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

Thu 26 Sep

Other dates

You can choose the date already on the booking website

Starting at $95.00

Make a reservation

Thu 26 Sep

Starting at $95.00

Make a reservation

New York City Tours

Unique Activities (21) Transfers & Transportation (103) Tours, Sightseeing & Cruises (113) Entry Tickets (47) Sporting Events (1) Good for Small Groups (6) Seasonal & Holiday Tours (41) Walking Tours (697) Outdoor Activities (20) Limitied Availability Tours (6) LGBT Friendly Tours (4) Family-friendly Activities (7) Solo Travelers' Tours (147) Food & Drinks (27) Travelers recommend (73) Good for Groups (8) Top Activities (18) Guided Audio Tours (3) Art, Culture & History (135) Attractions to explore (38)

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.

Traveler Photos

Reviews (693)

asbdesigns

Jan 2020

All my family is from Charleston, so I've visited MANY times over the years. This is the first time I've done a food tour and it was impressive! It was a great variety of low country food - all EXCELLENT!! Franny, our guide, was so informative and I learned SO much! I feel like I know more about Charleston's history than the city I live in now. :-) I highly recommend and will definitely try some of the other tours they offer on a future visit.

Response from Host

Jan 2020

Thanks so much for your review! We are so pleased to hear you enjoyed the food on the culinary tour as well as your guide, Franny. She will definitely attest to the difficulty of keeping the tour within the time frame because there is so much history worth sharing about Charleston. Thanks again for spending your time with us on the tour!

Passenger308400

Jan 2020

Nice, but think better options in Charleston to book. Like fort supter, horse carriage, plantation. There are a ton of great restaurant options and experiences.

crawfordjon16

Jan 2020

Our tour guide was amazing! She gave great information about the food we ate and history of Charleston / low country cuisine. We made 5 stops on the tour where we ate the following: (1) grits with bacon and fried green tomatoes, (2) hush puppies, crab stuffed shrimp wrapped in bacon, she crab soup, a side of rice (3) samples at a local spice shop, (4) cornbread, fried pimento cheese balls, and a BBQ slider, (5) and finished with samples of brittle, chocolate peanuts, turtles, and a free praline. This was a TON of food which is amazing. No way you walk away from this tour needing to stop for another meal anytime soon. The food was traditional low country cuisine. At the spice shop, you will get the same free samples as you would any other patron, it made sense with the theme of giving context behind the influences different cultures had on the cuisine. All restaurants were a short walk from one another around the city market. To get to why I thought it was just average... When I have done food tours in other cities, I typically walk away wow’d with the food. This tour is more about exposing you to a high quantity of food instead of a higher quality of food. There wasn’t anything I walked away saying “I’m coming back here for this!” Nothing wrong with that, just a different experience than I was looking for. Maybe there’s another one out there that would better meet what I was looking for.

Response from Host

Jan 2020

Wow! First off, many thanks for your thoughtful comments. This is a huge help to us and we will be thinking about your feedback for days to come - if not weeks. We are going back to our restaurant partners to see what, specifically, we can do to make the tour better and leave guests with that wow'd feeling, which is exactly what we aspire to. It's a balancing act - quantity versus quality, historic coverage versus modern sensibilities, etc., etc. It's all good, we're just sorry the wow'd part didn't reach critical mass in your case. We are convinced that the wow is there, we just didn't cook it down to the right reduction on your particular tour and, for that, we apologize. Best wishes for the New Year!