Mumbai Street Food Tour

Highlights

Discover where locals eat with off-the-beaten-track stops
Learn about the city's melting-pot culinary culture
Explore less-visited Mumbai neighborhoods with a local guide

Summary

After meeting your guide and small group at Churchgate railway station, you’ll head out on your culinary adventure. Head first to Chowpatty Beach, where you’ll munch on classic local snacks like bhel puri (puffed rice in a tangy tamarind sauce) and pav bhaji (a spicy, mashed vegetable mix). You’ll escape the tourist track and see under-the-radar sights along the way, from the bustling back alleys of Minara Masjid to the Muslim enclave of Bhendi Bazaar. Taste the kebabs sizzling on streetside grills and meet the beloved vendors who specialize in serving up traditional dishes. Your last stop will be a century-old sweet shop, where you’ll get a chance to satisfy your sweet tooth with hand-churned ice cream and the syrupy, deep-fried drizzles of flour known as jalebi.

Tour info

Duration

3 hours 30 minutes

Why take this tour?

Mumbai—formerly known as Bombay—is India’s most vibrant and populous city, cherished around the world for its delicious street-food specialties. But it can be hard to know where to go if you haven’t spent much time there. During this off-the-beaten-track culinary tour of South Mumbai, you’ll get a taste of iconic, sweet and savory snacks while discovering the city’s less-visited sights. A small group size means plenty of personal attention.

What’s included?

Local guide
Dinner, snacks and drinks as per tour itinerary
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities

Things to know

Before you book

Duration: 3h 30m
Mobile tickets accepted
Instant confirmation

Covid Policy

Regular temperature checks for staff
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operator Website

Operated by:

Reality Tours and Travel

About operator:

Reality Tours and Travel is a responsible tour operator providing fun and authentic experiences around India. We invest 80% of our profits back into the communities we visit through our NGO Reality Gives. We are especially well known for our educational Dharavi Slum Tour that shows visitors the industrial and residential areas of one of Asia’s largest slums, located in the heart of Mumbai. We also offer city, village, multi-day and customized tours and we recently expanded to New Delhi and the Sanjay Colony Slum. Our tours educate visitors about the issues as well as opportunities in slums and hopes to encourage them to understand underprivileged communities better. We use 80% of the tour profits and 100% of merchandise profits to fund our sister-NGO Reality Gives that runs and supports a variety of programs in Dharavi and Sanjay Colony. Our goal is to provide authentic and though-provoking local experiences through our tours and to use the profits to create change in our communities. Our vision is a world where all tourism promotes cross-cultural understanding and local development. Our NGO, Reality Gives, provides young people in the local community with high quality education and experiences to help them maximize their potential. We do this by focusing on English, Computer and Life Skills classes as well as a series of activities and workshop in expressive art and sport. We run these program out of three community centres around Dharavi.