Berbere Bites Food Tour with 14+ Tastings
Overview
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4 hours
Mobile ticket
With 14+ tastings, you won’t just sample a few dishes, you’ll experience the breadth of Ethiopian cuisine in one afternoon, from meat-heavy classics and vegetarian staples to bold regional specialties and the countries famous coffee tradition.
It’s a comprehensive, flavor-packed introduction to Addis Ababa’s food culture designed to give you both a deeper understanding of Ethiopian cuisine and the confidence to keep exploring on your own.
Navigating Addis Ababa’s daytime food scene isn’t always straightforward. Fear not. Alongside the Addis food hosts, you'll cut through the guesswork and go straight to the city's best eats.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Addis Ababa
Our Addis Ababa food tour offers guests a culinary experience carefully curated food adventure, led by our team of Addis Ababa tastemakers. Before we get started, our tour reflects the local cuisine, and the limitations of street food vendors and local eateries mean we cannot cater for every dietary restriction. Here's an honest appraisal for the tour, so no-one is disappointed: ✘ Unsuitable for vegan and halal diets as the number of tastings would be very limited. ✔ Suitable for no pork and no seafood diets ✔ Gluten intolerance, vegetarian, lactose intolerance, mild nut allergies, are possible, though some tastings do not have alternatives available and the menu would be more limited If you are feeling adventurous for a foodie journey, read on!
Addis Ababa
Experience the real flavours of Addis Ababa on this small-group lunchtime food tour in the vibrant Bole neighbourhood. Over four hours and 14+ tastings, you’ll explore Ethiopian cuisine and why it's one of the most exciting in Africa. This guided experience introduces you to Ethiopia’s most iconic dishes. Sample richly spiced fava beans and chebchebsa, enjoy charcoal-grilled ribs cooked over open flames, and tear into soft injera topped with beyaynetu, a colourful selection of traditional vegetarian dishes. You’ll also try regional specialities like duba quanta, roasted qolo, and Ethiopia’s famous spiced raw beef. No Ethiopian meal is complete without a tradional buna coffee ceremony, where you’ll see how coffee is roasted, brewed, in one of the world’s oldest coffee cultures. Designed as a comprehensive introduction to the food scene, this tour combines generous tastings, and local insight providing guests with the confidence to continue exploring Ethiopia's cuisine on their own.
What‘s Included
Led by professional tastemaker guides
Movable food feast with 5-6 stops around Addis Ababa's Bole neighbourhood
Bottled water included
Max 8 exclusive guests, smallest group size in Addis Ababa (private tour or 9+ guests, contact us)
14+ food tastings included, more than any other Addis Ababa food tour
Alcoholic drinks excluded
Pick up and drop off from hotel excluded
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Berbere Bites Food Tour with 14+ Tastings
Reviews
3 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Trying fermented food!
A5824PSjessicaf,May 17, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Really loved this tour. The route itself was great and took us through some really interesting neighbourhoods that I probably would never have seen on my own. The meat options were also really interesting to try, but I appreciated that there was never any pressure if something felt a bit outside your comfort zone and a cooked version was also available. Trying to make injera was such a fun part of the experience too and much harder than it looked!!
Great experience and food
paulsQ570SX,May 17, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Loved this tour with Fitsum. It was really relaxed and flexible, and I got to try so many different things. The food just kept coming and coming, but everything was delicious and really interesting. I also loved hearing the stories behind the dishes. It made the whole experience feel more local and gave me a much better understanding of Ethiopian food. Would definitely recommend.
Great experience but we both fell sick :(
rujek0t,Mar 23, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Good: Booking the tour was very easy, and our guide was great. Fitsum was a great guide and very passionate about sharing his knowledge with us. We learned about the coffee bean, different regions, and which coffee beans they grow, etc. As we continued our tour, we went into the neighborhoods in Addis where locals hang out and eat. We tried many different dishes, and it was a pleasure to share them with our guide. Bad: The unfortunate part is that my friend and I both fell sick by the end of the day. We notified our guide, who escalated this immediately to management. The management team assured us that they are going to look into the places they recommend for this trip and also offered us a full refund.
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