Vancouver Shipyards Walking Food Tour Discover North Vancouver’s Emerging Foodie Scene!

Embark on a 2.5-hour food tour in North Vancouver’s Shipyards District and Lonsdale Quay Market. Meet local vendors, taste delicious food and drinks, and learn about the area’s shipbuilding history.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Seabus - Scenic Ferry Ride – Great views of both the downtown Vancouver skyline and the majestic North Shore mountains.

  • The Shipyards - Shipyards District – Shipyards District – This vibrant waterfront neighbourhood is rich with shipbuilding history and and a thriving community with some great activities to explore after the tour.

  • North Vancouver - Lower Lonsdale

  • The Quay Market & Food Hall - Enjoy the buzzing Lonsdale Quay Market and meet local vendors

What's Included
  • 6 Food tastings & 2 alcoholic beverages (food tastings may change)
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Goods and Services Tax (GST)
  • Fun Storytelling Tour Guide
  • Scenic Ferry ride (12 min, return ticket included) from Waterfront Station-Lonsdale Quay
What's Not Included
  • Tour guide Gratuities (15-20% recommended) Can be paid by cash or credit card
Additional Information

Discover North Vancouver’s Emerging Foodie Scene!

A scenic 12-minute Sea Bus ride from Vancouver’s downtown Waterfront Station will bring you to Vancouver’s North Shore & the buzzing Lonsdale Quay Market and the vibrant waterfront Shipyards District.

On this 3-hour walking food tour, you will learn about the early settlers to the area as you savor a delicious culinary experience. Enjoy a great variety of tastings such as donuts & fried chicken, ice-cream, chocolate, local beer and wine and more. There is something to satisfy every palate on this tour, from savory to sweet.

Discover the scenic waterfront, buzzing neighbourhood, Vancouver skyline views and North Shore Mountains. Our fun and engaging storytelling tour guides will ensure you have a fun and entertaining afternoon.

  • Persons under the age of 19 must be accompanied by an adult
  • Minimum drinking age is 19 years, non alcoholic options available upon request
  • This tour can only accommodate vegetarian requests with 24 hours notice.
  • Tour covers approx. 10 blocks. 3 of the stops are sit down. Tour is on a schedule, although slower paced as tour guides stop during tour to show interesting points of interest in the neighbourhood. Note there is one hill to go up.
  • Tour operates rain or shine. Please arrive hungry and dress for the weather. Tour operates rain or shine. Vancouver tends to get a lot of rain October-April so please bring an umbrella or rain jacket and wear comfortable shoes.
Location
Waterfront Station
West Cordova Street
Meet tour guide at 1:15 pm inside Waterfront Station, by Starbucks in the main hall, 601 West Cordova St Tour guide escorts you on the SeaBus ferry(public transportation, 12 min scenic ferry ride) from Waterfront Station to Lonsdale Quay. SeaBus return ticket is included in the price.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Brendamx7320py
Jul 9, 2024
Tourist AND locals will love it! - What a wonderful afternoon to spend time with work colleagues right in our own back yard around the Lonsdale Quay! This is truly something for both tourists and locals alike! Trust me there will be lots in the tour as a local you didn't know and it will be fun to find out. Kelsey was full of historical facts and delivered them better than any history teacher you had to keep it interesting, fun and informative. The food and drink spots we stopped at were the icing on the cake! Delicious and perfectly timed throughout the afternoon. Next I've just got to do the Gas Town tour and will be gathering some friends for our next event! Thanks so much to all who are part of these events! Sincerely, Brenda
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357scottl
May 13, 2024
A must-do! - We did the North Vancouver Shipyards Food Tour with Kate and loved it! Kate shared a lot of her local knowledge and guided us through several very tasty stops. A must-do on your next trip to beautiful Vancouver.
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28breannac
Feb 11, 2024
Fun times - A very fun and tasty time celebrating our dad's birthday. Our kids were also welcome on the tour. We enjoyed all the food that was offered.
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Ch0c0latechip
Jan 22, 2024
Great tour and these are the reasons why….. - Best time ever!!! This is our first time in Vancouver and thought it would be fun to do a food tour. There were a few companies to choose from and boy are we thankful we chose this tour. First off Kate our tour guide was bubbly, full of knowledge and just all around fun. We were also lucky enough to have a guide in training Rachel join our crew. She was witty , funny and all around delightful. What makes a great tour? The people and the guide. Kate got us talking and laughing. Some people on our group are from North Vancouver and they were delighted and surprised by some of the places we went. We had a great experience and at the end we all hugged as we went our separate ways. We even got invited to an improv show and before we left the island we retraced our steps and bought lovely yummies at some of the vendors we visited. I mean a fried chicken glazed donut sandwich. You have to go back.! Thank you for introducing us to the wonderful food scene of North Vancouver
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W2863pbalisonk
Dec 3, 2023
So much fun! - We booked the tour to get us out of our usual restaurant rut and to try some new things. The tour did not disappoint. Kate was very friendly and knowledgeable about the area and brought us to some unique places to sample their dishes. It was my guy’s first tour and now he’s chomping at the bit to go on another. WARNING… do not eat anything after breakfast! You will want an empty tummy for this!
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S_rieley
Sep 24, 2023
Great tour for tourists and locals - This was an excellent tour. Great food and drink tastings and Sean was entertaining and knowledgable. Recommend the tour if visiting or live in the Lower Mainland. We’ll definitely return to the Shipyards area.
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286laurief
Sep 18, 2023
Amazing food! - Our tour guide Kelsey was amazing. She was knowledgeable of shipyard history and the stops scheduled had amazing food.
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Chriseg8564ou
Nov 19, 2023
North Vancouver Culinary Exploration - This local food tour blends historical accounts from yester-year Vancouver with some hidden culinary gems. Numerous stops at a variety of eclectic quay and nearby restaurants gives you a taste sized sample of the culinary options available. While portions are on the smaller side the multiple stops will ensure you are satiated by the end of the 2.5 hours. Kelsey, our guide did a great job blending humour, history and tasty delights.
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Goplaces770723
Mar 12, 2024
Doing their best with what's on offer - This tour is doing its best with what they have. The tour guides are utterly amazing, amusing, interesting, and fun. The food, on the other hand, needs more than a little work to be amazing, particularly for anyone who is a "foodie". On the NV tour, the best thing was the alley food/drinks...because the venues were totally interesting, tho' I was a bit wary about fried chicken on a donut! That said, hope the tours encourage food outlets to up their game big time.
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Rodney_a
Nov 24, 2023
Missed potental - Tour was our introduction to North Vancouver- or so we hoped. It turned out to be centred around the mall ( 4 of the 9 stops) beside the Seabus terminal. We were expecting information on the history of shipbuilding in the area. We were lucky (psychic?) to have visited the MONOVA beforehand so we had some facts about the area and its successes and failures over the years.
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