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Sydney’s Chinatown Food and Stories Walking Tour

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Chinatown Food and Stories Walking Tour
  • 2 hours
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

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Overview

Learn more about Sydney’s vibrant Chinatown and see parts of the area you might miss if touring independently. This small-group tour will guide you through the history of Sydney’s Chinese-Australian population at Paddy’s Market, Chinatown, and more. There will also be a big focus on food, so come hungry. Stop at a minimum of four food stops, that represent different parts of China
  • Learn about the history of Chinese-Australians in Sydney's Chinatown
  • Avoid struggling to hear your guide on a small-group tour
  • Guests with dietary requirements can be accommodated
  • Snacks of popular Chinese street food are included

What's Included

  • Snacks
  • Photos shared after the tour
  • A guide to Chinatown’s best restaurants
  • Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • 17 Hay St, Haymarket NSW 2000, Australia

    We meet outside Paddy's Markets, directly across from the southern end of Dixon St mall. If you're looking across the light rail tracks and you can see Emperor's Garden restaurant, Covent Garden hotel and the Chinatown red gates, you're in the right spot.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Paddy's Market

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Chinatown

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Darling Harbour (Pass By)

Darling Square

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
  • 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.
  • 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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Reviews

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Great day out
wendy_B, Apr 2024
Eddie was great sharing his knowledge and some history of Chinatown , food was delicious, very informative
Just okay
Hannah_B, Aug 2023
I gave this review 3 stars because I enjoyed walking around the entirety of chinatown and the tour guide was super nice and friendly. One Issue: The overview says "This small-group tour will guide you through the history of Sydney’s Chinese population at Paddy’s Market, the Chinese Garden of Friendship, and more." -- I should have looked at fine print but we actually didn't go to the Chinese Garden of Friendship which was a bummer. Second Issue: I also wasn't contacted until late the night before about food preferences, and I am a picky eater and didn't like most of the food we ate. I wish we had been contacted earlier in the week to discuss. Third Issue: This is probably the main issue of why I didn't like the tour. The entirety of the tour was focused on racism. I understand that it was clearly a very important part of the chinatown history and why a lot of places came to be, but I'm sure there were other history elements that could have been shared or brought up during the tour that would have been interesting to learn about.
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Hi Hannah, thanks for leaving a review and joining our tour. As we discussed with you via email, Viator's copywriters updated our description to misleadingly infer that we visit the Chinese Garden of Friendship, which we do not visit and never have. This is a great example of why we always encourage guests to book directly with an operator - you will get the most accurate information on what the tour covers. On your second point, Viator does not pass on any information about dietary requirements, so unless you provide this to us directly, we won't know this in advance. On your final point, the tour has a strong focus on telling the stories of Chinese Australians. We do this in a sensitive way but also focus on other elements of Chinatown, such as public art, restaurants and how the area has transformed. I'm sorry you were not made aware of this focus of the tour - again, Viator omitted to mention this in their description, but we've now reached out to them to fix this. I would disagree with your assessment that "the entirety of the tour was focused on racism" as that is not our intention nor the impression of almost all of our guests. Future guests - please know we also gave this guest a full refund as we never like to see guests not having an amazing experience with us, but Viator would not remove their review despite several of the issues being their fault. Always book direct if you can - look for Local Sauce Tours! Cheers, Justin

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