Treat your taste buds to some of the best street food in New York City, dished out of gourmet curbside kitchens! Explore either Midtown or the Financial District on foot as you taste six different food cart dishes. Your guide will also tell you about the rich food cart heritage in New York. After this delicious walking tour, you'll never look at street food the same again!
Sprinkled across Manhattan are some of the best dining experiences on the planet. No, not Michelin-starred restaurants – gourmet food carts! Over the past few years, food carts have gained popularity in New York City (among other cities across the country) and have grown from just a hot dog with ketchup to some of the best falafel you’ll find outside of Tel Aviv or the most flavorful curry this side of Mumbai.
Follow your guide through either the Financial District or Midtown in search of six different cuisines for you to try. The selections your guide chooses will change just as frequently as the locations of the carts, so you’ll be in for a surprise! Possible food carts include Trini-Paki Boys, Souvlaki Truck or Wafels & Dinges and you can expect food like falafel, Korean short ribs and Mexican chocolate brownies.
Lace up your walking shoes and bring your appetite!
Excellent tour by a very knowledgable guide. Food was awesome and plenty :
Review by: Susan L, December 2017
Our guide Brian Hoffman awesome! Great history lesson on the financial district. Took us to the best food carts. The history of the food cart industry is so interesting. If you're looking for a real behind the scenes tour in New York, this is a good one.
Review by: Denise S, November 2017
It was a nice walk-about. Interesting info but when comparing notes with some locals not all of the info provided is exactly true but enjoyable anyway. The tour guide was very spirited and interactive.
Review by: Claire d, October 2017
great tour, fantastic guide Cindy
Review by: Marjorie S, April 2017
This was a fun and informative tour. The day was rainy, but our tour guide found places to duck in while we did our food sampling. We were able to taste a variety of food and finished with a delightful dessert. Learned about safety of the food sold from carts and all the regulations they had to abide by. I would recommend this tour to anyone who loves to sample different types of food and always wanted to learn about eating from all the various food carts. The next morning, I bought my breakfast at a food cart with confidence.
Review by: Olexandra Z, December 2016
Amazing experience! It appeared that I was the only guest, but the tour started and Brian, my tour guide, was just brilliant.
Review by: Vijaya, November 2016
Great food.
Review by: Penny L, October 2016
An amazing tour lots to see, learn and eat.
Review by: Antje K, August 2016
Der Treffpunkt war nur 1 Minute von unserem Hotel entfernt, es fing schon gut an - und wurde noch besser. Zuerst karibisches Hähnchen
Review by: Vinbekk, July 2016
Excellent tour. Brian our host was very knowledgeable, accomodating and a fun guide. Easy tour with lots of food. Definitely loved veronicas jerk chicken.
Review by: Anna L, June 2016
This tour was my favorite part of visiting NYC, 6 generous samplings from food carts that are from different ethnic groups. Highly recommend !
Review by: Shirley I, March 2016
Great tour and a fantastic way to see New York and eat like a local, the story behind how food carts originated and the modern problems they have was all very interesting. Every cart owner was happy to chat, answer questions and were very welcoming.
Review by: Tamara H, January 2016
This tour was sooooo amazing. We were just with the 2 of us and the guide. We got told so many things about the history of food and foodcarts in NY and also about NY itself. The food we had at the carts was really very good as well and we tasted some food we never tried before. The last cart we went to was a funny one for us because it was Belgian waffles and the names of the waffles and snacks they have were all written in Dutch and since we are from Holland we could read what it said and the names were real funny :- I would really recommend this tour to anyone visiting NY...especially to the ones who want to do something outside of the box that every tourist does.
Review by: Janis K, November 2015
We loved it. It was informative, well paced and delicious fun.
Review by: Debra N, November 2015
Good tour guide...good food. Very informative.
Review by: sfbyrnes, October 2015
There were only four of us in the group do we got a lot of attention from Doug. Each cart we visited represented a different country and #39;s cuisine. We learned about regulations in NYC on the carts. Learned history of food carts with many old pictures. A great time and very filling!
Review by: Benjamin R, September 2015
Brian was fun and informative. We learned so much about the Food Cart culture and rules AND ate some delicious food. Highly recommend!
Review by: Rosemary E, July 2015
Bryan was a great host on this tour, he is a lot of fun but very informative. The food from all the trucks was great, we would never normally eat from trucks like this on the street.
Review by: Jacqueline M, July 2015
This tour and our guide Bryan was just great. Highly recommended. We tried food that we would not have been brave enough too and it was all great. We also learnt lots of the history, we had no idea about, very interesting, I won't spoilt it. I love doing the food tours, you learn so much and get to try the local cuisine, some better then restaurant quality, definitely the case here.
