The 6 Street Food Tours in Kathmandu Locals Send You To

1.Walking Street Food Tour in Kathmandu

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 111 reviews · from $48Our pick

Spend 3 to 4 hours walking Kathmandu with a local guide, tasting at least five Nepali dishes and drinks in Asan and around Durbar Square. Guides such as Deepak, Kabita, Raj, and Anoj tailor stops for vegetarian and vegan diets. Hotel pickup is offered, but confirm the meeting point.

“Raj was a very kind tour guide that took us around Kathmandu trying a lot of local eats. I would highly recommend this tour as it gets you out of a van and onto local streets and alleys that a tourists would never find”

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2.Kathmandu Secret Food Crawl & Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 54 reviews · 2 hours · from $28

Meet at Chhaya Devi Complex for a two-hour walk through Ason Bazar and Kathmandu’s back streets. Guide Santosh leads you to local food stalls, where you taste at least five foods and drinks, including Newari dishes, momos, laphing, lassi, and pani puri.

“Really great tour to understand and settle into the madness of the city! We did this as soon as we arrived so this was our first experience of Kathmandu. Our guide was really informative and gave us a fantastic summary of Kathmandu, the religions and lots more interesting and useful information. And of course the food and places he took us to were great and it felt really authentic. A great insight to the local food - we would never have found or known about any of the places we went, so it was worth having a guide to show us these hidden, local gems! Highly recommend doing this tour…”

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3.Kathmandu Food Crawl & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 26 reviews · from $25Best value

Meet your English-speaking guide at Chhaya Devi Complex in Thamel, then walk toward Ason Bazar for at least five local foods and drinks. Expect momo, chatamari, panipuri, laphing, sweets, and market-side discoveries, with guides such as Santosh and Manoj adding cultural context.

“Santosh was a perfect guide. We tried so many Indian snacks and drinks, as well as saw a large part of Kathmandu in the evening, the markets were full and beautiful, and he helped me to navigate all the new foods.”

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4.Kathmandu Food Crawl & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 2 hours · from $28

Meet Santosh Pandey’s English-speaking guide at Chhaya Devi Complex for a two-hour food walk through Ason Bazar. You’ll sample at least five local foods and drinks, learn about Newar traditions, and visit narrow market lanes you might not find on your own.

“Santosh was a really great guide who not only showed me amazing food spots frequented by locals, but also gave me lots of information about Kathmandu and Nepal. We tried multiple local foods with a great variety. Would highly recommend to anyone wanting to try something new and expand their food horizons.”

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5.Kathmandu UNESCO Heritage Tour with Local Food Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 5 hours · from $64

Spend five hours with an English-speaking guide, including Rajan, visiting Swayambhunath, Kathmandu Durbar Square, and Asan Market. You’ll see the Kumari tradition, shop among local traders, and taste momo, yomari, bara, chatamari, samaybaji, gwaramari, and Indrachowk lassi.

“I had a great day visiting temples and trying traditional Nepali food with Rajan. He is a wealth of knowledge and I highly recommend this tour. He was also very flexible with the schedule.”

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6.Kathmandu: Local Food Tour | Authentic Street Food & Culture

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 3 reviews · from $32

Meet at The Delicious Pizza House Nepal for a short Kathmandu food walk through Asan Bazar and Indrachowk. You’ll taste Newari and Nepali staples, visit tea and street-food stalls, and learn about local food customs from an English-speaking guide. Shreeram is named in one booking account, but guide assignment may vary.

“Nice to see some local food places and get some insider tips, but the guide should be concentrated on the customers, mine was constantly on the phone with different people or alternatively walking about 20-40m in front of me, explaining little without being explicitly asked. Not recommended.”

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