Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food
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Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food
By Your Friend In Reykjavik
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Avoid the tourist traps, and dive right into the authentic local food scene by going on this food lovers tour in Reykjavik. It’s a great way to expand your knowledge of local Icelandic cuisine, and get top restaurant recommendations too. Highlights include visiting the city’s oldest restaurant, going to a gastropub, and trying a variety of local dishes such as lamb soup, lobster soup, and skyr dessert.
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$125.27
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$125.27
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Ages 0-99, max of 12 per group
Duration: 150–180 minutes
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Highlights
- Get an insider’s guide to Reykjavik’s diverse food scene
- A fun and fuss-free tour with all tastings included
- Lots of variety—including Icelandic lamb soup, and skyr yoghurt
- Put away your map and enjoy having a guide to navigate
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Beverages
- Food tasting
- Professional guide
- We end our food journey together with an Icelandic drink
What's not included- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Departure details
- Ingólfur Square, Austurstræti 4 101, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland We meet up at Ingolfstorg Square in the center of Reykjavik by the two stone high seat pillars (Over 2 meters high), The square is at the beginning of Austurstræti (Austurstræti 1) and is squared off by the streets Aðalstræti, Hafnarstræti, Veltusund, and Vallarstræti. If you walk down Laugavegur (The main shopping street) please just continue all the way down until you come to the square always walking straight down until you can't continue further. On the Ingolfur square itself, you can see Kvosin a small grocery market and finally Center Hotel Plaza. We recommend for people to use Google Maps or something similiar because the Icelandic street names can be tricky :).
Return details- Returns to original departure point
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 42496P1- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- A maximum of 12 people per booking
- Please be at Ingolfur Square 5 minutes before the starting time
- Most travelers can participate
- We do try our best to accommodate dietary restrictions & allergies
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- A note from Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food
- Travelers and locals are encouraged to practice social distancing, wash and disinfect hands regularly, and maintain a 2-meter distance from others when possible. Iceland’s Chief Epidemiologist has not recommended the use of masks in public. We only have a handful of active infections in Iceland.
What you can expect during your visit- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Face masks provided for travelers
Community- Safety precautions are provided by the property and are not checked by Tripadvisor for accuracy.
- How much is Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food?
- Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food price starts from $124.47. Discover and book Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food on Tripadvisor
- What is the Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food cancellation policy?
- Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food on Tripadvisor
- Which company provides Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food?
- Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food is hosted by Your Friend In Reykjavik. Read reviews, discover additonal experiences or contact Your Friend In Reykjavik on Tripadvisor. Discover and book Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food on Tripadvisor
- How much time do I need for Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food?
- On average, this experience will take approximately 2h 30m. Discover and book Reykjavik Food Lovers Tour - Icelandic Traditional Food on Tripadvisor
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 42496P1
Itinerary
- You'll start atIngólfur SquareAusturstræti 4 101, 101 Reykjavík, IcelandWe meet up at Ingolfstorg Square in the center of Reykjavik by the two stone high seat pillars (Over 2 meters high), The square is at the beginning of Austurstræti (Austurstræti 1) and is squared off by the streets Aðalstræti, Hafnarstræti, Veltusund, and Vallarstræti. If you walk down Laugavegur (The main shopping street) please just continue all the way down until you come to the square always walking straight down until you can't continue further. On the Ingolfur square itself, you can see Kvosin a small grocery market and finally Center Hotel Plaza. We recommend for people to use Google Maps or something similiar because the Icelandic street names can be tricky :).See address & details
- 1Your Friend In ReykjavikStop: 5 minutesSee details
- 2ReykjavikStop: 25 minutesSee details
- 3Bæjarins Beztu PylsurStop: 15 minutesSee details
- 4ReykjavikStop: 10 minutesSee details
- 5Icelandic Bar (Islenski Barinn)Stop: 40 minutesSee details
- 6Café LokiStop: 45 minutesSee details
- 7KolaportiðStop: 30 minutesSee details
- You'll return to the starting point
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susanhG9053LI
00Great experience!
