The 5 Street Food Tours in San Francisco Locals Send You To

1.San Francisco Chinatown Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 778 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $59Our pick

Spend two hours walking San Francisco Chinatown with a local guide such as Linda Lee. See Portsmouth Square, Stockton Street markets, an herbal pharmacy, Waverly Place, pagoda-style buildings, and the Golden Gate Fortune Cookies factory, with time for samples and questions.

“Fun and informative with Linda as our guide. Took us around, explained the history of Chinese immigrants to the area and the problems they faced. Witty and entertaining.”

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2.SF’s Chinatown: Tea & Dim Sum Food Tour – Includes full meal, 3hr

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 153 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $99

Spend three hours eating your way through San Francisco Chinatown with a small group of up to 10. Expect dim sum, Peking duck, a pastry, bubble tea, fortune cookies, and a lively tea tasting. Guides such as Robert, Jacob, Robin, and Marcy add local stories, though the exact guide and food stops can vary.

“Tour was overall enjoyable and food was good, even our kids (10-14yo) found new things that they loved out of the Dim Sum, Peking duck, Szechuan green beans, and the Chinese tea store. Fortune cookie factory was fun, but very brief, since there's a line out the door. Boba tea was good, and egg tarts were novel but not universally loved. Our primary disappointment was that the tour guide had limited stories to share about the area & stores we visited. She tended to repeat information or defer questions until later and then not come back to them. Much of the info centered around the early gold rush period, which…”

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3.San Francisco: Food Walking Tour of Chinatown & North Beach

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 148 reviews · 4 hours · from $94

Walk from Chinatown Gate through Chinatown and North Beach with an English-speaking guide such as Brian, Scott, or Isabella. Expect dim sum, tea, fortune cookies, coffee, pizza, wine, and neighborhood stories, including the café where The Godfather screenplay was written.

“Amazing! Doug is a great guide and all The food was delicious.”

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4.San Francisco Chinatown Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 138 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $99

Start on Grant Avenue at 10:00 am for a three-hour Chinatown walk with a guide such as Jinny, Michael, Ted, or Spud. Expect five generous tastings, fortune cookies, temple and neighborhood history, and a small group capped at 12 people.

“Great experience share the food style was awesome. The option of the fork was there but we accepted the challenge. The guide know all the facts about china town to include black history and lantio history as well”

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5.San Francisco North Beach & Chinatown Food Tour with 5 Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 137 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $87

Spend about three hours walking from the Cable Car Museum area through North Beach and Chinatown, with five tastings including coffee, pizza, dumplings, ice cream or sorbet, and a secret dish. Guides such as Zachary, Dara, Mark, and Jamie add local history and personal stories.

“Wonderful tour with an a great amount of history from a local! We also enjoyed all the foods we ate along the way!”

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