Private Tour
Osaka Private Food Tours by Local Foodies: 100% Personalized
Overview
Available languages
3 hours
Mobile ticket
You’ll weave your way through Osaka’s streets with one of our local Osaka hosts, feasting on regional Kansai dishes. Known as ‘Kuidaore City’, meaning ‘to ruin oneself with food’, we’re sure you’ll agree that this sounds like you’ve happily landed in the country’s gastronomic capital! You’ll feast on Kobe beef, best served grilled or in Tecchiri. Round things off with dessert! You could go for sweet rice cakes, rainbow-colored pancakes or matcha flavored ice-cream.
Within 24 hours after booking you'll receive a short questionnaire about your personality and interests. Based on your responses, you'll be assigned a like-minded host. Your host will communicate with you directly to suggest an itinerary to help you discover what makes the city unique. You will also agree on a meeting time and place. Your itinerary is flexible, so during the xperience, you can always change your mind about what you want to do.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
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
Osaka
Explore Osaka’s rich culinary culture with a local host who knows the city’s food scene inside and out. This is more than a food tour—it’s a City Unscripted experience: personalized, immersive, and bursting with flavor. Alongside your host, you’ll wander through vibrant markets, slip into cozy izakayas, and taste your way across family-run food stalls—learning, laughing, and connecting with the soul of the city. Before your adventure begins, you’ll receive a short online questionnaire so we can design a food journey tailored to your tastes—whether you're craving crispy takoyaki, rare wagyu, or traditional sweets from a quiet backstreet confectioner. Here are just a few highlights to whet your appetite:
Begin your journey at this bustling covered market, lovingly known as “Osaka’s Kitchen.” Sample juicy grilled scallops, savory croquettes, and seasonal fruits as your host shares insights into local ingredients and culinary customs.
What‘s Included
Hotel meet-up (if centrally located)
Private guide & walking tour
6–8 food tastings from 2–3 local eateries
Additional food and drinks
Transportation to/from meeting point
Attraction tickets
Optional gratuities
Options
3-hour Osaka Food Tour
Duration: 3 hours
Reviews
17 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Fun and delicious!
Farai A,,Dec 25, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Five star experience! Our guide, Taiga, kindly met us at our hotel instead of the designated meeting place, and from there, we went on a tailored food tour based on our dietary preferences and the areas we were interested in seeing. Taiga was also thoroughly entertaining and very friendly. We learned that he is very well traveled, and we had an excellent time hanging out with him, learning about the places we visited, and experiencing delicious Osaka cuisine.
Osaka Food Tour with Mayura Kai - Brilliant!
Stephen B,,Nov 13, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This was our best experience in Osaka with our brilliant guide, Mayura Kai. Very knowledge local, former chef and restaurant owner. Great English, friendly, well paced and delicious food everywhere we went. An excellent lunch and an incredible wander through the most expansive and best basement department food hall we have ever seen. Highly recommended.
Mayura Kai a must guide in walking food tour!
Nadine F,,Oct 25, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Mayura Kai was excellent!!! She clearly prepared for her clients and tailored the tour to our interest. She gave just the right amount of historical context and the food choices were excellent!
Fabulous food and sites with Maria
Laura H,,Oct 1, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This is one of the best tours we have had - Maria did an amazing job introducing us to the local foods around Osaka and introducing us to the culture and sites of the city. The food was fabulous! We highly recommend Maria!
A highlight of our trip
Laura K,,Jun 30, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We loved the Osaka Food Tour. My son and I have serious & different food allergies, so this was a safer way to experience several of the food markets in Osaka. Fumiko, our guide, was the absolute BEST!
Loys saved the day!
BrittanyHoltson,,Jun 19, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Loys was fantastic. He took both of our unique and individual preferences into account when selecting stops on the tour. The conversion was great and so was the food. He even took extra time to help us find a store we had been looking for. It was a wonderful experience and he is an awesome guide. Thank you Loys!
Osaka local food
Nia B,,May 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Maria gave us a great tour of local favorites in Osaka! She showed us hidden gems and we ate like locals- so fun and a great way to see the city!
Maria made the tour exceptional
Lindsay K,,May 22, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Maria was absolutely amazing. She taught us things, explained the foods we were eating and took us to so many fun places. We ate so much food and she pivoted based on what we liked and wanted to do. Can’t say enough good things about the tour and Maria in general. She was one of our favourite tour guides in all of Japan that we had. Super friendly. Would definitely recommend her.
away from all the tourists
Ruud D,,Apr 14, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This tour will take you away from all the big touristic places and bring you deep into de real Japanese way of eating. We wondered true the night and stopped at several cool and authentic places
We had a really wonderful...
Eugene M,,Apr 7, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We had a really wonderful time and lots of great food that fit everyone’s requests! Our tour guide, Yukari, was fantastic.
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