Discover delicious food and drink options at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.
Sink your teeth into a sumptuous treat at one of our many catering outlets around the Zoo. With options to suit every pallette and dietary need including vegan and vegetarian options, we'e certain you'll be spoiled for choice on your next visit.
Base Camp Restaurant
Our Base Camp Restaurant offers great value, tasty food made from locally sourced, seasonal ingredients in a comfortable, modern, family-friendly setting. Lots of seating, electronic ordering and new table service means no queuing to collect food, leaving you to sit and relax while we prepare your meals.
Hot food will be served up until an hour before the Zoo closes. Base Camp Restaurant will close half an hour before the Zoo closes.
River Cottage Kitchen and Deli
With a view overlooking our incredible white rhinos, this eatery opened in partnership with food writer and campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Using the best quality seasonal ingredients, River Cottage’s commitment to quality, sustainably-sourced ingredients and materials makes it the perfect eco-conscious eatery for Whipsnade and aligns perfectly with ZSL’s wider work. Adult dishes come full-size as well as in smaller portions for little ones.
River Cottage Kitchen will close two hours before the Zoo closes, and the Deli will close one hour before the Zoo closes.
Visitor Centre Cafe
Situated at the entrance of the Zoo, the Cafe serves deli sandwiches, hot savoury snacks (including sausage rolls and pies), plus your favourite hot and cold drinks. The Visitor Centre will close at the same time as the Zoo.
Hullabazoo Kids Café
Make the most of our Kids’ Bites offer where you can get five items for £5, as well as house-prepared sandwiches and salads, bakery items and hot and cold drinks. Subject to session availability. The cafe opens at 10am and closes in line with the last play session.
Station Store Picnic Shop
Located within our Station Store next to the Great Whipsnade Railway, here you can grab a selection of sandwiches, bakery items and hot and cold drinks. The Station Store opens weekends and school holidays and closes one hour before the Zoo closes.
Africa Outpost
The place to go if you have a sweet tooth! Selling waffles, ice creams and sweet treats, plus a range of drinks to help you warm up on these cold days! Africa Outpost opening times are weather dependant.
Sustainability
From June 2016, the Zoo stopped selling single-use plastic water bottles, instead swapping them for a sustainable alternative, CanOWater. Customers are also able to refill their water bottles at various catering outlets around the Zoo. These changes are part of ZSL's #OneLess campaign, which aims to reduce the amount of plastic entering our oceans.
For more information and sample menus visit https://www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo/visitor-information
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