Funky Food & Beer Walk of Reykjavik - Traditional food and history

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Reykjavik, Iceland

3 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Combine history with gastronomy on this fun- and food-filled, small-group crawl through Reykjavik. Discover the city's best-known landmarks, including Parliament House, the church tower of Hallgrimskirkja, and Einar Jónsson's Sculpture Garden. Plus, get a taste of several local foods along the way, from fermented shark to lamb soup, paired with Icelandic craft beers.

Eat like a Reykjavik local with five delicious food stops
Tours are capped at only eight participants for a personalized experience
Learn how Iceland’s food traditions have been preserved through the ages
Sample regional dishes and brews, including the famous Icelandic hotdog

What's Included

All Fees and Taxes
Snacks

Tasting of 9 local foods
Alcoholic Beverages

Tasting of 4 locally brewed beers

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Hallgrimskirkja
Hallgrímstorg 1, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
You will meet your guide in front of Hallgrímskirkja Church, by the statue of Viking Leifur Eiríksson.

End point

Skúli Craft bar
Aðalstræti 9 101, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

Operating hours
.5:00 pm

Itinerary

Hallgrimskirkja

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Einar Jonsson Sculpture Museum (Listasafn Einars Jonssonar)

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Reykjavik City Hall

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Parliament House (Althingishus)

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 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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Reviews

5.0

based on 88 reviews

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Great experience

Vinay_S, Jun 2024

Great host. Great historical overview of the city. Enjoyed tasting different foods and they were all delicious. We felt full stomach and heart!!

Response from Host, Jul 2024

Thank you.

Crucial for your trip!

Meliah_F, Sep 2023

Loved Lolly and experiencing traditional Icelandic foods! He told us so much history and background of Iceland, the rest of our trip wouldn’t have been the same without this! 10/10 recommend

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Book this now!

Clint_S, Sep 2023

Lalli was the best! Funny, engaging, full of history facts regarding Iceland, food, the people, culture and how to save money while visiting. I am so happy we booked this outing our first night in the capitol city. You cannot beat the price. Generous food portions at several stops and then craft beer! I could not drink all the offerings of beer at the last stop b/c I was so full! Lalli is a trip and it shines through b/c he is doing what he loves and it shows!

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thank you for your kind words. Happy you left the experience with a belly full of food :)

Delicious tour of Reykjavik!

Nicole_S, Sep 2023

Wow! What a delightful 3 hours! Definitely plan on the tour being dinner. We ate at three different places (and a beer flight at a local bar at the end) and tried a variety of delicious traditional Icelandic foods. Lalli is funny, engaging and a wealth of knowledge. He’s a native Icelander- informed us about history, mythology, politics, how food is prepared and so on. He’s very charming and so is Reykjavík! So glad we did this tour on our first night in town.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Wow, thank you for your kind feedback. It means a lot.

Reykjavik: Food and More

Bob_R, Aug 2023

Our guide, Lalli, has encyclopedic knowledge of Icelandic food, history, customs and cost-saving tips. After this tour I have insight to Iceland that would be difficult to possess otherwise.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Thank you!

Funky Food Tour was FUN!

Susan_A, Jul 2023

Fun great experience. Knowledgeable guide, Very informative and interesting made our trip to Reykjavík super FUN. Native Lalli knew everything there is to know about Iceland and took us to some interesting food locations we would have never discovered on our own. We were stuffed by the end of the tour. Highly recommend.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Thank you for choosing Funky Iceland :)

Great Intro to Iceland

Larry_K, Jul 2023

Lalli was great - good food and sense of history…engaging guide…would start a visit to Iceland with this tour.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

We are so happy you joined our tour. Thank you.

Entertaining and informative!

Kelly_D, Oct 2022

Lalli was so fun and joyful when speaking about his country and all the information he provided was very insightful! He made the tour so fun and entertaining!

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Thank you :)

Funky icelsnd food and brew

Susan_V, Oct 2022

We really enjoyed Lalli’s tour. He shared a lot of information about the history of Iceland and its people. We had several traditional icelandic dishes (pickled shark, smoked lamb, pancakes, fish stew, fish and chips). Then we sampled various craft beers to finish the evening. Small wonderful group of 7 people. I highly recommend this tour

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Thank you for your lovely feedback. it means a lot.

Best Tour Ever

Lisa_K, Aug 2022

This was a fun way to see the major sites in Reykjavik. The culture and history was explained through food and beer. There is no better way to learn about Iceland.

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Thank you. You are the best guest ever!

Wonderful walk about....

Brian_L, Jul 2022

Without a doubt one of the best tours during our vacation to Iceland was the Funky Food & Beer Walk of Reykjavik. Funky Food’s Lella warmly welcomed us and created a friendly atmosphere from the start! Lella was very informative and was an excellent guide. Once she discovered my wife was an artist, she adjusted the tour to include a hidden sculpture garden. A garden we walked past several times and didn’t know existed. During the tour we were exposed to Iceland’s delicacies; flatbread with smoked lamb, meat soup, rye bread slices with mashed fish, smoked trout, dried fish with butter and my favorite, fermented shark. The Icelandic cuisine was complimented with valuable insight into the nation’s politics, culture and history. We ended our evening tour at a local brewery and sampled a flight of locally produced beers. We left with a better perspective of the island nation of Iceland. We highly recommend the tour.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Thank you so much for your kind review. You are amazing guests.

5 stars

Stephanie_M, May 2022

Lalli was wonderful, he was very knowledgeable and had great insight. The tour was so much fun and we got to try some great food 😊 come hungry.

Response from Host, May 2022

Thank you. So lad you liked the food :)

so much fun!!

8bdcsw54nq, Apr 2022

We had so much fun on this tour! The food was good and we were stuffed! The history is a great addition and we loved everything about it!

Response from Host, May 2022

Thank you.

Highlight of my trip (A must)

Clara_B, Jan 2022

Absolutely amazing! I had so much fun and learned so much. This was one of the highlights of my trip and is always included in the stories I tell. Not only did we get amazing food and so much information for such a low price but our guide was such a nice guy and felt like meeting up with an old friend! I'll be sure to rebook on my next trip to Iceland.

Response from Host, Jan 2022

Wow, thank you so much for your wonderful review. We are so happy you joined our tour.

Fun night

John W, Nov 2019

We had a great night. Our guide had a lot of knowledge about Iceland and the city as well as insight into the local foods we were eating. The night was lighthearted, fun and we got some great food ideas for the remainder of our trip. We would highly recommend this tour.

Response from Host, Dec 2019

Thank you!

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Joe_S, Sep 2019

This was the best way to start our Icelandic trip! Lella was incredible and so knowledgable. She lead us around the streets of Reykjavík; making us much more familiar with our new surroundings. Not only did we get to try a multitude of traditional Icelandic foods, we also learned of all the rich history that Iceland contains. By the end of this tour we filled our brains with new knowledge, filled our stomachs with delicious food and beer and filled our hearts with new friendships. TAKE THIS TOUR!