The 10 Best Food Tours in Shanghai, Shanghai Region

Discover Shanghai’s market culture on this guided tour of one of the city’s first and largest wet markets. With the help of your expert local guide, avoid confusion and navigate your way easily through the market’s various aisles. Your guide will also assist you in talking to the vendors and learning about everything related to Chinese food and market culture. As one of the few areas in Shanghai nearly untouched by tourism and industrial development, this market will surely be a highlight to your visit to the city. This is a private tour just for you and your party.

Inclusions: Private walking tour, Local English-speaking guide

Exclusions: Gratuities, Food and drinks, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Savor the taste of Shanghai’s famous ‘xiaolongbao’ (soup dumplings), street wanton, flour egg pancake and more during this 4-hour waking tour, combined with eating, shopping and sightseeing.

Inclusions: Breakfast, Lunch, Dessert, Professional guide, All transportation during the tour, Fabric market personal shopping guide services

Exclusions: Other expenses in the tour (e.g. drinks, snacks, etc., Gratuities, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Want to know what Shanghai people really eat? What the real street food is? This tour takes you through the most popular snacks of Shanghai’s street food and introduce you to the morning atmosphere surrounding street food.

Inclusions: Local professional and friendly English-speaking guide, Taste four “king kongs” (si da jingang in Chinese), Hotel Pick Up

Exclusions: Hotel Drop Off, Gratuities (optional)

“Food is god for the people”, as a Chinese saying goes. Whether be a foodie or not, in addition to seeing the highlights of Shanghai, you are encouraged by us to witness (if eerie) and taste (if acceptable) various local food here to vibrate with the people here via their first necessity of life. In this tour, along the way of sightseeing covering highlights, you will be introduced to a round of local tasty nosh.

Inclusions: Local guide, Hotel pickup, Hotel drop-off, Lunch, Transport by public transport, Breakfast

Exclusions: Gratuities

If you are a food adventurer and also enjoy walking and learning local history and culture, you surely don't want to miss this fun evening walking tour. Your friendly private guide will take you to experience the best local street food in Shanghai city center as well as to share some interesting history stories while walking though the high streets and back lanes. In addition, you will take a relaxing river cruise, and you will be able to see the amazing city landmarks along the Bund area, such as Peace Hotel, Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center. Put on your comfortable walking shoes and have a fun and fabulous evening time during your trip in Shanghai!

Inclusions: Professional English speaking tour guide, Private walking tour services, Food tasting and drinks during the tour (enough for the dinner)

Exclusions: Gratuities, Hotel pickup and drop-off ( Pls provide the hotel you will stay in case thelocal guide need contact)

Get acquainted with Shanghai old town and tasty local dim sum breakfast plus traditional tea ceremony experience on a 3-hour walking tour with your professional local guide. Stroll through old neighborhood community to see last shanty town in city center, Old City Wall and Shanghai style land houses. In addition, visit traditional birds market, daily wet market and 700 years Confucius temple. Flexible departure time either start at 9:30am or 13:00pm. Morning tour: Snack street + birds market+Confucius temple with tea ceremony+ Steam buns Afternoon tour: Noddles restaurant+Confucius temple with tea ceremony+birds market+Snack street

Inclusions: Professional guide, Tea ceremony experience, Coffee and/or Tea, Morning tour(Street food+Steamed buns), Afternoon tour (Noodles +Street food)

Exclusions: Other expanses in the tour (ex. drinks, snacks, etc), Hotel pickup and drop-off, Gratuities

Immerse yourself in the rich culinary culture of Shanghai on a 3-hour food tour that includes a 1-hour cooking class. Pleasure your palate with local specialties like wontons, fried pot stickers and the city’s renowned ‘xiaolongbao’ (soup dumplings) as you discover enticing food stands with a knowledgeable guide. Uncover the secrets of Chinese cookery in a cooking class after your tour and learn to make delicious 'har gow’ (steamed dim sum shrimp dumplings), feasting on the fruits of your labor on completion. Receive personalized attention from your guide on this small-group tour, where numbers are limited to just 10 people.

Inclusions: Har gow cooking class, Non-alcoholic beverages, Post-tour welcome packet with helpful restaurant recommendations, local travel tips & so much more to help make your stay in Shanghai easy & fun, Professional guide, 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, Hotel Pick-Up (if selected)

Exclusions: Hotel drop-off, Food and drinks which are not part of tour itinerary, Gratuities

Savor the taste of Shanghai’s famous breakfast wontons, pulled noodles, breakfast 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, which is limited to small groups ensure a personalized experience.

Inclusions: Post-tour welcome packet with helpful restaurant recommendations, local travel tips & so much more to help make your stay in Shanghai easy & fun, Professional guide, 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 Pick-Up, if selected

Exclusions: Alcoholic beverages, Gratuities

You’ll discover the delicious reasons why China goes crazy for these crabs two months every year as we sample whole hairy crabs and 5-6 dishes that incorporate them in a hairy crab specialty restaurant located deep in Shanghai’s Old Town neighborhood. And we’ll wash it all down with a huangjiu tasting platter, China’s answer to brandy – which Traditional Chinese Medicine doctors and sommeliers both agree is the perfect pairing with hairy crab.

Inclusions: 10+ dishes sampled, including one full hairy crab with a tutorial on how to properly take it apart, Shaoxing Wine (Huangjiu) Tasting, Bottled water, Professional Guide, Post-tour welcome packet with helpful restaurant recommendations, local travel tips

Exclusions: Tips for your guides

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.

Inclusions: Professional guide, Coffee and/or Tea, 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

Exclusions: Hotel pickup and drop-off, Alcoholic beverages, Gratuities