London food tour: three compared

The three walks are different meals in different parts of the city, so the area decides most of the choice. The Borough Market walk goes through Borough Market and London Bridge with a local guide. Its listing is the most specific about food: six classic British dishes, a drink, a dessert and a surprise secret dish, and its name promises six or more tastings.

The Soho and Chinatown walk mixes cuisines rather than sticking to British food: Mediterranean, Indian, Chinese and British flavours. It is the one listing of the three that mentions pre-booked tables and a set menu, and it adds local stories along the way.

The Brixton walk is about African and Caribbean food in multicultural Brixton, and its listing pitches it at people who like culture and history as much as food. It does not name the dishes, so the menu is on the listing, not here.

If you want to sit down to eat while the city goes past, afternoon tea on a double-decker costs $62 or $65, afternoon tea on the Thames $65 and a three-course dinner cruise $91, compared on the afternoon tea bus guide and the Thames cruises guide.

Per hour, the three are within $8 of each other: Soho and Chinatown at $33.00, Brixton at $39.67 and Borough Market at $40.67. The $20 to $23 between the cheapest and the other two buys a different neighbourhood and menu, not a longer walk.

Ratings are 4.7 to 4.9 on 187 to 619 reviews, so none of the three is a gamble. Borough Market tells you the most about what you will eat before you book; the other two describe the cuisines, not the dishes.

So, honestly: pick by the food you want, then by price. If you would rather spend the afternoon on something else, compare the rest of the city on 68 tours compared.

Each card above opens the listing itself, with its calendar, the start times still open, the meeting point and the full list of what you will taste. Those are stated there, not here.

Prices on this page are as shown on 13 October 2026 and can change.