Our guide Stefan was knowledgeable and interesting! We learned so much about the city, past and present. Highly rec…
Travelling_withangel
00Amazing tour
This has been one of the best tours ever! Gadar is extremely knowledgeable and kind, funny, helpful and easy going…
corredora73
00Truly authentic Iceland food!
Olí was great! Authentic cuisine, including a quick trip thru the grocery store to show us additional local snacks…
aconway98
00High yield and fun! Felt like a tour from a friend :)
Snaesa gave such an awesome tour of Reykjavik!! 10/10 would recommend her. If I come back to Iceland, I plan on see…
Julia J
00Good choice!
We really enjoyed our tour with Ghafdar (this is defo the wrong spelling - Mr Williamson!) He gave us a great potte…
Christopher Z
00Awesome Food Tour.
We do food tours whenever possible when visiting a new country. This food tour in Reykjavik was awesome. We had a…
PFS111
00Great for your first day in the city
It is a great tour for your first day in Reykjavik to get the lay of the land. It's not deep enough to spend too mu…
R3592YKannw
00Expensive and very disappointing
Was really unsure about booking this as I don't eat meat but was assured there were always vegetarian options. The …
seashellsherrin
00A Good 1st Day Excursion
I booked this walk on our day of arrival so I would have an overview of Reykjavik for the rest of our stay. Our gu…
bhuelbig
00Neil made it memorable
This was the first thing I did after arriving in Reykjavik. Neil, our guide, gave me a great introduction to the …
K6678NTchrisb
00A great 101 to Reykjavik and Iceland
Taking inspiration from others, this tour was booked as our first activity after arriving into Iceland and we delig…
rholmes39
00How did they know it's an elf rock?
We have done walking tours in the city before and while this was a nice complement to what we have already done I w…
V9533QYemilyp
00Brilliant evening
Absolutely brilliant tour. Really interesting mix of history and folk tales. It was great to walk round the city to…
583eleanorj
00Lovely guide we really enjoyed it!!
Brilliant tour on our first day in Iceland, our tour guy Stefan was really helpful and knowledgeable. Took us to so…
Billiam74
00Great Guide and Cool Beers!
The guide was great especially since there were lots of no shows and he took me on the tour regardless! Learned a l…
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Eric D
1 contribution
Sep 2022 • Couples
Great tour overall. Ester really made this tour what it was and my wife & I really liked that she incorporated some memories of her own youth, along with some non-food highlights along the route (buildings, streets, places she would recommend seeing, etc.). We also liked the food selections - offerings that were traditional Icelandic - the lamb meat soup, the fish soup, fin whale, even the traditional fermented shark. This is also the first food tour we’ve been on where the tour guide offered to take, and securely share, pictures from the tour with us.
Written September 18, 2022
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Kristin B
Milwaukee, WI9 contributions
Dec 2022
Overall a very nice tour
PROS
* Excellent variety of food. We had some new Icelandic favorites along with some traditional foods. Everything was very authentically Icelandic.
* Very knowledgeable tour guide. She knew her way around the city. She stopped at a few points of interest along the way and gave us some additional knowledge, and was very friendly with a good sense of humor.
* Plenty of space in restaurants. My husband and I have been on several food tours, and often times you are crammed into a space that doesn't really fit the group well. We did not have this problem at all. It was quite refreshing to see restaurants providing ample space to sit and enjoy
* Plenty of time was allotted for each stop. The entire food tour was several hours long, and we had plenty of time to enjoy food at each stop, ask questions, and socialize.
CONS
* The starting location seemed quite random. We started in an area full of restaurants, yet the first restaurant we stopped at was a 10 minute walk away from the starting point
* It was quite a lot of walking. While it was nice to see so much of the city, it was a very cold day and would have been nice to know we were going to cover such a large area on foot
PROS
* Excellent variety of food. We had some new Icelandic favorites along with some traditional foods. Everything was very authentically Icelandic.
