What a wonderful way to learn about the history of Palm Springs while tasting your way through town. The food and drink were excellent and plentiful! Dan was our guide and he made the experience comfortable and enjoyable. read more

My husband and I went on the tour yesterday and it was fantastic! The restaurants we went to all had amazing food and we'll be making a point to go back to them on future trips to the area. Highlights were Hunny's and Lulu's, but Tod was the real star! He was knowledge about the restaurants and local history and helped make this a true 5 star experience. Highly recommend! read more

We had a great afternoon with Eileen, stopping at 6 terrific local spots for generous bites and hearing a bit about the local scene, culture, and history along the way. I'd done a lot of research about Palm Springs restaurants before our trip and had only heard of ONE of the six places we went to. All the food was terrific and added up to a large lunch. It was nice that the restaurants were so varied! And excellent attention to dietary restrictions. Thanks for a lovely time! read more

We just did the six stop food tour of Palm Springs. I highly recommend doing this if you're in the area. Tod our guide, was personable, professional and had a wonderful sence of humor. Thank you for a fantastic experience. read more

After a 2 year COVID delay we finally took our tour . We had a beautiful day weather wise and Dan was an excellent guide ~ knowledgeable but not overbearing. Conversation was easy and his knowledge of Palm Springs & the valley was really informative. Our stops well timed and we were well received by all the restaurants, each stop with a different style cuisine so we didn't get bored and it wasn't a competitive experience. We come to the desert yearly and seldom venture into Palm Springs so it was nice to see the Marilyn statue plus other Instagram post able venues. A great way to learn about PS and spend some time in the locally owned restaurants! read more

From start to finish , this was by far the BEST food tour I've been on . Our tour guide Tod ( Tod with one " D" ) made the history and culture of the city come alive with his passion and knowledge . ALL of the locations appeared to be selected and curated so intentionally with a variety of cuisine . ALL of the vendors were prepared for our arrival and we didn't have to wait more than 5 minutes for our treats at ANY of the locations. I would do this tour again and will bring more friends and family read more

i won a tour for 6 people and it was the best gift I ever received. All the businesses we ate and walked to were amazing. The art work displayed in Palm Springs was joyful and inspiring. I was stuffed from delicious appetizers pizza tacos and dessert. Schedule your tour today it's well worth it. read more

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We took my Mom to Palm Springs for her birthday. Having been on our first food tour in Scottsdale back in January; which was amazing. We now try to look for food tours when we visit new cities. The tour promised food and history of the area. Our tour guide was an older gentleman (I don't want to use his real name). Let's call him, "Joe". Well, Joe didn't give you enough time to just enjoy eating and chatting with the other people on tour. Every time we sat down to eat, he passed around old photos and newspaper clippings. It was like he wanted to tell us, everything- I mean everything. When there could have been more moments to let us all relax and enjoy chatting about the food. Joe also had a challenging time remembering different words and/or phrases. Thankfully there was a nice lady on our tour who helped him out 90% of the time. He would get kinda of frustrated when he couldn't remember and would look at us like it was our fault. He explained to us at the end of the tour that he had fallen and his mind wasn't working as great as it had been before. I mean I have compassion (especially for older people - I take care of my grandmother full-time), but we still had to pay full price. He said Desert Tasty knew about his condition and still allowed him to work. Well, they should've had another tour guide work alongside him. Now for the food! Please see ratings with photos. The places were all really nice with the exception of the pizza place. They had the most lack luster presentation - the tables weren't ready when we got there and they only gave us water and one slice of a Mediterranean style pizza that some didn't really enjoy. A super fun highlight was Brandini Toffee. Hearing how the company was started by two teenage boys was really cool. The host there was so fun and informative and he gave us delicious samples. I wouldn't even consider myself a toffee aficionado, but maybe that was because I never had Brandini Toffee. Yum! Overall, I would rate the tour guide a 2/5 and the food experience a 4/5. This tour could have been nearly perfect if we had another guide! read more

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Food was delicious and our guide, Tod, was great. What a wonderful way to tour the city. Wonderful restaurants with a variety of foods and got to see the city and learn lots of facts. read more

Our tour guide, Eileen, was AMAZING! We were taken to such a wonderful variety of restaurants...food and service at each venue were friendly and wait staff explained each dish that was served. Eileen provided us with lots of history of Palm Springs. We loved Tommy Bahama Restaurant so much, we will be going back there for lunch. The sampling of the food they served was so incredibly delicious and plentiful! We highly recommend going on this walking food tour! It is probably the best one we've been on yet! read more

