Eat and drink your way around Rome on an evening food tour of the city center and Trastevere. In a small group of no more than 12 people, you’ll learn about Rome’s cuisine through the ages, get tips for places to eat, and sample some of the finest food in town. The 4-hour tour is done by foot, and includes ample food samples, supper in a Trastevere restaurant, and a locally made gelato.

Explore Campo de’ Fiori and the city center with a guide
Enjoy salami, salted cod, artisan cheese, pizza, and more
Stop for supper in an atmospheric Trastevere eatery
Finish with fresh gelato in an authentic gelateria

Sample Menu

Starter

ANtipasto

Main

Pasta all'Amatriciana

Main

La carborana

Dessert

Gelato

What's Included

Cost of all food and wine
Expert guide

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities /tips

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

La Carbonara
Campo de' Fiori, 23, 00186 Roma RM, Italy

Start time

05:30 pm

End point

Trastevere
Trastevere, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy

What To Expect

Meet your guide in front of Ristorante La Carbonara in Rome’s Campo de’ Fiori at 5:15pm to start your 5:30pm walking tour. With your guide and group together, you’ll then set off on foot to discover the food of Rome.

Work your way past the lively pavement cafes and buskers, and explore the city center while your guide regales you with stories of Roman history and food. Stop for a classic aperitivo of wine and artisan salami, and learn about the salami’s PGI (protected geographical indication), which is also a hallmark of quality Italian food.

Sample more PGI produce at a historical cheese shop, and pair the cheese with another wine. You’ll also try a signature Rome dish of baccalà fritto, which is a tasty, salted cod. Visit two other eateries to chow down on crispy pizza — ordered by the slice — and sample supplì, the melt-in-the-mouth morsels of fried risotto rice that are typical Roman fare.

After a short walk to work off the food so far, you’ll take a seat in a cozy Trastevere restaurant for a light supper. Tuck into traditional Roman antipasto and two primi (first course) dishes, washed down with two varietals of wine. Finally, you’ll head outside to a gelateria to finish on a high note — with gelato, of course. Your tour ends around 9:30pm, outside the gelateria.

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Small group

Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Travellers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travellers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Maria S

Don't hesitate to take this tour! We did this on our first night in Rome, and it was the best decision we could have made in terms of giving us a lay of the land and a taste of the food in this great city! Marcello was excellent! He took us to so many amazing places that we would have never discovered on our own. Our sons are 21 and 24 and they loved the tour as well. Marcello was really informative and told us some great stories. He also gave some great recommendations on where to eat during our stay. We went to a gelato place that he recommended every night of our stay! Take the tour. You will not be disappointed!

Reviews

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What a way to be introduced to Rome!

Bruce_R, May 2023

Catia handled our large group wonderfully! She was warm, informative and offered great advice to those of us new to Rome.

Response from Host, May 2023

Dear Customer, it is such a pleasure to read your review! We would like to host you for our other tours. Thank you!

Great tour

Hedley_H, May 2023

Excellant tour and guide, Métier, was very friendly. Plenty to eat and drink throughout the evening. Would definitely recommend.

Response from Host, May 2023

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The tour leader Metea...

Declan_M, Apr 2023

The tour leader Metea was excellent. The tour was fun and informative. The interaction between the participants was really good because they were all interested in the local good on offer.

Must do in Rome

Kerry_S, Mar 2023

Quite possibly the best tour ! So much food and wine, was not expecting that if I’m honest. Our host was Catalenia and she was so nice, friendly and very Knowledgeable. Thank you Catalenia (apologies if I spelt your name wrong

New friends on a great night!!!

Barbara_S, Oct 2022

Love food tours, this one was awesome. Besides great food and a nice walk, you always meet great people. Now we have new friends from different countries to go out with. What a great night!!!!!!!

What an experience. Was...

Brenda_R, Sept 2022

What an experience. Was very informative and food was excellent. Met very nice people. Our guide Meatra was exceptional.

