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  Highlight of Mexico City trip - My mother and I were excited for this part of the trip but we had no idea it would be a highlight! Our guide Viri was like our best friend... read more for our Colonia Juarez (Jaurez Highlights) tour. It would be impossible to pick a favorite bite -- they were all outstanding. Could not recommend Viri and this tour more!

  Highlight of Mexico City  - The Good Morning tour was a highlight of our visit to Mexico City. We wanted to visit Mercado Jamaica but were intimidated about how to navigate it. This tour offered... read more not only a terrific visit to the market (trying local fruit, tacos, quesadillas, plus seeing the flowers) but we also stopped at many street vendors en route to the market. Every stop was well planned out for maximum variety so that we could try lots of different food. Anais is a terrific guide!

  Awesome food tour that definitely took us to places we wouldn't have done on our own. Super knowledgeable!  - We were so thrilled with our guide, Anais Martinez, who is the owner of Devoured. She's been operating her tour company for 11 years and it shows. There were only... read more 5 total guests on the tour (3 being our group), so very intimate and easy to hear what she was describing. What makes Anais and Devoured so great is her background in the food industry (she went to culinary school, worked at restaurants (front of the house), and also her deep research and understanding as a native of Mexican City and relationship with each vendor we visited. We especially loved that she took us on the train, explaining the public transit system, to the Flower market which is definitely a locals place that we would not have visited on our own. It wasn't just high end bakeries/churro shops but real local street vendors that she vetted to be clean and safe which was important for my friends who were nervous about eating street food. We had a great variety of food including baked goods, fruits, tacos, tamales, quesadillas, fresh fruit and churros. One of the tamales had crickets which is a delicacy that not many of us tried but it was nice to have that as an option.

The only suggestion one of my friends had was that there was a better way to share food amongst group members. My friend has a sensitive health condition and wasn't super comfortable sharing food with fingers or biting the same items even though we are friends. It would have made her more comfortable if there was a way to cut the food into portions and then share (maybe have food cutting scissors?).

Thanks for a great experience!

  So thoroughly happy we booked multiple hours with Devoured; made our trip sing!  - So; you know you are coming to one of the great culinary capitals of the world; you would like to really understand what it has to offer and see it... read more through the eyes of a local. But wait; you would like to see it through the eyes not only of a local, but of a local chef, barista, chocolatier, baker, or restauranteur. But how can you do this?

You can book a tour with Devoured! We are food nerds; cooking classes and tours in Thailand, Tuscany, Hong Kong, San Francisco, France, Tokyo's fish markets, Barcelona etc etc etc.

Trade tour guides from Devoured is how you have that same experience in Mexico City. If you are foodie, you want to do this. Three types of fruit you will never see in the United States. Corner taquerias that actually have no name. Chocolatiers that supplied Noma in Copenhagen. Farm to table suppliers who travel every month to their vendors to support what they are doing, and try to help them adjust their heritage planting areas to adjust for changing weather patterns. Insights in the how and the why of Mexico City's astonishing culinary diversity. Explanations of how the food you are tasting reflects the traditions and cultures --and not for shock value, but because it authentically reflects the multiple time a week shopping habits of the city's denizens, or the real cuisine of Oaxaca! (yes, this can mean grass hoppers; no, no one is going to make you eat them. But they are, in fact, tasty and perfectly safe).

I would say:
1) Come hungry. No really, I mean it. I lost track of how many things we ate. I was delighted but we did fall off to splitting samples after hour three of eating.
2) Know your food allergies so that you avoid nuts or fruits, or etc that are an issue for you
3) Wear really comfortable walking shoes. You're gonna be trekking!
4) Maybe a light empty backpack to carry the amazing food stuff, tortilla warmer, ceramics etc you want to acquire on the way
5) Be prepared to span so many cuisines (we touched: Chinese, Oaxacan, Yucatan, Japanese, Baja, Lebanese, and then we just lost delighted track).

You don't know which trade related person is going to lead your tour; but they've all worked in the trades in one capacity or another. And it shows. Do it. Enjoy it. Love it.

  Highly recommend  - Highly recommend the Juarez Highlights tour! Our guides were very knowledgeable and friendly. The food was incredible. 10/10 would definitely do again!

  Don’t miss this tour!  - We did the Good Morning CDMX! with devoured and it was such a great experience. The food was amazing and nothing we would have found on our own.

  Sunday at Lagunilla tour - We really enjoyed this food tour. Great guides who shared with us a wide variety of foods. Plus, we were able to experience that wonderful flea market. I highly recommend!

  Santa Maria la Ribera tour by Anais  - Anais led us on a wonderful food tour of Santa Maria la Ribera. She was fun, informative, and easy to connect with. We really enjoyed our time! Gracias, Anais! Carol... read more and Sue

  Absolute must-do  - Can I give six stars? Cause I would. Incredible guides, perfectly curated food and wine with thoughtful amounts of walking that let us enjoy the great conversation, see the neighborhood,... read more and get ready for the next bite/taste. An absolute treat!!

  Book this tour!  - Monica was AMAZING! Can’t recommend this tour enough. Food stops were incredible (and plentiful!), plus the mezcal tasting felt so intimate, curated, and educational. Book this tour 🙂