Review by: ikpetrie, May 2015
Loved this tour. Brian was awesome, really knew his stuff about New York and the food scene. A definite do during any visit!
Review by: Erin, April 2015
Sarah our tour guide was great! So lovely and found places for us to eat and hide from the snow. The vendors are lovely and their food is delicious! _br/_
We would have loved to have tried more but the 2hrs went really quickly. _br/_
Thanks again
Review by: Jericho C, March 2015
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Elianne R, October 2014
Wonderful guide made this tour very rewarding and unforgettable in all aspects. New what he was talking about, also the social and regulative sides.
Review by: Brian H, July 2014
Super fun, and the food was great! The tour guide, Brian, was awesome. Highly recommended.
Review by: Lee R, June 2014
Awesome great guide. A lot of fun
Review by: Donna L, May 2014
Interesting tour and sampling of 6 different food carts around Midtown Manhattan. The tour guide was enthusiastic. I would suggest doing this tour early on during your trip so you have time to go back and try a full meal at some of the carts if you like what you sampled.
Review by: Sheena L, May 2014
Loved it. Food was awesome and the tour guide was great! Highly recommend this tour.
Review by: Whitney A, May 2014
The food was really good, but the value for your dollar wasn't there. Waffles and dinges is not to be missed. Find it, buy speckuloos to take home!
Review by: Kaye H, April 2014
A lovely small group of only 4 people. Guide - Brian was wonderful. Extremely passionate about what he does and it shows! He was incredibly knowledgeable and took the time and care to find out about each of us on tour. The food from the food carts was delicious. Waffles at the end were a high point
Review by: Bebe, March 2014
Our guide, Brian, was informative, interesting, and enthusiastic. The food was great. We would do it again.
Review by: Malcolm F, January 2014
Excellent food and great value
Review by: Petrus W, January 2014
Amazing tour and tour guide! Interesting informative facts, really good food and a fun afternoon. Definitely the highlight of our trip! would recommend this to everyone!
Review by: MSF, January 2014
Excellent food and great value
Review by: Michael P, December 2013
This was a fabulous tour. Cindy, our guide was knowledgable and had a whole host of fabulous cart food to try from Jamaican chicken, Nepalese cuisine, halal food and the most delicious Belgium waffles. A must do tour. It was delicious and great fun. Mick and Heather, Sydney Australia
Review by: Ian L, December 2013
I had a great time exploring the different types of foods availble and story's behind the people who ran them. Our guide was excellent with his knowledge and passion for the food, a great tour.
Review by: Claire H, December 2013
Great fun way to see and learn about the city. Brian was an amazing guide who knew his subject, the people and how to make you feel part of his world of food in NYC!_br/_
The food was also amazing, go hungry! _br/_
This trip should be at the top of your list
Review by: James D, November 2013
An excellent way to spend an afternoon in NYC Brian was our tour guide and he was magnificent. Enthusiastic friendly and really helped to make this tour superb
Review by: Kat, October 2013
Awesome tour! The food is amazing and you learn all about the food and the background of the carts and trucks, plus you get all the info on how fresh the food is and how the carts must be cleaned and maintained everyday! Our tour host Brian was fantastic, very interesting and made the tour great!
Review by: Mint P, August 2013
Went with my sister and we enjoyed every minute. Very interesting tour. Would do it again!
Review by: Mark E, July 2013
Guide was friendly and informative... Foods were great.. easy paced walking, a leasant afternoon.
Review by: painlessp, July 2013
Tour was really great made especially so by Brian our tour guide. He was fantastic. very knowledgable, enthusiastic, and humorous. he's an asset to your company
Review by: Terry L, July 2013
My wife and I have enjoyed several food tours and pub crawls in NYC. We were, however, unprepared for such a perfect experience in a NYC tour. Andrew, the guide, was encyclopedic in his knowledge of this food industry and communicated his experience masterfully. The tastings were well-chosen and represented a wide selection of immigrant-based foods. No question was too naïve for Andrew to answer thoroughly. This tour was not the cheapest in The City, but gave us West Coasters a new-found respect for the diversity of people and food there. We would strongly recommend this tour to anyone visiting NYC and wondering what all those food carts are about.
Review by: Marjean R, June 2013
We loved the Food Cart Tour. We ended Brian's tour with a full stomach and an appreciation of vendor life and food cart history.
Review by: househunter65, June 2013
If we could Brian six stars we would have. Fabulous food and an awakening to the multicultural cuisine of New York. We were particularly impressed with Brian's care of the group when crossing busy intersections. We were safe at all times and had great fun. Can't recommend this tour highly enough.
Review by: Carol A, June 2013
Brian was a first-rate tour guide - welcoming, entertaining and informative about the food cart business. The foods chosen were delicious.
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