Newport Neighborhood Food Tour

Overview

Discover Newport’s culinary side and let your local guide lead you on this three-hour walking tour through historic neighborhood streets. Explore the evolving diverse culinary landscape of Rhode Island while gaining insight into the history, architecture and cultural components of Newport, Rhode Island. Your tastings will take you to at least 6 diverse local restaurants off-the-beaten-path where the locals go, away from the more touristy areas of the city.

A one-of-a-kind guided food tour for Rhode Island natives and visitors alike.

City: Newport

Tue 24 Dec

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Starting at $89.00

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Tue 24 Dec

Starting at $89.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Local guide

Guide sheet & map

3 Alcohol tastings can be added for an additional cost of $15. Contact tour operator to upgrade.

All food tastings

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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
Please advise us of any allergies or specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
Please advise all guests in your group to bring cash for guide gratuities, if you enjoy the tour.
Vegetarian options are available, please advise at time of booking if required.
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately.
Please provide us with each guests name and contact info.
Changing Covid Policies will apply

What To Expect

Old Colony House

Learn the history made here

Great Friends Meeting House

The early history, architecture and significance to Newport

Brick Market Place

Brief history and intro.

Jane Pickens Theater

Short history

Show 1 more stops

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (382)

Lcorinneg

Oct 2022

Such an amazing experience! We loved being able to visit the local restaurants in Newport and hear about their wonderful back stories. Our tour guide, Jack, was amazing! He definitely made the whole experience so memorable with his great energy and knowledge of Newport's history! We got to try different types of unique foods and they paired well with the cocktails offered! Definitely found some fantastic spots to go back to! Highly recommend this food tour!

John F

Oct 2022

Great 3 hour food tour to an eclectic mix of more out of the (tourist) way places. Tour guide Morgan was entertaining as well as being well informed. Good mix of different food dishes and drinks to sample as well as seeing a few less tourist focused eating places.

Response from Host

Nov 2022

Sounds like it was an afternoon well spent! Thank you for taking our tour!

Smajor310aol

Oct 2022

While in Newport RI, we took several excursions. This was my least favorite. 1) the tour guide was the third one on our visit and did not meet up to the standards of the other guides. She complained a lot about her health. She talked very fast and was difficult to hear at times due to us being on a street. The company should consider getting walking mic sets. 2) the choices of restaurants was eclectic. The food was edible, some was too spicy for my taste. At the Nitro, a coffee shop, an alternative to coffee should have been given. I tried to keep an open mind as I don’t drink coffee. I heard chocolate and cherry infused and thought..give it a try. I took a cautious sip and regretted it the rest of the walk. If you drink coffee, you might enjoy it. 3) We had taken 2 trolley tours for historic lessons, so when she began to kill time stopping at sites we had already seen and heard about, I just wanted to move on. I would have enjoyed it more spending more time relaxing at the restaurants and not feeling rushed to eat what little food I was given. Perhaps another restaurant or 2 could be added instead of the historic buildings. She also paused us near homeless folks that were making it less than appetizing on a foodie tour. She looked over at them but made no attempt to move us away from their disgusting noises. Very disappointed and probably won’t take a foodie tour for awhile. I was looking for delightful and delectable and this tour was not it. PS We found many wonderful Restaurants in Newport. Just not on this tour.

Response from Host

Oct 2022

Thank you for taking the time to write this review. I'm sorry this tour did not meet up to your standards, we recognize that everyone has different ones and it isn't always possible to please everyone. Fortunately, this is rare as evidenced by our hundreds of positive reviews from our guests. Food tours are meant to expose you to different neighborhoods or restaurants you may not otherwise find or try, with the hope you will expand your palette and might find a place you would like to go back to and try something else that you would prefer. We can't expect everyone to love everything. We do add some history to break up the tour as we walk past landmarks in the neighborhood to keep it interesting for everyone, many who have not taken multiple tours while visiting, guests have often told us they did not expect it and were happy to learn something they didn't know. Walking food tours are a breed of their own and there are many facets and logistics involved in them, which I do not expect guests to know but there are too many to go into here. As opposed to other tours that do not have food in them or tours that are in vehicles. Because we are walking in a neighborhood in a city you will run into all kinds of people. Sadly yes, sometimes even homelessness, which is a problem in most cities in the country today. It sounds like you would be more inclined to appreciate a private tour with a driver which could be more tailored around your preferences. Thank you again for taking our tour.