food tours in miami

You’ll be expected to bring your best appetite on any Miami food tour. You’ll likely experience a selection of stops for snacks, bites, and drinks, uncovering local knowledge, stories, and narratives of the cultures and culinary tales of the area.

Are you looking for a specific food tour? Miami has something for everyone, from intimate explorations of well-hidden gems to cocktail tours for the livelier late-night crowd. For now, we’re delving a little deeper into the three most popular tours, briefly explaining what you should expect to experience during your time with your expert guide.

Little Havana food tours

Miami’s Little Havana is a vibrant and historical neighborhood with plenty to see and do, all within walking distance. You’ll learn much about the culture, art, artists, and Cuban community—you might even get to roll your own cigar!

Cuban cuisine is exceptional, and the coffee is something else. A trip to Little Havana isn’t complete without soaking up the scene at Domino Park—experiencing tasting sessions at a selection of cafes and restaurants along the way only adds to the experience. You might stop at an art gallery or a farmers market, and if your tour concludes after dark, you might prefer to sample a nightclub rather than a delicious Cuban ice cream.

Favorite foods on any Little Havana food tour could feature plantain cups of chicken, picadillo empanadas, croquetas, churros, and malanga frita. In addition, you’ll take in sights such as the Tower Theatre, Cubaocho Museum and Performing Arts Center, the Cuban Memorial Boulevard Park, and the Bay of Pigs Memorial.

South Beach food tours

Miami Beach’s most famous neighborhood features restaurants, cafes, and pop-ups for tourists and locals. Your guide might mix a selection of each, but what you can guarantee is mouth-watering dishes at every stop.

With nouvelle cuisine, ethnic eateries, bakeries, and Peruvian, Italian, Colombian, Cuban, and Spanish outlets, you’ll eat your way through all kinds of cultures!

You’ll take typical stops at the regular sights, including the striking art deco district, rich with stunning architecture, culture, and history, as well as the beautiful beach’s seafront locales.

Whichever South Beach food tour you choose, you’re guaranteed to learn about the area’s diverse Latin and Mediterranean flavors, cuisine, and dishes.

Wynwood food tours

Wynwood is Miami’s most hip and vibrant neighborhood. It’s bursting with galleries, murals, and history. Your guide will dive into the stories behind the people who transformed a district of abandoned warehouses into one of the world's most impressive exhibition areas of art and street culture.

The artistic culture is reflected in the food. You’ll taste all kinds of ethnic recipes, along with the ‘Miami modern’ fusions that keep the culture so diverse.

If you’re an art lover, a history buff, or just looking for a lunch fit for a hipster, Wynwood has the tours for you.

So, what will you eat during these food tours Miami is so proud of? Well, expect to spot a few of the following on your checklist, if not all of them!

Stone crabs

Stone crab season is huge in Miami, and rightly so. The delicacy is available from October through to May, so expect to bib up in your local crab shack, making the most of some delicious locally caught Miami stone crab claws.

Cafecito

Cuban espresso is served as a sugary thimble-sized glass of superior Miami caffeine. Served at most establishments throughout Miami, if you don’t enjoy one on your food tour, you should definitely pick one up during your stay—and let it pick you up too.

The Cuban sandwich

New Yorkers may have their subs, but Miami has Cubanos. Is a sandwich really worth such attention? We say so. Depending on where you grab yours and how the mix of ingredients creates unique sensations in different Cuban bread is well worth tracking down.

Columbian hot dogs

Hot dogs and burgers are typical traditional American diet staples, but they’re nothing like a Columbian hot dog. You’d be hard-pushed to recognize it as a hot dog with the Weiner hidden beneath a mountain of cheese, sauce, fries, and, more often than not, topped with a fried egg.

Fritas

Another famous Cuban sandwich, the frita, is a spiced beef and chorizo patty in a Cuban roll, topped with shoestring fries. Delicious.

Arepas

Okay, so you can get arepas all over America, but thanks to Miami’s Venezuelan community, theirs are something special. Whether you choose traditional or more trendy contemporary fillings, they’re a taste sensation not to be missed.