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Worth your time in Istanbul.
The 15 food tours travellers book most in Istanbul, from the headline sights to the quieter finds. What each one costs, how long it runs, and whether it earns a slot on a short trip.
Taste Istanbul from both sides of the Bosphorus with 8-9 tastings, Spice Bazaar breakfast, Kadıköy market bites, ferry ride, and Moda dondurma.
Most Popular“Great tour! A highlight of my trip. I definitely recommend it for anyone interested in good food and learning about Turkey. Sinan, our guide, was amazing!”
A small-group Istanbul food night with local street bites, rooftop tea views, and dinner at a 140-year-old family restaurant for $77.
“I had an absolutely fantastic time on the Viator Turkish Food Night and Rooftop Experience Istanbul! The evening was filled with delicious dishes, stunning rooftop views, and a warm, lively atmosphere. Our guide Eylul truly made the experience unforgettable — she was incredibly fun, always positive, and impressively knowledgeable about Turkish culture and cuisine. Her…”
Taste Istanbul from Kadıköy to Karaköy on a guided food crawl with ferry ride, 20 tastings, and Turkish tea, coffee, kebap, and dessert.
“One of the best excursions I did in Istanbul. Guide was efficient with time and covered a lot of great food stops. Would definitely recommend to anyone that loves to experience cultures through food.”
Taste Istanbul street food, sip tea from a rooftop, and end with a multi-dish dinner and künefe in Fatih.
“Eylül was a fantastic guide: patient, accommodating and passionate about her country. She explained each dish really well: where it came from, how it was made, how to eat it etc… the tour included a night view of Sulimaniye mosque from a roof top and it was magical! All the dishes at the restaurants were…”
4-hour Istanbul food tour with Bosphorus ferry, Kadıköy markets, Kurdish dishes, tulip tea glasses, and a sweet finish.
“An amazing tour! The guide Burak is fantastic!!!! I read wonderful reviews and he did not disappoint! He has so much knowledge about food and history! This was the only tour I booked in Istanbul, so I was so glad to learn about culture and history too, as Burak does many other tours of the…”
A private Istanbul food tour with 10 tastings in Beyoğlu, walk historic passages like Cicek Pasaji and Avrupa Pasaji, plus Turkish bath stories.
“Great, friendly guide (Dilek Orubegarcia) that was knowledgeable about EVERYTHING, not just local food.”
A small-group Beyoğlu food tour linking the Golden Horn to Taksim, with tastings, sweets, coffee, and great local stories.
“Organized informative and characteristic. Errol Urgun was phenomenal. He chose very interesting foods and gave lots cultural history and traditions around the food we sampled. Highly recommend Errol !”
A 3–3.5 hour small-group food walk through Istanbul’s Kadıköy with 12+ tastings, Turkish breakfast, pide, coffee, lahmacun, and more.
“Jeremy was very knowledgeable about the food culture in Istanbul and loved to talk about it. He was a wealth of knowledge and very friendly too.”
Taste Istanbul across Europe and Asia with a small-group food walk, Bosphorus ferry views, and a full dinner plus dessert.
“A great way to eat like a local! 9 stops to try a wide variety of food and drinks, with a great guide - Burak - who gave us the history of Istanbul as well as the origins of the food we ate. Don’t eat much during the day as you will want to leave…”
Private guided Istanbul food tour across Europe and Asia with Turkish breakfast, coffee, baklava, kebabs, mussels, and a ferry crossing.
“Our guide knew Istanbul inside and out. Very informative food tour. Very qualify and knowledgable to secure any tourism”
Small-group Istanbul street-food tour across Europe and Asia with breakfast, lunch, ferry views, charcoal coffee, and kunefe.
“Binnur is delightful! Great storytelling very informative. A broad range of drinks, savory food, sweets enjoyed in cozy local cafes and shops.”
A 4.5-hour Istanbul food-history walk with a small English guide, Spice Market breakfasts, pide, döner, bazaar kebabs, and baklava.
“The history of the food and the different sources of the food. Everywhere we went was interesting and accessible. Well organised and the guides knowledgeable and friendly.”
Taste 12+ Turkish favorites on a 3-hour Kadıköy walk with breakfast, handmade pide, lahmacun, wine, Turkish coffee, tea, and sweets.
“Melis provided a fun and informative tour. The food stops were excellent. Her extensive knowledge of the area, the city of Istanbul and Turkish customs in general added a much appreciated layer to our experience. Thank you.”
Private Kadıköy food tour with 10 tastings, raki & padi, plus city highlights in about 3 hours with a local guide.
“We really enjoyed the different food items we were given and our guide really tried hard to give us allot of variety and even extras! Only thing was our guide wasn’t a foodie. So she didn’t have a passion for food and very little knowledge about the food itself or history of the food culture…”
Evening street food walk in Istanbul’s Fatih: lahmacun, kebap, çiğ köfte, künefe, and tea with a local guide near the Golden Horn.
“Super street food tour with many different and varied dishes. At the same time, you can also see some of the city and Emir knows a lot of interesting things about the food, but also about the country and people.Auto-translated”
From the domes of the old city to the Bosphorus, the bazaars and the table, every way to spend a day across two continents.
