The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens Reviews

It could use a bit more of maintenance. A lot of the animal areas were closed or very dirty.

Great zoo! Nice selection of animals and staff are so friendly and knowledgeable! You can tell the animals here are taken care of, which is great!

Great zoo but the layout is not conducive to seeing everything easily in a simple visit. Great discounts for members of other zoos.

Before they had more animals I didn't see a lion, nor a tiger to be a zoo, many animals are missing

Will say that in my opinion, San Diego Zoo has it beat. But nonetheless, this is a pleasant outing, and the animals do seem well cared for.

Wonderful experience, went with my friend and her 5 year old son, he enjoyed it very much. I loved it

Roaring Zoo Nights was a great experience! Great food trucks and awesome music from the bands and DJs!

I loved the layout of the animals, the photos and feed the giraffes, it's a spectacle and a lot of snakes, it fascinated me.

Went on middle on October..it was a while I have not gone there. But this time great, great time. There is a free parking a little far from entrance but ok. And you can pay I think $10 to be in front. I got a tickets in an app, So was affordable for 5 of us. This time there were shows schedule around the zoo. So I recomend to be early at 10am so you can be able to watch them..I just saw the birds show.and alligator. Beautiful. great experience this time..I think now is worth to go there. So I think you can spend at least 4hrs or more. Great for kids ..

Love the place and the service. Also go check the gift shop

Amazing place for family. Ok food and great pictures. The walk around entire park took about 2 1/2 hours, super fun and worth it fully

Good,
But tiring in the summer heat

Too compact of a zoo. Not enough space. One feels closed in here.

Yes this is amazing zoo - lots of well taken care of animals - based in Griffith Park which is another place you must see if you are in LA

Poor animals, they are so sad they should be free in their environment.

I love LA Zoo
I go for the Gorilla, chimps, reptiles and orangutans.
People are friendly and bathrooms tend to be clean.
And now they sell beer!

went to the La zoo lights, not at all what I expected for the price :(

The animals are not properly taking care, from what i see they can do a lot better, especially when has daily visitors.

The LA Zoo is a great escape from the concert jungle that LA is. With great exhibits like the jungle of the Amazon and the reptile pagoda. The bird show is only on weekends on weekdays they do an open training session. Also remember that there is a back road with a couple animals that people miss if not traveling by tram.

Great place where you can hang out with your family and your children's

I went when they had the light show. it was so cute.

A lot of the animals were sleeping so you didn't really get to see him the Bears were nowhere to be found the lions were asleep the Tigers were hiding underneath the log asleep. Just the price you pay isn't really worth when all you see.

Great place to spend sometime with your family and friends

Great place to spend the day... Best part ... No lines !

I honestly like the zoo But OMG I hate how I have gone several times and animals are missing they don't have them out or under construction and I hate following those maps it's like a freaking maze never ending walking plus they should have more I don't know entertainment for the children kind of boring

It was so great to see the animals. I had a tour and the tour guide was so sweet.

The zoo has improveda lot over the last 15 years they have added a lot of new exhibits fun activities to do at the zoo and the the animals look clean and healthy and happy for the most part the pricing is good and they have family plans

Great zoo, so many children. There is also a lot of space for animals. There are also many volunteers who promote environmental protection and animal care. You can touch the lamb, groom it...it is tiring to stroll around. Have a great time.

Some animals are in bad conditions. Good in general

I like the zoo, but it has so many good vendors it's almost me
More food court then zoo. Still well worth the price of a ticket though.

Our 2-year old son loves this place, especially the dinosaur expo. Be ready to walk up and down hills. This place is huge.

Become a member!! Google coupons and you will find a discount on your membership online. Being coming here since I was little and now I bring my kids.

They really poor in exhibition of the animals they they should advice people before to buy tickets so no body wast there time in this place

Great place for taking photos and videos! Staff is very helpful and they make every effort to accommodate you!

Had a great time! Zoo layout could be more convenient, but there were a good amount of diverse animals

The saddest zoo I have ever seen. Not a big selection of animals at all. Some animals were not even in their cages. The lions were passed out probably heavily sedated. The one and only gorilla was so depressed he stayed in the same spot looking toward a wall for two hours. Prices are ridiculous. Some guy wanted $25 for a bubble gun?!! For preferred parking you have to have cash only and for most vendors you have to have cash only! The only cool thing was the flamingos.

It was a nice walk in a park ..
Saw a bunch of birds a lion, a couple of giraffes a few other small animals. But, where do they put the animals to sleep?? I'm not willing to pay again.

Fun times for the small ones. Arrive early to avoid the crowds and buy your tickets online. Bring your own water and snacks to save money.

We visited LA Zoo Lights, animals weren't awake and the lights nothing from the other world, very expensive for what we saw, I came from Guatemala

The Zoo gotten worse each time we visit. We went there a few times since we have annual membership but the animals seemed to be missing all the times, especially the elephants.

Friendly staff the zoo clean even with all the traffic of people

15 min. Before closing security was telling us that we need to leave because there were closing at 5pm ... understandable but come up..

Loved it.. we celebrated my 1 year old birthday there and truly was great .. every one wore facemasks guidelines were on point and staff was ver helpfull

If you plan on going more than twice a year get a membership.

The most amazing place with great staff and lots of animals.

Great to walk! I think to see everything you need about 4 hours! I thought the food is accessible! Although you can always bring your own food and drinks! If you visit in summer do not forget sun block, hat and lots of water!

I really like this zoo I would totally go again if you go when it's hot outside don't forget to take a spray bottle with water and wear a hat or take an umbrella I do recommend hopping on the shuttle so you can get around the park faster lots of different animals to see if you like the Living Desert in Palm Desert you will love the LA Zoo.

Lovely walks. Great reptile house. Komodo dragon. Baby snow leopards! Come on! What are you waiting for? Also pretty decent children's playground. Great elephant Pavilion, too. Come prepared to walk. There's a lot of ground to cover here. If you plan to come here more than once, get a membership. It'll pay for itself in two or three visits.

Impressive and speechless very beautiful and for me and the family

The nighttime event was colourful and beautiful. Initially three was a long line for the opening but we made it through efficiently and quickly. The reptile exhibit was opened and the merry go round was operating. They had kettle corn and hot chocolate to help with the harsh so-cal winter.

A lovely place to visit - I was very happy to see that many of the placards included information about the species location, behaviors, and level of endangerment. Some areas even included conservation efforts and how they're connected to worldwide organizations that are aimed at increasing species numbers. The keepers are caring and informative!

It was New Year illumination. We didn't see animals. Crowded too much.

We have our son, wife and two small grandchildren that live in LA, so the zoo is a must. They are members so I don't have to pay, but the fun is in all the new things there are to do each time we come to visit from the East coast. A stop at the Carousel is a must, and this time we visited the petting zoo, where they got to brush the goats and see how they live. Since they are young we don't last long, but we always have a great time!

Loved it! First time here. Lots of exhibits and the zoo itself is very large compared to others I have visited in other states. Lots of parking. Very clean. Be prepared for lots of walking. Food and restaurants scattered throughout which makes it nice

Some stuff is to expensive the up keep dosent look well the plants and the strollers are nasty

My grandson loves this place! We'll run, safe and clean.

Very poor this zoo, I really didn't like it at all.

Even with social distancing and we had to had an appointment to visit the Zoo. It was an amazing experience.... You have to go and see those beautiful animals.

Nice zoo, the condor conservation program is excellent