Venice Beach Food Tour
Explore the trendy restaurants of Abbott Kinney Boulevard and Rose Avenue on this Venice Beach Food Tour.
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Bohemian Beach-y Vibes with Casual yet Classy Cuisine
Los Angelesâ famous Venice neighborhood is most well-known for its artistic and bohemian counterculture vibe and in the past few years has seen an explosion of innovative and creative restaurants. Begin your Venice Beach food tour on the beach and head to up-and-coming Rose Avenue restaurants all while hearing the stories of chefs and restaurant owners and their ties to the community. Our progressive meal concludes with mouthwatering desserts on Abbot Kinney Boulevard. This is the locals Venice!
How it Works
What’s Included
- 3-Hour Walking Tour (approximately 1 mile)
- Expertly Trained Avital Guide
- 4-Course Meal with Appetizers, Entree, and Dessert
- 3 Alcoholic Beverage Pairings (optional upgrade)
- Delightful Sprinkling of Culinary Stories and History
Example Dishes & Drinks
Our Venice Beach Food Tour includes 4-courses â two appetizers, one entree, and one dessert â with a sprinkling of culinary history and stories in between. We focus on quality over quantity, but we promise you wonât leave hungry! Here are some possible tastings to satiate your curiosity!
Example Restaurants
Weâll visit 3-4 of the best restaurants in Los Angeles, featuring hot spots (Avital guests skip the line and go straight to reserved seats) and hidden gems. All of our restaurants not only serve outstanding food and drinks, but they also have a rich story to discover.
âI had an amazing time on my Venice Food Tour with Hana (our tour guide). Â Hana shared interesting stories about the history of Venice as we tasted amazing food around the neighborhood. Â We stopped at four different restaurants. Â My favorite was Rose Cafe where we tasted their Smoked Salmon Toasts. All around, a great way to spend a morning on the Westside of Los Angeles.â
Natalie J, Yelp
Venice Beach Food Tour
Where is it?
Our start location varies but is always within a few block walk of the Venice Beach Boardwalk or Abbott Kinney Boulevard. Youâll receive your exact meeting location after booking.Â
Run of Show
1: Meet Expert Avital Guide & Introduction
Guests meet Avital Guide at pre-determined location. Kick off the tour with fun introductions!
2: 1st Restaurant for Appetizer & Optional Beverage Pairing
Arrive at the first neighborhood restaurant and sink your teeth into a delicious appetizer with a carefully curated alcoholic (or non-alcoholic if you prefer) beverage pairing.
3: Visit Iconic Landmark
Head towards your next restaurant destination, but on the way discover unique murals, historic statues, or hidden curiosities with rich commentary from your Avital Guide.
4: 2nd Restaurant for Appetizer & Optional Beverage Pairing
Enjoy your second small plate appetizer with another delicious beverage pairing as you hear stories about the restaurant, culinary scene, and the people who make it all possible.
5: Discover Neighborhood Story
As you walk to your 3rd restaurant destination youâll continue your journey through the neighborhood with more awesome storytelling and fun facts.
6: 3rd (or 4th) Restaurant for Entree, Dessert & Optional Beverage Pairing
Indulge in your main entree course with another incredible beverage pairing as you chat, enjoy, and connect with your fellow diners.
Then enjoy a scrumptious sweet treat for your final tasting. Your Avital Guide will wrap up the tour, answer any final questions, and can recommend other awesome places to visit next time!
The Essentials
Availability
Private tours are available any day of the week, at any time!
Distance
The Venice Beach Food Tour is a flat route, approximately 1 1/2 miles.
Group Size
Private tours donât have a minimum or maximum number of people, but we do have a $5,000 minimum.
Alcohol
Guests over 21 years can add the alcohol pairing upgrade which includes 3 carefully curated drinks.
Gratuity
For private events, gratuity is included in your package price!
Lead Time
For private tours, we also require a 2 week lead time. Private bookings made with less than two weeks notice will come with a nominal rush charge of $150.
Your Private Experience
You can experience the Venice Beach Food Tour as a private experience just for your group. Great for team building, client entertainment, birthday parties, and large groups.
- Request Your Preferred Day & Time
- Any Group Size
- Private Avital Guide For Your Group
- Customize Your Package
âThe food + wine we got to try was so delicious and by the time we were done I was stuffed! It was also very interesting to learn the history of Venice and hear the different stories of all the restaurants we’ve visited.â
Christine K via Yelp
Venice Beach Food Tour
Upgrades & Add-ons
Add 3 Alcoholic Beverages
Curated cocktails, beer, or wine pairings to enhance your dining experience.
