If you're doing a food tour and you're walking through the city, you should definitely have some hands sanitizer or have spots along the way, picked out to be regularly washing your hands. You also should refrain from touching people's plates and cups as you discuss and show them the food items. I understand it's a food tour, but especially when you don't have clean hands, it's highly unsanitary! It's also a good idea to not greet dogs and let them lick all over you ... your hands.... your arms AND your face while you're interacting with people who are eating food, bringing them food from the restaurant & leading a tour. It's a good idea to give people space after you give them the information about the tour and the food and the art and let them socialize with the people that they came with. We should not have experience the person who is giving the tour or learning how to give a tourist next to you constantly asking you questions about what you're eating, what you're trying, where you're from or other questions that are really irrelevant .. it is pretty annoying & doesn't allow you to enjoy the experience fully. It's not a good idea to take shortcuts, because it's easier for you as the tour guide. One of our group members ate meat. The other 2 are vegetarians, but to keep it simple or make it easier. She was repeatedly offered vegetarian options and not given the opportunity to try the meat options along the tour. This was frustrating as you were very clear when setting up the tour, what the food restrictions were, we reminded them again when we got to the beginning of the tour and also reminded along the tour. How often will we need to say it in order to get the full experience. Although the tour guide and her trainee were very nice & social, it is not likely not an experience we'll do again. read more

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We had a fun day in Solvang with our guide Hannah. Although we were locals, it was great to find some new spots we had not visited before. Hannah was very friendly and accommodating to our requests. There was plenty of food to eat and a couple of adult beverages included. The photo tips were marginal, but we didn't care as we booked the tour for the fun of walking around town and tasting the delicious food. The highlight was Kim Jensen, owner of the Ingeborg's Danish Chocolates, giving us a wonderful tour of his factory and sharing lots of chocolate treats! read more

Such a fun day in the Funk Zone eating our way around with guide Hannah. The food was yummy and company was great to spend the day with! read more

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Camilla was a great tour guide. She took my girlfriend and I to parts of Santa Barbara we had no idea existed. She has a robust knowledge of the history of the Funk Zone. We went to a balanced array of places and Camilla ensured we did not wait or lose time. She even proactively cleaned tables, when needed, to save time. It was my girlfriend's birthday and she had a great time. We definitely would recommend. They even accommodated our preference of no pork. read more

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Our Solvang tour with Cameron was an experience of a lifetime. And no this is not an exaggeration. From seeing pictures of this magical town of Solvang online, photographs, and through other people's experiences, I got to experience the city this past weekend. The town itself has such great, healing, and positive energy. There are so many restaurants, brewhouses, and wine tastings everywhere. Without the guidance of Eat This Shoot That!, we would have been completely lost. Cameron had such an organized itinerary for us throughout the evening. It was such an amazing, special feeling to have all these restaurants know we were on the tour, immediately get seated, and get food and drinks in front of us within 5 minutes of entering the restaurant. Every place we visited had such great respect for Cameron. Cameron took us to many sites throughout the town, that's enriched with so much history. We would not have learned as much as we did about the city of Solvang without the expertise and guidance of Cameron. I am forever grateful to this company, especially Cameron, and will be booking another tour in December to experience this all over again. Thank you so much! read more

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As a Yelp Elite, food tours is my middle name! lol I love exploring through food when traveling. I can't believe it's been a good 10 years since I've visited Santa Barbara. We were in town for a wedding and the lovely bride and groom set up all the guests on this wonderful tour! We were separated into 3 groups of 14-15 and off we go to eat! We had 8 stops in the Funk Zone area and 3 of those had alcohol. My hubby and I are not drinkers at all so I wish there were other options at those stop. One did provide a ginger mint mocktail but even then the ginger was way too strong for me. And now onto the food! we got a taste of: pizza, taco, poutine, duck taquitos, and a bread/dried fruits/nuts box that pairs with one of the wine place we stopped at. Overall my favorite was the poutine with gravy and schnitzel from Biergarten, and the duck taquitos from Flor de Maiz. Those two restaurants I would had definitely go back to have a full meal. TBH, the only thing that was missing on this tour was dessert! Overall I think we only walked maybe 2 to 2.5 miles around the city. But we've learned and tasted so much more! It was a a great way to meet and interact with other wedding guests that we wouldn't had normally. If you are a solo traveler or part of a large group, they will definitely take good care of you! read more

