Chef Guided Food Tour of Pike Place Market
Overview
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2 hours
Mobile ticket
This chef-guided market tour takes a journey through Pacific Northwest culture by tasting Seattle’s best artisan vendors in the famous Pike Place Market. Enjoy diverse tastings at 9 different locations— and food options like chocolate covered cherries, chowder, and much more. All groups are kept to 12 guests to ensure easier navigation of the market, more tastings, and a better platform to ask questions and interact with the group. Leave with a 10% discount card to shop and explore after the tour.
*Note that tours stops may adjust depending on time of year and guide.
This is a walking tour that does require a moderate amount of physical fitness due to distance, small hills, stairs and cobblestone terrain.
This is a market tour that includes walking/standing and not a restaurant tour with a variety of food alternatives and sitting opportunities.
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Please message us before the tour date if you have any dietary considerations.
This tour is not stroller accessible due to stairs and uneven terrain
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Meeting Location: is 1600 First Ave outside of Simply Seattle. We meet on the street. Chef will be wearing a chef coat
Gratuities (optional) are not included in the price
Please arrive 10 minutes early. Once the tour leaves the starting point we cannot catch you up as it is a moving tour and guides choose their own routes.
Eat Seattle is permitted and licensed by the Pike Place Market PDA to operate tours in the Pike Place Historical District. The PDA requires any business or person conducting tours within it’s properties and in the public areas of the historical district to be pre-approved and to have a license for this activity.
There is a paid parking garage located at 1531 Western Ave. If you require parking, leave lots of extra time. The lot could be closed due to over capacity in the Summer. We don't recommend driving for this reason..
In the event of a non-appearance for any reason, we regret to inform you that rescheduling or refunding will not be feasible.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
9 vendor food stops, sampling the best products of Pike Place Market
Discount card
Chef guide
Parking is not included in the ticket price. There are several garages near the market and street parking is available (free on Sunday)
Hotel pickup and drop-off not included
What To Expect
Pike Place Market
Visit this historical market by tasting small bites through of a variety of different vendors.
Simply Seattle
We meet outside of Simply Seattle located at 1600 First Ave. That's First Ave and Pine Street. The tour leaves right on time and we won't be able to catch you up if you're late. If you're driving, leave lots of extra time to park.
Options
Chef Guided Tour- 2 Hours
Reviews
3,431 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
A great sampling of Public Market
Earl S,
Sep 15, 2025
- Viator
5.00We enjoyed the history of the markets and some of businesses. Lots of food samples and the history of the market.
Overall good
Robin S,
Sep 14, 2025
- Viator
5.00Noah was great and provided lots of information about Seattle. Food was delicious! The chowder was our favorite. Lots of walking and standing.
Slightly disappointing
Nancy P,
Sep 14, 2025
- Viator
3.00My expectation was to taste the local food and we had two stops for candy chocolate, and one for a local market, which we tried some quesadilla sauce with chips. I don’t consider those options food tasting, maybe one sweet, but not two sweet stops and a market.
Made our trip to pikes market great
Janice M,
Sep 14, 2025
- Viator
5.00Johnathan was wonderful. Informative personal and had us interacting with others on tour. Felt like we were visiting johnathan in Seattle. Thank you went there Day before without a guide we were overwhelmed
Poor choice
Wendy C,
Sep 14, 2025
- Viator
2.00Was very disappointed. We’ve done over a dozen food tours in different cities states and countries. This one was one that I found and recommended to our group of 10 in place of the seafood tour. We were originally scheduled for that at the last minute they decided to cancel us, so after scrambling in finding this one, we thought with a good reviews, it would be fine well we were all bored. We stood so much that everyone of our backs were hurting very little walking just a ton of standing we never once got to sit down and eat our food. The highlight was the clam chowder and the sliver of pizza besides that I believe. our tour operator spent 20 minutes, talking about himself at the beginning of the tour and telling us a ton of history about onions and how much a pound they are.. we were thoroughly bored and disappointed in this tour. We could’ve went through the market ourselves and gotten all the free samples for just about the same amount of food he gave us definitely doesn’t make you full by the end of it.
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