A dark green cast-iron column lettered Borough Market beneath the railway viaduct, with food stalls and parasols below

Food Tours in London: Markets, Tastings, Classes and Tea Buses

Food and drink experiences in London you can book on GetYourGuide: Borough Market and Camden tastings, East End and Soho food walks, cookery classes, gin and whisky distilleries, and afternoon tea buses, with prices and what each includes.

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Published 9 November 2026

In this guide

Every tour on this page is bookable on GetYourGuide. They fall into four kinds: a guided walk with tastings, a class where you make the food or drink, a tasting at a distillery or brewery, and afternoon tea on a bus.

💡 The Short Version: For a first visit, take the Borough Market tour (£92, three hours, 4.8 from 625 reviews). For a cheaper meal on foot, No Diet Club’s East London tour is £58. For a market other than Borough, Camden Market has seven street-food tastings (£92). For a rainy day, the Sipsmith distillery tour (£30) and the scone workshop (£29) are both indoors. For a gift, make your own gin and take the bottle home (£68). For tea with a view, the Great British Afternoon Tea Bus Tour (£59) runs a vintage Routemaster.

📘 Booking and prices. We earn a commission if you book through our links; the price is the same either way. No operator paid to be included. Prices are the lowest adult price for the standard option and move with the date.

The pick for each reader

Best for	Tour	From	Length
A first visit	Borough Market, Secret Food Tours	£92	3 hours
Markets	Camden Market food tour	£92	3 hours
Budget	East London Food, No Diet Club	£58	3½ hours
A rainy day	Sipsmith gin distillery tour	£30	1½ hours
A gift	Make your own gin workshop	£68	2½ hours
Afternoon tea	Great British Afternoon Tea Bus Tour	£47	1½ hours

Market tours

Borough Market — Secret Food Tours

£92 · 3 hours · 4.8 from 625 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

Six or more British classics in and around Borough Market and London Bridge, with a drink, a dessert and a “secret” dish the guide doesn’t name in advance. It is the most reviewed food tour on this page. To eat round the market on your own, our Bankside and Borough walk has the route, and Borough Market food tours compared sets this one against the other operators.

Large pans of hot food on a stall at Borough Market, with a stallholder serving and shoppers queuing behind Hot food stall at Borough Market. Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Camden Market food tour — seven street-food tastings

£92 · 3 hours · 4.9 from 42 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

Seven tastings at Camden Market: birria tacos, an artisanal gin, British cheeses and street food from around the world. Our Camden area guide covers the rest of the neighbourhood.

A woman serving Moroccan dishes from large pans at a Camden Market stall, with customers reading the chalkboard menu Moroccan food stall at Camden Market. Photo: Rene Ehrhardt, CC BY 2.0.

East End Food Tour — Eating London

£89 · 3½ hours · groups of up to 12 · 4.9 from 88 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

Tastings along Spitalfields Market, Brick Lane and Shoreditch, with the street art on the way. Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice 2025 ranked Eating London: Brick Lane, Shoreditch & Spitalfields Food Tour No. 12 among the world’s food and drink experiences. For the same streets on foot without a guide, see our Shoreditch and Spitalfields walk.

The Beigel Bake shop front on Brick Lane, with a queue at the open door and a pink bicycle leaning against the window Beigel Bake on Brick Lane. Photo: chas B, CC BY 2.0.

Neighbourhood tasting walks

East London Food — No Diet Club

£58 · 3½ hours · starts at midday · 4.9 from 141 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

Local cheese, ice cream, chai, pies and a bakery, between midday and 4pm. All the food is in the price, which makes it the cheapest tour here that works as lunch and the afternoon together.

Authentic Indian Food Tour — East London

£92 · 3 hours · 4.9 from 111 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

Six or more tastings at the Indian restaurants around Brick Lane, with only a little walking between them, so it suits anyone who doesn’t want three hours on their feet. For a table of your own afterwards, see our best Indian restaurants in London.

Soho and Chinatown — London’s Best Bites

£67 · 3 hours · 4.7 from 263 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

Mediterranean, Indian, Chinese and British food at pre-booked tables with a set menu, so there is no queueing and no choosing on the day. That also means dietary needs have to be sorted with the operator before you book. The route is the one in our Soho and Chinatown walk.

Notting Hill Food Walking Tour

£76 · 2 hours · morning · 5.0 from 11 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

A morning walk through Notting Hill to local bakeries and cafés and the market bites, with the area’s history from the guide. See the Notting Hill area guide.

African and Caribbean Food Tour — Obi’s, Brixton

£90 · 3 hours · 4.9 from 192 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

African and Caribbean dishes through Brixton, with the area’s multicultural history alongside. It is the only tour here in south London away from the river.

Cheese Walking Tour

£39 · 2 hours · 4.7 from 274 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

Two hours of cheese tastings with a guide, on foot. It covers one food only, so it costs less than the full-meal tours.

Cookery classes

Traditional Pork Pie Cookery Class

£60 · 3 hours · 4.9 from 18 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

You make pork pies under the instruction of the host, JoJo, or her team. It is the longer of the two classes.

Scone Workshop and Afternoon Tea

£29 · 1 hour · near Camden Market · 4.9 from 1,236 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

You bake traditional British scones a short walk from Camden Market, with a cup of tea while you work, and eat them warm from the oven with jam and cream. At £29 it is one of the cheapest bookings on this page. Our Camden area guide has what to do after it. Cookery classes in London compares the cookery schools, from Jamie Oliver to Leiths.

