Sydney Chinatown Food Tour: Experience Flavors of Diverse Culture

Explore the vibrant streets of Sydney’s Chinatown with your host narrating poignant tales of immigration and establishment from the perspective of Australia’s multicultural community. Relish in the area’s rich heritage by indulging in its tasty cuisine and genuine stories of settling in.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Chinatown - This Sydney food tour is a slice of history and culture, alongside deliciously diverse cuisine, telling the Aussie story of migration and settlement from the early days to the most modern times.

This mouth-watering journey will visit hidden landmarks and share little known stories from the history of Chinese Australians. You will enjoy some of the best of Asian Australian cuisine, with origins from China, Korea, Thailand and Malaysia.

You will beat the queues in Sydney’s most popular Malaysian, and enjoy Sydney’s Chinatown classics, dishes include the best KFC (Korean Fried Chicken), handmade dumplings and noodles enjoyed by chefs on their days off, and a lotus shaped gelato beautiful enough to Instagram and delicious enough to win awards.

With modern fusion and Sydney Chinatown classics, dishes include the best KFC (Korean Fried Chicken), handmade dumplings and noodles enjoyed by chefs on their days off, and lotus-shaped gelato beautiful enough to Instagram and delicious enough to win awards.

Your tour will also include the serenity of a classic Chinese Tea Ceremony, an ancient and beautiful tradition.

What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Snacks
  • Dinner
  • Tea and coffee
  • Food tasting
What's Not Included
  • Drinks (available to purchase)
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Infant meals not included
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Vegetarian and gluten free option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • A maximum of 12 people per booking
Location
108 Hay St
Hay Street
On the corner of Hay St and Dixon St, near the Paifang Gate, Haymarket. We meet outside the Pub. (opposite Emperors Puffs) Your guide will be wearing a bright yellow Tshirt. Please aim to be there 15 minutes before the tour starts so that we can start on time.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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B_lentb780
Jun 17, 2024
Excellent experience - Experience was amazing, I never tried Chinese cuisine before and now I love it. Noor managed to keep us entertained and happy all the time.
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Chrispk9498dm
Jun 17, 2024
Hidden gems - Lachlan was an amazing guide - even organised a birthday cake for us. A fun evening. Went to hidden gems we would never have thought of/found!
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Stephen_s
Jun 7, 2024
Amazing tour with great eats! - One of the best Viator tours that we have done. Visited places that we would have never seen found. Learned about Asian cuisine and culture that we would have never known. Guide was beyond very knowledgeable. He was friendly, whitty and personable. If you have the time, book this tour. It's a sleeper.
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Juanita_c
May 20, 2024
Great time! - Great experience. Started on time, food was fresh and delicious. Noor was an excellent guide with a great personality. Would definitely recommend this tour.
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Sydney
May 20, 2024
Food, culture, and lots of fun - A fantastic tour of Chinatown with exciting food and our charming guide, Noor. Noor explained a lot about Chinese culture as we walked between restaurants. Some of the food was new to me and I loved it. What a delightful way to spend an evening in Sydney, Australia.
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Kyledchalmers
May 4, 2024
Delicious Food and Great Tour Guide - Best Experience in Sydney - The food was incredibly delicious - definitely come hungry because the food was soooooo good and delicious. Bruce was an amazing tour guide who really knew a lot about the food and culture and history of Chinatown. Best experience in Sydney that me and my partner had.
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Abbie_a
May 4, 2024
Awesome - Outstanding food choices, knowledgeable guide. Come hungry, lots of food to enjoy. Tea ceremony was calming
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Road30918390922
Apr 21, 2024
Great experience - Excellent Exactly what was on the description Very good Tour Bruce was a great Guide And we all loved the different food stops and info.
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Richard_l
Jun 4, 2024
Average food tour - Having taken many food tours I found this one underwhelming. Tour wise, the guide was a little inexperienced (a 20 year old student). I expected to learn something on the culture of Sydney or food stops but sadly not much was said. Food wise: two of the seven food stops were excellent, Emperor Puffs and Ho Jiak. The other food stops were bland and unexciting, especially given the amount of street food and restaurants in Chinatown. I would sadly not recommend this tour.
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Katelin_o
Jun 10, 2024
Terrible - give it a miss - This was highly disappointing. We ended up leaving the tour before it finished - at the point we were eating 2 pieces of deep fried chicken in an arcade because they could not find a seat at the place we were supposed to be eating. It was clearly lacking substance about China Town and 'stories about immigration' and was lacklustre, slow paced, and obviously constructed around trying to do a tour for the cheapest price. We've done food tours before through viator that have been good. This was was awful - give it a miss.
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