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Varanasi Food Culture Experience: Guided Street Food Tasting Tour
4.5
57 Ratings
Varanasi
Embark on a guided street food tasting tour in Varanasi to experience the city's ancient food culture. Taste mouth-watering delicacies, stroll through the oldest food shops, and learn about the local food culture.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Dasaswamedh Ghat - Walk around the Ghats of Kashi and learn energy transformation techniques that will help you balance the energy system within you
- Kachaudi Gali - Stroll the lanes with oldest food shop of the Kashi, taste variety of snacks Jalebi Kachori, Chaat, Golgappa, crispy puri with sabzi, lassi, tandai and many more that will mesmerize you.
What's Included
- Multilingual Storyteller/Guide (English & Hindi)
- Complimentary tea and coffee
- Local food and beverage tasting
- Snacks included
What's Not Included
- Hotel Pickup and Drop
- In-vehicle air conditioning
Additional Information
Varanasi is famed for its timeless culinary traditions, and an excursion to the city is not considered complete without indulging in some of its delicious cuisine. We’ve carefully curated this extraordinary food crawl with an aim to introduce you to these food spots for a tasting session, ensuring that you enjoy this eating festivity, tantalize your palate, and create a fantastic and enduring memory of local dishes.
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Savor over six distinct and authentic Varanasi delicacies. If gastronomy is your passion and you love exploring diverse food types, then this walking tour is a must-attend. Missing out on it might cause regret later.
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Wander through the streets hosting the oldest food outlet of Kashi, watch the creation process of well-known sweets, and other unique dishes.
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Gain a comprehensive understanding of the local food culture and the plethora of factors that shaped these culinary styles.
Note: We perform rigorous quality checks before incorporating a location in our food walk, ensuring that you can unwind and relish the food without any concerns.
Location
St. Thomas Church
Meet our storyteller at the entrance of St. Thomas Church
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(57 Ratings)
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Passenger65515138273
Mar 31, 2024
City tour with very tasty food - We went on the tour with Sunil, Manish's brother, as Manish was unfortunately unable to attend.
We really enjoyed getting to know the local food. Sunil led us through the city center, past all the important landmarks and told us a lot about Varanasi and the food.
It was a great evening and a great way to get to know the city better. Thank you very much for that!
By the way, we tolerated all the food very well and had no stomach problems or anything like that :)
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Simone_i
Mar 14, 2024
Amazing street food tour with Manish! - I had a really good street food tour with Manish. We tried about 6 different things and all of them were really good and safe to eat. Manish is also super knowledgeable about the city and the culture so it was more than just a street food tour. Would highly recommend!
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Mobile54631269155
Feb 20, 2024
Classic Varanasi Food Tour - Great tour, Manish very friendly and knowledgeable. Hit a bunch of famous and old establishments, all good and drink was delicious. City of Varanasi can be confusing and daunting for the first time traveller, but was a breeze with him. Will recommend.
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890kerryannm
Feb 11, 2024
Great food great guide just great! - This was absolutely wonderful!! The foods we tasted was out of this world amazing and my guide mannish was just the best. He was fun engaging, kind and very knowledgeable. I had a great time and would recommend this
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Izzys1997
Jan 19, 2024
Delicious - Manish was a great and friendly guide and showed us some amazing food that is specific to Varanasi. We loved the Aloo Tikka the most, but it was all delicious. Thanks so much! Definitely recommend 🙏🏻
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Sarahho3999ka
Jan 14, 2024
Food tour - This was a nice way to spend an evening. We ate many different street foods and sweet food too. Manish is very knowledgable about Varanasi and he very generously helped us out on more endeavours after the food tour too. Varanasi locals are very giving and kind in general. :)
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Arnavp395
Dec 4, 2023
Good food tour! - Good variety of food with excellent recommendations! Manish was an excellent tour guide who shared history of the food stops we went to and had fun stories! While I think there could have been a couple additional food stops to explore as part of the tour given the price, I still had a great time! Thanks for an excellent foodie experience!
Also, appreciate the tour operator being flexible with time changes (I had to reschedule some other activities because of a flight cancellation - the tour operator was able to move this tour around!)
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380saugatas
Mar 20, 2024
A must do for food lovers - My wife and I were always keen in sampling the famed street foods of Benaras and to soak into the ambience and history of the city. This 2 hours of guided "Varanasi Street Food Crawl" perfectly fitted in our plan (we took it on March 16, 2024 from noon). Our friendly and energetic guide Manish, a local tourism major from BHU, took us around the narrow by-lanes of the old city, while stopping over at a number of famous and old street food shops, serving lip-smacking "hinger kachori, jilabis, samosas, sweets and delicious lassis with excusive aroma / presentation (at Blue Lassi shop)". Overall, a fantastic experience for food lovers.
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Overbutnotout
Jan 25, 2024
Street food does not have to be avoided - The guide set a fast pace going to the first eating place the blue lassi. Crowded and overrated. It was interesting going to hole in the wall eateries where food is freshly made and safe to eat. Interesting and informative tour.
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Fxs1
May 27, 2024
Scam! No show! Unsafe meeting point! - Scam! No show! Waited more than 20 minutes at the suggested location which happens to be at the intersection of two super crowded streets. Tried calling Viator’s US phone number and the local Yo tours phone number who were both unreachable. I reached out Viator over email only to hear back the next day that they would not honor the refund. So you kept my $38 for what exactly!
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