Guided tour

Phuket: Old Town Food Tasting Tour with 14 Dishes

Activity provider: A Chef's Tour
Guided tour

Phuket: Old Town Food Tasting Tour with 14 Dishes

Activity provider: A Chef's Tour
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From US$ 60.91 per person

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Get a taste for Thai cuisine with a small group walking and food tasting tour in Phuket Old Town. Indulge with over 14 dishes in the Central Market including Hokkien noodles and coconut pork skewers.

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Duration 4 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Small group
Limited to 8 participants

Experience

Highlights
  • Taste 14+ different Phuketian food and drinks
  • Follow an experienced foodie guide
  • Discover Phuket's eating cultures and history
  • Visit Old Town Phuket with its beautiful and colorful streets
  • Eat at hidden street food joints you would never find alone
Full description

Explore why Phuket is considered one of Thailand's top foodie hotspots on a walking and tasting tour in the Old Town. Treat yourself to more than 14 different dishes as you make your way through the Central Market. Enjoy spiced rice cooked in banana leaves and traditional rotis.

Meet your guide in outside the famous Central Market and begin your walking tour. Weave through the streets and admire a Chinese temple from the outside. Start off with trying a Phuketian classic snack of spiced rice cooked in banana leaves. Back at the market, your guide will take you to a hidden little teashop which serves the local Burmese working community. Here, you'll try Burmese curries, crispy samosas, and other delights accompanied by naans freshly cooked in their wood-fired oven and washed down with sweet tea.

Go down the road to find an outdoor fresh fruit and vegetable market where your guide will explain the ingredients that go into Thai cuisine. Sample exotic fruits, juices, and other tasty morsels like deep-fried coconut balls and prawns cooked in banana leaves. Continue your culinary adventure with a bowl of rich Hokkien noodles from a little restaurant. Discover an indoor market famed for its fresh spring rolls filled with cured pork and topped with sweet sauce. Try their coconut pork skewers served with rich peanut satay and zingy ajat cucumber relish. Take a sweet twist as you help yourself to a particularly special Phuket-style crepe cooked over fiery coals. Cool down with a refreshing iced dessert and a sweet milky tea as you indulge on flaky rotis.

Return back to the Central Market with a full stomach. Your guide will help direct you back to your accommdations.

Includes
  • More than 14 food tastings
  • Tasting and walking tour of Phuket Old Town
  • Bottled water and local soft drinks
  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Pickup and drop-off at your hotel
Not suitable for
  • Vegans
  • Vegetarians
  • People with food allergies
  • People with gluten intolerance
  • People with nut allergies

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Meeting point

The Phuket Town Central Market is located along Ranong Road in the heart of town. Your guide will be waiting on the steps outside the front of the market. Many shuttle buses from other parts of the island drop guests right outside the market. Here is the address in Thai if you decided to travel by taxi: ตลาดสดเทศบาลนครภูเก็ต (ตลาดสดดาวทาวน์ ) ข้างโรงแรมชิโนเทล ดาวทาวน์ภูเก็ต ถนนระนอง ตำบลตลาดเหนือ อำเภอเมือง จังหวัดภูเก็ต.

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Important information

What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes
  • Umbrella
  • Weather-appropriate clothing

Know before you go

  • This tour operates rain or shine, so carry an umbrella if rain looks likely
  • Make sure to come hungry
  • Look at your GetYourGuide booking for the emergency telephone number of the tour guide, should you have any issues on the day
  • Unfortunately, this tour is not suitable for vegetarians as several dishes will be unable to be eaten on the tour
Customer reviews

Overall rating

5 /5

based on 131 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    5/5
  • Value for money
    4.9/5
  • Service
    5/5
  • Organization
    5/5

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Such a wonderful experience! Our guide, Lucky, was so kind and jolly! We laughed a lot and ate many delicious meals. I had read great reviews before going to this but was still a bit weary of it, however, it really did live up to expectations! There’s a world of different cuisines and influences in Old Town Phuket and the Lucky really walked us through it all. The stops were all very local restaurants and stalls which makes the experience very pleasant. Not over commercialized in the slightest bit. We tried out a lot of different dishes, hard to squeeze in so many full meals in 4 hours but we took some take away as leftovers for dinner! Highly recommend! :)

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February 25, 2023

Nam was a very insightful and good guide. Her english was great and she knew a lot about the city and the different food we ate. The food that we ate was very delicious. Youll get to try a lot of cuisines and meals. We recommend you arrive hungry or start meal sharing early on because it can be a bit much towards the end. Nam doesnt pressure you to finish or anything and you could always tell her if youd rather skip something or have a simpler version which was very thoughtful of her. Shes also a very funny and well informed woman which made the trip even better. I recommene you take it early on so you can revisit your favorite places!

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February 12, 2023

Our guide was wonderful and the tour was so well thought out. She was so informative but also made it personal and she was constantly looking after us. It may seem a bit pricey considering the low cost of Thai food, but we were absolutely stuffed (come hungry) and the tour itself and guidance was well worth it. I loved every bit and appreciated how things were organized so that we even had a place to sit down at the end with our street dishes and cooled down in a beautiful café. One of the best experiences I had on my trip.

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February 10, 2023

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