Fat Hippo Nottingham

Fat Hippo Nottingham is based on Broad Street in Hockley, in the heart of the Creative Quarter within Nottingham city centre. The area is home to graffiti street art, music venues and other independent businesses and is only a five minutes’ walk from the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham.

The nearest tram stop to Fat Hippo Nottingham is Lace Market which is only a two minutes’ walk to the restaurant.

We are only a short walk from any of Nottingham’s major city centre car parks, i.e. Stoney Street or Lace Market.

We do accept walk ins at Fat Hippo Nottingham 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 Nottingham is a child friendly restaurant! It’s the ideal pit stop after a day of shopping at the Victoria Centre, fun at Nottingham Castle or a trip to the Theatre Royal with the kids. 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 and all of our facilities are on one level!

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 Nottingham’s outdoor dining area. The restaurant also has selected bar tables that are dog friendly (with managerial discretion). Please contact Fat Hippo Nottingham directly to ensure an appropriate table is available at your selected time.

Fat Hippo Nottingham does have free WiFi - just ask a member of staff for the password!

At Fat Hippo Nottingham, 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 Nottingham has a covered and heated outdoor seating area, smack bang outside the restaurant on Broad Street.

Our facilities in Fat Hippo Nottingham are all on one level.

We're afraid we don't currently offer any discounts at Fat Hippo Nottingham. 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 Nottingham, 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 Nottingham restaurant. You can also purchase our gift cards online.

We don’t house our merchandise on site in Fat Hippo Nottingham 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 Nottingham.

Two words… Fat Hippo!