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It was a really nice experience! Initially, there was a mix-up with the tour date, but the staff were incredibly accommodating and offered to reschedule for the very next day. They even gifted us a bottle of wine to make up for the misunderstanding with yhe dates!! The tour itself was a perfect blend of delicious food, great wine, and interesting insights into the local culinary scene. read more

This was a great way to begin our discovery of funk town. Our tour guide, Hannah, was fabulous: very personable and knowledgeable. The locations and food selection was diverse. Serving portions were substantial, so would suggest arriving hungry and to pace yourself on this tour. We cancelled our dinner plans after this tour as we were too satiated to be able to consume another meal on the same day. Also suggest scheduling the tour early in your visit to Santa Barbara as you will want to explore the area more and this tour will set you up well. read more

My tour guide was awesome. She was originally from Argentina (loved the accent). and did a great job in explaining the different histories of Santa Barbara. My knees aren't great and I felt the walking pace and distance were very doable. The food tastings and drinks were well proportioned and balanced off with walking. Our tour group were a mesh of wonderful ladies from Utah, local residents, and Los Angeles. I have recommended this place to everyone that I've shared my trip with. read more

FYI - I've already shared this exact same feedback with the owner but want to make sure fellow consumers have an idea of our experience - I worked with Tara (owner) for close to a year to plan a private tour for a group of 10 of us celebrating my husband's 50th birthday - she was more than perfect but we had the extreme opposite experience once we actually took the tour - our tour guide, Christy, started off by offending my group stating we had "bizzaro" names which was furthest from the truth. She then would lose her train of thought in the middle of explaining something on the tour, she didn't call a couple of places ahead of time so they were visibly frustrated with our size group just popping in - it was an extremely disappointing experience given I'd been planning this for close to a year and paid nearly $2,000 for 10 guests when it ended up being more like a $500 group experience - we've taken many tours like this before and this was one I was anticipating being amazing and it was easily our least favorite tour we've ever taken and our least favorite experience in Santa Barbara - the owner doesn't live local so there could be some disconnect with hiring - the owner was apologetic but did not offer anything beyond that which was also disappointing given everything I shared with her about our experience. If you decide to take this tour, avoid Christy - as the other reviewers seemed to have enjoyed their experience - we unfortunately did not. read more

This was the perfect tour for our weekend visit to Santa Barbara. We enjoyed every place we visited and our tour guide was awesome!! Learned so much about the local area, businesses and history of Santa Barbara. Had a great group of people that we had fun meeting and hanging out with for a few hours. Would definitely recommend! read more

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My boyfriend and I went through this food tour together as a part of our date day trip in Santa Barbara. This company is so wonderfully organized and hospitable with their tours. Tara was very kind and proactive in helping us get set up with a tour guide so we appreciated that. Andrew was our tour guide and he is hands down awesome (as you might see in some of the other reviews)! It's clear that he's a history buff and was able to provide so many new and interesting facts about Santa Barbara that made the experience so fun and enriching. We felt so comfortable conversating and walking through the city. So they have a really great staff. We were able to discover eating places that we wouldn't have known about and learned historical facts that we probably would have walked right past on our own. We loved every single dining place we visited. Everything was SO delicious. And they give just the right amount of proportions so that you can continue to walk it off and make space for the next dish. Also they were very precautious and compliant with social distancing and wearing our masks the entire time while being outdoors so I personally felt comfortable with the tour in light of COVID. You can tell they're being thoughtful about the circumstances. All that being said, we truly had a wonderful time. If you want to expand your experience in SB, definitely add this to your list! I've already recommended this to some friends who will be going on the tour as well! I can't wait to try their Solvang tour next! You can check out our full video experience on my youtube!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFrcYHe4L9o&t=573s read more

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This tour was offered through our cruise ship. It was my favorite excursion of our cruise. Our guide was Kayla? She was informative and very pleasant. She made us all feel comfortable. The first thing she did was pass out packages of popcorn from the Santa Barbara Popcorn Company for us to snack on while we were walking. The popcorn is delicious and comes in 42 flavors and is available to order for shipping, which I may do because I live in Ohio. Now for the actual tour. The food and drink variety was great. The food included octopus ceviche, schnitzel poutine, wood fired fennel sausage pizza, chicken street tacos, and ice cream, all of which were delicious. We also had a couple types of beer, wine, and spirits. It was so much fun to walk through the streets with 8 new friends and stop for great food and drink. Kayla also gave us some history of the area and pointed out several beautiful wall paintings. The area was beautiful. This was a great tour and a great time. I highly recommend Eat this, Shoot that. read more

