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You can book directly on our website at louisvillefoodtours.com, or call or text us at (502) 591-6155 to book over the phone. Booking directly guarantees the lowest price and gives you access to direct local support from our team — no third-party booking fees or middlemen.

All tours offer two ticket types: refundable and non-refundable. Refundable tickets can be rescheduled or cancelled for a full refund up to 48 hours before the tour. Non-refundable tickets cannot be cancelled or rescheduled for any reason at any time. To cancel or reschedule a refundable ticket, call or text (502) 591-6155, email [email protected], or submit a contact form.

Yes! We offer both digital and physical gift cards, redeemable for any Louisville Food Tours experience. Physical gift cards can be mailed anywhere in the USA for a small fee. They make a wonderful gift for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and corporate gifting. Purchase a gift card here.

Yes — a minimum of 4 guests is needed to run a public tour. If your tour does not reach 4 guests, you may receive an email from us asking you to reschedule, or notifying you of a cancellation.

Public tours are capped at 12 guests for a more personalized, small-group experience. Private tours can accommodate up to 20 guests at a time. Groups larger than 20 may need to be split into multiple tour groups.

Absolutely — we love hosting private tours! Visit our private tours page to learn more and book. Private tours can be fully customized for your group’s dietary needs, interests, and occasion.

For corporate or team building events, see our team outings page.

For bachelor or bachelorette parties, head this way.

Public tour ticket prices range from $49 to $209 per person depending on the tour and the season.

Our walking history tours (which typically include one drink, but no food) are at the lowest end of that rage, around $49-$79 depending on day of the week and time of year.

Our daytime food tours range from $109-139.

The Bourbon Trolley tour contains the most alcohol on any of our tours, including bourbon pours as well as distillery tours and tastings. Tickets range from $169-219.

Our evening bourbon and dining experiences are priced from $149-199, to reflect the premium restaurants, cocktails, bourbon pours, and food included.

We do vary our pricing by day of the week and season. Our lowest pricing of the year would be mid-week in January, for example. High season pricing is typically the weekends and during local events that flood with the city with visitors, such as Derby season (when prices are higher city-wide), in Halloween season, and during our two big music festivals in September.

All tickets include food, drinks, your guide, an audio headset, and a 20% gratuity for restaurant staff. Private tours are priced separately — contact us for a custom quote. You can see current pricing and availability for all tours at louisvillefoodtours.com/tours.

We recommend booking at least 1–2 weeks in advance, especially for weekend tours during peak season (spring through fall). Our Secrets of Louisville NuLu tour in particular frequently sells out, sometimes weeks or even months ahead.

If you’re visiting during a major Louisville event — such as during Kentucky Derby week, Bourbon & Beyond, or a big convention — book as early as possible.

Weekday tours and off-season dates tend to have more availability. You can always check real-time availability at louisvillefoodtours.com/schedule.

Please do your best to arrive 5–15 minutes before your tour start time so we can get everyone oriented before setting off. If you’re running late, call or text us at (502) 591-6155 and we’ll do our best to help connect you with our guide.

Unfortunately, because our tours move through the city with a full group and we are often on a tight schedule with our restaurant reservations, we are not able to hold the group or backtrack for late arrivals. Our tour begins exactly on time, and late arrival or missing part of the tour does not qualify for a refund or reschedule.

We do strongly recommend that you do NOT book a tour with us as soon as you arrive in town, especially if you’re flying in. The most frequent reason given for late arrivals is that they’re coming from the airport and their plane was delayed! Please allow for at least several hours after arrival before booking a tour, if you can.

But things happen – and we’re here to help. We can usually ask one of our restaurant partners to store your luggage safely if you’re in a pickle. And because we stay on a strict schedule, we can tell you exactly where to go to meet your guide at their next stop. Just get in touch right away so we can help coordinate.

Yes! We run tours year-round, though schedules vary by season. We offer the most tour options and dates during spring, summer, and fall. In winter, we run a reduced schedule with select dates available. Some specialty and themed tours run only during specific seasons or around particular events. Check our availability calendar for current dates, or contact us if you have questions about a specific date or time of year.

Yes — corporate and team building events are one of our most popular offerings! Our guided food and bourbon tours are a fantastic way to bond a team, entertain clients, or celebrate a company milestone. Everything is handled for you — reservations, food, drinks, and gratuities, all on one bill — so you can focus on enjoying the experience with your group. And we’ve even got a fleet of gorgeous, historic trolleys available to transport you from place to place.

We offer customizable packages for groups of all sizes. Visit our team outings page to learn more, or get in touch for a custom quote.

