Our group of 13 had a great experience on the Japantown Food Tour with Edible Excursions. The tour offered a nice mix of food tastings (7 stops!), local history, and time to browse the neighborhood, which made for a fun and well-rounded outing. Lisa was an excellent guide--knowledgeable, personable, and attentive to the interests of our group. She shared interesting background on Japantown and was happy to go into greater detail with anyone who had questions. She also highlighted shops and other spots we might want to return to on a future visit, including a few that happened to be closed that day. We especially appreciated the flexibility of the tour. Edible Excursions was willing to adjust portions of the planned itinerary to include some specific things our group was interested in trying, which made the experience feel more personalized. I also learned more about their North Beach tour from Lisa, and the itinerary sounds distinctive compared with other tours I've arranged in the past. Based on our Japantown experience, I would definitely consider booking another tour with them. Highly recommended! read more

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I can't believe I didn't do this sooner! My friends' birthday was coming up and I thought taking a food tour to celebrate would be much more fun than just going out to an individual restaurant like we usually do. And it couldn't have been a better decision. We took the North Berkeley Tour and Justin was our guide (who I very highly recommend). Not only was he incredibly knowledgeable about the history of all the delicious food we enjoyed, but he was also so personable and easy to talk to. It really felt like we were getting an insider's view of the area. And of course, the selection of food we had was diverse and amazing too (all of it). The best advice I can give to someone who would like to book this tour is to bring your appetite because you will not be hungry when it's over. In fact, by the time we got to our last stop for cupcakes, we were all so full that we just took them to go. I'm still amazed that we were able to visit so many different places in such a short distance. Many of the foods I tried were new to me but I think it's safe to say I've now discovered some new favorites and will definitely be back. Oh, and for those who like to shop, we passed a few cute places along the way too. This really was a fun experience and a wonderful way to spend the day! read more

My boyfriend surprised me with this experience for my birthday, and it was absolutely incredible! Before the tour, our host took the time to ask about all of my favorite foods and thoughtfully incorporated them into the evening, which made it feel so personal and special. Every detail was carefully curated, and the entire experience was fun, memorable, and unique. I can't recommend it highly enough! read more

Fun activity to eat, learn and experience! We did a 4pm tour at the ferry plaza building and it was a nice replacement for dinner. The tour guide was informative and fun while mixing in tastings throughout. Highly recommended experience! read more

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Had an amazing tour by Rebecca in North Berkeley. Her love of the neighborhood shined through and all the stops were awesome. Saul's was probably the biggest hit. Great communication while booking, easy to find and top notch experience. read more

We took an edible excursions tour of the Ferry Building farmer's market and it was fantastic. Paul our guide was fun, enthusiastic, so well prepared, and so knowledgeable about the SF food scene. We all grew up in the area and I hadn't been back in few years and was so impressed with improvements in the city, which was wonderfully energetic and pristine. Paul's tour was a highlight and it helped me fall in love with the city once more ! read more

If you're looking for a small, intimate and delicious culinary experience, while also strolling through some great San Francisco neighborhoods, I HIGHLY recommend Lisa Rogovin's Edible Excursions. We were a group of 6 people for the Japantown tour on Saturday and that was the perfect size! Lisa previouisly worked at Gourmet Magazine and really knows her way around food and San Francisco. I've lived in San Francisco for 20+ years and learned more "insider secrets" on this Japantown tour that warmed my heart and stomach. We ate great ramen, great Thai food (yes, in Japantown!) yummy desserts, visited a local Japanese grocery store, walked a lot, ate a lot and generally had a great time. In addition to San Francisco, Edible Excursions also covers tours in Oakland and Berkeley, CA. Make sure to check www.edibleexcursions.net for all the details. You won't be disappointed!! And will likely return for their other tours too! read more

