Traveler Reviews

• Sgc061413 01-Aug-2023

  Had a knowledgeable tour guide who spoke excellent English which is critical to have in one’s native language whatever it may be. Temps and humidity were oppressive so walking tour is not that fun. Be sure to try the camel burger. Overall a good experience and worthwhile to do on your first trip to Dubai.

• Dee_m 13-Jul-2023

  Our tour guide Ali was amazing. He showed us around, gave us an experience of a lifetime. The food was wonderful. He was very informative. I will recommend this to all my friends, and I will go again without a doubt.

• Emily_k 16-May-2023

  We had a great time with Ali tasting all the different dishes of Dubai. Our guide Ali was very personable and also shared so much history about the culture and destination. By the end of the tour we were stuffed in the best way possible.

• 148sadikil 05-May-2023

  So... we all know or have heard of that one person whom everyone knows and has respect for. They're the type of person who'll lead you down random alleys and show you the finest lunch or dessert destinations. They know the owner usually and said owner probably owes them a favor, so you're treated like royalty. Ali is THAT GUY here in Dubai. Anything we needed to know or wanted to try, Ali knew the places everyone else would go and the places only locals would go, which is exactly where he took us. We learned so much from Ali in a short amount of time: history of the city, the vast culture of the land and its people, modern-day politics, and of course, the art of the bargain. Anyone looking to get a true view of Dubai and the people who live there. This is the tour for you. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.

• 567kirstenw 03-May-2023

  What an amazing way to experience old Dubai! My husband and I wanted to have an authentic Dubai experience, and this food tour didn’t disappoint! More food than you can possibly fit in, our guide Ali was so generous! We didn’t just eat food the whole time-we also visited the gold & spice souks, had a personal tour of a spice shop and a perfume oil demonstration. We also had a traditional Abra ride across the creek at night, which was quite beautiful with the lights. The range and quality of the foods we ate were excellent. I honestly loved every dish, especially Kunafah. This is a must-do tour for all foodies out there! Just make sure you are hungry!

• Alwin_c 22-Apr-2023

  I tried to give Viator a chance and this With Locals tour operator up to 3 weeks to resolve our issue with this tour but to no avail, very disappointed as we booked all our Dubai tour via Viator, but they left us hanging and my family felt cheated with this 10 food tasting private tour. First, Lucy, the tour guide seemed confused and thought she was giving us street food tour with just a few food to sample. Until i spoke up and mentioned that i thought we’re trying up some camel burgers, saffron ice cream and arabic coffee or grape vine leaves or prawns cooked in spices…she clearly didn’t have those food on her plans for us to sample. Ofcourse, we showed her the description and what we were expecting from this tour and she was clearly surprised because thats not on her agenda. She was upset and tried to give us what was described but ofcourse she couldnt fulfill everything. We told her we are going to complain because it was not right that we were promised one thing and we’re given another and shortchanged us with the other food tastings which were clearly the reason why I specifically booked this tour. We went back to our hotel feeling cheated with this tour and like I said, this Withlocals or Viator would not even email me back after several follow up emails to atleast give us a partial refund since we didn’t get all the food that was promised by this tour. Again, no prawns cooked in spices, no grapevine leaves, the coffee museum is closed( which before they give the tour, the operator should know if its open or not and disclosed this to the guests) therefore no coffee tastings, no camel burgers, only substitute dish were given and most important of all, was our mood that day that was ruined because we felt cheated of the amount of money we paid for a family of four, we felt we were ripped off and no one would care to resolve our complain on this tour. Withlocals and Viator, we rely on you to give us what we paid for, please revise your description so your guests will not feel cheated going forward. And please, whether you agree or not, the guests deserved to get a response from you when we emailed you. We paid you our hard earned money and we wanted to make our family enjoy this tour that we booked on your website, please be a trustwothy travel companies/guides so you’ll continue to be successful.

• Christal_s 17-Apr-2023

  Our tour guide was Michael and we had an overall very disappointing experience. There was hardly any food although it was supposed to be a food tour. We felt ripped off because he took us to a mart where people kept trying to sale us things but we weren’t getting any samples of food. We felt dehydrated because we didn’t eat much and did a lot of walking. Very unsatisfied and unhappy please don’t waste your money!

• No_lled585 28-Mar-2023

  From discovering the old souk of Dubai to the culinary treat Great way to jump on a different culture French m camel ice cream and many many more

• Lynn G 28-Mar-2023

  Our tour guide Sandy was great, He was very knowledgeable and patient with all of our questions. He gave us pointers on negotiating at the gold and spice souqs. All of the of the foods offered were great. The only disappointment was that we did not go to the coffee museum or have the saffron ice cream. However, we got other stuff, for example camel milk tea, which was delicious.

• Julie_s 07-Mar-2023

  Orlina was brilliant, not only knowledgeable but very engaging. Every eatery was welcoming and the food was great, thoroughly enjoyed the spices and looking forward to drinking my tea.