Yes! For large groups, we recommend booking a private tour rather than joining a public one. Private tours accommodate up to 20 guests at a time. Groups larger than 20 can be split across multiple simultaneous tour groups, with our team coordinating logistics so everyone has a seamless experience. We regularly host corporate groups, conference attendees, family reunions, wedding parties, and more. And we’ve even got a fleet of gorgeous, historic trolleys available to transport you from place to place.

Contact us to discuss your group’s needs and we’ll put together a custom plan.

All of our public tours last approximately 3 hours. Walking distance varies by tour but is typically 1 to 1.5 miles at a relaxed, leisurely pace with frequent stops. The terrain is flat and on sidewalks. Comfortable walking shoes are highly recommended.

Wear comfortable walking shoes. Dress for the weather; Louisville’s climate changes frequently so check the forecast that morning. For food tours, you may also want to leave a little extra room in the waistband! Cash for your guide’s gratuity is appreciated but never required.

Yes, all tours run rain or shine. Please check the weather and plan accordingly. In the event of severe or unsafe weather conditions, the tour may be cancelled or delayed. We wait until about an hour before the tour, when radar is most accurate, to make that call. If a tour is cancelled for severe weather, refundable tickets receive a full refund and non-refundable tickets receive a rain-check credit to use on a future tour.

Most of our tours begin and end at or near the same location, but a couple do not. Your confirmation email will include exact start and end point details. We always aim to end within a block or two of where you started, and your guide will make sure you know exactly how to get back to your car.

Parking varies by tour — check your confirmation email for your specific start location and parking tips. Generally, Louisville parking is easy to find. Street parking near most tour starting points is available, and parking meters are free after 6 PM throughout the city.

Yes. Our tours cover the history of Louisville and Kentucky, which includes complex and sometimes difficult subjects — human trafficking and enslavement, battles fought on Louisville’s soil, devastating floods, and other tragedies. We believe it is important to acknowledge and honor these events and the people who lived through them. As company policy, we do not tolerate racist or discriminatory commentary on our tours and reserve the right to remove any guest who makes our guides or fellow guests uncomfortable, without a refund.

Start times vary by tour. Our daytime tours typically begin at 1 PM or 1:30 PM, while our evening experiences start around 5 or 5:30 PM. Specialty and themed tours may have different start times. Your exact start time will be confirmed in your booking and in your confirmation email. You can also find current times listed on each individual tour page at louisvillefoodtours.com/tours.

Yes — all of our public tours (excluding the Bourbon Trolley) include a lightweight audio headset for every guest, and it is one of the standout features that sets our tours apart. The headset lets you hear your guide clearly even from a distance, in noisy bars and restaurants, or when the group is spread out. This is especially helpful for hard-of-hearing guests or those moving at a slower pace, and means you don’t have to be close to your guide to catch every story. The headsets are small, comfortable, easy to use, and are sanitized after every tour.

We can accommodate most food allergies and do our best to ensure every guest has something delicious to eat. However, we cannot safely serve guests with celiac disease, as none of our restaurant partners are celiac-safe. We recommend eating a light meal beforehand if you have multiple food allergies, or if you are vegan, dairy-free, or gluten-free — you’ll get some bites but may not receive a full meal’s worth of food. Vegetarians and guests with nut allergies can usually be easily accommodated. Please indicate your dietary needs when booking and remind your guide at the start of the tour. For guests with significant dietary restrictions, a private tour allows us to fully customize the menu for your group.

Don’t worry: you’ll be enjoying delicious beverages too! We’ve worked closely with our partners to ensure that all guests abstaining from drinking alcohol will still enjoy a delicious, unique, hand-crafted mocktail, or a local drink (such as an Ale-8 soda).

Now when I say mocktails, we’re not talking orange juice and grenadine, y’all. Here in Louisville, the mocktails are just as good – and creative – as the cocktails! We’ve even got alcohol-free bourbon, so nobody has to miss out on Kentucky’s favorite beverage.

Now, we can’t give you a cheaper ticket, because you’ll be enjoying a full mocktail while everyone else is sipping a half-sized cocktail. What that means is that your drinks actually cost more than everyone else’s (because you’ll be enjoying twice as much of it!). But for ease, and fairness, we keep prices standardized whether or not you choose to partake in alcohol or not.

If you choose to enjoy mocktails instead of cocktails or would like an alcohol-free experience for any reason, please let us know so we can accommodate you!

Guide gratuity is not included in the ticket price, but is deeply appreciated. One of our core company values is to pay our guides fairly and above a livable wage regardless of tips.