I have lived in the desert for 35 years and I learn so much from our tour guide Dan. He was excellent and very knowledgeable. I will definitely go back again when we have visitors the drinks and food was fabulous. read more

Tod was amazing and the tour spots were also very nice! I highly recommend for anyone who wants a small taste of Palm Springs, and I highly recommend Tod as the tour guide!! read more

A wonderful way to spending 3 beautiful hours walking around Palm Springs! Enjoying small bites and drinks at 6 locally owned restaurants and hearing about the city's history. Count yourself lucky if you get Tod! read more

You get a heck of a lot for your money on this tour and it was excellent. Our guide was Todd, he was fun and shared lots of fun facts about Palm Springs with us. You certainly won't leave hungry. If you do the lunchtime one don't plan on booking much for dinner. Our tour was a good three hours and I learned a lot. All the food was excellent! Todd was very classy. I would ask for him if you signed up for it read more

We took the Palm Springs tour with Ginny as our guide on a gloomy Thursday with sprinkles threatening but had a nice time nonetheless. We've taken food tours all over the world and find them to be a fun way to try local specialties and learn something about a place we are visiting. All the tours share certain commonalities-small bites in several spots but this one had a few things that made it different: -less walking-all the stops were really close together -booze-it's unusual to get any alcohol, especially at the very reasonable $69 price, but this tour include 1/2 glass of wine at the first stop and a margarita midway on the tour -free stuff-both the olive oil stop and local toffee shop gave us small gifts (mini bottle of oil and small bags of signature toffee respectively) -more seniors-at 50 something we were by far the youngest members of the group of 8 on the tour -less local commentary-some tours are like a full history lesson, this one, not so much. -more stops-typically 4-6 seems to be the norm, this one was 7 -fewer local spots-most often good tours highlight really local, one of a kind businesses-and while there were a couple of those (toffee shop) there were others with several location and even one that started out of the area Bottom line: you won't be disappointed if you take this tour. Good food quality and lots to eat. read more

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This tour was so fun! Our tour guide, Kristi, was amazing. Friendly and knowledgeable... as we tasted our way through downtown Palm Springs she told us about some of the local history. She took us by the I Love PS sign, Marilyn and a great art piece outside the Rowan Hotel. The food was excellent: from the stellar eggplant Parmesan and wine to the tacos and margaritas. Not to mention an incredible slice of Pizza, Brandini toffee, and date shake that puts other date shakes to shame! HIGHLY recommend this tour! read more

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I highly recommend this food tour. Our guide Dan was very affable, telling us a lot of Palm Springs history but also letting us eat and chat amongst ourselves. The 6 food choices were all "thumbs up," enabling us to visit places we might otherwise have missed. Many of the restaurants give tour participants coupons for various discounts. But if you are looking to get a little buzzed from the sangria and margarita, you may be disappointed. They tasted good but not much booze! read more

I went with a group of friends and we had a blast. Really, really good food, tons of fun facts from our fabulous guide, Kristy, and a great way to spend the afternoon. We learned a lot about Palm Springs and I didn't feel the need to eat again for days! Lots of great food! read more

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Great Palm Springs food/history tour. If you are looking for great food and more info about Palm Springs (great history) then take this tour. read more

Tod was an excellent guide, very knowledgeable and friendly. All of the food was excellent. We loved every stop, and tried a lot of foods we would not have ordered on our own! The tour was perfectly timed and our favorite part of visiting Palm Springs. read more

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If you're looking for something fun to do while looking at the mountains. This is the perfect tour. There is not too much walking. The tour was perfectly planned! Dan, our tour guide was amazing. He was very knowledgeable about the history of Palm Springs. My wife and I really enjoyed Dan's sense of humor. We will definitely be back! read more

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Loved this foodie tour along with Dan's delivery of unique history and stories of downtown Palm Springs! Delicious small plates and some adult beverages along the way-establishments I had never visited but will return to enjoy again. Always something NEW to enjoy in Palm Springs. Heartily recommend for a great afternoon. I'm on a cane with bad hip and had no trouble. read more

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Overall it was a great way to spend the day!! Dan was a great guide! He was very knowledgeable and friendly! They served generous portions and had a nice variety of foods. I loved that they also served alcoholic drinks. It's a great way to try new foods, meet new people and learn about the history of Palm Springs. read more

Tod was a friendly knowledgeable tour guide. Provided a lot of insight into the area and the food & drink sampling.

