Looking for the best breakfast in Cardiff?
We are now serving breakfast, 7 days a week 9am - 11:30am for dine-in or delivery, including a range of breakfast burgs, pancakes and not forgetting bottomless coffee!
Fat Hippo Cardiff is based on the popular Church Street, just off where St. Mary Street and High Street meet in the city centre, opposite St John the Baptist Church.
We do accept walk ins at Fat Hippo Cardiff but we recommend booking a table if you’d like to join us at specific time to avoid any disappointment, especially when the restaurant is busy.
Yes, Fat Hippo Cardiff is a child friendly restaurant! We have a varied kids menu (for the little Herd under 12), including vegan options, and we can cater for dietary requirements, including gluten-free and/or dairy-free.
We have high chairs and unisex baby changing facilities available!
Have a look at our kids menu and a read of our blog about being child friendly restaurants!
Well behaved dogs are welcome in Fat Hippo Cardiff's outdoor dining area. The restaurant also has selected bar tables that are dog friendly (with managerial discretion). Please contact Fat Hippo Cardiff directly to ensure an appropriate table is available at your selected time.
Fat Hippo Cardiff does have free WiFi - just ask a member of staff for the password!
At Fat Hippo Cardiff, the chicken we use is certified halal but the beef is not. If you require any further information about our ingredients or cooking processes, please email our Executive Chef, Dickie on dickie@fathippo.co.uk.
We sure do! Fat Hippo Cardiff has a heated outdoor seating area, smack bang outside the restaurant on Church Street.
Our accessible facilities in Fat Hippo Cardiff are all on one level.
We're afraid we don't currently offer any discounts at Fat Hippo Cardiff. We do have our Fast Hippo lunch deal and Hippo Hour evening deal running though. Have a read of the further details of these offers.
Sure thing! To collect/redeem Herd points at Fat Hippo Cardiff, please download our app to ‘Create an Account’. If you’re an existing Herd member who has yet to download the app, create a new account with the same email address then verify your account to transfer your existing points!
To collect points, use the app when dining in (just get your QR code scanned by your server) or placing a Click + Collect order. To redeem points, simply speak to your server before ordering when dining in!
You may only redeem one Herd reward per visit, and only one Herd account may collect the points from the table per visit. Please note Herd points can only be collected and redeemed in restaurants and not concessions.
Any questions about Herd points? Pop an email over to our Herd team.
Absolutely! You can redeem and purchase gift cards in our Fat Hippo Cardiff restaurant. You can also purchase our gift cards online.
We don’t house our merchandise on site in Fat Hippo Cardiff but if you head over to our online shop, you can view our latest collections and place orders.
Please keep an eye out on our Careers page to see any job vacancies at Fat Hippo Cardiff.
Two words… Fat Hippo!
* Please note these locations are smaller Fat Hippo kiosks within another host venue. To make a booking within the dining area of one of these sites, please click the location above and your reservation will be made through the host venue’s system. These venues are solely responsible for all bookings at these locations so please contact them directly with any queries.
For group bookings of 9 or more, select the restaurant and add your details below:
