Dining at Mara Hilltop
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included in every stay rate. We eat family-style. Tell us your needs when you book and they will be handled.
What you'll eat
A rotating menu that leans on Kenyan produce: roasted vegetables, fresh salads, slow-cooked stews, grilled meats, daily soups, fresh fruit, and proper coffee. Bread is baked at camp. Dinner is plated; lunch is buffet on game-drive days.
Dietary support
We regularly cook for vegetarian, vegan, Jain, halal, and Indian guests. Allergies (nut, gluten, dairy) are handled if flagged at booking. Children's portions on request.
Packed safari lunches
Full-day game drives include a packed lunch — sandwich, fruit, juice, a hot flask. Tell us if your diet needs the same on the road.
Drinks
Soft drinks, juices, tea, and coffee are included with meals. Beer, wine, and spirits are stocked at the bar and billed on departure.
Kids at the table
Children eat the same menu in smaller portions, with a kid-friendly alternate available on every service. Mild flavours, more familiar shapes, fruit on the side. Tell us your child's age and what they will and will not eat at booking and we will plan around it.
What's included in stay rates
Three meals daily on most rates: breakfast (continental plus cooked, with eggs to order and Kenyan-grown coffee), lunch (buffet-style with vegetarian and meat options and a daily soup), and a three-course dinner. Tea, coffee, and juices are included throughout the day. The bar is open and drinks are billed separately on the room folio. Dietary needs flagged at booking are catered without surcharge — Jain, vegan, halal, gluten-free, dairy-free, kids' menus all on rotation.
Where you'll eat
Breakfast and lunch in the main dining room with views across the valley. Sundowners and a lighter dinner on the rooftop terrace when the weather is kind. Bush dinners on request for couples or special occasions — we'll set the table away from camp, with lanterns and the sound of the Mara at night, and walk you back when you're ready.
The bar
Full bar with Kenyan craft beer, local gin distilled in Nairobi, South African and Italian wines, and the standard sundowner cocktails. Open from late afternoon through to late night. Drinks are added to the room folio and settled at check-out — no need to carry cash. The barman is happy to mix you something off-menu if you ask nicely.
Sundowners and stargazing
Our signature evening: drinks on the rooftop or on a quiet ridge in the buffer zone outside the reserve, watching the sun drop over the Mara. After dark, no light pollution — the Milky Way is visible straight overhead on a clear night and we can point out the Southern Cross. Best photo angles are off the south-facing edge of the rooftop, an hour after sunset.
Flagging diets at booking is the simplest path to a smooth stay.