Devonport Food & History Walking Tour: Taste and Explore
Description
Explore the delightful seaside town of Devonport, where history and culinary delights intertwine. This guided walking tour takes you through charming streets while savoring iconic New Zealand dishes, including fresh mussel pots, classic fish and chips, and the renowned Steak and Cheese Pie. Along the way, uncover Devonport’s captivating maritime and colonial stories, all while enjoying a relaxing stroll by the waterfront. Ideal for tourists, locals, and food enthusiasts, this tour offers a unique blend of culture and cuisine that will surprise and delight anyone who joins. - Savor local favorites like mussel pots and Steak and Cheese Pie and others - Discover Devonport’s rich maritime and colonial heritage - Enjoy a leisurely walk along the picturesque waterfront - Perfect for food lovers and history buffs of all ages
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We will meet at this point and go to Devonport We will show the landmark of Auckland and tell you hidden stroies of Auckland Harbour
Certainly! Devonport is a charming seaside suburb located on Auckland’s North Shore, known for its rich history, stunning coastal views, and vibrant local culture. Historical Significance Devonport is one of Auckland’s earliest settled areas, with a deep Māori and maritime history. The volcanic cones in the area—Takarunga (Mt Victoria), Takapuna, and Takararo—were once fortified Māori pā (villages), providing fertile land for growing crops and access to abundant seafood. We will enjoy the meals and deserts at this place with enjoying the vibe of Auckland
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- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(13)
Michael met us right on time at the pickup point. He accompanied us all through the tour on the short ferry ride to Devonport and up to Mount Victoria. The food stops were excellent consisting of steamed mussels, local fish and chips, and finally gelato! Michael is a very pleasant young man and made the tour very enjoyable. Would highly recommend this tour to Devonport!
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Great afternoon! Sean picked us up our hotel, drove us down to the marina and across the bridge into Devonport while sharing the history of the area and the unique bridge construction and expansion. Once in Devonport we visited a heritage restaurant where sean ordered a lamb dish and a mussels and oyster dish for us that was delicious. Lovely service and the setting out on the patio was peaceful. Then off we went to pick up fish and chips and a savory pie o& ou4 choosing ( we choose a streak and Guinness and a mince and cheese) and drove up to North Head for a lovely picnic. With a beautiful view of the harbour. Then Sean lead us on a tour of munition tunnels and shared the history of this strategic defensive location. Interesting and worth our visit. Then back off into town where we had an ice- cream at another heritage building, their local cinema. After which Sean took as to the ferry terminal where we said good bye. We chose to independently explore the little shops along Main Street before taking the short 10 minute scenic ferry ride back into Auckland. We paid $7.50 pp for the ferry ticket back. We would recommend this tour.
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We were looking forward to our Devonport Food Tour. We met our guide, Michael, stepped onto to the ferry to make our way to Devonport. Michael gave a brief introduction to Auckland & Devonport. We walked to Signal Hill restaurant, a lovely old building renovated into a restaurant. We were served mussels & shoulder of lamb. Not being a seafood eater I settled on a plate of lamb, no salad, no sides, just meat. We finished our food, up from the table, straight into an old run-down fish ‘n chip shop next door. We were given a paper package with chips & fish to share. The fish was somewhat tasteless coated in a soggy, pale batter. The chips were ok. There were little plastic tubs of sauces (3 I think), one of group asked for more sauce & we were shocked when the owner said we would have to pay for it! Good grief, the tubs were tiny! We walked to see the Auckland city skyline atop a dormant volcano crater, then back down the hill to a gelato shop for “dessert”. Michael said his goodbyes here & left us to make our way back to Auckland. I felt that Michael was somewhat knowledgeable about Auckland & Devonport but lacked the confidence, interaction & communication skills needed to be a tour guide. I think that for the price we paid, we should have received a better ‘foodie experience’.
Thank you for leaving a review. As mentioned in our product description on Viator, this tour includes mussel dishes and fish and chips. Everyone who went with you also enjoyed themselves and left reviews saying the food was delicious. Wrapping fish and chips in newspaper is a traditional New Zealand fish and chips culter. It’s more than just a meal here; it’s a ritual, a memory, and a cultural cornerstone wrapped in butcher paper. Originally served in newspaper, the dish quickly became a staple—especially on Friday evenings, thanks to Catholic traditions that encouraged fish consumption. Our Tour title is Devonport Food & History walking tour. We wanted to show our guest about our history and serve in traditional ways. We feel sorry if you expected different way of serving. and about the sauces. We pay for the sauces every Fish and Chips shops in NZ. Please we hope you understand this situation. Also we are try to serve big portion of foods. Not like finger food size portion on other foodie experience. We aim to provide our customers with ample portions of food and stories about the NZ and Deveonport. We will try more hard to make all travelers saticfy our service. THank you for your review.
Make sure you come hungry because you will be eating a lot of delicious food! Michale was our tour guide, very nice young man and very informative and was able to answer everyone’s questions that were asked. Excellent tour and excellent food!
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Sean was professional, entertaining, and attentive. Don’t miss the lamb and mussels at Signal Hill!!
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Explored quaint town of Devonport, had great tastey mussels, fish and chips and gelato. Nice tour of the area. Great views from signal hill
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Excellent tour! Our guide, Hwani, was so nice and very knowledgeable about Davenport and New Zealand culture and history. The tour included a nice variety of food and shops unique to New Zealand. We also had wonderful views to take in. Wonderful tour.
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the food was good, but we thought it would be spread out over a longer peeiod of time. We went from one place to the next which was 3 doors away, then to a 3rd place that was a block away. Our guide was good, but needs to speak up a bit, he was difficult to hear.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience you experienced on your trip. All of our reviews are true and we have 10 guides. Customer's reviews are always important to us. Whether it's a good or bad review, it's a valuable opportunity for us to reflect and improve. We will fix your complaints and work harder to train our guides so that can grow into a better company. Thank you
Easy paced walking tour, seamless meeting point instructions and Michael did a great job. Thant for the tour would recommend
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Tour guide was not at the designated spot at the appointed time and we did not connect, missing the tour entirely.
Hello. We are sorry that you missed the tour. We send you a email and message a day before the date that meeting time is 12:40pm due to ferry time is 1pm. And you agreed about the time. Our guide and other group were waiting you from 12:40pm from designated spot till 1pm. We and our guide tried contact you by email phone call and WhatsApp from 12:45pm. You can check your phone e and email about this. We sent you the picture of meeting spot. And we had to start the tour because of Ferry time and restaurant booking time. We got message from you on 1:25pm that you waited our guide 20mins which is already above the meeting time. We already remind you a day before the tour not to be late. We feel sorry about missing you. But please understand that we have to do the tour on right time because there were other groups and ferry time.