I used Edible Excursions for an Intern Social Event and it went above and beyond my expectations! We went on the Japantown Food Tour and our tour guide Alice was so wonderful. It was the perfect balance of learning about Japantown's history, eating tasty bites (and a full bowl of ramen!!) and even hearing personal stories from our guide about the Japanese communities in San Francisco. Our group had a mix of people who are familiar with Japantown and some of the stops we went to and first timers, and everyone left the tour feeling so full (definitely be sure to have an empty stomach at the start of this tour!) and amazed at how much they learned about the Japanese American community from our guide. I highly recommend this tour for anyone planning intern/corporate events, people new to the city and wanting to learn more about the communities you're touring, or even if you're a local and have been there before because you might learn something new like a few of us! read more

This food tour was the BEST! We went for a corporate team activity, and it was the best decision we could have made. Our tour guide, Joshua, was so kind, knowledgeable, professional, and had so many awesome stories to tell about the city, it's good, and his own life! The places we stopped at were truly so good - we got food and drinks at each of the stops and they all offered a different, unique type of cuisine. What I loved about the tour was that we stopped at local restaurants I would have never thought to try on my own, but would now go back to 100%! If you're in SF and want a way to explore the city (specifically the mission), bond with your team or friends, and eat like a local, Edible Excursions is the way to go! read more

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Edible Excursions planned a fun, engaging and (most importantly) tasty virtual cocktail making class for my team's holiday celebration. All the coordination leading up to the class was easy and smooth, and Edible Excursions took care of boxing and shipping all the ingredients needed for the cocktail recipes to nearly a dozen team members spread out all over the country. They came in cute little bottles with custom-made labels -- it's these nice little touches that made the experience feel super customized and high touch for our team. Dolly the bartender was delightful. She's not only a great instructor full of endless useful knowledge about spirits and cocktails (had great answers to all our nonstop questions) but she was also super fun and a natural at what she does. It was a joy learning from her! read more

I found Edible Excursions' virtual cocktail making class toward the end of 2020 and have been attending ever since. I've tried a lot of other online cocktail experiences but this one is by far the best and my favorite- the drinks are delicious and Dolly (the bartender) is very engaging and a really great teacher but what sets this one apart is that you get to be actively involved! Lisa (founder of EE) encourages participants to keep their audio on, ask questions, and give feedback throughout the class which truly makes this more of a social event- very similar to one of their (pre-covid) walking food tours. Dolly sources the best of the best alcohol- often local- and creates unique and delicious mixers to pair with her original cocktail recipes, more than a few we have continued to re-create. In recent months, they began offering a food pairing along with the virtual class which truly makes this a fabulous indoor date night! Even though we are vaccinated and the world is opening up again, I will continue to do these classes as they are oh so tasty, super fun, and always a highlight of my weekend. read more

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Had the most enjoyable time with Travis on the Mission 24th tour. Travis is very knowledgeable of the history behind the city and the tour is well-paced. We had a big group of 9 and started a little late - total time was a little over 3 hours. Booking was very easy over the phone. What the tour included: Coffee from Philz Mini cupcake at Mission Minis Celery soda and pastrami sandwich at Wise Sons Walk through Balmy Street Murals Huarache and chips/salsa at La Palma Pork and cheese pupusa and jamaica juice at D'Maize Horchata (or aqua fresca) and al pastor taco at El Farlito Scoop of ice cream from Humphry Slocombe Everything we tasted was delicious! My favorite was the huarache from La Palma. Overall an amazing experience and worth the price! Definitely come hungry! I will be back for another tour soon read more

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We greatly enjoyed this outing in North Beach with Brian. He is quite the raconteur, with a story for every sight along the way. He's passionate about his own neighborhood and corny in a pleasant way about his jokes. Very engaging experience, and we learned a lot about both local history and cannoli. read more

I organized this event as a team-building activity and we had the most incredible time. It was seamlessly organized and had just the right balance of information with all the delectable foods. We work across the street from the Ferry Building, yet many people mentioned that they hadn't tried some spots we visited. It was a casual, low-key way to connect with my colleagues and wonderful exposure to the gems hidden within the Building. I would definitely recommend this tour especially our guide, Tori (she made everything come alive). It was a great experience! read more

