Cooking Classes & Food Tours at Mazatlan

Discover the flavors of
Mexico and Mazatlan

Cooking classes

Discover Mexico’s cultural richness and diversity through food.

 Our cultural cooking classes offer more than just a culinary experience; they are a journey into the rich history and vibrant traditions of Mexican cuisine. During our classes, we not only share the secrets of crafting traditional dishes but also weave captivating narratives about their origins, all in a delightful, flavorful, and enjoyable manner.

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Embark on a tantalizing taco tour through Mexico's diverse flavors in our cooking class! Elevate your skills making handmade tortillas.
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Discover the delight of cooking with these ingredients considered the gems of Mexican gastronomy and be ready to have an authentic and unique cooking and tasting experience.
Chiles cooking class
Explore Mexican chiles' diverse flavors in our cooking class. Surprise yourself when you discover the variety of chiles, their flavors, aromas and uses that make them the source of flavor of Mexican food.
Mazatlan signature dishs cooking class
Mazatlán's cuisine is renowned throughout Mexico for the freshness of its ingredients and the unparalleled taste of its seafood. Join us in our exciting cooking class and uncover the secrets behind these delicious delicacies.

Food Tours

Food is a wonderful way to explore the local culture. Gastronomy enables you to tell the story of a city’s history, culture and people and also benefits local and regional economic development.

This is what you will experience on our food tours; our authentic local guides will accompany you, to try some of the best places to eat in Mazatlan providing an experience that will make you feel like a local resident.”

Adult: $1000 pesos
When: Saturdays 10:00 am
About: Discover the marvelous secrets of Mazatlán´s food oasis by dominating local markets and convenient stores.
Adult: $1600 pesos
Child: $1300 pesos
When: Wednesday & Friday 6:00pm
About: This food tour will take you to try the best tacos in Mazatlan, we will take you to discover hidden taco stands nestled in different neighborhoods of the city.
mazatlan food tour
Adult: $1400 pesos
Child: $1100 pesos
When: Tuesday and Thursday
About: Explore Mazatlán's culinary fusion, cultural heritage, and historical charm on an immersive food and history tour

