11 of the Best Food Tours in Rome 2024

Have you been wondering about the Best Food Tours in Rome? I’ve got you covered!

I’ve lived in Italy for a while and have done extensive travelling throughout the country. I can tell you first-hand that the food here is simply incredible! Taking a food tour is definitely the best way to experience all a city has to offer in terms of culinary delights, and Rome is no exception!

If you’re thinking of going on a food tour in Rome, you want to make sure that you’re going with an experienced local guide who knows what they’re doing. Not only do they ensure that your tastebuds are tantalized, but they also bring trustworthiness and authority to the experience.

We have carefully curated a selection of the best food tours in Rome so that our travellers can be certain that they are getting an authentic slice of Italian life.

From discovering hidden trattorias away from tourist traps to tasting local specialties, we guarantee that your Roman food experience will be one to remember!

1. Rome Twilight Trastevere Food Tour with Eating Europe

⭐️ RATING: 5/5 Stars | ⏳ LENGTH: 4 hours |📍 LOCATION: locationhere | ✅ Book it!

Spend an evening exploring all of the best food in Rome on this walking tour. With a local guide, visit several of the Trastevere neighborhood’s most famous haunts over four hours.

Taste a ton of special dishes from the region and get a great overview of the delicacies that Rome has to offer.

This was fantastic. A real highlight of our trip. The guide (Martina) was very engaging and knowledgeable, making everyone feel welcome. Venues visited and food/ drink was excellent. Highly recommended. -Jason G

With this food tour in Rome, start by walking together with the group over the Ponte Cestio into Trastevere, one of the city’s most beautiful and traditional neighborhoods.

The true highlight of Trastevere is its food- you’ll find some of the most interesting, and delicious, Roman food in this area. Start out at Da Enzo al 29, a restaurant known for local fare like artichokes and carbonara, where they’ll greet you with a glass of prosecco and an assortment of traditional specialties.

The visits continue to a wine cellar, a cookie factory, and Trastevere’s “king of porchetta” for some roast pork and an ice cold beer. You’ll also try Rome street food and two typical Roman pastas, finishing it all off with some of the best gelato in the world.

Throughout the whole evening, the guide will tell you about the origins of the food you’re tasting, while you enjoy the night-time sights and sounds of one of the buzziest parts of Rome along the way.

Important details

• Start time (and location): Choose any time from 11:15 AM to 7:15 PM (we’d recommend the night-time tours!) at the Piazza S. Bartolomeo All’Isola
• Duration: 4 hours
• Includes: 13 samples at 7 locations, local English-speaking guide, and wine, beer and water.

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2. Small-Group Rome Food Walking Tour: Trastevere, Campo De’ Fiori, Jewish Ghetto

⭐️ RATING: 5/5 Stars | ⏳ LENGTH: 3.5 hours | ✅ Book it!

Enjoy the food and vibes of three of the most interesting neighborhoods in Rome with a small group of up to 12 people, getting to know local traders and their stories along the way.

I would recommend this experience to anyone! Bernadette was an INCREDIBLE tour guide and the pace of the tour never felt too rushed or like it was dragging. The food was excellent and really gives you a full taste of classic Roman dishes and the fact that you get them all at historical, long standing locations is wonderful. They are also very accommodating on the fly for dietary restrictions and it does not make you feel like you’re missing out. Come hungry!! – Emilie_S

This food tour of Rome Italy is great because you get to experience three neighborhoods in just one tour, and with a nice small group tour size of only a maximum of 11 other travellers.

After meeting in central Rome, the guide will walk the group over to the market at Campo de Fiori (only during the morning tour) to talk you through all of the seasonal products on sale. The next stop (with some historic commentary along the way) is a traditional family-owned grocery story, with tastings of their specialties.

After a short pizza tasting, the tour continues to the Jewish quarter, where the guide will explain more about the history and the tradition of this very old neighborhood, including the oldest Roman synagogue.

A tasting of local fried snacks is included here, before the tour continues across the bridge into the Trastevere neighborhood. A delicious pasta meal with wine is served, and the day finishes with some of the best gelato in Rome.

Important details

• Start time (and location): 10 AM, 4:30 PM, or 6 PM (book the morning tour if you’d like to experience the market) at the Piazza Farnese
• Duration: Three and a half hours
• Includes: All food and drink samples, a visit to three neighborhoods in Rome, and a local guide.

3. 3 In 1 Cooking Class Piazza Navona: Fettuccine Ravioli And Tiramisu

⭐️ RATING: 5/5 Stars | ⏳ LENGTH: 3 hours | ✅ Book it!

Visit a beautiful historical restaurant in Rome and learn to make some of the best traditional dishes that Italy has to offer during this exciting chef-led cooking class.

