Gourmet Downtown LA Walking Food Tour with Delicious Dish Tours

4.5
(13 reviews)

3 hours 30 minutes to 4 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

Taste your way around Downtown LA with Delicious Dish Tours! Sample the variety of cuisines LA offers without fighting traffic. From its Mexican roots to Chinatown and Little Tokyo, Downtown is where it all began. On this tour you will:

- Enjoy tastings at 7 top-rated eateries
- Discover LA style tacos and Central American favorites
at Grand Central Market
- Find out if the food Seb and Mia ate in the movie La La Land was
good
- Experience Chinatown before it fades away
- Learn why chefs from Japan come to Little Tokyo and taste
Japanese fusion dishes only found in LA
- Learn to identify specialty ingredients at Chinese and Japanese
neighborhood markets
- Marvel at the soaring art-deco ceilings of the last grand
train station built in the USA
- Hear why no one should ride the Angel’s Flight Railway up Bunker Hill
- Visit the site of the first Academy Awards Ceremony
- Learn how City Hall corruption killed the streetcar system
to create a car obsessed LA

What's Included

Food Tastings
Bottled Water
Guide (English)
Metro Fare
Gratuities (Tips) for Guide
Alcoholic Beverages

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Traxx Restaurant

Meet at Traxx Restaurant inside the front doors of Union Station facing North Alameda St.

End point
The Biltmore Los Angeles

Itinerary

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes to 4 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Union Station

    Los Angeles Union Station is the main train station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest passenger rail terminal in the Western United States. Conceived on a grand scale, Union Station became known as the "Last of the Great Railway Stations" built in the United States. The structure combines Art Deco, Mission Revival, and Streamline Moderne style. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

    15 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 2
    El Pueblo de Los Angeles

    El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument is a historic district which includes the oldest section of Los Angeles. The district, centered on the old plaza, was the city's center under Spanish (1781–1821), Mexican (1821–1847), and United States (after 1847) rule through most of the 19th century. The 44-acre park area was designated a state historic monument in 1953 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Chinatown

    Chinatown is a festive destination for dining and shopping. Pagoda-style buildings with red lanterns house traditional Chinese restaurants, dim sum houses and bakeries, plus specialty grocery stores and gift shops. There’s also the Taoist Thien Hau Temple, small art galleries and dark bars.

    1 hour Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Little Tokyo

    Little Tokyo, also known as Little Tokyo Historic District, is an ethnically Japanese American district in downtown Los Angeles and the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in North America.Founded around the beginning of the 20th century, the area, sometimes called Lil' Tokyo, J-Town, Shō-Tōkyō (小東京), is the cultural center for Japanese Americans in Southern California. It was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1995.

    45 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 5
    City Hall

    Los Angeles City Hall was completed in 1928, its towering three-tiered form embodying all the energy and ambition of its day. Now seismically stabilized and restored to its original splendor, City Hall stands both as a monument to the era of its creation and as an example of architectural preservation at its best.City Hall is arguably the city’s most widely recognized landmark and is featured on all official City documents, from commendations to business licenses. The versatility of the building’s eclectic styling has long made it a popular location for film and television productions.

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Bradbury Building

    The Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. Built in 1893, the five-story office building is best known for its extraordinary skylit atrium of access walkways, stairs and elevators, and their ornate ironwork. The building was commissioned by Los Angeles gold-mining millionaire Lewis L. Bradbury and constructed by architect George Wyman from the original design by Sumner Hunt. It appears in numerous works of fiction and has been the site of many movie and television shoots and music videos.

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 7
    Grand Central Market

    Grand Central Market provides Los Angeles with a national-caliber eating experience that showcases California's best ingredients, chefs, and entrepreneurs. the doors first opened in October 1917, the "Wonder Market," as it was then called, was billed as "the largest and finest public market on the Pacific Coast." Today, the Market's 40 stalls are home to an only-in-LA blend of legacy vendors like China Cafe and Roast To Go (Grand Central Market tenants for over half a century), rising stars, and success stories from the city's buzzing food scene. The Market is a microcosm of the historic immigrant communities that have shaped Los Angeles and a mosaic of the creativity and vision of the people who call this city home.

    45 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 8
    Angels Flight Railway

    Angels Flight is a landmark and historic 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge funicular railway in the Bunker Hill district of Downtown Los Angeles, California. The 118-year-old funicular takes passengers on a short ride between Hill Street and Grand Avenue on Bunker Hill. Originally opened in 1901, Angels Flight® — the world’s shortest railway — has given more than 100 million rides on its hillside track.

    5 minutes Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Supplied by Delicious Dish Tours LA

Show 2 more

Tags

Half-day Tours
Walking Tours
Culinary Tours
City Tours
Public Transportation Tours
Small Group
Food & Drink
Low Supplier Cancellation Rate
Low Last Minute Supplier Cancellation Rate
New Product
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Show more

Rating

4.5 Based on 13 13 reviews
5 stars
11
4 stars
0
3 stars
0
2 stars
1
1 star
1
from per person
Was {{currencySymbol}}{{ summaryFromPriceBeforeDiscount }}