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San Francisco Chinatown Food Tour

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San Francisco Chinatown Food Tour
  • 3 hours
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

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Overview

'Forget it Jake. It's Chinatown,' but if you're willing to get off the tour bus, then San Francisco's Chinatown and its foodie adventures don't have to remain a riddle. Explore the roads less-taken, sample Chef Han's world-famous Szechuan cuisine and the delectable Peking duck, take in the sights and smells of the real Chinatown, and see how San Francisco's Chinese Americans live during this culinary and gourmet food tour.
  • Explore the local streets on a walking tour of the city
  • Informative, friendly and professional guide
  • Great overview and orientation of the city
  • Perfect introduction for first-time visitors
  • Perfect for all ages and skill level

What's Included

  • Food tasting
  • Local guide
  • City map
  • Bottled water
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • 1066 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA

    We will be meeting outside in front of The East/West Bank

Start time

10:00 AM

End point

  • 1068 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA

What To Expect

Sidewalk Food Tours of San Francisco

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

652 Pacific Ave

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Grant Place Restaurant

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Portsmouth Square

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Old Cathedral of St. Mary

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Tin How Temple

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Golden Gate Fortune Cookies Co

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • A minimum of two people per booking is required
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
  • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

The answers provided below are based on answers previously given by the tour provider to customers’ questions.

Q:Do you offer vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free options for the San Francisco Chinatown Food Tour?

A:We do offer a full vegetarian option, however, guests with vegan or gluten-free diets are able to enjoy appx. 50% of the food offerings. Feel free to let us know of any dietary restrictions in the "Special Requirements" box at checkout.

Feb 2021

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Elizabeth_J
Delicious food, knowledgeable guide, fun to experience Chinatown. I would definitely recommend to anyone visiting San Francisco.

