The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens Reviews

Very well done zoo, very pleasant atmosphere and staff.

Went during the week and alote of the eating and shopping spots were closed

Had an excellent excursion with our church youth group. The teens seemed to enjoy themselves.

Perfect place to take the young kids and have family picnics.

The enclosures seem incredibly small for the animals. Everything was honestly depressing.

Other than the bees Everything was great I love seeing the animals and the gift shops have lots of cool things I recommend going

Beautiful zoo, well landscaped, animals from 5 continents, with some endangered animals. For Australia: Wombat, Kangaroo, Tasmanian devil, Koala. For Africa: elephant, giraffe, hippo, lion, zebra. For Asia: elephant, tiger. For South America, a special place with the animals of the Amazon: pirhanas, jaguar, toucan, tapir, ara. 2 shops at the entrance, snacks for lunch.

Wonderful experience for the whole family, kids are extremely happy

Very wide the place and with great variety of animals

Nice zoo to visit for a few hours. It is not huge but it does get busy on weekends. Membership is a great idea if you plan to keep visiting. They have everything from individual to family anual memberships. Nice place to spend some time with family or friends.

Had a great time at the zoo. Can't wait to do it again

I love visiting the zoo with my grandkids! A good place to go for family day.

Very good how I went during the week there were not many people

Great place for family outings affordable for children and adults. Great exercise

It was really fun .You got to see a lot of cute animals.

Went to the zoo today 6/17/16 and was extremely disappointed first off the animals looked hella depressed and old as hell especially the elephant and gorillas look like they been there since 1995 there were hardly any animals out to see it was a hot day maybe 90degrees but they were either hiding or just laying down looking with no emotion the snack bar is high ass hell and food terrible the park overall was clean but bees omg they were flying everywhere especially around the trash cans other than that maybe the only thing I did enjoy was the walk itz plenty of that to do but they need some new young healthy energetic animals and let the old ones go they really look sad

You find any kind of animals and to go with the family cough

It s the zoo brah. You get to see lots of animals including supercool Meerkatz.

it made me realize that I don t enjoy zoo s anymore. went there with my 4Y son, it was hot, expensive, and animals were not that easy to spot. a lot of walking too.

Lots of clean bathrooms. With a 4 year old comes in very handy

Pretty cool zoo. It seems like 60% of the animals here were monkeys though.

A perfect way to visit different parts of the world without having to leave Los Angeles.

We visited this place for the first time for the LA Zoo Lights event they have yearly. It was amazing.

A lot of interesting animals, fun and lots of shady places to rest in!

I always enjoy coming year bring in the kids my favorite exhibit is the gorillas and also the chimpanzees they do put on the show every few hours and you are pretty close up they are hilarious when they act up and start goofing around my zoo sometimes the elephants are really out so you gonna miss them but there are a lot of other animals to see one thing I do think is a need to change the lion exhibit just to put together well

Love the Angeles Zoo!! I have been so many times and always it's a pleasure to walk around and see the animals and have a great time. Love all the plants. Nature at its best.

Some exhibits were missing or empty. Decent price to get in, but you get what you pay for.

Tickets are bought with a designated time. Dont let the line fool you though.nit goes by very quick. It's well worth going because it is not crowded and all animals are able to be seen. However, some attractions are closed. A few quick stop food places are open. Vending machines are not selling items. Gift shops are open but you are unable to enter and must shop from outside the store. I enjoyed my time there a lot

We went to the light show which felt like a huge waste of time and money. The kids didn't seem to happy about it and it was a lot of money overall spent on food and drinks for a few minutes of lights in a few spots.

Cool drizzling day is the best day at the LA Zoo, and the second best is any day you can get there.

Usually have a good time here, and get a healthy amount of exercise.

Love it, lots of walking. They need some sitting areas to rest from all that walking

I don't go to zoos very much but this one is very good. I seen most of every kind of animal up close and personal ( the lair is awesome). The food is good too. ( I had a very tasty turkey sandwich). Be prepared to do a lot of walking ( take the tram. Money well spent).

We enjoyed the Los Angeles Zoo with our two year old. He was excited to see animals like the Capuchin monkeys and the flamingos. We also enjoyed the family friendly Conservation Carousel. However, his favorite areas were the park and the petting zoo. For parents who worry about their toddlers and petting zoos they have handwashing stations right outside.

What a great zoo!
This is my first time at LA zoo! We saw so MANY animals and the place was so HUGE. We spent entire day and we were glad that we did this!

This was nice, some exhibits are still closed, but overall a nice way to spend a morning.

I had a great time at the zoo. The animals are well cared for and it shows through their behaviour. I would definitely come back and visit again.

My baby's first trip was great. The animals were cooperating

It's a nice zoo. A lot of animals to see. Habitats seem clean and animals seem to be well cared for. I came with the class I work in, and the students really enjoy themselves. I did, too!

I am forced to give one star to publish my review. But my rate is 0 for this LAGER-ZOO.

The rights of animals must be really respected. For sure they are not respected at the Los Angeles Zoo.
One of the most horrible experiences in my LIFE.

The animals are kept in narrow places. The CONDOR, which flies at an height of a Jumbo Jet, constrained and forced to stay a narrow cage.

The snakes are in closed in glass BOXES!!!!!!!! The ASPCA would have to take care of these animals too, not only the pets. They are LIVING BEINGS. All the animals are depressed.

The Dollar God leads everything, at the point that people enjoy (!) to see the animals with a life sentence on them, because their fault is to be wild!!!!

But how can we live, thinking that we can live and move freely, while this animals have a life sentence on them, simply because the people can admire them, as if they were just clowns.

I cannot think of the birds closed in narrow cages, or the flamingos that are in a suspected open space, just because they cannot fly.
Why? Flamingos fly and are dark pink not of a fading pink color.

I wanted to finish my "visit" to realize how deep it was the animals' misery. My heart is full of sadness.

Look at the chimpanzee's glance. Look at the poor condor desperately looking for freedom in the pictures.

Mercy for them!

Hadn't been here since I was a kid but this place is pretty awesome. It's really quite large and you get a lot of exercise walking around. They do have decent beer and wine which makes it good for adults and dates. I got the year membership which will break even on the second visit. It's a pretty good deal if you're local since they have night time events during the summer and holidays.

I really like our local zoo. Our little one loves the giraffes.

Very clean and animal habitats are well maintained. The animals look healthy and well kept. Its awesome seeing the lions and snow leopards! My family lives 15 minutes away so we have the member pass, it's worth it.

Love it i like it better on weekdays not so busy we lucked out an all the animals were out an they have giraffe feedings for 5 dollars which i thought was cool

Great but they close the gift shops 15 minutes before closing. Very rude.

Nice animals and also the big spider wasnt on display at this time so +10points

This zoo is okay, as far as zoo's go. I'm not going to bother comparing it with others Zoo's. It's great for a workout, and to occasionally see the animals, but it is often crowded, has terrible security and safety issues, and their animal care facilities seem to be more about visitors, than for the animals themselves.

Nonetheless, I'm giving it three stars, because if you live in the area, this is basically only choice when it comes to a local zoo.

Who doesn't enjoy the zoo... my son loves it and so do I. Not interesting enough to go more than twice a year, but when we do go we have so much fun.