Customer Testimonials

Excellent
Based on 205 reviews
Nicole D
Nicole D
2024-10-04
Si te gustan los Tacos y la Cultura este es el tour que hacer en Mazatlán Nuestro Guía turístico era muy acogedor y amable. Ella nos dio un tour muy divertido. Todos los lugares de tacos eran increíbles la comida excelente. Este es un tour único y obligatorio. Gracias Paola por todo.
Enrique L
Enrique L
2024-09-17
Ruta gastronómica 10 de 10 la verdad una experiencia gastronómica increíble súper recomendado, todo muy rico los tacos dorados fue de lo mejor
Colleen M
Colleen M
2024-09-10
Wonderful experience! This class was so much fun! Paola is very knowledgeable about Mexican cuisine and gladly answered our naive American questions. I was excited to learn how to make corn tortillas, how to use dried chiles, and the different possibilities for tacos, vegetarian and otherwise. And they were delicious! I highly recommend this class as a way to learn about Mexico and Mazatlán.
MJS
MJS
2024-09-08
Unique and informative food tour Paola was a fantastic guide for local food and culture. If you want to eat like a local, and learn the history of why these foods are part of Mazatlan, spend some time with her.
Marta F
Marta F
2024-05-16
The Joy of Cooking - Mazatlan style. Paola treated us not only to an incredible cooking class but a history lesson on the cuisines of Mexico. She was delightful and we’d happily take another of her cooking classes or one of her food tours.
Bryce Y
Bryce Y
2024-05-03
Increíble recorrido informado y recomendaciones increíbles para tu estancia en Mazatlán. Debo comenzar diciendo que mi pareja y yo reservamos el tour de comida tradicional y sabor de Mazatlán, pero no puedo expresar lo suficiente que el tour fue solo la punta del iceberg de cómo Paola enriqueció nuestra experiencia en Mazatlán. Para nuestra fecha de gira, éramos solo nosotros dos con Paola y fueron unas horas increíbles recorriendo la ciudad. No arruinaré las paradas que hicimos en el recorrido, porque en mi opinión una de las mejores partes es cómo Paola tejió una historia de la ciudad de Mazatlán utilizando influencias actuales e históricas que encontrarás a lo largo del recorrido. En general, no puedo recomendar el recorrido lo suficiente. En mi opinión, la gira fue solo el comienzo. Los lugares que visitamos, el conocimiento adquirido sobre la ciudad y las recomendaciones que Paola brinda a los visitantes en el blog Tomatl nos dieron orientación para dar forma mejor a los tres días restantes de nuestra visita. Valoramos tanto el conocimiento de Paola que nos propusimos visitar muchos de los restaurantes en su publicación de blog “Delightful Bocados, un viaje culinario a través de mis restaurantes favoritos en Mazatlán” y obtuvimos 4 de 5 recomendaciones. Cada vez nos afirmaron que Paola nunca nos guiaba mal al hacernos sugerencias culinarias. (Y también puedo dar fe de que el taco de morita de camarón de Mariscos Piquillas y el menú degustación artesanal de ATOL son sobresalientes) . ¡Muchas gracias Paola y Tomatl por todo!
Cece D
Cece D
2024-04-22
Delicia culinaria Nuestra instructora Paola fue la cocina más amable, apasionada, experimentada y creativa que podríamos haber esperado. Ella integró toda su experiencia personal, cultural y gastronómica para convertirla en una velada integral de educación y deleite culinario. Su casa también está exquisitamente decorada con elementos de su cultura. Altamente recomendado ❣️🦋🌼
Maps163480
Maps163480
2024-04-20
Lo más destacado de Mazatlán ¡Esto fue lo más destacado de nuestro viaje a Mazatlán! Paola y su equipo son fuentes de información y vimos y probamos muchos alimentos que no hubiéramos encontrado por nuestra cuenta. 1 parada fue para la mejor birria que he probado en mi vida. ¡Realmente informativo y divertido!
stappmom
stappmom
2024-04-19
¡No puedo esperar para preparar estos platos en casa! La clase de cocina es una experiencia que no debe perderse dondequiera que viaje. Hoy hicimos Dorado al Pastor & Molotes con Poala usando el mahi más fresco, la piña más dulce y los plátanos maduros. Alimentos hermosos y sabrosos. Gracias, Poala, por compartir tu hogar, historias, experiencia y pasión con nosotros.
stappmom
stappmom
2024-04-19
Secretos de los alimentos locales. Poala nos sacó del circuito turístico habitual de comida. Durante esas horas compartió muchas ideas de la cultura mexicana en relación con la comida. Probamos varios platos locales por toda la ciudad y conocimos a los cocineros tradicionales. ¡Definitivamente recomiendo esta actividad! No puedo esperar a ver qué se le ocurre a Poala a continuación.
Excellent
Based on 52 reviews
Tigreyy
Tigreyy
2024-09-26
Era perfecta, era deliciosa. Muchisimas gracias Paola. Voy a cocinar las receitas por el resto de mi vida!
Super Fantastic
Super Fantastic
2024-09-25
