Taste of Azerbaijan: Ultimate Cuisine Tour with Snacks and Dinner Explore Baku Old Town
4.4
8 Ratings
Bakı
Embark on a 4.5-hour culinary adventure in Baku, Azerbaijan, exploring the city's old town and downtown areas. Discover the unique flavors of Azerbaijani cuisine influenced by Arabic, Caucasian, and Mediterranean traditions. Indulge in delicious snacks and dinner at handpicked eateries, and end the tour with a refreshing cup of Azerbaijani tea and local jam by the Caspian Sea.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

At your selected time, head to Icari Shahar metro station to meet your tour guide, ready for a culinary adventure

Your guide takes you to several eateries in the Old City of Baku and offers detailed information about the food served at each. Your tour begins by tasting qutab, a local Azerbaijani dish made from from thinly rolled dough. Pastry dishes in Azerbaijan are considered source of pride. After this snack, make your way to a restaurants decorated in the national style. Choose what you want to eat for entree, perhaps according to recommendations by the local guide. You can also order additional dishes to try, alongside alcoholic drinks (own expense).

While dining, tour guide offers cooking tips and insights about local food traditions. The adventure is not complete without a visit to the boulevard for tea drinking and tasting some traditional Azerbaijani cuisine.

Your tour concludes back at the original departure point.

Points of Interest

  • Icherisheher st.

  • Sahil st.

What's Included
  • 2-course dinner including an appetizer and entree
  • Variety of snacks
  • Selection of tea and two types of sweets
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Explore Baku Old Town and downtown areas discovering Azerbaijani food and snacks on this 4.5-hour tour. Get direct experience with our foodie tour guide to see how Azerbaijan has been influenced by Arabic, Caucasian and Mediterranean cuisines, yet retaining uniqueness and exquisite characteristics that stand out with meaty and oily dishes. Gain appreciation for local cuisine’s harmony of different types of meals, sauces and spices and treat your taste buds at 2 handpicked eateries. The tour will end at a local tea house located at the shores of Caspian Sea, where you will be served with Azerbaijani tea and a local jam, called ‘murabba’.

  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements after booking
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise after booking
Location
Icherisheher st.
İstiqlaliyyət
The tour departs from the exit of Icharishahar metro station. Check the image for precise location: http://bit.ly/IchariMeet
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Rick
Sep 8, 2023
Good tour with an excellent guide! - Super nice tour with a very friendly young host that spoke excellent English. The food was overall good and the closing tea at the boulevard was great.
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Vivagrande
Jun 2, 2023
Delicious and fun group tour in Baku! - We connected with Baku tours to arrange a custom tour for a group of international scientists at a conference in Baku. Etjal and team helped us to come up with a fabulous evening trying the foods of Baku! They arranged transportation, a cooking demonstration, dinner, entertainment, and a tea ceremony at multiple locations within our budget. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience and set the perfect note for a great week in Baku! Shoutout to Heydar for being a great tour guide!
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Robgc8863ou
Apr 17, 2023
Tasty - Swapped between three different places. The guides (one was in training) were great and fun to talk to. The food was delicious!
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Hanswalhout
Jun 16, 2022
Soo much to taste in Azerbaijan! - This tour really let's you experience the taste of Azerbaijan. We went to 3 different places: in the first we tasted various flavors of qutab, in the second we got overwhelmed with all the other potential dishes and drinks you can order from the Azerbaijan kitchen and finally we set down for black tea and white cherry and walnut jam. Delicious! You definitely need to experience this tour to try it all and understand what flavors you like and which are less of your taste. Our favorite: the compot drink!
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Krista4b
Jun 14, 2022
Dadli! (Tasty! In Azerbaijani) - We really enjoyed this food tour. Our guide was Shaheen and he was definitely willing to talk about Azerbaijani cuisine and any other topics that came up. Our first stop was a qutab place in old town. We got to see the qutab being prepared and tried 3 types, meat, cheese, and greens. They were all delicious but the greens was our favorite. We also tried an Azerbaijani yogurt drink that we enjoyed. Next we went to a restaurant near the fountains square where we ate outside. The restaurant has a large menu but the tour company narrowed down the choices and Shaheen recommended some of his favorites. We tried the pickles, a cold yogurt soup with dill and cucumber, the grape leave dolma stuffed with meat and rice, and the sabzi plov with lamb and greens. Again, all were quite delicious but our favorite was the sabzi plov. Our last stop was a tea shop on the boulevard along the Caspian sea. We had traditional tea with quince and feijoa jams. This was a solid way to end the tour. Overall, this tour was good value for the money but be prepared for it to last longer than listed. If you want to learn about and try some tasty Azerbaijani food, I highly recommend this tour.
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Jamess4638
Oct 4, 2019
Dinner with a local - Had a private “tour” with Shahin. This is more dinner in a restaurant and tea in a cafe than a typical food tour. But a great chance to get to know more about Azerbaijan- and the food was good!
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Missile_ward
Aug 8, 2023
Terrible...food tour ..bad value - Rubbish Poor value ..no information Felt totally ripped off compared to other tours I have been on Food was average and not generous ..drinks we had to keep asking for Don't waste your money
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