Chinatown Tour: Sydney's Culinary Secrets

Embark on a culinary and cultural adventure through Sydney’s Chinatown. Sample delicious street foods, learn about the Chinese-Australian community, and receive a souvenir to remember the experience.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Paddy’s Market - We start the tour outside Paddy’s Markets, an important institution that heralded the beginnings of Sydney’s Chinatown.
  • Chinatown - Walk through Dixon Street, the heart of Sydney’s Chinatown and the largest Chinatown in the Southern Hemisphere. You’ll hear stories of how the area has developed over the decades, and continues…
What's Included
  • Photos shared after the tour
  • Snacks
  • A guide to Chinatown’s best restaurants
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Sydney’s Chinatown is full of secrets and excellent restaurants, and on this experience, you’re going to see and taste a bit of everything!
On this tour you’ll sample a range of street foods and snacks from some of Chinatown’s best restaurants, with a minimum of 4 food samples included. All samples are snacks or street foods that represent different…

Location
17 Hay St
Hay Street
We meet outside Paddy's Markets, directly across from the southern end of Dixon St mall. If you're looking across the light rail tracks and you can see Emperor's Garden restaurant, Covent Garden hotel and the Chinatown red gates, you're in the right spot.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Lynnhurleyrva
Jun 16, 2025
Delicious experience in Chinatown - Tasty, fun and informative! Lots of interesting traditional street-style food in a variety of locations. Some of the local art and architecture is also explained. Well worth your time!!
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785martit
May 27, 2025
Great walking tour for foodies and those interested in Chinese history in Aus - Justin was knowledgeable and interested in his presentation. Foods we sampled were delicious and we will be back again to support those restaurants! A great tour for people travelling in Sydney and locals alike. We learned a lot!
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Y5362wtcaitlinm
May 27, 2025
Brilliant and unique - Fabulous tour - Justin was an excellent host full of knowledge and enthusiasm. This was a work team event and it worked brilliantly - we all had a great time, a unique shared experience.
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Margaret_g
May 26, 2025
Would go again! - Great trip! Loved the places visited and the food tried. Bunny did a great job as our guide. Would totally suggest this activity.
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Alisoncn407et
May 24, 2025
Chinatown - Justin did a great job giving us a wonderful experience of Chinatown culture and authentic food. The food we tried was amazing. Thankyou
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F9768tcnh
May 20, 2025
Delicious and informative about local history - This was one of the best food tours I had done. I chose it because my other food tours had cancelled, but I was more than pleasantly surprised and was glad I got the chance to do this one instead. I had plenty of food and learned a lot about the local history of Sydney’s Chinatown, and really enjoyed the entire thing. Our guide also gave us all suggestions of other places to try after the 5 or 6 spots we had gone to. I can’t stop thinking about the lamb dish we tried - it was amazing! Thank you!
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Susanbc1959sh
May 12, 2025
Fabulous Sydney activity - Informative and yummy short trip around Chinatown Justin is a passionate and knowledgeable guide, introducing us to his favourite street foods and drinks and informative commentary. As a Sydney resident I found it really interesting and opened up my eyes to eating well in Chinatown on a budget. Highly recommend.
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Susan_b
May 9, 2025
Good food and history 👌 - Nice gentle walk pace, great food and knowledgeable host Justin. Tried new food at 5 different vendors and learnt some new information about my home town Sydney.
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Terry_p
May 25, 2025
Needs some improvement - A food tourn but no beverages were offered. Need to add at least water. Should put sticks in the rice cakes so everyone isn’t picking through food before you. Should offer alternatives to lamb as not everyone likes lamb! Hubby enjoyed the lamb kabob! chicken, pork or beef option would have been nice! Eric was very knowledgeable and offered soup as it was freezing the day of our tour - nice touch! The pork and lamb buns were delicious!
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Averagejoe55
May 25, 2025
Guide tried hard - We took. This tour hoping to try some great Asian food. The tour guide tried hard to be engaging but the food choices themselves did not aide in making it a good tour. The dumplings were the highlight but the over all tour just wasn’t worth what was paid for it.
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From $52
up to 6 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).