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Reykjavik Food Walk: Explore Local Cuisine and City History
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Reykjavík
Embark on a mouthwatering journey through Reykjavik, tasting the best local cuisines and uncovering the city’s history. Join our food walk and indulge in authentic Icelandic dishes!
Embark on a mouthwatering journey through Reykjavik, tasting the best local cuisines and uncovering the city’s history. Join our food walk and indulge in authentic Icelandic dishes!
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre - In our walking food, city & history tour, we explore all our favourite local highlights of Reykjavik. Our tour’s meeting location is the beautiful Harpa concert hall.
It’s ideal to arrive early and explore the building before the tour begins :) - Arnarholl Statue - In our walking food, city &…
- Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre - In our walking food, city & history tour, we explore all our favourite local highlights of Reykjavik. Our tour’s meeting location is the beautiful Harpa concert hall.
It’s ideal to arrive early and explore the building before the tour begins :)
- Arnarholl Statue - In our walking food, city & history tour, we explore all our favourite local highlights of Reykjavik. Among other places, we will walk on Arnarhóll hill and see the statue of Ingólfur Arnarson - the first settler of Iceland!
- Laugavegur - In our walking food, city & history tour, we explore all our favourite local highlights of Reykjavik. Among other places, we will stroll around both Laugavegur & Skólavörðustígur, the main shopping/dining streets in Reykjavik.
- Hallgrimskirkja - In our walking food, city & history tour, we explore all our favourite local highlights of Reykjavik. Among other places, we will walk by, explore and talk about Hallgrímskirkja church. One of Reykjavik’s most amazing landmarks.
- The Reykjavik Food Walk - Admission is free
What's Included
- Visit 4-6 local establishments from food trucks to fine dining restaurants
- 3 hour walking tour with a local guide
- Taste 8+ amazing & authentic Icelandic cuisine
- Visit 4-6 local establishments from food trucks to fine dining restaurants
- 3 hour walking tour with a local guide
- Taste 8+ amazing & authentic Icelandic cuisine
Additional Information
Explore Reykjavik’s culture, history, and local food scene.
Embark on Iceland’s most satisfying culinary journey, where we take you through the heart of Reykjavik whilst indulging in the country’s delicious and unique foods that you wouldn’t typically find on typical Icelandic itineraries! Let our entertaining and educated guide take you around the city…
Explore Reykjavik’s culture, history, and local food scene.
Embark on Iceland’s most satisfying culinary journey, where we take you through the heart of Reykjavik whilst indulging in the country’s delicious and unique foods that you wouldn’t typically find on typical Icelandic itineraries! Let our entertaining and educated guide take you around the city to 5-6 fantastic local eateries.
On our tours, you will have the opportunity to savor Iceland’s finest local dishes in every season, such as the succulent Icelandic lamb, homemade Icelandic ice cream produced from a confidential family formula, a genuine daily catch, a hot dog from the infamous Icelandic hot dog kiosk, and a lot more!
If you wish to experience Reykjavik, Icelandic customs, exotic cuisine, local dining spots, and meet new people, our Reykjavik Food Walk is a must-attend. Remember to come with an empty stomach!
Location
Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre
Austurbakki
We'll meet by the main entrance of Harpa Concert Hall. The guide will either be waiting inside the lobby or just outside, wearing a blue backpack! We look forward to seeing you there!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Eeburm
May 31, 2025
Delish variety of food, and generous portions. Wine and beer selection at each stop were perfect too. - Delicious variety of food and restaurants. The portions were generous. Everything was really, really tasty. The wine and beer selections at every stop were affordable and delicious.
My only negative was about our guide Dave. We were at the meeting place 20 minutes early, sitting right outside the main entrance and at the meeting time he sent me a text saying where are you, meet us at the first restaurant. Turns out he was inside and never took the time to even open the door to look outside and ask if the people he was texting happened to be standing out there. We were 10 meters from him. second issue with him is he wasn’t a great host. there was a single woman in our group who was left sitting at a table for two separated from the rest of us and he never noticed her. I had to mention him that he ought to find a way to bring her into the group and then he did. The third issue is all he talked about was his drinking how he drank a liter of reyka vodka in four hours blah blahblah. His main talk was about drinking. Lastly at the hot dog stop he thought telling us about bill clinton had been there, and then an off color remark about Monica Lewinsky. Really? I just didn’t think that subject was suitable for our tour.
