7 Oaxaca City Street Food Tours to Build an Evening Around

1.Oaxaca Street Food Tour. Signature Markets Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 102 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $104Our pick

Start at 9:30 a.m. in central Oaxaca with a guide such as Betsy, Daniela, Camilla, or Christian. Visit Mercado 20 de Noviembre and Mercado Benito Juarez, with possible stops at other markets and a chocolate tasting. Expect generous portions of Oaxacan food, drinks, market guidance, history, and plenty of walking with sitting breaks.

“Excellent. Guide was great. Food selections perfect. Great blend of eating and walking. Talked about other aspects of Oaxaca’s culture beyond food.”

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2.Private Historic City Tour + Street Food of Oaxaca – Best Rated

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 53 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $58

Walk Oaxaca’s Centro with guides such as Oscar, Sofia, Angel, Yesi, and Rolando, visiting grand churches, a landmark theater, and Mercado 20 de Noviembre. Your private three-hour tour mixes history, local customs, markets, and optional street-food tastings. Food costs extra, and the route can be adjusted to suit your interests.

“We had a wonderful time yesterday! Gabo was incredibly knowledgeable and professional — we all thoroughly enjoyed the tour and learned so much from him.”

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3.Street Food and 3 Markets Tour, Meat or Veggie Options

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 35 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $76

Start near the Monumento Cruz de Piedra at 9:30 am for three hours of Oaxaca street food, market tastings, coffee, tea, water, and a full brunch-style spread. Guide Sara leads a small group of up to 10 in English, Spanish, or French, with vegetarian choices at every stop. Finish at Mercado Benito Juárez.

“This tour was really fun to do and we learned a lot about the local area, it's people and it's history as well as the food itself which helped us put things in context. Our guide was fabulous and really knew what she was talking about with the foods that we tried and was able to explain all about them as well as getting us to try things. She navigated multiple markets really well and enabled us to try absolutely loads of things throughout our trip, way more than we expected. It was also great that we had the option to push our boundaries with some unusual things but never…”

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4.Private Oaxaca Street Food Tour – Best Rated

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 22 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $35Best value

Walk Oaxaca’s main markets with a private English-speaking guide such as Oscar, Elisabeth, or Jacob. Begin with a fruit-based Mexican refreshment at Mercado Benito Juárez, then spend about 75 minutes sampling foods and learning how dishes are made. Food is not included, so you choose and pay for each bite.

“Beside the great tour and tour guide (Elisabeth), what I like the most is that food is not included, so you can buy whatever you feel like trying!”

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5.Oaxaca Street Food Essentials

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 21 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $90

Start at Santo Domingo at 9:00 am for a 3.5-hour English-language walk through Oaxaca’s Centro Histórico. Your guide, possibly Valeria, leads you to six street-food stops and three markets, with a traditional Oaxacan drink included. The tour ends near Mercado de La Merced.

“We had a wonderful morning with Valeria! We did not only taste some of the most delicious food that we could definitely not find ourselves, but we also learnt a lot for the city’s culture and history. It was a fantastic and highly recommended experience! Muchas gracias Valeria!”

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6.Tour of the Oaxaca Food Market

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 4 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $38

Meet near Oaxaca’s Basílica de la Soledad for a small-group food walk through Central de Abastos. Over about three hours, you’ll taste memelas at Doña Vale, pumpkin-flower quesadillas, mole empanadas, barbecue, hot chocolate, fresh juice, and more. English service, mobile ticket, and groups capped at 10.

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7.Taco Tour in Oaxaca : delicious street food by bike

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $55

Ride through central Oaxaca with English-speaking guide Daniel, stopping at six food stands for eight portions of classic night fare. Try tasajo tacos, tlayudas, memelas, chorizo, barbecue, yellow mole and more while learning what makes each dish distinct. Bikes, helmets and lights are included, but drinks cost extra.

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