Gin and whisky

Sipsmith Gin Distillery Tour and Tasting

£30 · 1½ hours · 5.0 from 18 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

You see the copper stills and hear the history of gin, then taste four gins. You leave with a gift bag holding two samples, and there is a gin shop to buy a full bottle from.

Make Your Own Gin Workshop

£68 · 2½ hours · 5.0 from 22 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

You smell and taste the botanical distillates, write your own recipe, then craft, label and seal a bottle to take home, and drink a gin cocktail while you’re there. The take-home bottle makes it the best gift on this page. Our gin distillery tours guide compares the London distilleries that take visitors.

Bimber Distillery Tour

£40 · 2 hours · Book on GetYourGuide

The tour explains how single malt whisky is made in London at Bimber, using traditional methods. It is the only whisky distillery visit on this page.

Beer and wine

3 Locks Brewing Company Tour and Tasting

£25 · 1½ hours · inside Camden Market · 4.9 from 28 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

A guided tour of an independent brewery in the middle of Camden Market, with a tasting where you drink beer straight from the tank. Combine it with the Camden Market food tour for a day in one place.

Italian Wine Tasting at St Mark’s Church, Mayfair

£23 · 1 hour · 4.9 from 14 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

An interactive tasting of Italian wines inside St Mark’s, a historic church in Mayfair, guided by FirstGlass wine consultants, who help you work out which flavours you like. It is an hour indoors, so it fits a wet afternoon.

Full-Day English Wine Tour with Lunch

£150 · 8 hours · leaves London · 4.7 from 18 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

Three award-winning English vineyards in the countryside, with wines tasted at each and lunch. This one is a day out of the city rather than a London tasting. To drink wine in town, see our London wine bars guide.

Afternoon tea on a bus

Great British Afternoon Tea Bus Tour

£47 · 1½ hours · 4.7 from 1,141 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

Afternoon tea on a vintage Routemaster bus, on a round-London sightseeing route, so you see the sights from your seat while you eat.

Afternoon Tea Bus with a Glass of Prosecco

£49 · 1½ hours · 4.4 from 2,156 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

A classic double-decker with sweet and savoury treats and a glass of Prosecco. It is the most reviewed tour on this page.

Paddington Bear-Themed Afternoon Tea Bus Tour — Brigit’s Bakery

£48 · 1½ hours · 4.6 from 212 reviews · Book on GetYourGuide

The same format, with a Paddington theme for children and the grown-ups who take them. Brigit’s Bakery runs it on a Routemaster.

A red Routemaster bus in Paddington Bear afternoon tea livery crossing Parliament Square, with Big Ben behind Brigit’s Bakery’s Paddington afternoon tea bus in Westminster. Photo: Vintage Fan 5678, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Afternoon tea bus tours compared sets every operator side by side. For tea at a hotel table rather than a moving bus, our afternoon tea guide ranks the rooms, and London tour buses compared covers the sightseeing buses that don’t serve tea.

Doing it yourself

You can eat your way round London without a guide, and the tours above are a good way to learn where to return. Our own guides cover the same ground:

What to eat: London foods worth travelling for, the dishes and where to have them.
Markets: the best London markets, including Borough, Camden and Spitalfields, with opening days.
Street food: the best street food in London.
Afternoon tea: the best afternoon tea in London.
Beer: the best craft beer pubs in London.
Wine: the best wine bars in London.
Cocktails and gin: the best cocktail bars in London and the best speakeasy bars.
Old pubs: historic pubs and dining rooms in London.
Prefer a walk with a guide but no food? The best walking tours in London covers history, ghosts, music and film.

Common questions

What is the best food tour in London for a first visit?

The Secret Food Tours walk round Borough Market and London Bridge. It is the most reviewed food tour on this page, 4.8 from 625 reviews on GetYourGuide, and covers six or more British dishes, a drink, a dessert and a secret dish for £92 over three hours.

How much does a food tour in London cost?

Food tours that replace a meal cost £58 to £92 a person. The cheapest is No Diet Club's East London tour at £58. Tastings of one thing cost less: a cheese walk is £39, a distillery tour with four gins £30, and a scone workshop with tea £23.

How long do food and drink tours last?

Market and neighbourhood food tours run two to three and a half hours. Distillery and brewery tours and afternoon tea buses last an hour and a half to two hours. Cookery classes run from one hour for scones to three hours for pork pies.

Do I need to eat before a food tour?

No. Plan the tour in place of a meal: the Borough Market, Indian food and Camden Market tours each include six or more tastings, and the Soho and Chinatown tour serves a set menu at pre-booked tables.

Are afternoon tea bus tours worth it?

They are a 90-minute loop round the sights with tea served on board, £47 to £49 a person, rated 4.4 to 4.7 on GetYourGuide from between 212 and 2,156 reviews. The Great British Afternoon Tea Bus Tour runs a vintage Routemaster; the Paddington tour is themed for children. For a table at a hotel instead, see our afternoon tea guide.

Can I eat my way round London without a tour?

Yes. Borough Market, Camden Market and Brick Lane are open to walk round and eat in without a guide, and our guides to London's markets, street food, craft beer pubs and wine bars list where to go.