San Francisco Chinatown Food and Culture Tour

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
2 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English
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Explore San Francisco’s Chinatown through a cultural and culinary lens. Enjoy tastings of authentic dim sum, pastries, and visit storied landmarks on this engaging guided walking tour.

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

Experience Details

Discover the vibrant heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown on this two-hour walking and tasting tour. Stroll through colorful streets and admire art and architecture as you learn how Chinese immigrants built a vibrant neighborhood filled with striking architecture, great flavors, and a spirit of community.


Visit historic sites like the former city hall, the Instagrammable balconies of Waverly Place’s painted balconies, and a famous fortune cookie factory. Along the way, enjoy fresh pastries from a local bakery, a delicious dim sum spread, and more. Your guide will entertain you with cultural highlights about the food you sample as well as stories of political pioneers, gold rush immigrants, and the rebuilding of Chinatown after the 1906 earthquake.


This tour offers a deep, delicious look into one of the city's most iconic neighborhoods.

What You Get

2-hour walking tour of Chinatown
Dim sum dumplings included in price
Hidden gem food recommendations
Gratuities
Additional food purchases at other stops

Good To Know

  • We will provide a variety of included steamed, baked, and fried dumplings at no additional cost to you. If you'd like to purchase food at other stops, we suggest bringing around $20.
  • The dim sum restaurant can offer vegan dumplings. Please just let your guide know you prefer this option.
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

1

Woh Hei Yuen Park

Start the tour at this picturesque park and playground where you might see people dancing to traditional Chinese music.
5 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
2

Gum Moon Residence Hall

Learn about the Christian missionaries who advocated, educated and sometimes sheltered members of the Chinatown community.
5 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
3

AA Bakery & Cafe

Taste freshly baked buns, egg tarts, sesame balls and other treats from Chinatown’s favorite bakery.
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
4

Chinatown-Rose Pak Station

Hear about the woman who amplified Chinatown’s political voice, bringing SF’s first Chinese American mayor to office and the city’s new subway line to the neighborhood
5 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Waverly Place (Pass By)

Walk the beautiful “street of painted balconies” and see the oldest Chinese temple in town. Hear about the devastating earthquake and fire of 1906 and how Chinatown responded in its aftermath.
5

Ross Alley

Stop by Chinatown’s famous fortune cookie factory and hear about the criminal gangs that once prowled the alleys.
10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
6

Grant Avenue

Walk past striking buildings and learn the story behind Chinatown’s bold, colorful architecture.
5 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
7

House of Dim Sum

Enjoy a variety of steamed, baked, and fried dumplings, included with your tour, at a dim sum restaurant beloved by locals.
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
8

Transamerica Redwood Park

End the tour in a grove of redwood trees where you least expect them: in the shadow of SF’s most famous office building.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Woh Hei Yuen Park, San Francisco County California, United States, US, 94133

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Meet your guide at Woh Hei Yuen Park. The park is at the corner of Powell and John streets.
End Point

Transamerica Redwood Park, Montgomery Street, San Francisco County California, United States, US, 94111

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This tour ends at Transamerica Redwood Park/

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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