Ahwahnee Dining Room

The crown jewel of Yosemite dining, the award-winning Ahwahnee Dining Room is both magnificent and intimate. The 34-foot-high beamed ceiling with large sugar pine trestles that complement the room’s granite pillars, floor-to-ceiling windows, chandeliers, linen tablecloths and beautiful china create the perfect ambiance for a memorable dining experience.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served daily, as well as an unforgettable Sunday Brunch. Expect to experience culinary delight during your visit to this legendary Yosemite restaurant.

Proper attire is kindly requested for dinner. Dinner dress code in The Ahwahnee Dining Room is 'Resort Casual'. Gentlemen are asked to wear collared shirts and long pants. Ladies are asked to wear dresses, skirts or long pants and blouses. Children over the age of four are asked to dress accordingly. Breakfast, brunch and lunch dress are casual.

Dining Hours:

Breakfast - 7 am to 10:00 am
Lunch - 11:30 am to 3 pm
Dinner - 5:30 - 9 pm
Brunch - Sundays 7 am to 3 pm
(No lunch will be served on Sundays)

Dining room reservations are strongly recommended for timely seating at dinner, but are encouraged for all meal periods, however it is not necessary to make reservations at the Ahwahnee Bar. To make your Yosemite restaurant reservations, please call the Ahwahnee Dining Room at (209) 372-1489, or make your dining reservation directly online below.

Make a Dining Reservation

Food and Wine events at The Ahwahnee

The Ahwahnee is proud to host several gourmet food and wine events during the fall and winter seasons each year.

Vintners’ Holidays – celebrate the fall harvest with visiting vintners and a 5-course gala dinner
Bracebridge Dinner – participate in a Yosemite tradition with an irreverent Christmas production anchored in a seven-course banquet dinner.
Chefs’ Holidays – gather tips and sample some of the country’s finest cuisine from some of the world’s most innovative and acclaimed chefs.

Menu
Wine List
Meet the Chef - Executive Chef Percy Whatley was selected as one of eight semi-finalists for the prestigious Bocuse d’Or USA competition, and has been invited to prepare dinner at the celebrated James Beard House in New York City. Find out more about Chef Percy here.
Recipes

Ahwahnee Bar

A relaxed yet stylish setting for socializing and light dining, The Ahwahnee Bar offers an intimate atmosphere indoors as well as al fresco seating outdoors with spectacular views of Half Dome and Glacier Point. Live music is performed Wednesday through Sunday.

Open daily 11:30 am - 11 pm. Coffee Bar open 7 - 10:30 am

Sample Menu

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Vintners' Holidays

Join us for Vintners’ Holidays each year in November and December as we celebrate winemakers' fall harvests with our enlightening Yosemite wine tastings and seminars.

Bracebridge Dinner

Bracebridge Dinner at The Ahwahnee

Select days December 13 - 25th - Come enjoy the tradition that is Bracebridge where The Ahwahnee into a 17th century English manor for a feast of food, song and mirth.

Chef's Holidays

Chefs Holiday

Yosemite’s Chefs' Holidays, held each January and February at The Ahwahnee, highlights acclaimed chefs and styles, personalities and trends characterizing the American culinary scene.