Our instructor had great energy and made us feel like we could go home and make these dishes back home. Look forward in sharing this experience with friends and family. -Michele_S

While eating pasta in Rome is definitely a treat, cooking it yourself is an unforgettable experience. With this cooking class led by a friendly local chef, your group will learn to cook two pasta dishes (ravioli and fettuccini) as well as a traditional tiramisu.

Wine will be provided throughout the cooking portion as well as when you finally get to sit down and enjoy the product of all your work! Buon appetito!

Important details

• Start time (and location): Choose a time between 10:30 AM and 7:30 PM, inside Gusto Restaurant on Piazza Navona
• Duration: 3 hours
• Includes: Dinner, bottled water, alcoholic beverages during the class and dinner. 

4. The Award-Winning Private Food Tour of Rome: 6 or 10 Tastings

⭐️ RATING: 5/5 Stars | ⏳ LENGTH: 3 hours | ✅ Book it!

This tour is the most delicious history class you’ll ever attend. Spend a few hours exploring Rome one-on-one with a local guide, learning about the city’s traditional dishes and where they come from.

Our guide was early and went above and beyond. It started to rain and she made sure we weren’t caught in the down pour. The food was amazing, she even took us to the top of the hill for us to see the city of Rome after our dinner. I highly recommend this tour to anyone who isn’t sure what to do your first day. It took the stress of where to eat and go off our plates. -Sarah_L

When it comes to walking food tours in Rome, there are quite a few options, but this one stands out because it will provides an incredible personalised education into Roman cuisine. While many other tours will give you more insight into Italian food as a whole, join this one to really focus on the cuisine of Italy’s capital city.

Start off at the Campo de’ Fiori, the city’s famous market area, with a tour of the square and a browse of some of the market stalls.

The tour then walks over the Ponte Sisto to move on to the Trastevere neighborhood, one of the oldest and most food-centric areas in Rome, to try true classics like buffalo mozzarella and gelato in small local establishments.

Along the way, the guide will point out other local hotspots and give insight into the traditions of history of the area. The tour will wrap up at the Chiesa di Santa Margherita in Trastevere for one final stop to admire the beautiful interior of this impressive church.

Important details

• Start time (and location): Choose from times between 12 PM and 7 PM, at either Campo de Fiori or Piazza de S. Cosimato
• Duration: 3 hours
• Includes: Private tour, foodie guide, 6 or 10 tastings of local food and drinks(there are two options to book), vegetarian options, that feeling of doing good by going on an eco-friendly carbon-neutral doing.   

5. Rome Food & Wine Tour in Prati

⭐️ RATING: 5/5 Stars | ⏳ LENGTH: 4 hours | ✅ Book it!

This ultra-local experience will take you into less touristy areas of Rome, where you’ll try delicious local specialties and get to experience dinner at one of the city’s best hidden gems.  

I would highly recommend this tour. If you go on this tour make sure you go hungry! There is a lot of excellent food and wines and all different settings. We did not have lunch that day but we ladies had a tough time finishing all the wonderful offerings, the men were full too! Giada, was our tour guide and she was fantastic! Fun and knowledgeable. We would definitely do this tour again! – jojo

Book this tour if you’re looking to truly experience Rome like a local. It also includes more than 20 tastings, so you’ll definitely get your money’s worth! Spend the evening walking and eating in Prati, a district very popular with locals which is frequented much less often by visitors.

After meeting in central Rome, the group will go to a speciality shop to taste an array of delicacies, from truffles to balsamic vinegar. The guide will then lead you to the best pizzeria in Rome (although there’s a lot of competition!) and you can choose your dream pizza.

The next stop is a cheese and meat shop, before you head on to a pasta dinner in a beautiful off-the-beaten-track restaurant. If you can manage it, the tour wraps up with an incredible gelato tasting.

Throughout the whole day, you’ll also be able to taste as much wine as you want. The combination of so many tastings, along with the local vibe of the whole day, easily makes this one of the best food tours in Rome Italy.

Important details

• Start time (and location): Choose from times between 3:30 and 6:30 PM, at The Roman Food Tour (via Cipro 4L).
• Duration: ~4 hours
• Includes: Bottle of water, food tasting, knowledgeable host, dinner, alcoholic beverages, snacks.  

6. Rome Street Food Tour With Local Guide

⭐️ RATING: 5/5 Stars | ⏳ LENGTH: 2.5 hours | ✅ Book it!

Ideal for first-time visitors, this experience will introduce you to the best street food in Rome while you enjoy the beautiful scenery and history all around you.

Such a great tour! We had different and tasty food and also learned about the neighborhoods we visited. Tour guide was so good and told us about her life too! Don’t miss this tour.-Jennifer_Z

This tour is a bit lighter on the tastings than some of the other options, making it a great choice for those with lunch or dinner plans afterward!

It also takes visitors through the historical center of Rome, rather than the more food-focused neighborhoods, so it’s a great chance to learn about Rome (the guides take time to explain history along the way).