Most guests tip between 5–20%, with 5-10% being the typical average. You can pre-tip during booking if you prefer. Another wonderful way to show appreciation is to leave a 5-star review mentioning your guide by name — this earns them a paid bonus directly from us.

Please note: your ticket already includes a 20% gratuity for the restaurant and bar staff at every stop we visit — you do not need to tip anywhere we go.

Our food tours aren’t just a 3-hour long meal. They’re an experience that includes a full, delicious lunch or dinner at some of the best restaurants in town (including priority seating and access) AND drinks (sometimes). Plus, 3 hours of an informative, friendly local guide regaling you with stories of Louisville’s past and answering any questions you’ve ever wondered about our city, from why you see Fleur de Lis all over the place to where you should go to eat tomorrow. AND, when we’ve really done our job well, you’ve had an absolute blast and left the tour with a bunch of new friends and incredible memories!

So, it’s sort of like dinner plus drinks plus a show plus a personalized expert. And a LOT of fun.

Also, the money you pay for your tours doesn’t just cover your food and drinks. It also includes a 20% gratuity paid to the hard working restaurant staff at all of our wonderful partners (not so fun fact: in Kentucky, servers only make $2.13 an hour). AND, it pays best-in-the-industry livable wages for our best-in-class tour guides. Plus, ya know… salaries for our all-local admin team, with full time salary and benefits (if you texted or called us, you talked to one of them – we don’t use AI for customer service, and we think it shows) and other operational expenses that keep the lights on so we can keep doing what we all love: sharing our amazing city with all of you, and creating memories that we hope you’ll still be talking about for years to come.

Yes! Our tours follow flat sidewalks and are fully wheelchair and stroller accessible. All tours include a lightweight audio headset so guests can hear their guide clearly from a distance, to allow guests to set their own pace.

If you have specific accessibility needs, please contact us before booking and we’ll make sure everything is set up for a great experience.

The Secrets of Louisville in NuLu tour welcomes guests of all ages, as does the Louisville Legends Downtown Derby City food tour. Children under 2 who share food with a parent do not need a ticket and are welcome to join these tours for free!

Note that our tours involve walking, standing, listening for extended periods, some alcohol service, and mature historical content. So we leave the decision to your discretion, as you know your child best.

For private tours, we can offer a child-friendly version of our Highlands tour with an alternate route — please get in touch if interested.

Service animals are always welcome on all of our tours by law. Unfortunately, pet dogs cannot join public tours — Kentucky law prohibits non-service animals inside restaurants and bars. However, we offer a private dog-friendly version of our Highlands tour, held entirely outdoors on dog-friendly patios. Your pup will even get locally-made dog treats and a stop at a dog library! The Highlands neighborhood also has a dog park, a dog bar, and a dog-friendly hotel all within walking distance. When booking the private 2 PM Highlands Tour, just let us know you’d like the dog-friendly option.

Yes! Louisville Food Tours is a small, local, family-owned company founded in 2022 by Lia Garcia, a second-generation Louisvillian, and her husband Jeremy Garcia. They live in one of the neighborhoods where tours run, so there’s a good chance you’ll spot them during your tour. Most of the restaurants and bars featured on our tours are also locally and family-owned businesses.

Louisville Food Tours provides optional pronoun pins for guides to wear to identify their preferred pronouns (she/her, he/him, they/them). The pins make it easy for guests to use the correct pronoun and represent our company’s commitment to supporting Louisville’s LGBTQ+ community. As company policy, we do not tolerate anti-LGBTQ+ commentary on our tours and reserve the right to remove any guest who makes our guides or fellow guests uncomfortable, without a refund.

It depends on what kind of trip you’re after. Downtown puts you steps from the waterfront, Museum Row, Whiskey Row speakeasies, and two bourbon distilleries — great boutique options include The Grady Hotel and 21C Museum Hotel. NuLu is ideal for walkable access to fantastic food, nightlife, and local art galleries. The Highlands offers Victorian architecture, lush greenery, and Louisville’s best restaurant corridor along Bardstown Road. Old Louisville is quieter and beautiful if you prefer a historic residential feel. For full neighborhood guides and specific recommendations, visit our sister site Let’s Go Louisville.

Plenty! Our sister site Let’s Go Louisville is a Kentucky travel blog written by Louisville locals, packed with helpful trip planning resources — including an ideal Louisville weekend itinerary, a guide to bourbon distilleries in Louisville, tips for attending the Kentucky Derby, neighborhood guides, restaurant recommendations, and much more.