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São Paulo’s food culture comes into its own in the evening. Rather than focusing on restaurants, you’ll experience the city through its botequims, street vendors, and neighbourhood spots where locals gather after work to eat, drink, and socialise.
With 12+ tastings across multiple stops, you’ll move from quick bar snacks and street bites to more substantial, shared dishes, experiencing a broad spectrum of the city's dishes.
The neighbourhoods matter too. República and Santa Cecília are local areas, busy, unpolished, and full of character. Visiting them with a knowledgeable guide helps you navigate where to go, what to order, and how these places fit into the city’s everyday life.
This isn't about fine dining, it's an authentic taste of the real São Paulo through the eyes of a local tastemaker guide.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
The meeting point Café Floresta is in the República neighbourhood. It is accessible by taxi from most of the city's central hotels. Uber is widely available, safe, and a popular mode of transportation in São Paulo, operating 24/7.
The tour concludes outside the Parish Santa Cecilia in the Santa Cecília neighbourhood. The tour duration is approximately 3.5 to 4 hours depending on the pace of the group. Your guide can help you to find transport back to your accommodation if you wish.
Itinerary
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1Sao Paulo
Our São Paulo food tour offers guests a culinary experience carefully curated food adventure, led by our team of São Paulo tastemakers. Before we get started, our tour reflects the local cuisine, and the limitations of street food vendors and local eateries mean we cannot cater for every dietary restriction. Here's an honest appraisal for the tour, so no-one is disappointed: ✘ Unsuitable for vegan, vegetarian, no pork diets, halal diet, and lactose intolerance as the tastings would be very limited. ✔ Pescatarian diets and gluten intolerance are possible though some tastings do not have alternatives available and the menu would be more limited. ✔ Suitable for no seafood diets and mild nut allergies.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Sao Paulo
Explore São Paulo’s local food scene on a 4-hour food tour through República and Santa Cecília, with 12+ tastings along the way. This experience focuses on the places locals actually visit in the evening, from casual botequims to street vendors and small neighbourhood eateries. You’ll move through a wide range of flavours, starting with snacks like pastéis, pão de queijo, and tapioca with butter, before working into more substantial dishes such as baião de dois, a mix of rice, beans, cheese, and dried beef topped with crispy pork. Along the way, expect grilled beef skewers with farofa, slow-cooked favourites like beef rib croquettes and chicken gizzards, and local staples like pernil sandwiches and pamonha. There are drinks too, including tastings of cachaça, Brazil’s national spirit, and the tour finishes with a classic brigadeiro. This isn’t about fine dining, it’s an authentic look at São Paulo’s through the eyes of a local tastemaker guide.
3 hours • Admission ticket free -
3Sao Paulo
The tour concludes after 3.5-4 hours. You'll leave not only full, but with a much deeper understanding of São Paulo’s food culture and the confidence to continue eating your way through Brazil.
30 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 pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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