Best of NYC Food Tour with Chinatown, Little Italy and LES
Overview
Eat your way through the best food neighborhoods NYC has to offer on this small group 3-hour walking food tour through Chinatown, Little Italy and the Lower East Side. Explore the spots New Yorkers love with six filling tastings as you learn the area's diverse immigrant stories.
- Feast at local hidden gems, like an abandoned mall home to award winning hand steamed pork buns
- Avoid the typical tourist traps in Little Italy — munch on slices from hipster pizzerias and homemade cheese at Di Palo's Fine Foods, a 100-year old grocery
- Enjoy a historic pickle sampler and a pastry made in the old Jewish NYC style while absorbing immigrant stories
- Visit with a small group, ensuring a personal experience
- Skip the line like a local at the area's most popular restaurants, including beloved noodle spot Shu Jiao Fu Zhou
- Come hungry — with six substantial tastings, you'll get plenty of food to fill you up
- We can accommodate dietary restrictions — just let us know beforehand!
What's Included
- Pizza from a New York top slice shops
- Skip-the-line for the city's most popular noodles
- Historical tour led by a local expert foodie
- An only-in-NYC baked good
- Mozzarella from a 100-year old cheese store
- Award-winning hand steamed pork buns
- Small group capped at 10 to ensure a personalized experience
- Historic pickle sampler
- Six diverse tastings in three delicious neighborhoods: Chinatown, Little Italy and Lower East Side
- Gratuities
Meeting Location
88 Essex Street
New York, NY 10002, USA
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
295 Grand Street
New York, NY 10002, USA
What To Expect
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Essex Street Market
5 minutes Admission Ticket Free
The Pickle Guys
10 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Kossar's Bagels & Bialys
15 minutes Admission Ticket Included
Lower East Side
15 minutes Admission Ticket Free
East Broadway Mall
15 minutes Admission Ticket Included
Chinatown
15 minutes Admission Ticket Included
Historic Five Points
15 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Di Palo's
15 minutes Admission Ticket Included
Little Italy
15 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Williamsburg Pizza
15 minutes Admission Ticket Included
Shu Jiao Fu Zhou
15 minutes Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Please inform us of an allergies
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (8)
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Activity code: C-41377P52
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Frequently Asked Questions (8)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (EST).
- Pizza from a New York top slice shops.
- Skip-the-line for the city's most popular noodles.
- Historical tour led by a local expert foodie.
- An only-in-NYC baked good.
- Mozzarella from a 100-year old cheese store.
- Award-winning hand steamed pork buns.
- Small group capped at 10 to ensure a personalized experience.
- Historic pickle sampler.
- Six diverse tastings in three delicious neighborhoods: Chinatown, Little Italy and Lower East Side.
- Gratuities.
This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Apr 2025There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Best of NYC Food Tour with Chinatown, Little Italy and LES is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Please inform us of an allergies
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Best of NYC Food Tour with Chinatown, Little Italy and LES will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Pizza from a New York top slice shops
- Skip-the-line for the city's most popular noodles
- Historical tour led by a local expert foodie
- An only-in-NYC baked good
- Mozzarella from a 100-year old cheese store
- Award-winning hand steamed pork buns
- Small group capped at 10 to ensure a personalized experience
- Historic pickle sampler
- Six diverse tastings in three delicious neighborhoods: Chinatown, Little Italy and Lower East Side
- Gratuities
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Please inform us of an allergies
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