The tour starts at Campo de Fiori, where the first tastings will take place in historic market stalls, before heading over to the Ghetto Ebraico neighborhood, the Via Portico roman ruins, the Pantheon, and the place where Julius Caesar was assisinated.

Along the way, the group will stop to taste local foods such as cheese, meats, seasonal fruits, suppli, and gelato.

Important details

• Start time (and location): Either 11:15 am or 6:00 PM, Campo de Fiori
• Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
• Includes: Light food tasting, local guide.    

7. Pasta Making with Wine Tasting and Dinner in Frascati

⭐️ RATING: 5/5 Stars | ⏳ LENGTH: 2.5 hours | ✅ Book it!

Escape the chaos of the city for a day trip in the beautiful town of Frascati, where you’ll spend the day at the tasting room of a traditional family-run winery cooking, drinking fine wine, and eating good food.

It was great to get outside of Rome to see Frascati, such a charming and peaceful town. We loved hearing the history of the family’s winery and their wines were really good. The pasta making was fun and informative and delicious. Niko our host and his cousin were friendly and engaging. -Grady_B

While food tours of Rome are a treat, food tours of Rome’s surroundings can be even more exciting! This experience gives visitors the opportunity to leave the city for the historic town of Frascati, which is just a 40 minute train ride away.

The guide will meet you at the Frascati railway station and take you for a walk through the beautiful historic center, which dates back to Roman times. After this quick stroll, you’ll reach the wine cellar of a family-run vineyard, where you’ll be guided through a tasting of the vineyard’s production.

Afterwards, a chef will guide you through the process of making pasta from scratch, and creating one of the typical Roman pasta dishes- Carbonara, Cacio e Pepe, or Amatriciana.

They even offer a gluten free cooking option for those who need it! After you put in the hard work, enjoy the fruits of your labor over a glass (or two) of wine while you chat with the other guests.

Important details

• Start time (and location): Choose from time slots from 10:30 AM and 7:30 PM, Frascati train station
• Duration: ~2 hours 30 minutes
• Includes: Dinner, Gluten-free option if required, traditional Roman pasta cooking class, snacks, wine tasting of two local wines, local wine with dinner.

8. Rome Pasta Class – Cooking Experience with a Local Chef

⭐️ RATING: 5/5 Stars | ⏳ LENGTH: 3 hours | ✅ Book it!

Enjoy a morning or afternoon cooking at a charming culinary school in Rome with no more than 13 other guests. Over the experience, dine on three courses (including the main that you’ve made yourself).

This was one of the highlights of our trip to Rome. Luca and Stefano were fun, playful and had so many good cooking tips. The group setting was wonderful and there was lots to talk about and share. The meal we made was delicious. I would do this class again at a different time of year. Luca said they change the menu with the season! -Cassandra_M

Enjoy meeting locals and fellow travelers at this friendly laid-back cooking class that’s definitely of the finest Rome food tours. Meet your host, a charming and knowledgeable local chef, in a cosy culinary school in the Roman neighborhood of Trastevere, the foodie center of the city.

Everyone will be greeted with a tasty “aperitivo” of local snacks and a glass of processo, and be taught how to create fresh pasta and two traditional Roman sauces.

Once you’ve finished, the chef will prepare homemade gelato right in front of you as the pasta dries. Finally, you’ll get to enjoy the delicious pastas you’ve cooked along with unlimited wine, topping it all off with gelato.

Important details

• Start time (and location): Choose either 10:00 AM or 4:15 PM, Piazza Trilussa
• Duration: 3 hours
• Includes: Local expert chef, unlimited wine, one glass of prosecco, all ingredients, appetizers, two homemade traditional pasta dishes, gelato.

9. Pizza and Pasta Master Class with Wine and Tiramisu in our Wood Houses Village

⭐️ RATING: 5/5 Stars | ⏳ LENGTH: 3.5 hours | ✅ Book it!

Enjoy a unique cooking class in a quirky and beautiful all-wooden house on the outskirts of Rome, with the opportunity to make pasta and pizza within one experience.

I loved this class. I didnt know that pasta was so easy to make. I got to learn all sorts of different shapes and a bit of the history behind it. The pizza class was also interesting and for a moment we felt like little chefs. The best part is that you get to meet people from all over the world and share your stories while enjoying delicious food in the countryside. It is very easy to get there. You just take the metro blue line till the station Florentina (end destination) and then the organisers come and pick you up. -Elli_

Looking for a taste of rural Italy, right on the cusp of Rome, where you get to cook both pasta and pizza in one fantastic class?

On this tour, travellers will take the train out to the terminus of the Rome metro system to the Laurentina area, the start of the famous Appian Way (an ancient Roman road) where your host will pick you up and drive you to a unique wooden house within a beautiful all-wood village, where the class is run by a licensed Pizzaiolo (pizza maker) and Pastaio (pasta maker).

