London

Tea and Doughnuts: Borough Market Walking Food Tour (Small Group)

Name: Tea and Doughnuts: Borough Market Walking Food Tour (Small Group)
Brand: Underground Donut Tour
SKU: 15064P16
Price: 96.00 USD
Rating: 5.0 (110 reviews)

Badge of ExcellenceLondon, England

2 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Fill your belly with sweet treats and your camera roll with mouthwatering shots on this foodie walking tour from Borough to Tower Bridge, with a dedicated focus on the city's finest donuts (doughnuts). Stroll along the south side of the River Thames via Borough Market and London Bridge with your food fanatic guide, sampling donuts at food trucks, bakeries, a pastry school, and more.

Walk from Borough Corner to Tower Bridge, eating donuts as you go
Get an insider view of Borough Market, London's signature food market
Savor donuts, cookies, chocolate, and coffees at a popular food truck
Capture epic views of Tower Bridge from Crosstown Doughnuts

What's Included

Bottled water
Breakfast

Tips / Gratuity

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

St. John Bakery
Unit 4a, Brandon House, 180 Borough High St, London SE1 1LH, UK
We meet at St. John Bakery. We recommend using the tube or an Uber / Lyft to arrive at the first stop. Parking is very limited.

End point

Crosstown London Bridge (Food Truck) - Doughnuts & Coffee
More London Pl, London SE1 2AT, UK
The tour ends at Crosstown Doughnuts near Tower Bridge.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Stroller accessible

Most travelers can participate
Not wheelchair accessible
Travelers should be healthy enough to walk about 2 miles over 2 hours
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Featured review

Ted_W

This was an excellent tour! My young son and I had a blast. Bhavani our guide was amazing! She was incredibly friendly, knowledgeable about the area, and has excellent taste in donuts!! This was the best part of our trip so far to London!

Reviews

5.0

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Amazing guide, donuts, and sightseeing! Can’t miss

Ted_W, Mar 2024

Donuts in hand, while stepping through the borough’s history.

Josh_D, Jan 2024

We truly loved this tour. We showed up, met Oscar, and discovered that we had our own tour guide, since we were the only two to book the tour for the day. It was so neat having our own personal “donut and history” guide. Oscar not only got us some amazing donuts, but also took on a true history tour of the borough. We highly recommend the tour and the guide. We hope to do a tour like this back home!

Great way to spend a morning in London

Michelle_D, Aug 2023

I loved this tour! I had the best tour guide in Bhavani! I went on the 9am Saturday morning tour. I know other reviews complained about some places not being open that early. But that was not my experience. There was one (Bread Ahead) that was not quite open when we got there so Bhavani just improvised and showed other parts of the Borough Market and the looped back around. All the donuts were incredible, but the raspberry jam at St John was especially yummy. And the dark chocolate sourdough at Crosstown was indescribable. All the donuts were fresh and creative. This is a great way to spend a morning. Thank you to Bhavani for such a great experience!!

Fun way to spend a morning in London

TabithaFineberg, Aug 2023

Billy was a great tour guide with lots of great information and personal experiences to bring to the tour and a great personality. The donuts were eclectic and interesting. The first stop, St. Johns was extremely friendly and welcoming. We were surprised by a stop in a tea shop which wasn't mentioned but very welcome.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Thank you for taking the time to write a review- it's greatly appreciated! We hope you join us again soon so we can get that additional star for a 5 outta 5! Billy says hi!

