St. Catharines Walking Food Tour: Authentic Cuisine Experience

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Embark on a mouthwatering walking food tour in St. Catharines, indulging in authentic Mexican cuisine, trendy eateries, gastropubs, board game restaurants, and tapas bars. Experience the flavors of the city and meet the passionate people behind each business.

Duration: 3 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

St Catharines Farmers Market - Our tour starts at the Famers Market where you will meet your guide.
Trust Beer Bar - Your tour will start at Market Square and lead you to your first stop at Taco Embassy. Meeting the incredible family that owns the establishment you will get a grand tour of the intricate building they have renovated to represent Mexico. Included in this stop is authentic Mexican food and optional wine pairings that will make you feel like you’re down south.
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre - We walk by the First Ontario center downtown.
Twenty Kitchen & Bar - Next, you’ll head to Twenty an incredible gastropub on St. Paul Street. With incredible attention to detail and flavours you’ll dine at one of Niagara’s trendiest eatery’s and try some of the regions best food and wine.
The District Tapas+Bar - Who doesn’t love tapas, drinks, and great music?
Ludology Boardgame Cafe - Making your way down St. Paul you’ll visit what may seem like an ordinary board-game café on the outside. Ludology is one of St. Paul’s hidden gems with the quality of service and talent behind their bar and kitchen. Constantly innovating their menu with new dishes you’ll get a taste of items like drinkable chocolate and fresh croissants.

What's Included

Optional wine pairings for food tastings
Dinner included

Additional Information

Your tour starts in downtown St. Catharines at Market Square. You’ll be greeted by our tour guide and then begin your tour to your first of 4 stops to try unique tacos in a Beer Hall.

Next you’ll head over to Niagara’s trendiest eatery’s on St. Paul street and make your way through your next 3 restaurants in St. Catharines. You’ll get a chance to eat at one of Niagara’s best gastropubs, a unique board game restaurant, and a tapas bar. Each stop will bring a unique flavor and introduce you to the incredible people behind each business.

Throughout the tour you’ll be eating incredible food paired with thoughtful alcohol pairings. You’ll get to see the beautiful Garden City and all it has to offer.

IMPORTANT: Please contact us for any dietary restrictions you may have, we can accommodate most but not all restrictions and require notice.

Please note that on occasion our partners have unexpected closures, in the event this happens we replace them with another partner.

Location

St. Catharines Farmers' Market

King Street

The tour starts at the front of Market Square where you will meet your guide.

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Jobr69

Mar 26, 2023

Awesome variety of food~drink pairings in rejuvenated downtown core - What a fun (and filling) tour! We live in NOTL and chose this tour to discover new “date night” spots in the region. This tour did not disappoint, we loved all of our stops and the fun and informative guide Aleks! We can honestly say that we will return to all of our stops for full meals or cocktails this summer. We have been on many food tours (all over North America) and this one was different (better) because each spot allowed us to sit down and enjoy our food - drink pairings in a relaxed, fun and welcoming way. At each spot either an owner or other senior staff member gave us some history of the resto and we had a nice chat. This personal touch was so special. We 100% recommend this tour and make sure you go hungry!!

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Marlene_s

Nov 7, 2022

Wonderful - It was a wonderful experience Our tour guide was knowledgeable and very attentive to our questions it was great

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Matthew_h

Jul 25, 2022

Afternoon well spent. - All four food experiences were excellent. Wide variety of food, and enough food that we finished with a few take out boxes of food. Out host, Aleks, was very gracious and knowledgeable about each food experience, and St Catherines as well. Our favourite experience was Taco Embassy for the food. Ludology Boardgame Cafe had some truly unique cocktails, and was a lot of fun. We also loved the wine pairing at Incoho, and ended up going to the winery to pick up a bottle of the wine. Highly recommended!

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Andrea

May 5, 2022

Food lovers - this experience is for you! - Our Food Tour was amazing! The host was knowledgeable, the walk was easy, and the food and drinks were outstanding. What a great way to try out new places and experience new food - highly recommend.

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699mhv

Apr 24, 2022

Would definitely do this again! - Took this walking tour in April and it was the best! I wanted to do a tour when I visited the falls but was not too excited for another wine tour. Saw this tour and decided to give it a shot. It was so worth it! Our guide was very very kind, knowledgeable and amazing ! Food at every restaurant was delicious and the drinks paired great with every dish. I would recommend maybe bringing a small bag for left overs as there is alot of food !

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Peacelovejenny7

Nov 16, 2021

Food Tour Fun with Friends - My friends and I had a really great time on the walking food tour. It was a great way to enjoy the Niagara food scene and discover new restaurants. It would be suitable for both tourists and locals. The owners of the restaurants were really nice and explained the history of their restaurant as well as a detailed explanation of the food they were serving. We had 2 vegetarians and 2 meat eaters in the group and there was something delicious for all of us at each restaurant. Highly recommend!

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Heather_p

Feb 18, 2024

Very disappointed - As having past experiences with Viator and food tours this was not a good experience. The tour was shortened by an hour , the food was not good . The restaurants were dirty . Definitely not worth the money ! The tour was not as the description says . Last stop was supposed to give a charcuterie board , but we received one cookie a piece in replace of the restaurant not being open . Very disappointing experience! Not worth 108 pp

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Mary_s