Secret Food Tours · French Quarter
A three-hour French Quarter food walk from Secret Food Tours, the most reviewed of the food tours we list. Pick it if you want to read the menu before you pay: the listing names every tasting except the secret one.
Secret Food Tours runs food walks in more than 100 cities, by its own count, and this French Quarter route carries 2,391 reviews at 4.9 on Viator. The listing prints the menu: pulled pork taco and corn bread, creamy she-crab soup, a handmade pecan cluster, benne wafers, shrimp and grits, and the company's Secret Dish. The operator adds that the menu and route can change with each venue's availability.
The operator page lists 6 stops, 12 people at most and 3 to 3½ hours, with starts at 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. every day. Your guide waits with an orange umbrella at the United States Custom House, 200 East Bay Street. Here Viator is the cheaper door: from $89 against $104.99 on Secret Food Tours' own site.
Two catches. Confirmation can take up to 48 hours, so don't plan a tight day around it until it lands. And reviews split on value: most guests leave full, but a few felt some stops were shops that hand out free samples anyway. Drinks beyond the menu are an upgrade package on the operator site, for guests 21 and over.
The operator's page puts the start at the United States Custom House, 200 East Bay Street. Use the address on your voucher if it differs.
The menu opens with a pulled pork taco and corn bread. One guest reports about 20 minutes in each place.
Creamy she-crab soup, a pecan cluster and crisp benne wafers, the sesame cookie of the Lowcountry.
Southern shrimp and grits, a Lowcountry classic, comes near the end.
The last tasting stays secret until you eat it. Plan on 3 to 3½ hours in total.
★★★★★Great tour and food. We were stuffed at the end! Nathan was very knowledgeable about his city and wanted to make sure we all had a great time!
★★★★★[...] The tie-in between food and local history was genuinely interesting, Nathan was extremely knowledgeable, the food tastings were excellent. Plus, we got some additional restaurant recommendations close to where we were staying.
★★★★★A great pace of walking, We didn’t get tired because of being able to sit when stopping for food. And, the food was delicious.
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Pulled pork taco, corn bread, she-crab soup, a pecan cluster, benne wafers, shrimp and grits and a Secret Dish. The operator may change it with venue availability.
The operator's site gives the United States Custom House, 200 East Bay Street, where the guide holds an orange umbrella. Follow your voucher if it shows another address.
Yes, in 2026: from $89 on Viator against $104.99 on the operator's own site.
Yes. The listing has child (3 to 12) and youth (13 to 17) prices, and the operator says children 2 and under go free.
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A printed menu with she-crab soup, shrimp and grits and benne wafers, in a group of up to 12.
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