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Dim Sum fun
Stephanie_V, Mar 2024
Great guide, loved the food, so nice to have someone know where to go and eat. Dim Sum and noodles were the best
This tour is a must!
Elizabeth_J, Feb 2024
Delicious food, knowledgeable guide, fun to experience Chinatown. I would definitely recommend to anyone visiting San Francisco.
enjoyable, but long
leah_Y, Dec 2023
We enjoyed walking around town and learning the history of the city and neighborhood in general. The guide was knowledgeable and personable. The first stop was a lot of heavy food, which made it difficult to eat more, later. This tour includes a LOT OF FOOD, which is great, but also difficult to enjoy when you are full. Bring a takeaway container and a backpack, I'd suggest. The noodle stop was our favorite, the bowl of Ramen was excellent. The stop at the restaurant for pork was very long and drawn out. We all felt like we lost steam at that point and made the rest of the tour feel sluggish. We enjoyed the fortune cookie stop, but were tired and totally full by the dessert stop for custard pies, which were huge. My kids, aged 10 & 13 enjoyed the information and felt that they had an authentic experience and even referenced some of the information later on. Although they had done food tours in other cities, they felt that this was slow.
Chinatown Great Food!
Santina_T, Oct 2023
Great Chinatown food tour. Micheal was awesome! Food was more than enough and some to take home. Also met some really good people in our group. Highly recommend this tour. Thank you!
Response from Host, Oct 2023
Thank you so much for the wonderful review. We're thrilled to read you thought "Michael was awesome!" and the "Food was more than enough." Come eat with us on our North Beach and/or Chinatown food tour next time.
Chinatown Revealed through food and history
Maria_P, Aug 2023
A wonderful tour with our guide Jinny who clearly loves this city and is passionate about the history, culture, and food. It was just enough walking on a warm day- and the eating was well timed.
Fun and filling for everyone
Jennifer_K, Jul 2023
We all loved the variety of foods eaten during the tour. It was a great mix of walking and eating. The history of Chinatown was fascinating and the “not told on other tours” information was really interesting.
Wonderful!
Mitzi_G, Jun 2023
Our tour guide, Michael, was very knowledgeable and funny! Had a great time with great food. Definitely recommend.
Delicious Dum Sum
Marikay_S, May 2023
Michael was an informative, friendly guide who made the experience a 5 star! Plus, we had a great group of interesting and outgoing people. The food was delicious with enough time in between to absorb the “vibe” of Chinatown.
Response from Host, May 2023
Thank you so much for the glowing 5 star review. We're thrilled to read you enjoyed our Chinatown food tour with Michael, and that he made it a "5 star experience." Come eat with us in North Beach and/or The Mission District next time.
Awesome Tour!
beridgeway, Apr 2023
Great tour - very informative, Ted was wonderful, food was delicious! I definitely recommend this tour whether you’re a tourist, local, or lifelong SFer.
Fantastic tour
Al_T, Mar 2023
Excellent tour. Well planned and executed. Ted was very informative and articulate. The food was amazing and more than one would expect.
Delicious
Sonya_N, Feb 2023
The food was delicious and plentiful. We learned a lot about Chinatown and some of the local buildings and temples. Loved the fortune cookie company tour.
Great tour
Scott_H, Feb 2023
Such fun! Delicious and great info. Ted was great ! 5 stops all were authentic. Peking duck was outstanding.
This tour was amazing! I...
Ian_M, Nov 2022
This tour was amazing! I took my wife on the tour for a birthday surprise and we both loved it. We've lived in the Bay Area for a year but never visited Chinatown, so it was a great way to explore it and have some delicious food. Casey is an amazing tour guide! He's a walking encyclopedia and was able to provide answers to any question we had about Chinese food, the history of Chinatown, the architecture, recommendations for food or sightseeing, and the history of San Francisco in general.
Good Food - Nice History
Tammy_L, Nov 2022
All the places we visited, the food was delicious, serving size perfect, and variety of food was good. Scott took us to some really good places and on the way shared good stories and lots of interesting history. Our group was small - 7ppl - which made it easy to walk around & to hear Scott's stories. I highly recommend this tour and with Scott - you really see a lot of China town and ALL of the food was delicious!!!
You could tell the host...
Christal_G, Oct 2022
You could tell the host loves his job. The vegetarian noodles were delicious! I also liked the tea at one of the restaurants.
Thank you to our guide...
Wendy_M, Sep 2022
Thank you to our guide Kasey and to the hardworking restaurant staff that prepared food for us to sample. Everything was delicious and Kasey’s historic information was very interesting. Would highly recommend
Amazing food tour!
Kerry_E, Aug 2022
Amazing food and educational tour! Our guide was very knowledgeable and nice. Me and my fiance had a great time!
A different way to have a dining experience
MichaelBryant, Jul 2022
Great experience share the food style was awesome. The option of the fork was there but we accepted the challenge. The guide know all the facts about china town to include black history and lantio history as well
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Thank you so much for the glowing 5 star review of our Chinatown Food Tour. We're glad you enjoyed the history and culture spiel about the neighborhood. Join us on our North Beach and/or Mission District food tour the next time you're in SF
Chinatown tour
sb1298, Mar 2022
Not as described- no bottled water or entrance into temple. Water was provided at two stops. Guide left group at some stops to check on the next place supposedly so there was a lot of down time. Food was mediocre.
Response from Host, Mar 2022
Hi SB1298. Thank you for your feedback. We take all our customer's feedback to heart and make tweaks to our food tours when necessary. We provide ample water at the food stops on our Chinatown tour. The Temples haven't allowed the public inside since the pandemic. We will be sure to remove the wording on any paperwork that says we go inside temples. Almost all of the reviews about our Chinatown food tour are 5 stars and our guests rave about the Chinese food on our tour. We're surprised to read your experience was so different from our other guests. Thanks again for your candid comments.
Best Food Tour Yet!
Burke_K, Mar 2022
Marvin was a great guide. He was organized and told a great story at every stop! He really brought Chinatown alive for us! It should also be noted that this is t one of those food tours where you get a little bite at each place. We were FULL by the second stop, but the food was so good we kept on stuffing it in! Highly recommended!

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