Food and Mixology Tour: Tequila, Tacos, and Mexican Cocktails
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Food and Mixology Tour: Tequila, Tacos, and Mexican Cocktails
By Vallarta Food Tours
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The coastal town of Puerto Vallarta is packed with world-class food options and delectable drinks. During this guided walking tour, you’ll bypass the usual tourist traps for a tasting tour through the flavors of Mexico’s Pacific coast. Enjoy fresh and tasty tacos and a variety of local desserts, and join a mixologist to learn the secrets behind the town’s best cocktails. A limited group size makes for an intimate experience.
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C$133.73
Ages 18-99, max of 10 per group
Duration: 4h
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English, Spanish
Highlights
- Guided food and drink tour of Puerto Vallarta
- Sample authentic meals and cocktails at five different stations
- Learn about the cultural and historical importance of local culinary staples
- Discover authentic, family-run eateries well off the tourist track
Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best
2022
- 5 Food tastings
- Local guide
- 6 Mexican Cocktails
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What's not included- Gratuities
- Transportation to and from the meeting point
- The coastal resort of Puerto Vallarta might be best known for its beaches, but in-the-know travelers head to its picturesque Old Town for another reason: the food. On this walking tour led by a foodie, discover the area’s best places to eat and drink, from family-run eateries to traditional cocktail bars. Your tasting journey begins in Puerto Vallarta’s Old Town, where you’ll make the first of five different stops. Discover under-the-radar, authentic eateries as your guide explains the cultural and historical significance of the foods you sample. Taste a fresh fish taco paired with a cucumber-infused mezcal cocktail or a fiery jalapeño margarita. You’ll even learn how to make the perfect michelada cocktail with beer and fresh salsa. Finally, head to a beachside restaurant for dessert. Your guide will point out Puerto Vallarta’s must-see sights along the way, so first-time visitors will get the perfect primer.
- Departure details
- Lazaro Cardenas Park, Zona Romántica, Emiliano Zapata, 48380 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico Meeting point is in the gazebo in the middle of Lazaro Cardenas Park in the Romantic Zone . Your rock star guide will be waiting for you in the gazebo in the middle park. See you soon! Google Maps Link: https://goo.gl/maps/kdbMfYsotn5qj5SZ8
Return details- C. Fco. I. Madero 176, Zona Romántica, Emiliano Zapata, 48380 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico Mezcal y Sal Bar (Everyday except Wednesday)
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 7154P5- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Minimum age is 18 years
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Not recommended for travellers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travellers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travellers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- What you can expect during your visit
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Face masks required for travellers in public areas
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- How much is Food and Mixology Tour: Tequila, Tacos, and Mexican Cocktails?
- Food and Mixology Tour: Tequila, Tacos, and Mexican Cocktails price starts from C$133.22. Discover and book Food and Mixology Tour: Tequila, Tacos, and Mexican Cocktails on Tripadvisor
- What is the Food and Mixology Tour: Tequila, Tacos, and Mexican Cocktails cancellation policy?
- Food and Mixology Tour: Tequila, Tacos, and Mexican Cocktails cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book Food and Mixology Tour: Tequila, Tacos, and Mexican Cocktails on Tripadvisor
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- Food and Mixology Tour: Tequila, Tacos, and Mexican Cocktails is hosted by Vallarta Food Tours. Read reviews, discover additonal experiences or contact Vallarta Food Tours on Tripadvisor. Discover and book Food and Mixology Tour: Tequila, Tacos, and Mexican Cocktails on Tripadvisor
- How much time do I need for Food and Mixology Tour: Tequila, Tacos, and Mexican Cocktails?
- On average, this experience will take approximately 4h. Discover and book Food and Mixology Tour: Tequila, Tacos, and Mexican Cocktails on Tripadvisor
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 7154P5
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Itinerary
- You'll start atLazaro Cardenas ParkZona Romántica, Emiliano Zapata, 48380 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., MexicoMeeting point is in the gazebo in the middle of Lazaro Cardenas Park in the Romantic Zone . Your rock star guide will be waiting for you in the gazebo in the middle park. See you soon! Google Maps Link: https://goo.gl/maps/kdbMfYsotn5qj5SZ8See address & details
- 1Joe Jack's Fish ShackStop: 20 minutes - Admission includedSee details
- 2Mariscos CisnerosStop: 20 minutes - Admission includedSee details
- 3Zapata Antojeria y BarStop: 20 minutes - Admission includedSee details
- 4Bar La PlayaStop: 20 minutes - Admission includedSee details
- 5Mezcal & salStop: 20 minutes - Admission includedSee details
- 6De CantaroStop: 20 minutes - Admission includedSee details
- You'll end atC. Fco. I. Madero 176C. Fco. I. Madero 176, Zona Romántica, Emiliano Zapata, 48380 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., MexicoMezcal y Sal Bar (Everyday except Wednesday)See address & details
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977roseya
00Scenic, historic taco tour, on wheels!