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My fiancé and I had an amazing time during our tour! It's the first weekend we've really done anything since the pandemic and it was absolutely perfect. All the spots were so cool, delicious, and adjusted to the rules very well. Many of the places had to convert to outdoor patios and to be honest it was even better that way!! It was a beautiful day and enjoying these amazing foods and drinks outside made it even better. Our tour guide Andrew did an amazing job!! I would highly recommend doing this tour! Be kind, patient, and support all these amazing businesses! Also it was a great way to celebrate our engagement! Thanks again for a memorable experience! read more

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I don't think I have ever been so disappointed with a business before I am even able to visit. I saw a Groupon for this food tour and was thrilled because I had looked into them in past and wasn't able to fit it into my trip at the time. Knowing third parties like Groupon take such a high fee for advertising, I wanted to reach out directly and ask if they would prefer I purchase directly through them rather than Groupon. Kinda a win win for both of us to save some money. But instead I was told they were unaware they had a Groupon offer at the time and asked if I could hold off on purchasing so that they can further look into it. I know things happen and was willing to wait since the sale price wasn't expected to expire for another few days, and I had time to purchase if that's how they wanted to handle it. They called me back 2 days later to tell me I could purchase through Groupon if I wanted and was definitely under the impression they would honor the original advertised price. Considering they were unaware, it was a good thing that I pointed it out to them before there was a real problem they had to deal with. I go on to purchase through Groupon and realized the price has now been updated and there is ZERO discount from there website price. I took screen shots of the groupon that stated the deal should still be good, and was clearly changed after they investigated and contacted groupon. I called again in hopes to purchase tickets at the price that was advertised and spoke with Tara, the owner of the business. I absolutely can not express the amount of disrespect and demeaning comments she made to me. While speaking to her, she laughed and then tried to tell me that I should have purchased earlier before the deal was gone.... Uhhh I waited per there request to look into things. As if to make matters even more uncalled for, she even apologized that is was "outside my budget" and recommended waiting until they have another sale..... I couldn't believe she was talking to me like this. The audacity and demeaning comment. Clearly a disappointment after hoping they would do the right thing and looking forward to this tour.... But things happen for a reason I guess. I found a much better food tour and booked with them instead. Oh, and I paid full price with no problem Tara, my budget wasn't the problem, it was about you honoring a listed price as advertised. Thank you for your more than your rude attitude and saved me from paying for a disappointment. Pics of some of the chat conversation is posted for the record. As a lot of the conversation was also through phone calls I clearly can't post those. read more

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What a fun and fantastic time. We were about 30 minutes late due to major accidents on the freeway. Our guide was able to wait for us. Each stop was carefully chosen and the food stops were delicious. They were able to cater to our gluten sensitivities and we felt full by the end of the tour. We have been to Santa Barbara many times and decided to book this as a fun excursion. Was so glad we did and can't wait to revisit the places we ate at. read more

What a fun time we had with Cameron! The tastes were delicious and the portion were generous. Cameron was super informed about interesting fun facts about the Solvang. I would highly recommend this tour! read more

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We did the food tour this past Saturday. Let me say this- Our guide was really great and knowledgeable, she was a very sweet lady and that's the reason I am giving 3 stars. Although, the food, wine & drinks that they promote in the website "Eat this, shoot that" is just not prompt for the price they charge, and I will explain WHY- So we did the tasting @ the Solvang location. We started off with a cheese plate and 2 wine tasting, which was cool, but at the same we were a group of 6 ppl total. The paper plate was very small, but it wasn't even individual portions, we were all sharing the same plate. After that, we went to 7 other places. I was expecting at least drinks, wine or something to go with the tastings, but no, it wasn't like that at all. The only "drink" tasting was the 2 wine tastings from the first place, then we tried ONE sample of a beer and then coffee at the very end. Now, those 8 Restaurants that we went to, actually included 2 places that ANYONE can go to and get free samples. One was a place that sells Spices and the other was a place that sells different Olive oils. In fact we've been there in the past. The food was ok, BUT nothing special. Paying $265 for two tickets is absolutely not worth it. Perhaps this was different before the pandemic because I did check the reviews here before making a decision to do this. Perhaps, more restaurants were included in this tour or something. It just doesn't add up for what you get, you know?! Would I do it again? Probably NOT. read more

What a fun, tasty tour! My friend & I had no idea there was even a Funk Town in Santa Barbara, but so glad we do now. Our tour guide was energetic, knowledgeable & friendly. The tour stops were varied, yet tasty. Come with an empty belly & expect to be full at the end. I highly recommend this walking food tour! read more

