Multicultural Food Tour in Melbourne Markets

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2 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Discover Melbourne's multicultural heritage with your taste buds on a walking food tour. Visit to the city’s most famous market, the Queen Victoria Market to see how residents shop, sampling delectable bites along the way. Learn how Melbourne evolved into a foodie destination as you chat with vendors and cooks at a range of ethnic eateries, and cap it off with a drink at a cozy pub.

Stroll and shop at Melbourne's markets with a food-loving guide
Includes food and drink tastings from vendors and restaurants
Great way to connect with locals and the city's culinary culture
Learn the fascinating history of the Queen Vic Markets and why their multicultural food reflects Australia’s diverse society
Enjoy this carbon neutral tour, operated by a B Corp certified company committed to using travel as a force for good.

What's Included

Experience Melbourne’s unique foodie culture with a friendly local English-speaking guide
Learn all about Melbourne’s most famous market, the Queen Victoria Market
Go behind the scenes, taste the food, meet the vendors, and discover the local culture
Learn about how Melbourne’s historic markets are the epicentre for shopping sustainably
Enjoy a famous Melbourne coffee
Get tips on what else to see, do and eat during your stay

Additional food and drinks
Tips/gratuities for your guide

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Multicultural Hub
506 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Outside the Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Start time

09:30 AM

End point

Queen Victoria Market
Queen St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

What To Expect

Multicultural Hub

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Queen Victoria Market

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Please wear comfortable clothing appropriate for the weather conditions on the day. Keep in mind that Melbourne’s weather can be unpredictable. This tour will run rain, hail or shine.
This is a child-friendly tour. Children under the age of 6 are permitted to join this tour free of charge. Please inform us at the time of booking if you’ll be bringing a child under the age of 6.
Service animals allowed
This tour can accommodate dietary restrictions such as vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free requests. Please notify us in advance of any dietary needs.

For your Urban Adventure you will be in a small group of a maximum of 12 people.
Near public transportation
While we strongly recommend that all travellers are vaccinated against COVID-19 to reduce the risk of transmission and avoid putting undue strain on healthcare services, vaccinations are not a requirement to join an Intrepid Urban Adventures tour.
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 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.

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Reviews

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Great Victoria Market walk with tastings

Anne_J, Apr 2024

Great walking Victoria Market tour with Tristan. He is very knowledgeable about the history of the market. We enjoyed great coffee & tastes of cheeses & meats, and finished with delicious gelato.

Great visit to the Queen Victoria Market!

Joe_P, Mar 2024

Tristan did a fantastic job of showing us around the impressive Queen Victoria Market. From the complimentary coffee at the start to the cup of handmade gelato at the end, this excursion was full of food samples and introductions to many of the vendors who give the market its vibe.

Enjoyable and informative experience

Ann_B, Feb 2024

Excellent, knowledgeable guide. Very hot but he made sure we were comfortable and not rushed at all. Enjoyed conversations and food samples from the traders. Overall an enjoyable and informative experience.

pretty ordinary

Bruce_M, May 2022

We visited the South Melbourne markets because the Queen Victoria markets were not open that day. Our guide, Tristan said he was less familiar with these markets but reassured us that they were good to visit. The markets are definitely worth a visit but largely we felt we could have made our own way around them without a guide and would have had just as good a time. Apart from a small number of places where we were welcomed by the owners who talked to us about their businesses and showcased what they had to offer, most shops were just random visits without any pre-arranged presentations. Having done other food tours in Australia and overseas, we were left with the impression that, with more preparation and more dynamic delivery, the tour would have represented much better value for money. Overall, it was disappointing and definitely not value for money.

Response from Host, May 2022

Hello Bruce - thank you for taking the time to share your experience and leave a review. We rely on our travellers’ feedback as it’s a firsthand insight into what is happening on our tours. You can be assured that everyone, from our head office team, to our guides and operators, endeavours to provide a trip which not only lets you see a wonderful destination but really experience it. As such, we sincerely appreciate your constructive comments with the alternative South Melbourne Market when unfortunately, the Queen Vic Markets were closed due to current construction and upgrades. We do aim to provide a great alternative itinerary when something does not go as planned as we know travel can sometimes be like that. These have been shared with all the appropriate personnel within the business to review. Thank you again.

Long walk to the market unnecessary

Pam_K, May 2022

It gave a different story to the market. I felt we could have seen more of the market. I fell the cost was a little high for what we did.

Disappointing and expensive!!!

Kristina_H, May 2022

The guide was highly knowledgeable in the history of the markets and Melbourne surrounds. The quality of the food offered for tasting was adequate but the variety and quantity was minimal. The tour meeting point was more than 30 minutes walk away from the venue. The cost and title of the tour was very misleading. Congratulations to Tristan for making the best out of a difficult and unrewarding food tour.

Great experience

Mark_S, Apr 2022

Our guide Tristan was so knowledgeable with the history of the background of the food and culture! Really knows his stuff !!

Great tour This a an smart way to live like a local in Melbourne. Highly recommended. Tristan was a great guide !

Catherine_W, Apr 2022

We enjoyed hearing about local identities and tastings of local food from vendors: magic Melbourne coffee, Greek, deserts teas, &Asian food…. All wonderful!

Awesome walking tour

Andrew_K, Jan 2022

Wasn’t to keen on doing this tour has we had already walked a lot of Melbourne a couple of days prior, I was wrong couldn’t believe how much more I hadn’t seen of Melbourne, Tristan was awesome and we learnt and saw so many different parts of the city if it wasn’t for the tour👍🏻

Great day in our home town

Tina_A, Sep 2019

Thanks Tamra for a great day showing us around the Queen Vic Market. Was amazing to spend time touring our local city.