The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens Reviews

Our grandkids enjoy this zoo and we have membership. We take them there once a month or so. The kids are still too young but love the place.

Baby boy loves it.
Price is not bad
Lions need bigger enclosures

Love the Zoo. One of the best part of my childhood. I would recommend this to anyone that just wants to enjoy a day and the LA Zoo

I was hesitant to go there as there are more than enough zoos where I live but I'm glad that I went.
It's an amazing park. The palm trees everywhere add to the beauty of this park. I recommend it highly.

Had a nice time. It was nice to see the animals. Many exibits were closed.

Cute animals great price awesome activities huge place sometimes they have presentations love this place love animals good food what can u ask for more come on down to the la zoo oh and bring hats and sunglasses,sunscreen and water.

The animals look really sad and not good. They are depressed and the the cages and areas are not big enough. Really sad to see that especially in a city where so many rich people are living. It's seems that the people don't care about it.

Great covid security measures, looks of animals to see and felt very safe. Hope to come cak soon.

Years ago I got the gorillas to throw poop at everyone watching. That was fun

There's a very long line for tickets. Highly recommend getting tickets online first or on mobile, much less hassle to get in. It's very crowded, everything food wise was expensive, I'd bring my own snacks and water next time. It was crowded, but still nice to walk around.

Best time to go early long line 10 doller parking good if you have a pass better you go right in fast

Fun zoo with nice exhibits. Pedometer overload with all the walking!

When they say they close at 5 it means they put the animals away and close the shops at 4.

Great customer service, friendly staff. Kids love this place. Highly recommended!!

I love this place because is very clean, I get to walk and relax at the same time.

It's just sad..The animals look depressed. The zoo is not at all what it used to be.

First time here. There's so many animals to see and they are actually out and not sleeping. You get up close encounters with them. They have food places inside as well as treats for the kiddos. They also have stands with hats, bubble blowing toys, and a gift marketplace. Not to mention the weather was perfect.

I really enjoyed it here. I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life and for whatever reason never made it here. I bought a family membership good for 5 people for about $150. And that's good for one year. A great deal and I can't wait to go back. Parking is free, they do offer VIP parking for $10. Being our first time here we just walked the entire park to see everything. There seems to be quite a bit of tours and shows we'll try next time. Food prices are reasonable, we brought backpacks with lunch's in to save money. Restrooms were clean and stocked throughout the day. I highly recommend.

Lots of animals to look at. My wife likes the bear. My son likes the tiger. My daughter likes the wolf. My mother loves the elephants. And everyone enjoys feeding the giraffe.

It was fun. My favorite was the giraffes, monkees, tiger, and otters. Great for kids!

Fun place but to many bees ... hint bee repellent peppermint extract dish soap and water enjoy your day

Great place to hang out and see some really cool animals.

Actually wasn't the place we had expected. It's drogth and so hot. The animals look like living in bad conditions. I wish the zoo have a better kind of life of those animals.

The best exhibit was when I saw the wildest animal in the world exhibited here: my sister.

For my son and for me it is a magical place because nature is our weakness it is very good to spend a family day I love this place I have taken my son for 19 years without fail a new experience each visit highly recommended

Very busy so make sure you dress comfortably and your toddler can handle it.

Decent entrance fee $21 and food not to pricy. Good day to see the animals and way cheaper then disneyland

Nice to visit with spacious clean children you find places of restful food but they are already missing. Animals

Not a bad place, per se.
But I haven't been back since I pulled a daring escape from the monkey enclosure.

My kids love animals and because the zoo is fairly large, we rarely see the same thing twice in a row. The la zoo has worked hard over the years with new improvements and you can see the hard work paying off.

My 3yr/1yd love this place. I recommend to get the shuttle pass not expensive and less walking enjoy more exhibitions

Great time for family. It is best to go in a week day

Amazing place to learn about animals, but smaller groups are easier to better handle learning

Clean, helpful staff, great shows, best time to visit is during the week days.

Sad animals. Lots of cells. We even met a magpie in a cage. It's sad. Not happy. We expected the best.

I like coming to the zoo. Many cute animals. I like the food that is available also. Reasonable prices. I also like that there is a Bank of America atm available.

The Los Angeles Zoo today had perfect weather. Had great time with my entire family.

Three stars only because covid has a lot of the pavilion exhibits closed

This was cool. Way different from when I was a kid on a LAUSD bus. Lol. But full circle, My son enjoyed the animals so it gets a #Goodtimes from me.

