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Number of dishes
Some tours serve 15 dishes, others five tastings. We add the number to every tour whenever the operator states it.
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Ten tours comparedLisbon food tour: from bifana to pastel de nata
On a food tour in Lisbon, a local guide takes you to the taverns and pastry shops where locals eat. You try a bifana, a pork sandwich, for example, and finish with a pastel de nata, a custard tart. We compared ten tours and counted how many tastings you get on each.
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Why a food tour
Tascas and pastry shops. A guide who knows the way.
Many places in Lisbon are small tascas, simple restaurants with just a few tables. From the outside, you often cannot tell how good the cooking is.
On a food tour, a local guide takes you to those places and explains what you eat. GetYourGuide and Viator list 54 food tours in Lisbon. The ten group tours on this page cost $70 to $133 per person.
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Price per dish
We divide the tour price by the number of dishes. That shows you which tour gives you the most food for your money.
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Two booking sites
Many tours are listed on both GetYourGuide and Viator. We show you both prices so you can pick the cheaper one.
Flat or steep?
Seven hills. One flat valley.
Lisbon is often called the city of seven hills. The Baixa lies in the valley between them and is the flattest part of the old town. The Alfama, Mouraria, Chiado and Bairro Alto sit on steep slopes with stairs and cobblestones.
If you travel with kids, a stroller or are not steady on your feet, pick a tour that stays in the Baixa. Tap “Flat only” and we show just those tours below.
10 tours are shown below.
Ten tours
Food tours in Lisbon by tastings.
Each card shows the number of tastings, the length and the cheaper of the two booking sites. Tours in the flat Baixa are marked “flat”.
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15 tastings3 hoursBaixa · Viator · ★ 4.8 · flat
Baixa: 15 tastings at 6 stops
The operator counts food and drinks together. Among other things, you taste port, a sweet fortified wine, with regional cheese. The operator offers vegetarian and gluten-free dishes, but not at every stop.
from $74 per personSee dates
Also on GetYourGuide: from $78
7 to 9 tastings3.5 hoursBaixa and Mouraria · Viator · ★ 5.0
Baixa and Mouraria: 7 to 9 tastings at 4 stops
You eat chouriço sausage, a pork sandwich, pastries from Mozambique and a bacalhau (salt cod) dish, among other things. You finish with a warm pastel de nata. Groups have no more than 12 guests.
from $117 per personSee dates
8 tastings3 hoursBaixa · GetYourGuide · ★ 4.9 · flat
Baixa: 8 tastings and 4 drinks
This tour stays in the Baixa, the flattest part of the old town. The drinks include ginjinha, a cherry liqueur, and vinho verde, a light wine from northern Portugal. The operator says every stop has vegetarian and alcohol-free options.
from $79 per personSee dates
Also on Viator: from $89
8 tastings3 hoursChiado and Cais do Sodré · Viator · ★ 4.9
Baixa, Chiado and Cais do Sodré: 8 tastings at 7 stops
You taste bacalhau, ginjinha, a sandwich and a pastel de nata, and you sit down for a meal in a tasca, a simple neighborhood restaurant. Groups have no more than 12 guests.
from $71 per personSee dates
18 tastings4 hoursAlfama · Viator · ★ 5.0
Alfama: 18 tastings at family businesses
The tour leads through the narrow, steep lanes of the Alfama to small family businesses. Groups have no more than 10 guests.
from $119 per personSee dates
10+ tastings3 hoursMouraria · Viator · ★ 5.0
Mouraria: 10+ tastings with wine
The tastings include cheese, tinned sardines, a bifana, bacalhau and a pastel de nata. The operator keeps one dish a surprise until the tour.
from $85 per personSee dates
4 stops4 hoursAlfama, Mouraria and Baixa · Viator · ★ 4.9
Alfama, Mouraria and Baixa: 4 stops
All four stops are long-running family businesses. You eat bacalhau, ham, cheese, octopus and dishes from Mozambique, an African country where Portuguese is spoken. Groups have no more than 10 guests.
from $133 per personSee dates
7 dishes3 hours
Number not stated2 hoursBairro Alto and Chiado · Viator · ★ 5.0
Bairro Alto, Chiado and Baixa in 2 hours
This is the shortest tour on this page. You eat in simple tascas, get a well-known sandwich and finish with a warm pastry. The operator does not state the number of tastings.
from $89 per personSee dates
Number not stated3 hoursOld town · GetYourGuide · ★ 4.9
Morning tour: breakfast and lunch at 7 stops
According to the operator, the tour starts at Lisbon's oldest pastry shop and ends with lunch. The operator does not state the number of tastings.
from $70 per personSee dates
The comparison
Price per tasting at a glance.