This is only my second experience with going on a food tour, so I don't have much to compare to, but food tours are super fun since you can try different foods you may not normally have tried. I thought the Funk Zone food tour was overall pretty great, and our tour guide Jocelyne was friendly and knowledgeable. My favorite item was the ahi tuna ceviche from Santi Mezcal! The fish was so fresh and tasty, and the sauces were excellent. Everything else (the pizza, chicken taco, ice cream, and chocolate) was fairly good, but nothing stellar. For this food tour, I could have done without the alcohol and would have liked more food stops instead! Portion sizes were quite small especially since the food was shared, so having either more food at each stop or having an additional stop would have made my belly a little happier! Another thing that could have improved the tour would be to have the ice cream stop individualized to each person. It would have been nice to choose your own flavors of ice cream (similar to how we got a choice for the chocolate truffles). Overall, I don't think this tour is worth the full price, so I'm glad we got a Groupon. It definitely was still a really fun experience, and having a knowledgeable tour guide definitely added value to the tour. read more

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Thank you Christina! Had a great time exploring Santa Barbara with your guidance. Honestly, it felt like I was spending an afternoon with a friend. Sharing interesting facts about the lovely Santa Barbara city and enjoying delicious food was amazing. It was a bonus there were no other reservations made on the same day so we didn't have to share my new friend Christina with anyone else. Santo Mezcal- Octopus ceviche was uniquely delicious, so addicting. I couldn't get enough of it!! The Bier Garten- Pork poutine fries, fried cheese curds, mushroom gravy sauce, need I say more. Delicious. And the amber beer, typically I stray away from Amber beers BUT this one was so perfectly paired. I wanted more. Mony's Mexican food- first of all I never order, Chicken tacos, I'm Mexican, Al pastor all the way. This place makes GREAT chicken tacos. Christina again proved me wrong. I do want to return and try other tacos too. Cutler's Artisan Spirits- Shots, shots, shots. I was skeptical about trying vodka and gin without a chaser but the apple pie liquor and coffee liquor in the end was AMAZING!! Lucky Penny- always a favorite of mine so I was happy to get some slices in my belly. Fennel sausage, so tasty. Figueroa mountain- another favorite of mine, great beers. Tried the Mexican lager, wouldn't say I would typically order this one but I was glad to have tasted it. Helena Bakery- fresh bread with lavender jam...I wish I ordered another loaf of bread just to finish off that HEAVENLY JAM, I was too full from all the other tastings though. Santa Barbara Wine company- preselected white and red wines both delicious. Had to stay and order a flight and sample other great wines as well. Overall, best food tour I've ever been on. read more

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We had a great time doing this tour! It was the perfect pace of eating food, drinking, and walking. The portions were generous at every stop and some stops offered a discount on purchasing bottles of wine/alcohol to take home for later. It was totally worth the price and we got to bypass the lines as well! Tara was a great guide and super knowledgeable and I would definitely do this tour again the next time I am in Santa Barbara. She also gives tips on how to best photograph your food and encourages taking photos...the hard part is that the food is just so good and you have a great time and then forget to take a photo before you start eating! read more

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Great food tour in Solvang. Lots of food, good variety, and a fun time. We really enjoyed our guide, Ketola. It was a fabulous day.

Cameron was a great guide! He made it fun and the conversation was great! He truly wanted to serve our little group and make sure we were having a good time! The food was delicious and we wouldn't have tried so many places if we hadn't done this tour. Cameron gets a 5. bottles) but it would have been even more delicious with the charcuterie tray at stop one. The desserts were WOW!! I do recommend the tour and hope to do the one in Santa Barbara soon. read more

Omg that's Cameron! Our wonderful Tour guide!Honestly because Of today I will be coming to Solvang to spend some nice relaxing happy time! thank you Cameron for making this weekend the best! #mytourguideisbetterthenyours #besttour #tourguide read more

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Andrew is the best! He made this tour so fun, he was the perfect guide for our group, knowledgeable and patient with us! Andrew took us around to various spots for tastings, shared a lot of interesting Santa Barbara history and facts, and kept us entertained the whole time. I really recommend this food tour if you're in town, or just looking for something to do. Definitely do wear some comfortable walking shoes and be prepared for a lot of walking! read more

Awesome Way to visit and your Solvang! There's so many shops and things to see, that we never would've found the gems Cameron took us to visit. Plus no waiting at any of the hot spots where we got to sample wine beer cheese pastry sausages spices and olive oil. Cameron's tips and tidbits of history made this a super fun day! Thank you read more

