Loved our tour! Our guide Rosio was very knowledgeable and so friendly! This is our first time in Puerto Rico...we will be back! I highly recommend this tour to learn the history of the city, food and drink! read more

Best food tour I've ever taken - and I've taken a few. We thoroughly enjoyed every place we visited - the food and service were truly outstanding. This was an amazing way to get introduced to not only the cuisine but also the culture of San Juan. Lorna was prompt,organized and funny. She deserves a raise. 5 stars! read more

WOW--Our tour guide was Paolo. He really had a true passion for where he lives and what he does. You will not be bored on this tour. The city is full of life, color and flavor. It really blew my mind. There's really nothing like Old San Juan! Great authentic dishes while exploring the history and life of San Juan. Loved the Sangria and Mofungo (which I had never tried til now-primarily a Plantain dish-so good!) I was surprisingly full at the end of this fun, tasty and educational trip. Special NOTE: if you arrive in the square with the "Totem POLE" arrive an hour or 2 early because you will want to walk down to the ocean and explore the Graveyard on the ocean (there's practically a statue for every grave and it is AMAZING! The best cemetery I have ever seen or visited HANDS DOWN! (right next to the fort) Follow the street to get inside. read more

This tour was a fantastic introduction to both the island and Old San Juan. Our tour guide, Pablo, was a remarkable resource for information about the island. We were about as well-fed and well-informed as you can be after 3 hours, and the history and cultural insight he provided helped us appreciate every meal and stop along the way thereafter over the course of our visit. Well worth it and highly recommended! - Mitchell & Cheyenne read more

We took the sunset walk and taste tour on our recent trip to San Juan. The best part of the tour was our guide Evan, he was just very chatty full of energy. The restaurants we went to however were really not good at all, and I wouldn't go back to any of them again. Pretty much every single restaurant we went to was empty and we were the only customers. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt because we started the tour around 4pm and am guessing that's a little early for dinner. I would have gone with 2 stars, but Evan was one of the best guides and he probably deserves the other 2 stars! read more

The tour guide had expert knowledge about the local area and could answer every question that we had. He knew it was hot outside and made it a point to keep us in the shade. In addition to trying delicious local food, we were also able to learn about the history of Old San Juan's architecture. Educational and tasty. read more

Pablo! He was kind, incredibly knowledgeable about a huge variety of topics, and has a bright, warm enthusiasm that was exciting, engaging, and approachable. He took the time to get to know us as a group and tailor our experience. It was a blast walking through Old San Juan - so many people would say hey to him as we were on our tour - what a VIP! All of the stops were local, great establishments. You are definitely full by the end. I value Spoon's philosophy about community, so that was a priority for me, which they share. I recommend doing the tour within the first few scheduled items on your itinerary (no matter where you go, a food tour!) because they're so educational - historically, gastronomically, geographically to get oriented as you spend time in the city. This one was no exception. Plus you meet some cool fellow travelers along the way to meet up with later! The staff is open to you emailing/calling/texting with any follow-up questions, no matter the topic. We took them up on that and they were helpful providing recommendations and friendly guidance. Thank you Spoon! read more

I am rating this Excellent, because it truly was! Pablo was an EXCEPTIONAL guide. Very knowledgeable, passionate, energetic, and fun. Throughout the tour, he shared his knowledge about Puerto Rico and its history, and was especially helpful in getting a greater understanding of the rest of Puerto Rico, outside of San Juan. Sometimes we forget it is not just San Juan!! We LOVED his use of a very effective "job aid"....a children's coloring book. Creative, and so good to see the maps, the examples of the Indians hoeing the ground, and other very simple illustrations to reinforce his points. He had a compassionate view of the history of the people of Puerto Rico, and how they all contributed to today's society. Now, all this said, while the food we sampled was excellent, I would have expected a bit more. We have done food tours in the past, and felt this was a little light. We are NOT marking down our review because of our perception, however, it is important to share this. I would say this was maybe 80% History and 20% Food....and the history part was excellent. Just want to share that. The web site says try up to 10 foods. If you count the coffee and the rum drink, that brought us up to 7. Maybe the fresh fish was in the garbanzo dish at the last stop? The fresh meat in the Mofongo with Chicken and Garlic sauce? I was thinking the last "final sit down spot" might have provided a main course, or more than what was served. STILL....Pablo shared great stories about the history of the plants, the cooking and recipes, and that was fantastic. The web site states: You will taste up to 10 different Puerto Rican delicacies throughout the various stops. Sample the best artisan coffee in town, try traditional fresh bread, taste the most delicious locally sourced meat and produce on the island, eat fresh-caught local fish, enjoy a homemade ice cream pop made from all natural ingredients. We will end with a final sit-down stop for delicious fare prepared especially for our Spoon foodies. A refreshing rum cocktail will be paired with your meal. Highly recommend this, Pablo was great, history was presented very effectively, and would have liked more robust food! read more

