Is The Menu streaming on Hulu? How to watch the freaky flick

Is The Menu streaming on Hulu? How to watch the Anya Taylor-Joy film

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last updated 8 September 2023

It's one of the buzziest thrillers in recent memory, but where is The Menu streaming?

The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen's Gambit) and Nicholas Hoult (The Great) as a young couple, Margot and Tyler, who travel to a remote island to eat at a lavish fine-dining restaurant helmed by celebrity chef Julian Slowik, played by Ralph Fiennes.

However, the experience quickly turns from culinary to creepy, and the movie spirals into a dark satire of the hyper-wealthy, like Triangle of Sadness on the big screen and The White Lotus season 2 on the small. (Fittingly, frequent Succession director Mark Mylod is behind this one.)

So where can you watch The Menu at home? Here's everything to know.

As of Sunday, September 3, The Menu is available to stream on Hulu. That means you'll need a Hulu subscription to watch the thriller at home.

Current plans include the ad-supported plan for $7.99 per month (or $79.99 per year) or the commercial-free option for $14.99 monthly. (Editor's note: Starting Thursday, October 12, the price of this plan will increase to $17.99 monthly.)

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The Menu has been billed as a "black comedy horror film," which means that, yes, there will definitely be some slow-burning sinisterness mixed into its satire of high-end food culture and the way social class pervades those white-tableclothed dining rooms.

As such, the movie is rated R for strong/disturbing violent content, language throughout and some sexual references, which likely means Fiennes' Chef Julian is serving up some terror to go with his tweezer food.

In terms of duration, The Menu runs for one hour 47 minutes.

Ana Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes and Nicholas Hoult are joined by a cast of both fresh faces and industry vets like Judith Light and John Leguizamo. The full cast list reads:

Ralph Fiennes as Julian Slowik
Anya Taylor-Joy as Margot Mills
Nicholas Hoult as Tyler Ledford
Hong Chau as Elsa
Janet McTeer as Lillian Bloom
John Leguizamo as George Díaz
Reed Birney as Richard Liebbrandt
Judith Light as Anne Liebbrandt
Paul Adelstein as Ted
Aimee Carrero as Felicity
Arturo Castro as Soren
Rob Yang as Bryce
Mark St. Cyr as Dave
Rebecca Koon as Linda Slowik
Christina Brucato as Katherine Keller
Adam Aalderks as Jeremy Louden
Matthew Cornwell as Dale
Peter Grosz as Hawthorne's sommelier

Looking for more movies to watch at home? Here is streaming info for Barbie, Oppenheimer, Little Mermaid and Talk to Me.

Christina Izzo is the Deputy Editor of My Imperfect Life.

More generally, she is a writer-editor covering food and drink, travel, lifestyle and culture in New York City. She was previously the Features Editor at Rachael Ray In Season and Reveal, as well as the Food & Drink Editor and chief restaurant critic at Time Out New York.

When she’s not doing all that, she can probably be found eating cheese somewhere.