We recently engaged Edible Excursions to provide a walking food tour of the Mission for my company during a team off-site. The guides were knowledgable and friendly and the food and drinks were delicious. The company offered us the flexibility to start out all together and end our tour together. The way that the tour is set up provides folks with ample opportunities to connect with different colleagues while walking and sitting at restaurants. Received many comments from colleagues about how much they enjoyed this experience and that it was our best team building event ever (been in business for nearly 20 years). Highly recommend! read more

My family (6 of us) really enjoyed our SF food tour with Edible Excursions. We did the Ferry Building / Farmer's Market tour. Lisa was an awesome host -- knowledgeable and she kept things interesting. None of us knew much about that part of San Francisco, so it was a great excuse to see a lively part of SF that we had never seen. Food was delicious and we were all stuffed by the end of the tour. We took this tour in Dec 2021, so masks were required inside the ferry building unless you were eating. Much of the tour is outside, with no mask requirement. We'll definitely sign up for a different tour with Edible Excursions the next time we're in the area. read more

This time, my fiancé and I went on the SF Japantown food tour. Our guide, Alice Kawahatsu, was absolutely amazing!!!!! Not only was all the food delicious, she was able to give us historical/cultural context which we thoroughly enjoyed. We originally wondered how a Japantown food tour would take three hours but the time honestly flew by and we actually ran over the scheduled time. My fiancé kept raving about how awesome Japantown was and how we needed to come back more often so I guess SF Japantown (with Alice's awesome guide skills) won him over! We really enjoyed our conversations with Alice and we hope to go on a tour with Edible Excursions again. Definitely recommend :) thanks again Alice! read more

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I worked with Edible Excursions to schedule our staff post-holiday party. Amy was our contact. She was so helpful, great communication & timely. Amy took care of all the details which made it perfect & easy for me to work with. Joshua was our tour guide for the SF Ferry Building. He was so delightful, knowledgeable & FUN our entire group couldn't stop talking about how much fun they had! I plan on scheduling another tour with Edible Excursions very soon! read more

My coworkers and I chose the Ferry Building tour for our recent team off-site. We all live in San Francisco and have been to the Ferry Building numerous times so we weren't expecting much but it is close to our office so we thought it was an easy option (plus we lucked out and found a great deal on Groupon). We were pleasantly surprised at how interesting and enjoyable the tour with Tori was. We were expecting sample size bites from the vendors but everything we had was full size (and they were incredibly accommodating for our vegetarian needs in my group). We definitely left pleasantly full. You'll get a little history on the building and details on many of the businesses. Really made me appreciate all the farmers and natural resources we are lucky to have so close to San Francisco. Tori was charming and very knowledgable, you can tell she has a real passion for the food, artisans and preserving the heritage of the building. I will definitely be recommending this tour to my out of town guests! read more

We used Edible Excursions for their Farmers Market tour as an event during a corporate retreat. The tour was lovely-perfect amount of food, wonderful selection. Our guide Michaela was excellent as well! The whole team was communicative, flexible, and went above and beyond to make it a great morning for us. read more

We had a small team building event and did the Mission Street Tour. From the initial contact with the administrative team to schedule our event, to our day of experience - Everything was Fantastic! Our guide, Paul showered us with his knowledge of the Mission area, SF and food. He also introduced us to some incredible mural art while we were walking between restaurants. Highly recommend this tour and definitely go hungry! There's so much delicious food all along the tour. read more

Alice made our food tour in Japantown so great. We shuffled from udon to ramen to mochi to sushi to even dosas and beyond with her warmth and hospitality. She's accommodating, curious, open to questions and easy to spend two hours on a Saturday with. Plus, we met the sweetest two women in our group that we hung out with and talked to for over an hour at the final restaurant. From info on the sculptures to the neighborhood's history, Alice was a major part of why the day was so fun. Thank you Alice!!! read more

