Top Beijing Culinary Tours

Enjoy a delicious and wide-ranging foray into Beijing’s culinary traditions on this small-group food tour. With a maximum of eight tour attendees, you’re guaranteed a personal experience. Visit several local restaurants, sample more than 10 traditional dishes, washed down with beer, soda, and baiju. You’ll also have the chance to explore the city’s historical hutong alleyways.

Eat your way around Beijing’s old "hutong" alleyways and courtyards on a small-group tour. Enjoy several food stops at tucked-away restaurants and homes you wouldn’t find by yourself. Sample staples such as Beijing hotpot, noodles, beef buns, and spring pancakes. Learn about local cuisine over unlimited beers and soda, and enjoy a stop at a local brewery, with a pint of craft beer included. Make sure to bring your appetite.

Discover the foodie highlights of Beijing’s old hutongs (1,000-year-old alleys and courtyards) on this private culinary adventure. The narrow, unnamed streets can make navigating feel like a maze, but exploring with your guide makes things easy. As you soak up the atmosphere, you can look forward to trying dishes ranging from Mongolian hot pot to fresh noodles and barbecue, all paired with local beers and sodas.

Beijing’s food culture is incredibly rich, but the most memorable meals are rarely found along the main tourist streets. This guided dinner tour takes you deep into Old Beijing to walk through one of the city’s remaining hutong (narrow lane) neighborhoods and dine at local, family-run spots known mainly to residents. Instead of guessing where to go, follow an insider route to sample traditional dishes and experience the flavors that have shaped Beijing’s everyday life for generations.

With this private walking tour, you can discover many Beijing food specialties that tourists usually miss out on. Rather than having language barriers, enjoy having a private guide to show you around and recommend the best dishes to eat. Best of all, to keep the experience as effortless as possible, food and drink tastings are included, such as noodles, beer, and soup dumplings.

Shun the beaten path and savor a breakfast feast as you explore a traditional hutong neighborhood on this small-group walking tour. Exploring with a foodie guide, learn how locals live as you snack, slurp, and sip over 10 different dishes and drinks from four or five separate eateries. Along the way try yoghurt and pancakes, savor coffee with a view, and visit a local market to see what’s in season.

Enjoy a hassle-free arrival in Beijing with this private transfer service. Avoid shared shuttles and long taxi lines after your flight, and meet your driver directly at Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) or Beijing Daxing Airport (PKX). Relax on the journey to your hotel or private residence in Beijing with a private tour designed for your group size.

Tour the UNESCO World Heritage–listed palace complex of Beijing’s Forbidden City to learn more about Chinese history. Your guide leads you through some of the highlights of this enormous, elaborately decorated complex during a morning or afternoon tour—choose a time to suit your schedule. This architectural masterpiece is a highlight of any trip to Beijing, and this tour makes visiting a stress-free, enlightening experience. The tour is available in English and Spanish to suit your language preference.

It can be easy to get lost in Beijing—especially if exploring its narrow maze-like hutongs—so make life easy for yourself with this small-group walking tour. The guide takes care of navigating, so there’s no need for maps, and along the way, you can see historical hutongs, ancient landmarks, and hidden places that you’d likely miss on solo explorations.

Sample more than 20 different foods on this private walking tour through Houhai Lake, Nanluoguxiang, and other Beijing hotspots. Learn about Chinese culture and cuisine as you visit local markets and meet food stall owners. This half-day tour offers a personalized experience with a professional guide, focusing on traditional and modern flavors.

Beat the crowds and take the guesswork out of what local foods to try on this private or small-group half-day foodie walking tour of Dongsi hutong in Beijing. Savor more than 15 tastings including Peking duck, hot pot, northern dumplings, local liquor, unlimited soft drinks, and beer while learning about Chinese food culture.

It can be difficult to beat the crowds in Beijing. This Forbidden City admission ticket is the perfect way to ensure you have an stress-free visit with no waiting around. Gain access using your passport near the main entrance, close to Tiananmen Square, then explore the palace complex and admire the courtyards and gardens. Choose between morning or afternoon admission; upgrade to add a guide or visit the Treasure Gallery.

Join a captivating culinary journey in Gulou guided by a local foodie guide. Discover the area's history through stories that have been passed down for generations, blended with the unique tastes of the region. Experience diverse culinary styles, each offering delicious dishes and drinks that have their own special stories to tell. 1. Try traditional hot pot, taste dishes from a restaurant run by Chairman Mao's former chef, and sample delicious street food - all in one area. 2. Visit local craft beer bars hidden in the city's historic alleyways - it's a must-try experience in Beijing. 3. Take a peaceful walk through the old alleyways along the Grand Canal and enjoy beautiful views of Beijing at night.

