A Chef's Tour
A Chef's Tour
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Don’t leave the fate of your taste buds to chance… go straight for Bangkok’s culinary jugular on our daily food tours designed and curated by a chef. Trust us, the pad Thai on Khao San Road is nothing to write home about. Feast of hidden street eats you'd simply never find alone, meet the food heroes and leave with a deep understanding of Bangkok's culinary scene.
Bangkok, Thailand

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2024

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BryanNYC01
30 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021
If Street Food is a part of your Bangkok experience then you MUST do this tour! To give you some context, we are a couple from NYC that try and do a food tour in every major city we visit across the world. You get so much more than just great local food, but also a way to get acclimated to a city and spend a few hours with the locals. So we selected the Bangkok Backstreet tour knowing this city is famous for its Street Food, but also appreciating that finding the best on your own can be a little overwhelming beyond what’s in the Michelin Guide. Our tour guides for the evening were Andy and Nutth. Both were extremely personable, engaging and seasoned veterans of the Bangkok food scene. They spoke fantastic English, have traveled around the world doing tours (with some epic stories) and were genuinely a pleasure to spend an evening with. We made our way through the allies of China Town and visited stalls, small restaurants and hole in the wall shops that we absolutely never would have found on our own. Each dish was excellent and so unique; we had a few “traditional” dishes, but the vast majority were new to us. There’s so much history to the various dishes and we really enjoyed getting to know the proprietors and their backstory as we ate their incredible food. This tour was definitely one of the best tours that we’ve done and we would 100% recommend to any friends and family visiting Bangkok. I’d suggest you do it towards the front end of your stay in Bangkok, that way you know where to go and what to eat for the rest of your trip! We can’t thank Andy and Nutth enough, they were incredible guides!!!
Written 30 October 2021
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Katie K
San Francisco, CA16 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Solo
Had such a fun evening touring Chinatown with Nut (sp?), the founding chef and his sweet nephew, who went out of their way to show us a good time and provide cultural context for the food & environment. I always ask plenty of questions and Nut was ready to answer them all - and very kindly so. Price may seem like a bit more than what you’re used to paying in Thailand, but for 4 hours and 14+ dishes, it’s well worth it. Highly recommend!
Written 3 March 2020
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Hello Katie, Thank you so much for exploring Bangkok's local eats and culture through our tour. We are so delighted you had a fantastic experience with the hospitality of our team of guides. Nutth and his team will surely be glad to hear your feedback as we share this to them. We hope we could have another fun foodie adventure with you in the future. See you again! Best, Erica @ A Chef's Tour
Written 12 March 2020
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Cappy
11 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
I spent a few days finding my own food on the streets of Bangkok...I wish I had done this tour at the beginning of my time there. From the first stop on the tour, it was clear that roaming the city by myself, I was not able to pick great eats by myself. This was an epic food tour, with some things I had never tried before (and I am a foodie). Every stop was hand-picked, outstanding, and the flavors were there every time. Guides Tom, Hing, and Fone were high-energy, made things fun, and provided depth of understanding. If you love food, I highly recommend this tour. Go early in your trip. And pace yourself along the tour...this is a ton of food. I was full by course 12 of 16...of course, I powered through, but could have appreciated some of the amazing later dishes more.
Written 14 March 2020
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Hello Cappy, It was so nice to know you had a fantastic experience on our foodie adventure and you thought of it as an epic tour. Thank you so much for joining us and for leaving a great review of the experience. Our guides, Tom and Hing, will surely be happy to hear your feedback as we share this to them. We hope the rest of your trip had been excellent too. Looking forward on welcoming you again on another of our tours. Best, Erica @ A Chef's Tour
Written 15 March 2020
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San F
Singapore, Singapore8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 • Solo
I love that the tour introduced us to food beyond Thai restaurant staples. At the beginning of the tour we were briefed that we'll be trying approximately 16 different things but ended up trying 22- it was a mix of our guide's favourites and a glimpse of what local folks eat on a regular day. Everything was good or at least interesting to try, and my favourites were the cold rice noodles with pineapple, fermented bean soup, and green curry with beef. Market tour was off the beaten track so it wasn't very crowded and people at the market were very welcoming. I also appreciated that the tour included riding a water taxi, public bus and tuk tuk. Our guide, Tom, was very knowledgeable and informative. He and his team really went out of their way to make sure everyone was comfortable and well-fed, I also appreciated that they had tissues and hand sanitizer always at the ready. I would recommend this tour to anyone who would just like to venture beyond pad thai and tom yum