We throughly enjoyed spending the day with Arnie, our new best friend. He was a wealth of fun facts about the area & I learned things that I did not know (even though I used to live in Palm Desert). We enjoyed the restaurants very much- so much so that we decided to cancel our dinner reservations (we were, quite frankly, stuffed). My wife & I felt that we received a representative sampling of the best of the local cuisine & would enthusiastically recommend this tour. read more

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Fun way to learn a lot about Palm Springs plus sample so good food.Dan was a wealth of knowledge and fun to be with. What a great way to start our Palm Springs vacation. read more

My family and I went on the Palm Springs food tour on 2/1/2024. Todd was amazing and made the entire experience such a memorable and fun time. He's truly involved in the local culture and He had such a great knowledge and love of the area and really introduced us to the local community and the food choices were fantastic!! I would 100% recommend...you will not be disappointed!! read more

I'd never been on a food tour or to Palm Springs & was delightfully surprised! Dan's stories chronicling the history of Palm Springs was interesting -- especially if you're a Hollywood buff. The pace was just right and the food was delicious. And because three of four did not drink alcohol, all the restaurants we visited were quite accommodating. I strongly suggest trying Desert Tasty Tours! read more

Kristy was a dream to book a tour with and Arnie was a rockstar guiding us through Palm Springs to enjoy some delicious food and some tasty stories! This was a few hours well spent and our group of 10 had a blast! read more

Had a great time. Dan was a great tour guide. Very knowledgeable about Palm Springs history and easy to listen to. Our food stops were enjoyable, especially Tommy Bahamas. We were stuffed by the end. Great tour for visitors and locals. read more

I have lived in the valley for 22 years and FINALLY experienced one of Kristy's Desert Tasty Tours. The title does not disappoint! We tasted our way through restaurants in downtown Palm Springs with Arnie (a very seasoned and knowledgeable guide). He was informative and funny. The food was delicious at each stop (eggplant parmesan at Lulu, Street tacos at Maracas and pizza at Bill's) and samples at Brandini and Tutti Fruitti. A+ I hope others take advantage of this local gem and book a tour with DTT soon. Sorry-I didn't take any photos to share but it was a memory that will last a long time! read more

On a whim, my girlfriend and I decided to go on a food tour offered in Palm Desert while we were in town. So, we purchased spots on the tour the night before it, which was fairly easy. We went to 6 places: Wilma & Frieda's, Pacifica, Ristorante Mamma Gina, Savory Spice Shop, Wolfgang Puck's, and Clementine's. All the while, we learned bits and pieces about Palm Desert and Palm Springs. Besides the food and products, we usually look forward to learning about the area from someone who is considered a local. It's very tempting to give 5 stars. The feeling is there. However, here is why I'm giving 4 stars, which is still a good thing. 1) Arnie, our guide, was great. He was funny, engaging, and absolutely facilitated interaction, participation, interest, and enjoyment. What a jolly man. He is also a customer of the places he shows us, which tells us that he's not just a paid endorser. 2) It was strange that the first thing we tasted that morning of the tour was a dessert. A rich chocolate brownie pastry. We would have liked it at the end of our tour rather than the very beginning. 3) Pacifica had a very good whitefish seafood cocktail. 4) Unfortunately, Savory Spice Shop was the forgettable stop of the tour. The place isn't bad. It's actually pretty good. However, we weren't exactly wow'd by it. I think one thing I learned was that the term 'curry' refers to a mix of flavors, which is why there are so many kinds of it across different cultural cuisines. 5) Towards the end, everybody was worn out from all the food. We didn't even remember (or we simply weren't told) what our last tasting was. It was as if we were already satisfied from the first 5 places, and that 6th place where we ended the tour wasn't actually necessary. I've been to 3 other food tours before this, and I'll go ahead and say this was one of the better ones. I haven't tried the Palm Springs one, but I'm guessing it's pretty good like this one in Palm Desert. Tips before your tour: - Come hungry. There is plenty of food. Don't do yourself the injustice by eating beforehand. - Bring cash to tip your guide at the end of the tour. - Dress comfortably. Since we went recently (December), it was pretty cold. Other times might be much warmer. - If you've never tried this food, you're in for a treat. If you have, you can expand on the experience with what they offer. - Be on time. They'll still wait for you, but you don't want to KEEP them waiting. Tips during your tour: - Don't be embarrassed to take some food with you. Wolfgang Puck's restaurant served more for us than we could muster. In hindsight, I wish we took some of that lox pizza with us. It was an entire pizza! - Ask questions, but don't overwhelm the tour. Sometimes, there will be some people who are overwhelmingly chatty. Thankfully, that wasn't any of us in our tour. Tips after your tour: - Revisit some of these places if they seem interesting. I ended up having breakfast at Wilma & Frieda's the next morning and loved it. Heck, we even saw Arnie again! - Reflect on the tour. We compared it with the other tours we did. We also contemplated returning to certain places. Some were actually expensive, so we were glad we got a chance to taste some dishes from there. The tour is a pretty good time. Try it out! read more

