Where to Eat in Singapore: the 15 Best Food Tours

1.Small Group: Michelin and Local Hawker Food Tour with 9 tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,890 reviews · from $79Our pick

Follow an English-speaking guide through Chinatown, Maxwell Food Centre, South Bridge Road, and Sago Street for 9 to 10 hawker tastings. Expect generous portions, local drinks, cultural stories, and stops connected to Michelin Guide and Bib Gourmand stalls. Guides may include Vincent, Lisa, William, Swee Lin, Jon, or Rui Heng.

“Great tour by Big Jon through multiple hawker centres in Chinatown. Well prepared, diverse and interesting selections, with cultural insights. Highly recommend!”

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2.Small Group: Singapore Street Food & Night Tour with 9 tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,240 reviews · from $79

Start near Clarke Quay at 6 pm for bak kut teh, Indian specialties, and more local tastes. Walk past Boat Quay, Fullerton Hotel, Merlion Park, Clifford Pier, and Marina Bay before finishing at Lau Pa Sat. Guides such as Ping, Jeffery, Linda, and Heng add food stories and Singapore history. Expect 3.5 hours and moderate walking.

“Nice walking experience. I did not really enjoy the various foods. We had over 10 in our group. Some members were a bit greedy with the family style plates.”

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3.The Award-Winning PRIVATE Food Tour: 10 Tastings of 3 Cultures

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,017 reviews · from $152

Spend about three hours with a private local foodie guide such as Marcus, Arthur, or John, sampling Malay, Chinese, and Indian dishes in Kampong Gelam, Little India, and Chinatown. Expect 10 food and drink tastings, neighborhood history, and help with dietary needs. Tastings are small, but the total meal is generous.

“We did this food tour as a family on our first trip to Singapore. Guide messaged beforehand to confirm where we wanted to go and any dietary restrictions, I made sure to tell him I was gluten free but was happy to miss out on a few options, I Read more”

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4.Singapore: Chinese, Indian & Arabic Quarters, Culture & Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 789 reviews · from $148

Spend about 5.5 hours with local guide Gerry exploring Chinatown, Little India, and Kampong Glam. Eat generously at UNESCO-listed hawker centres, visit the Sultan Mosque area, learn how Singapore’s cultures grew, and use public transport between districts. The tour costs $148 and welcomes no more than eight people.

“This was honestly one of the best food tours I’ve ever done. We saw a lot of different places and dishes in a relatively short time, but it never felt rushed. What really made the difference was the amount of background information — not juRead more”

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5.Singapore: UNESCO Street Food & Cultural Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 524 reviews · from $161

Spend about five and a half hours with Gerry, a Singaporean guide who leads a small group through Chinatown, Kampong Gelam, and Little India. Taste hawker-center dishes shaped by Chinese, Malay, and Indonesian cooking, with drinks, beer, hotel transfers where available, and practical MRT and bus guidance included.

“Gerry was the man! 10 out of 10, definitely recommend. The food was amazing, but the history he provided was just as good! Had a great time, do it if you are on the fence!”

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6.Singapore: Guided Street Food Tour at Night

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 393 reviews · 3h 30m · from $72

Join an English-speaking guide such as Ping, Heng, Linda, or Jeffrey for a 210-minute evening walk from Clarke Quay to Lau Pa Sat. You will try 9 to 10 local dishes and drinks at several food stops, hear stories about Singapore, and finish with satay beneath the city skyline. Expect moderate walking, fixed food choices, and a group of up to 10 people.

“It was a great tour with a lots of information about life in Singapore. It is a brilliant idea everyone to have a wireless earphone (provided by the tour) so we could hear Heng, our tour guide in the noise of the city even if we stopped for a picture while the group went on so we didn't have to run and stay around him to hear everything. 5* for that on it's own! Heng was brilliant, he really tried hard to make it a memorable tour and shared his local knowledge. And we actually used it the next day, so made our stay in Singapore easier. We stopped 3…”

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7.Singapore: Foodie Experience Guided Tour with 5 Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 291 reviews · 3 hours · from $63Best value

Start at 69 Pagoda Street with an English-speaking guide such as Kim, Grace, Sam, or Hui. Taste bakkwa, hawker dishes, Michelin-starred soya sauce chicken rice, drinks, and dessert while walking through Chinatown and the Chinatown Complex. Small groups and private tours are available.

“It was a great introduction to the city and the food. Kim was so knowledgeable and friendly - it ended up being just my husband and I which was so great. Kim really was able to explain so much of what we saw and had to eat. We loved everything from the kopi to the chicken and rice. this is a great activity to do the first day you're in Singapore and ask for Kim if you can!”

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8.Singapore: Private Food Tour – 10 Tastings with Locals

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 194 reviews · 3 hours · from $160

Follow a local guide through Kampong Glam, Little India, and Chinatown for 10 food and drink tastings, including teh tarik and rojak. Expect a small group of up to eight, short MRT rides, cultural stories, and generous portions. Guides such as Marcus, Arthur, Jack, and Grayson are praised for making the food, history, and local customs easy to understand.

