Old Beijing Dinner Tour: An exploration of traditional Hutong neighborhood cuisine

Experience the authentic flavors of Beijing’s traditional Hutong neighborhood cuisine on this small group food tour. Discover delicious dishes perfected over thousands of years and dine shoulder-to-shoulder with locals.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • UnTour Beijing Food Tours - Our walking culinary tours are designed to get visitors off the beaten path and into authentic local shops where they can eat shoulder to shoulder with locals. Since 2010, UnTour Food Tours has taken thousands of guests to our favorite mom-and-pop-owned shops.
    Beijing’s dinnertime cuisine is so much more than the…
What's Included
  • Expert guide leadership
  • Comprehensive post-tour packet with local recommendations and tips
  • Refreshments, including bottled water, soft drinks, and local alcohol
  • Dinner featuring local cuisine
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

The evening meals in Beijing go beyond the busy tourist markets showcasing insects and unknown meat skewers! Participate in this intimate food excursion as you dig into appetizing, established food alongside the locals in a customary Hutong area. You’ll connect with your multilingual guide and small assembly at an easy-to-find spot, then set off to…

Location
Beixinqiao station
Meeting Location: Beixinqiao Subway Station - Exit B. 北新桥地铁站-B东北口.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Sarahmq7106aw
Feb 26, 2025
Best thing we did in Beijing - This was easily the best thing we did in Beijing. The tour was led by Garth who was brilliant and sharing his local knowledge and showing us delicious spots we would have never found on our own
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U9312uwkatherineb
Feb 24, 2025
Amazing Experience - 10/10 experience can’t fault it. Garth was an amazing guide and extremely knowledgable. He went above and beyond for us. We have already been back to two of the places we went during the tour. Overall a really unique tour going to places most tourists wouldn’t think to go and most importantly extremely delicious food.
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Vagabondst_even
Feb 18, 2025
Get your chopsticks ready! - While enjoying a food related trip across China, I wanted to join in a group and partake in an eating experience in Beijing. I met up with Garth and other travelers on this evening food tour throughout the Hutongs and it was a really lovely evening. From noodles to rice wine, donkey meat to silky tofu, this was a very special time to eat our way around the city and make new friends. Garth himself was a treasure trove of information, complete with stories and history. This, for any foodie/chef/cook/traveler (especially a solo traveler looking for company), is an amazing experience to share. Highly recommend!
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L291kdrachels
Feb 17, 2025
Fabulous evening in Beijing - Garth is a wonderful host and the tour was planned with precision. He elevated the experience of the food tour with insight of history and a passion for what he does. Absolutely recommend.
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Resort33540011280
Jan 12, 2025
Highly recommend the dinner tour with Garth! - This was the best food tour we've done in any city! Delicious food and drinks, interesting eateries and we learned so much about food, the neighbourhood, and Beijing and China in general from our super knowledgable guide Garth. He also made sure to look after all our needs along the way and took into account our preferences etc. Thanks for such a great evening!
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Rickb01
Dec 13, 2024
Fantastic experience! Thanks Garth - The Food/diner tour was excellent. Garth has a lot of knowledge about the beijing (and Chinese) kitchen he will also give you little history lesson. For me it was a 10/10! Thanks again Garth
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Roam27585047917
Dec 9, 2024
Insightful, Fun and Delicious - Garth was a fantastic host and we loved this tour around old Beijing. What made it special was the opportunity to have all different experiences in restaurants, bars, homes and even convenience stores. We tried things we wouldn’t have known about on our own. Garth bought the food and streets to life with his knowledge of the food and the town. With a passion that was infectious. It was also lovely to share an evening with fellow travellers. Thank you for a wonderful evening Garth
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Anouke819
Dec 2, 2024
Mjamjam - It took me only 5 years of living in Beijing to take this tour and though I've spent a lot of time in the hutongs the tour brought us to several unknown spots. Garth and his co-guide were awesome, enthusiast foody's and storytellers. Def a must-do if you visit the capital and like food. Who doesn't?
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Sandiliebny
Nov 25, 2024
Sign up now! Excellent food and history tour! - We visited China for a month and this was one of the highlights! My husband loves food, and this tour did not disappoint!!! In addition to fabulous food (from jenbing to donkey burgers to hotpot to the longest hand-pulled noodles we've ever seen...and more!) Garth gave us the history of each dish, as well as an amazing tour of the "real" Beijing hutongs (this is not the view you get from the rickshaw tours!) I have celiac disease and do not consume alcohol, but I went along for the history and I had a great time, even though I could not eat at the chosen establishments (China is not gluten-free friendly.) Garth went out of his way to bring some delicious fresh fruit for me (first time trying fresh mangosteens!) and I was able to eat the yogurt (delish!!!) so I did not feel deprived at all. Walking was totally manageable and my recommendation - which Garth says himself - is don't fill up too quickly! Highly recommend this excellent tour!!!
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Tamara
Jan 17, 2025
Dinner tour - A really great way of trying lots of Beijing dishes intertwined with history. Some of these places you would never find one your own. Only downside was I would’ve loved Peking Duck included. But this tour included some lesser known dishes to the outsider which I think was great. Guide was very knowledgeable.
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