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I'm glad my boyfriend and I booked this tour! Not only it was our first time and wouldn't know the history and places to eat and drink, this tour gave us an idea of the city, where to go at night and more fun activities to do right after. Sarah, our tour guide was the best! So friendly and informative, she was well aware of my allergies and accommodated that. We tried seafood restaurants, burger, pizza, wine tasting, beer and shots! Well worth it. read more

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We had a tour with Andrew this past Saturday and we had the best time! Andrew was so enthusiastic and knowledgable, and he generally knew how to have a good time. He just fit right into our group and make sure we had the best time. The food was delicious at every stop and we learned so many new things about Santa Barbara that we didn't know. We loved it so much that we re-visted some of the same spots the next day. Thanks so much to Eat This, Shoot That, and especially thank you to Andrew for making our trip so awesome! read more

Camilla and Nadia were our wonderful tour guides throughout our 3 hour eating and drinking adventure through the Funk Zone. Our large group could have been tough to manage and keep together but they did such a great job. We had a blast. Nadia and Camilla made this special excursion celebrating our daughter's 21st birthday one for the memory books! read more

Kimmie was the best guide! She was funny, light-hearted, and I felt like I really learned something about the "real" Santa Barbara. I would definitely recommend :) read more

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I traveled to Santa Barbara for my 40th birthday celebration along with my 10 closest friends. The whole weekend had a focus on food, friends and fun! We did this tour and it sure delivered all of the above! We enjoyed the yummy eats, historical facts and the Funk Zone neighborhood as a whole! All of the food was really yummy and it certainly filled us up and was enough food. Our guide was friendly and patient with us as we took a lot of photos along the way! less of the food and more of our group. There were just so many awesome picturesque places for a photo! We did take some fun shots of the food also. Many thanks for showing us a great time and I certainly would recommend this tour to others. Lots of great memories made! read more

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Great guide...really helpful and sweet and friendly!! Loved all the food and drinks! Was a really pod experience overall

My husband and I decided to go on the Solvang tour during our stay in SB! We visited Solvang during our trip and did this tour because we didn't know what was good to eat in this little danish town! This was one of the best decisions we made on this trip! Our bellies are so full and happy! Cameron was so helpful and friendly, attending to our every need during the tour! Highly recommend for first time visitors! read more

My friends and I decided to do a quick overnight trip to Santa Barbara and came upon this Eat This Shoot That Funk Zone walking tour. I didn't know what to expect, but it exceeded our expectation! We don't drink alcohol, but we got to try some delicious food from six different restaurants. The food was so exceptional and was a great way to experience restaurants that we might not have tried. Camilla, our guide was so sweet, fun, knowledgeable and enthusiastic. She told us some interesting facts about Santa Barbara that we weren't aware of. Overall, definitely recommend this tour! read more

Girlfriend and I went yesterday through Solvang. Our guide (Cameron) made the experience so much fun! We were completely stuffed after. I would definitely recommend this to anyone: read more

Great food tour around Solvang! Come hungry and wear comfy shoes. Thank you Cameron for the great hospitality!

So delighted our friends recommended the Solvang food tour because it was such a fun experience. This was the first time my husband and I have done a tour like this and even though we are not alcohol drinkers we felt the variety and quality of food was good. We spent about 15 minutes at each location which gave us time to relax and enjoy the food. The walking was a bit difficult for me towards the end of the tour due to having knee issues and longer distances between stops. Kayla was a wonderful tour guide who shared some interesting history about Solvang. She was very insightful and kept us involved. We enjoyed being able to shop for spices and olive oils at some of the final stops. We're hoping to try the Santa Barbara food tour in the near future. read more

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Hi Tara. . . I'm sure you don't remember me but I was on your tour a few years ago. You taught me how to shoot GREAT photos using my Smart Phone. While we on the tour, we went for ceviche and I took the attached picture. I have never entered a contest so I decided I would give it a try. I had it printed, framed, and submitted it to the Los Angeles County Fair. I titled it "Ceviche by the Sea" I was shocked to find that I took third place behind some very accomplished photographers. That tour was a tremendous learning experience for me. Thanks for a wonderful learning (and eating) experience. If you ever need another recommendation, please count me in. Mike Rounds read more

Did this tour spur of the moment, last minute Groupon purchase. So glad we did! Great tour & awesome activity with my girlfriends. Lots of food tastings(all were delicious!) along with beer & wine. Cameron was a great guide! Learned about the city's history & got some good photo tips. I will be doing it again with my hubby. read more