Food Tours for Exploring Beijing Beyond Your Usual Eats

Katie Coy, Managing Editor | Nov 21, 2025 11:30 am | Add a comment | 272 reads

A key part of getting to know Beijing is getting to know its cuisine, and a great way to do that is through a food tour. Even if you've lived in the capital for a while, food tours are still a great way to discover new dishes, learn more about the culture behind them and perhaps even find yourself a new favorite restaurant. There are a few different companies here offering regular foodie outings, so here's a look at them along with guidance on how to book your next culinary adventure!

Lost Plate Food Tours

Lost Plate offers two daily food tours here in Beijing: the Beijing Hutong Breakfast Food Tour and the Beijing Evening Food Tour. The breakfast tour allows attendees to try 12 different dishes at six locations in the Beijing hutongs. You can expect everything from jianbing to lüdagun "rolling donkey", douzhir and other local delicacies. Plus, the tour even includes a visit to a Michelin-recommended restaurant. The dinner tour kicks off with a cold beer and then takes you to try a variety of Chinese dishes, including Beijing hot pot, a fish dish that was a favorite of Empress Cixi and more.

Beijing Hutong Breakfast Food Tour
Time: 9am, daily
Duration: 3 hours
Price: RMB 280/person
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Beijing Evening Food Tour
Time: 6.30pm, daily
Duration: 3.5 hours
Price: RMB 530/adult; RMB 430/child
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How to Book

Scan the QR code below to add their customer service team on WeChat, and you can then book a tour through them and pay via WeChat.

Alternatively, you can book through their website (www.lostplate.com). Just scroll down and click on the “China” section and then select the tour and date you want to book. Please note that if booking online, you will need to pay with a credit or debit card.

UnTour Food Tours

Similar to Lost Plate, UnTour offers regular morning and evening food tours in Beijing. Their Beijing Breakfast Hutong Tour includes 10+ tastings, with classics like jianbing and jarred yogurt. You'll also get to explore a wet market and try some local baked goods. The Old Beijing Dinner Tour allows diners to explore a variety of classic Beijing dishes like hot pot, chuanr, and donkey burgers, to name just a few. Along the way, you'll also get to try local beers, rice wine and other spirits as well as learn about some of the history behind Beijing's famous food.

Beijing Breakfast Hutong Tour
Time: 8am, Sat & Sun
Duration: 3 hours
Price: RMB 355/adult; RMB 180/child (aged 6-12); free for children aged 0-5
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Old Beijing Dinner Tour
Time: 7pm, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon & Tue
Duration: 3 hours
Price: RMB 560/adult; RMB 460/child (aged 6-12); free for children aged 0-5 (if no tasting required)
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How to Book

Scan the QR code below to be taken to UnTour's calendar, then scroll down to select the tour and date you want. Then you'll need to fill out your contact and payment details (debit and credit card only).

Alternatively, you can scan the QR code below to add UnTour's customer service on WeChat and chat with them about booking a tour.

Secret Bites Society

Next up, we have Secret Bites Society, a brand-new company you've probably never heard of. Their food tours focus on blending food, history and culture with an intimate, slow-travel vibe. Their signature tour is the Beijing Night Hutong Food Tour, where you'll get to explore some beloved restaurants and iconic Beijing dishes like hot pot and mendingroubing (Beijing “door nail” meat pie) as well as little-known secret spots. Lasting 3.5 hours, the tour will also introduce you to some old Beijing stories and cultural landmarks. Still in its early stages, Secret Bites Society is currently working on more activities, including breakfast tours, late-night hutong bar visits and Michelin-level tastings.

How to Book

You can inquire about upcoming tours and book by scanning one of the QR codes in the poster below to get in touch with Secret Bites Society.

The Hutong

Tucked away in a hutong near Beixinqiao, The Hutong primarily focuses on cooking classes and Chinese cultural classes; however, they do a few food tours as well. Two semi-regular recurring ones are the Chī Le Ma? Market & Street Food Tour, where a guide will lead you around a local market, explaining different Chinese flavors and ingredients, all while tasting local street food along the way. The other is the Beijing Breakfast Stroll: Savor the Hutongs, which takes attendees around the hutongs to around eight different spots to try some of Beijing's most popular breakfast foods. They also occasionally do tours of Niu Jie where you get to try a range of Chinese-Muslim cuisine, and also tours of Maliandao Tea Market.

Chī Le Ma? Market & Street Food Tour
Time: 9.30am, various dates
Duration: 2 hours
Price: RMB 300/non-members; RMB 260/members

Beijing Breakfast Stroll: Savor the Hutongs
Time: 9am, various dates
Duration: 3 hours
Price: RMB 380/non-members; RMB 350/members

How to Book

Go to the calendar section of The Hutong's website via this link (www.thehutong.com/calendar), select the tour you want to attend and then fill out a form with your details. Alternatively, you can add The Hutong on WeChat by scanning the QR code below and then inquire about upcoming tours.

Our Beijing

Our Beijing organizes a range of cultural excursions here in the capital, including some food-related tours. One is a Street Food Discovery Tour where you'll be taken on a curated food tour of Beijing's hutongs tailored to your taste buds. On the tour, you'll get to try a range of both traditional Beijing delicacies and dishes from across China. Another of Our Beijing's excursions is The Hutong Experience, a Beijing bike tour where you can ride a bike or e-scooter around the hutongs, stopping off at various landmarks and grabbing a range of street food along the way.

Street Food Discovery Tour
Time: Flexible
Duration: 2.5-3 hours
Price: RMB 500/person

The Hutong Experience
Time: Flexible
Duration: 3 hours
Price: RMB 500/bike; RMB 600/e-scooter

How to Book

Scan the QR code below to add Our Beijing on WeChat, and they can help you book your tour. Alternatively, you can go to their website (www.our-beijing.com) and fill out a form with your requested tour details, after which Our Beijing will get back to you to follow up.