Downtown Charleston Culinary Tour: A Historical Journey into Local Lowcountry Cuisine

Embark on a 2.5-hour culinary tour in downtown Charleston, exploring the rich history and flavors of Lowcountry cuisine. Sample traditional favorites and contemporary innovations at locally-owned restaurants.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Charleston - After meeting your foodie guide at the provided meeting location in downtown Charleston, you will begin your walking tour. Sample dishes at 4 restaurants, finishing with dessert. Each stop lasts ~30 minutes, and you’ll be seated to rest your legs. For most people, the amount of food served overall is enough for a meal. As you enjoy…
What's Included
  • Pre-selected food tastings at 4 Charleston restaurants
  • Engaging narrative from local professional guide
  • 2.5-Hour Downtown Charleston Culinary Walking Food Tour
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • (available for individual purchase at most locations)
Additional Information

Embark on a 2.5-hour culinary journey through downtown Charleston that blends elements of historical exploration and gastronomic adventure! Dive into the city’s past while indulging in tastings of both classic delicacies and modern innovations, all representative of locally-operated eateries. The comprehensive variety of food samples offered during your…

Location
184 E Bay St
East Bay Street
We are behind the brochure stand. Head into the courtyard through the iron gate. You'll find us behind the #99NailsDoor on your left.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Kshome
Jan 11, 2025
The best ! - Dana was our tour guide and she is the best! Our delicious food tour was also interesting as Dana is very knowledgeable and fun! I highly recommend this tour and ask for Dana! The tour included 4 restaurants- each was delicious and different. The portions were amazing and generous! It was truly a 4 course meal! Thank you!
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Barbara_g
Jan 7, 2025
Great restaurant tour tastings - This was a very nice experience that we had. We would do it again, but just with different restaurants. It was well worth the money and the food was amazing. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and had a wealth of information to share with us. If and when we do this again, we will make sure that we get Jess Freeman. If anyone books this tour, make sure you ask for her cause she is very, very good at her job.
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Satricia_r
Jan 5, 2025
food tour - Request John as your food tour guide he was excellent! Very knowledgeable about the local history of Charleston.
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Urbancocoa
Jan 1, 2025
Yum! - My husband, teen son and I enjoyed the food tour. It was a delicious and informative way to learn about the city and the cuisine.
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Janice_l
Dec 29, 2024
Food tour fun - Our tour guide Jessi was very informative and friendly and shared so much history about Charleston as well as the different foods we tried.
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Annmarie_o
Dec 27, 2024
Delish Food Tour - Alice was amazing. Extremely knowledgeable of Charleston's. She was attentive to our needs and took us to 4 restaurants where we got to try low country cuisine. Highly recommend.
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Jeff_c
Dec 25, 2024
Delicious - The restaurants we toured had great food and the tour showed a variety of cuisine popular to the area.
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U9002cxelizabethg
Dec 14, 2024
Favorite part of our trip - Excellent tour full of history and amazing food. I highly recommend doing this at the beginning of your trip to introduce you to the food and history. Jessi is an amazing tour guide.
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Linda_a
Dec 10, 2024
Charleston Food Tour - Dana was an outstanding tour guide adding interesting historical facts about Charleston in addition to information about the restaurants we went to. Best pimento dish ever at Church and Union.
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Djwsaw
Dec 15, 2024
Good tour yet a bit misrepresented - When booking the tour highlights being a great baseline for starting your visit to Charleston because of the history and food combination. We were on the tour for 2 hours and barely moved from the starting location. While the guide was knowledgeable and friendly we saw little and sat and ate more. Some might like that but we preferred to get a true lay of the land and insight into various historical information by seeing more. The restaurant locations were good but the “walking” part was very limited.
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