mike all

Review of Rosamond Gifford Zoo

The Syracuse Zoo is amazing, for a small city zoo....

The Syracuse Zoo is amazing, for a small city zoo. It is obviously not on scale with big cityzoo's, like San Diego, Cincinnati.... etc. But the people are super nice. They also allow Active and Retired service members in for free, no strings attached. The food is not bad and they allow you to bring your own into the zoo. Since I am a retired vet, we take our kids several times a year, since it is open all year round and they have a blast. For a small zoo, they have an incredible variety of animals and they all seem happy. The vast majority of the animals interact with the kids, especially the penguins. We have been to many many zoos and I've never seen penguins that happy and energetic on a regular basis. They also have tons of room for the kids to run around in and have a nice amount of play areas. I actually think it is the best zoo out of Syracuse, Buffalo and Rochester... I've never been to theb Albany one and dont know if they even have one (those are the 4 non NYC city's for any non New York state residents reading this. I can think of any meaningful negative comments about the zoo. I highly recommend it to anyone with small kids!