Food & Drink

Food is limited on Alcatraz Island. Some light snacks are available in the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy bookstores. Additional food service is available on the Alcatraz City Cruises ferries during your arrival and return trip from Alcatraz Island.

Drinking fountains and water bottle refilling station are located by both restrooms - at the dock and near the lighthouse. Hot beverages are available for purchase from the Building 64 bookstore. Bottled water is available in all of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy bookstores on the island.

Eating, drinking and smoking is only permitted on the dock. Beyond the dock only bottled water in non-glass bottles is allowed to be consumed.

Please refrain from feeding the birds on Alcatraz - as tempting as it may be (the birds will beg and even try to snatch food out of your hands) human food is NOT good for them. Dependence on human food can lead to the death of a bird.