Istanbul Culinary Tour: Local Tavern and Gourmet Street Foods

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
3 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
2 - 8 guests
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Language
English, Spanish
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Join our Istanbul Culinary Tour for an authentic journey through Beyoğlu. Discover local taverns, street food delights, and hidden passages. Indulge in flavors that capture Istanbul's essence.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

This tour takes you into the heart of the modern sectıon of Istanbul, 'quirky' meyhanes and bustling food markets.


You and your friends and family will embark on a four-hour gastronomy tour around the world famous Beyoğlu (Pera) neighborhood. All food, snacks, desserts and drinks (such as rakı and pistachio coffee), and a professional tour passing its most famous hidden passages (Flower Passage, Hazzo Poulo, Asmalı Mescit,) are included in the price. Once our experienced guide concludes Istanbul Street Food Walking Tour, you will leave with a stomach full of traditional food, plus local knowledge and sightseeing tips, to enhance the pleasure of your trip that will last with you a lifetime.

What You Get

Professional guide
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic Beverages
Food tasting - Samples & Snacks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities

Good To Know

  • This tour is required to be booked by a minimum 2 participants.
  • Minimum age is 10 years (Minimum drinking age is 16 years)
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

Galata Koprusu (Pass By)

This bridge spans the Golden Horn, connecting the old city with Beyoglu, the modern district of Istanbul.

Karakoy (Pass By)

You and your friends and family will embark on a four-hour gastronomy tour around the world famous Beyoğlu (Pera) neighborhood.

Church of St. Mary Draperis (Pass By)

All food, snacks, desserts and drinks (such as rakı and Turkish coffee), and a professional tour passing its most famous hidden passages (Flower Passage, Hazzo Poulo, Asmalı Mescit,) are included in the price.
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Passage Hazzopulo

Stop at another street food vendor for İçli Köfte; Sabirtaşı makes Istanbul’s best içli köfte (a crispy bulgur shell filled with minced meat, parsley, and sautéed pine nuts), and if you don’t feel like walking up to their restaurant, their İstiklal Street vendor is always around to serve up the köfte on the go. Made by hand on a daily basis, the içli köfte are downright delicious.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
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Avrupa Pasaji

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10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
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Cicek Pasaji

A meyhane is a traditional restaurant or bar in Turkey. It serves alcoholic beverages like wine, rakı, vodka, beer with meze and traditional foods. “Meyhane” is composed of two Persian words: mey (wine) and khāneh (house). A meyhane refers to a restaurant with traditional food, decoration, and music.
45 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
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İstiklal

You must not leave Turkey without tasting Dürüm Kebab that is the sliced meat of a döner kebab may be served on a plate with various accompaniments, stuffed into a pita or other type of bread as a sandwich, or wrapped in a thin flatbread such as lavash or yufka, known as a dürüm. Since the early 1970s, the sandwich or wrap form has become popular around the world as a fast food dish sold by kebab shops and is often called simply a “kebab”. The sandwich generally contains salad or vegetables, which may include tomato, lettuce, cabbage, onion with sumac, fresh or pickled cucumber, or chili, and various types of sauces.
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
5

Taksim Square

Turkish people love sweets and confectionaries. Let try some of them; Beyoğlu Chocolate; one of the most famous chocolates in Istanbul are the milk or dark chocolate bars filled with enormous hazelnuts, pistachios, or almonds, sold on İstiklal Street at Meşhur Beyoğlu Çikolatacısı. The manufacturer of these grab-and-go chocolates is Elit, which has been around since 1924.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
6

Republic Monument

Baklava (baqlawah) is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry filled with chopped walnuts or pistachio and sweetened with syrup or honey.
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Taksim Camii (Pass By)

Taksim Cami
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Taksim Gezi Park

We can finish our delicious journey with Turkish Tea, is popular throughout Turkey and the Turkish diaspora. Turkish tea culture also extends to Northern Cyprus and some countries in the Balkan Peninsula..
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
8

Historic Areas of Istanbul

Once our experienced guide concludes Istanbul Street Food Walking Tour, you will leave with a stomach full of traditional food, plus local knowledge and sightseeing tips, to enhance the pleasure of your trip that will last with you a lifetime.
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Nordstern Hotel Galata, Tersane Caddesi, Beyoğlu İstanbul, Türkiye, TR, 34421

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Meet your guide in front (outside) of NORDSTERN HOTEL GALATA which is located next to the Galata Bridge. It is about a 2-minute walk from (T1) Karaköy tram stop. Your guide will wear a tour guide badge and will be easy to spot.
End Point

Taksim Square, Beyoğlu İstanbul, Türkiye, TR, 34435

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Our food journey will conclude at Taksim Square. Our guide can point you in the right direction or or give you a recommendation of what to see next nearby

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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June 07, 2025
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Our culinary tour of Istanbul was a flavorful journey, showcasing the city’s vibrant food scene. The appetizers, bursting with fresh herbs and spices, set a high standard, and the main course, a su...read more

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April 22, 2025
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Erik est un guide extraordinaire il nous a fait une visite complète et variée de tous les bons endroits à connaître en 2h30. Les streets foods , les tavernes ou on ne rencontre que des locaux, l e...read more

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Just fantastic!
November 13, 2024
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I'll preface this review by letting readers know: We do food tours in just about every country we visit, always early in the trip, as a way to orient ourselves to its cuisine (for dining the next f...read more

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Fantastic tour with Gamze
October 24, 2024
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Myself and my wife did this tour and had a fantastic time. We had the amazing Gamze as our guide who was so friendly and full of interesting information about food, drunks, culture, history and eve...read more

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Great tour!
October 17, 2024
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Erol was a wonderful guide. We tried so many different kinds of food and so wonderful neighborhoods and really got an experience that we could not have done on our own. Highly recommend.

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