The tour was great! We had 18 people for a 50th birthday party and wanted to get a peak of Old San Juan. This was perfect. Food, drinks, culture, history all I one evening. My friends raved about how much it exceeded their expectations. read more

Had a great food tour through San Juan! Pablo our tour guide was super informative and friendly. Highly recommend

You cannot go wrong with a Spoon Food Tour. The food is incredible, the sights are amazing, and the guides are friendly and very accommodating. Book this tour long before you get to the island, book it for the beginning of your trip, and while we did a private tour, we'd recommend a group tour! The more people to laugh and eat with the better. Perhaps most important to us were the recommendations for what we should do with the rest of our time in Puerto Rico! Paulina, the owner, was our guide and was the most friendly, most informative guide we could have asked for. To anyone who is visiting Puerto Rico for the first time, this is a must! read more

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Highly recommend the Old San Juan Walk & Taste Tour. A friend who recently went on the Tour had done the same to us and we were so happy we booked it. Our guide, Pablo, was extremely interesting, knowledgeable and overall made it worth ever cent and minute of our time. We travel a lot and have been on many a walking tour, which can vary significantly as to being a good use of your vacation time. In this case, the Tour is a great blend of history giving a background to the food an libations we tasted. Honestly, the quality of the food and drink was top notch and we were pleasantly surprised at not being starving when we ended like with most foodie tours. To Pablo, buen provencha! read more

While in San Juan during a brief cruise port stop, we booked a second tour with Paulina at Spoon Food Tours. With our friends Tom and Steve along there were 4 of us, so we had a van with a driver and Paulina guiding us through the food and history of Puerto Rico. We visited 3 different neighborhoods and ate fabulous food at three different restaurants -- two of which were definitely off the tourist grid. Whether you are in San Juan for a week or only a few hours, it's well worth taking a tour with Spoon Food tours. For photos of the places we visited and the foods we ate, check out these posts: http://www.travelingwiththejones.com/2013/12/20/eating-and-drinking-our-way-through-san-juan-puerto-rico-with-spoon-food-tours-part-1/ http://www.travelingwiththejones.com/2013/12/21/eating-and-drinking-our-way-through-san-juan-puerto-rico-with-spoon-food-tours-part-2/ http://www.travelingwiththejones.com/2013/12/22/eating-and-drinking-our-way-through-san-juan-puerto-rico-with-spoon-food-tours-part-3/ read more

We started our first visit to Puerto Rico with this tour and it was absolutely the right thing to do. We found ourselves going back to the restaurants Rosa took us to for the rest of our trip. Rosa was high-energy, full of interesting facts about the history and culture of Puerto Rico as she was born and raised there. All in all, very worth the price we paid for the tour! read more

This is a must-do while in San Juan. My son and his girlfriend gave me this tour as a gift and it was the absolute highlight of my trip! I took the evening walking tour. We experienced great food and fabulous rum drinks. Paulina is delightful, fun, entertaining and passionate. She has definitely found her passion and niche'! Don't miss this tour! It is a great value for the money and certainly worth the time. read more

Our guide Rocario was energetic, very knowledgeable and personally connected to the neighborhood. The food was great and walking the stone streets was fun. I recommend this tour for those interested in food, history and architecture. read more

Spoon food tour of old San Juan was definitely a highlight of my Puerto Rico trip! Paulina was incredibly knowledgeable and patient with us for our 3 hour tour which started by the totem pole near the Castillo and ended in the middle of Old San Juan. Did not hit up too many touristy places, and had a chance to savor some authentic Puerto Rican cuisine. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone wanting an overview of Old San Juan history, culture and food in the beginning of their trip. read more

We had the best day in Old San Juan on this food tour. Not only was the food delicious but Pablo our tour guide was so informative and a pleasure to have as our guide. I would highly recommend this to any first timers to Puerto Rico read more

