Beardsley Zoo Reviews

Took my grandkids they enjoyed it and so did I very educational clean and growing and getting better and better each time I go

Nice and clean zoo. Not great but worth a visit with kids. Check for free days and library passes for discounts

Great to visit during vacation or any leisure time. Many animals to see and family fun activities.

It's affordable and nearby. It's the only zoo in CT, but there's good variety of animals. The kids definitely stay entertained for a while

Another wonderful park in Bridgeport (2nd best in my eyes)

Great place. we have season passes every year. great place to bring the kids

Wonderful zoo, Great keepers and staff. Great way to spend the day!

It amazing! Had a lot of fun with my family. I will definitely recommend coming to this zoo. It s a very relaxing environment and the staff is very friendly and organized. Most importantly, the zoo it s so clean. Well kept, I loved it. They also have a play ground area for young children. My 1 year old had fun. I loved it.

Wonderful little zoo, with lots of animals for children to see. It's small size, when compared to other zoo's such as, the Bronx Zoo makes it very easy to navigate and relatively quick to walk though. The price for admission is also relatively cheap.

They need to enlarge their animal enclosures.they are way to small for them.

It was "ok". Small. You can see everything that is there in about an hour.

Beardsley Zoo is a beautiful peaceful place. Perfect zoo for children from infants to teenagers. I always felt safe bringing my twins here. My children and I created a lifetime of memories and always had so much fun. The special events like Howl-O-Ween are planned wonderfully and the staff is terrific. And don t forget the historic carousel

Went to the park side, restrooms were beyond filthy.

Nice time visiting the animals. Social distancing in play with reservations only. Some exhibits were closed, but a good, relaxing time nevertheless!

Very small zoo. Tigers, scarlet ibis, agouti areon display. Not busy on Thursdays. Animal exhibits during the day.

I would ve gave this place a five star but I didn t for the following reason

Visited on July 24th 2020 for my daughter s birthday we had lots of fun until this very disrespectful worker by the name Kathy who worked at the Tiger s station disrespected my family while we were passing by her telling us it s common sense guys social distancing even though we all were wearing masks. She messed up my daughter s birthday. Also when we went to complain to the manager she continued being rude and verbally attacking us until the manger told her to go away.
P.S every worker there but Kathy was extremely nice and helpful.

I had a very nice family outing. Due to COVID-19, you aren t able to go the visionary room (not sure if they are called like that). But most of the animals are recused. They don t have a ton of animals but it was a nice experience. A nice place to take your kids in the Bridgeport area.

Great Experience! Haven't been in years and took some of the family. Wonderful 2 hours of relaxation and learning on a beautiful day!

Good place to spend half a day with the kids. Not too big, easy walk around the zoo. You can pack a lunch and make it a picnic, there are lots of picnic tables around.. Not many wild animals.. the tiger was the highlight obviously.. there were few cages with no animals, renovation was going on when we went..

Great local zoo. Lots of different species, along with good educational programs.

We love the Beardsley Zoo. Large enough to spend a few hours and see some fun animals (tigers, wolves, alligators, birds and more!), but small enough to let younger kids walk around with you and not need the stroller to contain them.

Very clean, a wide variety of animals. My kids loved the carousel, and the little snack shop.

So many animals! I almost snapped shots on all of them!

Short and sweet, affordable great for kids. Especially love the cats here.

Great local zoo. Just the right size for a couple hours of fun. Excellently structured with easy walking / rolling paths

Nice little zoo. My family and I took our time through it and it maybe took us about three hours. The tigers were especially easy to see and watch.

I Love this park. It is beautiful and it is very relaxing to walk through it.

Need to find a better home for those tigers. It's just sad.

Was a great zoo to bring the little ones. We have twins that are 1 so being able to see everything in several hours is key to our survival! Plus the prairie dog exhibit was awesome.

It's a fun event that isn't too costly for the kids and adults will get a kick out of the animals as well. They also have a courasel and a cafeteria which is pretty convenient. But they aren't opposed to you bringing in food, for those of you who prefer a little slice of home with your adventures.

Great Park/Zoo. Trails for walking, running, and esp Biking . Amazing atmosphere. Great place to spent the day with your family and friends.

Wanted a larger reptile house but zookeepers extra knowledge of animals was impressive

Great to visit! It is a small zoo but hosts many different animals in there. Good for young kids.

Nice little zoo. Great for little kids. Beautiful carosel and has cafe for food. Several new buildings and viewing areas.

It's a great place. I wouldn't recommend planning the whole day there, 3-4 hours max, but it was clean, and my kids had a blast.

Love this zoo. Been taking my daughter there since she was a kid. Don't miss the tigers and leopards, they're really something else!

I'd like to give it 5 stars because I love animals and so does my daughter but out visit was shortened because of covid and a recent tropical storm so a lot of exhibits were closed. But being our first time there, it had a pretty nice layout to it

This is a nice little small Zoo to take your kids to and enjoy

We only had enough time and energy for a short first visit, but it's a very nice place. Clean, nice displays. Not much food selection, though, and the cafe closed early.

Surprising amount of exotic animals: from Andean Condors to Amur Tigers, and much in between. The zoo is not overly large and is easily walked in an afternoon. Very kid friendly, they have multiple camps and children's programs available at good prices. The staff are easy to find and quite approachable, one of the zookeepers took 20 minutes to talk to my wife and I. We will continue to visit for all these reasons.

Very clean, well kept zoo with a great variety of animals, including some free roaming peacocks : ) Easily navigated and well shaded with some natural, older trees and has a very interesting history for CT...it was also surprisingly easy to get to!!

A really nice, smaller zoo. Perfect for 1/2 a day, not overwhelming my toddler loved it.

Walk slowly because theres not much to see! They kids will love it though mine did

Good zoo for the little ones, easy to walk within an hour. I liked tiger exhibit and indoor tropical area!

I thought it was price_eee for such a short walk around with most exhibits closed 5/6/2019 but fun and enjoying for my young sons.

This is an awesome, educational thing to do, and the layout is so perfect. Not to clustered and not too far away, it's a lovely walk from exhibit to exhibit.

Really good to see the new Amur leopards, red pandas, and spider monkey exhibits

Small, but well played out. Went with dtr, son-in-law and their children, ages 4 and 28 month twins. They loved it. Petting zoo was closed, making the whole trip 90 minutes. A worthwhile excursion.

Poor poor costumer service !!! My client purchased tickets 2 days before that little storm we had !! The day after the storm my client went with staff and unfortunately they were closed I ve emailed 7 times to get a refund back !! I reached one person and she said she doesn t deal with that department but took out names any ways and she said no need to call back they will refund well it s be little over 3 weeks and no refund this is very sad how they take money and don t refund I wouldn t bring my family here !!

This place is trash they had a "domestic cat" exhibit.