Guided food tours in Kilkenny worth your time, with operators we’d actually book.
Guided food tours in Kilkenny worth your time and money. operators we would actually book.
Kilkenny Food Tours runs 3-hour culinary walking tours of the city on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday mornings plus a Friday afternoon departure, taking guests from local cheeses and artisan chocolates through traditional Irish fare and modern culinary highlights to local brews and freshly baked pastries. The tour combines walking, chatting, eating, and drinking with local guides who know the stories behind the city's food scene.
Kilkenny Food Tours offers private departures 7 days a week covering specialist themes: the Evening Food Tour visits the city's best dinner venues by night, the Sweet Tooth Tour covers chocolate makers and patisseries, the Whiskey Tour explores Irish whiskey heritage, and the Food and Cycle Tour combines e-bikes with tastings at producers outside the city centre.
The Smithwick's Experience brewery tour at 44 Parliament Street takes guests through 300 years of brewing history on the site where Franciscan monks first brewed in the 13th century. The 1-hour guided tour includes hands-on malt milling, hop-smelling, and the story of John Smithwick's 1710 brewery, finishing with a complimentary pint of Smithwick's Original and the option to upgrade to a three-ale tasting paddle.
TableJourney covers 3 editor-picked food tours in Kilkenny, with what each shows you and how much to budget.