Seattle Food Tours
Explore Seattle’s food scene like a local with one of these self-guided Seattle food tours. You’ll be guided through the Seattle neighborhoods most tourists never visit, even though they are within city limits! Go beyond tours of Pike Place Market to visit the areas locals hang out.
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Seattle Food Tours
Wondering why you should do a self-guided food tour? Let’s break it down.
Does this describe you?
You want to explore a city like a local.
You hate looking like a tourist, and may give tour groups the side eye.
You care deeply about supporting small businesses.
You want honest recommendations with no hidden agenda or kickbacks.
You love exploring your own city for under-the-radar spots.
If you answered yes to any of these, a self-guided food tour of Seattle is for you!
Do you worry about getting the best recommendations?
In-person tour companies can only work with restaurants willing or able to accommodate groups, so chances are you’re missing the hole-in-the-wall spots or the truly exceptional places that decide not to invest in this form of marketing.
What’s more, many food tour companies ask restaurants for discounts or special perks. This negatively affects restaurants, which are already low-margin businesses. And let’s not forget the awkward moment at the end of Seattle food tours where you’re stressing wondering how much to tip the tour guide!
These self-guided food tours eliminate all that stress.
With these self-guided food tours of Seattle, you can taste at your own pace, customize your itinerary, support the restaurants directly, and learn about the best food in Seattle, not just the restaurants that can accommodate large groups.
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What’s included in each tour
An itinerary for visiting 8-9 restaurants and bars
A map to give you a sense of space
Restaurant details, like their address, hours, and prices
Tips for avoiding crowds and wait times
Detailed recommendations for what to order
Drool-worthy photos so you know exactly what to expect
Interviews with the owners to learn their story and where they eat
Recommendations of what to do between eats
Honorary mentions so you can customize your tour
And much more…
About your tour guide
Hi I’m Adria! I help people discover the best flavors, makers, and unique adventures in the Pacific Northwest through travel guides and small group tours. I’ve lived in Seattle for more than 10 years and am obsessed with finding the best of this city. I started a blog to keep track of all my finds.
As more people came to me to find the best eats in Seattle, I considered hosting in-person Seattle food tours. However, I discovered some things about the industry that made me uncomfortable.
First, there’s an issue with some food tour companies trying to get discounts from restaurants with promises of “exposure”. Second, tours tend to cater to large groups. As a result, some businesses aren’t willing to work with food tours. That means guests might not be visiting the tour guide’s top recommendations.
To better jive with my values of supporting small businesses and authentically sharing the best of the best, I decided to offer self-guided walking tours of Seattle instead. I hope you love them as much as I do, and take pride knowing you are supporting businesses directly.
FAQs
First this is self-guided, so you won’t have to interact with a tour guide or other guests on this Seattle food tour. But what makes this food tour of Seattle truly different is the fact that it’s designed to maximize benefit to both the business and guest.
For the business, they don’t have to make accommodations or offer discounts to cater to a group.
As the guest, you’re getting my top recommendations…not only the ones where I could get restaurants to work with me. In addition, no businesses paid me to be in this guide and I don't get kickbacks. I’m just a local who believes in our food scene and supporting small businesses with no businesses attached.
In addition, you can customize your itinerary because it’s self guided. If one of the restaurants doesn’t excite you (which I highly doubt, but let’s imagine), you can swap it with one of the honorary mentions I included. You can also visit the restaurants whenever you want and avoid looking like a tourist roaming in a large group.
Yes! Check out my personal travel planning services for more information.
Looking for custom tours?
I can customize an itinerary exactly to your liking or plan a custom trip.