This is a review specifically for Tomatl's cooking class, "The Gems of Mexican Cuisine: Tomatoes, Vanilla and Beans." We met with Paola at the building, a very beautiful condominium complex, and were graciously welcomed into her home. If you're intimidated by looking for the building, or worried that this takes place in someone's home rather than a more traditionally "professional" setting, DON'T BE WORRIED! Paola is an absolute professional and you will be so well taken care of. The setting made me feel so comfortable and at home, and heightened the experience. The class started with introductions and a video + PowerPoint presentation on Mexico's key agricultural imports, some of which we used to cook several easy and delicious dishes. The presentation was really nice, in that it made us more appreciative of the ingredients we used. I swear, the food tasted better because I was so invested! The cooking time itself was a good blend of group work, demonstration, and hands on experience. It was very informal, yet extremely informational. If you want to take more, or less, control of the cooking, just ask. Once the food was complete, we all ate together and very pleasantly chatted. Paola speaks fluent English and Spanish, So if you're still working on your command of the native language, no worries! Paola herself was an absolute gem. She's kind and accommodating, and great at what she does--all perfect qualities for a teacher. If there's any doubt, as to whether or not you should take a class or book a tour, doubt no more! Highly recommend.
Bryce Yoder
Bryce Yoder
2024-05-04
I should start by saying my partner and I booked the Mazatlán taste and tradition food tour - but I can’t express enough that the tour was just the tip of the iceberg of how Paola enriched our experience in Mazatlan. For our tour date, it was just the two of us and Paola and it was such an amazing few hours touring around the city. I won’t spoil the stops we made on the tour - because in my opinion one of the best parts is how Paola wove together a story of the city of Mazatlán and both the current and historic influences that you find throughout. Overall, I can’t recommend the tour enough. In my opinion, that was just the start as the places we visited, the knowledge of the city gained, and the recommendations Paola provides visitors on the Tomatl blog gave us a direction to better shape the remaining three days of our visit. We valued Paola’s knowledge so much we made it a point to visit as many of the restaurants on her “Delightful Bites A Culinary Journey Through My Favorite Mazatlán Eateries” blog post and we got to 4 out of the 5 recommendations. Each time we were affirmed that Paola never led us wrong when making culinary suggestions. (And I can also attest that the shrimp morita taco at Mariscos Piquillas and the crafted tasting at ATOL are outstanding). Thank you so much Paola and Tomatl for everything!
Tim T. McKamey
Tim T. McKamey
2024-04-30
What a wonderful day during our week in Mazatlan! Although only a few hours, it was genuinely the highlight of my visit. In town to view the eclipse (FANTASTIC event!) on Monday, our trio easily found the location for our worldly experience in a private home with an experienced chef and teacher. Hands on, very casual and delicious. From holding the corn cobs, slicing the vegetables and making our own tortillas from scratch, this is a must-do experience. Reserve your spot early and anticipate a delicious lunch that you helped to create. Thank you so much for the opportunity to experience Mexican cuisine!
Nikkie Benson
Nikkie Benson
2024-04-21
This cooking class was so fun! In addition to learning how to make delicious food, Paola shared history and facts about Mexico that were really interesting. Learning about the ingredients we used has increased my confidence in being able to make these recipes at home. I would highly recommend this class!
Elizabeth Jarrard
Elizabeth Jarrard
2024-04-20
Highlight of our trip to Mazatlan was their routes of food history & food tour. Paola and her team were so helpful and full of information. we saw and tasted foods we never would have found on our own. Lots of shrimp! and the best birria yet!
Tavon Whitener
Tavon Whitener
2024-04-19
Paula was an amazing guide. Tons of knowledge of the city and such a joy to tour the food and gastronomy of her native Mazatlán. I truly had a wonderful experience and would recommend any of her tours or classes! I might even do another one during my short week in the city!
Gudrun Werdefroy
Gudrun Werdefroy
2024-04-17
Awesome experience! We especially liked the historical and geographical overview in the beginning. Food tasted amazing and it was well taken care of my food intolerance.
Angel Rutsch
Angel Rutsch
2024-04-13
Romina was our Chef for the Chiles! class and she was outstanding. Funny, personable, and knowledgeable. In addition to being able to discuss the meals we were cooking, she also has deep knowledge about culinary history of Mexico. A quick FYI, don’t be thrown off that the class is in a private apartment. It proved to be an intimate and cozy setting. (They are also careful about not booking too many people per class.) I highly recommend taking this class to anyone and, personally, would consider taking it again!
Patrick McCann
Patrick McCann
2024-04-11
Hacimos asado de plaza y ceviche ¡encantamos a los dos!

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