* Very knowledgeable tour guide. She knew her way around the city. She stopped at a few points of interest along the way and gave us some additional knowledge, and was very friendly with a good sense of humor.
* Plenty of space in restaurants. My husband and I have been on several food tours, and often times you are crammed into a space that doesn't really fit the group well. We did not have this problem at all. It was quite refreshing to see restaurants providing ample space to sit and enjoy
* Plenty of time was allotted for each stop. The entire food tour was several hours long, and we had plenty of time to enjoy food at each stop, ask questions, and socialize.
CONS
* The starting location seemed quite random. We started in an area full of restaurants, yet the first restaurant we stopped at was a 10 minute walk away from the starting point
* It was quite a lot of walking. While it was nice to see so much of the city, it was a very cold day and would have been nice to know we were going to cover such a large area on foot
Written January 6, 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Peter R
7 contributions
Jul 2022
Ester E was a fun guide for our walking tour of Icelandic food in Reykjavik. She convinced all (well, most) of us to try the grilled whale as well as the marinated shark. She was right on point as the whale was delicious (sea beef). The shark, well, it wasn’t as nasty as she warned us. But the whole experience was a joy. Highly recommend for first time visitors to Reykjavik.
Written July 19, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
BRIAN G
Liverpool, UK27 contributions
We thoroughly enjoyed this 2 hour tour. Our guide Olafurson (sorry if I've got that wrong) was very knowledgeable and his relaxed personality really put us at ease as we were the only 2 people on the tour. Also on the tour was a lady called (I think) Anna who was very friendly and engaging. The tour started off at Seabaron with a wonderful lobster soup and a sample of whale steak. Next was the famous hot dog stand followed by a restaurant near the pond where we had lamb soup and smoked lamb. At our final venue we had fish stew ice cream and the dreaded fermented shark, which was not as bad as expected. All finished off with a shot of Brennivin. Can highly recommend this tour!
Written November 20, 2022
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Carmen F
2 contributions
We had this tour on our first day in Reykjavik. Our guide Printiss was amazing. She walked us through some of the major highlights in the city and talked about Reykjaviks and Icelands history as well as a little folklore. It gave us a great intro to our vacation in the land of ice and fire and insight into their culture, politics and way of life. Some of the stops were interests points that we later came back to to get the full experience. If it hadnt been for the tour's introduction we wouldnt have ventured so much into the city on our own. We loved it and cannot recommend it enough.
Written October 2, 2022
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Galooba
Huntsville, AL359 contributions
Sep 2022
After meeting at a convenient town square in the center of the city, our small group of 8 sampled a variety of foods at different locations within a comfortable walking distance from one another over the course of nearly three hours. Educational, fun and delicious. The tour helped us get our bearings for further explorations on our own. Our young knowledgeable guide made it a memorable time. An unexpected bonus was receiving some photos and recipes afterwards.
Written September 12, 2022
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Matt
1 contribution
Aug 2021 • Solo
The food and restaurant selections were disappointing. One of the four stop was the "famous" hot dog stand for a hot dog. The last restaurant was out of one of the components of the tasting, and the first served the wrong item. The 10 items mentioned in the description must have included each individual bite.
The guide was uninspired and wasn't able to answer questions about Icelandic beer.
While some of the issues may have been a bad day, the hot dog was an absurd inclusion in the itinerary.
The guide was uninspired and wasn't able to answer questions about Icelandic beer.
While some of the issues may have been a bad day, the hot dog was an absurd inclusion in the itinerary.
Written August 13, 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Clare B
3 contributions
We absolutely loved this tour! Our tour guide Oli was knowledgeable and friendly and made sure we all had a great time. My personal favourites were the Whale Steak, the hot dog and rye bread ice cream! Everything was tasty though so it was hard to pick favourites! I thought this was expensive when I booked it, but you are very well fed so it's definitely worth it. We did this tour on our first full day and it's a great way to explore the city. Definitely go on this tour if you're visiting Reykjavik.
