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Food tours in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh Food Tours Guide 2026

Discover the best food tours, cooking classes, and culinary experiences in Uttar Pradesh.

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The short answer: start with Lucknow Chowk Kebab and Nihari Walk, Lucknow Hazratganj Chaat Trail and Varanasi Old City Street Food Walk. This guide profiles 7+ food tours and culinary experiences in Uttar Pradesh, with prices, timing, and the practical notes that decide whether each one earns a place in your plan.

Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, is the heartland of the Ganges plain and home to the Taj Mahal in Agra, the ghats of Varanasi, the Buddhist site of Sarnath and the Nawabi culture of Lucknow. Its cities hold some of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world, Mughal-era monuments, major Hindu pilgrimage towns such as Ayodhya and Mathura, and a distinctive food tradition of kebabs, chaat and sweets.

Top food tours

Guided experiences that show you Uttar Pradesh through its food.

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Lucknow Chowk Kebab and Nihari Walk

3 hoursINR 1800 (~$19) per person (typical range; operator rates vary)

A guided walk through Chowk sampling galouti kebab, nihari with kulcha and shahi tukda in the old city

Includes: Tunday Kababi · Rahim's Kulcha Nihari · Chowk lanes · Sweet shop stop
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Lucknow Hazratganj Chaat Trail

2.5 hoursINR 1200 (~$12) per person (typical range; operator rates vary)

A chaat-focused walk covering basket chaat, tikki and malai gilori around Hazratganj

Includes: Royal Cafe basket chaat · Shukla Chaat House · Ram Asrey sweets
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Varanasi Old City Street Food Walk

3 hoursINR 1500 (~$16) per person (typical range; operator rates vary)

A guided walk through Godowlia and Kachori Gali sampling tamatar chaat, kachori-sabzi, lassi and seasonal malaiyo

Includes: Kashi Chat Bhandar · Kachori Gali · Blue Lassi · Seasonal malaiyo (November to February)
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Agra Petha and Breakfast Trail

2.5 hoursINR 1100 (~$11) per person (typical range; operator rates vary)

A morning route through Agra tasting bedai-sabzi, jalebi, petha and chaat in the Sadar and Pratap Pura areas

Includes: Deviram Sweets · Panchhi Petha · Sadar Bazaar chaat
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Mathura Peda and Braj Sweets Walk

2 hoursINR 900 (~$9.33) per person (typical range; operator rates vary)

A short walk around Holi Gate and Vishram Ghat tasting Mathura peda, rabri and lassi

Includes: Brijwasi Mithai Wala · Holi Gate sweets · Vishram Ghat area lassi
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Prayagraj Katra Kachori and Sweets Walk

2.5 hoursINR 1000 (~$10) per person (typical range; operator rates vary)

A walk through Katra and Civil Lines for kachori, pure-ghee sweets and coffee house snacks

Includes: Netram Mulchand · Hira Halwai · Indian Coffee House
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Ayodhya Prasad and Sweets Tasting

2 hoursINR 800 (~$8.29) per person (typical range; operator rates vary)

A short pilgrim-town food walk covering Ram laddu, panjiri, puri-bhaji and rabri near Naya Ghat and Ramkot

Includes: Shabri Rasoi · Ramkot eateries · Naya Ghat sweet shops
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Tour formats

Different ways to experience Uttar Pradesh's food scene.

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Street food tours

Walking tours through Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra and Prayagraj market lanes, sampling 6 to 10 foods

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Sweets tours

Tours focused on regional sweets such as Mathura peda, Agra petha and Lucknowi malai gilori

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Cooking tours

Home-kitchen cooking classes in Lucknow, Varanasi and Agra

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Pilgrim food tours

Short tastings of temple-town food and prasad-style sweets in Ayodhya and Mathura

Cooking classes

Take a piece of Uttar Pradesh home with you.

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Lucknow Awadhi Cooking Class

3 hoursINR 2500 (~$26) per person (typical range; operator rates vary)

Learn to prepare galouti kebab or biryani using traditional dum techniques in a Lucknow home kitchen

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Varanasi Banarasi Vegetarian Cooking Class

3 hoursINR 2000 (~$21) per person (typical range; operator rates vary)

Cook tamatar chaat, kachori and a seasonal sabzi with a local host

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Agra Mughlai Cooking Class

3 hoursINR 2200 (~$23) per person (typical range; operator rates vary)

Prepare a Mughlai curry, naan and a sweet in a home kitchen near the Taj Mahal

DIY self-guided food tour

A self-guided one-day Lucknow route covering the main Awadhi flavours, with a short rickshaw hop between Chowk and Hazratganj

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    Stop 1 (9 AM): Rahim's Kulcha Nihari, Chowk, for nihari and kulcha breakfast

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    Stop 2 (11 AM): Tunday Kababi, Chowk, for galouti kebab and paratha

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    Stop 3 (1 PM): Idrees Biryani, Raja Bazar, for biryani

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    Stop 4 (4 PM): Hazratganj, for basket chaat and malai gilori at Ram Asrey

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    Stop 5 (7 PM): Prakash Kulfi, Aminabad, for kulfi falooda

Foodie tips

Get more out of every meal.

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Breakfast dishes such as nihari, kachori and bedai are freshest in the morning

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Small cash notes are useful; many old-city shops are cash-first

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Malaiyo in Varanasi is seasonal, roughly November to February

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Pilgrim towns like Ayodhya and Mathura are largely vegetarian

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Operators and shops change addresses; confirm before travelling

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Food-tour prices vary by operator; the figures here are typical ranges, not quotes

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