Gastown Historic Walking Food Tour
Overview
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3 hours
Mobile ticket
Experience the Legendary Gastown Food Tour – Where History Meets Flavor!
Step into the heart of Vancouver’s oldest neighborhood and embark on an unforgettable culinary adventure! Our award-winning Gastown Food Tour blends rich history, high energy, and an incredible food scene into one must-try experience.
Wander the charming cobblestone streets as our funny expert, storytelling guides share fascinating, funny, and little-known tales of Vancouver’s “Wild West” past—dating back over 150 years. Along the way, indulge in a delicious lineup of tastings.
This 3-hour walking food tour is the perfect way to explore Gastown’s vibrant culinary scene while immersing yourself in its legendary history.
Don’t miss out—join us for a feast of flavours and fascinating stories!
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum drinking age is 19 years. Non alcoholic options available upon request. Our guides reserve the right to ask for 2 pieces of ID
Special dietary requests can be accommodated with 24 hours advanced notice. Our tour partners do their best to accommodate most dietary requests but please keep in mind that alternative food options may not be up to par to original tastings. Cross contamination are always a possibility and tour company cannot take responsibility for any possible reactions. NOTE: We are unable to accept bookings for children under 19 with severe food allergies eg. nut allergy etc.
Tour is approx 2:5-3 hours long and covers approx. 5 blocks. 5 of the stops are sit down. Tour is on a schedule, although slower paced as tour guides stop during tour to show interesting points of interest in the neighbourhood.
Please arrive hungry and dress for the weather. Tour operates rain or shine. Vancouver tends to get a lot of rain October-April so please bring an umbrella or rain jacket and wear comfortable shoes.
There are 3 stops with stairs and only one has an elevator. If you have restricted mobility issues the tour may not be suitable for you.
Persons under the age of 19 must be accompanied by an adult
Family friendly (note that tour cannot accommodate strollers due to smaller venues and stairs)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Tour guide
6 food tastings
All Fees and Taxes
4 alcoholic tastings (non alcoholic options available)
Tour guide Gratuities (15-20% recommended). Can be paid by cash or credit card.
Hotel pick up is not included
What To Expect
Steam Clock
Gastown’s most famous landmark
Gastown
Vancouver's oldest district, rich in history and culture.
Options
Private Gastown Food Tour
Private Food Tour Experience
Gastown Food Tour
Food & Drink tastings
Reviews
1,842 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Very enjoyable tour!
Lanette V,
Nov 10, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Great tour! Food was very good. Excellent tour guide. Very knowledgeable and informative. Definitely knew the history and food.
Highly recommend Gastown Food Tour
Nicholas N,
Nov 10, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Really good tour. Good value. Sean is an engaging tour guide and masterful story teller. Took care of us. I want to try other food tours!!!
Delicious food!
M8732FFpauli,
Nov 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Sean, our guide was funny and well informed. Loved the tour.. all the stops were good. Enjoyed the Poutine and the Hot Mustard the most. Highly recommend 👌🏾
Fantastic food and history tour
Nkiera,
Nov 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My friend and I travelled from England to Vancouver for a girls vacation. One of the things we booked before we left England was this food tour which had amazing reviews and sounded like lots of fun. We were so glad that we booked this tour. Our guide was Rachel and she was so knowledgeable about the area and the history and had such an amazing personality. The tour itself gave us a great idea of some of the fantastic restaurants in the area as well as bars and bakeries/ice cream parlours. The little tasters of food and drink at each stop were perfect and despite the almost biblical downpour of rain we had a fantastic time. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this tour to anybody who wants to learn a little bit of the history of the Gas Town area of Vancouver and find out about some amazing places to eat and drink. I would advise doing the tour earlier in your stay in Vancouver to allow you to revisit the places that you found on the tour.
Rachel is wonderful.
Terri M,
Nov 6, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00The tour was the perfect amount of interesting history and delicious food and drinks. The pacing and amount of walking was nice - not too fast or slow. Getting to try the different types of cuisine was a great little summary of some of the local food options. Rachel was super informative and fun and had restaurant recommendations in other places we were visiting as well.
Fun and informative ....
McIntyre K,
Nov 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Fun and informative . Great historical overview of Gastown. Our guide was dressed up as his character and was very animated, knowledgeable and funny.
I will return when...
Joy O,
Nov 2, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00I will return when visiting Vancouver again! Variety of yummy food and treats. Interesting history. Tour group was good and the guide was cool.
Gastown food tour
K9119KUdonnah,
Oct 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Had a great time. Everyone involved was friendly. Sean, our host, was knowledgeable, friendly & funny. Would absolutely pick trip advisor tours again
Exceptional
Aaron M,
Oct 30, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Sean was incredible! We were a bunch of solo travelers and within a few minutes he made everyone feel extremely comfortable. His sense of humor was top notch. The food was delicious. Thanks Saun!
Exceptional food tour tasting with good level of history!
Sean R,
Oct 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Rachel was our guide, she was a lot of fun and very knowledgeable about the city history. It wasn’t too much to be a history lesson, we were there to eat after all, but tied nicely to how diverse the city culture is in Vancouver and why we were tasting at those locations. Would definitely recommend, but come hungry and plan to go light on dinner later!
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