Picnicking and dining

Our on-site restaurants offer everything from afternoon teas to sumptuous fine dining. You are very welcome to bring your own picnic to enjoy in the gardens, or you can save yourself the hassle and book one from us, for collection on your arrival.

Find out more about the dining options below. You can make a restaurant reservation when booking your Festival tickets.

Restaurants

Middle & Over Wallop

Our fine dining restaurant – an elegant setting in which to enjoy chef Steve Groves’ new menu celebrating the best of contemporary French cuisine and locally-sourced ingredients.

Mildmay

Enjoy an afternoon tea before the performance at the Mildmay Tearooms. During the interval Mildmay serves British favourites in a relaxed dining atmosphere.

Nether Wallop

A range of small plates to share with your party, followed by your pre-selected main dish cooked over coals – all created from the very best local, seasonal produce.

Picnics

For many, a Glyndebourne experience wouldn’t be complete without a picnic…

Book a picnic

Let us do the work for you – our Traditional Picnic hampers come filled with favourites including Glyndebourne’s signature sausage roll, freshly baked bread and salads. Choose your place in the garden and a table and chairs will await your arrival. And if the weather’s not favourable, you’ll have a guaranteed under-cover spot around the auditorium balconies.

Bringing your own picnic

As always, you are very welcome to bring your own picnic, and find a place in the gardens to enjoy the interval.

Book a picnic table

Our marquees and opera house picnic tables offer audiences protection from the elements during the interval.

If you’d like to ensure that you will be under cover in the event of bad weather, you can pre-book a space.

Our three on-site restaurants offer everything from afternoon teas and sandwiches in Mildmay, a casual drop-in food market in Nether Wallop serving warm sandwiches, potato raclette, delicious hot waffles and more, to sumptuous sumptuous fine dining in Middle & Over Wallop. You can also visit the Long Bar for refreshments and a selection of sweet and savoury treats.

If you’re planning to bring your own picnic, there are a limited number of picnic tables in our marquees in the garden. To guarantee under cover picnicking tables in the Veg Patch stretch tent, it’s best to book in advance. Any under-cover picnic tables that haven’t been pre-booked will be available free of charge on the day, on a first-come-first-served basis.

Dining times will vary depending on performance times – you can make a restaurant reservation when you book your tickets, or book on our dedicated dining website. 

Middle & Over Wallop

Experience culinary excellence at Middle & Over, our esteemed fine‑dining restaurant, where Chef Lee Redman presents a beautifully crafted new menu for our 2026 Autumn and Christmas performances. Guests attending our Autumn performances are invited to choose from the Autumn menu, while those joining us for our Christmas performances can enjoy our newly created Christmas set menu

Mildmay Tearooms

 Pre-order a quintessentially British, tiered afternoon tea. Join us for a sumptuous selection of freshly prepared sandwiches, baked goods and beverages.

Nether Wallop

The Nether Wallop food hall returns this year, serving warm sandwiches, potato raclette, delicious hot waffles and more.  It will be open for pre-performance dining, simply drop in during your visit – no need to book.