Personalized Seoul Food Tours: Explore Local Cuisine with a Like-Minded Host
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11 Ratings
Jae-dong
Embark on a personalized Seoul food tour and explore the vibrant local cuisine with a like-minded host. Discover food 'towns', street vendors, and night markets while trying delicious Korean dishes like tteokbokki and banana milk.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market - Taste some of the most popular street foods in the city as you explore food “towns” and alternative markets like Noryangjin Fish Market.

IMPORTANT: As this is a private and personalized experience, the places you visit may differ from those listed and these will be chosen by your host based on your interests and preferences

  • Kwangjang Market - Discover new foods, ingredients and flavors that you’ve never tasted before at Gwangjang Market - we guarantee it.

IMPORTANT: As this is a private and personalized experience, the places you visit may differ from those listed and these will be chosen by your host based on your interests and preferences

  • 신당동 떡볶이 타운 - Sample 6 - 8 street foods in Tteokbokki town in Sindang-dong, recommended by your host - they know what they’re talking about

IMPORTANT: As this is a private and personalized experience, the places you visit may differ from those listed and these will be chosen by your host based on your interests and preferences

  • Grilled Fish Street in Dongdaemun Market - Learn about the origin and culture of many of the street food dishes you try, many of which were created and perfected here in Seoul at Myeongdong Street Food Alley

IMPORTANT: As this is a private and personalized experience, the places you visit may differ from those listed and these will be chosen by your host based on your interests and preferences

  • Seowon-dong Catholic Church - Explore Sillim-dong’s Sundae Town and other food “towns” and discover what their signature dish is

IMPORTANT: As this is a private and personalized experience, the places you visit may differ from those listed and these will be chosen by your host based on your interests and preferences

What's Included
  • 4 hours with a personal host
  • 6-8 tastings of local food specialties, including a drink
  • Private and personalized tour experience
  • Optional hotel meet-up for central locations
  • Walking tour with public transport or taxi suggestions if needed
What's Not Included
  • Additional food and drinks
  • Transportation (primarily a walking experience however public transport may be used)
  • Tickets to any attractions
  • Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information

Embark on a gastronomic journey with one of our guides as you explore ‘food towns’ - entire lanes dedicated to a single dish. Visit street-side vendors and evening bazaars to savor the street cuisine of Seoul. If you’re unfamiliar with Korean cuisine, don’t worry! Your guide will introduce you to it and recommend their personal favorites. Sample dishes like tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes) complemented with a refreshing banana milk - a popular Korean drink.

Within a day of your booking, you’ll receive a brief personality and interest questionnaire. Your responses will be used to match you with a guide who shares your interests. They’ll communicate with you directly to propose an itinerary that lets you get a feel of the city’s uniqueness. You’ll agree on a meeting place and time. Remember, your itinerary is flexible - you can tweak it during your tour if you change your mind about what you want to do.

