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The 10 Tastings of Montevideo
- 3 hours
- Food Tours
- Montevideo
Choose one of 2 locals available
Experience hosted by Mirtha & Lian
- Private Tour
- Carbon Neutral
- Destination
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Category
- Food Tours
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Transport mode
- Walking tour
- Available languages
- English, Español, Português
- Included
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- Private Guide
- 10 Local Food & Drink Tastings
- Vegetarian Options Available
- All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral
- Excluded
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- Entrance to attractions
6 reasons to book this tour
- Can be 100% customized to your food wishes
- Taste the best of the Uruguayan cuisine
- Try classic Empanadas & Mate tea at real local hotspots
- 10 local tastings
- Stop to see highlights of the city along the way
- It’s not just food; it’s local culture
What you can expect
Fall in love with the flavorful Uruguayan cuisine on this delicious food tour in Montevideo! Enjoy a selection of 10 food and drink tastings hand-picked by your foodie local host, just for you. From yummy must-tries like Empanadas to unique dishes typical of the city such as Mate tea; you’re in for a treat, so bring your appetite.
This culinary tour in Montevideo is a cultural journey that takes you further than the food you’ll eat. As you enjoy authentic local bites ranging from savory, sweet as well as drinks, you’ll also discover the city and its highlights. Stop to admire the Plaza Independencia, Ciudad Vieja, and Cathedral of Montevideo and hear about their local relevance from your host as you hop from one food hot spot to the other - what can be better than that?
Want to know what this food tour has in store for you? Your local foodie has you covered! And because sharing is caring, you and your group will get to try bites of famous dishes. Each of the hosts has carefully selected the tastings you’ll enjoy during this food tour. All of them passionate about food and their city, know the best spots to get the most authentic and typical bites. Pick your host according to your interests and you’ll be a part of a unique and flavorful experience catered to your taste buds.
Looking for a vegetarian alternative? It’s possible! The tour has been created with alternative tastings to fit your preferences. Just let your host know! The foodie locals are ready to take you on the best food tour in Montevideo. All you have to do is check out their profiles and pick your favorite local for a delicious culinary experience. This Montevideo food tour can be 100% personalized to match your diet and allergies.
Choose your local
Get to know these 2 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.
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Mirtha
Your Tailor Made Trip
5.027 reviewsEnglish・Español・Português -
Lian
Local guide
4.618 reviewsEnglish・Español
This is the plan
Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.
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Meeting point
Meet at By the Monument of Don Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, located in the middle of the Zabala Square - Montevideo to start your journey
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Itinerary
This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.
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10 Tastings
This tour includes 10 food and drink tastings. Your local host has hand-picked each one of the tastings based on their love for food, and knowledge of the city. Enjoy only the most authentic bites the city has to offer! -
The Classics
A food tour in Montevideo would not be complete without the most typical and beloved dishes in town. Enjoy a bite of the ultimate classics Empanadas and Mate tea and taste them in their true local flavor! -
Locals’ Favorites
Discover more of the local cuisine by trying some of the ultimate locals’ favorites food treats. Try unique food, typical of Montevideo picked by your local host and hear why they love it so much! -
Typical Drinks
With drinks included as part of the tastings this real experience comes with a real local spirit! Your local host will quench your thirst with a selection of drinks like coffee, unique beverages, and alcoholic (or non-alcoholic) cocktails, wine and beer -
City Highlights
This tour is more than just food, it’s a cultural experience! In between food stops, discover city highlights for a well-rounded experience that will satisfy your appetite for Montevideo. From food, drinks, must-sees and local hot spots; this tour has everything on the menu! -
Vegetarian Alternative
Looking for a vegetarian alternative? It’s possible! The tour has been created with alternative tastings to fit your preferences. Just let your host know! -
Special Diet or Allergies?
If you follow a special diet or have an allergy to a specific food, let your host know! They’ll make sure to take that into consideration so you can have an enjoyable and safe experience -
Make it yours
Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.
Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.
Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.
Flexible cancellation policy
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Feel confident booking
Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.
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Change of plans?
Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.
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Loved by travelers worldwide
Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.
