Street Food & Old Taverns Tour in the Historic Center of Lima

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us! We are truly happy to see that you enjoyed your time with Johana, exploring the Historic Center of Lima 🤗 Please, let us know if you ever come back to Peru in the future, we'd love to reconnect! Best regards, Emilie and the Exquisito Peru Team

Hi Esteban, We are very happy that you enjoyed our street food tour with Johana! Please, don't hesitate to reach out if there's anything we can assist you with!

Dear Mantinder, many thanks for sharing such a wonderful review!! We are sincerely glad to see that you had such a good time in Lima downtown, discovering the city and local treats with Susie. Thank you so much for recommending our experience!! Warm regards, Emilie and the Exquisito Peru Team

Dear Marjorie, Thank you so much for sharing such a great comment about your experience with us! We are truly happy to see that you enjoyed your time with Susie discovering the Historic Center of Lima and tasting some of the classic street foods Peru has to offer! Please, feel free to reach out if you ever come back to Peru, we'd love to reconnect in the future! Best regards, Emilie and the Exquisito Peru Team

Hi Susan, We are sorry you didn't like the order of food and the walking distance. We definitely didn't want you to be disappointed. It is true that this tour includes a fair amount of walking (which is mentioned in the tour description) as we go through the most emblematic streets and sights of the Historic Center. We believe that's in fact a very positive trait of our tour for travelers who want to discover that area of Lima inside out. This food tour combines Peru' street food and a visit into the city center, including Lima's largest market and chinatown, which are 4 blocks away from Plaza de Armas. In total during 4 hours, guests are expected to walk 16 blocks, with at least 4 stops to sit and rest. We also feel that walking is the best way to discover the place and feel the true locals' vibe, and that the streets we go through are all important to learn about Lima, as well as Lima's food scene. Making it shorter wouldn't give our guests the full experience that we wish to provide them with. We don't think we will change that, but we will do our best to improve our communication around that aspect to avoid wrong expectations. After all, there are tours with buses that are great and more adapted to other crowds, and we would rather lose some sales instead of disappointing more guests – we really don't like that and genuinely take it at heart when we read negative reviews. As for the order in which food as been consumed – food stands tend to move in different corners/streets, so depending on the day, that order will change. If we were to respect the strict "Western tradition" of starting with salty foods and finishing with sweet ones, the walking distance might increase. That being said, we will take this piece of feedback very seriously to make some very quick adjustments as we understand how this could be unpleasant for some of our guests. We certainly don't want this feeling to be experienced again. Anyhow, we'd like to thank you for sharing your feedback. We sincerely hope that you have enjoyed the rest of your trip (it's been 3 weeks now, I'm guessing you are back in Ontario!) and that your next review, be it for us or someone else, will be 5 stars! We'll still let Ximena know that you thought her guiding was excellent. We are very proud of that. Best, Jessy - Co-Founder

Mil gracias Judith! Nos alegra muchísimo saber que disfruto de su tiempo con nuestra querida Zarela 😊. ¡¡Qué bien que le haya gustado la visita al Mercado Central, es cierto que es muy impresionante!! No dude en contactarse con nosotros si regresa a Perú en cualquier momento, nos encantaría tenerla en otra de nuestras experiencias culinarias! Saludos, Emilie

Dear Melissa, Thank you so much for sharing your experience with our tour in the Historic Center of Lima! We were truly happy that you were able to enjoy the tour finally! We made sure to share your kind words with John too, he was really happy to read you :) Enjoy the rest of your stay in Peru, and feel free to reach out if you'd like to discover another part of the city and more of Peruvian delicious gastronomy! Best regards, Emilie

Hi Jerry, We are sorry you didn't fully enjoy the experience. Being Easter weekend, the Historic Center was packed with locals. Added to that the political demonstration, our guide had to take a slightly different route to avoid bigger crowds. For the mask, sadly we can't do much as it's still required by Peru to wear it outside. However we will for sure take into account your feedback to improve how we deal with those extraordinary events so it affects the experience as little as possible. The first food stop though – a malt punch – is only 25 mins away from the tour start, followed by the Central Market 15 mins later. In all our tours we combine food with sightseeing, and we feel that's what most people like. For other travelers who see this: we do not recommend this tour to people who have difficulties walking.

Hey Douglas 😀 Many thanks for your kind words! Ali is always taking great care, making sure of the wellbeing of her groups, I'm glad you appreciated that :) Thanks for sharing your experience and have a wonderful stay in Peru! Best regards,

Hello Shirleen, Wow, what a wonderful review, many thanks for taking the time to share your experience with us 😍 !! I'm glad you enjoyed Ali's company as for the food stops on our Street Food & Old Taverns Tour!! We made sure to share your kind words with her, she was truly grateful 😊 Thanks again for picking our food tour and hope to see you back in Peru someday! Best regards, Emilie