Dubai Old Town: Street Food Tour

Discover Old Dubai’s hidden gems with a guided walking tour. Savor local street food, explore historic sites, and enjoy a traditional boat ride.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bastakia Quarter - Experience the traditional lifestyle of Dubai from the mid-19th century to the 1970s at Al-Fahidi Historical Neighborhood. Here, buildings with high air towers (Barjeel) are constructed using traditional materials like stone, gypsum, teak, sandalwood, fronds, and palm wood. These structures are beautifully arranged side by side,…
What's Included
  • Professional Licensed Guide
  • Food & drinks tastings of high quality local products
  • Local Street Food
  • Shawarma, Kunafa, Chicken Mandi or Madhbi, Flafel, Hummus and much more
  • Tea / Drinks
  • Bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Welcome to Dubai! Join our walking and food tour in the oldest neighborhood of the city. Explore narrow alleys, historic buildings, take a boat ride, visit old souks, and savor delicious Arabic dishes including shawarma, falafel, hummus, Arabic tea, luqaimat, chicken mandi, and kunafa.
Take a traditional boat ride across Dubai Creek, where you’ll try…

Location
Arabian Tea House Restaurant & Cafe - Al Fahidi
Al Fahidi Street
You will find us at the main entrance of the Arabian Tea House restaurant. There is a sitting area next to the entrance and that will be our meeting place.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Abs0lutjazz
Jun 16, 2025
Great introduction - Appreciated the mix of history and food. It was a great introduction on our first day to the city, the country, and the history.
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Roving14875495788
Jun 2, 2025
Amazing experience - Ali is a great person, very kind and a great connoisseur of the city and its magical places of food, spices and much more. We had a great experience!
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B2578hganthonym
May 29, 2025
Cool cultural experience - Food was amazing, Ali was very friendly and knowledgeable. We had chicken, samosa, schwarma, fruit lassis, it was very good.
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Suzanne
May 18, 2025
Dubai Tour with Mansoor Ali - Mansoor Ali took us on an amazing street food tour around Dubai Creek. We sampled many delicious dishes from some of the local shops. He shared a wealth of interesting information about Dubai and the local area. We would highly recommend Mansoor for a tour. Nothing was too much trouble.
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Ben_liddell
May 15, 2025
Outstanding food tour of Old Dubai - An amazingly informative tour of traditional Dubai with our guide Mansoor Ali. He told us lots of fascinating facts about the origins of the country and took us to some beautiful places. The food that we tasted was incredible, shawarma, pakoras, samosas and falafels (there was also a chicken and rice dish that we didn’t have space for so had to politely decline). Value for money was outstanding and the Abra ride accross the Creek was a nice touch. Thank you Mansoor Ali for an amazing tour. 5 stars
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Highroad42
May 14, 2025
Old Dubai Food Tour - Mansoor is very customer focused. We started with a culture walk. The food stops were fantastic. Very generous portions and good variety. Walking through the souks was very interesting. Monsoon went the extra mile to make our tour memorable. We recommend this trip and we recommend Monsoor.
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Peterlh5395no
Apr 18, 2025
Great choice of tour - The food tour was much more than just food, parts of the old town, the markets, typical old homes etc, and the choices of local foods in local restaurants was also excellent. Tamour was very patient and gives a good description of all the sights and foods.
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Lilianlh9462ne
Apr 18, 2025
Fabulous Food tour and history of old Dubai - Tamour is an expert guide, very knowledgeable and helpful. Food was varied and interesting, full of flavour. I would recommend this tour to all.
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287phili
Apr 18, 2025
So much good food! - This was a great tour with Tamour! Too much good food paired with a nice walk and a bit of history. Totally random, but the record largest gold ring we saw along the way is still blowing my mind. I’d recommend this to anyone that wants to get a real taste of Dubai.
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Iheartadventure
Apr 18, 2025
Wonderful food tour - Wonderful tour! Definitely recommend getting to experience the original settlement and the flavors of Dubai. I learned so much about the history of the country along the way and have a new appreciation for UAE.
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From $33
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).