Get more from the city by exploring New Orleans’ food culture with a guide. Stop by some of the French Quarter’s most famous restaurants for some of the area’s most delicious food. Enjoy tastings that could include seafood gumbo, Creole brisket, and beignets. Learn fun facts from your guide as you walk along the city streets, and if you choose, upgrade to a small-group tour with no more than 13 guests.

Visit world-renowned restaurants in New Orleans and discover the finest Louisiana cooking
Learn about the history of fine cooking in New Orleans from your enthusiastic guide
Enjoy authentic Louisiana food tastings from famous eateries
Customize your tour to suit your own tastes

What's Included

Cultural tour with a culinary twist
Food tastings from various French Quarter restaurants & specialty food establishments
Fun and knowledgeable guides
Option to upgrade to a small-group tour with no more than 12 guests

Alcoholic beverages, but available for purchase (21+)
Gratuities (15-20% recommended)

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

600 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
Please meet your guide inside Roux Royale 600 Royal Street (corner with Toulouse)

End point

New Orleans Creole Cookery
508 Toulouse St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
Or end near starting location.

What To Expect

Join your guide and group in the French Quarter. As an option, upgrade to a small-group tour for an even more personalized and intimate adventure.

Start your walk through the streets of the city, allowing your guide to entertain you with facts about New Orleans' rich cultural heritage. Stop to dine at some of the renowned restaurants in the French Quarter, indulging in tastings that can include seafood gumbo, Creole briskit, and beignets.

Immerse yourself in the world of Louisiana cooking, sampling authentic dishes from famous eateries that epitomize the finest flavors of the state. Take the opportunity to customize your tour to suit your personal tastes, ensuring a truly personalized gastronomic adventure.

Return to your original meeting point at the end of your culinary journey that combines culture, history, and delicious food.

French Quarter

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

French Market

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate

Additional languages may be available upon request, but are not guaranteed
We love what we do and look forward to your visit!
Menu items and, or stops are interchangeable and may change without notice.
Guide gratuities are excluded. Guide and host gratuities are always appreciated.
ALLERGIES - This tour highlights set tastings and does not offer gluten-free, vegetarian options, vegan or pescatarian options. Please advise us of any TRUE food allergies. *Note: Many authentic Louisiana dishes include pork.
Minors: Minors may attend our tours with a parent or guardian present. Parents or guardians may never leave minors unattended on any tour.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 18 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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Robert_G

Our tour guide Susan was the best part of our tour ( along with the food of course!). She was extremely knowledgeable and provided us with a deep history of the various food stops we did. Plus she was very funny!! I would highly recommend this tour ( ask for Susan!!). :-)

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Awesome!

Kendra_H, Apr 2024

I love food walking tours! You learn so much, get to taste great food and meet new people. This tour was nothing short of that. Kristi was a wonderful and informative guide! She did a great job giving us many facts about New Orleans and allowing us to try some tasty bites in the big easy. This is a wonderful tour and I'm so happy my friend and I booked it.

Amazing food!

Kathy_K, Apr 2024

Nate was amazing. Not only was he knowledgeable about food, but also about the history of the French quarter. Food was amazing from praline cookies to gumbo with duck and sausage

So much good food

Mary_L, Apr 2024

Kristi was a wonderful tour guide! Not only did she take us to some wonderful restaurants, but her knowledge of the history of NOLA was vast. Food was abundant so don't eat before your tour! Definitely a must-do.

Perfect tour, perfect day

Tyron_A, Apr 2024

Nate the guide. Loved him. His knowledge of the history of the city was impressive. He seemed to enjoy his job and he was funny. Loved it

Family vacation was better with this experience

Matthew_H, Apr 2024

Susan was most excellent. She was very knowledgeable and kind. Also patient with all of our silly questions. She had great suggestions on where to get local cuisine and the local music scene as well.

Do It! Great way to spend the afternoon

Errol_L, Apr 2024

Nate, our guide, was funny, informative and attentive. Great way to see the French Quarter! Our teen boys weren’t bored, which is hard to pull off. All the food was delicious (but not filling) and our son’s food allergies were remembered and respected.

Tasty informative

Barbara_S, Apr 2024

This was a great tour. Nate was our guide and was fantastic. What a great way to taste different foods and in different areas of the French Quarter. The history talks he gave were captivating. A super way to share with others on the tour.

Food tour

Carmen_P, Apr 2024

Our tour guide Christie was excellent. It was a good sampling of foods. Learning of the history behind the foods and the area was great.

Mediocre

Lauren_W, Apr 2024

Although we really enjoyed the tour the food was a little disappointing. We received 2 praline cookies, 1praline candy, a small bowl of duck gumbo which was good, an alligator sausage which was excellent and a shrimp PoBoy which was terrible. Nate our guide did an excellent job and we enjoyed his stories. But for the price I couldn’t recommend it.

Great tour

rcamadeo1, Apr 2024

Had a great experience. Jack was a great tour guide, very kind and informative. The stops were great and food was tasty

Totally worthwhile!

YoonSuh_M, Apr 2024

Out guide, Jack, was excellent! He was knowledgeable, informative, humorous, and a joy to be around. I would definitely recommend him as a local guide! Our group of various people was fun too! We all just fit in nicely.

Nate was a great guide.

Lance_B, Apr 2024

Nate was a great guide and the food was plentiful and delicious. The restaurants were ready and welcoming.

Plenty of food and culture

Angel_F, Apr 2024

More and better food than I expected. And our tour guide Jack was knowledgeable, kind and lighthearted. I’m generally anti-tour when I travel but this was a great one.

Great tour guide, ok food

Shannon_O, Apr 2024

Our tour guide was excellent. But the food was just ok…it also took a long time to get to the first stop. I really wish beignets had been part of the tasting. But overall it was a good experience and we were able to see a lot of different thing.

Steve

Steve_B, Apr 2024

Kristi was very informative, knowledgeable and pleasant. We enjoyed the food at each stop. We would definitely recommend.

Amazing!

Kristin_B, Apr 2024

Our tour guides name was Jack and he was Great!!! he provided us a very amazing experience with lots of history and lots of fun. We really appreciated his sense of humor throughout as we were celebrating a bachelorette party and he really got into everything with us. He’s very knowledgeable and made a great experience for us. The food we tried was absolutely amazing, and I highly recommend this tour to anybody!

Super Susan!

sally_b, Apr 2024

Susan was very knowledgeable and entertaining. We learned the difference between Cajun and Creole, their not being synonymous.

Food

Olna_D, Apr 2024

This experience was the most expensive food tour that my group and I experienced but yet the most uninterested one. For the price at least 2 drinks(alcoholic beverages )could have been included. The choice of food was not that great for tasting. I was disappointed only due to the price it didn’t deliver up to my expectations. I have the tour 3 stars because I enjoyed the history of the tour.

loved it!

Ray_B, Apr 2024

great guide! great food! great selection of food and locations. got to sample all the go to foods! got some good advice on where to go for dinners while in NOLA. I would definitely recommend this tour. we were definitely full by the end. I'm not sure what else to put or why they require a 100 characters mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

NOLA food tour.

Denise_H, Apr 2024

Great tour. Super food. Unique bites. Not your typical New Orleans tasting. But representative. Susan our guide was very good.

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