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

Sat 26 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)

coppertopmom

Nov 2019

To be fair, I think people's experiences are probably based on the makeup of their group as well as which food tastings they have on our tour. Nancy was very pleasant and efficient. However, she really didn't bring our group together. There were 3 separate couples and a group of 6 who didn't interact with us. Everyone seemed to want a liquor/wine stop. We went to a food court (bland), an olive oil tasting (could have done on our own)as well as a taco place where we were all served a plain tortilla with a protein thrown on top (no cabbage, cheese or garnish). We bailed after the pizza place which was not, in our opinion, any type of restaurant, but a plain old pizzeria. The group of 6 ordered and paid for pints of beer and it looked like we would never get to the ice cream place so we left after 3.5 hours. The wine tasting was awkward, with no one talking and Nancy looking at her phone. Tons of pics were taken throughout and we were told they would be posted within 72 hours but its 1.5 weeks and nothing. Don't really care but when I looked at the FB albums, it looked like other tours went to other places and they were probably better experiences so hence, the rave reviews. Loved Santa Barbara, but would pass on this tour. We have done many food tours so we know the difference.

Andrea W

Nov 2019

This is a great way to learn about Santa Barbara history and eat your way through the town ! Nancy was a gracious, knowledgeable and fun hostess. Her energy is contagious. We enjoyed her as much as the tour. Fun day !

BillyandBrit

Oct 2019

Nancy was wonderful!! She took us to beautiful places and delicious eateries. Would love to do it again. Thanks so much, Nancy - you're the best!!

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