Baba Tastes Phuket Food Tour with 15+ Tastings
Activity provider: A Chef's Tour
Highlights
- Our feasting tour of 15+ tastings invites guests on a culinary experience around the backstreets of old Phuket Town led by our team of professional...
- Our Phuket food tours have been voted the best culinary adventures on this food-obsessed island
- The tour concludes back at the start point, the Jui Tui temple close to the heart of the city
The dietary caveat comes before the food: built around Old Phuket Town’s street-vendor stalls, the four-hour route doesn’t work for vegetarians, pescatarians, no-pork diets, or anyone with shellfish, peanut or severe allergies — the vendors’ fixed menus don’t allow the substitutions a restaurant could make. Travellers with milder restrictions can usually skip individual dishes instead.
What’s actually eaten covers a lot of ground: handmade fresh spring rolls in tamarind sauce, wok-fried mee hoon, Hokkien noodles with prawn wontons and char siu barbecue pork, gaeng som fish curry, moo hong pork belly curry and curry puffs among 15-plus tastings across the backstreets. The route starts and ends at Jui Tui Shrine on Soi Phutorn — meet at the shrine steps, or at Cha Chang café across the road if that’s easier to spot.
Groups are capped at 8, small enough that the guide can walk everyone through what’s actually being served rather than just pointing at a stall. Bottled water and local soft drinks are included in the $59 price; alcohol and hotel transport are not, so plan a taxi in advance. The tour runs in all weather — pack an umbrella for rainy season, since there’s no indoor fallback between stops.
The 5.0 rating pulls from 352 reviews, a large sample for a single-operator street food walk, and children are welcome as long as an adult stays with them (infant meals aren’t included).
- Duration: 4 hours
- Price from: $59
- Rating: 5.0 from 352 reviews
- Group size: Max 8 guests
- Meeting point: San Chao Jui Tui Shrine, Soi Phutorn, Phuket Old Town
- Not suitable for: Vegetarian, pescatarian, no-pork, shellfish, peanut or severe-allergy diets
Watch out: Street-vendor menus can’t be substituted — check the dietary exclusions above before booking if food restrictions matter, rather than hoping the guide can work around them.
Itinerary
Our feasting tour of 15+ tastings invites guests on a culinary experience around the backstreets of old Phuket Town led by our team of professional foodie guides. We're Phuket's #1 food tour company on TripAdvisor. Over 5,000 guests can't be wrong. Before we get started, our tour reflects the local cuisine and the limitations of street food vendors means we unfortunately cannot cater for every dietary restriction. Here's an honest appraisal for the tour so no-one is disappointed ✘ Unsuitable for vegetarians, pescatarians and no-pork diets ✘ Unsuitable for shellfish, peanut and severe allergies. ✘ Unsuitable for severe gluten intolerances, there are traces of gluten in soy sauce. ✔ Suitable for lactose intolerances. ✔ Suitable for no beef diets. If you are feeling adventurous for a foodie journey, read on!
Our Phuket food tours have been voted the best culinary adventures on this food-obsessed island. You’d be one wonton short of a noodle bowl not to drag yourself off the sun-kissed beaches and hit up the drool-worthy eating spots around old Phuket Town, a place bestowed with UNESCO status for its culinary history. In an intimate group of up to 8 guests explore this fascinating trading outpost that's been influencers from across Asia and beyond. We don't want to spoil the surprise, but some drool-worthy highlights including the handmade fresh spring rolls slathered in sticky tamarind sauce, peppery wok-fried mee hoon, Hokkien noodles with delicate prawn wontons and char sui barbecue pork, Southern-style gaeng som curry and over ten more lip-smackingly food tastings in places you'd struggle to find alone.
The tour concludes back at the start point, the Jui Tui temple close to the heart of the city. Enjoy local hospitality and meet new friends along the way. End the tour armed with the knowledge you'll need to continue eating street food across Thailand.
Included
- water
- guide
Not Included
- Alcoholic drinks excluded
- Pick up and drop off from your hotel excluded
Meeting point & area
View larger map →Meeting point: The meeting point is at the ‘San Chao Jui Tui Shrine’ in Phuket Old Town, along a road called Soi Phutorn. The guide will meet you at the steps outside the shrine, or you’ll see them at the small cafe on the opposite side of the road to the left, called Cha Chang.
Good to know
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What to bring
• Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately and bring an umbrella in rainy season
Before you go
• Service animals allowed • Public transportation options are available nearby • Suitable for all physical fitness levels • This tour isn't suitable for vegetarians, pescatarians or no pork diets due to street vendors' limited menus. Other dietary restrictions may require some dishes to be missed • Children must be accompanied by an adult. Infant meals not included • The tour isn't suitable for shellfish, peanut or severe allergies due to the nature of street food. Other allergies may require some dishes to be missed
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