Questions About Food Tours In Seattle

Booking and payment happen on the tour listing, not on this site. Each tour page has a booking button that opens the listing where dates, current prices and payment are handled.

Hotel pickup is stated for only two tours, both wine day trips: Snoqualmie Falls, Pickup Included and Optional Tastings, Pickup. Three tours state that hotel pickup is not included, and the remaining 25 do not state it either way. On walking tours you meet at the start point.

The listings show live availability, and group size caps are stated on many of them. Caps range from 5 on South Lake Union Street Food and 6 on Market Happy Hour, Snacks Only up to 24 on Snoqualmie Falls, Pickup Included, with most walking tours capped at 12. Small caps can fill, so checking availability ahead of your date is the safe approach.

One of the 30 tours is private: the Private Cocktail Tour, which starts in Fremont. It has a per-person from-price with tiered group pricing. Every other tour is priced per person as a shared experience.

Prices are per person and start at $30.00 for Market Happy Hour, Snacks Only. The median across all 30 tours is $82, and the highest from-price is $160.00 for Breakfast Tour, Gratuity Included. By category: Pike Place Market Food Tours run $50.00 to $160.00; Coffee, Chocolate And Sweets $39.99 to $84.00; Wine Tasting And Woodinville $109.00 to $140.00; Beer, Cocktails And Spirits $30.00 to $156.00; and Neighborhood And Restaurant Walks $80.00 to $135.00.

All 30 listings state free cancellation with a full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before the start time. The refund is handled on the platform where you booked and paid.

It varies by tour and is listed on each tour page. Some tours state that gratuity is included, such as Breakfast Tour, Gratuity Included, which asks you not to bring a tip. Others state that gratuity is excluded, and some describe it as optional and appreciated. Many listings simply do not state it.

Sales tax in Seattle is 10.55 percent and applies to restaurant meals, added at the register. For tour tickets, any taxes and fees are shown on the booking page before you pay.

A meal or real food is stated on 12 of the 30 tours, not included on 7, and unstated on 11. Drinks are included on 12 tours, not included on 6 and unstated on 12. Each tour page states what its listing says about food and drink.

The median length is 2 hours. Pike Place tours run 1.5 to 3 hours, coffee and sweets tours 2 to 2.25 hours, beer and cocktail tours 2 to 2.5 hours, and neighborhood walks 2 to 2.25 hours with one at 2.5. Wine options range from a 2.5-hour tasting to Woodinville and Snoqualmie day trips of 6 or 7 hours.

Washington's drinking age is 21, and alcohol service stops statewide from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Wine and beer tours with tastings require valid ID showing you are 21 or older.

Pike Place Market is the center of gravity with 16 tours starting there, and Downtown Seattle and South Lake Union combined host 4. Ballard has two beer tours, Capitol Hill has two coffee walks, and there is one tour each in Fremont and the Seattle Center area, plus four Woodinville or Snoqualmie day trips. This lineup of 30 tours has no food walk in the Chinatown-International District, Pioneer Square or Ballard beyond its beer tours, no oyster-specific tour, and exactly one seafood-themed tour, Seafood Long Lunch.