The group will prepare pizza in a traditional wood-burning oven, before moving on to a dough tutorial where you’ll learn how to make two different pasta doughs and a pizza dough. Next, everyone will learn how to make different pasta shapes and how to prepare two traditional roman pasta sauces.

After sitting down together to eat the delicious food you’ve prepared, the host’s famous tiramisu with limoncello will be served for dessert before they drive everyone back to the metro station.

Important details

• Start time (and location): 10:30 AM, 5:45 PM, or 6:45 PM at the Laurentina metro stop.
• Duration: 3.5 hours
• Includes: Pasta making class, Pizza making class, homemade tiramisu tasting, bottled water, lunch, alcoholic beverages, and transportation from the Laurentina metro stop.

10. Chef in a Day- Cooking classes in Rome

⭐️ RATING: 5/5 Stars | ⏳ LENGTH: 5 hours | ✅ Book it!

Feel like a true professional with this cooking class in Rome, where an expert will guide you through all the steps of making an incredible Italian meal – from market to plate.

Fabrizio was an amazing chef who explained the entire cooking process from the selection of the produce at the market to the careful preparation of the meal. Each member of the group had the opportunity to fully participate in each step while learning the concept of cooking with our various senses. Great experience that I highly recommend. -Robert_K

This foodie tour of Rome’s for the true home chefs (although it can also offer a lot to total beginners too). While this tour is really fun and leads to a delicious meal, it’s also an extremely educational experience, which you can carry through into all of your home cooking in the future.

The day kicks off with a visit to the famous Campo de Fiori market, where the guide will take the group to stalls to explain all of the local ingredients on sale, before selecting the produce, meat, and cheeses that will be used in the cooking class.

Afterward, the group will head to a beautiful open-plan kitchen in Rome’s Trastevere neighborhood and learn to cook not only three different pastas from scratch, but also a meat dish with vegetables on the side and a traditional dessert.

Throughout the entire experience, the guide is there to teach tips and tricks that are applicable to everyone’s kitchen back home.

The whole group will then sit down together to enjoy a delicious meal with Italian wine pairings, before leaving (with recipes to take back home for future dinner parties!)

Important details

• Start time (and location): 9:30 AM, Piazza Farnese
• Duration: 5 hours
• Includes: Market tour, class with professional chef, lunch, wine pairings, emailed recipes to take away.

11. Jewish Ghetto and Navona Food Wine and Sightseeing Tour of Rome

⭐️ RATING: 5/5 Stars | ⏳ LENGTH: 4 hours | ✅ Book it!

This half day Roman food tour is a great way to see some of the most famous sites in the city, while enjoying delicious food and wine in local restaurants along the way.

Maria was fun and informative, gave both historical information about the Jewish neighborhood and food and drink information. The amount of food and drink was more than expected. Had 7 food stops, including a family style sit down meal with 4 entrees and wine at two locations plus another with beer. Tiramasu, Gelato, and coffee stops included at end of tour. Great to meet new people and share travel tips. Excellent tour, would highly recommend. -Gina_B

This experience is definitely one of the best food and wine tours in Rome, peaking with a meal in one of the city’s most unique and historic trattorias. Over the four hours of this walking food tour, explore the neighborhoods of Campo Marzio and the Jewish ghetto, popping into traditional restaurants as you go.

The tour takes you past some of Rome’s most interesting historic sites, where the guide will stop to take you through the complex history of this beautiful metropolis.

The tour starts with a stop to sample fried artichokes, one of Rome’s staple dishes, followed by a stop to sample local meats and cheeses, washed down with excellent Italian wines.

Next, everyone will get the chance to try pizzas from a local favorite, before heading to a beautiful restaurants in the ruins of an ancient theater for a typical Roman meal washed down with more wine.

Because this is Italy, there’s always dessert, and there’s always espresso- so the tour continues on to stop for tiramisu, a coffee tasting, and a finale at a top family-run Gelateria.

Important details

• Start time (and location): 9:30 AM, Piazza Farnese
• Duration: ~4 hours
• Includes: Wine,beer, and soft drinks, over 10 food tastings, dinner in an ancient theater, a local expert guide. 

FAQs About best food tour in rome

is it worth doing a food tour in rome?

Absolutely! Rome is one of the most beloved cities in the world and it has a wide variety of delicious food options that are worth trying.

Food tours are a great way to experience authentic Italian cuisine while learning about its fascinating culture.

From traditional pizzas and pastas to fresh seafood, you’ll get an amazing taste of Italy’s regional specialties. Moreover, food tours usually come with cultural experiences such as visits to famous monuments or stops at local markets – so it’s more than just about eating!

So if you’re looking for an unforgettable culinary experience, then going on a food tour in Rome is definitely worth it!