Best Food Tours with Locals in Rome — Our Top 7

1.Rome: Street Food Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 4,077 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $53Our pick

Spend 2.5 hours walking through Campo dei Fiori and Rome’s Jewish Quarter with an English-speaking guide such as Mattia, Francesca, or Marco. Try five tastings, including pizza, supplì, cured meats, wine, beer, and gelato, while learning about landmarks such as the Portico of Octavia and Turtle Fountain.

“our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. The four was delicious and allowed us to visit places we were not aware of. Great tour! We highly recommend it!”

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2.Rome Street Food Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,361 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $54Top rated

Start beneath Giordano Bruno in Campo de’ Fiori and spend 2.5 hours tasting Roman specialties with a local guide. Expect cheese, cured meats, pizza, suppli, pastries, seasonal produce, wine, beer, and gelato, with stops around the Jewish Ghetto, Teatro di Marcello, and Largo Argentina. Morning tours include the market.

“Perfect amount of food and history even for two teenagers!! Amazing value. Great variety of traditional foods.”

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3.Rome Food Tour & Wine: Trastevere & Campo de’ Fiori Like a Local

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 246 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $91

Follow a local English-speaking guide through Campo de' Fiori and Trastevere for a full Roman meal in about three hours. Try fried hake, supplì, Amatriciana, cacio e pepe, porchetta, pizza bianca, wine, beer, and gelato. Guides including Annamaria, Marco, Ilaria, Eduardo, and Paola bring food, neighborhood stories, and Roman customs to life.

“Great time! Valentina was an excellent guide. Great way to get to different parts of city and get a better feel of how people live. And the food was excellent.”

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4.Trastevere Like a Local Food Tour with 7+ Food Tastings & Wines

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 245 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $130

Spend about 3.5 hours eating through Trastevere with a guide such as Rocio, Rosie, Roberto, or Claudia G. Expect seven or more tastings, including fried zucchini flowers, artichokes, porchetta, two Roman pastas, gelato, DOP Prosecco, and local wine, plus neighborhood stories and plenty of walking.

“Our guide was great! She took us the several restaurants where we sampled Roman specialties. She made certain we got to try the fried artichoke and fried zucchini flowers and also some authentic gelato. We left happy and full! Oh- and you will also get some delicious wine and beer. This was a great way to spend our first evening in Rome.”

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5.Rome: The Ultimate Trastevere Food Tour with a Local

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 114 reviews · 3 hours · from $62

Start near Trattoria Sora Lella and follow an English- or Italian-speaking guide through Trastevere and the Jewish Quarter. You’ll visit about five local food stops for biscuits, cheeses, cured meats, supplì, savory maritozzo, carbonara, wine, and gelato. Guides such as Mauro, Barbara, Carla, and Alessia add neighborhood stories and practical dining tips.

“The food was excellent and we sampled a nice variety of items that were very tasty. The guide was knowledgeable and very informative.”

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6.Rome: Private Food Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 46 reviews · from $206

Spend three hours eating through Rome with a private English-speaking guide. You’ll try 10 savory, sweet, and drink tastings, including buffalo mozzarella and gelato, while walking past Sisto Bridge, Piazza Trilussa, Farnese Palace, and Santa Maria in Trastevere. Guides such as Roberta, Gabriele, Eleonora, Yanira, and Margherita have led this route.

“Our tour with Eleonora in Central Rome was fantastic. Her knowledge of the food in the area, as well as the history of the city was incredible. The 3 hours went by quickly and the food was amazing. We highly recommend Eleonora as a guide!”

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7.Rome: Vegan Street Food Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 37 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $93

Join Roman vegan guide Arianna Bonardi for a 2.5-hour walk from Sant’Andrea della Valle through Campo de’ Fiori and the Jewish Quarter. You’ll taste plant-based supplì, Roman pizza, carciofo alla giudia, and dairy-free gelato, with practical advice on ordering vegan food in traditional Roman restaurants.

“It was amazing! Ariana was super nice and chatty, she took us to a lot of places we would never go alone, we lernt a lot about roman culture and food. Really recommend!”

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