Mexico City Food Tour in Coyoacan: Bohemian Bites & Sites

Food tour in Coyoacan

This tour meets in the central area of Coyoacan and then walks to two indoor food markets. We had 6 stops. Each was quite good. The highlights: Salvador was a great guide- friendly, funny, protective of our daughter with food allergies and because of an injury required switching between a walker and crutches. He explained things, allowed us to tweak things due to our interests- like spending time exploring the insects! We had 2 types of tostadas, aguafrescas, insects, fruit, and churros filled with so much goodness. The time flew and we would choose him ( Salvador 10) for any tour!!

Response from the operator: Hola Jamie! Thank you for your review. I’m happy to know that you had a good time with Salvador through local Coyoacan. Big hugs :)

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Not Very Good Value

The guide was very friendly and knowledgeable but the actual amount of food was quite small in total and I’m not a big eater. When we were at the Coyoacan market, we had a tasting at a chocolate seller. The pieces were quite small, ok, that’s fine. We liked the chocolates so bought some bars. When we opened them 2 days later, they were stale, and dried out. They were expensive for the small amount of chocolate in the bars so this was very disappointing.

Response from the operator: Hi, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re really glad to hear you enjoyed your guide and found them friendly and knowledgeable, that means a lot to us. We’re sorry to hear that the food portions didn’t meet your expectations. Our tours are designed as a curated tasting experience across several stops, focused more on variety and storytelling rather than large portions, but we completely understand that this can feel light for some guests. Regarding the chocolate, we’re truly sorry to hear about your experience. This is definitely not the standard we aim to offer, and we will follow up directly with the vendor to ensure quality and freshness are consistently maintained. We really appreciate your feedback as it helps us improve, and we hope to have the chance to provide you with a better experience in the future. Warm regards,

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Wonderful experience

We enjoyed a wonderful tour of Coyoacan with our guide, Alejandro! Thank you!

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BEST Tour w/ Gerardo

Originally, we had booked a food tour of the Historic City Center with this same company via Viator, but the company reached out and let us know that it had been canceled on the morning of our tour. They messaged me via WhatsApp, and we were very quickly able to cancel via Viator and rebook this Coyoacan food tour instead. I felt that because of this quick communication, we were able to salvage the day and had the best time. We showed up at Coyoacan park early and very easily found our tour guide, Gerardo, who was wearing a company shirt. To our delight and surprise, we learned that we would actually be having a private tour! Gerardo speaks excellent English and was very informative of all the sites and stalls. Because it was just my husband and I, he changed up his usual tour and made sure to ask us what WE wanted to eat and see. He customized our tour so we got to try all the things we were curious about. He took us to many stops in the market, as well as around the neighborhood. We got to enjoy sopes, tostadas, quesadillas, aguas frescas , chocolate tasting, churros, ice cream, pastries and more. He took time to lead us through the busy market and let us look around. I have many food allergies, and he made sure every single vendor knew about them. At the end of the tour, we wanted to try pulque, so he led us to a bar where it was served. Gerardo really made this experience AMAZING! We are so grateful that our original tour ended up being canceled and we got to experience Coyoacan with Gerardo. Absolutely would recommend this tour to anyone who wants to explore Coyoacan, but doesn't know where to start.

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Great experience

Excellent tour with very patient and knowledgeable guides. Diego was wonderful and took us some really great places. The only thing I didn't love is that we had 5 food stops and there was way more than I could eat and I felt a little wasteful. If I were to do this again, I would go with someone else so we could share most of the dishes. We were given opportunities to stop and shop but our group really didn't and it might have helped if we had taken advantage of the opportunities. I liked that I was able to try a couple of things that were unfamiliar to me, even though I consider myself pretty well versed in Mexican food and that we got a little taste of this lovely neighborhood. I also liked how considerate they were asking if anyone had food allergies or preferences, and we were given the opportunity to choose what we are at each place, even though I followed their advice on what to try. For those who are hesitant because of activity level, this was quite easy and there was seating at all of the stops. Bring a water bottle because there are not drink options at every stop, but you don't need to bring rain gear because they have ponchos for you if necessary.

Response from the operator: Hola! Thank you for your review. I’m glad you enjoyed the tour through local Mexico City. Best wishes :)

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