Experience Beijing’s best street food with a thrilling sidecar ride! Skip the tourist spots and dive into authentic local eats—from crispy Peking duck to sizzling lamb skewers and hand-pulled noodles. Your adventure begins with a scenic sidecar pickup, weaving through Beijing’s historic streets before stopping at hidden food gems. Led by passionate local guides, you’ll taste, learn, and explore like a true Beijinger. Authentic local spots – Eat where the locals eat Sidecar pickup – A fun & stylish way to explore Private tour – Personalized & immersive experience

Experience Beijing's history, best local food and a western-style brewery bar hop on a 4-hour private gourmet tour that explores the city’s most popular night life zone, traditional foods and cutting-edge cuisine. Accompanied by a tour guide, admire the night view of the Houhai lake area, explores the historical area at Shichahai, Yandaixie Street, Gulou East Street and Nanluoguxiang Allay. Savor the rich flavor of local delicacies like Traditional Beijing Noodle, "Tea Soup", Pancake, Soup Dumplings and more, gain fascinating insight into the culinary and cultural traditions of the country from your expert guide. Then Stroll around the quite Hutong neighborhood head to Great Leaping Brewery Taproom, the most famous brewery bar in town where you can enjoy aromatic craft beer on tap and meet new friends. Come hungry: your tastings amount to dinner.

The UNESCO-listed Forbidden City is Beijing’s most visited attraction with over 14 million annual visitors, and it has the traffic to match. This half-day walking tour ensures you maximize your time, with a private guide, pre-paid entrance tickets, and an itinerary tailored to your preferences. Plus, hotel pickup is included for an easy day of exploring.

Discover Beijing’s traditional culinary culture, and go on a wide-ranging food tour with this private dinner time itinerary. Meet your guide at your downtown hotel and travel via taxi or subway to our foodie points starting place. You’ll visit several different restaurants, and will try up to 12 dishes, ranging from street skewers to Mongolian-style ice cream, all washed down with local soda, local beer, and Beijing baiju(Chinese spirit). The special stop will be the Beijing Lamb Ribs Hotpot (used to call Old Beijing Scorpion Hotpot since the bones shape looks like scorpion), meat from the bones is gentle and juicy since boiled in soup for a few hours, easily take off the bones. Beside ribs, you also will eat a lot of vegetables in hot pot as well. As you go, you’ll also see Beijing’s hutongs traditional alleys and courtyards that are native are staying now.

Enjoy two of Beijing’s best sellers, roast duck and the Kung Fu show, when you book this private tour which celebrates them both. You’ll be collected from your hotel in Beijing, then taken first to a roast duck restaurant. After this, you’ll be taken to the Red Theatre for the famous Kung Fu show, which lasts an hour. Follow the story of two lovers with this theatrical performance. Afterwards you will be taken back to your hotel.

Choose our morning or evening tour to experience authentic Beijing flavors and culture like a local both blend delicious food, history, and real local life! Either tour includes no less than 5 food stops and 10 eateries. Morning Option: Good Morning Beijing Start your day with a breakfast hunt in a historic neighborhood. Explore a wet market (taste fresh Asian fruits), wander Hutongs, pass the Drum Tower, and stroll a central lake. Sample classic breakfasts: egg pancakes, potstickers, soy milk, fried dough, tea eggs, and more. Learn dish stories, local life, and the Drum/Bell Towers’ ancient timekeeping role. Evening Option: Beijing Dusk Experience Beijing at dusk with a dinner tour. Explore evening streets, a food market, and Hutongs, visit the Drum Tower and lake. Savor iconic dinners such as clear-broth hot pot, Chinese burgers, dumplings, fried sauce noodles. Hear dish histories, local life, and the area’s heritage.

Located in the imperial capital, food is famous for its diversity. Four strictly selected stops, which are the signature cuisines of China, will be covered in this food tour for your experience. This tour offers more than just Beijing food, it’s a taste of China’s rich regional diversity, all found in the heart of Beijing’s charming hutongs. A perfect blend of culture, history, and flavor awaits... ·Experience diversity and signature flavor of China from different regions and nations ·Explore Beijing culture through a hutong walking food tour ·Enjoy personalized care from your guide in a more private and smaller group

Make dinner memorable and step back in time to Imperial China on this delightful nighttime experience. Sit down for dinner at the Bai Jia Da Yuan Restaurant, a Chinese garden restaurant with all the trappings of traditional Qing-era palace. Enjoy cultural performances of ‘face-changing’ and traditional Peking Opera as you dine, in a restaurant full of old-fashioned pavilions, courtyards and more.

Go on an amazing private Muslim Food and culture tour in Beijing in 3 hours. You will learn Muslim culture development in Beijing since 1000 years ago till now from the local Mosques visit, and you will taste more than 10 kinds of typical local Muslim foods in Beijing biggest Muslim neighborhood called" Niu Jie" area. All the food tasting (enjough for dinner), private guide and hotel pickup and drop off are all inlcusive.

Enjoy a deep dive in Beijing’s old Hutong neighborhoods on a 3-hour private food tour. Taste the real cuisine of Beijing introduced by your food-expert guide other than you could by yourself. Walk down the food streets, discover spots favored by local food-lovers, and appease your appetite with all kinds of snacks at the time-honored Huguosi Xiaochi Restaurant. Learn about the Hutong cuisine and history from your guide.