Food tours and tastings to book

Best rated first, weighted by reviews, from the cities on this list. One per city.

Everything to book in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane

All 30 street food

Ranked by our editors.

West End Vietnamese Foods

West End Vietnamese Foods on Melbourne Street in West End serves banh mi, pho, bun bo Hue and rice paper rolls, with Vietnamese iced coffee to drink.

El Jannah

  • ★ 4.8
  • Charcoal chicken and toum
  • Granville
  • Sydney

El Jannah's Granville store serves Lebanese flame-grilled charcoal chicken with toum, the garlic sauce, and crispy chips; the shop opened in 1998.

Laksa King

Laksa King in Flemington has set the Melbourne standard for the dish since 1998: asam and curry laksa at honest prices in a room worth the detour.

KK Bakery

KK Bakery is a street food counter at 2/85 John Street, Cabramatta NSW 2166.

5 Dogs

5 Dogs at 290 Brunswick St in Fortitude Valley began in 2011 as a single store serving hotdogs late into the night, and now has a large vegan offering.

American Doughnut Kitchen

American Doughnut Kitchen at Queen Victoria Market has fried jam donuts in the same formula since 1950: hot, sugar-dusted and still sold from the red caravan.

Bourke Street Sausage Roll

  • ★ 4.5
  • Pork and Fennel Sausage Roll
  • Surry Hills
  • Sydney

Bourke Street Bakery began in 2004 at 633 Bourke Street, Surry Hills, and counts the Pork and Fennel Sausage Roll and Ginger Brulee Tart among its favourites.

Phat Pho

Phat Pho on Commercial Road in Teneriffe is a BYO Vietnamese street food spot whose pho broth is simmered for five hours with special Vietnamese spices.

Pho Hung Vuong 2

Pho Hung Vuong 2 on Victoria Street is Melbourne's pho standard-bearer: 12-hour bone broth, fresh herbs and the no-frills room that earns repeat visits.

Huxtaburger

Huxtaburger on Smith Street launched Melbourne's smash burger era in 2012: the double patty, American cheese and secret sauce that started the city format.

Jim's Greek Tavern

Jim's Greek Tavern on Johnston Street has had charcoal-grilled lamb souvlaki in Collingwood since 1980: the institution that defined the area's food identity.

Rolls Pho Mi

Rolls Pho Mi is a family-run food trailer, on the road since March 2016, serving rice paper rolls, a signature 24hr pho and banh mi around Brisbane.

Ta-Ke Don

Ta-Ke Don on Little Lonsdale Street is the CBD's fast donburi counter: katsu, karaage and tempura over rice for A$10 small, A$15 large with curry.

Chat Thai Mango Sticky Rice

Chat Thai at 20 Campbell Street in Haymarket serves sticky rice and mango, fresh-cut local mango with sweet sticky rice, with extra coconut ice cream.

Kenny's Pork Rolls

  • ★ 4.2
  • Crispy roast pork roll
  • Darlinghurst
  • Sydney

Kenny's Pork Rolls is a street food shop at 159 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, open until 03:00 on Friday and Saturday.

Knuckles 2 You

Knuckles 2 You is an Austrian and Bavarian food truck across Greater Sydney, selling slow-roasted pork knuckles and 100% gluten-free German sausages.

Annamese

Annamese serves Vietnamese food at Brisbane Quarter, 300 George Street, in Brisbane City.

Shanghai Dumpling House

Shanghai Dumpling House on Tattersalls Lane is the standby for pan-fried and steamed dumplings at prices that match every other reason to visit Chinatown.

Harry's Cafe de Wheels

  • ★ 4.1
  • Tiger pie
  • Woolloomooloo
  • Sydney

Harry's Cafe de Wheels is a pie and hot dog caravan on Cowper Wharf Roadway, Woolloomooloo, still at its original location near the naval dockyard.

Spice Alley

Spice Alley on Kensington Street in Chippendale has six Asian eateries, from Japanese to Cantonese, open 11am to 9:30pm Sunday to Wednesday.

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