Dubai's Favourite Food & Historic walking Tour: A Pioneer in Exploring Local Cuisine and History
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31 Ratings
Dubai
Join our Dubai food and historic walking tour to explore the city's local cuisine and rich history. Avoid tourist traps and souvenir shops for an authentic experience.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Al Ras Metro Station - We will convene at Al Ras metro station to embark on a gastronomic adventure peppered with tales from my city’s past. Our first destination will be Deira, where we’ll delve into Dubai’s origins as a fishing and trading hamlet and their culinary traditions. Here, you’ll savor our renowned Arabic pancake and an assortment of intriguing dips such as Hummus.\n\nNext, we’ll stroll through the gold and spice souks, introducing you to the heritage of our traditional markets and their enduring presence in the age of online shopping.\n\nAt the spice market, I’ll share insights into the healing properties of spices. Remember, we were nomadic Bedouins until a few centuries ago, with no specialized medical facilities until the 1960s. I’ll explain the role of spices as remedies and their health benefits in cooking.\n\nWe’ll traverse the souks by ABRA to Bur Dubai, where we’ll uncover hidden gems like the textile souks and the Al Fahidi area. Here, we’ll indulge in more culinary treats such as shawarma, moutabal, tabbouleh, camel meat, and additional snacks. This experience promises to be a historical journey flavored with delicious food.
What's Included
  • Dinner
  • Bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Any other item from the menu , which are not the part of the tastings.
Additional Information

We are one of the pioneers of walking food tours in the city of Dubai. We have successfully helped thousands of travellers in exploring of cuisine .
Its always the best when locals show you around with the historic importance of places and local foods.

On our tours , we emphasis on our clients & our standards. We are not associated with any tourists traps /souvenir shops ,we only focus on getting our clients the best experience for their time and money .

Location
Al Ras Metro Station
Al Khor Street
Location: We will meet outside the exit 2 of Al ras metro station. If you are using metro please follow the signs of exit 2, if you are using a taxi, ask the driver to drop you off at exit 2, if by any chance you are dropped off at exit 1, not to worry the exit 2 is just across the road.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(31 Ratings)
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Flyer638349
Mar 18, 2024
This tour is a must-do! - We did the food tour with Sandy and it was great. He told us a lot about Dubai, was very personable and also catered to our personal wishes. In addition, the food stops were totally delicious, authentic and so plentiful that we couldn't finish everything at the last stop. We felt well looked after all round and would book a tour with Sandy again at any time. 100% recommendation!
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Bruce_p
Mar 16, 2024
Great walking tour, so much more than just the food. - We were fortunate enough to be the only couple on the tour. Our guide for the day was Malick and he was brilliant.
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Melissaty3771pc
Mar 8, 2024
We would recommend this tour to anyone who loves food and fun facts. - My husband and I loved the tour with Sandy. It was so personal and so insightful. We enjoyed every bit of food we had and learned so much. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone who loves food and fun facts!
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Fernandacuneo
Jan 27, 2024
Unmissable tour of food and stories - Excellent !!!!! An extraordinary visit. Sandy's explanations were fabulous. He has a lot of historical and current knowledge of Dubai. The food we tried was exquisite. Unbeatable!!!!! We loved it!!!!! I hope we come back and do more things with sandy!!!!!
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Pwhol
Jan 12, 2024
A Good History Walking Tour and you won’t go Hungry - Ikram was my tour guide and I was very appreciative that the tour was still going ahead when I found out I was the only one. Ikram was terrific with his knowledge and history of Dubai and had pictures handy to illustrate some of it. The charming restaurants that we visited and the food provided was awesome and it was hard work getting through all of it, in fact, I had to give up at our last stop in the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood in a lovely courtyard setting where I was given a camel meat burger and couldn’t quite get through half of it I was so full. As we walked and ate, I truly enjoyed the great conversations that we had which made the evening all the more enjoyable. I also particularly enjoyed the visit to a shop in the spice souk where I had a delicious drink of tea with a cinnamon stick and saffron, the boat trip across the Dubai Creek and seeing all of the terrific work where the old buildings had been restored. Thanks very much to Ikram, Gomez & Sandy.
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Karveen_b
Jan 7, 2024
I must do whilst in Dubai - We had a brilliant tour with Sandy. It was really informative and the food was plentiful and super tasty. My favourite was the chicken shawarma and the caramel milk, ice cream and the camel burger.!
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Sirlest
Dec 14, 2023
Truly a great food tour - We really enjoyed our time with Sandy. He was a wonderful guide, very knowledgeable and personable. We had so many wonderful tastings, most were full size so we were stuffed by the last visit. We started with an appetizer that was a flat bread with egg and cheese accompanied by a cumin and anchovy sauce. We then enjoyed camel milk gelato (yum). Followed by a much needed walk, we had chicken shawarma wraps that were out of this world. More needed walk to a very nice waterfront restaurant for a platter with several samples. Our final treat was a camel burger, which was delicious too. Everything was spectacular. Highly recommend this tour. Thanks Sandy!!
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Drfred63
Sep 28, 2023
Great experience - Excellent walking tour of Dubai’s old town Delicious food and drinks at several stops My guide Malik was a wealth of information and very easy to get along with I definitely recommend taking this your
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Chris_h
Sep 3, 2023
A Great Eay to See Dubai! - You get to experience the food of Dubai in markets and traditional cafes on both sides of the creek. The guide Sandy was engaging, proactive and very knowledgable. We would recommend this tour to anyone who wants to learn more about Dubai and its foods.
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Samiral207
Aug 28, 2023
Exciting, authentic, delicious: Culinary Tour with Sandy - A newspaper article drew our attention to the private tours with locals and we were immediately won over by the concept. We chose the culinary tour with 10 tastings through old Dubai with Sandy and were delighted! Sandy was punctual, very nice, open-minded and communicative and told us lots of exciting things about real life in Dubai. There is nothing better than first-hand information and tips, and a very relaxed private tour! The tastings in authentic restaurants were all delicious and so plentiful that we ended up "rolling" home :-) We can only recommend Sandy and will definitely book another tour with Sandy when we are in Dubai again!
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