Best intro to old San Juan and Puerto Rican cuisine. 3-plus hour tour ranging from coffee culture to rum culture, with both high and low food in between. Rocia was our guide -- she was enthusiastic throughout the time and extremely knowledgeable about both PR history and its current culture. Great guide! We visited 6-7 different places for a bite or a drink and each was memorable in its own way. Rocia also gave us guidance on where else to go once we left her. Top notch performance. If I had a reservation, it was the over focus on coffee (not unique to PR) and the lack of maps and phone images to illustrate points. These should have been immediately at hand. But these were minor quibbles in the overall tour. read more

This is THE food tour to take in San Juan. Not only do you eat wonderful food, but you get a full history lesson on Puerto Rico. Our tour guide was Eliot, he was an excellent guide, so friendly and knowledgeable. He was so clearly passionate about his job. I cannot recommend this tour enough! read more

Pablo is incredible! He is SO knowledgeable about Puerto Rico...food, history, customs. He was so personable and went above and beyond to make sure we saw, heard and tasted with gusto. He clearly is a professional who loves his job! He also thought of all the little details, like having us stop in the shade to talk, as it was hot. The food was very good, and it was a nice variety to sample. I would not only recommend this tour, I would go on it again! read more

Pablo was great and very informative. The stops that we made for food and drink were perfect and the amount of time and variety absolutely superb. We would highly recommend spoon if you're in San Juan Puerto Rico and want to get some valuable insight into history and food origins as well as taste some wonderful drinks and authentic food read more

Fun and delicious experience. The amount of food you get is very generous so come hungry. I'd recommend doing this early in your visit to Puerto Rico because you may want to go back to the restaurants on the tour. Highly recommend the tour! read more

Wow! This tour was great!!! Caroline had such a great energy and explained everything wonderfully. I had been looking forward to this tour & it did not disappoint in the least! I had the best Mofongo & the best fish tacos I have ever had!!! Amazing choices & no tourist traps... Just authentic tastings! I truly enjoyed myself today & I will definitely be taking another food tour when I return. Mahalo nui loa read more

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My wife and I are foodie tour aficionados; we even have a food tour company ourselves. This was one of the best we've experienced. The food and drinks were amazing and Daniella was a fabulous tour guide. She was personable and knowledgeable And a lot of fun. We highly recommend this tour, and if you are lucky enough to get Daniella that's even better! read more

Awesome food and history tour. Excellent way to start a vacation. My guide was a master of local history and customs. read more

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Our tour guide was Pablo, who from the start got everyone involved with a light introduction series followed by some history of the historical site in which we all met. Next, we went to Cafe Don Ruiz which had some of the best coffee I've ever tasted along with a delicious breakfast sandwich (the bread was sweet and scrumptious). We followed that with a full tour of Old San Juan, stopping at approximately 5 food stops along the way and enjoying a delightful morning (3 hours total) which encompassed a comprehensive history lesson in addition to a tasty introduction to a beautiful city. Highly recommended! read more

Would highly recommend! The food was absolutely fantastic and the cultural history was an added bonus. So glad we booked this while in OSJ.

Took the custom tour with Paulina & Gustavo on New Years during the day. It was everything I thought it would be and more! Just by reading other reviews before booking the tour, I now understand why everyone has booked. They might be the nicest people I've met on all my trips to Puerto Rico which made the food tour even more enjoyable. They are both very knowledgable on Puerto Rico as well as food. It is a must do in Puerto Rico and I will definitely be booking next time I come to try some new foods! read more

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We just finished the Spoon Food Tour in Old San Juan, and we were blown away. Our tour guide Pablo was amazing- he had that perfect combination of being personable and knowledgeable. We learned so much about the history and traditions of Old San Juan, and everything we ate was amazing. In fact, it was too much food- we ended up packing a box to take back to our room. Coffee and breakfast, followed by Cuban sandwiches and beer, than TWO lunches. Plus we saw lots of sights, and Pablo pointed out a lot places to visit, shopping, and other places to eat and drink. Pablo also gave us great tips for the rest of our trip, including marking a map for us and giving us his cell number so we could text him with any other questions while we were in Puerto Rico. It was the best tour we've done in all our travels. Pablo even made sure the slower members of our group could stop and rest, kept us in the shade, made sure we had lots of water, and took a route that went downhill. I would recommend this tour to anyone coming to Old San Juan. read more

