Food tours
An Amsterdam food tour on this site costs from $63 for a guided walk of two to three hours with ten Dutch foods paired with local drinks, up to $212 for a private three-hour tour with a local. Between them sit a 3.5-hour walk with 10 tastings at $88, rated 4.9 on 1,222 reviews, and a three-hour Jordaan walk with twelve tastings at $122. With 45 minutes instead of an afternoon, a stroopwafel workshop costs $22. Each one is led by a guide or a local host.
Quick answer
The short answer. For a first visit, book the 3.5-hour walk with 10 tastings at $88: it has the highest rating of the four walking food tours here, 4.9, and the most reviews, 1,222. On a tighter budget, Top 10 Tastes is $63 for ten foods. For the most tastings, the Jordaan walk has twelve. For your own group, the private tour with a local is $212.
What you taste
Five listings, four walks and one class. The foods named below are the ones the listings name.
None of the listings publishes a full menu, so this page does not invent one. What each description does say is specific enough to choose by.
The 3.5-hour food and culture walk has 10 tastings of classic Dutch foods and explains their history as you go, past some of the historic landmarks. It is the plainest example of an Amsterdam food and cultural tour with tastings: food and background in one afternoon.
Top 10 Tastes covers ten foods, described as sweet, savory and iconic Dutch, each paired with a local drink, on a walk along the canals. The description says three hours; the listed length is two to three.
The Jordaan walk stays in one neighbourhood and has twelve tastings, the most of any listing here. It is a special edition marking ten years of this Amsterdam food tour. The Jordaan is the one neighbourhood a listing names; none of them is set in Amsterdam East.
The private tour with a local is a three-hour walk that names street foods and hip cafés across several districts.
The stroopwafel workshop is not a walk. A local host shows you how to make Dutch XL waffles, and the class lasts 45 minutes.
The numbers
Booking a food tour in Amsterdam comes down to two divisions. Price over tastings: Top 10 Tastes works out at $6.30 per food, the 3.5-hour walk at $8.80 per tasting and the Jordaan walk at $10.17. The private tour does not publish a tasting count, so what its $212 buys is a guide for your group alone.
Price over hours: the 3.5-hour walk is $25.14 an hour, the Jordaan walk $40.67, the private tour $70.67 and the stroopwafel workshop $29.33. Top 10 Tastes runs two to three hours, so its hourly figure sits between $21.00 and $31.50.
On both measures the cheaper group walks win. The higher prices buy something specific: two more tastings in the Jordaan, or a private guide.
Every trip, current fare
The four walks and the workshop, with length, rating, reviews and cost per hour from the live listings.
| Tour | Length | Price | What you get | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 Tastes of Amsterdam: Guided Walking Food TourPaired with local drinks | 2 - 3 h | $63 | Ten iconic Dutch foods | — | 4.6 · 289 |
| Amsterdam: N°1 Food & Culture Walking Tour with 10 TastingsWalking past historic landmarks | 3.5 h | $88 | Ten tastings of Dutch foods | $25.14 | 4.9 · 1,222 |
| Amsterdam Jordaan Food Tour: 10 Year Anniversary EditionOne neighbourhood, Jordaan | 3 h | $122 | Twelve tastings | $40.67 | 4.8 · 350 |
| Amsterdam: Private Food Tour with a Local3-hour private walk | 3 h | $212 | Street foods and hip cafés | $70.67 | 4.7 · 62 |
| Amsterdam: Traditional Dutch Stroopwafel Making WorkshopLed by a local host | 45 min | $22 | Make Dutch XL waffles | $29.33 | 4.8 · 5,063 |
Which one if…
Six common situations, and the listing that fits each one on its own figures.
The 3.5-hour walk at $88: 10 tastings, the story behind each food, and the best rating of the walks, 4.9 on 1,222 reviews.
Top 10 Tastes at $63: ten foods with local drinks, 4.6 on 289 reviews.
The Amsterdam Jordaan food tour at $122: twelve tastings in one neighbourhood, 4.8 on 350 reviews.
For an Amsterdam street food tour with nobody else on it, the private tour with a local is $212 for three hours, 4.7 on 62 reviews.
The stroopwafel workshop at $22: 45 minutes, making Dutch XL waffles with a local host, 4.8 on 5,063 reviews.
The one-hour open-boat cruise at $20 includes a tasting of Dutch cheeses; it is compared with the other boats in the canal cruise guide.
Worth it?
On the figures, people who book one rate it well. The four walks hold 1,923 reviews between them at a weighted 4.83, and the stroopwafel workshop adds 5,063 more at 4.8.
Which is the best food tour Amsterdam offers on paper? Taking rating and review count together, the 3.5-hour walk: 4.9 on 1,222 reviews, the highest score on the highest count. Top 10 Tastes is the lower price with the lower rating, 4.6.
Where a tasting walk is the wrong buy: if you want a sit-down meal with courses, none of these listings describes one, and the dinner cruises on the canals are built for that. If you want the city first and food second, a walking tour covers more ground for less.
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The four food walks and the stroopwafel workshop at live prices. The last card is a 2.5-hour brewery tour, rated 4.8 on 1,087 reviews.
★ 4.9 · 1,222 reviews
★ 4.6 · 289 reviews
★ 4.8 · 350 reviews
★ 4.7 · 62 reviews
★ 4.8 · 5,063 reviews
★ 4.8 · 1,087 reviews
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Private tours of Amsterdam→Common questions
The guided walks here run from $63 for Top 10 Tastes to $212 for the private tour with a local. The 3.5-hour walk is $88 and the Jordaan walk $122. The stroopwafel workshop is $22.
Two to three hours for Top 10 Tastes, three hours for the Jordaan walk and the private tour, and 3.5 hours for the walk with 10 tastings. The stroopwafel workshop is 45 minutes.
Ten on the 3.5-hour walk, ten foods with local drinks on Top 10 Tastes, and twelve on the Jordaan walk. The private tour does not publish a number; its listing names street foods and cafés.
On rating and reviews, the 3.5-hour walk at $88: 4.9 on 1,222 reviews, with the history of each food explained along the way.
Yes. The private tour with a local is $212 for three hours, rated 4.7 on 62 reviews. Its listing names street foods and hip cafés.
Not on this site. Each of the five listings is led by a guide, a local or, for the workshop, a local host.
The listings summarised here do not name a meeting point. Read it on the listing before you pay, since the walks cover different parts of the city.
No. The workshop is a 45-minute class where you make Dutch XL waffles yourself, for $22. Top 10 Tastes is a walk of two to three hours with ten foods, for $63.
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