My sister and I wanted to do something different for our birthday so we decided to drive down to Palm Springs and take a Desert Tasty Tour. What a fun time we had! Our tour guide, Ginny, was gracious, friendly and knowledgeable. Wine and margaritas were available at two locations. We sampled a variety of foods from main courses to desserts; and the two shops we went to gave nice free samples and generous discounts. Everything was delicious! Glad we decided to try this out! read more

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Today was a wonderful day to start our tour with Palm Canyon Desert Tasty Tours. It was not too hot. This was my first time doing this type of event. I was a little bit skeptical about eating food because I am picky about what I eat! But when I got there, I met the tour guide, Kevin Cobb. He was very professional, super friendly and a great conversationalist. He put my fears at bay. It was a fun, educational and entertaining excursion. I recommend this tour to anyone wanting to be entertained while sampling the local cuisine and also to find out facts about Palm Springs. The best part however was that we made a new friend! read more

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Ernie, our tour guide, was great. lots of fun history info, lots of stories, he was a good guy, the tour is not much walking, just a few blocks, ernie made the short walks interesting. the food tour itself, is nothing great. compared to others ive done in other cities, its way overpriced for what you get, and the food offerings are basically that, "offerings". of course a full meal at any place is not exepected, but for $100 each, I expected more than a 3 bite morsel of eggplant, 8 street tacos to be shared with 5 people, and a very small, 2 bite slice of pizza. the yogurt shop (last stop) i was hopeful was going to be at least a decent sampling....each person got a 1/4 cup of date milkshake (delicious btw), and a tray of sample cups, 3 each of 10 different flavors (again for 6 people). the whole point of a food tour is to try new and different things, to showcase foods unique to the business. aside from the date shake, there was nothing "different" or new. All of the food was very good, but there was nothing special about any of it, and as stated, SAMPLES. other tours i've been on each place offers basically an array many things for each person, individually. splitting 8 small tacos, from one plate, between 5 people is not only awkward, but ridiculous. Weve been coming to Palm Springs yearly for a while now, and have done "everything tourists HAVE to" so we were excited to try this, hoping to find some gems or something new and unique as other cities have done, but.... I would rate lower, but Ernie was funny and made the waste of money not sting so badly. This will for sure NOT be recommended to friends who ask "what should we do when we go?" read more

Great tour of Palm Springs! Dan is an excellent guide. Unfortunately the swaps for my dairy allergy weren't as great as I'd hoped, but overall I enjoyed it! read more

Loved every minute of the tour. I have lived in Palm Springs for 8 years, and I did not know much about my own home town! Kay was a wonderful guide. Light-hearted and knowledgeable. The restaurants were terrific. A great variety. Fun facts about each restaurant and their histories in the city, made me appreciate each restaurant and desert shop even more. I have passed by Maracas for years and never ever stopped in. Now I will. Food was delicious. Great street tacos. Hoping that there will be other restaurants that participate in the "crawl" going forward. Good thing it was a walking tour...hoping I burned off a bit of that eggplant, pizza, tacos, toffee, and frozen yogurt...well a girl can dream!!! Thanks Kay!!!!! read more

Excellent tour of some of PS's best establishments and all with a knowledgeable guide to share history and stories. I highly recommend Desert Tasty Tours for visitors and locals. read more

Ginny, the tour guide, was simply amazing! She was lively, funny and easy going, also very informative. She knew the ins and outs of all the restaurants and what Palm Springs had to offer. The foods from the places were so delicious and all the staff were very nice and welcoming. I would definitely recommend this tour!! read more

Great walking tour with good food and plenty of it. All the restaurants were ready for our arrival and happy to have our group. Easy walk