8 Food Tours in Rotterdam Worth Your Time

1.Stadshaven Brewery Tour with Beer Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 130 reviews · 1 hour - 100 minutes · from $26Our pick

You’ll tour Rotterdam’s Stadshaven Brewery, a restored 100-year-old fruit warehouse producing about 2 million liters of beer a year. An English or Dutch guide explains brewing, the port district, innovation, and sustainability. Choose one beer or soda, or three beers with three snacks. The visit lasts about 1 to 1.5 hours.

“Leuke AR tour, maar ben je best wel snel door en zie je ter plekke niet bepaald veel. maar echt wel leuk gedaan”

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2.Walking Rotterdam Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 89 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $107Top rated

Start at Rotterdam Centraal at 12:30 p.m. and walk through West-Kruiskade, Markthal, the Cube Houses, bridges, and Nieuwe Binnenweg while tasting six bites and two drinks. Guides such as Astrid, Umesh, Willem, and Tim add history, architecture, art, and local context. The tour ends beside the water, not back at the station.

“A nice way to learn about Rotterdam's culture, history, architecture, and food. Anika was a fabulous guide. The food was diverse and tasty. The tour is 4 + hours so be prepared to do a lot of walking. The food is plentiful so pace yourself. Note that the tour does not end at the same place it started.”

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3.Biking Rotterdam Food Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 82 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $119

Join BiteMe Food Tours at 12:30 pm for a four-hour bike-and-bites ride through Rotterdam. Guides such as Rob, Bart, Tim, and Annika lead small groups to local food stops, city sights, a surfing attraction, and waterfront views. Expect about 10 kilometers of cycling in short sections, with snacks along the way and, on some outings, beer.

“I booked this cycling tour from Rotterdam. Unfortunately due to insufficient numbers I was unable to do the bike tour on the day I booked, but I was able to do a walking tour the next day. I was glad that I booked this trip. This was a return trip to Rotterdam for me, and I found that the tour took me to places in Rotterdam that I didn’t see during my first trip, so for that alone, the trip was worth it. I didn’t know that there was a surfing attraction in Rotterdam, but I saw it during the tour. The tour ended at an establishment by the water…”

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4.Guided Walking Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 55 reviews · 4 hours · from $105

Spend four hours walking Rotterdam with a local guide such as Bram, Tim, Rob, Loran, Willem, or Paul. Eat Dutch favorites, Surinamese curry, chips, cheese, poffertjes, bitterballen, and sample Rotterdam-brewed beer or cider while seeing major sights, local neighborhoods, architecture, and lesser-known corners.

“This was the best tour in Rotterdam, we got a feel of the city, the food, and the culture. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this tour. Our guide Loran was AMAZING! Highly recommend this tour, it’s so good I would do it again!”

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5.Food Tour by Bike

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 31 reviews · 4 hours · from $117

Spend four hours cycling Rotterdam with a local English or Dutch speaking guide, stopping for Dutch classics, Surinamese curry, Moroccan tapas, chocolate, cider, and craft beer. You will see major architecture, cultural sights, and lesser-known corners, with guides such as Ferry or Tim sometimes leading the ride. Come hungry and bring cycling confidence.

“Super veel gezien en uitleg van onze gids Ferry gehad. Was een erg fijne fietstocht. Aleens de culinaire hapjes waren goed naar hadden we iets anders van voorgesteld.”

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6.Beer Brewery Noordt Tastings with Optional Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 18 reviews · from $9Best value

Spend about an hour at Brewery Noordt, Rotterdam’s city brewery, learning how traditional craft beer is made in Dutch or English. Choose a tasting of three small beers, or take the roughly 30-minute brewery tour with two beers included. Finish in the tasting room or terrace, where up to 20 house beers may be on tap.

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7.Guided Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 16 reviews · 3 hours · from $87

Walk Rotterdam with an English- or Dutch-speaking food guide, stopping at five local spots for 5 to 6 tastings. Expect Markthal, Oude Haven, Witte de Withstraat, Dutch specialties, Japanese pancakes, fish, fries, and a local recipe. Guides have included Merel and Jenny.

“Für uns waren es 5 neue Food-Highlights! Zuerst verschiedene Kroketten, dann Fluffy Japanese Soufflé, danach Award-Winning Fries, gefolgt von zweierlei Fischgerichten und zum Abschluss Oliebollen, die gibt's nur zu Silvester. Unser Glück, dass wir am 30.12. da waren. Merel ist super cool. Sie hat 'Food Innovation' studiert und bringt sehr viel spannendes Wissen über Ernährung, Verpackung und Vermarktung in die Tour.”

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8.Rotterdam Private 2-Hour Food Tour with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 12 reviews · 2 hours

Meet your English- or German-speaking guide beneath Rotterdam Central Station’s Meeting Cloud. Walk through Kruiskade and Chinatown, pass the Town Hall and Groothandelsgebouw, then finish at the Markthal and Cube Houses with four Dutch food tastings, such as stroopwafel, cheese, herring, kibbeling, or kroket.

“Michel hat uns mit Humor Rotterdam näher gebracht.”

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