Reviews from guests
Isabella
(About local )
28 February 2025
We had our tour with Lían as Mirtha had a doctors appointment at the time we booked (both communicated proactively and quickly to resolve this situation). Lían gave a great tour with a very relaxed vibe, lots of tasty food and interesting information about Montevideo and Uruguay. Recommend!Great food tour in Montevideo
Laura🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
21 February 2025
The food was great but the information was even better. Mirtha knows all the ins and outs. She gave us great info on how to spend our remaining time.A wonderful way to learn about Montevideo
Edward🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
17 February 2025
Our 10 Tastings of Montevideo with Mirtha was the best day of our 18 day cruise. Mirtha is engaging, informative, and was eager to listen to our questions and adjusted her schedule to respond to our interests. She is well informed and shared her knowledge of Uruguay, it’s history and culture. The food and the venues were excellent. We recommend Mirtha as a guide for anyone visiting Uruguay.Wonderful Day With Mirtha
Nila🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
4 February 2025
Lian was a lively and personable guide for our food tour. His English was excellent and he helped us develop a better understanding of Uruguay culture through the food experience and general conversation. We ran out of steam before reaching 10 tastings but it was a lovely time. Yummy food and Charming tour guide
Cindy
(About local )
28 January 2025
Lian was an excellent guide for our food tour. Unfortunately on Sunday many places are closed but Lian was able to find outstanding foods while telling us about his city. Great guide, great food!
Patricia
(About local )
20 January 2025
We enjoyed tasting some local Uruguayan foods with our guide Lian. He was a very nice young man. We would have liked him to offer more information about the city but when asked questions, he answered them thoroughly.
We can recommend him.Fun food tour.
Stephanie🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
18 January 2025
Lian was a great guide. Knowledgeable and approachable. He took us to some great spots to sample local cuisine and explained the history of city center buildings. He was attentive and fun.great local experience
Nancy🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
16 January 2025
Mirtha introduced us to three special places in the food world of Montevideo, having us taste many specialities. The port market was delightful, so much so that we returned on our own the next day to the same place (which mixes many locals with the tourists). Mirtha also shared her local knowledge of other restaurants and sites not to be missed. We followed her advice and went to the Gaucho Museum, and Garcia where we finally had the steak that everyone raves about. All in all a very fun day and good and easy introduction to Montevideo and all it has to offer.Fun day exploring Uruguayan food and more
Debbie
(About local )
9 January 2025
Mirtha was knowledgeable and so kind. All of the food was delicious as well! We are so glad we did this tour with her. We feel like we learned so much! Excellent Tour!
Jillian
(About local )
8 January 2025
We had a wonderful experience with Mirtha in Montevideo. She is super knowledgeable, friendly and passionate about everything that makes Montevideo a special place. Would recommend her to anybody who is visiting the area! Book with Mirtha!
Randolf🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
30 December 2024
We had an excellent time learning a lot about Montevideo while trying some delicious local cuisine. I highly recommend the food tour. We could not have been more pleased with Mirtha and her extensive knowledge and passion for sharing the culture with us. Thanks again Mirtha!Thanks for the experience!
Unknown
(About local )
27 December 2024
We had an interesting and fun tour with Mirtha. Her English is excellent and she shared great information about Montevideo. Food stops were great. Definitely recommend Wonderful tour!
Russell🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
17 December 2024
Mirtha created a custom tour from two tours (TenTastings and Highlights & Hidden Gems) for our group of 4 in Montevideo. Mirtha and our driver met us at the cruise terminal in a new 8 passenger van for the six hour tour. She gave us a tour of the greater Montevideo area, visited the highlights and included stops for tastings. The tasting were more like three meals. All the food was delicious. Thank you Mirtha for treating us like family. The tour was very informative. I highly recommend booking with Mirtha.Great Custom Tour in Montevideo
calliekabrick
(About local )
10 July 2024
Last minute schedule change, no where near ten tastings.
Colleen🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
6 July 2024
Mirtha was a friendly, knowledgeable, and accommodating tour guide. We visited a number of historic sites and she shared some of the history of Montevideo. The food we tried during our tour was excellent. Mirtha tailored the food items to accommodate our daughter’s vegetarian diet. Our tour with Mirtha added a lot to our visit to Montevideo. We highly recommend this tour with Mirtha!Exceeded expectations!
Eduardo🇲🇽 Mexico
(About local )
14 May 2024
We had an amazing food, culture, history tour of Montevideo with Mirtha. She’s not only extremely knowledgeable, she’s warm, fun and has a great sense of humor. We could have spent all day with her. The tour itself was very interesting and we felt we learned a lot about the country, history and architecture. We loved the way she weaved in food and drink stops. Mirtha also gave us great recommendations to do on our own. We highly recommend the tour and Mirtha as your guide.Best introduction to Montevideo
Art🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
8 April 2024
An interesting tour. Lian was a good tour guide. Food choices were excellent. Interesting walk between venues, in one case, a very long walk.Good tour
Rudolf🇨🇭 Switzerland
(About local )
17 March 2024
We can highly recommend Mirtha as a tour guide. She is familiar with all the local topics like history, art, politics, culture,…We appreciated here information and suggestions. The different tasting locations we just can highlight. Mirtha is very empathic, professional and always prepared to adapt the program to customer wishes. We again would book a tour with Mirtha next time. Thanks.Great Tasting Tour in Montevideo
Rich🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
20 February 2024
We had a wonderful time with Lian, very helpful and took us to some great places to eat.Knowledgeable Guide
Patrizia🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
17 February 2024
Lain was charming and low key. He provided a good introduction to the Old City and its highlights. The food samplings were good. Because there was a cruise ship in town, service at the places we went was slow so that cut into our tour a bit. But no way Liam’s fault. We talked about food and soccer and had a very pleasant afternoon. A good way to start our time in this lovely City.Good Introduction to Montevideo
Erik🇳🇱 Netherlands
(About local )
1 February 2024
We only had one day in Montevideo. Mirtha lead us to the highlights and explained the ways of Montevideo.
