Rosamond Gifford Zoo Review

Awesome zoo. Wide variety of larger animals. Take some time to explore the whole outside walk!

Was a fantastic experience for the entire family. Pricing is very very reasonable for the whole family with ample parking. We grabbed a quick bite to eat their which was reasonable in pricing and food was good. Tons to see for all ages, and staff were fantastic if asked questions, or just interacting with them. This is accessible for all people walking or not. Boys ages 6 and 7 loved it, and on top of it, the weather was extremely hot so they set up spray areas all around the park so you can cool down, plus seating placed all throughout the park.

Very nice zoo. Lots of animals. Kids loved it and wify too

Just right size for a few hours, clean and beautifully landscaped and very economically priced. Enjoyed it.

I had a wonderful experience on my birthday..with the animals...Loved it...

Nice sized zoo with cool animals but poorly designed habitas

Amazing little zoo! Well worth the trip. We stopped on our way south and had an amazing time. Great and friendly staff, excellent zoo!

Love this zoo. Love the animals. Very clean. Animals are very well taken care of. Lots of animals to see, lots of things for kids to do. A great place for a family trip or animal lovers alike like myself. If you are bringing a group, have lunch beforehand. The food is ridiculously priced, as expected. Admission is cheap and fair. Great for sensory as well.

Very fun experience, will definitely be returning when it is warmer out and the elephant expansion is complete

Went to their Dinosaur Invasion. It was very nicely done and the kids enjoyed themselves as well as the adults.

It's a pretty basic zoo. My kids like it well enough

Was sad to see that a lot of animals weren't in their exhibits, hoping next time i go with my kids they get to see more

There were plenty of animals to see despite the snow. Including some you don't see at every zoo (sloths, ocelot, fennec fox). Great place to visit.

Admission is affordable, however we did have to wait in line after being asked to go to that line for the clerk to return to the register, some enclosures were sad looking but one must keep in mind this is an older zoo, the indoor exhibits today (lemurs, cats) were humid & had a slight scent of urine, a water station & another snack/ice cream cart were not open (out by the tigers) the Jungle Cafe was very busy, polite staff, but out of utensils, nice benches throughout the park, sand pit for the kids to play in, we also went during the dinosaur invasion & my kids loved it! (Ages 4,4 & almost 6) Overall we were pleased.

Great place but it lacked snakes and my family was disappointed that there weren't more primates

Nice zoo, good variety of healthy animals kept in good conditions

Our community is very lucky to have such a wonderful zoo! It is always clean and the Tigers are amazing. Seeing some of the endangered species is a thrill!

It was very sad to see them outside of their real world

I ate in the cafe, ordered a hamburger. It was terrible.
The bun was old and stale, the burger cold, and it cost $5.35.
I will never buy food in this cafe again, terrible
!!

My family had a great time. Very clean place. Small but quite a few animals. Great price.

It was very disappointing, animals weren't all out. Also every single hand sanitizer were empty.

Great zoo! It took is a bit to get there but so very worth it. The last zoo we were at was the Binghamton one. The animals looked so unhappy. Here they were active and looked healthy. There's an aviary where you walk through and the birds fly free in the building. There's a great elephant set up, the penguins hammed it up for pictures and we even managed to come on a day when there were animatronic dinosaurs! Best zoo around here, I'd say!

Great time with my grandson and family at the Zoo Boo...even the weather cooperated!!!

Small zoo, but we'll kept. Staff was very pleasant.

The elephants and the lion were absolutely amazing!

Can't beat it for the price. A few animals not out seeing it's winter. Completely understandable Will deffinanetly be back in the summer!!!

Small zoo but affordable. Elephants, tigers, penguins. Nothing too exotic.

We are annual pass holders and this year already I was disappointed. Some of the exhibits are run down and dirty, especially the bears. The exhibit is mangy, there isn t a lot of action for them. Then the place where the lion used to be is old and worn and needs to be update with new animals.

Nice day even with some closed and mask required. Thanx for being open

Nice day, path is closed due to construction of elephant preserve, cafe crazy with no other snack spot open

There website said they had foxes. They did not. I came here just for the foxes.

