FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Bookings must be made in advance of the tour for us to take care the logistics to assure the best experience and food tasting samples on the day. Our food tours and cooking classes tend to sell out. We do not take walk-ups. Payment must be made in Euros in advance when booking by credit card or bank transfer, and by cash on the day. Please book your tickets here.

Yes. Taste of Lisboa Food Tours does offer private group food tours and cooking classes for groups. We also organise tailored activities such as agriculture tours, farm to table tours, and others you might want to try. To get inspired and to ask for details, please visit our Private Experiences page.

A private experience has its:

• Pros – exclusivity for your group, guide’s full dedication, hotel meet-up (if located within 15 minutes walking distance from the tour starting point), more starting time options and flexible duration, several food tastings upgrades and extras inclusion.
• Cons – more expensive.

As well as for open-group walks:

• Pros – meeting like-minded travelers, more intensive socialization, more affordable.
• Cons – fixed starting time, bigger size group.

Both feed you with Lisbon’s long-lasting memories. You choose!

Yes, you can. And it is so nice of you! To buy a gift card:

1. Click on “Buy a gift card” at the bottom of the page
2. Select the amount option you wish to purchase and offer.
3. After paying, you receive the gift card certificate by email. You can then personalise it with a message and image by clicking on the “Create a personalised gift card” button included in the email. It will generate a gift card PDF you can print out or send by email to your lucky loved ones. They’ve a really good friend!
4. The lucky person receiving your gift just needs to visit the web address printed on the gift card and book their desired date/time/experience.
5. The price of the gift is never shown to the person receiving the gift.
6. The gift card is only possible to redeem for the food & cultural walks bookings.
7. The gift card is valid for one year.

We do not provide a waiting list. Please notify us by email and we will let you know what the options are if we are unable to get you on the tour/cooking class of your choice.

We highly recommend taking our food tours at the beginning of your visit to allow you to have plenty of time to revisit at your own pace the wonderful neighbourhoods off the beaten path and also enjoy returning to your favourite food tasting locations. Cooking classes you can take any time. Since tours and cooking classes usually sell out well in advance, there is not a specific day of the week that is better than the others.

Tours are held rain or shine. The tastings occur indoors. We provide ponchos in case of sudden weather changes if you haven’t brought your own umbrella. However, we advise you to check the weather beforehand and dress appropriately. We know travellers are adaptable, savvy explorers, including foodies.

Yes. All guests must purchase a ticket whether they plan to partake in the food tastings or not. Non-paying individuals will not be able to join the tour for any reason. The ticket fees help cover the costs of all the food samplings and also to pay for your tour guides, who are offering valuable commentary on historical, architectural, cultural, and restaurant information during the tour and assisting you during cooking classes.

Over the course of the tour, you will be enjoying at least eight food tasting samples, two wine samples, and and one spirit sample, which is equivalent to a very large-sized lunch. You will not leave hungry; we promise.

You will learn how to cook five courses: a starter, a soup, a fish dish, a meat dish, and a dessert. Dinner includes all the meals you prepared, plus beverages (wine, cold tea, and water).

Yes. Portuguese cuisine is based on the Mediterranean diet — based on fish, meat, vegetables, dairy, eggs and bread — and is veggie-friendly, with the exception of vegan diets. Please inform us if you are a vegetarian when purchasing your tickets, and we’ll provide alternative tastings based on the options the vendors we visit have to offer.

Vegans: the Portuguese cuisine is hardly adaptable to this type of diet. Vegans are welcome to our experiences, but we don’t adapt the tastings.

Please be sure and let us know if you have a dietary restriction (e.g. vegetarian, diabetic, allergy, etc.) when you purchase your tickets. As long as we know in advance, we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

All our activities have beverage tastings — water, non-alcoholic beverages, and alcoholic beverages — included.

Tours generally last about three and a half hours. We walk at a moderate pace and also provide at least two sit-down locations for at least 40 minutes in total during the tour.

Yes, bathrooms are available during the tours at selected tasting locations.

Yes, children are allowed on our activities. Cooking classes are family-friendly experiences and can perfectly accommodate child participation. However, we ask you to use your judgment to determine if the tour, in particular, is appropriate for them. Please take into consideration that it is three and a half hours during which we are either walking or standing for the majority of the time.

Lisbon is an ancient hilly city, with staircases, steep and ancient cobblestone streets. Depending on the neighborhood and location of your selected experience, may exist accessibility constraints to venues and tasting locations, particularly in the case of mobility in a wheelchair or baby stroller. To make sure you will not find mobility obstacles in your selected experience, please contact us in advance.

Yes. There is a great deal for locals to (re)discover in these neighbourhoods and the city. You will be surprised! Besides updating your knowledge while exploring culinary recipes and off-the-beaten-path backstreets, you will become aware of the best specialty food store locations and local restaurants in these Lisbon neighbourhoods, away from crowded touristic highlights. You can choose to follow our blog (available soon) or to subscribe to our newsletter to be up to date and learn more about the unexplored Lisbon food culture.

English is the default language for our activities; Portuguese is also spoken by request. Please email us if you would like to make arrangements for your own interpreter to join the tour/cooking class or if you are interested in other different language as we are able to accommodate an interpreter ahead of time at an extra cost.

We ask that you please wait to shop until after the tour so that we can stay on our food-tasting schedule and continue with the informative tour and food tastings in a timely manner. The tours are on a schedule to arrive at each tasting location, so it is important to stay on schedule so the food is freshly prepared for the participants. The tour route will end not far from the starting point, so you may easily return to your favourite locations and stores.

Gratuities are greatly appreciated, although not mandatory. It is up to you and how pleased you feel with your guide’s assistance and performance at the end of your experience with us.

Yes, there is both private and public parking located near the meeting point. Specific parking details are included in the meeting location directions after purchasing your ticket, along with location, pricing, and hours.

All our activities run regardless of weather conditions.

Cancellation fees for regular experiences (open groups):

• Up to 48 hours before the scheduled date: 100% refundable
• Up to 24 hours before the scheduled date: 50% refundable
• Less than 24 hours before the scheduled date or no-show: non-refundable

Cancellation fees for private and customized experiences:

• Up to 3 weeks before the scheduled date: 100% refundable
• Up to 1 week before the scheduled date: 50% refundable
• Less than 1 week before the scheduled date or no-show: non-refundable

Our Privacy Policy:

Table & Fun, Lda (“us”, “we” or “our”) operates www.tasteoflisboafoodtours.com website (the “Service”).

This page informs you about the policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use the Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

In order to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and to be transparent with our clients or potential customers we share with you the data we may collect while usig the Service. Please find it below:
· Name and Surname
· Email address
· Phone number
· City, address and country of origin
· Gender
· Date of birth
· Food allergies or restrictions

All the data above is collected so you can get registered in our food and cultural experiences. We collect it to identify and contact you. The name, surname and email address may also be used to answer your requests in the Service. We also use this data for statistical reasons (city, country of origin, gender and date of birth) and for direct marketing (email address). In case you register in an experience supplied by one of our partners, the details above will be shared with them, with the purpose of being registered to their experiences.

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