We had a wonderful morning with Homero bicycling around the city and visiting family owned taco establishments. We …
649elliev
00Loved it!
Miel was an amazing tour guide and so knowledgeable! We had the best day and amazing food! Would definitely recomme…
Angelina P
00Delicious sample of Vallarta foods
Fun and informative food tour. I appreciated the variety of dishes, desserts, and drinks that were shared. They pro…
Ali L
00Don't eat breakfast!
This was a fantastic tour! My group (just 8 of us) were taken around PV in an air conditioned van to 6 small family…
vedafaler
00Wonderful tour
Excellent tour- Al was an awesome guide! A very memorable experience of the local food. Highly recommend!
Rebecca L
00Eating Like a Local and Loving It!
The Taste of Pitillal Food Tour was absolutely awesome! I had been to Pitillal one time under semi-stressful circum…
Z2389VWpaulm
00Awesome food tour!
Chris was Amazing!!!! Great to have a local bilingual tour guide who really knows the area. Thank you Chris!!! We h…
zachstandridge
00Request for Edgar because he is awesome and super helpful. He is a MUST. The food we ate was amazing. 10/10.
Edgar was amazing. If possible request Edgar. He is super friendly and helpful. I would advise not eating before ha…
angelicasI645EG
00Great experience with Edgar
I was in a group with 6 and I had a great time. Our tour guide was Edgar and he was very friendly, nice, and funny!
miasA9188YE
00Best Food Tour!
Great tour! Edgar was great! Easy to get along with and had a great time talking to him, learning all about the fun…
Agape1124
00Delish
Such a great experience, the tacos were great and the our tour guide was great as well. Had the best al pastor taco…
Mansij H
00Great tour and tasting!
miel was such a great tour guide! Loved the food and the history of the town, and Mexico! Went with a friend and he…
dominickr943
00Great Food and a fun tour of the city
This was a great way to see the city & experience some of the authentic foods of the area. Al was a great guide an…
sherimba03
00Taste of Pitallal - lovely experience!
I love walking food tours and Joana with Taste of Pitallal did not let me down! She made me, a solo woman, feel so …
Mobile61004257855
00Best food tour in PV!
Edgar was an AMAZING guide. The food we had was great, but the history and cultural information was priceless. Edga…
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Jessica N
Houston, TX1 contribution
Apr. 2023 • Couples
Bernardo was an amazing tour guide and showed us such great kindness and hospitality even though we were grouped with an awful family. We were the only couple, while the rest were a family who brought all of their kids in total 10 or so. They had wasted our time trying to figure out where to leave their kids because, guess what, this tour guide is adults only (mixology is in the name of the tour??). But Bernardo was very patient and professional with them the whole time, telling us detailed stories with great fun and passion, and we had the best time trying so many delicious tacos! And drinks! We felt like our money was well spent despite the small hiccups, and we’ll definitely visit all the places we tried when we come back to PV.
Written May 9, 2023
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maxparn
3 contributions
Feb. 2023
Highly recommend this as an early part of anyone's trip as you both have delicious meals and a sense of the amazing city. We had a wonderful evening with Edgar who went out of his way to make everyone feel like family and by the time we wrapped up the tour at Zapata Antojeria y Bar many of our group stuck around to keep the evening going. Great time!
Written March 5, 2023
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Megan R
4 contributions
Apr. 2023 • Friends
Did the Food/Dink Tour and it was fantastic! Bernardo was so accommodating, friendly and great guide to have as we toured the city and did several different food and drink tastings. Highly recommend doing if you are looking to try some authentic food and drinks, while also checking out the city. Great experience having Bernardo as our tour guide!
Written April 30, 2023
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Camille L
1 contribution
Mar. 2022
Bernardo was the best! You could tell how much he enjoyed showing us the spots he's identified as being the most authentic, with the most heart and passion for the food and spirits culture in Puerto Vallarta.
