Quito Kitchens Food Tour with 14+ Tastings

Quito food tour offers guests a culinary experience carefully curated food adventure, led by the team of Quito tastemakers.

Before we get started, our tour reflects the local cuisine, and the limitations of street food vendors and local eateries mean we cannot cater for every dietary restriction. Here's an honest appraisal for the tour, so no-one is disappointed:

✘ Unsuitable for vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, halal diets, lactose intolerance and severe allergies as the number of tastings would be very limited.
✔ No pork diets, gluten intolerance, mild tree nut / peanut allergies and no seafood diets are possible though some tastings do not have alternatives available and the menu would be more limited.

Explore Quito after dark on a 4-hour food tour from the historic centre to the La Floresta neighborhood, with 14+ tastings along the way. Led by a local tastemaker guide, this experience focuses on the street food and neighbourhood eateries where locals eat in the evening.

Start in the old town with snacks like cevichocho before moving into heartier dishes such as encebollado and different styles of fritada. As the tour continues, you’ll explore corn-based staples like tigrillo, humita, and empanadas made from morocho and green plantain, alongside street favourites like toasted corn with chicharrón and pan de maíz.

In La Floresta, the focus shifts to Quito’s evening street markets with grilled meats, traditional dishes like caucara completa. There’s drinks too. Along the way, try traditional refreshers like chicha de jora and colada morada. This isn’t about fine dining, it’s an authentic look at the Quito food scene through the eyes of a local.

The tour concludes after 3.5-4 hours. You'll leave not only full, but with a much deeper understanding of Quito’s food culture and the confidence to continue eating your way through Ecuador.