Your Friend in Reykjavik · Ingolfstorg, old town
A three-hour tasting walk around the old harbour end of the city, from Kolaportid flea market to the hot dog stand, with water and alcoholic drinks included. Pick it for the traditional end of Icelandic food: lamb soup, mashed fish and fermented shark.
Your Friend in Reykjavik is a local company that runs walking, food and beer tours from Ingolfstorg, the square at the west end of Austurstraeti. This is its classic food tour, and with 1,138 reviews it's the second most reviewed food walk on this site after the Reykjavik Food Walk. The listing promises "everything from lamb soup to fermented shark", a stop at "the city's oldest restaurant" and the famous hot dog stand.
The itinerary lists six stops with their times: Ingolfstorg (5 minutes), Seabaron (25), Kolaportid market (30), Baejarins Beztu Pylsur (15), Icelandic Street Food (40) and Taste of Iceland (10). It ends back where it started. Guests mention lamb soup, the hot dog, plokkfiskur (mashed fish) and chocolate liquorice. Water at every stop and alcoholic drinks are included, which the Food Walk does not list.
Not every guest is won over. One July 2026 reviewer found the portions small for the price, and another reviewer counted 2 to 3 miles of walking with a small hill. The listing says the tour runs in all weather and is not wheelchair accessible, though strollers are fine.
Outside Hlollabatar, facing the square and its two tall stone pillars, with CenterHotel Plaza on your right. Guides usually wear a light blue jacket.
The first tasting stop.
The indoor weekend flea market by the harbour, with its food section.
Baejarins Beztu Pylsur, open since 1937. Order it with everything.
The longest stop on the itinerary.
A last stop before you finish back at Ingolfstorg.
★★★★★This was a great experience to get a taste of some Icelandic dishes and delicacies. [...] My wife and I enjoyed the lamb soup and the local hot dog. My favorite was the mashed fish.
★★★★★The tour is an easy walking pace, and the food stops are paced out nicely so that it doesn’t feel like one after another after another.
★★★★★Good food, and nice variety. I enjoyed the small party. Informative guide. I left full and did not need another meal.
★★★★★Great way to stay awake that first day if you came in on a red eye flight. You get to immediately learn the city while tasting traditional Icelandic food.
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The listing says "everything from lamb soup to fermented shark". Guests mention lamb soup, the hot dog, mashed fish (plokkfiskur) and chocolate liquorice. Read our hakarl guide before you go.
Yes. Water at every stop and alcoholic drinks are on the inclusions list.
Outside Hlollabatar on Ingolfstorg square (Ingolfstorgi 1), with CenterHotel Plaza to your right. It ends back at the same spot.
It's slightly cheaper ($144 against $146), groups are smaller (12 against 14) and drinks are included. The Food Walk visits more sit-down restaurants and has far more reviews.
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Lamb soup, the hot dog stand and the old town's classic food stops, with water and a drink included.
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