We divided the price of each tour by its number of tastings. For a range such as “7 to 9”, we use the lower number, so each tasting costs at most that much. The cheapest is the Baixa tour with 15 tastings, where the operator counts food and drinks together.
| Food | Tour | Per tasting | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Baixa: 15 tastings at 6 stopsBaixa · 3 hours · Stops: 6 · Drinks: wine and port | $4.97 per tasting | from $74Dates on Viator |
| 18 | Alfama: 18 tastings at family businessesAlfama · 4 hours · Stops: several · Drinks: wine and liqueur, alcohol-free available | $6.58 per tasting | from $119Dates on Viator |
| 10+ | Mouraria: 10+ tastings with wineMouraria · 3 hours · Stops: several · Drinks: wine and liqueur | at most $8.50 per tasting | from $85Dates on Viator |
| 8 | Baixa, Chiado and Cais do Sodré: 8 tastings at 7 stopsChiado and Cais do Sodré · 3 hours · Stops: 7 · Drinks: 3 drinks | $8.89 per tasting | from $71Dates on Viator |
| 8 | Baixa: 8 tastings and 4 drinksBaixa · 3 hours · Stops: several · Drinks: 4, including ginjinha | $9.86 per tasting | from $79Dates on GetYourGuide |
| 7 | Baixa: a full meal with 7 dishesBaixa · 3 hours · Stops: 6 · Drinks: 4 drinks | $11.26 per dish | from $79Dates on GetYourGuide |
| 7–9 | Baixa and Mouraria: 7 to 9 tastings at 4 stopsBaixa and Mouraria · 3.5 hours · Stops: 4 · Drinks: 3 to 5 drinks | at most $16.77 per tasting | from $117Dates on Viator |
| 4 | Alfama, Mouraria and Baixa: 4 stopsAlfama, Mouraria and Baixa · 4 hours · Stops: 4 · Drinks: included | $33.30 per stop | from $133Dates on Viator |
| – | Bairro Alto, Chiado and Baixa in 2 hoursBairro Alto and Chiado · 2 hours · Stops: several · Drinks: wine, beer or soft drinks | Number not stated | from $89Dates on Viator |
| – | Morning tour: breakfast and lunch at 7 stopsOld town · 3 hours · Stops: 7 · Drinks: espresso, others not stated | Number not stated | from $70Dates on GetYourGuide |
Checked on November 12, 2026. The number of tastings, stops and drinks comes from the operators. The price is for the cheaper of the two booking sites.
How it works
What happens on a food tour in Lisbon.
As an example, here is the Baixa and Mouraria tour with seven to nine tastings. Its operator describes every stop in detail. It takes about 3.5 hours. The stops and the minutes at each stop come from the operator's description. The tours on this page last 2 to 4 hours and work the same way: you meet at a set meeting point, and the guide takes you from one place to the next.
See this tour- 01
Street of old restaurants
The tour starts on a downtown street lined with old restaurants and theaters. The guide explains how the Moors, Muslims from North Africa, shaped Lisbon.
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Tavern
At a simple tavern where regulars have gathered for decades, you try chouriço, a paprika sausage grilled over a small flame. You also get a bifana, a warm pork sandwich, with wine or beer.
30 min - 03
Largo de São Domingos
On one of the oldest squares in the Baixa, the guide shows you traces of fires and earthquakes on a church.
short - 04
Mozambican kitchen
Mozambique is a country in East Africa that was a Portuguese colony for a long time. At a Mozambican restaurant you try samosas, filled pastries. According to the operator, it is the oldest restaurant of its kind in Lisbon.
30 min - 05
Mouraria
Mouraria is one of Lisbon's oldest neighborhoods and the birthplace of fado, Portugal's melancholy songs. You walk through narrow lanes with large murals.
short - 06
Fado house
At a fado house, a restaurant where fado is sung in the evening, you eat octopus salad and bacalhau à brás, shredded salt cod with egg. Live music is not part of the tour.
45 min - 07
Viewpoint
From a viewpoint you look across downtown to the river Tagus.
Not on every departureshort - 08
Pastel de nata
The tour ends with a pastel de nata, a puff-pastry tart filled with custard.
15 min
4Each food tour stays in one or two neighborhoods, so you walk little and eat a lot.
Neighborhoods
Where you eat.
The four neighborhoods differ in their food, their mood and how steep the streets are.
Flat and central
Baixa
The Baixa is the lower town in the valley between the hills. After the great earthquake of 1755 it was rebuilt with straight streets, and it is still the flattest part of the old town.
For old Lisbon
Alfama
The Alfama is the city's oldest neighborhood and climbs the hill below São Jorge Castle. Much of it survived the 1755 earthquake, which is why it still has narrow, winding lanes and lots of stairs.
