A Taste of Hong Kong: Private Tour With Locals
Description
Food and culture go hand in hand in Hong Kong, and there's a food tradition in particular that makes the city even more flavorful. Ready to try it? Get a taste of the food scene that characterizes Hong Kong and it's known around the world. Try coconut drink, dumplings, and more in its original recipe - forget about adaptations, this is the real deal! Your local guide is a food and culture expert and will show you spots in the city to enhance the cultural vibes. Go to Flower Market, and Temple Street Night Market, and get to know more about where this food tradition comes from and how it relates to Hong Kong. Withlocals Food & Culture Tour™ is one of Withlocals' signature tours available in major cities worldwide. We work with passionate local guides who earn a fair fee. We support local economies by only offering local products and prevent over-tourism with only small non-intrusive groups. Our tours are carbon-neutral and away from the standard tourist routes.
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Itinerary
See a historic bazaar that has been around for decades
Visit one of the lesser-known attractions in the neighborhood. See a historic bazaar that has been around for decades
Browse through the most famous market in Hong Kong. Try fishballs and Shaomai dumplings - learn about this food and how the locals eat these as a quick meal
Try a quintessential local favorite: coconut water!
Nearby walk into a place which brings back the old tastes of Hong Kong, right in front of us. Have some skewers!
The night will not complete without a dessert. Nearby you will discover a Michelin-recommended dessert place, and one of the 6 dessert restaurants in the area
Have one of these tasty dumplings, and see why Hong Kongers love these so much! Experience how locals spend the evening: In a 10-block area, it has everything that a small town would have Charcoal-Grilled Skewers - This place brings back the old tastes of Hong Kong, right in front of us. Have some skewers! The night will not complete without a dessert. This is a Michelin-recommended dessert place, and one of the 6 dessert restaurants in the area
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- PRIVATE TOUR: only you & your local guide
- Alternatives offered for those with dietary restrictions
Reviews(42)
We did the 10 Tastes of Hong Kong tour with Emcee today and we cannot thank her enough for making our experience of Hong Kong so wonderful. She was passionate about everything she shared, highly knowledgeable and personable, and just a really lovely person to have showing us around some of the great food places she clearly loves so much. When we think of our time in Hong Kong we will think of her! Little note for withlocals though - we take a lot of tours with this tour operator and with little (notable) exception, we’ve always had great tours/guides with them … but I noticed that they only ever seem to reply to negative reviews and not to positive reviews. Their guides seem to work really hard to get great comments … it would be nice if withlocals expressed just as much positive value for positive feedback as they do for negative comments on public platforms. It wont stop us booking with them but i just find it quite a shame that they dont value great comments about guides as much as they value negative comments.
Circle was a delightful young lady great to spend time with ,very informative of the area of Kowloon . The food tastings were excellent .
Pinky was very good as a guide very informative and took us to good places. Ate lots of different types of foods and some shopping
We enjoyed good samples and learned a lot about life in Hong Kong. The tastings were interesting. Matteo gave good advice for future exploration of Hong Kong. We were tired so our pace was slow but he adjusted.
We did the night market tour with Cosmo. He was very friendly, knowledgeable and his English was very good. He answered all my questions and even told us about his life and how he grew up in Hong Kong and where he’s traveled. We walked around the flower market, Ladies market and took the tram to the Temple Street night market. We sampled 4 street food items and 1 drink. We didn’t leave overly full which was ideal and we saw some areas we never knew existed. Cosmo even made sure our Uber picked us up before leaving us. Would definitely book again with Cosmo and recommend him for tours around Hong Kong
Fantastic hosts. Knowledgeable, funny & fun!!! Highly recommended. I enjoyed all the food and did some shopping in the night market. It’s a perfect way to learn about the area and local food culture.
Our guide Cosmos was lovely and well travelled. We were disappointed that we paid for a Food tour and we had only 4 tastings in total with not much options. This was not good value for money.
We booked the tastings and night markets tour with Emcee, and were thrilled that we did. Emcee was very flexible with our limited time in Hong Kong, and gave us a great overview of a number of different food spots we never would have found on our own. She also provided us with a number of great recommendations for the rest of our stay in Hong Kong. We cannot recommend Emcee enough!
When we called to find out where our guide was he said that our call had just woken him up! It was a 6 pm food tour! I texted him later for a confirmation of the canceled tour, he said that we canceled on him. This guy is crazy! Looking back on other comments, I see that he has done this before. He should not be allowed to offer tours with Trip Advisor. Ruined our last night in Hong Kong
Dear guest, We are deeply sorry to hear about the issues you faced with "A Taste of Hong Kong: Private Tour With Locals." It’s unacceptable that your guide was unprepared and provided conflicting information, especially on your last night in Hong Kong. We hope you have received your refund as we requested. To further assist you and address this situation appropriately, please contact us directly at info@withlocals.com with your booking ID. This will help us identify the host involved and take necessary actions to prevent such experiences in the future. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Best regards, Withlocals team
Sam was great but details of this tour needed to be more specific. We did not expect it to be so much walking and 2 of our group had mobility issues. Very expensive for a walking tour and we needed to get our own transportation to get to the tour from the cruise terminal.