She took us to places where we ourselves wouldn't go because we simply didn't know them.
She listened very well where our interests were, and adapted the tour on that.
A perfect tour for us that day! A perfect peak into Montevideo
Julie🇦🇺 Australia
(About local )
8 March 2025
There is nothing to compare with having a guide like Mirtha. It was great to be taken to special places in the city and to hear stories of life now and in the past. Mirtha was punctual, knowledgeable and a caring guide. Highly recommended!Fabulous experience
Paul🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
5 March 2025
What a most enjoyable, informative 4 hour tour of Montevideo with Mirtha. She was so friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable about her city and surrounding area. Anyone having doubts about this tour, you don’t have to be thoroughly recommend this tour with Mirtha Highlights and Hidden Gems of Montevideo
Martin-Stefan🇩🇪 Germany
(About local )
2 March 2025
Trotz unserem verspäteten Eintreffen am Treffpunkt hat Lian uns freundlich und nett empfangen und und ohne Eile durch die Altstadt von Montevideo geführt. In sehr gutem Englisch hat er uns Hintergründe zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten gegeben und spontan jeden Stop mitgemacht. Sehr gute Tour mit einem sehr guten Guide.Guter Walk zur Orientierung in Montevideo
Niek Jan 🇩🇪 Germany
(About local )
24 February 2025
We had a nice and informative walk with Liam. Meeting him worked perfectly and he told a lot about the city and country. No question unanswered. As we were only in Montevideo on a Sunday and everything was closed, but also as it was extremely hot, we ourselves concluded the trip a bit before the agreed end time, but that had nothing to do with his quality. Very nice and informative
Aubrey
(About local )
22 February 2025
Mirtha was a wonderful host with a wealth of knowledge about the city. I thoroughly enjoyed our time together. Wonderful Intro to Montevideo
Richard🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
21 February 2025
Mirtha created a multi day program for us that was perfect. She is so knowledgeable about the history, politics, and culture of UY and shares it with enthusiasm . Every day went like clockwork as a result of her attention to detail and having a plan a and plan b. She is fun to be with as you drive around the country. The cheese store, Cobo Polonia Natl Park, the winery-all places we wouldn't have gone without her. Perfect English. Seize the opportunity to have her be your guide.Can't imagine a better Uruguay guide
Paul🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
10 February 2025
Lovely guide who showed us the interesting points around Montivideo and told us all about the country of 4 mil people and 10 mil cattle.Fascinating tour
Barbara
(About local )
8 February 2025
Die Stadtführung war sehr informativ mit kurzer Führung durch das Gaucho Museum , mit Blick in eine alte Apotheke die jetzt eine Bücherei mit Café ist und einer kleinen Käseverkostung. Wir bekamen einen guten Überblick über Montevideo. Die Wege waren relativ kurz . Tips für den nächsten Tag hatte Liam auch noch zu genüge für uns. Danke. Es hat sich gelohnt.
Es wäre noch gut wenn der oder die Stadtführer/in ein Erkennungszeichen am Treffpunkt hätte....Alles okay
Henrik🇩🇰 Denmark
(About local )
5 February 2025
Mirtha was a wonderful guide for the city and country she obviously loves. She not only pointed interesting sites, but made sure we understood their role in history and their contribution to what Montevideo and Uruguay are today. Most importantly, she made it all so entertaining. She also gave us tips for additional places to explore on our own, seeing how we appreciated the snapshot she provided.Nuggets of History
Arnold
(About local )
4 February 2025
We had a full day city tour with Lian. It was lovely and he did a great job showing us around and explaining the city sights!Great day in Montevideo
monica🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
1 February 2025
Lian joined us on time, and was flexible to our needs. We enjoyed our time and would recommend him for a short trip to Montevideo.pleasant and knowledgeable
John
(About local )
7 January 2025
Lian was an extremely attentive and knowledgeable guide.
Lian made contact with us before the tour, on the morning of the tour and after the tour to ensure a complete tour experience.
The pace of the tour was excellent and Liam’s English was perfect.
