Wake Up Reykjavik
Wake Up Reykjavik
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City ToursWalking ToursFood Tours
Monday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
About
We believe travellers want to experience new destinations like locals. Not in a touristy way. Not in a bus. We don’t want to see the typical highlights, we want to discover the hidden gems. Travellers want to experience local food, people, language, places & traditions. We are here to deliver just that! In our awesome city, history & food tour you’ll experience Reykjavik in the funnest way possible, through your belly! You will explore all the best of our hometown, visit 5+ authentic restaurants and have more than 10 delicious local cuisines!
Reykjavik, Iceland

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2024

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Ellen L
New York City14 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 • Friends
This was an absolute delight! We participated in this festival of food and facts on Friday, October 21st and it was a highlight of our trip to Reykjavík. Sindri, our terrific guide, shared many details of the heritage of Iceland and described each restaurant and dish. He was interesting and funny, the food was delicious, and we will highly recommend this tour to our friends planning a visit in the future.
Written 22 October 2022
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Alex H
7 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Couples
Minty was our guide for the Reykjavík food tour recently and we had the best time! This is the perfect way to kick off your first trip to the city as it helps you get a sense of where you are and where you want to go. The amount of food we had at five different places, and learning the history of the local cuisine made this tour an incredible bargain. We were obsessed with the fish mash at messin and went back the next day, and I’ll be dreaming of the rye bread ice cream we had at Cafe Loki. Minty was kind and informative and made everyone feel included and gave us a lot of laughs. We feel so lucky to have been placed with the group we were with. Thanks for the memories!
Written 29 October 2023
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emmamccarthy1
Greater Manchester, UK1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Solo
Our guide Sindri was superb, tremendously knowledgeable and kind and patient with the non English speakers of the group. His selection of restaurants and foods was great, plenty of food, some wonderful flavours. He also followed up afterwards with a list of recommendations for the best spots for everything from restaurants, to highlights to souvenirs. That was going above and beyond, because we asked a lot of questions! He would be brilliantly suited to a longer day tour outside the city, his energy and enthusiasm will carry the group along with him!
Written 7 November 2022
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Sarah A
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 • Couples
10/10 would recommend this food walk. The food was out of this world delicious, the lamb from fjallkonan was incredible and our guide was lovely the entire way. Tinna was amazing and very knowledgeable. We had several elder folk with us (80+ years old) and she did everything to accommodate them on our tour, even when one of our ladies left her purse at a previous spot. Tinna called the place and got everything sorted. Due to the weather and the line, we didn’t stop at the famous hot dog stand, but she gave everyone free vouchers to return whenever they wished to get their hotdog.
Written 2 October 2022
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Daniel C
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2022 • Couples
Great way to explore the city, sample the cuisine, hear some history and fun facts, and get ideas of where and what you’ll want to eat during your stay. Our guide, Tinna, was fun and knowledgeable. It immediately felt as if we had a local friend in Reykjavik! She answered questions, engaged in genuine conversation, made recommendations — never felt like a script. A great experience! Thank you Tinna and Wake Up Reykjavik!
Written 29 December 2022
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Raphael M
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 • Couples
This food walk tour is a MUST during your visit to Reykjavík! From traditional to new age to street Icelandic cuisine…you’ll get a taste of it all (and yes that includes dessert too). Our tour guide, Alma was incredibly warm, articulate and insightful about the dishes being showcased. She also did a lovely job interweaving cultural and historical nuggets of information related to the food and any monuments/sites of significance we encountered as we made our way around the streets of the city. Thank you Alma for making us feel welcome and becoming our friend in Reykjavík 🍻
Written 19 March 2023
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Hannah Vicente
4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2023 • Family
I think these kind of tours are very good for experiencing something new, rather than gravitating to your usual food choices in restaurants if done by yourself. But most importantly, Sindri provided an excellent tour throughout the main part of the city, pointing out areas us tourists might have missed entirely. He provided a fun, knowledgeable & charming experience to our first day in Reykjavik.
Written 22 February 2023
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Suzanne M
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2024 • Family
Within hours of landing in Iceland, we did the Tasty Reykjavik Food Walk with Wake Up Reykjavik. Our guide Burger (short for his name which I can neither spell or pronounce) was fun & informative. He took us to 5 restaurants where we got to sample generous portions of Icelandic pancakes, hotdogs at Reykjavik’s famous hotdog kiosk, lamb chops with mashed potatoes, gravy & broccolini, langoustine tacos & Happy Marriage Cake. We declined the fermented shark but joined the toast with a shot of Brennivin. The food was delicious at each restaurant. He told us about many Icelandic traditions, as well as some of his family history. We learned a lot about Icelandic culture in the short time we were with him & enjoyed hearing the history of the food & people of Iceland. I would recommend doing the food tour on the day you arrive. It gives you a chance to get your bearings in Reykjavik as well as have some excellent food that will get you through the day while you explore. The tour didn’t end until Burger had kindly answered everyone’s questions, keeping him a bit longer than what was scheduled. Overall a fun & tasty experience!
Written 19 August 2024
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Daniel G
San Diego, CA12 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2023 • Couples
My wife was skeptical that Icelandic cuisine would make for a good food tour, but I sold her based on the reviews. We were both very happy with it; the food was all good, particularly the fish (fermented shark excepted), and Day was a lively, engaged tour guide. He filled in between the food stops with Icelandic history and random facts, and made a point of sitting with each group of people at one of the restaurants to make conversation with them.
Written 19 September 2023
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Ash Shibhanah, United Arab Emirates97 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Friends
I booked all my trips with wake up Reykjavik before leaving the UK
1. Northern lights
2. Golden Circle and secret lagoon
3. South Coast sights
4. Whale watching

I was travelling with my sister my second visit

This company sources the trips and answered my questions. I did have one issue on my golden circle trip with the van having bad access issues, I won’t go into details but I ended up with an injured leg.
Wake up Reykjavik helped me and contacted the company along with the free lance guide to advise if the accident and the inadequate van.
Wake up Reykjavik secured me a refund from the company.
The tours were all great (apart from van with holiday tours)
Guides were well informed and lovely.
I am giving this company 5 stars as I felt they treated me well and even changed a FAQ on the tour that is misleading for the golden circle tour
Well done to all the team!! And if I come back to Reykjavik I will def book with you guys and advise other people to do so
Written 22 November 2022
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