Add More Food
Perfect for dinner-time tours. Available on private tours only.
Add Bubbly Toast
Perfect for celebratory occasions. Available on private tours only.
Dietary Restrictions
You will be asked for your dietary restrictions during your booking process. If you are unsure if we can accommodate your restriction, please email us at [email protected]. Please note that this tour may include nuts, dairy, seafood, spicy food, and pork. For private tours, we can accommodate all dietary restrictions with advance notice. On public tours, we can only accommodate the following:
Why Choose Avital for Your Venice Beach Food Tour?
Expertly Guided
Our Venice Beach Food Tour is led by a trained, expert Avital Guide. You can sit back and enjoy as your host takes care of all the logistics with rich storytelling and group engagement along the way.
VIP Experience
No waiting in lines and each course is served seated at a reserved table. Tours can be an intimate, small-group experience yet still have that same VIP feeling for large groups.
Experienced Team
A full support team to ensure a turnkey booking and seamless experience from start to finish.
Dietary Restriction Friendly
We understand dietary restrictions and want everyone to leave feeling cared for and full! We’ll ask for your restrictions after booking.
Taste The Best
Instead of visiting a whole bunch of average places with tiny toothpick bites, we visit 3-4 incredible restaurants that not only serve steller food and drinks, but are passionate about storytelling and the guest experience.
All tickets are nonrefundable. Consider it like buying a concert ticket â that seat is reserved for you and we will be unable to resell it. As a small business with only 12 tickets per tour, it’s important that you purchase tickets when youâre sure you can go. If you canât make it to the tour you purchased, the tickets are transferable.
Yes! Our Progressive Meal is a full meal! The base package features appetizers, entree, and dessert (~3-5 dishes) and is great for lunch or dinner. For private tours, you can also choose the âadd more foodâ upgrade for an even more luxurious and robust menu (~5-7 dishes) great for a heavy lunch or solid dinner.
Our pricing already includes applicable taxes! For private events, there is a standard $25 per person private event service charge noted. This helps ensure we can tip your guide and restaurant servers for larger/private groups. No surprise âbooking feesâ or hidden extras.
It’s okay! We can accommodate dietary restrictions and requests for non-alcoholic substitute beverages. Weâll ask for your requests and restrictions during booking.
We strongly discourage it. Everything in your pre-booked tour is ordered and prepared in advance to be ready on arrival at each restaurant. Orders placed after arrival take much longer, and come out with little time to spare before we head off to the next course. Guests end up disappointed, leaving cocktails behind or feeling pressure to drink up. Not a good experience.
Yes and no. Our experience takes the best elements of seated dining, prix-fixe chefâs tasting menus, blended with the best elements of a classic food tour, to create an entirely unique dining experience: the Avital Progressive Meal.
That’s okay! You can still book to reserve your date/time with an estimate and adjust later. We accommodate changes of +/- 20% from your original number. Ask your curator if you need special arrangements for larger changes.
Thatâs our job! Weâve spent years testing out all of the city’s awesome restaurants, finding those quirky characters, and building a culinary experience with story and purpose (that’s also delicious!) Trust us, that’s why you came here.
Weâll send your confirmed meeting address prior to your tour date. The menu itself, and featured restaurants, follow a prix fixe tasting menu style and are revealed as part of the experience itself as it unfolds. You can explore our example featured dishes to understand the caliber and style of dishes and cocktails we highlight.
Our Venice Beach Food Tour is a flat route with about 1 Â―Â miles of walking.
Private bookings made with less than two weeks notice will come with a nominal rush charge of $150, and deadlines for dietary restrictions info and final guest count are extended to 3 days prior to the event date. Inquiries less than 3 days in advance require all guest info upon booking.
How to Book Your Private Event
1: Explore Packages
Download the PDF proposal to view packages and pricing for each experience. Still have questions? Schedule a call with your Culinary Curator.
2: Start Your Booking
Submit your event details to get started. Upon submission, you’ll also have the option to make an initial, refundable deposit to reserve your date right away.
3: Finalize Details
A real human will be in touch to finalize your event details, like confirming your package, how to submit request for dietary or alcohol accommodations, and when your final headcount is due.
Start Your Private Booking