Taste & Tour: Edinburgh Food Tour with Drinks

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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3 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English
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Discover Edinburgh through its food and drinks on our Taste & Tour. Explore iconic sites while savoring local flavors, guided by experts passionate about Scotland's culinary heritage.

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

Experience Details

Come with us to eat and drink like a local!


We've blended together an exciting mixture of the best food and drink Scotland produces, the best locations in the Old Town of Edinburgh and some of the most enjoyable stories from Edinburgh's long past to make sure that whether you're in Edinburgh for a day, a week, a month or you’re a local looking to fall back in love with your city, you'll have a great time and learn something.


Our guides all come from the food and drink industry meaning they can bring their knowledge and passion of Scotland's quality produce to make sure you go away having sampled the best food that's unique to Scotland. We also intentionally tour past all the places you'll want to see in the Old Town of Edinburgh for some truly unmissable pictures.


Let us introduce you to Edinburgh, our food, our best locations, our most passionate producers and our wonderfully rich and interesting history.


What You Get

Dinner
We stop off to eat 10 different flavours of Scottish food over the tour. Come hungry!
Tea and coffee
Locally roasted coffee
Alcoholic beverages
You will have some traditional, locally brewed drinks. Non-alcoholic beverages available on request.

Good To Know

  • We can accept people from the age of 16 upwards however they will receive a soft drink alternative in line with licencing laws in Scotland.
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Service animals allowed
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

Edinburgh Castle (Pass By)

Our whole tour is in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, talking about some of the history surrounding it and viewing from 3, less seen aspects.
1

Grassmarket

We spend some time eating in the historic Grassmarket, the centre of ancient Edinburgh's civic life. Here, we reveal a bit of the history and the strong links with the food and drink culture of Edinburgh.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Victoria Street (Pass By)

Wandering up here to continue our tour, stopping for some light bites and coffee on the most photographed street in Edinburgh! Some say it's the inspiration for Diagon Alley in Harry Potter? We're not so sure...

Usher Hall (Pass By)

Edinburgh's main concert hall but how old is it really and what significance does it have to Edinburgh's food and drink? We have our first bite to eat and a drink here as well.
2

Lawnmarket

The bustling road below the Castle, we stop here for coffee roasted in Edinburgh.
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Gladstone's Land (Pass By)

The world's first skyscraper? Linked for centuries with traders and drinks merchants.

Royal Mile (Pass By)

We walk a the Royal Mile pointing out areas of interest before finishing with food and drink at the end of it in one of the historic little alleyways coming off Old Edinburgh's main thoroughfare.
3

St Giles' Cathedral

We pause outside to discuss what ties together this church, Mary Queen of Scots, Sirloin Steak and the car park at the back? Intrigued? You should be.
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Edinburgh Farmers' Market (Pass By)

On Saturday's only! We stop off to meet some of the producers of amazing Scottish produce, sample their goods and hear their story. A proper 'behind the scenes' opportunity for anybody that likes their food.
4

Innis & Gunn at No 6

Drink one of the most unique and quintessentially Scottish beers you'll find accompanied by a delicacy that's origins might surprise you to find are not as Scottish as they seem.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
5

Edinburgh Farmers' Market

We'll introduce to some Scottish street food and the suppliers behind them whose passion and love for what they do shines through into their food.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
6

I.J. Mellis Cheesemonger

3 Scottish cheeses, oatcakes and a surprise exclusive addition? It must a treat from a venerable Scottish institution.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
7

John Knox House Museum

Here we end the tour with a visit to a couple of location, close to each other but matched by the quality of tradition food on offer. we'll make sure you go home well fed and watered as we try Cullen Skin (a traditional soup) Cranachan (a cream and fruit based desert) get a bit of whisky tasting going and, of course, haggis!
45 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

30B Grindlay St, Grindlay Street, Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom, GB, EH3 9AX

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We meet in front of the Lyceum Theatre. Our guide will be there to meet you and check your tickets.
End Point

43 High St, High Street, Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom, GB, EH1

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We end half way down the Royal Mile, near John Knox house with plenty of options surrounding it for enjoying the rest of your evening.

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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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