Historic Santa Barbara Food Tasting Tour

Large amount of delicious food, friendly guide and staff, good mix of history. Locations visited were off the main streets, places you wouldn’t necessarily stumble upon.

Sandy was an excellent tour guide and our group had a wonderful time chatting with her and learning about some of Santa Barbara's history. The stops were simply delicious - we even took some food back to our hotel! Highly recommend!

This walking tour was so much fun! Of course you can't go wrong walking through a City as gorgeous as Santa Barbara. On this tour we got a little history, viewed some jaw-dropping architecture, and tasted some great food. My favorite place was Ca' Dario Ristorante where we tasted their Ravioli Al Burro E Salvia ("Pasta pillows filled with spinach and ricotta, brown butter and sage sauce). The crispy sage was really delicious. We also tasted their Pappardelle Alla Bolognese only with spinach noodles. It was also fantastic. I'm hoping we will go back for a full dinner. We also tasted a taco and ice cream at the public market, and wine at Grassini. We skipped the beer tasting because we were simply too full. Our tour guide, Sandy, did a great job. She shared a ton of knowledge on the history of Santa Barbara, the 1925 earthquake, and how SB adopted their classic white stucco / clay tile roofing aesthetic. She showed us the sunken gardens behind the court house, and a host of other lovely buildings as we made our way around town. This event was well worth the price of admission! We now have some favorite eateries to visit while we are in town.

This tour was so great. We had Manual and he gave us a fantastic background of the local history. We even got to go over to the courthouse and walk around inside. All of the food we had was delicious. I’m adding some pictures below of the fish taco and macarons. The pasta was so good we went back again for dinner. We highly recommended this tour, this company and Manuel!

This was definitely worth the money! Our entire group enjoyed this experience. It was a short walking tour with lots of food! We had amazing macarons, delicious fresh pasta, fried fish tacos, way too much ice cream and empanadas. We got stuffed after the pasta, so we wish we had paced ourselves better. Sandy was an amazing tour guide! Only downfall was it was oftentimes hard to hear her as we were walking, but it got better as the tour went on. Would recommend to anyone looking to see Santa Barbara and eating amazing food at little places along the way.

Very fun food tour that ended up being a private excursion with Manuel. While it was definitely a food tour Manuel made it so much more. We learned more about Santa Barbara and our conversation crossed over into travel in general. Nice pace. Easy walking. Good food and wine. Will return to some of the establishments that we were introduced to.

We love doing food tours because we get to try places we might not have known about and learn about the city. This tour did both beautifully and deliciously. From macarons to sublime pasta to tacos to lovely wine. It was the perfect way to spend the day. Our guide Nancy was really knowledgeable and her love for Santa Barbara was apparent. So happy we did this and I highly recommend it

We were lucky enough to have a private tour with Jennifer. She was so considerate of our interests and our mission to locate a specific souvenir during our time with her. The food was outstanding and Jennifer's knowledge of the history of the area made our time together fly by. We highly recommend this tour for anyone interested in learning more about Santa Barbara's unique past while at the same time being treated to a variety of amazing, tasty food offerings. Worth very penny!

This tour far exceeded our already high expectations! Sandy was absolutely amazing and was so knowledgeable about the history of Santa Barbara. The restaurants were so delicious and very friendly.

Our tour guide Sandy has so much knowledge about history in the area. It was very informative. She went extra mile when she’s not supposed to. She answered our questions well. We’re so happy and very satisfied. We had a great time.