African Cuisine Tour: Taste of Joburg's Diversity

Embark on a culinary adventure in Johannesburg’s Afro-Cosmopolitan areas, exploring the diverse African cuisine of Yeoville and Maboneng. Indulge in South African, Ghanaian, Nigerian, Cameroonian, Zimbabwean, and Congolese dishes, and enhance your experience with an African beer tasting.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Maboneng Precinct - Maboneng is a community and it’s people are the driving force behind the neighbourhood.
  • Yeoville - Yeoville is one of the most diverse suburbs in South Africa, known for being highly Afro-cosmopolitan with many African nationals found in one square mile. The area is also rich in history and due to the many different…
What's Included
  • Pick up & Drop off
  • All Meals
  • Lunch
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Host
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Our African Culinary Journey is accessible in the two highly Afro-global regions of Joburg, renowned for their African gastronomic wealth.
Yeoville (3pm) - recognized as one of South Africa’s most culturally varied suburbs. Its unique Afro-international appeal, marked by a multitude of African inhabitants within just a square mile, and a rich backstory…

Location
Maboneng Precinct
286 Fox Street, Maboneng Precinct, City & Suburban
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Mika_o
Jul 3, 2025
Maboneng food tour - Nkosi was such a wonderful guide! I really appreciated getting to understand Maboneng - and he really seems to know everyone there ! I felt like a guest of honor with him as our guide. We had Ethiopian , Nigerian, South African , and Zimbabwean food; all dishes I would not have ordered on my own. The variety was amazing. And we got to walk it off by touring the murals. This is a great tour if you want to understand the culture of Maboneng. Don’t miss this tour ! You won’t regret it!
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Lorihh6075ca
Jun 6, 2025
Taste of Africa - The tour was fantastic! Our tour guide, Tye was extremely knowledgeable about the area, people and foods. He was friendly and answered all of our questions. My husband and I loved the different foods that we ate and we appreciated the art work that was created around the city. I highly recommend this tour.
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Elaine_h
May 16, 2025
Worthwhile - Very good brief about the city’s history. 4 types of food from different regions of South Africa - all delicious. Just noted that you will be walking/crossing the street on uneven pavement.
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135kyungc
Feb 9, 2025
Excellent walking tour of Maboneng and a variety of samplings of African cuisine - Excellent tour of Maboneng’s neighborhood and art, along with tasting 4 different types of cuisine. Note that the description doesn’t make it clear, but there will be quite a bit of walking during the tour (which I thoroughly enjoyed). The restaurants were not fancy but provided simple, home-cooked meals and I enjoyed the variety. Although I wasn’t a big fan of one of them (I think it was Zimbabwe), the others were tasty and filling - make sure you measure yourself at each meal.
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Sightseer18089994502
Dec 16, 2024
Great food and even better vibes! - Great tour guides they were knowledgeable and personable! The food was top tier! We were not disappointed. I didn’t realize that this tour included a maboneng art tour. That was a great component.
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Thomasanywhere
Nov 2, 2024
Amazing food and guides! - We went for the food tour with Eunice and Murendeni and we had a great time! Their mix of humour and knowledge was perfect, and we saw many great places and were told interesting stories. The food was amazing, and we highly reccomend this tour to everyone wanting to try different and unique foods, aswell as exploring a cool part of Jburg! 10/10
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Mashizan
Oct 27, 2024
Insightful and tasty! - It was such an interesting experience going on this walking tour. Our guide Nokia was very knowledgeable and took us on a fantastic journey through the art district of Maboneng. Thank you Nkosi!
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64mitchm
Nov 22, 2024
Disappointed! - The guide was certainly very knowledgable regarding the history of the area and the graffiti and art. He was also very friendly. However, as a food tasting and beer tasting experience I would avoid. Food tasting was in very low budget restaurants (Caged windows) with and beer was often picked up at a liquor store and then drunk from plastic glasses. For the amount I paid I was extremely disappointed as it certainly was not good value for money and I will never recommend to anyone visiting Johannesburg. Perhaps it was more of an authentic experience, but eating with your hands and often without plates wasn’t something I had in mind when I booked it.
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Suzanne_c
Nov 10, 2024
Do not go for the food - The good things about the tour was the communication and the interesting street art. The bad thing was the food! Clearly the company was trying to maximize on profits. I have posted a photo of the 1st place we went to the Ethiopian food was interesting and tasty. The tiger places were awful. Ghana place was worst, dirty and they actually locked us in. Food tours need to be organized by ‘foodies’ not people trying to make money. The beer was non existent .
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Neil_j
Oct 29, 2024
Not What Was Advertised - Let me start off with the good; Pre event communication was good, confirming pick-up timing and details, etc. The driver who picked us up, Junior, was very good. Other than that, the rest was simply poor. - The meeting place/office smelled of marijuana and was an "art studio" where they were looking to sell you something. The tour guide seemed and smelled like he had been drinking. There was not 4 food offerings at each place. As a matter of fact it appeared that 2 of the 3 weren't even expecting us. - Any drinks, even water were extra and cash only. - Optional beer tasting?? Not even close. The first place served only tea and coffee. The second place had two beers. Not two types. Two beers. The guide poured them equally into 4 plastic cups, so we had a small amount of a blended beer. - At the Ethiopian restaurant, the owner/chef came over and started helping himself to our meal! This is finger food, so that ended our eating at that place. Viator needs to remove this local tour company from their offerings.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).