Private Beirut Street Food Tour with Lunch | Max 6 People

5 hours Free cancellation Private tour

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About this activity

Beirut's street food is not a tourist attraction — it is a way of life. On this intimate private tour, a maximum of six guests eat their way through five of the city's most iconic and contrasting neighbourhoods with an expert local guide who knows exactly where Beirutis themselves go — the hummus counter that has been open since dawn, the knefeh pulled fresh from the tray in Bourj Hammoud, the manoushe baked on a saj that has not changed its recipe in forty years.

Unlike the small-group version, this private tour is built entirely around your group — a richer, more curated selection of dishes, a more flexible pace, and a sit-down lunch at the end that brings the full flavour of Lebanese cuisine together at the table. Every tasting and the final lunch are fully included in the price. Nothing extra to pay, nothing to think about — just eat.

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At a glance

Duration: 5 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–9
Guide: Arabic, English
Operated by: Beirut Airport Transfer

Ages: Adults (0–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: All street food tastings — manoushe, hummus, falafel, shawarma, knefeh & more
Included: Expert private food guide throughout
Included: Full sit-down Lebanese mezze lunch
Included: Hotel pickup and drop-off in Beirut
Included: Lebanese sweets selection — baklava, mamoul & halawet el jibn
Included: Private air-conditioned vehicle

Not included

Not included: Gratuities for your guide (optional but always appreciated)

Itinerary

Beirut

Passing by

9:00 AM — Hotel pickup, Beirut

Your private food guide meets you at your hotel and the tour begins — first stop is Hamra, where Beirut starts its morning the only way it knows how.
Hamra Street

30 min Admission included

Manoushe & fresh juice — Hamra

The day begins at one of Hamra's legendary bakeries — a neighbourhood institution where the saj has been hot since before sunrise. Your manoushe arrives straight off the dome-shaped griddle, blistered and fragrant with za'atar, cheese, or a combination of both — the definitive Lebanese breakfast that no visitor ever forgets. Paired with a freshly pressed juice — pomegranate, avocado, or a custom blend — this is Beirut at its most authentic and most delicious before the city fully wakes up.
Downtown Beirut

30 min Admission included

Hummus, falafel & Lebanese sweets — Downtown

Your guide takes you to one of Downtown Beirut's most celebrated hummus institutions — a place where the chickpeas are soaked overnight, the tahini is freshly ground, and the olive oil arrives in generous pools on a still-warm plate. Lebanese hummus at this level is transformative — nothing like the supermarket version. Alongside it, falafel fried to order — crisp outside, herb-green inside — and a selection of traditional Lebanese sweets: baklava dripping with rose water syrup, mamoul dusted with icing sugar, and halawet el jibn — a warm, soft cheese pastry rolled in cream that is one of the great pleasures of the Lebanese table.
Mar Mikhael Neighborhood

30 min Admission included

Shawarma & street bites — Mar Mikhael

Head to Beirut's most characterful neighbourhood — Mar Mikhael and the iconic Armenia Street — where the city's creative energy meets its oldest street food traditions. Your guide leads you to one of the neighbourhood's most revered shawarma counters — the kind of place with a queue of regulars at 10am — where spiced chicken or meat is shaved from a slowly rotating spit and wrapped with toum, pickles, and tomatoes in fresh-baked bread. On this private tour, your guide has the flexibility to add extra bites based on what looks exceptional that morning — a neighbourhood discovery that the small group never gets time for.
Stop 5

30 min

Knefeh & Armenian specialities — Bourj Hammoud

The most unique stop of the tour — Bourj Hammoud, Beirut's vibrant Armenian quarter and one of the most culinarily rich neighbourhoods in the entire city. The centrepiece is knefeh — Lebanon's most iconic dessert — warm shredded wheat filled with soft white cheese, drenched in rose water syrup, and topped with crushed pistachios, served directly from the tray at the moment it is ready. Alongside it, a private-tour exclusive: a more generous spread of Armenian specialities — sujuk sausage, mante dumplings, Armenian pastries, and house-made preserves from the neighbourhood's family-run delis — that the time constraints of a group tour simply do not allow.
Beirut

one hour

Sit-down lunch — the full Lebanese table

The tour culminates in a proper sit-down lunch at a restaurant chosen by your guide — a curated spread of Lebanese mezze that brings everything you have tasted throughout the morning into a single, abundant, unhurried meal. Cold mezze — tabbouleh, fattoush, moutabal, labneh, and vine leaves — followed by warm dishes, grilled meats, and fresh bread, with Lebanese arak or soft drinks to accompany. This is not a quick stop. This is the Lebanese table at its finest — a meal designed to be lingered over, talked through, and remembered. Everything included, nothing extra to pay.
Beirut

Passing by

Return to hotel — approx. 1:00 PM

Drop-off at your Beirut hotel after four hours, five neighbourhoods, and more food than you thought possible — the most intimate and most delicious way to experience the real Beirut.