We liked Juliana. She met us promptly at the hotel and directed our driver. We arrived at a restaurant and tried some delicious Pani puri. Following that we entered a Maharashtran restaurant where she introduced us to a number of local dishes. We then went onto a famous local kebab place, which was the only true street food vendor we visited. Unfortunately, they did not accept card payment so my wife and I paid in cash ourselves. And then, that was it. End of “street food tour”. We dropped Juliana off at a mainline train station and headed home.
All in, this was far from good value. We ate from only one street vendor. Juliana herself is knowledgeable and pleasant, but on this occasion, failed to deliver the experience.
We had a much better experience when we visited Juhu beach and tried the street food vendors ourselves. an okay experience, but poor value
Good to see another bustling part of Mumbai and market that would be worth returning to (right near Dadar station). Many sweet with a few savory tastings of ‘grab and go’ foods. Various types of pancakes. Pretty tummy friendly I’d say. Juliana is very knowledgeable about the foods. We found it all rather filling and couldn’t even manage one portion between 2 of us.
I did. Some foods only found in Mumbai.
Juliana took us to a variety of amazing food places that represented the variety of local food and Mumbai culture very well. She is incredibly knowledgeable not only about local food, but Indian food and preparations in general.
What's sad is that we almost didn't manage to take the tour: Juliana had offered to meet us at our hotel, which I was very grateful for. On the day, she was running late on the trains, which is no problem at all and is part of life in a big city. However, we had just arrived and had no way of communicating outside the hotel, which I had informed her about. Still, she tried to keep changing the meeting place and wanted to meet us at the Gateway of India (impossible to find each other without phone access). Out of sheer luck, we managed to run into her on the street when we had already given up on the tour. I think this significant delay was a big inconvenience to Juliana (however, due to no fault from out side), which she made us feel during the last third of the tour.Amazing food, organisation a bit lacking
The concept of the food tour was really good and we valued the opportunity to visit various areas of Mumbai with a real local. Juliana was very sweet and friendly, she made us feel comfortable and shared her thoughts, opinions and knowledge on many topics. Juliana came to meet us and have the tour much closer to our hotel than originally planned, for our convenience, which was greatly appreciated. Many of the foods we tried were absolutely delicious, and several of the places we went/bought from were not places we would have considered visiting without her guidance.
Juliana did know food and local culture very well. She did not however know much history of the area - which is absolutely fine as that is not what she advertised - but if this is something which matters a lot to you bare it in mind. Towards the end of the tour things lost momentum a little which is why I have given 9 rather than 10, as the tour started amazingly. Still definitely worth doing, and Juliana is well worth choosing for your food tour!A great experience
Juliana has been such a friendly and lovely guide. She adapts the tour based on people’s requests and she makes sure you are entirely happy and satisfied with everything. Strongly recommend. She knows Mumbai and its best by heart!! 1000% great experience
I loved the concept of the tasting tour. You definitely do not have to plan dinner after! A real local experience this was. I never knew Mumbai had these great dishes!
Juliana has a lot of knowledge about food and she loves to share this with her guests. We felt like friends!
I would recommend anybody to deepdive into the food culture of Mumbai together with Juliana.Wondeful experience
I enjoyed the tasting tour a lot and I tasted a lot of new dishes I didn't know before. I would definitely recommend having a food tour with Juliana! Great experience for a foodie!