It was so nice to start with a DELICIOUS fish taco, and a wonderful cocktail, and so much fun to wander the streets and go to places we never would've known to go to.
Bernardo even ordered us an additional al pastor taco at one spot once he saw how much we were all excited about them! He also hooked it up with warm churros from a stand that he ordered 45-ish minutes in advance so they were ready when we came out of our Raicilla tasting spot. Just so cool and thoughtful!
My fiancé shared how he thought it'd be cool to see the sunset, so Bernardo got our last cocktail "to-go" and we ended our tour on the sand watching the sunset together. Thanks so much for offering this tour, would definitely do this one again if not another one of the Vallarta Food Tours.
Can't recommend enough!
It was so nice to start with a DELICIOUS fish taco, and a wonderful cocktail, and so much fun to wander the streets and go to places we never would've known to go to.
Bernardo even ordered us an additional al pastor taco at one spot once he saw how much we were all excited about them! He also hooked it up with warm churros from a stand that he ordered 45-ish minutes in advance so they were ready when we came out of our Raicilla tasting spot. Just so cool and thoughtful!
My fiancé shared how he thought it'd be cool to see the sunset, so Bernardo got our last cocktail "to-go" and we ended our tour on the sand watching the sunset together. Thanks so much for offering this tour, would definitely do this one again if not another one of the Vallarta Food Tours.
Can't recommend enough!
Written March 23, 2022
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Brookelyn V
Lansing, MI4 contributions
Oct. 2022 • Friends
We had a large group of 16 women attending and I reached out directly to set up a private tour for us. Paul called me and worked on setting up a tour for us AND helped us with private transport to not only this excursion but a different excursion from another company later that week. The whole process of setting up the excursion and payments was easy and straight forward. But then the tour finally came and it was AMAZING!!! They split our group into two with guides Sylvia and Miel and they were both so nice and informative and FUN. There were a ton of drinks and food and we learned so much more about the area and culture than if we stayed on the resort. I 100% recommend using this company, I could not give one ounce of negative feedback. They were all really helpful from the very start and you can tell everyone took pride in the business and in sharing their home with us!
Written October 24, 2022
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Nicole Benwah
Portland, OR1 contribution
This was a fantastic tour of city and we loved learning about the city and culture through food and drink. We tried so many cocktails and food that I would not have ordered. Our host Edgar was so incredibly sweet and knowledgeable. He smoothly moved our group of 10 into multiple places and we felt very looked after. I was so impressed with how he knew so many people and how he interacted with everyone. It was a very fun night out and a highlight of our trip !
Written March 5, 2023
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Eli E
1 contribution
Feb. 2023
My wife and I went on a group tour with Gio during our first full day in the city and we couldn't have been happier. Gio was a fantastic tour guide, friendly, articulate, extremely knowledgeable, he answered all our questions (and gave all sorts of recs for the city) as we walked all over la Zona Romantica neighborhood. He kept the tour moving and also smoothly handled a difficult situation when one of our tour members fainted! He helped the family and took ample time for them to recover and get assistance, and then got the tour right back on track.
In terms of the food, it's all delicious and mostly centered on tacos (shrimp, pork, beef) - which ranged from upscale restaurants to insanely good street fare.
The drinks were really interesting and surprised us, a mix of cocktails and more unusual offerings of local agave-based fermented drinks and liquors like raicilla and pulque (so good)! Needless to say, even if you come in thirsty you'll get your fill by the end... There's no skimping on this tour.
We started at 3:30PM and ended at the last bar around 8PM, my wife and I went straight back to the street tacos spot to get another round. I think this tour is a great intro to Puerto Vallarta and will leave you feeling like you know the neighborhood well.
In terms of the food, it's all delicious and mostly centered on tacos (shrimp, pork, beef) - which ranged from upscale restaurants to insanely good street fare.
The drinks were really interesting and surprised us, a mix of cocktails and more unusual offerings of local agave-based fermented drinks and liquors like raicilla and pulque (so good)! Needless to say, even if you come in thirsty you'll get your fill by the end... There's no skimping on this tour.
We started at 3:30PM and ended at the last bar around 8PM, my wife and I went straight back to the street tacos spot to get another round. I think this tour is a great intro to Puerto Vallarta and will leave you feeling like you know the neighborhood well.
Written February 9, 2023
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Kiera R
1 contribution
This was possibly one of the best food tours I have ever been on! Silvia Valdés was our tour guide and she CRUSHED IT. As an ex-tour guide myself I always struggle with guided tours feeling authentic or genuine, in Silvia’s case this was not so! She was super enthusiastic, funny, and informative and easy going. Everything you’d want in a local guide and then some.