Lian was able to share the history of his beloved city and also some quirky stories about Montevideo.
We we enjoyed the cheese shop and went back again for wine and cheese!
Great morning.
John & MarkA great introduction to Montevideo
Russell🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
30 December 2024
I asked Mirtha if she could combine Highlights & Hidden Gems with The 10 Tastings of Montevideo into one six hour tour for 4 adults. She put together a fantastic tour. She met us at the cruise port with a new 8 passenger van and driver. We toured the greater Montevideo area and the old town area while interspersing the 10 tastings. She made the tour fun and interesting with her knowledge and explanation of what we were seeing. I highly recommend Mirtha for your next visit to Montevideo. Thank you Mirtha for being a friend.Mirtha is a Gem
martin
(About local )
22 December 2024
Mirtha walked us all around town, while regaling us with stories, statistics, and
much needed history lessons. My wife was tired but Mirtha’s lively conversation kept her going. We had a wonderful time.great contagious energy
JoAnne🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
16 December 2024
Lian took us on a lovely walking tour of Montevideo - he was pleasant, interesting, informative and spoke excellent English. Excellent walking tour with Lian
chrisbradleytoronto🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
25 November 2024
We enjoyed seeing the sights and getting lots of information on Uruguay’s history. Mirtha also answered all our other questions about Uruguay. It was a weekend so some of the sites were closed (probably best to pick a weekday) but we still had a very nice tour, and Mirtha gave us many tips on seeing other things. Very nice tour
Alex
(About local )
24 November 2024
We had a fantastic 3-hour tour with Mirtha, and she was an outstanding guide! She’s incredibly knowledgeable, not only about the history but also about the culture of Montevideo. Martha brought us to some amazing spots around the city, and her insights into the local history made the experience truly memorable. She’s friendly, personable, and really knows her stuff. I would definitely recommend her to anyone visiting Montevideo – a perfect mix of great history and fascinating cultural exploration!A t tour with a Knowledgeable Guide
Richard 🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
22 April 2024
We had a beautiful afternoon with Mirtha who is so enthusiastic to introduce newcomers to her city that she is so knowledgeable of. She is proud of her country and genuinely interested in local culture like world famous carnival season and doesn’t sugarcoat some of the more inconvenient truths of the past. Mirtha has a wonderful engaging personality, is generous with her time and obviously likes what she does. 10/10Mirtha is wonderful
Edgar
(About local )
30 March 2024
We booked this tour as a surprise for our brother who was in Montevideo on his 50th birthday. He had a very nice experience, very much worth it, he told us. Lian explained him a lot about the city and the communication in English with Lian went very smoothly.
Before booking the communication with Lian was also very good. He wanted to do something special for our brother but unfortunately the stadium was closed.
Thank you very much Lian!
EdgarLian is a very good guide
janblakesberg
(About local )
27 March 2024
My son and I had an excellent afternoon seeing some of the highlights of Montevideo with Mirtha. Mirtha’s English is great. She is super knowledgeable and the history of Montevideo in addition to current happenings. We throughly enjoyed the day. Excellent Afternoon with Mirtha
Natasha🇦🇺 Australia
(About local )
6 March 2024
We did a tour which included seeing, and in some cases visiting, a number of the most interesting buildings and attractions in Montevideo. Plaza Indepencia, Palacio Salvo, Ciudad Vieja, Mercado del Puerta, Taranco Palace Decorative Arts Museum. Martha was a fantastic guide. So interesting with such knowledge of the history of Uruguay and particularly Montevideo! She speaks English very well so we were able to absorb all the informative content she provided and all our questions were answered! Thanks Mirtha for a great insight into gorgeous Montevideo! Fantastic tour and guide
Douglas🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
21 February 2024
Lian did a great job of showing and explaining the main sites of Montevideo in our 2 hour tour. He answered all our questions about what it is like to live in Montevideo and Uruguay. We were very happy with the experience and so happy we had a guide to let us know what we were looking at.Montevideo with Lian
Jeff🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
13 February 2024
Mirtha was so smart. She shared her love for Uruguayan history in wonderful detail. She approached that history from multiple angles, including geography, early Uruguayan history, European influence, anthropology, psychology, art, music, culture, and more. We were curious about today’s geopolitics in the region, and in South America as a whole. She shared information on that too. There were no questions she couldn’t answer. On a personal level, Mirtha was super pleasant and helpful. We came in not knowing much, and we leave knowing a whole lot. She was excellent. The best
Cinda🇺🇾 Uruguay
(About local )
6 February 2024
Lian was so kind and answered all our questions about Montevideo. The history. The people. The food. It was a local experience walking us around and ending with a beautiful meal. Thank you Lian. We love Montevideo more now! Want an experience and not just a tour-
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