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Frequently Asked Questions

Why Take A Food Tour with Us?

Our walking food tours are led by experienced foodie tour guides, who know the city well and love sharing a passion for good food with you.

As part of the experience, you’ll also learn about the rich history and culture of the city. We’re walking on a loop, making about 5 tasting stops. Each sit-down tasting takes around 15-20 minutes, allowing you to enjoy Hanoi food and a good walk.

First time Hanoi visitors, street food lovers, foodies, food bloggers, and regular travelers! Our food tours are designed for anyone who loves Vietnamese food, wants to explore Hanoi and get to know its people.

If you are in search of authentic flavors of Hanoi, history, culture, and local architectures, you’ll find them on our food tours. Also, if you’ve food restrictions, we welcome you aboard, we can accommodate your needs.

There are indeed many other food tour companies and individuals offering Hanoi street food tours, but most of them take their guests to same touristy places all the times. Instead, we prefer to walk to the family-run eateries where the locals eat.

We’re pretty sure you won’t find anyone that can offer Hanoi foodie tours with high level of cultural interactions and personality like we do. We truly love what we do and we enjoy being good at it.

Our Food Tours

Each tour exposes flavors of Hanoi in a certain neighborhood as it’s explained below:

1. Heart & Soul of Hanoi Old Quarter: It walks you on a loop within the the Old Quarter, traversing through communities that are tucked away behind the shophouses, and making a visit to a local family to learn about how the life of the local really looks like.

2. Hanoi Street Food Tour: This walking food tour walks you on a loop covering both the Old Quarter and the French Quarter of Hanoi, we eat at local family-run eateries locating in both quarters.

3. Hanoi Home-Hosted Dinner: This experience takes you to a local family in Hanoi for a home-cooked meal, it helps you enjoy a Vietnamese home meal and the conversation with the local Hanoians.

4. Hanoi Cooking Class: You’ll learn to cook several traditional Vietnamese foods after visiting a local fresh market, then prepare a traditional Vietnamese meal with a hand-on cooking class with our Hanoi chef.

5. Flavors of Hanoi French Quarter: This tour walks you on a loop in the French Quarter. It winds through historical sites of Hanoi, exploring both Vietnamese and French fusion foods. Also, it includes a local home visit in the French Quarter.

6. Hanoi At Dawn: This takes you to the city’s wholesale markets very early in the morning, and you won’t only see the city eat dawn but also experience the national flag rising ceremony in Ba Dinh Square.

Solo Traveler, Children, and Languages.

We do have a solo traveler on our food and culture walking tours, whether they be a traveler or local looking for something fun and different thing to do in Hanoi. We have found that most people who take our tours are adventurous and sociable, excited about trying amazing Vietnamese food, and open to meeting new people!

If you are open to meeting new people and having a great time, you’ll have a wonderful time on a food tour with your foodie guide.

Yes, our tours are great for children. Kindly note that children age 6 and above will be charged. We assume that if your child is below the age of 6, they will not be participating in the tasting portion of the tour, or they might be sharing tastings with a parent. Therefore, for children below age 6, they will be FOC.

Please indicate when you make your reservation whether you are bringing a child on the tour. Please also note that strollers will be a challenge on the tour due to the narrow sidewalks, busy traffic, and small eateries.

The Food

Booking A Tour

We understand that mistakes, illnesses and emergencies happen, and those things can all get in the way of attending and arriving on time for a food tour. So please contact us at +84 967 258586 or hello@flavorsofhanoi.com to discuss situations as early as you become aware of them.

At the same time, we do encourage you to be thoughtful about requesting a last minute change and to save that privilege only for unique situations since your spots on the tour are being held for you.

Additionally, as part of our company philosophy, we always aim to keep a good balance between pleasing you (our customer) and being fair to our tour guides. We’re sure you understand the balance we try to maintain in keeping everyone super satisfied.

If you would like to cancel a booking, the following cancellation fees apply:

Within 2 days before the tour, we’ll charge 100% of total tour price.
Within 3 to 6 days before the tour, we’ll charge 50% of total tour price.
More than 7 days before the tour, we won’t charge a dollar. We’ll issue you a full refund. We hope that you are safe and healthy. And thank you so much for supporting our small business, it means everything!

The Weather in Hanoi

You can get an accurate daily weather forecast at AccuWeahter.com/Hanoi.

Here are some general Weather Conditions in Hanoi month by month:

Weather in January: January in Hanoi is a comfortable winter-spring month, with an average high-temperature of 19.3°C (66.7°F) and an average low-temperature of 13.7°C (56.7°F).

Weather in February: February is another comfortable month in Hanoi, with average temperature ranging between min 15°C (59°F) and max 20°C (68°F).

Weather in March: March is a pleasant month in Hanoi, with temperature in the range of an average low of 19°C (66°F) and an average high of 23°C (74°F).

Weather in April: April in Hanoi is a warm spring month, with average temperature fluctuating between 22°C (72°F) and 27°C (81°F).

Weather in May: May is Hanoi’s first month of summer, so it’s a warm month in Hanoi. The average temperature ranging between max 32°C (90°F) and min 25°C (77°F).

Weather in June: June is the hottest month of the year in Hanoi. The average high-temperature is 33°C (91°F), while the average low-temperature is 26°C (79°F).

Weather in July: July in Hanoi is a bit less hot than June, the average temperature varying between 26°C (79°F) and 33°C (91°F). There may be a typhoon affecting Hanoi in July.

Weather in August: August is the last month of the summer in Hanoi, but it’s still hot with average temperature fluctuating between 26°C (79°F) and 32°C (90°F). There may be a typhoon affecting Hanoi in August.

Weather in September: September is the first month of the autumn in Hanoi, the weather is still warm. The average high-temperature, is 31°C (88°F), while the average low-temperature is 25°C (77°F).

Weather in October: October in Hanoi features pleasant weather, with average temperature fluctuating between 22°C (72°F) and 29°C (84°F).

Weather in November: November in Hanoi is another month with pleasant weather. The average high-temperature, in November, is 25°C (77°F), while the average low-temperature is 19°C (66°F).

Weather in December: December is still a pleasant month in Hanoi, its temperature in the range of an average low of 15°C (59°F) and an average high of 22°C (72°F).

Logistics

Approximately 3km (1.8mi) to 5km (3mi), and we’re on our feet for approximately 3,5 hours.

Please note that there are few uneven sidewalks and some stairs that we navigate during the tour. If uneven sidewalk or busy traffic is a problem for you or any of your guests, please indicate that when you book a tour, so we can do our best to accommodate your needs.

Also, many of the narrow streets and hidden alleys we walk, along with the small shops and staircases, are not conducive to strollers and wheelchairs. This does not mean that we don’t welcome both, it just means that some tours are going to be better for you than others.

For strollers, we do recommend something small that folds up easily (an umbrella stroller usually works best). Many of our locations are very small and trying to keep children in strollers in the stores can be a struggle, so having something the child can be taken in and out of easily is going to make it a much more pleasant experience for both child and parent.

We want to do our best to accommodate whatever mobility needs you might have, please to contact us directly, so we may find the tour that works best for you!

Still Need Us?

If your question isn’t answered here, you can text or call us via WhatsApp at +84 967 25 8586

or email us at hello@flavorsofhanoi.com, and we’ll be happy to help.