Eat Like a Local: Street Breakfast Tour in Shanghai
Overview
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3 hours
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Savor the taste of Shanghai’s famous breakfast wontons, pulled noodles, savory pancakes and more on this 3-hour, small-group walking tour with a knowledgeable local guide. Begin your day with a stroll past water calligraphers and tai chi masters in Xiangyang Park, before meandering to street stalls and a wet market to experience Chinese cuisine freshly prepared in front of you. Be sure to come hungry on this child-friendly tour, limited to small groups ensure a personalized experience.
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
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please advise any specific dietary requirement at time of booking - 72 hours advanced notice is required to be able to cater to any dietary restrictions.
Wear comfortable shoes and come hungry
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Professional guide
Post-tour welcome packet with helpful restaurant recommendations, local travel tips & so much more to help make your stay in Shanghai easy & fun
Tasting stops add up to a very large meal, and you will most likely not need to schedule a meal for several hours after the tour
Coffee and/or Tea
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Alcoholic beverages
Gratuities
What To Expect
UnTour Shanghai Food Tours
Our walking culinary tours are designed to get visitors off the beaten path and into authentic local shops where they can eat shoulder to shoulder with locals. Since 2010, UnTour Food Tours has taken thousands of guests to our favorite mom-and-pop-owned shops. UnTour Food Tour has been featured in The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, National Geographic, Monocle, CNN, The Sunday Time Travel Magazine, Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse, Samantha Brown Travels, The Guardian & more. Come explore Shanghai's tastiest authentic cuisine with us!
Former French Concession
Some of Shanghai’s best food is found streetside in the morning hours. Explore a local market and taste the Chinese breakfast of champions with this street food tour through the beautiful former French Concession neighborhood. You’ll meet our trusted vendors selling classic local dishes, including the world-famous jianbing (Chinese crepe), steaming baskets of the city’s finest soup dumplings, freshly-pulled noodles, and much more.
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Reviews
224 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great fun tour with delicious food
Michael W,
May 4, 2025
- Viator
5.00Great food tour led by Li. Great experience sampling local and authentic delights and an engaging and interesting tour. Li was great in his explanations and navigation and made the whole tour entertaining
Topher was a great guide and the food...
anjkeith,
Sep 7, 2018
- Viator
5.00Topher was a great guide and the food was yummy and plentiful. I realized when I got home and told people about my trip that I learned more interesting facts, non-food related, from him than I did on my previous all-day Shanghai tour!
We went on this tour last week with...
Sally A,
May 23, 2018
- Viator
5.00We went on this tour last week with Logan. She was a great guide - full of interesting and informative information about the food and the places we walked through. We got to see places, see food being prepared and eat food we wouldn't otherwise have seen or eaten. The food tastings were fabulous - very varied and all tasty. The tour gave us the confidence to identify and order the same food during the rest of our time in Shanghai. We waddled away at the end of the tour nursing our very full bellies. I highly recommend this tour - it is a great and very filling way to spend a morning.
This tour was excellent and I'm so...
Alison R,
Oct 31, 2017
- Viator
5.00This tour was excellent and I'm so glad we did it! We went to several places and there was a lot of food to try. All the food was excellent and there was a good variety of food. We had noodles, dumpling, soup dumplings, jianbing which is a Chinese breakfast crepe, and egg tarts. We were able to see people making the food in most of the places that we visited. The tour guide was very knowledgeable about the food and about Shanghai. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone who wants to try local food in Shanghai.
It's worth dragging yourself out of...
Geoff G,
Sep 17, 2017
- Viator
5.00It's worth dragging yourself out of bed at 7am to savour dumplings in brooth and all that follows. If you are staying in or near the French Concession this is a must-do tour. It gives you the confidence to take on the daunting prospect of ordering from a local food place with only Chinese language menus. My guide was Maggie and she was full of enthusiasm for the food and for SHanghai.
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