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Beijing Food Tours

Skip the tourist traps and eat like a local in the hidden hutongs of Beijing.

Our Beijing Food Tours:

Get 10% off if you book multiple tours online!

Beijing's #1 Rated Food Tours​.

With more people than Ireland, Denmark, and Greece combined, Beijing isn’t just a city - it’s a feast of history, culture, and a culinary legacy few other ancient cities can boast.

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Why Guests Choose Us:

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Our Beijing Food Tour Guides Stand Out.

Time and time again, our guests say their guide made their experience unforgettable. With deep knowledge of Beijing’s food culture, fun storytelling, and a passion for sharing local life, our guides turn a night of eating into something so much more.

Eat Like a Local in Beijing’s Hidden Hutongs.

You won’t find our food stops on TripAdvisor or Google Maps. From hand-pulled noodles to fermented mung bean milk served in alleyway kitchens, these are the hutong gems that locals keep to themselves.

Beijing Food Tours - Eat Like a Local in Hutongs
Beijing Food Tours - Food History and Culture in One Night

Taste Beijing’s Food, History, and Culture in One Night.

Every dish tells a story – from hotpot traditions rooted in Qing Dynasty banquet halls to locals lining up before sunrise for fried dough and soy milk. Our tours give you the full flavor of the city – including the culture and stories that you’ll take home with you.

A Full-on Beijing Feast (Come Hungry!)

This isn’t a snacking tour – it’s far more than a meal’s worth of food. With 10+ dishes across multiple stops, the variety is what makes our Beijing food tours something you can’t get on your own. Most guests say they couldn’t finish it all – and still talk about their favorite bites days (and years) later.

Beijing Food Tours - A Full-on Feast

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"Top-10 Food Experience in the World"

Lost Plate Food Tours is 1 in the World by TripAdvisor

"Delving Into the Hutongs, Chopsticks at the Ready"

Beijing Hutong Evening Food Tour Featured on Washington Post

"Beijing's Hutong Breakfast Club!"

Desperately Seeking Adventure

"Absolutely unknown to tourists"

Our Lost Plate guide took us on the Beijing Breakfast Hutong Food Tour to try the most authentic foods here in Beijing!

24 Hours of Beijing's Best Food! Check out the endless breakfast street foods on my hutong breakfast tour!

Frequently Asked Questions:

These answers apply to our morning/evening city food tours. For details and policies about our multi-day trips, please click here.

We’re proud to offer one of the most flexible cancellation policies in the industry. Cancel or reschedule your tour at any time, for any reason, up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. If you prefer even more flexibility, you’ll be given the option to add last-minute cancellation protection for a small fee when booking online.

Our morning/evening food tours include all food, drinks (including local beer during evening tours), and your local guide. There’s nothing you need to pay during the tour other than an optional gratuity for your guide if you would like to show your appreciation.

…signing up for multiple tours? Yes! When booking online, you’ll have the option of adding additional tours to your booking with a 10% discount. Additionally, you will receive a confirmation email immediately after booking with a 10% promo code that you can use when booking any additional tour(s) in any city.

…bringing children? Yes! Humans aged 4 through 15 will receive a discount on our Beijing Evening Food Tour (3 and under is free). The discount is automatically displayed and given when booking online. We do require that all guests aged 4+ pay for their spot, even if you don’t think they will eat a lot, due to limited seating space during the tour. 

…I don’t drink alcohol? No. For tours that include alcohol, we always provide alcohol-free alternatives of similar value for guests that prefer not to drink alcohol. 

…I have special dietary requirements / I can’t eat everything? No. Due to limited capacity on each tour, all guests must pay for their spot. We think the tour experience is about more than just the food. If you are unable to eat everything on the tour, feel free to share your portion with your travel partner or other guests. 

We require full pre-payment to reserve your spot on one of our food tours. This is because spots are limited and we can’t risk no-shows which will delay the start time for other guests. When booking online, credit cards from any country are accepted. If using a mobile device, ApplePay/GooglePay are also available.

Humans of all ages are welcome on our food tours. We ask parents to use their own judgement to determine whether a 3-4 hour walking tour is appropriate for their children without impacting the experience of other guests. Booking a private tour for your family is always an option by contacting us. We offer both morning and evening tours, so you can choose what best fits your children’s schedule. Our morning tours typically provide more interactive experiences, whereby our evening tours typically visit sit-down restaurants. 

Yes, these tours can be booked privately, either for yourself or for a group or special occasion. We’ve hosted everything from birthdays and bachelor/ette parties to corporate events and school groups. Just let us know the date, time and group size, and we’ll handle the rest – including the itinerary, dietary restrictions, logistics, and even extras like birthday cakes or a bottle of bubbly. We can accommodate groups of any size, splitting large parties into smaller groups if needed. Typically, private tours with 8 or more people won’t incur an extra private tour fee. Contact us directly to get started!

 

We are not a tasting tour, we provide much more than a full meal’s worth of food so we recommend you come prepared to eat. We are just tickled by the share of reviews we get that warn other guests to pace themselves. Even our guide training covers tips and tricks for guests to pace themselves.

We also provide unlimited bottled water and soft drinks (plus local beer on our evening tour).

Yes! We do our best to accommodate as many dietary requests as possible while remaining stupid delicious. Each tour is a bit different, so please check the specific tour page that you are interested in, where we have clearly displayed the dietary requests each tour is able to accommodate. Check out the tour page’s FAQ section for even more detail. 

Yes! Our online booking system will cut-off evening tours around 2-6 hours before it begins, or 24 hours for our morning tours begin. If you’d like to book a tour that’s already been cut-off, simply contact us and we’ll get you taken care of (based on availability).

No problem! Due to the higher cost of providing a solo tour, we do require a minimum of 2 people to operate a tour. Our website will accept your solo booking, and we’ll reach out to you if you are the only person booked on the tour. If we are unable to reschedule you to another date that works for you, we will provide a full refund for your booking. At that time, you can also consider purchasing 2 tickets so we are able to operate the tour for you.

Feel free to contact us at any time if you’d like us to check your dates of interest and we’ll let you know if anyone else has booked the tour or if there are nearby alternative dates.

Our morning tour covers about 2.2 miles / 3.5km by foot, which is split up between a lot of food stops, so it’s roughly a 5-15 minute walk between each stop and a great chance to digest a bit before the next stop.

Our evening tour covers 1.5 miles / 2.5 km by foot, which is split up between 4 stops, roughly a 5-10 minute walk between each stop.