Why Choose the Self-Guided Neighbourhood Restaurant Tour?

Because our neighbourhood restaurants need us.

Around 60% of UK restaurants fail within their first year, and nearly
80% close within five years. Independent and neighbourhood venues are the heartbeat of our communities — yet they face the toughest survival rates.

At Restaurant Touring Company, we believe in one simple message:

“Let’s use it or lose it.”
Don’t just keep walking past — try it.

Our Self-Guided Neighbourhood Restaurant Tour isn’t just about discovering great food. It’s about actively supporting the chefs, owners, and small independent businesses who invest their passion, savings, and long hours into serving our community.

Bringing City Centre Footfall to the Neighbourhood

Restaurants based in city centres benefit from constant passing trade. Neighbourhood restaurants rarely do.

Restaurant Touring Company exists to change that.

We aim to bring the kind of footfall normally reserved for city centres directly into local high streets and neighbourhood venues — creating visibility, revenue, and long-term sustainability for independent businesses.

When you book a tour, you are not just dining —
you are contributing to the survival and success of local restaurants.

A New Social Pastime with Purpose

Welcome to the new social pastime of neighbourhood restaurant tourism.

Discover the West Midlands food scene in a way that supports real people, real businesses, and real communities. Explore the places you walk past every day. Try something new. Meet the faces behind the food.

Because thriving neighbourhoods depend on thriving local restaurants.

Let’s support them. Let’s celebrate them. Let’s use them — so we don’t lose them.