Taste & Tour: Edinburgh Food Tour with Drinks

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Edinburgh, Scotland

3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
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Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Dinner

We stop off to eat 10 different flavours of Scottish food over the tour. Come hungry!
Alcoholic Beverages

You will have some traditional, locally brewed drinks. Non-alcoholic beverages available on request.
Coffee and/or Tea

Locally roasted coffee

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

30B Grindlay St, Edinburgh EH3 9AX, UK
We meet in front of the Lyceum Theatre. Our guide will be there to meet you and check your tickets.

End point

43 High St, Edinburgh EH1, UK
We end half way down the Royal Mile, near John Knox house with plenty of options surrounding it for enjoying the rest of your evening.

Operating hours
.11:00 am

Itinerary

Edinburgh Castle (Pass By)

Grassmarket

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Victoria Street (Pass By)

Usher Hall (Pass By)

Lawnmarket

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Gladstone's Land (Pass By)

Royal Mile (Pass By)

St Giles' Cathedral

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Edinburgh Farmers' Market (Pass By)

Edinburgh Farmers' Market

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

I.J. Mellis Cheesemonger

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
We can accept people from the age of 16 upwards however they will receive a soft drink alternative in line with licencing laws in Scotland.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Laura_H

Fantastic experience. James was wonderful, full of information, humorous and funny. The food was fantastic and atmosphere fun and private.

Reviews

4.8

based on 19 reviews

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Wonderful and varied food

Greg_L, Oct 2024

What a great tour. The group was small so we had a very intimate time. Courtney did a marvelous job. She shared a lot of history and exposed us to Scottish food and drink some of which we had never had before. The haggis was outstanding! Make sure that you come hungry as you will leave more than full!

Response from Host, Dec 2024

Brilliant, we're really pleased to hear you had a good time on our Edinburgh tour and had some new experiences! Great to hear you loved the haggis, it's a real treat!

Great tour and guide!

Victoria_K, Oct 2024

Good snacks to try with plenty for the whole group. Interesting history and nicely paced (not too fast or too slow). Tour guide was excellent and well informed. My only issue is that this tour is listed as wheelchair accessible but unfortunately it isn’t as there is a large set of steps to go down, hilly areas, and tight seating in restaurants that don’t seem equipped to handle wheelchairs.

Response from Host, Dec 2024

Thanks for taking the time to leave a lovely review! We're so pleased to hear you had a good time on tour with us. We appreciate you bringing accessibility issues to our attention, we will review this going forward and make sure we improve on this going forward, thank you.

Fantastic

Laura_H, Sep 2024

Fantastic experience. James was wonderful, full of information, humorous and funny. The food was fantastic and atmosphere fun and private.

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Hi Laura. Thank you so much for the kind review. It's brilliant to receive praise like that and I'm glad James was his usual, sparkling self!

Excellent Choice

Laura_K, Sep 2024

Fab tour. Great guide and great tour. Really enjoyed our guide and the combination of food and drinks

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Thank you so much for your kind review. We're really glad you enjoyed yourself!

wouldn’t recommend

Lawrence_R, Aug 2024

Guide was nice and knowledgeable. Communication ahead of the tour was not clear about where to meet and timing as my tour was cancelled and then rescheduled. The actual amount of food on this food tour includes one small sandwich and a haggis ball. Maybe it’s because I booked a more extensive tour and was told to do this one was I disappointed with the food offerings. Definitely wouldn’t recommend this as a food tour though the history component was interesting. Tour that I got was significantly cheaper than the tour I originally booked and I am still waiting on the refund of the difference - though that might be a problem with the app and not the company.

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Really sorry to have received this review following your experience on our Ed Fringe Food Tour. As the tour you purchased sadly had to be cancelled for operational reasons, you agreed to change to this shorter tour to celebrate the Edinburgh Festival. The meeting point for this tour was different to the original tour meeting point you were sent because it's a completely different tour. When we spoke during the tour, I gave you my card to contact me to arrange a refund, we knew this would be the quickest way to do it but I haven't heard anything from you in the two days since your experience. In terms of quantity, this cheaper and shorter tour had 2 slices of Lorne sausage on a large roll, a full serving of haggis, neeps and tatties, Irn Bru and a guided whisky tasting at the end during the 90 minutes. We are pleased to hear you thought our guide was nice and knowledgeable. Please do get in touch to arrange your refund as discussed and I look forward to hearing from you, Cameron.

Good food and a great tour guide!

Shelby_W, Aug 2024

This was a good experience with great Scottish food along with some great history of Edinburgh. Our tour guide Brendon was very personable and knowledgeable and he made the experience memorable. We were stuffed by the end of the tour so make sure you don’t eat before you go!

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Thank you so much for the review! I'll make sure to mention to Brendan that he got a personal recommendation! He'll be delighted! We try to make sure our guests are well fed and watered as well as entertained by the end of our tour. Thank you so much and hopefully we will see you again!