A walk about Rome

Lenelle_B, Sept 2022

Our tour guide was knowledgeable & very friendly. She provided us with a lovely eating & walking experience.

Wouldn’t do again.

Kristie_T, Aug 2022

The food was okay - the first stop was excellent but second stop, where a substantial amount of time was spent, did not seem happy to have us. No introduction of the wine or food. They were unwilling to let us sit inside (in extreme heat), citing other reservations, yet the restaurant was empty when we arrived and when we left. The guide was nice but did not have a lot of information about the city. Most of the tour felt like random walking around Rome (probably 2 hours of walking), yet we did not hit any major sites. Overall, I was disappointed.

Wonderful walking food tour.

Angela_N, July 2022

The food and wine was delicious. We met many very nice people, and our tour guide, "C", was wonderful. wonderful. Wwould highly reccomend.

Salute and apetit di bon

Rhonda_W, June 2022

Meeting people and sharing backgrounds was an experience Catia, our guide was knowledgeable, interesting and a welcome spot of local color. We would definitely book with her again.

Great tour

Lisa_S, June 2022

The tour was well organised with generous portions of both food and drink to taste, it was most enjoyable!

Rome Tour

Anna_G, May 2022

Lovely night and our host was the best! Food was delish and each place was nice to us. Great value also for this trip!

Special night

Jacqueline_N, May 2022

Our guide (Giuseppe) was phenomenal. His knowledge of the history, geography, local traditions and food made our time so much fun and informative. We learned more on this tour than many others we’ve done. Thanks

A must do tour. Totally enjoyable evening

Bross10194, May 2022

I’m embarrassed to say but I cannot remember my guides name after 12 days here. But I do remember I had a very nice evening. My partner was sick with jet lag so I went on the tour by myself and never felt as I was alone. I love a food tour. Not only do you get to go to a restaurant where there’s not 500 other tourists you get to stop at little restaurants you would have missed. The food was very good and different at every stop.

Delicious food and amazing people!

Michelle_D, Apr 2022

We booked the evening tasting. We thought there was a limit to the number of people in the group but our group had 29. At first I was disappointed at the number but after the first tasting we were put at ease. There was more than enough food at every stop! Salamis, cheeses, olive oil, dinner with 2appetizers and 2 pastas. Then off for gelato. Wine was plentiful. We met people from all over. It was a great night with a great group of people.

Rome through a glass

Robert_L, Apr 2022

The guide was very knowledgable and very friendly. The choice of restaurants and food was excellent and not something we would have found without the trip

Fun and delicious!

Jennifer_N, Mar 2022

It was a lively walking tour, the guide had interesting history and recommendations on a lot of places we walked past. The group i was with was fun and of course, the food was terrific! Highly recommend! Don't eat lunch, I was stuffed! :)

A tour worthwile.

Ruud_G, Mar 2022

The guide knew a lot about Italian food and was very enthusiastic. We visited some nice parts of Rome.

I’d do this again!

Chris_J, Nov 2021

This was an amazingly fun tour. The guide showed us many sights we would have missed if touring on our own. We had 5 stops at restaurants. Tasty bites were generously available from a cheese tasting to salamis, fried fish, rice croquettes and finally 2 kinds of pasta at a sit-down finale! Wine with each stop too. Our group was a blend of Americans, German and Scottish, all so nice. Thank you!

Scam! Don’t booked the food n wine tour from Nicom agency via Viator

Georgina_l, Sept 2021

It’s horrible the tour guy did not show up at campo do fiori piazza meeting place (Nicom Tour Company) 5:30 pm we are there waiting until 6pm and nobody show up when we tried calling them they said the tour guy was infront of carbonara restaurant but we did not see him there when we booked in viator the meeting point was campo do fiori piazza not carbonara restaurant then when we tried calling again the nicom agency they did not answer our calls we got scam! We paid $188 for two and I want my refund money ! It’s a Hoax ! It’s a terrible experienced

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