Downtown Santa Barbara Food Tour in Santa Barbara booking from $150.00

Downtown Santa Barbara Food Tour

Overview

Eat delicious lunch food, drink great drinks and learn about downtown Santa Barbara on this 3.5ish-hour walking tour. Indulge your palate for a few hours with sipping, sampling, and savoring. You will enjoy food from 5-6+ local eateries, 1-2 wine tastings or 1 wine tasting plus another alcoholic beverage (depends on the day, it could be wine, beer or a cocktail). Go where locals like to go. This fun, informative and local walking lunch tour is sure to pleasantly fill you up and entertain the whole family. Great for a daytime activity and awesome way to learn about other places to eat and drink on your visit!

IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WALKING OR HEALTH ISSUES, please consider a private experience for your group.

TOURS CAN EASILY BE MADE PRIVATE - please email, call or text us for more information regarding private experiences.

City: Santa Barbara

Sun 20 Oct

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What's Included

Beverages (water and one non alcoholic drink)

Local guide

Additional alcohol tasting (including wine or beer)

Food and wine tasting

Guaranteed to mostly skip the long lines

Local taxes

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Minimum drinking age is 21 years old
Please note: restaurants and tastings are subject to change
Walking is involved
Most restaurants are wheelchair accessible
Kids - parents you know your kids best, kids are welcome, if you think they will have fun with the groups.
NOT recommended for toddlers
FOOD ALLERGIES/AVERSIONS: Vegetarian, dairy free and gluten free (not celiac) option are available, we will do our very best to accommodate you BUT if we don't know about your food allergies/aversions ahead of time, we cannot accommodate them. Please advise at time of booking if required - add your food requirements in the Special Requirements field upon booking.
Special requirements other than food i.e. wheelchair or stroller - please add your requirements in the Special Requirements field upon booking.
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Currently, masks are not required in CA. If you would like to wear a mask, please feel free. If you do not feel well please do not come. Private tours available.

What To Expect

El Paseo Building

Wine tasting at one of the wonderful tasting rooms in El Paseo! During COVID-19 we visit 5-6 different tasting locations (food from 6-7 local spots), which also includes 1 wine tasting room and an alcoholic beverage l at another location. Tastings and tasting locations are subject to change.

Santa Barbara County Courthouse

Visit the outside of the Courthouse and if there is time, The Sunken Gardens

Arlington Theatre

Learn about the history the The Arlington Theatre. We do NOT go inside the theatre.

The Granada Theatre

Learn about the history of The Granada Theatre. We do NOT go into the theatre.

The Historic La Arcada Courtyard

See and sometimes walk through the Plaza designed by famous Architect Myron Hunt.

Casa de la Guerra

If there is time, hear some interesting history about Casa De La Guerra and possibly De La Guerra Plaza

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (479)

RJLeo1124

Aug 2014

An enlightening view of "Funk" in Santa Barbara. This is a winner! We visit Santa Barbara each year and have never experienced an introduction to a different side of the town until we found Savor. The guides were well versed and the entire tour was filled with different tastes from diverse places. Book it!!! It is more than worth it and it is FUN! Bob & Peg from Palm Desert

Linda B

Jul 2014

Having been to Santa Barbara many times while our daughter attended UCSB I was looking on line to see if there was some different types of things to do. I stumbled on Savor Santa Barbara Food Tour, read about it and thought it would be interesting, so I signed my husband and myself up to give it a try. The 3 1/2 hours flew by as we were either eating, drinking or walking around lower State Street (Funk Zone) learning about the architecture, the paseos, Santa Barbara's planning features, some of the city's history, and also about how each of the 7 eateries and spirits places came to be. All of the food places prepared fresh food when we arrived. The tour included not only the food but also any tipping that would arise. Our guide, Clare, ordered for us, helped serve in some places and shared stories about each stop. Clare, was very well informed, cheerful, friendly, and very personable. The food choices made for us were all wonderful and different, and everyone in the group loved the experience. Eat a very light breakfast as you will have a more than ample progressive type lunch. It is well worth your while if you are a tourist or a local. We would do it again! Marty and Linda from Campbell, CA

beachfan28

Jun 2014

This was a Father's Day gift for my husband who is a foody. We love SB and wanted to do something different, so we spent June 15, 2014 on the tour. The 7 stops were all really great. The taco dish at Rudy's was the biggest we'd ever enjoyed in our 40+ years as Mexican food fans. Muy Bueno! The tapas, acai and granola berry bowl, wine tasting, beer sampling, ice cream and, my husband's fave... the lobster bisque capped with a light biscuit, were just AWESOME! Erin our guide was professional, knowledgeable and personally committed to leading us on an interesting, unique tour of Lower State Street and the "Funk Zone". The local history and architectural sites of the area helped round out the tour and make the time walking between eateries as pleasant as the food. One great thing about going on this tour was that we by-passed lines at all of these places, which, at some locations like the Brewhouse, were 40 people or more long. We ate so much in 3 hours that we didn't need to dine out that night. Advice: Keep breakfast light, because your lunch begins the tour and it is a lot of food (delicious!).The food and tour were a real class act at a bargain price. The cost even included the tips for the wine pourers, etc. We drove from San Luis Obispo County to SB, but for anyone living along the Coast, it might be fun to just take Amtrak's Surfliner Line into SB, since the tour begins about 1 block west of the train station, and ends near it as well. The walk is quite moderate, but wear comfortable walking shoes, and a hat or sunscreen if it is a typical beautiful day in Santa Barbara. Have fun! Thanks, Erin for a great tour and all around great experience!

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