My favorite local wine. I have been to a few events, Food Truck Frenzy, Summer Rocks and also visited tasting room and had a bite. Very enjoyable!

I have been a member for over 10 years all animals are well taken care of

A lot of animals were still not out but it was amazing seeing all the amazing animals

Came to the Zoo on a Sunday, it was pretty full but parking was pretty well coordinated. $21 (no taxes/fees) for adult admission. We did park in the preferred parking for a $10 fee closest to the entrance as is was rather full and we didn t want to park far. The preferred parking is cash only. Lines for purchasing admission tickets is long. Took us 30min/40min to get through the line. Buy and print tickets at home so you don t have to wait! You get to go straight to the gate. If you purchase tickets there with a card, ID is required (no exceptions!)
We spent about 4 hours here and went through nearly every exhibit (no shows). There is a giraffe feeding experience offered (times posted at admission window) and we did do it. Only $5 per person (cash only). A fun thing to do, you get 3 pieces of food and feed the giraffe individually. I recommend getting in line for this 45min-1hr before the scheduled time. We were 5th in line (we got in like 45min prior) and there was an estimated 40 people behind us.
Food is expensive so I suggest bringing snacks and drinks (they are allowed), however do not bring glass/aluminum or anything like small plastics. Coolers are also allowed.

LA Zoo is great ## SD Zoo is BETTER!!## No matter where we are just spending time with the fam bam makes things BETTER! #

Zoo lights are awesome recommend for the entire family

My kids love to come to the zoo. Believe or not there is always something new to see

Very fun and nice experiences to share with the family

The la zoo is a good place to go to but you won't see much action since most of the day the animals are asleep also the most action or good animal vieing would be on the petting side where you could get sheep and goats aswell as to bunnies. The place is over all clean but need more restroom. The food is overpriced but if you do buy some it tastes wonderful. I would rate it higher but it is hard since there is nearly no parking on a regular day and animals are always sleeping aswell as to most shows end up getting cancelled.

Always a great experience at the Los Angeles zoo very friendly staff and very helpful. Only complaint i would have is those people giving away them so called free stays at resorts that you actually have to pay for. Besides that I would highly recommend visiting the LA zoo anytime..

This was our first time visiting LA Zoo, and we had a wonderful experience in spite of the pandemic or shall I say thanks to the silver lining of the pandemic? We went at 10am on a weekday and it was not crowded at all. The walkways were wide and there was plenty of space to spread out and socially distance. Small viewing courts were taped off, but we could still see the animals just fine from the outside. Most other visitors wore masks and were respectful of social distancing. There were 6-feet markers all over the ground, but I think what helped the most was that there just weren t that many people around.

We didn t use the bathrooms so can t comment on the cleanliness, but there were no lines outside for sure.

Food options seemed limited there was a truck selling pre-packaged ice cream bars, and we smelled something like a grill, but most other food vendors appeared to be closed.

Outdoor souvenir stands near the entrance are open, and you can still buy thing from the big store, but you can t go in. We asked for toddler T-shirts and the staff brought out all 5 options they had and laid them out on the table outside the store for us to see. (They re $20 each and unfortunately none of them had a good picture of animals, so we didn t end up buying any.)

Overall, it was great to see the animals without the crowd, and we would definitely recommend going!

Many thanks to the hardworking LA Zoo staff for reopening and keeping everyone safe!

I've been coming here since I was a kid lots of new stuff every time I come love it

I was very desapointed, some animals are in a very small spaces, most of the little rivers or lakes were very durty,(green and smelly water). I understand that because the hot whether we couldn't see some animals and a few places or shows were close. They should tell us before to decide to enter or not.

My first visit after 10years and it was like a new place, nicely remodeled... love it

It is a very good place to go with the family, it is a bit tired because the place is large but it is a combination of flora and fauna that leave you a very good experience. And the prices are affordable

What a great place to spend time with my family! The excitement of seeing these beautiful creatures is a memory I have from my childhood and I know my children will have these type of memories too. The Zoo does a great job of providing an environment that we can learn in and have a great experience. It is accessible for strollers, wagons, and wheelchairs, for most areas. If I recall correctly, the aviary has several steps.

Amazing place! Love talking the kids here, definitely get the membership.

Perfect, mid day, mid week family stop...wasn't too hot, wasn't too busy.