10 Tastings of Edinburgh With Locals: Private Food Tour For Foodies

Embark on a private food tour in Edinburgh and indulge in 10 mouthwatering tastings hand-picked by locals. Experience the city’s culinary scene while exploring its cultural highlights. Book now!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Grassmarket - This tour includes 10 food and drink tastings. Your local host has hand-picked each one of the tastings based on their love for food, and knowledge of the city. Enjoy a bite of the ultimate classics, whiskey and haggis, and taste them in their authentic local flavor!
What's Included
  • 10 Food & Drinks Tastings
  • Private Tour
  • Local Guide
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pick-up and drop off
  • Food & beverages not listed as inclusions
Additional Information

Embark on a private gastronomic adventure through Edinburgh’s food landscape. Experience a delightful gastronomic journey as you sample 10 of the top local favorites, covering everything from savory delights to sweet delicacies and native beverages; this experience won’t fail to satiate any food enthusiast!
Indulge in a taste adventure, savoring dishes…

Location
Royal Mile Whiskies
High Street
Outside Royal Mile Whiskies Shop.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Robert_c
May 13, 2025
Great Tour! - The tour was pretty customized to what we wanted to do and liked. A little bit of history and trivia thrown in, too.
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M7710xobarrym
Apr 23, 2025
Perfect Day in Edinburgh - Our tour with Alec was wonderful. The locations and information shared were perfect. We enjoyed the in depth stories that connected many of our stops. Well done, informative and a great afternoon.
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Inspiration247985
Jan 2, 2025
Walking tour of Edinburgh - Alec was amazing very informative lite humor Took us a little off the beaten path and gave us a lot of history We couldn’t be happier with what we learned from Alec
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Matthew_d
Oct 17, 2024
A great way to spend the day - The Storytelling was a brilliant way to enjoy a meal. Best haggis I've ever eaten, and the deep fried pizza was quite a fun experience.
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Drlp300
Oct 13, 2024
Fun foods with Alec. - Alec was a friendly and knowledgeable guide. He was flexible when it came to what we were interested in eating. Highly recommend you spend some time with Alec in Edinburgh.
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Lizac864
Oct 7, 2024
Brilliant experience - We booked Alec for a food tasting tour around Edinburgh old town on a busy Saturday. Alec was extremely friendly, polite, approachable and knowledgable. It was great to hear tales of bygone era as well as from Alec’s own childhood in the town. Many of the historical sites we visited we may have just walked on past and not fully appreciated but Alec really brought the history to life. I wouldn’t recommend eating anything prior to your tour as we were well fed (the Greggs lorne sausage being a highlight). Thanks Alec for sharing your knowledge and for being a top tour guide.
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Tom_s
Oct 9, 2024
Edinburgh walkin tour - Was advertised as 10 taste of Edinburgh Excellent guide but we had two food tests and one drink A bit confusing
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Leighann_l
Mar 21, 2025
Disappointing rip-off - Totally disappointed. Did not live up to the billing at all! We had three (3!) stops, only two of which had food. Our last stop was a small part of a cold pie from Greggs - if you're American think 7-11 - and broken candy from the guides bag. It started well at the first pub with suggested drinks and hot Scottish food, but was just wandering without food or drinks. We had to suggest the 2nd stop since it didn't appear to be planned in advance at all. Our guide was super pleasant and tried his best but needed an itinerary. In the end, I felt completely ripped off. Eating a cold pie on a bench outside was NOT what I paid this much money for.
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Donna_m
Sep 30, 2024
Be warned! - I really struggled with how many stars to give this tour, because I do not like giving bad reviews, but feel like this is an opportunity to warn other folks. We are frequent travelers and have taken advantage of many food tours including: Rome, Florence, Venice, Athens, Lisbon, and Palermo. We love to experience local foods and culture, picking up some ideas for good restaurants for our stay in different cities. Honestly, this tour in Edinburgh was the worst in terms of food. As many of the reviewers have stated, the title ("10 tastings") is very misleading. In addition, the food that was offered was what we would call fast food or take-away, leaving the impression that there is no other food worthy of tasting in Edinburgh. Not true! We even did a "street food" tour in Palermo. It was somewhat of the same type of food, but there was so much more of it along with beer and wine and was advertised as such. We agree that Alec was a terrific story teller and we learned a great deal of local history from him. However, we had a city tour planned the next day (as we told him) and much of the information was repetitive. We tasted a bit of candy at our first stop, then 3 meat pies and a mac & cheese pie topped off with some very sweet soda at our second stop. Last, but not least was deep fried pizza and chips at our last stop (Honestly?). The evening tour began at 5pm and being that it was very cool, we would have appreciated sitting in a warm pub or restaurant to taste similar food. The eateries were at very small take-away shops that were extremely limited in seating. This tour was expensive for what we received in return. We really felt that aside from Alec's stories and knowledge that it was a total rip-off.
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Daveanddenise83
Oct 7, 2024
Very last minute cancellation - Extremely disappointed. We booked our tour eight months in advance. We received notification at 7:30 the day of our scheduled tour that was cancelled by the host. No stated reason. Company stated in the email that they tried to find a replacement but could not.
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From $95
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).