SYDNEY
Sydney’s best days out.
The 15 most popular food tours in Sydney. What each one actually involves, what it costs, and the operator who runs it.
Chef-led Hunter Valley day trip from Sydney: Fish Market breakfast, boutique winery tastings with chef pairings, plus pickup and drop-off.
Most Popular“Fantastic tour (one of the best wine tours I’ve done… actually it is the best one!) Jimmy is lovely, energetic, and a great chef. I would happily do this tour again and recommend to friends/family.”
Half-day Surry Hills food tour with 8 tastings, lunch, oysters and wines, plus harbour-and-bridge sights via a max-10 group.
“Great way to veer away from Sydney’s tourist haunts and see a Sydney suburb - Catrina was helpful and made us feel like a local!”
Full-day Hunter Valley tour from Sydney with boutique winery and gin tastings, cheese and chocolate pairings, plus lunch and guided coaching.
“Great day.. Drew was a fantastic guide. Lots of lovely wine tastings and a few gins also. Delicious lunch. 11 people on the tour, quite a number visiting Oz for the Lions trip. This is a 12 hour day but it flew past.”
A 2-hour small-group Chinatown walk with stories and 4–5 regional street snacks, plus photos and a guide to what to order.
“Justin was an amazing guide around Chinatown. I appreciated learning about the history of Chinatown just as much as the foods we were able to sample.”
Explore Newtown on a small-group street art and food tour: 4 multicultural snacks, craft beer, and photo recap in 3 hours.
“Daniel our guide was awesome. He was very informative about the murals & foods. Great trip. Thoroughly enjoyed the town of Newtown! Felt good to get out of the city.”
Surry Hills food tour with 8 local tastings, wine pairings, and Oxford Street stories of immigrant life, on a 3-hour walk.
“the tour guide Eric was really knowledgeable, and informative. I really enjoyed the food stops that we had”
A private Newtown food walk with a local guide, featuring 10 tastings and Sydney highlights, tailored to your diet and tastes.
“The highlight of the walking tour was a stop at The Black Star bakery. Not only were selections works of art but very tasty. The watermelon cake had a slice of real watermelon in it.”
Taste Sydney’s Pyrmont, Ultimo and Glebe on a 3-hour small-group walk with 8 Aussie snacks, coffee and craft beer ending at the Opera House.
“This was such a pleasant and informative way to spend a morning! Our guide Andrew is such a gem, and he was great engaging our 2 kids (ages 13 and 14) as well. If you want a tour off the beaten path and enjoy history, architecture, neighborhood and pub origins, etc. this is the tour…”
Taste your way through Sydney’s Chinatown with guided street-food stops, key sights like the red gates, and Chinese-Australian culture history.
“Justin was very knowledgeable and gave us a real flavour of Chinatown both historically and the variety of food and cultures”
Chef-led Sydney Fish Market and Hunter Valley food and wine day with sushi class, chef-paired tastings, and three boutique wineries.
“The one to one service from Jimmy is what makes this day special. He is obviously passionate about his food, and it shows. The small group size of 15 is about right, wouldn’t want more. From buying the fish, to making sushi to the food pairing with wines at 2 of the wineries, it’s all…”
A free 2.5-hour Little Italy food walk in Five Dock with coffee, cured meats, pastries, gelato, and local stories from 4 Italian shops.
“Really tasty food samplings at 4 stops plus learned about the Italian immigrants who established them. Great group of people in tour group who were so fun to meet. Tour guide was knowledgeable and helpful.”
A private Sydney foodie walking tour through Surry Hills with 5–6 tastings, secret menu finds, and local stories, led by Kylie.
“Absolutely fantastic tour! I highly recommend this tour and make sure to do it at the beginning of the trip to Sydney. Kylie was great and the food spots were awesome. We went back later that night to get more!”
Taste four Newtown cuisines and sip craft beer while learning street-art stories at the I Have A Dream mural in Sydney.
“Melinda was a fantastic guide. Fun and knowledgeable and highly recommend. The tour around Newtown was informative and Melinda made the experience fun with the combination of food and drink. The tacos, pie, ice cream and falafel hit the spot and ended up in a cool brewery to finish. Great way to spend an afternoon.”
Private Sydney kayak to a fur seal colony near Palm Beach, with gourmet beach lunch on Pittwater. Gear provided, about 4 hours.
“Damn is an excellent tour guide. Was able to get close enough to see a lot of seals sunning. Great lunch provided with plenty of choices.”
Private 7-hour Sydney multicultural food tour with Fish Market sashimi, included lunch, 40 gelato flavours, and flexible tastings in Cabramatta.
“Peter Bailey was outstanding. Introduced us to a different and interesting part of Sydney that a typical tourist would not see. We started off the day with the freshest scallop and tuna sashimi at the Fish Market. Then off to taste Portuguese cRead more”
The harbour, the headlands and the mountains beyond, and every way to get out into them.
