The guide is about restaurants; this page is for the days you want the city fed to you. We haven't walked every tour ourselves, so the rule here is different and we're saying it out loud: these are the food tours whose review records are overwhelming enough to clear our bar, chosen from the evidence the same way we'd research any kitchen. No operator paid to be here.
Some links on this page may earn us a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you. That never decides what's listed. How we make money
The city's best-reviewed introduction bite by bite: herring done right, proper Gouda, stroopwafels off the iron, with the history that explains why the Dutch eat like this. Over a thousand reviews and English speakers rate it near perfect.
A local boutique outfit walking you through three neighbourhoods: artisan Gouda, stroopwafels from a 200-year-old bakery, herring, Surinamese or Indonesian comfort food, bitterballen with beer and a shot of jenever to finish. Two thousand five-star reviews and counting.
The Jordaan is the neighbourhood our second chapter is devoted to, and this tour eats through it properly: Dutch cheeses, fresh herring, bitterballen, poffertjes, in the family-run places between the canals.
De Pijp is chapter three of our guide and Amsterdam's most snackable neighbourhood. This self-guided route trades a guide for freedom: eight family-owned stops, your own tempo, and nobody rushing you away from the gelato.
For the diner who wants to know why the herring cart exists and what the VOC has to do with your rijsttafel. Eat your way through the story of how a small wet country ended up with this table.
The complete list of food tours and tastings in the city, with verified reviews and free cancellation on most. If none of our picks fit your day, the long list is here.