Mexico City Food Tours

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Top food tours and experiences in Mexico City

From exploring cool neighborhoods to eating with the locals to seeing iconic sites, these are some of our favorite experiences

First Day in CDMX: Your Perfect Introduction
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Mexico City First Day in CDMX: Your Perfect Introduction

New to Mexico City? Explore historic streets, taste local flavors, and get insider tips to navigate the city with ease.

$102 per person

3 hours

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Mexico City, Your Way: A Fully Flexible Day of Discovery
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Mexico City Mexico City, Your Way: A Fully Flexible Day of Discovery

Uncover Mexico City, your way, with a local crafting a seamless, flexible day that blends history, street life, food, and hidden gems—at your pace.

$222 per person

8 hours

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Day trip to Teotihuacán and the Pyramids
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Mexico City Day trip to Teotihuacán and the Pyramids

Visit the ancient and magical city of Teotihuacan from Mexico City, climb up its mystical pyramids and explore its fascinating archaeological past

$315 per person

8 hours

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Explore the creative Coyoacán neighborhood
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Mexico City Explore the creative Coyoacán neighborhood

Explore Frida Kahlo's bohemian neighborhood, walk its cobbled streets lined with colorful houses and hip cafes and shop for crafts at a local market

$102 per person

3 hours

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Must see Mexico City with a local
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Mexico City Must see Mexico City with a local

See some of the city's top sites in a day, from Templo Mayor to the Palacio Nacional, and a few hidden gems on an experience fully tailored to you

$222 per person

8 hours

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Eat like a local in CDMX: street food experience
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Mexico City Eat like a local in CDMX: street food experience

Discover Mexico City's unparalleled street food scene on an experience tailored to your taste buds and wishes by a host who knows the city's best eats

$159 per person

4 hours

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Mexico City's Ultimate Taco Experience - Your Way
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Mexico City Mexico City's Ultimate Taco Experience - Your Way

Eating tacos is a national ritual. Try some of the locals' favorite tacos, learn to eat them the right way, and about the 60+ varieties to be found

$127 per person

3 hours

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A night in Mexico City with a local
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Mexico City A night in Mexico City with a local

Experience this vibrant city after dark, guided by your host! From exploring a hip neighborhood to mingling with the locals at a bar, it's up to you!

$114.5 per person

3 hours

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Explore Roma & Condesa: Mexico City's coolest neighborhoods
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Mexico City Explore Roma & Condesa: Mexico City's coolest neighborhoods

Hip cafes, chic boutiques, gorgeous colonial houses and a bohemian vibe are some of what you'll discover in the city's coolest neighborhoods

$102 per person

3 hours

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Locals cooking at a street food stall in Mexico City

The best private food tours in Mexico City

Designated the world’s next great dining destination by food experts around the globe, Mexico City is in the middle of the type of culinary renaissance formerly reserved for places like Paris and Tokyo. The city’s new generation of chefs has perfected the art of authentic Mexican food with a decidedly modern twist, putting the city on the world culinary map in the process. Mexican cuisine – already mind-blowingly delicious even at the humblest stalls, trucks, carts, and makeshift windows – has only been elevated in recent years, with gourmet food halls and upmarket eateries popping up across the city. On a food tour in Mexico, you can experience it all.

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Tourist enjoying a plate of local food on a street food tour of Mexico City

Street eats fit for royalty

Street eats fit for royalty In Mexico City, over 75 percent of locals eat street food weekly – and with popular foods like tlayudas (toasted tortilla covered in beans, meat, and cheese), barbacoa (tender steamed meat), and cochinita pibil (roast pork), and chocolate-dipped churros, it’s not hard to see why. Think you know tacos? Mexico City has hundreds of types, and thousands of taquerías to try them at on your food tour. Choose among suadero tacos made with thin-cut beef, barbacoa tacos (the meat is traditionally slow-cooked in an underground oven), and canasta tacos stacked high in a cloth-covered basket.

Tourist enjoying a meal with a local at Calle Lucerna on a food tour of Mexico City

From humble markets to high-end meals

Authentic Mexican food is one of the most vibrant and colorful cuisines in the world thanks to its liberal use of fresh herbs and chilies. On your food tour, you’ll find a sprawling range of places to eat – but when it comes to sheer flavor, there’s little to separate ambitious restaurants and hipster-approved cafés from simple street food carts and hole-in-the-wall haunts. Whether you’re on a mission to find the best restaurants in Mexico City or you’re satisfied trawling no-frills neighborhood food markets for budget bites, a food tour in this city could never disappoint.

Typical selection of traditional food in Mexico City

Flavors and food from the past

Mexico City itself is a patchwork quilt of Aztec landmarks embedded into the fabric of the modern city, and its cuisine is no different – a Mexico City food tour is like a trip through time. Authentic Mexican food and its unique flavors can be traced back several centuries: Salsa and tortilla wraps were sold at ancient food markets; Spaniards in Mexico were served traditional tamales (a popular street food to this day) by Aztecs in the 16th century; and, the Portuguese aided the spread of chili peppers in the mid-1500s. Who says a food tour can’t be educational?

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Latest reviews from our guests

    This walking tour was very personalized. Or guide was very knowledgeable about the history and architecture of this beautiful neighborhood and was just a joy to spend time with.

    11 March 2026

    Helen C

    My boyfriend and I did the six-hour Mexico City tour with Adriana and we were extremely happy with her work. She picked us up at our hotel and we took an Uber to the “Monument to the Revolution.” From there we walked together to the city center “Zocalo.” Along the way, we stopped at several landmarks and Adriana gave us the history of each landmark. Her knowledge is vast and incredible. I was blown away by the amount of knowledge she shared with us. She called herself a historian. It was true. She was not an average guide. Having a tour with Adriana was like walking around Mexico City with a historian who is passionate about the history of Mexico and will improve your knowledge and appreciation of the history and culture of Mexico. What a privilege it was to have her as our guide in Mexico City. Adriana was kind, respectful, knowledgeable and a joy to spend time with. I highly recommend her.

    10 March 2026

    Lee Gemma F

    My boyfriend and I did the six-hour Mexico City tour with Adriana and we were extremely happy with her work. She picked us up at our hotel and we took an Uber to the “Monument to the Revolution.” From there we walked together to the city center “Zocalo.” Along the way, we stopped at several landmarks and Adriana gave us the history of each landmark. Her knowledge is vast and incredible. I was blown away by the amount of knowledge she shared with us. She called herself a historian. It was true. She was not an average guide. Having a tour with Adriana was like walking around Mexico City with a historian who is passionate about the history of Mexico and will improve your knowledge and appreciation of the history and culture of Mexico. What a privilege it was to have her as our guide in Mexico City. We were so happy with the Mexico City tour she gave us that we privately hired her to be our guide in the “Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe” the next day. Adriana was kind, respectful, knowledgeable and a joy to spend time with. I highly recommend her.

    9 March 2026

    Lee Gemma F

    We had an amazing taco tour with Nicolas and can’t recommend him highly enough. He was warm, friendly, and incredibly knowledgeable. The tour felt truly personalised, and we loved discussing the history and architecture of Mexico City while visiting his favourite taco spots. Every place he took us to was outstanding – authentic local gems we never would have found on our own. Nicolas was personable, accommodating, and an endless source of fascinating insights about the city and its food culture. A great way to understand the city through its food. Highly recommended!

    7 March 2026

    Thomas H

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