The 15 Best Food Tours in Beijing

1.Hidden Gems Guided Food Tour with Beer and Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 306 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $75Our pick

3.5-hour hutong food tour with craft beer in Beijing: mutton hotpot, famous noodles, a rare Muslim dish, and spring pancakes.

“Janice is being the best guide I have had in China, her English is so understandable and she take the time and the manner to make the people comfortable. The restaurants and the food is so well selected and I am sure I could have never found this places by myself. It is so worth doing this tour if you feel that Chinese food is not giving you what you expected. I will do it in the others cities they have the tour. Thanks a lot!”

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2.Beijing Private Hutong Food Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 299 reviews · from $82Top rated

Private hutong food walk in Beijing with 20+ tastings, local shop stops, and a guide who handles diets, pace, and logistics well.

“Our guide Miko was great, tailoring the tour to our needs. A good first-day activity in Beijing, he made sure our DiDi app worked, slowed the pace to match our walking speed, and shared history of the dishes and the Houtong area.”

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3.Hutong Culinary Walking Tour with 15+ Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 162 reviews · 3 - 4 hours · from $76

Walk Beijing Hutongs with an English guide and 15+ tastings of sesame treats, noodles, dumplings, hot snacks, and lamb skewers.

“We love jimmy !!!! So so much fun :))) we had so much food. Such a good time!”

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4.Beijing Hutong Breakfast Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 155 reviews · from $45

Taste 10+ Beijing hutong breakfasts on a 3-hour small-group walk with an English guide, market stops, and unlimited local food and drinks.

“Very cool, traditional food experience! Our guide, Lynn, was very friendly & knowledgeable. Highly recommend!”

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5.Beijing Hutong Breakfast Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 120 reviews · from $55

Small-group Beijing hutong breakfast walking tour near Lama Temple. Taste jianbing, baozi, tofu, donuts, and almond pudding with UnTour.

“The breakfast tour was fantastic. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable, insightful, and friendly. We started near the Lama Temple and explored the surrounding area on foot. We got to try a wide variety of dishes, including some lesser-knRead more”

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6.Half-Day Private Beijing Hutong Walking Tour with Dim Sum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 48 reviews · from $148

Private hutong walk in Beijing with street snacks and dim sum lunch, hotel pickup, and Bell and Drum Towers on a 4-hour route.

“I had the most wonderful tour with Maggie! She personalized my tour to my interests and was so knowledgeable about every single question I asked! Before this tour, I had only seen the larger shopping areas in Beijing (I was only there for 24 Read more”

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7.Authentic Local Food Tour in Center Beijing

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 26 reviews · from $70

Center Beijing food tour with hutongs and 4 to 6 stops, 10+ tastings, baijiu, unlimited beer and soda, small group, 3 hours.

“My guide Justin knew the local spots that were better than all the online research I did. We had thoughtful conversation and attended to my every need!”

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8.Hutong Breakfast Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · 3 hours · from $45

Eat breakfast like locals in Beijing hutongs, tasting douzhi, handmade zongzi, cheesy jianbing, and more, with a lively English guide.

“The tour with Lynn was really very good. Lots of special places which I never could have found by myself including a local market. And the food was typical for Bejing and very tasty. I would absolutely recommend it.”

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9.4-Hour Private Tour: Lama Temple, Confucius Temple, Guozijian Museum with Dim Sum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 21 reviews · from $97.2

Private 4-hour Beijing tour of Lama Temple, Confucius Temple and Guozijian, with a guided cultural lesson and dim sum lunch or dinner.

“Rich in culture and history tour! If you want to know more of the Chinese culture, this tour is a must for you. Our English tour guide Ana is well verse on the different stories in the past.”

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10.Hutong Private Culinary Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · 4 hours · from $79

A 4-hour private Hutong culinary walking tour with 20+ tastings, custom dietary options, and optional Peking Duck or Hot Pot dinner.

“Brilliant. Mike was a fantastic host showing us local foods and talking us through the history of food in and out of Beijing! Highly recommend Mike and the peaking duck”

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11.China’s Favourite Street Food Cooking Workshop

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · from $80

Learn jian bing in Beijing with a private, hands-on street food class, custom fillings, and personal help from your instructor.

“I did the jian bing workshop with some of my friends in September. It was a ton of fun! I really enjoyed getting to make as many jian bings as I wanted and getting to both make the dough and cook it on the pan myself. I definitely needed a few tries to get the techniquRead more”

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12.Street Food in Beijing Hutongs by Bike

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · from $75

Cycle through Beijing hutongs and sample street food from across China, with lunch, dinner, snacks, drinks, and an e-bike ride in 3 hours.

“Phenomenal tour of Beijing! Dom was super kind and well versed in the history of the city. Got to experience sights, sounds, tastes of this wonderful city. Would love to bring my family to do it again next time!”

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13.Beijing Mutianyu Great Wall and Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $226.14

Private 6-hour Mutianyu Great Wall tour with licensed guide, toboggan slide, local lunch, pickup, and tickets plus bottled water included.

“We had a wonderful, amazing China trip in April this year, we really enjoyed the history behind it. We are grateful to have a very professional, friendly, caring and lovely guide with us. She really took good care of us. Will definately look for her again for our next trip to China, Great Job !!!”

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14.Dim Sum Breakfast&Tailored Beijing Highlights Tour-Pick Your Spot

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $114

Dim sum breakfast plus Beijing highlights with a private guide, hutong stroll, Lama and Confucius temples, and optional Great Wall stops.

“Our guide, Lucy, was great! She was very engaging, full of historical facts and her English was very good! I would definitely hire her again!”

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15.Dim Sum Breakfast+Hutong Tour with Optional Add-Ons

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 2 - 7 hours · from $68

Eat Beijing dim sum, stroll Wudaoying Hutong, then choose temple or palace add-ons from 2 to 7 hours with English guide.

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