Written March 14, 2023
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Iris Michelle
2 contributions
Jan 2023
My husband and I had a wonderful experience on the food tour! Our guide Victor was incredibly insightful and knowledgeable about each restaurant and food that we tried. Everything was also delicious and displayed a great variety of food that Iceland has to offer. We would definitely go on this tour again!
Written January 16, 2023
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Allison C
1 contribution
It was great to have the chance to sample a wide array of traditional Icelandic foods. The guide also provided helpful information about the sights around the city as we were walking around. We got to try small portions of many things, including some very unusual (from our perspective) cuisine. Depending on your preference, this could be a positive thing or a negative. I loved the chance to try lots of things and preferred that to having a larger portion of fewer items. I also enjoy trying "weird" foods. My husband, who is not as much of a foodie, struggled more and did not much enjoy the experience.
Written February 6, 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
I have Celiac Disease so can't eat gluten. Are any of the foods gluten-free?
Lesley M
Bridgwater, UK162 contributions
You really need to ask the Tour Company. They were amazing and I’m sure they would try their best to accommodate you
Catherine W
Portland, OR1 contribution
Will a vegetarian have options on this tour?
Jason E
Victorville, CA
Honestly. not a vegetarian friendly selection here, as it is tasting of specific local fare and traditional Icelandic delicacies; mostly seafood and lamb.
Hello. I'm a total foodie, but I don't eat red meat (beef/lamb), pork, or shellfish. This may be a disadvantage in Iceland, and I can always just skip those parts. My question is... is it possible to have alternatives for people with food sensitivities, or would that guest just not eat at that stop?
Stevi S
6 contributions
I cant answer your question about alternatives, but here is a list of what we had. These may not be the same options on every tour, but just an example of the stops:
Stop 1:
-lobster soup
-whale steak
Stop 2:
-hot dog
Stop 3:
-lamb stew
-smoked lamb
Stop 4:
-plokkfiskur
-fermented shark
-smoked arctic char
-"crepe"
-rye bread ice cream
jhustwitt
Greater London, UK
Hi. Are there alternative food samples provided for those with allergies (like Coeliacs) or is all the food provided safe for those will allergies / intolerances (e.g. no peanuts, gluten) ?
Eastham75
Clacton-on-Sea, UK63 contributions
I Have just book the trip for myself and my wife for Wednesday the 11th December but I haven't received email confirmation, how do I contact the organizers my CC has been debited.
Diane P
East Lothian, UK2 contributions
Hi, have you managed to get hold of them?
Do you visit landmarks and give a briefing on history of Iceland throughout your tour?
Joan S
Dix Hills, New York, United States24 contributions
The oldest hotdog stand. Not landmarks, but we did learn some history of the food.
Harry
28 contributions
When the time of departure? Can I request at 12.00? I will arrive at 11th November..
paperweight811
Angola, IN93 contributions
You will just have to ask them.
Sara
Horsham, UK4 contributions
Does the tour include alcoholic drinks
tonylchang
San Francisco, CA2 contributions
At the end, our tour guide bought everyone an alcoholic drink. Other beverages throughout the tour were non-alcoholic.
Amélie T
Lyon, France13 contributions
Hello, Can you confirm the appointement at 5pm? Thanks for your reply
Amélie T
Lyon, France13 contributions
We have eaten so much!
if I remember correctly, 7 dishes and 1 drink:
Maquareux, lamb soup, fish and chips, hot dog, shark, whale, lobster soup and skir!
Sometimes a complete dish sometimes just tasting, but all very rich and representative of their specialties
we ate well and enjoyed the little tour of the center with the guide, with whom we could discuss the whole evening
Enjoy!