Supposed to be a donut tour, ended up with custard :(

Patience_P, Aug 2023

This tour has a lot of potential, but it’s just not there yet. Our tour was scheduled to be 9-11. We ended up be the only 3 on the tour, so it was an accidental private tour as he told us. He also told us we were the Guinea pigs for the 9am start, which I’d say was a major flop. We were excited to try different doughnuts from multiple places, but boy did we leave highly disappointed. First stop, meeting point (and supposed to be first doughnut) was closed. No fault of the tour operator, but how contingencies are handled is the responsibility of the tour operator. We told him we were leaving that same day, our flight was at 4pm, so we were fitting this in before leaving and had to leave at 11 to get back to the hotel to leave. This was our breakfast and we were excited to have various doughnuts. The market tour was good and he gave lots of feedback and opinions on what to try and what to avoid. But the major disappointment at this point is, we didn’t get our first doughnut until well after 10am, so the first hour we were all hungry and barely listening. What was the worst part of the entire tour, spending over 30-45 minutes hovering and waiting for “Humble Crumble” to open as the contingency stop. That place was absolutely disgusting, not even close to a doughnut, and we all threw them away. We went on a DOUGHNUT tour- not a custard and yogurt tour. We did get doughnuts from only 2 other places. The tour operator would have been better to get us 2 from first place we actually had one, and leave humble crumble out of the mix - THEY ARE NOT CLOSE TO A DOUGHNUT. The first place we actually ate a doughnut, it was delicious and the best one we ate on the tour. The ones we took with us from the other place (your instagram opp place) were fair. They look pretty, taste doesn’t go with the visual. Basically they get a 10 for appearance but only a 2 for taste. At 11:05 we had to stop the tour, and skip the last place. At this point our hands were full and we were all a mess from trying to carry custard crap with us, instead of DONUTS, like the tour promised. I wouldn’t say avoid this tour, I would say do the 10am slot and make a hard stance that Humble Crumble is a no go. (Unless you like that kind of stuff of course, but all 3 of us hated it)

Fabulous Sunday morning

Louise_K, Aug 2023

Dan was excellent and extremely knowledgeable about the area and food. Doughnuts were delicious!! Great tour, well worth it.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Thank you for the great review! Nice to hear you enjoyed some London history too along with the donuts. Dan thoroughly enjoyed hosting you- he says hi! We hope to see you soon!

Great experience!

Jordan_H, Jun 2023

Bhavani was a phenomenal guide, and we had so much fun! Excellent way to spend the morning in London, enjoying delicious doughnuts.

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Thank you so much for hanging out with us! We hope to see you again, on any side of The Pond!

Best Tour and Guide in London

Daniel_B, May 2023

Charlie was a fantastic guide! This was by far the most fun we had in London. It is so much more than a doughnut tour. Charlie was early, text us before hand telling us what he was wearing, very friendly and sprinkled in London history as we went along. My advice would be pace yourself, don't eat the entire doughnut at each place if you really want to sample them all.. He took an interest in us and offered up suggestions for other things to see and do. He did suggest his favorite hamburger place to us(sorry you will have to ask Charlie yourself 😀). We agreed it was probably the best burger we have ever had and you would probably just walk by it not even giving it a second look.

Response from Host, Jun 2023

We are blushing! And now we want a burger! Thank you so much for hanging with us. Charlie says 🖐!

Fun and delicious morning, lovely tour guide

Rachel_R, May 2023

What a fun tour! Our kids loved getting to sample some of London’s fabulous donuts, and we appreciated learning some info about London and the area around Borough Market. Our tour guide Charlie was an absolute delight. He knew lots of interesting history and shared some great local tips. He made the whole experience feel relaxed and fun. Definitely a fun and different tour to experience in London :)

Response from Host, Jun 2023

If the kids had a good time, then we did our job! Thank you!

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Antonio_P, Mar 2023

Oscar was an awesome tour guide and provide a lot of knowledge of the shops and the local area. The doughnuts were all great from each location but also slightly different on the baking ingredients, taste and presentation.

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Thank you for haning with us in London. We hope to host you again, on either side of The Pond!

Great!

Donna, Dec 2022

Super fun—borough market was amazing. Saw some hidden gems we would have missed if on our own. How can you beat donuts and London? Our guide Oscar was awesome!

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Thank you so much for hanging with us. We would love to host you again, on either side of The Pond!

A fun morning eating and exploring

Adam_P, Aug 2022

We had a great tour with Oscar, we enjoyed all the doughnuts, we got to try and interesting information/stories that Oscar told us along the way. I would definitely recommend to those who like walking tour but also love Doughnuts :)

Response from Host, Sep 2022

We are to glad you hear that you enjoyed yourself with Oscar in London. We would love to earn that final star, please let us know how we can improve the guest experience!