The Capitol Hill Culinary Experience

Our guides were very knowledgeable of the areas we visited and provided interesting facts about various parts of the city.

My best friend and I just just took the Capitol Hill Food Tour and had such a great time. What a wonderful way to spend the day in DC. The restaurants that we went to were so diverse, and we got treated like such VIP. The food was outstanding and I really enjoyed the way our guide tied in the food with the history of the area. You won't go hungry on this tour!! I highly reccomend this tour to anyone of all ages.

What a wonderful experience. Not only was the tour guide friendly and knowledgeable, but the tour itself was fun and really quite interesting. And the food--oh my goodness. Why are there tours without food? Metro Food Tours just proved to me that there is no reason to do a tour without sampling the local cuisine. The food was great, ecclectic and very tasty. I'm definately reccomending this tour to all of my friends, as well as my family.

When we signed up for the tour, we figured we would go to a couple of places and get a small bite at each place. Instead, we were served more food than expected, and it all was delicious! The tour guide was amazing, had a lot of great details and a fun personality. We will be taking the tour again the next time our family comes into town!

I thought I had seen and tasted just about everything in DC. A new local for about 3 years, and this tour totally proved me wrong. Our guide Natalie was great, and really fun and outgoing. I tried so many delicious things, and loved the diversity of all of the meals. A true VIP experience that I highly recommend to any one even locals! DC Metro Food Tours...great job! Oh and you won't go hungry on this tour either :) A REAL rood experience!

Great guide Great food Just the right amount of walking Incredibly full at the end

I took the tour with my wife and didn't think I'd enjoy it much but the guide was awesome and so knowledgable and the food was super.

On the positive side, the food was wonderful, and there was a lot of it. Definitely come hungry and don't plan on eating dinner after. Also, I thought this was a great thing to do with my out-of-town guests whom otherwise wouldn't have made it to this DC neighborhood. However, the "tour" portion left something to be desired. I know that this is one of the company's newer tours, but the guide would forget the items of interest. We would frequently hear things along the lines of "A famous person once lived here. I'm drawing a blank on who it was, but anyway, moving on..." There was also very little description of the food we were eating. The guide would give a brief description (e.g., "it's chicken and vegetables"), but couldn't give us much more than that. Additionally, there were 13 people the day we took the tour, and it was difficult for the whole group to hear the guide's spiel. Often, she would speak in the direction of what she was pointing out, rather than at the group, so only those closest to her would be able to hear. I think there is definite potential for this tour, but you might wait until they iron out the kinks and the guide gets a little more experience.

As a local myself, I'm always looking for Washington, DC tours that are different - I'm not a big fan of the typical, droning, narrated walking tour. I'm SO GLAD I found this tour! The "Capitol Hill Culinary Experience" is a food tour with that does not disappoint. I had two friends with me, both big guys, 6'5"+. They both commented on the incredibly generous portions at the food stops and neither one was hungry by the time we were done (heck, we weren't hungry after the first stop). I won't give away the details, but it was varied, delicious, and filling. There is some tour narration on the history of the Capitol HIll area, Eastern Market (which just reopened after a terrible fire two years ago), and some architecture and historical details that are actually interesting. Natalie, our guide, was absoutely professional, yet personable and very attuned to the group. The guide can make all the difference and she was engaging, funny, and informative. Of all the tours of DC I have done and taken friends & family on, this one is definitely worth a repeat. Oh, and one couple was running late and the owner of the company, DC Metro Food Tours, arranged to meet the couple and then brought them to us as we were going between sightseeing stops (historical homes of Capitol Hill). That was such great customer service and I was impressed that they didn't dump that responsibility on the tour guide, so she was able to focus on the guests who were there. And, by the way, take the information about parking seriously - it's difficult to find, so best if you ride the Metro in to the Eastern Market Metro Station stop.

Our tour guide, Natalie, was wonderful and made everyone feel welcome. She introduced us to great food--delicious Ecuadorian, Indian, North Carolina BBQ, and a great Jewish dessert. It was a nice, small tour group and everyone instantly became friends. The warm weather wasn't a problem because we were having such a good time. We are really glad we took the tour because we would have never discovered the great neighborhood we explored. My partner is a vegetarian and the owner made arrangements for great veg options without a lot of fuss. You NEED to take this tour!