Food Walk Tour Chennai: Experience the Rich and Yummy Food Culture
3.8
16 Ratings
Chennai
Embark on a food walk tour in Chennai to experience the rich and yummy food culture. Taste delicious dishes, feast your taste buds, and create lasting memories.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Chennai (Madras) - We wouldn’t want to ruin the surprise, so join us on this walking tour to discover Chennai’s hidden culinary gems (unfamiliar to most tourists) that you might overlook if you’re navigating the city by yourself.
  1. Wander through the streets with the oldest food establishment in the city of lakes, savor a range of local Kerala treats such as idiyappam, nuller puttu, payamburi, dhokla, chips, various namkeens, and Kerala halwa, whose flavors are sure to please your palate.
  2. Observe the creation of the most popular sweets in the coastal region, including some specialties that, while not native to Chennai, have been integrated into its gastronomic heritage for ages.
  3. Enjoy a cup of chai served in a traditional clay cup while taking in the unparalleled sights of Chennai, and indulge in the local pastime of eating while appreciating the city’s splendor.
  4. Sample Chennai’s confections, an assortment of breath fresheners, Chaat, etc., and conclude your journey with a scrumptious sweet treat.
What's Included
  • Beverage
  • Highly trained and friendly Storyteller/ Guide who can speak English & Hindi
  • Food Tasting
  • Great conversations, interesting stories, local tips and recommendations
What's Not Included
  • Hotel Pickup and Drop
  • Bottled Water
Additional Information

Chennai is a royal destination and for centuries it is known for its rich and yummy food culture, we are fortunate today that this rich food culture is preserved in the form of small food joints by some thoughtful people for generations.

We have designed this amazing experience for you with an intention to take you to these places for food tasting, so that you can also cherish this food, feast your taste buds and have a fabulous and lasting impression.

Location
KING GEORGE V STATUE
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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899darceyi
Jan 22, 2024
A must-do in Chennai, especially if you don't want to brave the busy markets on your own! - Really great experience, good value for money and we would recommend to anyone visiting Chennai! Tharun was super friendly and helpful. He catered to everyone on the tour really well, such as making sure the foods were to our preference by asking for extra spice or low spice. We got to try a variety of sweet and savoury snacks as well as masala chai and sugar cane juice. Thank you for a great tour :)
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Annelorenz812
Nov 13, 2023
Thanks to Tharun - We did a street food tour with Tharun. He showed us and told us a lot. We were able to try lots of delicious things. THANK YOU You did a great job
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Sheltiepower
Jun 27, 2023
Shop Like a Local - Amazing tour with Hareesh. Felt like a local with his help including the jammed city streets. Help us shop for a wide range of items including sandals, baby gifts, and silks. These are places that would be a bit intimidating to go on your own.
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Andrewrc8714vf
May 22, 2023
A brilliant night! Would recommend. - My partner and I took the food tour with Jamie in the Sowcarpet, Chennai. We recommend taking an afternoon tour as the area really wakes up in the afternoon/evening. Jamie was very knowledgeable about the food and about India in general. We spent a lot of the time asking questions and learning about India, inbetween mouthfuls of good food. Jamie built our experience around what we liked, making sure to get the amount of food and spice levels right. Truly a relaxed, informative and delicious evening. I should also note, that my partner and I booked the tour the night before which didn't give the team enough time to organise it. They got in contact the next day to explain and offered that we join one of the evening tours the next day instead. Thanks for being such a polite and thoughtful company.
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Guide35769486780
Apr 13, 2023
Fascinating food tour - Spent a fascinating couple of hours getting under the skin of the Chennai food scene, navigating hectic markets and learning about the local culture. Recommended!
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Roxane_w
Jan 23, 2024
Get way to see more of Chennai - The tour through the area was terrific! We did not feel comfortable with several of the sites in terms of use of local water and overall cleanliness. The guide was struggling because there was a national celebration and several of the planned sites were closed. We conveyed this to the guide but it was a challenging day.
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Greenie_christina
Mar 1, 2024
Great experience of Georgetown, ok tour. - It was fascinating to experience the hustle and bustle of the Georgetown market area! Such a crush of people, cars, tuk tuks, bikes, scooters, dogs, even horse drawn carts. The food part of the tour was ok, tasty for sure, but we were surprised to still be hungry- there just weren’t very many stops and the last stop was the same as the first. The sweets shop was a tour highlight. Our guide was organized, enthusiastic, and warm but the tour wasn’t super informative because we spent most of the time navigating the streets and not talking with him. We are glad we went.
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Raul_v
Oct 29, 2023
Very dissapointed - Highly trained guide says viator... this is not true. Friendly guide with not a clue of doing the tour. We went to 4 places , eat few things here and there. Very dissapointed. We felt robbed tbh. I raised a complaint to viator... still didn't recieve a reply, not even acknowledge the complaint.
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Kevin_r
Sep 25, 2022
Cancelled tours with no notice!!!! - Our tour was booked and confirmed for 11am, we waited by the statue but no one came, we messaged the tour operator to be told the tour was cancelled but would be rescheduled for 5pm. We went back at 5pm and I messaged the tour operator to say we were there waiting only to be told that tour was also cancelled. We had to travel by taxi both ways to get to the tour start place and there was no notice that the tour would be cancelled.
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Louise
Sep 25, 2022
Cancelled last minute - The tour guide rescheduled the tour then cancelled the tour. We did not get to go on the tour unfortunately.
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