Enjoy Nashville through its food and drinks on this food tour by small-group van. With a guide, you'll be introduced to the city's food, history, culture, and sights in one tour as you visit quirky and quaint neighborhoods and stop at local eateries to sample dishes such as slow-roasted barbecue, authentic hot chicken, and Nashville's own frosty cocktail, the Bushwhacker. Select your preferred departure time when booking.

Nashville food tour
Sample authentic Southern fare and a local cocktail
See landmarks and neighborhood sights
Travel by van with a guide who provides commentary and tips about the city

What's Included

3-Hour Food & Sightseeing Guided Tour of Nashville
Pass by sights such as Capitol, Bicentennial Mall, Sounds Stadium, Marathon Village, Nissan Stadium
Transportation by private vehicle
Food Tastings
Local Guide

Gratuities always appreciated

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

330 Harrison St, Nashville, TN 37219, USA
Your guide will meet you outside Dabble Studio / Far Better Distillery.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Your tour starts in downtown Nashville, where you'll meet your guide and hop aboard the high-roofed tour van. Then set off around the city on a food adventure of Southern specialties such as hot chicken and slow-roasted barbecue.

Try a favorite local cocktail known as the Bushwhacker, and visit a funky neighborhood eatery for a twist of classic Southern dishes. Your tastings end with dessert. Between food stops, your tour route takes you past sights such as the capitol building, Cumberland River, Germantown, East Nashville's Five Points, and Nissan Stadium. Your guide shares stories about the city and tips about other places you might want to visit as you go.

The tour ends when you return to your starting point.

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
All featured food and drink is included. Where alcohol is a featured item, it is included.
Guests must be 21 or older to consume alcohol. Guests under 21 or not inclined to drink alcoholic beverages will be offered a substitution.
Not wheelchair accessible
Water is provided at all food destinations - alcoholic beverages may be available for sale at your own additional expense at some locations.
Service animals allowed

Guests 14 and older are welcome. All guests must be registered. Sorry, infants cannot be accommodated as ride-alongs, with or without a car seat. Families with younger children may want to consider a private tour.
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
Guests who are intoxicated or disruptive to other participants may be asked to leave the tour without refund.
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.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Best food , drink, & history tour!!

Laura_H, Apr 2024

Both Evan & TJ were the best host & tour guide. Evan toured us thru a # of food & drink stops & gave us extra background while touring the historical areas . TJ gave a wonderful presentation on his making & the numerous whisky tasting. The other events in his shop that go on. A totally enjoyable tour all together! Different food venues too.

Great late morning tour with Girlfriends!

Lisa_S, Apr 2024

Excellent tour! Donut shop, BBQ, hot chicken, cookies and a distillery to top it off! Super fun and our guild Casey was amazing!

Nashville Tour

Melvie_D, Apr 2024

Evan was a good tour guide and very patient waiting for us! Good short trip about Nashville landmarks & iconic places. Thank you Evan The food amount could be more to truly enjoy the food tour - 2 tiny little donuts & small mimosa, (3 little donuts of choice should be an option) 1 dry chicken taco (at least 2 tacos would be better with better garnishments) & martins bbq - 1 spare rib & very small brisket & 1 hushpuppy only (at least 2 ribs & bigger brisket & should be given option for side dish instead). For cookouts with Christine - at least 2 cookies would be better for customer satisfaction. For $114 per person, it’s not enough food & could be better presented. Thank you though!!!

Great

Eileen_M, Apr 2024

BBQ was delicious. Evan was full of knowledge about everything Nashville. Liked East Nashville-lots of cool places there. Great tour

Fun!

Patricia_C, Apr 2024

Food was very good, tour guide was knowledgeable, van was very comfortable, went to some different areas than another tour we took.

Drink It Up

Kyle_C, Apr 2024

Great trip with my family. Wonderful food and drinks as well as being a great history tour of Nashville. Our tour guide was amazing.

Best tour of Nashville

Ana_D, Apr 2024

We enjoyed this so much! Scott was our tour guide and we got to visit various places to sample food as well as learn a lot of great stuff about Nashville! I would 100% do it again. Only thing i would've changed was having the option to STAY at Martin's BBQ for a full lunch instead of just a sample!! haha Thanks Scott!!

Intro to Nashville

Britany_B, Apr 2024

The chocolate truffles were the favorite of the tour. We should have done this tour when we first came to Nashville for ideas on what to do.

Great experience!

Alexander_G, Apr 2024

The fantastic tour guide Evan. Very knowledgable, funny, and helpful. Food was excellent, Evan took photos for people who wanted them, which was much nicer than attempting a poorly shot selfie. Would def book a tour in Nashville again through this company

Thank you Scott! Great tour

Mike_R, Apr 2024

Scott, who is from Tennessee and plays upright bass in honky tonks on Broadway, was the perfect guide to share his extensive knowledge and history of the town in addition to a bunch of really cool stories about various artists. His love and respect for Nashville (and especially awesome Dolly Parton and all of her good works) was wonderful entertainment as he drove us through the various neighborhoods and from one delicious food serving to another, ending with whiskey sampling back at the starting point. Great way to see and learn a lot about Nashville.

Great guid--great tour! Lots of fun

Pamela_D, Apr 2024

This was one of the most informative and fun tours I've been on . Our guide, Red, was great and we saw sections of Nashville that we had not seen before and are anxious to return to. The history of the area ,beyond its musical roots was facinating.

Best food & wine tour!!!

Keisha_c, Apr 2024

Red and her business partners were very professional. The tour was amazing as she told the history of Tennessee with her own cute humor! The food stops were good and they had history behind them as well. Martin's BBQ and Red's Hot Chicken were our favorite spots. This tour is definitely worth it. Thank me later!

Great way to see and experience Nashville.

KHG, Apr 2024

Great tour from start to finish….Clark was a great guide and we saw lots of points of interest during our tour…..Vanderbilt, Centennial Park, Germantown, etc. Sampled Nashville hot chicken, BBQ and some Nasville spirits!

Thanks to Scott

christopher_l, Apr 2024

In a word… fantastic! Scott was absolutely amazing and a wealth of knowledge. Would recommend this for food, history, and/or music.

Great fun

Lisa_M, Apr 2024

The tour was so much fun! The guide was knowledgeable and friendly and the route and food were perfect! Just get buses with more leg room for tall folks!

Good balance of things

Hannah_W, Apr 2024

Evan was great! Very knowledgeable about interesting details about the city. We loved the tasting at the beginning where we learned about the distilling process. The food was great and lots of interesting points to see driving on the tour! Worth the money!

Nashville Food Tour March 2024

DebraJ_A, Mar 2024

Appreciated all the background info our guide Red provided. It was a food tour on steroids! Learned so much about neighborhoods of the food tastings. Red was awesome!

This tour is a MUST!

Susan_E, Mar 2024

We did this tour the first morning of our stay in Nashville and it was the perfect start of our trip! Our tour guide Scott was uber informative; we couldn’t get enough of the history and knowledge of Nashville stored in his head!! His recommendations were 100% spot on. Would do this again next time we’re in town. Highly recommended.

Great tour experience

DWAYNE_M, Mar 2024

Scott was great and knowledgeable. He told the historic stories and both sides of every historic event which I thought was great! Tour was safe, fun and air conditioned. I would definitely recommend this tour and Scott.

You want Scott as your tour guide!

Charlotte_B, Mar 2024

Scott was our tour guide and really made the tour excellent. I especially appreciated Scott's ability to tailor the history of Nashville to the interest of all of us on the tour. The stops were great, but it was truly Scott himself who made the tour excellent.

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