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

Sun 29 Sep

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Starting at $95.00

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Sun 29 Sep

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)

Cathy_M

May 2021

Our tour guide was friendly, sweet and very knowledgeable. The food was just fantastic and I will recommend you to everyone!

mcginnisc

May 2021

I booked this tour for my 2 year anniversary and let me tell you it did not disappoint! Our guide was very knowledgeable of the local history pertaining to the city origins and to its culinary history. At each stop our guide gave us a detailed rundown on each food item and how it pertained to Charleston and its history. We finished the tour with a full stomach and lots of new knowledge about Charleston. I will be back to do this tour again with friends and family!

imissneworleans

May 2021

This food tour was not indicative of the food that Charleston is famous for. No grits, no She Crab soup, etc. No dessert. Only one stop had a decent sized serving. I left needing dinner plans, which has never happened with a food tour. One stop was at a spice store (interesting, and we all bought spices) but the samples were tiny (3 kernels of popcorn, 6 tiny oyster crackers, a teaspoon of granola, and a teaspoon of pimento cheese) and the explanation by the shop person was completely rushed. The tour guide should have given the explanation and let us try a larger sample while we tried each spice. Everything was rushed and the tour guide, while nice, gave us too little culture or history. We arrived at our last stop a full 30 minutes early. After enjoying about 15 food tours worldwide, this was my least favorite. I contacted the tour company and offered to give friendly and constructive criticism before leaving a negative review, but they did not contact me except to say they weren't open and would contact me later, which they didn't do. A big disappointment. I suggest you take a food tour everywhere you travel, but pick a different one in Charleston.

Response from Host

May 2021

imissneworleans, We are very sorry to hear that the tour did not meet your expectations. We have many restaurant partners that we use for our tours and the stops are not always the same from tour to tour. The food is intended to represent both the history of the Low Country in addition to showcasing what the food scene has evolved into over the last few decades. As for your message, you did send a message to our office at 11PM on a Friday night and our Tour Guide Manager was out of the office until Monday morning. We are more than happy to offer you a refund for the experience. Feel free to reach out to our Tour Guide Manager, Andrew Kuhn, at [email protected] to discuss further.