An excellent food tour/spice market evening with suqlain . He is very knowledgeable with the history of the region. A delicious variety of food choices. Yummy! He is terrific. Plus a bonus boat ride.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- An English‑speaking food guide who leads the walking route and provides cultural context.
- Food and drinks tastings of high quality local products
- Shawarma, Kunafa, Falafel, Hummus and much more
Excludes
- Unless Option Selected
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- There is a sitting place next to the entrance of the restaurant. Your guide will meet you there. He will be there 15 minutes before the starting time.
Return
- Your guide will assist you to get a Taxi or Metro.
Itinerary
Discover the neighborhood’s history as you walk between tastings, visiting alleyways and markets that tourists often miss.
Language Offered
Additional Info
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Reviews
We had a great experience with Suqlain. The food was amazing and we are a great experience with great local insights. The spices and gold shops were high quality and we did not have to worry at all about getting the best prices. This was the best tour we have been on in a long time!
Souqlain was the best! He took us to four incredible food spots and great stores and historical sites. We had a ton of fun. Would highly recommend!
Fabulous tour. Loved learning about the history. Great to try and learn about different street foods. Highly recommended.
Suqlain was an excellent tour guide- and explained so much about the local culture while showing us amazing food! Highly recommend!!
Amazing tour of old Dubai, food and location was great, loved the gold market Our tour guide suqlain was amazing. Highly recommend him.
Suqlain was very knowledgeable on local and national history. The tour was lots of fun for myself and my 3 middle aged friends. As a Sheikh, Respect is very important to me, and Suqlain was very professional and respectful. The food was great too!
It was definitely my favorite food tour in Dubai. Guide was very good and very helpful!!! There was plenty of food and it was good ! We enjoyed it very much.
Very informative tour. It was nice to see all the places that are not the main tourist locations. A wide variety of food and a great experience in the market!
Great guide and great tour of the souk and the City of Dubai. Served food was amazing and delicious. It is totally recommend to do the private tour instead with a big group.
Tamour was a great guide! Shoutout to him. The lassi was very good. The chicken shawarma was tasty! Very informative and a lot of history about Dubai
Great tour of the city and food of Dubai. The food was amazing and make sure to come with an empty stomach! In addition, we visited the gold and spice souks. Overall good experience.
We did this tour on 12 hour layover in Dubai. It was a perfect way to spend some time. Had so much good food and got some shopping in too. Come hungry, you'll leave full.
We had a fantastic private tour around the Deira Souks with our wonderful guide Saqlain. He gave us local and historical information and we sampled lots of delicious local cuisine. Our tour also included the water taxi over to Bur Dubai. We really enjoyed the afternoon and highly recommend the experience.
Was a great local tour of traditional Dubai and Sarfar was a great guide and very knowlwdgeable. I would recommend this tour to all who come to Dubai who want to leave the beaches of Palm Jumeirah!
Mansoor Ali was our guide and he took us to the most amazing places to eat, we experienced authentic and local foods that we would otherwise never found on our own. He navigated us through the markets and informed us on what should be the right prices. Food again was amazing!! I recommend highly.
This food tour was exactly what we were looking for, our guide Mansoor Ali was knowledgeable and fun… he was easy to talk to and brought us to all his favorite spots - we had an amazing time…. I would recommend it for anyone coming to Dubai :-)
Great tour. Delicious and abundant food. Perfect amount of information about Dubai and the UAE. We would highly recommend
This was more of a city choice than a food tour. We only stopped at three food experiences. But we did get to see a spice store. I also thought you’re supposed to be part of a small group and it ended up being a solo tour, which is not what I expected.
Mansoor was a wonderful host and guide. He took us to several excellent food places and we tried many delicious things. He is charming and very kind. He told us a lot about the culture and history and it was very informative. We had a delightful time. I would recommend this tour. Bring an appetite
We had an incredible time! Our guide was friendly and up positive. Suqlain even tailored the experience to some of our preferences for foods to try that we had heard of. Overall we felt we got a great taste of Dubai from a local’s perspective. We left with absolutely full stomachs. I would highly recommend this experience.
The guide was very nice… but the “restaurants” were not good. We love a good hole in the wall, which these all were, but there was not one food item that anyone in our group enjoyed. It was heavy on the fried food, and the first restaurant wasn’t even Emirati or Arab, it was Indian, which was not what we were looking for. We’ve been on food tours all over the world, this was incredibly overpriced and not even good. I’m guessing the actual food cost about 10-15% of what we paid. Very sad.
An amazing and delicious tour! We loved all the food and walking tour. Was very informative. We highly recommend our guide. Very flexible and informative.
What a fun and memorable experience exploring the sights and tastes of Bur Dubai! Our guide was knowledgable, friendly and helpful! We loved the pani puri, chai and falafel wraps the most! Our kids (age 13 and 10) enjoyed the experience too! We would highly recommend it!
This was a wonderful tour with a variety of different food and drinks to try. My tour guide Suqlain navigated the busy streets and markets to get us through the crowded areas easily. I loved everything that he ordered for us and you could tell it was from the better restaurants and shops in the areas. Suqlain shared so many facts around the UAE and answered all of my questions. A very nice Emirati couple even ordered us extra coffee and desserts after asking where I was from. The private water taxi was also a highlight to cross from one souk to another. A wonderful experience to go through an area I wouldn’t have been able to easily navigate on my own.