But I loved the food and bev part of the tour.
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Leah_k
May 26, 2025
Super fun and great food!! - This was such a lovely experience! We were only in Reykjavik for 2 days on a layover and decided to give this tour a chance and we were not disappointed! We stopped at 5 places, tried various food and drinks and learned some really cool facts. Thor was great and super knowledgeable! Would recommend!
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Acollin1
May 16, 2025
Amazing! - Bonnie was absolutely wonderful. She made sure to interact with each individual group of folks who were on her tour. She gave good information about all the dishes before we were served them. Completely wonderful and lively. Very easy to talk to and provided good energy to the group which itself was a great collection of folks. Pretty solid value as well.
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G6842tkamys
Apr 25, 2025
I’m so full! - This tour was awesome! Our tour guide (Berger), was knowledgeable and entertaining. The food stops were chosen perfectly, represented the local specialties and most importantly- delicious! I highly recommend this tour!
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Sarahfp7585vo
Apr 12, 2025
Excellent food tour! 👍🏻 - I would thoroughly recommend this food tour - our guide “Love” was very engaging and gave lots of friendly tips and advice. It’s a very sociable outing where you sit and eat with other people on the tour. I’d recommend doing this at the start of your holiday. It was excellent!
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Vnessa808
Mar 18, 2025
Yummy - Our food tour guide was Bonnie and we had a lovely time with her. The food was also amazing. My husband is a picky eater and I was surprised that he tried all the food and actually liked them… well except for the fermented shark. That’s a one and done thing 😊. We highly recommend this tour and if you’re able to, ask for Bonnie. You won’t get bored with her.
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Cassandradiana
Mar 3, 2025
A Must Do Experience in Reykjavik - I cannot recommend the Reykjavik Food Walk highly enough! Our guide Bergur was not only incredibly knowledgeable but also very funny, keeping us entertained while sharing a fantastic mix of Icelandic food history and culture. He was also incredibly accommodating of dietary restrictions—my vegetarian brother and seafood-averse father both felt well taken care of, which made the experience even better for our whole group.
The food itself was outstanding! We sampled a variety of dishes, from surf and turf to home-style Icelandic seafood, a traditional Icelandic hotdog, warming Icelandic lamb soup, and even the infamous fermented shark. The highlight for me was the rye bread ice cream—absolutely delicious!
Beyond tasting amazing food, this tour gave us a deeper appreciation for Icelandic cuisine and traditions. If you’re visiting Reykjavik, this is an absolute must-do. Don’t hesitate—book this tour!
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Deborah_e
Feb 13, 2025
Great time and great food! - We had a great group of people and Thor was knowledgeable and interesting. The food was also excellent and interesting. Would highly recommend!
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B
Feb 9, 2025
Amazing Icelandic Food Tour in Reykjavik! - Elfie was an amazing tour guide! She was so much fun and entertaining. The food was delicious and we enjoyed the variety and sampling. Getting to stop and hear some of the historic information and experiencing some of the Icelandic traditions along the way added to such a great experience. This tour is fantastic and Elfie made it a real joy. We highly recommend it!
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222aubreyp
Jun 2, 2025
It was just ok - We booked our food walk through Expedia, but Expedia doesn't let us leave a review so here I am. The food was hit and miss. After looking at description and where they said we would be going, I was expecting more. I feel like a lot of the food was very similar. Like three different places had lamb and the rest were fish. I understand that's their local cuisine but it would have been nice to have a little more variety. I also think that our tour guide was not very knowledgeable about what food was being served. He was more concerned about the alcohol and getting people to buy drinks since I'm assuming they get a cut of drink purchases that were not included in price of the tour. It would have been nice if some drinks were included to compliment the food.
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