. It’s great to do with friends and there are non alcoholic drink options for families as well.
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Ajw29
Mar 28, 2024
Takes this tour - Sean is a truly entertaining guide. Knowledgeable; friendly; witty and engaging. I learned a lot the history of Vancouver and how this has informed the many different food choices in the city. His walking tour took in eating places as diverse as an independent brewery to a very smart French influenced clothing and cafe combo. Starting with a choice of local beers and then strolling through Norwegian waffles, stunning cheese ravioli, tangy tamarind cauliflower at a vegan cafe through to sophisticated hot chocolate and, of course, poutine. What a delightful afternoon dodging the rain showers to sit, eat, talk and laugh with s group of like-minded souls. If you’re in town I’d highly recommend joining one of Sean’s tours.
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Nicola_m
Mar 28, 2024
Must do! - A wonderful way to find out great places to eat in the area and a great way to try the local cuisines! Rachel was wonderful and made the tour one to remember! Highly recommend
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Singerjl
Mar 26, 2024
Love this tour! - Visited with two friends and really enjoyed our tour with Rachel. Even though it was raining we tasted, learned and laughed our way through Gas Town. Also a good way to meet other travelers. Highly recommend!
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Suzanne_c
Mar 25, 2024
Fab food tour - Our group of 6 plus others. Connor was brilliant. Great food and drink stops, coupled with Vancouver history! Thank you
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X2464fpcherylc
Mar 25, 2024
Just long enough with a range of good eats and drinks! - Was fun walking through the area with an informed, knowledgeable guide, Sean. He made the experience very enjoyable. I would definitely recommend the tour.
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Marylouise_k
Mar 23, 2024
Fun, food, frivolity - Story telling of Sean, our guide, the different types of food. Met some nice people. Returned to Brioche for brunch!
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Giana_a
Mar 24, 2024
Waste of time and money - I typically love food tours but this one was very over-priced and I wasn’t even full by the end. Nothing really stood out when we had had the best food in Vancouver the day before, so I know it isn’t the city. Our guide was sweet, but there was a lot of silent times and I didn’t learn as much as I would have liked about the area.
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