Great food and tour guide at Mission 24th Travis Monson was a great guide telling the history of the Mission district. I ate the best pastrami ever at Wise Sons! We stopped at several Mexican restaurants to have tacos and other dishes. We stopped at s fish place where they provided a generous serving of clam chowder. The tour ended with ice cream! Travis also showed us some interesting murals. Overall I thought it was a great experience read more

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Rebecca is amazing!!!! She's so knowledgable and she gave us so many fun pieces of background knowledge and history that made it very enjoyable. We did the Berkeley Gourmet Ghetto tour. The samples are quite large, and it definitely fills you up. She was so sweet- there were two birthdays on our tour and she went out of her way to have a little cake and candle surprise for them. Definitely go with edible excursions if you want a unique culinary experience. ask for rebecca! read more

So much fun! I took the 16th street Mission tour, which was great fun. I really appreciated that the tour guides were flexible with level of engagement with the content or the food -- you can engage as much as it makes you comfortable/interested! Do be sure to pace yourself! Many participants on our group had to tap out after the first or second restaurant, which really was a shame. read more

A very fun and informative tour! We enjoyed the Japantown tour with Alice as our guide and we would recommend this to our friends. Come hungry because the tour includes lots of food, drinks, and dessert!! read more

I've recently moved back to the Bay Area but am living in the city for the first time. My wife got me the Taste of the Mission tour as a father's day gift and to introduce me to the city . What a way to do it! Lisa was super friendly, informative, and conscientious of the whole group. She didn't waste time having us all introduce ourselves because it's about the food (and we had plenty of opportunity throughout the experience)! I won't disclose where we went on the tour (go yourself) but I was truly inspired by the places we stopped. As organic, locally sourced, and authentic as you can get. I guess that's more of the norm in SF but it was great to here from the owners of these places as to why they do what they do and what they do to ensure great food. I would highly recommend Lisa and plan on taking my wife on the next one! read more

We had a wonderful time at the SF Ferry building tour! If you get the chance to have Rebecca as your guide do yourself a favor and make sure you do! You could tell she loves food and man was she knowledgeable. Tried throwing her a few curveballs but she knew it all! My wife and I were worried it could be loud and too many people but were pleasantly surprised the building was busy but not packed, and it was just us and Rebecca, apparently something they will do for return customers, though she said tours tend to range from 4-10 people, we felt spoiled just the two of us. At one point we had a few extra minutes and Rebecca went beyond herself, buying some fresh oranges and a blood orange- the best we had ever had- on her own dime! Thank you for an awesome time! We will certainly do more of these in the future and highly recommend! read more

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Spent a very rainy March morning with Joshua on the Ferry Building Tour. Most of the tour is inside so it is actually a great activity year round. I have been on almost all the tours, they are all great. Also, I have used Edible Excursions on 2 private tours for my team. Cannot recommend them any higher. I had not really considered the Ferry Building Tour since I work only a few blocks away, but I am glad I finally did. It was really interesting to hear all the history and back stories. I did not know that Miette and Blue Bottle shared history or how much influence Alice Water had, or the waves of coffee- saving us from Folgers, happened in the Bay area. The 2 hours went by very fast. Joshua was able to accommodate my vegan/vegetarian friend and when she could not come (BART actually was shut down that morning) I got to take home her portions with me. Except for the parts I ate..not sorry. I was lucky enough to have Joshua on a 24th Street tour a few years ago and was happy to have another tour led by him. read more

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Our tour guide, Henry, was amazing! So friendly and let us know everything about the food, places and history. We were able to taste cheeses, bread, ice cream, chocolates... so much fun and yummy! read more

We coordinated an office excursion (Employee Appreciation event) w/Edible Excursions to tour the Ferry Building. Process was pretty easy as they walked me through how it would all work and were flexible as far as a start time for the tour. We (party of 20) arrived at the Ferry Building and Tori/Emunah took care of our group. I was in Emunah's group and she was awesome. She explained the history of the vendors we visited and was very accommodating to our individual needs. We had a number of very tasty treats that kept us going and wanting more. I received feedback the next day from everyone saying that they really enjoyed the afternoon outing. We all look forward to exploring different areas of our City w/the help of Edible Excursions! Big thanks to Tori and Emunah!!!! I hope to see you guys again soon. read more

