Ultimate Lisbon food experience
Ultimate Lisbon food experience
Ultimate Lisbon food experience
Ultimate Lisbon food experience
Ultimate Lisbon food experience
Ultimate Lisbon food experience

What you'll do

Forget dashing across the city (no one likes to rush here), you’ll lazily eat and drink your way around Lisbon with one of our local Lisbon hosts, which in our eyes is the best way to explore.

In the dreamy, hillside neighborhoods of Mouraria and Alfama, you’ll experience Lisbon life how it should be lived - that is to say full of long lunches of grilled seafood, endless plates of Portuguese petiscos, stopping by tascas where you can grab the house specialty, and timing a visit to a bakery at just the right glorious moment when Pastéis de nata emerge from the oven.

Try freshly grilled octopus, regional sheep’s milk cheeses, specialty grilled sardines, pastéis de bacalhau, and a surprising dish or two from a restaurant serving authentic Angolan cuisine - we bet you weren’t expecting that!

But as a former colony of Portugal, the flavors of West Africa are sprinkled throughout the city if you know where to look.

There’s nothing better than discovering a new culture through its food, and we’re sure you’ll agree that everything tastes better in the sunshine.

  • Private & 100% personalized tour

  • 3 hours

  • Matched to your ideal host

  • Walking Tour

  • Hosted in English (On request: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)

  • Meet at your accommodation or a central location

Experience outline

  • Join your food fanatic (aka one of our Lisbon hosts) on a 3-hour journey through the culinary culture of Lisbon
  • Sample dishes at tasca’s, restaurants, petiscos bars, and tiny local cafes
  • Your experience, your pace!
  • Sample authentic sangria and other mouthwatering food options from all over the city

Things to know

What’s included

  • A private and personalized experience
  • 3 hours with your host
  • 6-8 tastings of various local food specialties
  • A glass of wine, beer, sangria or soft drink
  • Walking experience (if required, your host can suggest public transport or private taxi options)
  • Hotel meet-up (available on request for central location)

What’s not included

  • Food and drinks
  • Tickets to any attractions
  • Transportation costs
  • Gratuities (optional)

Cancellation

  • Cancel 14 days before the experience for a full refund
  • Worry-free cancellation terms: book with peace of mind knowing that you can cancel for free up to a day before the experience and receive a full refund.

Photos taken by our hosts and guests

City Unscripted guests photos

Reviews

    Ricardo was an excellent host. He took us to some amazing local restaurants, and we loved all of the food. He also slipped on some historic aspects to the tour and knew everything about Lisbon. If we go again, we shall definitely book again, many thanks, Austin

    September 2022

    Austin B

    The people who gave us the tour were very nice and engaging and if you were looking for a companion to hang out with during an afternoon this would be a great event. However, the activities listed in the description of the tour bore little resemblance to what was actually provided in terms of local food and wine introduction. The guide was not fluent in Portuguese, not a local, and was very disorganized. Her friend/companion was a vegetarian and didn’t drink so could provide little in the way of insight into a good portion of the local cuisine. I would have expected a semi-planned itinerary but when we met up with the guide (and her friend) they basically left it to us to provide ideas which we did. Based upon the type of experience we described we walked to our first stop which turned out not to be open. OK this happens so we needed to fall back to plan B but there wasn’t any plan B so we ended up walking around and stopping for a cocktail at a random bar (which we paid for). After more walking around with no definite plan we ended up breaking off the tour after 2 hours with no food or drinks enjoyed. Basically, I could have got this much insight into Portuguese cuisine and culture from our hotel. In contrast to another Portuguese guided culinary tour we took here in Lisbon this doesn’t even begin to compare. A definite disappointment and not worth the time even if it was free.

    September 2022

    Michelle S

    “We had a great time hanging out with Ricardo in Alfama! Great food, great conversation!!

    September 2022

    Kirsten + Jimmie G

    We had a fantastic guide with Pedro. Took us to great places to eat some authentic Portuguese dishes. Visited some beautiful vistas and learned a great deal about Portugal’s history.

    September 2022

    Danielle M

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