Very great tour with amazing food! Good variety of food and drinks to taste. Also very nice to see the old town and hear some facts about Dubai.
This was a truly wonderful experience. Furqan was An amazing guide, interesting, knowledgeable and kind. Highly recommended!
Furquan is a yung but export guide, He very Kindly and frendly !! He know a lots informations about Dubai ..very intresting and I absolutely recommend he
Such a great food and cultural tour. Suiklan was a wonderful guide and went above and beyond for us. Word of warning-pace yourselves! There was so much food that we were stuffed! And all so delicious. Loved trying restaurants that we wouldn’t have tried otherwise. Thanks!!
Our guide did a tremendous job showing us around Dubai. He was very kind and had fun with our group. He seemed to know everything about Dubai, Pakistan, India, and even the United States. I highly recommend him!
Only had a limited time when doing a layover, but got to see a ton of beautiful sites. Was super easy to get around and understand what he was saying. Would definitely book again when we have more time.
Suqlain offered a fantastic tour around Dubai. He met us at the correct location with a smile and had a broad knowledge not only on the food of Dubai, but also its general history. I would highly recommend this tour for anyone visiting Dubai as it gives you an insight into life as a local. We sampled a huge amount of food and did not leave hungry.
A fantastic and flavourful tour which captures perfectly the varied cultures woven into the fabric of diverse Dubai. I enjoyed it greatly. My tour guide Taimoor and his colleague were lovely guys, very professional and knowledgeable. They worked around the best time for me to meet and also took my vegetarian dietary requirements into consideration which was appreciated. I highly recommend their tours!
We had an amazing food tour with Pamour. We sampled a wide range of street food. Highly recommend Panour”s tour.
There were 5 different foods which were given to us. We enjoyed the wide range of foods given. Very happy that they accommodated our dietary restrictions. Guide was knowledgeable. Food was given to us in abundance!!!! Would recommend to all.
The tour was great. Very informative, fun, and tasty! The tour was at least 2 hrs. The tasting had more than 10 tastings. Great customer service! I recommend this tour to families.
We had an amazing guide by the name of Suqli for our street food tour and he took very good care of us. We started by learning the history of Dubai near the Dubai Museum and continued to the markets where we saw spices, textiles and jewelry. The food we tried was amazing and the chai tea was phenomenal. If you are looking for a great guide please request Suquil, you won't be disappointed!!!!
We had a fantastic experience learning about the history of Dubai and the UAE while having some fantastic local food at restaurants that we would never have found on our own. Was a great choice to do on our first day here!
Our guide was amazing and knowledgeable. We learned alot about the history of UAE and Emirati culture. As for the food it was filling and tasty. This is a tour you should not miss and want be disappointed.
A lot of delicious local and good food and a very friendly guide. Higly recommend to everyone. Thanks!
Start of the tour whereby the guide explained the history of Dubai and UAE was good at the bastakya. But then he guided to local shop for shopping, which was not included in the local street food experience. Then walked through the creek, explained about the rulers Court, etc which was fine. Problem started from here till the end. During the rest of 1.5 hrs, we spent in Old Dubai area tasting Indian/Pakistani Street food and not the snacks from Emiratis as mentioned in the tour program. We did not even see the Falafel, Afghanistan Bread nor Kunafas. This mis alignment of tour description and the real tour program confused me. Requested a refund of 70% of the fee as this mismatch was not clearly explained in advance but only got 3 dollars refunded without any pre-concurrence. I cannot recommend this tour to anyone. Please avoid.
This was a great experience and I learned so much about the food, culture and history of Dubai. Waseem was very knowledgeable and engaging throughout the entire tour. Never a dull moment and the food was great. My favorite was the Samosa. I highly recommend this tour with Waseem for future travelers.
Suqlain is an excellent host and we enjoy every minute of the tour. The food, the history, the streets; everything was perfect.
This was great tour I joined recently. Ali was great in explaining the history of Dubai and keeping us entertained on the tour the entire time. There a few area's this tour can improve and be even better. The guide should do a better job in explaining what are about to eat and the origins of it. Why certain restaurants were picked over the similar ones. I also think it should end with some sort of desert/sweet as a couple of the dishes had a bit of a kick to them. Finally there should be some sort email or recap of the restaurants we visited and what we ate so we can order again ourselves. In saying all this, I highly recommend this tour.
The street food tour of Dubai was a highlight of our recent trip. Our guide took us around the old city and gave us a feel for the culture and history of the area before taking us to a number of wonderful places to eat. Our tour was during Ramadan, so things weren't as crowded as normal which is nice if you are looking for a quieter tour. Our guide took the time to give us directions for our return using the subway as well as recommendations for other sites to visit in the city. Highly recommend to anyone traveling to Dubai.
We really loved our food tour of Bur Dubai. Our tour included a lot of history of Dubai. I had been to Dubai about 6 times, just passing through, I learnt a lot this time around. Note: Don’t eat or fill up on beer at least 2-3 hours prior. There is so much food to consume and you don’t want to ruin your appetite :-) Great tour!
Our guide Ali was very kind and enjoyed lots of local food while learning about Dubai’s history! I was guided to a point where it was difficult to get in alone, and it was a very valuable experience. Thank you, Ali.
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