“Chingmeng was excellent! He not introduced us to some delicious food, but his knowledge of Singapore and its history was wonderful.”

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9.Singapore: Local Hawker Food Tour with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 181 reviews · 3 hours · from $72

Meet your English-speaking guide at Chinatown MRT, then taste 9 to 10 local dishes and drinks at Hong Lim Market, Maxwell Food Centre, and nearby Chinatown stalls. Guides such as William, Richard, Swee Lin, and Jon add food stories, cultural context, and practical tips. Expect a filling morning, outdoor walking, and fixed menu choices.

“Good experience. Assortment of stops and food tastings was great. It was nice that they had another person go ahead of the group to secure food and seating at each stop. The only area for improvement was our guide. Very nice and thorough, but she spoke really fast and not loud enough to really understand what she was trying to share with us about Hawker culture and the food. Besides that, great time.”

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10.Singapore: Chinatown Hawker Guided 8-Dish Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 41 reviews · 3 hours · from $86

Spend three hours walking Chinatown with an English-speaking guide such as Alfie, Corliss, Weng, or Yap, tasting eight local dishes beyond the famous Michelin stalls. Expect chicken rice, local coffee, spring rolls, fried carrot cake, and stories about Singaporean food and culture. Come hungry. This tour requires at least two participants.

“One of the best experiences I’ve had traveling. Alfie was amazing - knowledgeable, funny, answered all of my questions. I couldn’t recommend this tour more!!”

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11.Singapore: Local Street Food Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 36 reviews · 3 hours · from $150

Spend three hours walking through Singapore’s Kampong Glam, Little India, and Chinatown with a private English-speaking guide. You’ll taste nine local specialties at hawker centers and neighborhood eateries, ride the MRT, and hear the stories behind the food and immigrant communities. Hotel pickup and drop-off are optional.

“Our guide was absolutely wonderful, very knowledgeable and so pleasant to be around. The places he showed us and the information gave us not only a better idea of the local foods, but also this vibrant city with its different cultures and influences. It was the very best tour we had in a long time. 12/10*”

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12.Personalised 3in1 Food Tour: 3 Cultural Trails of Singapore

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 35 reviews · 5 hours · from $150

Spend five hours with a small group of up to 10 people, moving through Little India, Kampong Glam, and Chinatown. Your guide, such as Kelvin, Ronnie, Jeanette, or Monica, leads you to temples, markets, murals, and 9 to 10 local dishes, including one alcoholic drink. Expect plenty of walking, hawker-centre waits, and a generous introduction to Singaporean food and culture.

“This tour was amazing, I cannot recommend it enough. I had my tour guide Monika (apologies if I spelt this wrong) all to myself for five hours. She was lovely and very caring. We wandered Little India Kampong Glam and Chinatown on foot and travelled by bus and MRT and I got to experience tastes and places I would not have found on my own. Please do not eat before you start the tour as you will be tasting so many lovely foods and drinks. I did not want it to end.”

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13.Singapore: Little India Hawker Street Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 27 reviews · 3 hours · from $86

Meet your English-speaking guide at Little India MRT Exit C for a three-hour food walk through hawker centres and side streets. You’ll taste eight dishes, including Indian rojak, thosai, and pani puri, while guides such as Kyanta Yap and Corliss share local stories, street art, and neighborhood life.

“The information from the guide was great but we expected more diversity with the food. We arrived early and the guide accommodated us no problem.”

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14.Singapore: Hawker Culture Food Tour and Sightseeing

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 23 reviews · from $64

Spend three evening hours with an English-speaking guide such as Grace, Kim Ping, or Kim Petri, tracing Chinatown’s immigrant story, sampling local food at Lau Pa Sat, riding the MRT, and watching Spectra at Marina Bay Sands. Expect walking, shared food choices, and no hotel pickup.

“Our tour guide, Kim, was sensational. Very knowledgeable and open to all our questions. Terrific insight, and an overall excellent tour. Thank you!”

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15.Street Food, Cultural & Historical Tour of 3 Ethnic Quarters

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 23 reviews · 6 hours · from $148

Spend six hours with Gerry, a Singapore-born Chinese Peranakan guide, visiting Chinatown, Little India, and Kampong Glam. Ride public transport between districts, browse markets and shophouses, hear stories of immigrant life, and taste local food and drinks at hawker centres and family-run eateries. The small group is limited to eight people.

“We did a cultural food tour with Gerry. A wonderful experience with a small group and lots of food to try. Our guide is from Singapore and knows many historical details. Showing pictures from the past at various locations really gave us an idea about how Singapore has changed an how several historical locations are maintained for the future. The food choice is great! Tried many new dishes and saw the markets where the ingredients are sold. I would recommend this tour to anyone who is interested in food and history of Asia and Singapore specifically.”

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