Chicago Food Planet Food Tours

Great tour! I don't think our guide could have possible done anything better! We are chef/owerns of a busy Cantina in Ocean City MD and in our opinion from the pizza to the perogies everything was outstanding. I would highly recommend this to anyone.

Met our leader, Jess, and tour group at the appointed place and time. Jess had individuals introduce themselves and gave us a summary of the tour prior to our departure. During the tour we (generously) sampled various authentic Chinese foods at different restaurants. While at the restaurants and in transit Jess gave us history of the area and instructed us on Chinese food etiquette. During the tour everyone felt very comfortable with each other and were sharing their Chicago visit experiences. My daughter and I thoroughly enjoyed our Chinese food tour experience and would highly recommend the tour.

Our guide Ms Jessie was very polite and informative and would recommend this tour.

What a great way to see the real chicago neighborhoods and wonderful local businesses! Our tour guide was fantastic! You will not be hungry when the tour is over! The tour provides you with history of the restaurants and shops you visit along with the neighborhood. Would definitely recommend this to anyone visiting the city!

2nd chicago planet food tour was as awesome.as the first! Great food and lots of it! Learned so much about different regions of china and their food culture. I feel much more confident visiting chinatown on my own now.

This was a great food tour, plenty of diversity in cuisine hitting a great number of spots. A decent amount of walking and history of the area as well - great way to get to know the city your in!

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We wanted to celebrate a friends up coming wedding with a fun girls day out so we booked a food tour in Old Town and we had a blast! Our tour guide was wonderful as was the assortment of food we were able to sample. I was surprised how fast 3 1/2 hours went by. What a wonderful way to see a part of the city that most of us had never been to. We had so much fun that we are planning on going on another one this summer.

Since we are locals we have tried some of the items (i.e. Chicago-style hot dog and Piece Pizza) however we never tried the style of Pizza that we received from Piece) An iced hot chocolate with a homemade marshmallow from Hot Chocolate --excellent--a Kale salad from Goddess and Grocer (which was way better than I expected). The true highlight is iCream--the sample is called "The Guy from Florida" (which is cream soda, Nutella, and white chocolate) I was lukewarm to the flavor until I tried it. It might just be the best ice cream I ever had. The mini architecture tour was a nice supplement mid-way through the tour especially because I thought I was too full to try anything else. But by the time we arrived at the destination after the houses, I was ready to eat again. The tour also pointed out places that we might like to try later--a place voted Best Bloody Mary, Most popular bar, a hidden club, and a really cool taco stand/patio called Big Star. I could have passed on the falafel but I'm not a big fan of middle eastern cuisine. All in all, it was a great day, our guide Heather was great and the tour was well run. It would be nice if they offered 2 Wicker Park/Bucktown tours and hit different places. I wouldn't mind trying some of the other places. They start tour every half hour and they all looked really booked.

We were on the 11:30am food tour and our tour guide was wonderfully knowledgeable as she lived in the area. The tour started with a delicious Chicago hot dog at George's and only got better from there. Also included a walk through the neighbourhood and a look at and talk about the architecture and history of some of the houses. It was a truly fabulous way to spend 3 hours on a Saturday. Highly recommend and would do it again - great time to go as well because food was plentiful and we didn't have to buy lunch!

The food was adequate. The walk through the neighborhoods on the way to the various stops was excellent. we saw a part of Chicago we would never have seen. Fantastic architecture and introduction to city living.

Every year my sisters and I go to a different city. If possible, we do a Foody Tour. The weather for our entire time in Chicago was great OTHER than the day of the tour. It was windy and cold. However Martha, our tour guide, kept everyone moving right along so we spent the minimum time outside. Her oral history of the area and food for Chicago's Near North Side was outstanding. We visited a good variety of locations, had more than enough to eat, and had a wonderful time. My sister's and I went back to several of the locations to make purchases using the discounts provided. I highly recommend this tour and rate it tied for 1st place.

Three of my sisters and I attended this walk on Friday, May 17th. We had an awesome time. The tour was very informative both about the food but also along the neighborhoods where we walked. The buildings and flowers were absolutely beautiful which was a nice surprise since we didn't know what to expect. We really didn't have a favorite spot we visited since they were all a different experience.

An interesting tour with good eats along with other informative info of things around the area. Our guide was very personable and easy to talk to, and gave us great advice and places to check out in the area. Nice mix of food, way more than just hot dogs. I'd recommend to anyone.

I had a great day, enjoying some lovely food. Kent is an excellent guide, cleverly using humour to deflect a rather opinionated man's attempt to be more knowledgeable than he was with food facts. Overall a lovely day which provided nice food and knowledge of some great restaurants to eat at for the remainder of my stay in Chicago.