For many cuisines
Mouraria
After Portugal's first king captured the city in 1147, the Moors had to live here, which is where the name comes from. Today people from many countries live in the Mouraria, and you can also eat African and Asian dishes here.
For the evening
Chiado and Bairro Alto
The Bairro Alto is the upper town on the western hill and the busiest bar district at night. Below it lies the Chiado with shops and old cafés, and a funicular runs down to Cais do Sodré by the river.
On the plate
What you eat in Lisbon.
These six dishes and drinks show up most often on the tours. The photos come from the tour operators.
Dish 01Pastel de nata
A pastel de nata is a small puff-pastry tart filled with custard. Monks at the monastery in Belém invented it. Since 1837, a pastry shop right next to the monastery has baked them to the old recipe.
Dish 02Bifana
A bifana is a bread roll with a thin slice of pork. The meat is first marinated in white wine, garlic and paprika.
Dish 03Bacalhau
Bacalhau is dried, salted cod. It soaks in water for at least a day before cooking. Most of it comes from Norway, because hardly any cod is caught off Portugal.
Dish 04Chouriço assado
This is a smoked sausage set in a clay dish, doused with spirit and grilled in the flames right at your table.
Dish 05Ginjinha
Ginjinha is a sour-cherry liqueur. The cherries steep in a grape spirit, then sugar is added. The best-known bar for it has stood on Largo São Domingos since 1840.
Dish 06Portuguese cheese
Several tours serve a board of Portuguese cheese, often with a glass of wine or port.
Private and special
Just your group. Or eight foodies.
These tours cost $113 to $270 per person. In return, the guide leads only you or a very small group.
Private tour with 6 or 10 tastings · Your group onlyfrom $113
Private tour with 10+ dishes and wine · Your group onlyfrom $204
From street food to fine dining · 8 guests maxfrom $270
Bake it yourself
Cooking classes in Lisbon.
In two of the three classes you bake pastel de nata, in the third you cook a Portuguese meal. Classes last two to three hours and suit beginners, too.
Cooking class2 hours
Cooking class2 hoursLisbon · GetYourGuide · ★ 4.9 · 3,364 reviews
Pastel de nata baking class
Chefs show you step by step how Portugal's most famous pastry is made, with local drinks on the side. No cooking class in Lisbon has more reviews on GetYourGuide.
from $61 per personSee dates
Cooking class3 hoursFAQ
Before you go.
Here are answers to the questions people ask most often before a food tour in Lisbon.
Compare toursHow much does a food tour in Lisbon cost?
A group food tour in Lisbon costs $70 to $133 per person. The most-booked tour in the Baixa starts at $74. A private tour, where the guide leads only your group, costs $113 to $204 per person.
Is a food tour in Lisbon worth it?
A food tour is most worth it at the start of your trip. In a few hours you get to know several places you can go back to on your own, and the guide explains what you are eating. On the tours on this page, one tasting costs between $4.97 and $33.30. If you already know Lisbon well and like picking your own places, you don't need a guide.
Should I tip on a food tour in Lisbon?
Tipping the guide is optional. Tipping is less expected in Portugal than in the US. For a half-day guided tour, travel guides suggest €5 to €10 per person if you enjoyed it. Most guests tip in cash at the end of the tour.
Can I cancel a food tour in Lisbon for free?
Yes, on every tour on this page. On GetYourGuide, all 7 listings can be cancelled up to 24 hours before the start for a full refund. On Viator, the same applies to all 14 listings.
Which food tour in Lisbon is booked most often?
The Baixa tour with 15 tastings at six stops has 10,134 reviews combined: 5,238 on GetYourGuide and 4,896 on Viator. Close behind is Eating Europe's Baixa and Mouraria tour with 9,136 reviews.
Is there a food tour in Lisbon without steep streets?
Yes. Three of the tours on this page stay in the Baixa, the flattest part of the old town. The tour with eight tastings and four drinks describes its route as flat and starts at $79. Tours in the Alfama, Mouraria and Bairro Alto use steep lanes and stairs.
Will I get full on a food tour in Lisbon?
Yes. According to the operators, most tours on this page add up to a full meal, and some end at a table. The tour with seven dishes serves four starters, two mains and a dessert.
Are there food tours in Lisbon for vegetarians?
Yes. On the Baixa tour with eight tastings, the operator offers vegetarian options at every stop. On the Alfama, Mouraria and Baixa tour with four stops, you share your needs 36 hours in advance.
What is a pastel de nata?
A pastel de nata is a small puff-pastry tart filled with custard. Monks at the monastery in Belém invented it. On many Lisbon food tours it is the final stop, and two cooking classes on this page let you bake it yourself.
Your evening in Lisbon starts here.
Groups are small, usually 10 to 15 guests. Check the available dates as soon as your travel dates are set.