Adelaide Food Odyssey Tour: 10 stops, local guide

A food tour of Adelaide runs through 150 years of market history and the stories of the people who built the city.

A 3-hour guided food tour of Adelaide visiting 10 stops across the East End, West End and Adelaide Central Market, with wine and cheese tasting at the National Wine Centre, chocolate at Haigh's, and a final coffee or tea at Adelaide's oldest coffeeshop. Your guide shares the history and culture of the city as you move between venues, tasting local South Australian produce, multicultural cuisine and native indigenous flavours.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Adelaide's food and culture

• Taste local wines and cheeses
• Walk through Botanic Gardens
• Visit East End and Greek restaurant
• Explore Rundle Mall area
• Sample products from Adelaide company
• Taste old school sweets
• Try Haigh's chocolates
• Enjoy local Asian cuisine in West End
• Wander Adelaide Central Market
• Have coffee or tea at oldest shop

Stops and time spent at each 5 stops

1. National Wine Centre of Australia 40m
2. Adelaide Botanic Garden 10m
3. Rundle Mall 10m
4. Haigh’s Chocolates Visitor Centre 5m
5. Adelaide Central Market 15m

What’s included

• Food experiences at 10 Adelaide foodie hot spots.
• local guide in English.
• wine and cheese tasting at the National Wine Centre.
• coffee or tea at Adelaide's oldest coffeeshop.
• a $2 donation to local homeless and indigenous charities.

Times

• Wednesday to Saturday 11:00

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Before you book

Group Up to 12

Live guide English

Meeting point and pickup No hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends at a different place from where it starts.

Book up to 12h before

Ages Adult (18 to 64 years) · Senior (65 and older) · Child (3 to 17 years) · Under 3: can't be booked

Cancellation and refunds Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund. It may be canceled due to bad weather or if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Good to know

Low physical effort Wheelchair accessible Accessible transport Stroller-friendly Public transport nearby

Operated by Radelaide Tours

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The experience

The tour starts at the National Wine Centre of Australia with a tasting of local South Australian cheeses and meats paired with wines, then moves through the Adelaide Botanic Garden where your guide tells you about the Kaurna people and the land's indigenous culture. From there you walk the East End, the former market area now lined with cafes, restaurants and heritage buildings, stopping at a Greek restaurant recognised by Lonely Planet as one of the world's best. The route then crosses Rundle Mall, where your guide explains the history of the buildings and street art you pass.

The middle stretch takes you through Haigh's Chocolates Visitor Centre to sample their products, and a local sweet shop with old-school confectionery before you reach the West End, known for its restaurants and bars. There you try small-batch Asian cuisine from a family-run establishment that regularly has lines out the door. Adelaide Central Market, operating for over 150 years at the centre of the city's food scene, is where you collect sweet treats to take with you to the final stop.

You finish at Adelaide's oldest tea and coffeeshop, where you sit down with a freshly made coffee or tea and eat the treats you gathered from the market. The whole route takes three hours. A $2 donation from your ticket goes to local homeless and indigenous charities.

Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (3 to 17 years). Children under 3 can't be included in the booking.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What's actually inside Adelaide Central Market that makes it worth a food tour stop?

Adelaide Central Market has been the centre of the city's food scene for over 150 years, with vendors selling produce, meats, cheeses and prepared foods. On the tour you wander the market and collect sweet treats to take to your final stop at the coffeeshop.

Does the tour include wine tasting, or is that a separate charge?

Wine tasting is included. You start the tour at the National Wine Centre of Australia with a tasting of local South Australian cheeses and meats paired with wines.

How much walking is involved across the three hours?

You wander between 10 different food stops across the East End, West End and Central Market, moving through the Botanic Garden and Rundle Mall as your guide tells you stories of the city. The tour is suitable for all physical fitness levels, and all areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible.

Is Haigh's Chocolates a real stop on this tour, or just mentioned in the description?

Haigh's Chocolates Visitor Centre is a real stop. You visit the 4th-generation Adelaide company, learn its history and sample their products before moving on to the West End.