Had an amazing time - easy to find all the exhibits you are looking for and the park is well laid out. Make sure to check out the elephants! Best time to go is in the morning or afternoon - try to avoid the open air exhibits around noon as the animals try to relax in the shade

Great place. Supports the military, veterans, and their families. The general public sucks. People are inconsiderate a**holes. Just be prepared to deal with all the inconsiderate a**holes.

Always a fun time! The animals are engaging and almost always active. It's a fun, family friendly atmosphere.

The zoo was packed on a January day! Nice weather and nice day to go to the zoo!

Best place to visit with children in a weekend, I was enamored to see two baby cubs of leopard playing

Great little Zoo. We have two young Grandsons. They love it!! Not the Brinx Zoo, but a great way to spend the day with the kids!!! Its small. But big enough for the kids!! Lots of animals!! Its worth the stop!

Great value for the money 2 adults and an 11 year old was only $20 and it was an easy way to spend 3 or 4 hours.

Perfect for a short trip with a toddler (his favorite was the duck pond). Inexpensive and small, but enough for a two-year-old's attention span and the parents' stamina!

The zoo was great it's the food at the jungle cafe was another story we had turkey wraps with stale & soggy wrap hotdogs were not cooked the only good thing we had from there was the French fries

What a nice Zoo for a nice price for family to spend time with the kids

Best local zoo around. If you can get a membership it is worth it.

Love our zoo. We might not have the biggest or most up to date zoo but the staff does an amazing job!

Really cute zoo that you can walk and do in a day! A lot of animals are housed inside too so if it s raining it s still a decent trip.

Went for superhero day kids loved the zoo but I was dissapointed to read in the paper today that they had superhero events that there was no sign or info given to us when we got there about such events. Normally there are overhead annoucments but there were none of those either. They could have enjoyed more if we had known.

Pretty nice zoo for a relatively small City like Syracuse.

Always love the zoo. Reservations are required during COVID and only outdoor attractions are available. It's actually really nice without the huge crowds.

Zoo is pretty decent for a small city like Syracuse. Lots of species of plants and animals. Big attraction is the Asian Elephants. They also have monkeys, river otters, a Male lion, two Bengal tigers, two bears, a bunch of penguins and countless other birds, fish and reptiles. If you're local or nearby and visit quite a bit then I suggest a family annual membership which should pay back within just 5 or 6 visits.

Great little zoo, especially for the price. It lacked some plaques to explain the exhibits but it was a lot of fun and super affordable.

Reviewing this for what it is. Good size zoo. Can do the whole thing at a comfortable pace in about 3 hours. Two adults and two youths is about $28. Lunch items at the restaurant/cafeteria is about $7, includes items like burgers, hotdogs and sandwiches. They also sell snack items like pretzels. The zoo is open 362 days of the year (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's only!). Note in winter (when we went) quite a few animals were not present. This is understandable I think so be prepared. Parking is free.

Very nice Zoo would recommend it two adults and children alike

Did a great job during Covid-19! Lots of space. Limited selection but still fun.

Small town zoo with a big town feel. There is a large variety of animals in exhibits that allow fine viewing without being too close. You can cover the entire zoo in a couple hours, but I recommend planning longer to really see everything. Take a camera with a long telephoto lens. We felt sad for Doc, the elephant, who mostly rocked side-to-side and didn't seem to know how to interact with the other elephants (a fault we attributed more to his past life in the circus than to the zoo), and were lucky to have the male lion go right up to the glass barrier and put on a roaring show mere inches away from us!

Pretty good wish i could see giraffes and elephants and i wonder what happened to the monkeys?

Love this zoo. We ve gone the last three years when we are near Syracuse. It s just the right size. They have a lot of rescue animals. The Asian elephants are worth the price of admission

Excellant zoo! Very clean and great habitats for the animals! Great place to take the family!

Their Zoo Boo, was good even in the rain. Lots of animals to admire and was easy enough to stay dry.

It is smaller than I remembered, but the variety of different types of wildlife is amazing.

Great small zoo. Animals have tons of area to roam. Lots of food options and great gift shop.

This is such a fantastic zoo and I'm so glad my family and I took the time to visit when we were looking at Syracuse University. A really great variety of animals including some I haven't seen in much larger zoos. Highly recommend.

"Great place to visit safe out there in lot of stuff the kids to do"