We set out to have some fun before boarding our honeymoon cruise. Booked a tour in Ol' San Juan were we met Pablo, our tour guide. Turns out, no one else booked a tour for that day and we had him all to ourselves! This man is a book of history and facts that no one man should know! He absolutely loves this city/island!! He made our walking tour interesting, fun, and tasty. All of our stops had great food and even a little "dilly dilly" (alcohol for those who don't know). I look forward to returning to Puerto Rico for an extended stay and I definitely plan to get in touch with Pablo first to make sure I'm hitting all the right spots! GREAT job and would HIGHLY recommend to friends and family. read more

Went just last night in the Sunset Food Tour with Rocio and 9 other folks. Very enjoyable, plenty of delicious food and history telling. I am not unfamiliar with San Juan, having lived there for many years before, and I still learned plenty. And I was full at the end! I highly recommended. I think everyone in my group felt the same. Muchas gracias. read more

I took a group on the sunset wine and walking tour with Pablo. It was SUPER! The tour leader was gracious, made it interesting, the food was great and the entire thing was a highlight for my out of town guests. Paulina who organized the trip (one of the owners) was a pleasure to work with and overall this was an absolutely fantastic experience. Highly recommend it. read more

I will echo pretty much everything that's been said thus far and then some. Five Stars, two thumbs-up, standing ovation!!! I cannot express how much my husband and I enjoyed our tour with Paulina and Gus. It was one of the highlights of the trip and a must-do for anyone visiting the area (whether you've been there before or not). We booked the lunch tour on a Monday in late April, and were lucky enough to miss the cruise crowd and be the only ones on the tour. We stopped at three different places, each in a different part of San Juan (which we certainly would never have found on our own). Each place was better than the next. On the way, Paulina and Gus told us about the different areas of the city that we were visiting. They were super-friendly and knowledgable about everything we asked about. And the food. Oh the food! So good. We had yucca mofongo at a beachside cafe, fish tacos and cuba libres at a local hangout downtown, and tres leches at El Convento in Old Town. They have us a few suggestions of places to try during our stay and we ended up going to a couple of them. Hands-down some of the best local cuisine that I've ever had. (La Estacion in Fajardo was one of our favorites, and we never would have found out about it if not for Paulina.) Definitely worth the time and the money to book one of these tours. I only wish we could have done all of them. read more

Highly recommended as one of the first things you do on your visit. We were expecting a food tour, but rather received a walking historical tour about the history of Old San Juan, the culture, the people, the architecture, the past, present, and future of the country. Pablo was amazing, full of knowledge, and his passion for food, history, and different cultures made a VERY hot Sunday walk through the beautiful streets of Old San Juan a breeze. This tour is a must, it's the best way to know where you'd want to be eating on the rest of your trip. read more

If you're looking for a unique culinary experience in San Juan, you need to go with the experts @ Spoon Food Tours! We just had the opportunity to have a group team building event with Paulina, Pablo & Gustavo. The team at Spoon Food tours was able to customize our experience while offering a fresh take on latest restaurants and mixology trends in San Juan. Paulina was able to put together a nice agenda and quickly got the gist of what we were looking for. Between her, Gustavo and the super-knowledgeable Pablo "Smith", they were able to offer an enriching cultural and historical experience with amazing food & drinks. Would do it again on a heart beat! Thank you for the amazing and memorable time! read more

Our guide was Pablo and he was fantastic. Each stop had a different vibe and with Pablo's help we really grew to understand the history and culture of Old San Juan- not just the delicious eats. If you can, go on a Saturday morning. This tour has the added bonus of a visit to the local farmer's market and witnessing the music lessons in the ballarja. read more

I've been to San Juan many times and was over the moon to learn there were food tours. Juan Pablo, our guide for the Sip and Savor Tour, was truly amazing. He was so knowledgeable about not only the food and drinks but the history surrounding such a beautiful place. The restuarants were so diverse and yet still tied to the history of Old San Juan. I'd take this tour a thousand times over if I could. read more

We couldn't have asked for a better tour of the food and history of Old San Juan!

This was spot of fun. Our guide gave us a very interesting and tasty tour of San Juan. This tour gives you a great opportunity to try authenticity Puerto Rican favorites. Kiala was very knowledgeable and made the trip that much better. read more