My fiancé and I had a total blast on this tour. We were lucky that we had a small group of 5 or so, so it felt very cosy and enjoyable. Silvia guided us through the zona romántica and steered us to some of the best food and drinks we had on our entire trip. A few spots we went back to in the days following because we enjoyed it so much.
All in all I can say if you’re going to Puerto Vallarta and not doing a tour like this you would be seriously missing out… who wouldn’t want to know the inside scoop on where to find the best tacos, tequilas, mezcals and pinchos around. We will certainly come back and try another Vallarta Tour again.
Silvia you rock! 🤙🏽
My fiancé and I had a total blast on this tour. We were lucky that we had a small group of 5 or so, so it felt very cosy and enjoyable. Silvia guided us through the zona romántica and steered us to some of the best food and drinks we had on our entire trip. A few spots we went back to in the days following because we enjoyed it so much.
All in all I can say if you’re going to Puerto Vallarta and not doing a tour like this you would be seriously missing out… who wouldn’t want to know the inside scoop on where to find the best tacos, tequilas, mezcals and pinchos around. We will certainly come back and try another Vallarta Tour again.
Silvia you rock! 🤙🏽
Written February 21, 2023
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Bethany R.
1 contribution
Dec. 2021 • Couples
This tour was a must do! We had such a great experience with Sylvia. She is a semi-local and knew so much about the history and shared her love of food and libations with us around her city. We also got to meet some other people from America that were such great company as well.
I’m not a seafood eater and she even made sure to accommodate my preferences when everyone else were given seafood options. Our sense of adventure was challenged with crickets and mezcal shots. We had delicious cocktails as we roamed the city hearing stories. All of the food was incredible. The service was great and staff was inviting and super hospitable at every stop. Highly recommend this trip as it made us feel so comfortable being shown around by a local and getting a feel of the city by foot. Great job, Sylvia. Gracias!! -The Robertsons from Savannah, GA (USA)
I’m not a seafood eater and she even made sure to accommodate my preferences when everyone else were given seafood options. Our sense of adventure was challenged with crickets and mezcal shots. We had delicious cocktails as we roamed the city hearing stories. All of the food was incredible. The service was great and staff was inviting and super hospitable at every stop. Highly recommend this trip as it made us feel so comfortable being shown around by a local and getting a feel of the city by foot. Great job, Sylvia. Gracias!! -The Robertsons from Savannah, GA (USA)
Written December 20, 2021
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AZKKim
Phoenix, AZ1 contribution
Jul. 2022 • Couples
This was a wonderful tour! We took the late afternoon/evening tour in mid July 🔥, hot and humid so I recommend dressing appropriately and bringing a hand fan. Addy, our guide, was amazing! Friendly and very informative. The food was fantastic and introduces you to many great spots for food, so do this early on your vacation so you have lots of places to visit during your stay. The drinks were also amazing and you learn so much about tequila and mescal. The walk is easy, but watch your step, there was some uneven pavement. We loved all of it!
Written July 12, 2022
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Jackie Martin
1 contribution
We have a bachelorette party. It says max 10 adults, can we book two tours that will start around the same time? I believe we may have up to 16 guests maximum in May. Please advise.
Dan H
Galveston, TX202 contributions
We had a tour with Luis last Wednesday. He gave us his number to contact him & we’ve lost it. Could you pass it on or ask him to call? We were planning a trip to Punta Mita.
Thank,
Susan & Dan Hohnbaum
713-516-6134
Nicole B
Sacramento, CA139 contributions
On a cruise, do you do earlier classes? We leave at 5pm
Janet G
Manchester, UK23 contributions
Yes they have tours that start at 10.30 am we did the Mixology tour (14.30). Really enjoyed it good value tasted and went places we would never have done and Amanda our guide was brilliant. Have a great cruise.
shanekinnison
Glendale, CA
We are staying at Club Regina in Puerto Vallarta. What is the best and safest way to get to and from the activity?
Velvet B
22 contributions
Sorry I am not sure how close this is. The bus is safe. Taxis are safe and walking is safe.
My husband needs his wheelchair as walking distances is very difficult for him. Does the mixology able to accommodate us?
Velvet B
22 contributions
I don't think so. The first place was a 2 story.
The roads are cobblestone and hard for a person in a wheelchair
