Varanasi Food Culture Experience: Guided Street Food Tasting Tour

Embark on a guided street food tasting tour in Varanasi to experience the city’s ancient food culture. Taste mouth-watering delicacies, stroll through the oldest food shops, and learn about the local food culture.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Dasaswamedh Ghat - Walk around the Ghats of Kashi and learn energy transformation techniques that will help you balance the energy system within you
  • Kachaudi Gali - Stroll the lanes with oldest food shop of the Kashi, taste variety of snacks Jalebi Kachori, Chaat, Golgappa, crispy puri with sabzi, lassi, tandai and many more that will mesmerize you.
What's Included
  • Multilingual Storyteller/Guide (English & Hindi)
  • Complimentary tea and coffee
  • Local food and beverage tasting
  • Snacks included
What's Not Included
  • Hotel Pickup and Drop
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
Additional Information

Varanasi is famed for its timeless culinary traditions, and an excursion to the city is not considered complete without indulging in some of its delicious cuisine. We’ve carefully curated this extraordinary food crawl with an aim to introduce you to these food spots for a tasting session, ensuring that you enjoy this eating festivity, tantalize your…

Location
St. Thomas Church
Meet our storyteller at the entrance of St. Thomas Church
Cancellation Policy

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

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Gurusdakini
Feb 24, 2026
The Man to Walk With - Manish!!! - A wonderful time with Manish on the food crawl. New tastes!!! He is the man ! Can get you around with ease and has a lot of knowledge. Just know if you are meeting at St. Thomas Church, there is the front entrance, and there is a side entrance. So check which entrance to meet. Also did extended old Varanasi and it was really good. All things considered, closed shoes a must!
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Seaside60792078209
Jan 18, 2026
Completely fabulous! - We were a bit late due to a closed road, but Manish waited for us and was in touch via WhatsApp. The tour was totally fabulous, and the food venues very well chosen and long established. I don’t think we would have know where to start with selecting dishes on our own! Everything we had was delicious. I can’t recommend this more highly.
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Betty_e
Jan 2, 2026
Don’t like Viator but liked the guide - It was unique! 4 stops one just tea! Not a lot of food like some but a variety and for sure get to crawl through the winding streets! The guide was very good and personable!
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G1296pjthomasc
Nov 17, 2025
Great tour with Manish - Had a great tour with Manish where he showed us a selection of street foods and various vendors. Food was very good, and Manish was a great guide. Highly recommend
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X5663ptjenniferl
Jul 15, 2025
Eating in Varanasi - Manish, our guide, was fantastic! His personal knowledge of Varanasi and the food spots that we visited were exactly what we were looking for!
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Seaside781472
Mar 23, 2025
Street food of varanasi - Throughly enjoyed meeting Manish , he took us to some great places for street good we would never have found by ourselves .
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Anand_s
Jan 7, 2025
Enjoyable food tour in Varanasi - Good selection of Varanasi food specialty items. The guide Manish knows his stuff You do have to do some walking
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577indranim
Dec 16, 2025
Baba Vishwanth's city is truly blessed by Maa Annapurna - we enjoyed the street food at Varanasi and the simplicity of one of the vendors especially, who would not accept more than Rs. 10/- for a full plate of crispies he was selling. the malaio, rabdi, tamatar ka chaat, malai puri, assortment of bhajiya all of them were delicious gastronomic delights.
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Jan_p
Feb 17, 2025
Sad experience - The tour guide did not show up for the tour. I tried to contact them via the Viator app and there was no reponse. I am still waiting for a refund.
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Rachel_w
Feb 10, 2025
Left Us Hanging - Our group arrived at the meetup spot, the intersection of an incredibly crowded and busy intersection, and then we waited and waited... When I finally got through to the tour company, hours later, they told us that they had tried reaching out to us on WhatsApp and when we didn't reply, they cancelled our tour. It's true, we have a different number on WhatsApp, but they never asked for our WhatsApp number, and they never reached out through this app. I feel like they didn't do due diligence before deciding to let us twist. I was with my wife and her parants, and being left in Varanasi without a guide and no plan was rough. I would not recommend putting yourself in a situation where you have to rely on this company.
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up to 15 guests
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).