Dubai Old Town: Street Food Tour

Discover Old Dubai’s hidden gems with a guided walking tour. Savor local street food, explore historic sites, and enjoy a traditional boat ride.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bastakia Quarter - Experience the traditional lifestyle of Dubai from the mid-19th century to the 1970s at Al-Fahidi Historical Neighborhood. Here, buildings with high air towers (Barjeel) are constructed using traditional materials like stone, gypsum, teak, sandalwood, fronds, and palm wood. These structures are beautifully arranged side by side,…
What's Included
  • Professional Licensed Guide
  • Food & drinks tastings of high quality local products
  • Local Street Food
  • Shawarma, Kunafa, Chicken Mandi or Madhbi, Flafel, Hummus and much more
  • Tea / Drinks
  • Bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Welcome to Dubai! Join our walking and food tour in the oldest neighborhood of the city. Explore narrow alleys, historic buildings, take a boat ride, visit old souks, and savor delicious Arabic dishes including shawarma, falafel, hummus, Arabic tea, luqaimat, chicken mandi, and kunafa.
Take a traditional boat ride across Dubai Creek, where you’ll try…

Location
Arabian Tea House Restaurant & Cafe - Al Fahidi
Al Fahidi Street
You will find us at the main entrance of the Arabian Tea House restaurant. There is a sitting area next to the entrance and that will be our meeting place.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Tiamow2019
Apr 6, 2025
Great first night food tour - For our first night in Dubai we knew we wanted to do a walking tour to learn a bit more about the city and to try some new foods and this tour didn’t disappoint. My husband and I were guided by Tamour and we got to learn a bit of history, a bit of culture and all while feasting throughout the city. Come hungry and ready for a great walk around the city with a great guide.
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Snowman394
Apr 6, 2025
Amazing way to experience Dubai! - Great walking tour, learning the history of Dubai and leaving very full on amazing food. The restaurants and street vendors provided savory and sweet bites.
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Biancacm108pe
Apr 6, 2025
Mansoor is the best! - Great time. Drink lots of water but the history and experience is once in a lifetime. Amazing food and great shopping. You should really take the tour with Mansoor Ali, he’s the bomb!
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Leon
Apr 6, 2025
Amazing Food Tour - Great cultural experience. Tour guide was magnificent. Shopping was amazing. Food was great. Lots of history and great food.
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Dave
Apr 3, 2025
It felt like I was visiting a local friend and discovered so many hidden gems! Highly recommend. - Mansoor Ali was a great guide and showed us and explained a lot about the historic areas in Dubai. From the Mint Moroccan iced tea, to the emerati chai, to the shawarma, to the biriyani chicken, pomegranate juice and cream filled sweet and savory Filo dessert. Loved the amazing fresh flavors and the historical buildings and markets. Our guide helped us to negotiate good prices at the spice market. When traveling to a new place as a tourist it can be hard to plan what to visit. But with this tour I felt like I was visiting a local friend and discovered so many hidden gems. Highly recommend.
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Lynda_r
Mar 28, 2025
Great intro to Dubai - Mansoor was a great guide. He was informative about the country & the food. He communicated well & provided good advice on where to buy things and how much to pay. Make sure you are hungry as there is lots of food!
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Lyndiloola
Mar 28, 2025
Great introduction to Dubai - Mansoor was a great guide. He was very informative, communicated well and gave good advice about where to buy things snd how much to pay. Make sure you are hungry before the tour, there’s a lot of food! Great tour, would highly recommend.
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Mohammedsl4246yg
Mar 27, 2025
A great food tour - We had an amazing food tour with our guide Tamour. There was a lot of food tour taste. We did boat ride in old Dubai to cross creek. He gave us local and historic information. We really enjoyed the food tour and highly recommended to everyone.
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Todd_m
Mar 27, 2025
Great time. - Our guide was a very knowledgeable and personable man. He was excited to teach us and help us with our questions and our exploration wish list.
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Yoon
Mar 20, 2025
Highly recommend - We had a good tour with Mansoor Ali and he was great! He is knowledgeable and accommodating. Highly recommend getting him as a tour guide.
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From $33
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).