Varanasi Food Culture Experience: Guided Street Food Tasting Tour

Embark on a guided street food tasting tour in Varanasi to experience the city’s ancient food culture. Taste mouth-watering delicacies, stroll through the oldest food shops, and learn about the local food culture.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Dasaswamedh Ghat - Walk around the Ghats of Kashi and learn energy transformation techniques that will help you balance the energy system within you
  • Kachaudi Gali - Stroll the lanes with oldest food shop of the Kashi, taste variety of snacks Jalebi Kachori, Chaat, Golgappa, crispy puri with sabzi, lassi, tandai and many more that will mesmerize you.
What's Included
  • Multilingual Storyteller/Guide (English & Hindi)
  • Complimentary tea and coffee
  • Local food and beverage tasting
  • Snacks included
What's Not Included
  • Hotel Pickup and Drop
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
Additional Information

Varanasi is famed for its timeless culinary traditions, and an excursion to the city is not considered complete without indulging in some of its delicious cuisine. We’ve carefully curated this extraordinary food crawl with an aim to introduce you to these food spots for a tasting session, ensuring that you enjoy this eating festivity, tantalize your…

Location
St. Thomas Church
Meet our storyteller at the entrance of St. Thomas Church
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Anand_s
Jan 7, 2025
Enjoyable food tour in Varanasi - Good selection of Varanasi food specialty items. The guide Manish knows his stuff You do have to do some walking
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Deepra_s
Jan 7, 2025
Manish is very nice! - Manish was fun and energetic very nice guy! Really helpful and nice person. He even helped us do KV temple in no time! Just one thing, do not goto Sarla silks that shop is not genuine. Rest all fab..
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Pedenfs
Jan 2, 2025
Great Food Tour - This was the perfect food tour—Manish took us to a variety of places to try a variety of dishes, but it was not too much. We loved everything we tried.
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Dean_g
Oct 29, 2024
Good tour - Guide: Manish Manish was a great guide - friendly and knowledgeable. He accompanied me to several food spots serving delicious and clean food that didn’t upset my western stomach. Manish was very friendly and hospitable, and did a good job guiding me around the incredibly busy streets of Varanasi, always making sure I wasn’t too far behind him.
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Passenger65515138273
Mar 31, 2024
City tour with very tasty food - We went on the tour with Sunil, Manish's brother, as Manish was unfortunately unable to attend. We really enjoyed getting to know the local food. Sunil led us through the city center, past all the important landmarks and told us a lot about Varanasi and the food. It was a great evening and a great way to get to know the city better. Thank you very much for that! By the way, we tolerated all the food very well and had no stomach problems or anything like that :)
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Simone_i
Mar 14, 2024
Amazing street food tour with Manish! - I had a really good street food tour with Manish. We tried about 6 different things and all of them were really good and safe to eat. Manish is also super knowledgeable about the city and the culture so it was more than just a street food tour. Would highly recommend!
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380saugatas
Mar 20, 2024
A must do for food lovers - My wife and I were always keen in sampling the famed street foods of Benaras and to soak into the ambience and history of the city. This 2 hours of guided "Varanasi Street Food Crawl" perfectly fitted in our plan (we took it on March 16, 2024 from noon). Our friendly and energetic guide Manish, a local tourism major from BHU, took us around the narrow by-lanes of the old city, while stopping over at a number of famous and old street food shops, serving lip-smacking "hinger kachori, jilabis, samosas, sweets and delicious lassis with excusive aroma / presentation (at Blue Lassi shop)". Overall, a fantastic experience for food lovers.
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Jan_p
Feb 17, 2025
Sad experience - The tour guide did not show up for the tour. I tried to contact them via the Viator app and there was no reponse. I am still waiting for a refund.
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Rachel_w
Feb 10, 2025
Left Us Hanging - Our group arrived at the meetup spot, the intersection of an incredibly crowded and busy intersection, and then we waited and waited... When I finally got through to the tour company, hours later, they told us that they had tried reaching out to us on WhatsApp and when we didn't reply, they cancelled our tour. It's true, we have a different number on WhatsApp, but they never asked for our WhatsApp number, and they never reached out through this app. I feel like they didn't do due diligence before deciding to let us twist. I was with my wife and her parants, and being left in Varanasi without a guide and no plan was rough. I would not recommend putting yourself in a situation where you have to rely on this company.
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Fxs1
May 27, 2024
Scam! No show! Unsafe meeting point! - Scam! No show! Waited more than 20 minutes at the suggested location which happens to be at the intersection of two super crowded streets. Tried calling Viator’s US phone number and the local Yo tours phone number who were both unreachable. I reached out Viator over email only to hear back the next day that they would not honor the refund. So you kept my $38 for what exactly!
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