  • Meeting point
  • Your meeting point is flexible, and to be agreed with your Local Host. Meet-up at your hotel or accommodation can be requested, or your Local Host will meet you at a convenient location close to the start of your experience.
Location
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Starbucks 109 Jae-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea After booking, you can adjust the meeting point to fit your preferences with the help of our Experience Planners.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Lindsay_s
Jan 23, 2024
Best food tour! - We had the pleasure of getting a food tour with Andrew during a long layover in Seoul. Such a great experience! He was very accommodating to having jet lagged kids and food allergies. We were able to get some history on Korea during our drive also. Besides him being knowledgeable, he was great to be around. I highly recommend!
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Alma_s
Sep 30, 2023
Great walking tour! We hit the best city attractions and eateries. - Sujeong was great. Very knowledgeable around city and food. The BBQ Korean restaurant was great and the city attractions were amazing. Sujeong also took great pictures!
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Alphonsomoorejr
Jul 30, 2023
AMAZING!! - Amazing!!! My Food Tour with Hans was amazing! Hans was professional, friendly, and very knowledgeable. Hans shared with me some of the history of Seoul, which I truly enjoyed. It was wonderful walking the streets and tasting the food of the many vendors in the neighborhood. I must say I had the best Fried Chicken & Beer EVER!!!
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Tere_s
May 30, 2023
Seoul local fantastic foodie! - We had a fantastic experience with Oky, our tour guide. She took us to the best places to taste the local food, local flavors, local markets and Korean BBQ. We ended with a very nice walking in the streets of Seoul. She was very well knowledge in the culture, food and palaces around Seoul and made fantastic recommendations. We had a great time with Oki and did enjoy the overall experience.
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Snkaus
Feb 27, 2020
Fantastic Host and Tour - This was our first trip to Seoul, Yujin our guide made us feel like locals. She showed us sights and experiences we will never forget. The fish restaurant she took us to was the highlight of our tour.
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Kerrygail_s
Feb 27, 2020
Fantastic Fish Restaurant - This was our first trip to Seoul. Our guide Yujin was fantastic. She showed us wonderful hidden places and great restaurants.
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P_world_explorer
Nov 19, 2019
A great way to discover Seoul - My son and I booked a 3 hours tour. Our guide was Oki. Oki gave us a great 3 hour tour during which we discovered some food options and tried a few things and also a tour of the King's palace. It was a well informed 3 hours and Oki offered a very pleasant guided tour where she shared a lot of her knowledge of Seoul. Highly recommended.
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Gladys
Sep 16, 2019
Hands down, the best way to experience authentic Korean food - Ben, our guide for the day was AWESOME! He met us very punctually at our Hotel Lobby, then took us on one of the best food tours we've ever been on. We communicated, before meeting up, our wish list and thoughts as to what we wanted to see, eat, and do. Ben took it from there and gave us an experience to remember and treasure forever. Ben's personality is so upbeat that you immediately feel comfortable asking him anything. Stupid questions and all, he'll provide an honest answer. By the end of our tour, we adopted him as our younger Brother...LOL We definitely plan to visit South Korea/Seoul again and when we do, I guarantee, we'll be asking for Ben to take us on another tour.
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Miranjelica
Jul 3, 2019
A tasty look into Korean food - Our guide from City Unscripted, Yujin, met us at the lobby of our hotel and whisked us off to the subterranean maze that is the COEX mall. It took us about 45 minutes to reach our stop, the Gwangjang market. I myself didn't notice the passage of time as we asked our guide questions and when the train went aboveground over the bridge, the view of the river was quite nice on both sides. We took a look around first and then my friend and I had a photo op with Mrs. Yoon of Netflix Street Food fame (wish we could have tried her noodles, but her stall was full, so that was okay). We ate rice rolls (like sushi but with pickled vegetables inside dipped in a honey mustard soy mix) and tteokbokki (sweet and spicy rice cake tubes, chewy and soft and hot). We tasted kat kimchi (made of mustard greens among other things) in its various ages and agreed that the 3 month-aged one was the best. We also had mung bean pancakes, so good doused in a soy sauce/vinegar/pickled onion dressing. She took us to a nice viewing deck of the city, where you could see contrasts of the modern buildings with the old rundown parts that haven't been gentrified yet, including the old electrical market. We got a brown sugar milk tea in the area leading to Ikseondong (Teruwa was the name of the stall, local and costs way less than the chain stores). We then went on to Insa-dong (antique alley) and had our dinner there at a nice restaurant. We were able to buy a few boxes of dragon's beard floss there too! Yujin knows where you can shop and what's the happening places in the city. All in all a great trip, but it does involve a lot of walking, up and down stairs in the subway, etc. You will need comfortable shoes. Also, I think a food guide should be more assertive as to what foods should not be missed by first time visitors.
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Robin_c
Oct 5, 2023
the worst experiene of my life - it was so bad i want my money back. she was unprepaired. walking alomg grabbing bits of food of a food stall is not a food tour.
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