Thank you Rebeca !!! I can't thank you enough for this experience I feel like I meet a long time friend you made the experience in Berkeley for the "Berkeley Gourmet Ghetto " excursión a one to remember i appreciate the food and the thought that goes behind each plate and the history behind every kitchen it's just amazing knowing what it took to create such an amazing plate , coffee , sandwich and wine ! Thank you so much again I am so happy I was able to experience this . And believe me this will not be our last one . Hope I can book again soon and have you as our tour guide thank sending you hugs from San Jose ! read more

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This was such a fun tour and included not only history of the Ferry Building and the background on the eateries but delicious food selections. We were a group of 10 and so enjoyed it. Travis was a great and engaging guide. I can't wait to schedule my next tour. Make sure you are hungry. You will finish full! read more

Sanity saver. We joined at least 6 of these virtual parties and love it. Found some awesome recipes for cocktails we will be making it for the long haul. Our kids love the event as it gets them uninterrupted/guilt free screen time. Dolly puts on a show. Lisa manages the entire event and keeps it going. Always great to hear from the entrepreneurs who share some background on how they got started making the primary alcohol. If you feel trapped at house - do this.. as I said - sanity saver for sure. read more

This is a wonderful tour. We explored the ferry building and learned about its history and about many of the food vendors. I really appreciate our amazing guide Rebecca. She was very knowledgeable about everything. She was so much fun to chat with about how food is grown or made and the history of how it came to be in the ferry building. We ate so much food on this tour. My favorite was the bread and cheese. I plan on taking the Other tours offered because I loved this one so much. read more

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Super fun afternoon with Edible Excursions in Berkeley with Rebecca. I learned so much about the history of the "Gourmet Ghetto" and got to sample incredible food, coffee, wine and everything in between. I highly recommend you sign up for this tour so that you may get to enjoy some of the best places to eat and drink in Berkeley. read more

I've been on many food tours in the city and Edible Excursions is great! It's great for a team build with colleagues or fun day out with family or friends. You get to try so much food and learn about new places! I've been on the Japantown (my favorite), Ferry Building, Mission 18th Street, and Mission 24th Street tours. The tours are well organized and run smoothly. The tour guides are friendly, knowledgeable, and always open to questions. I've planned several private tours and Rose is always a pleasure to work with. Lisa, the owner, is awesome and I've been lucky to go on 2 tours with her so far...hopefully more! The tour flies by because it's so much fun. You won't leave hungry, that's for sure! read more

I planned our department offsite activity with Edible Excursions, and we chose a 2.5-3 hour Japantown food tour. Our tour guide was Lisa, and she was well-read, funny, and overall entertaining. I would highly recommend her. She was part of creating the tour about seven years back, so she knew a lot of history. She also had great recommendations for food places. This was a great activity for a diverse group of individuals with different interests. I recommend taking the Japantown tour, because it isn't a highly populated area. The food is authentic and the culture is omnipresent. Overall, great experience! read more

This review is for the Japantown Tour: Alice is a great tour guide. In my mind, she's the mayor of Japantown. As a resident and neighbor of Japantown who commands presence on her tours, Alice will lead you with great confidence towards culinary delights that are truly authentic and world class. A tour with Alice is something to be missed. I've had the pleasure of living near Japantown for 5 years before I went on this tour, and I was blown away. I myself have been a tour guide in San Francisco on the double-decker buses for a few years, but on this tour I was the one learning. Thanks Alice and Edible Excursions! read more

Excellent Japantown tour starting with a tea ceremony! We loved learning from our guide Lisa as well as eating so many tasty items! We felt like we were with an expert in more than just local food, but architecture, read more