Savor the Flavors of Charleston Walking Food Tour

Overview

Walk, talk and taste your way through historic Charleston South Carolina. This small-group 2.5-hour tour will immerse you in the history and culture of the Lowcountry and allow you to experience a remarkable culinary scene in downtown Charleston. Stops along the way will include many of the city’s leading restaurants through out the city. Typical tastings include: stone ground grits, Southern pralines, sweet tea, collard greens, Lowcountry barbeque, and fried green tomatoes.

***PLEASE NOTE: If there are any food allergies in your party, we must know at least 48 hours in advance or some restaurants may not be able to accommodate. We also can't guarantee there will be a substitution at every location due to some allergies.

City: Charleston

Tue 01 Oct

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Starting at $95.00

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Tue 01 Oct

Starting at $95.00

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What's Included

Food Tastings

Local Professional guide

Bottled water

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum age is 12 years
Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the tour.
The pace of our walking tour is leisurely
Operates in all weather conditions, dress appropriately
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
By purchasing this tour, you are stating that you and your party are healthy and have not exhibited any signs or symptoms of COVID-19 in the past 14 days. If that changes, please notify Bulldog Tours immediately.

What To Expect

Bulldog Tours

Headquarter's for Charleston's best tour company, Bulldog Tours, which offers a variety of history, food, pub, and ghost tours on a daily/nightly schedule.

Charleston City Market

Built in the early 1800's, this four block historical landmark was originally the city's grocery store. Today, the City Market is home to a variety of local vendors that sell their art, crafts, and local wares.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (693)

leslie82

Sep 2021

Deanna was very informative about Charleston. We went to 3 food tastes, 1 tea and spice taste, and 1 chocolate/dessert taste. It was all very good. Another Broken Egg Cafe was our grit favorite! Tour was a lot of fun highly recommend

79starlam

Sep 2021

Our tour was on Sept 9, 2021. I booked this tour because of the reviews i read below. This tour was the biggest dissappointment to us. I work very hard for my money and saved up for this. When i read about all of this great food people said they got i thought we were getting a great deal for $150. WRONG!!!!!!! The food we got was not that great and it was very tiny portions. We expected large food portions if you go by what people said in these reviews. WRONG AGAIN !!!!! When i called and spoke with the lady at Bulldog tours and shared my dissapointment on the food, she said they have no control over that, the restaurants do that. DO YOUR HOMEWORK PEOPLE!! ASK QUESTIONS. FIND OUT WHICH RESTAURAMTS YOUR PARTICULAR TOUR WILL BE GOING TO. Cause, i guess they must be different tours seeing how others had a great tour with lots of food. ThAT sure was not the results we got with ours. WE HAD NO SHECRAB SOUP, NO BBQ FROM POOGANS. NO HANDY AND HOT RESTAURANT, NO PIMENTO CHEESE, NO FRIED GREEN TOMATOES. This is what we had: our first stop was a tiny bowl of a crab dip and bread that we had to share with others so you didnt get much at all, at AJ Shucks we had a teeny tiny tuna taco with a tiny cup of rice, at the candy shop we had a tiny piece of praline candy and 1 pecan, at the tea and spice store we had tiny samples in like a tiny pill cup of like popcorn, oysters crackers and 2 other tiny items and the last stop, which i think was called Barbardos, had this 1 piece of fried chicken on top of a few pieces of corn and butterbeans with a little sauce over the top. This is the biggest portion of food we received on the entire tour. It was not that great. Over 1/2 the people on our tour did not eat theirs. The outside of my chicken was burnt and not completely done on the inside. My husbands was the same way. It was dissappointing. If i had to do over, i would go with either the Upper King street food tour or do the one were this one chef cooks you a whole meal in front of you for you to eat so you would get atleast a full meal with that one. All i can say is be sure to thoroughly check where your food tour is going and see what you will be getting to eat. As you can see, our food tour was not worth $150. I would say more like $50 total for 2 adults. Hopefully my review will help others mot make the same mistake we did. The best part of the tour was our guide Blake. He was very knowlegeable on the history of Savannah.

Response from Host

Sep 2021

79starlam, We are very sorry you were disappointed with the tour with us. You are absolutely right that we have multiple restaurant partners and it varies from tour to tour which ones we go to. The reason, as our representative pointed out, is due to the restaurants. We have very good relationships with the places we go, but most of them only allow food tours in the restaurants at certain times. In addition, some are opened/closed outside of tour times. We have stops we only go to in the morning because they close before the afternoon tours begin, and we go to restaurants in the afternoon that do not open until after the morning tour concludes. Anyone is welcomed to call our office the day of the tour to determine what stops will be made along the way. Out tours are not just about the stops, but the history of the food along the way and the deep historical roots in the Low Country of South Carolina. We are going to share this with our Culinary Manager to determine what improvements can be made for the time of your tour. We never want anyone wanting for more after the tour, nor do we want anyone feeling like they wasted their money with us. Feel free to reach out to our Tour Guide Manager, Andrew Kuhn, at [email protected] to discuss a full refund. Thanks for the feedback and for visiting Charleston.

danicastro5

Sep 2021

We took this tour on our first full day in Charleston and we thought it was a great way to start our trip off! Our tour guide Deena was great, well spoken, knowledgeable and very nice. We enjoyed walking the streets and hearing all the information she had to offer about each place. The food at every stop was absolutely delicious! The group we had was really fun, my 9 year old nephew was the youngest on the tour and everyone made him feel included! Our favorite stop was Handy and Hot, we went back three times during our stay! It was fast, delicious and close to our hotel. A great little find. I would 100% recommend this tour!