Written 13 October 2022
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mcjanjan
Bangkok, Thailand2 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Couples
Our tour guide was friendly, eager, energetic, and very knowledgeable of vendor techniques, histories, and overall culinary traditions. She anticipated needs like restrooms, water, and seating too, sending a runner ahead so everything was ready for us at the next stop. The food was delicious and plentiful. The only downside was the smell of the alleyways. While we had confidence the food we were consuming was made with care, the stench of ammonia, ripe sewage, discarded organic matter, and trash in the alleyways was at times overpowering, leaving us weaklings nauseated, breathless, and gagging. It's the price you pay for immersive authenticity, and is not at all something the tour company can control. But Michelin mention bites abound!
Written 30 January 2023
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Lynne Barton Bier
Steamboat Springs, CO145 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 • Friends
My sister and I went on the Chef’s Tour after having some other people recommend it to us. It was the highlight of our stay in Bangkok - and that is saying a lot! Our guide, Fun, was energetic, fun, extremely knowledgeable about the food, the ingredients and the history of what we ate and of Thailand and how everything interrelates. We ate and we ate and everything was so delicious that we just kept on eating! We went to local restaurants and markets that we would never have found on our own and that have been in existence in some cases for generations!
We ate main dishes we had not tried at any other restaurants in Thailand and we tried a lot of different desserts as well.
We moved around the city on public transportation, which was really fun! We went from canal boat to Tuk Tuk to public bus and we walked through alleys and markets!
If you have a chance to take this tour, you will be thrilled you did! Thanks Fun and Mickey for a wonderful experience!
Written 4 March 2023
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ST
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2022 • Solo
From my intial interaction to the end of the tour, everything was amazing and marked one of the highlights of my Bangkok trip. I don't eat seafood and they personally followed up with me to make sure I will have a great experience with a generous offer to refund. I'm so glad I still opted in! Our amazing guide "Nut" was aware of my preference and accommodated. Our guide Nut and his helper took great care of us from making sure everyone had enough food, safety at all times, and they provided us refreshing towels and hand cleaning opportunities. Nut was extremely knowledgeable about the foods we ate and history of Chinatown. The other guide + helper of a different time were amazing too! So, to sum it up, this tour is a MUST if you visit Bangkok and absolutely worth it.
Written 8 December 2022
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Joshua G
11 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Couples
I went on the evening tour on November 12. Annie lead our group with the help of Cham. What stands out to me are not only the 19 delicious dishes, but all the thoughtful small details - clear meetup and staff ID instructions, a refreshing cold towel mid way through the tour, and how Cham ran ahead to secure the food and space to sit at each location, minimizing down time for us and Annie. Annie was a terrific group lead and effectively managed our group of 8 - remembering all our names, interacting with everyone equally, and providing great info about the foods, neighborhoods, and cultures we explored. A highlight of our trip to Bangkok, and one of the best food tours I've been on around the world.
Written 13 November 2022
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rdan
12 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Couples
We had an amazing tour through China town sampling many different dishes that were a mix of Thai and Chinese cooking.

The tour was very well organized with one of the guides going ahead to setup seats at the spot we would eat.

The amount of food was very good, if you come with a partner you can share dishes so one person can eat less and the other can eat more. Additionally you can get more food if you want, but the entire night is a lot of food so come hungry.

The price is a more premium, but I think it was worth it with the smaller groups of 8 people instead of a larger group.

Shout out to our guides Fon and Bew who were very friendly and knowledgeable and made the tour a wonderful experience
Written 6 November 2022
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DrMaman
Toronto, Canada74 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Friends
From beginning to end, this experience was amazing! Johnny our guide was so fun and informative. Listen to the reviews - it’s a ton of food!!!! The nice thing is that it’s really spaced out with various trips from one market or restaurant to the next. Excellent variety - some of us don’t eat pork and it was no issue to skip a few courses as we were all so completely stuffed at the end. This was the highlight of Bangkok and would recommend to anyone who wishes to eat and travel like the locals - plus learn some history too! You will visit places you would never find on your own. Fantastic value and top notch company. Communication was great. Thank you! We look forward to trying another food tour with you on our travels.
Written 6 January 2024
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