The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium Reviews

Great place to spend time with kids. Also all the animals are well maintained and healthy. Aquarium is a good place where you can touch few fish.

Came for a concert. Couldn't have enjoyed ourselves more!

What a great experience! There is a large variety of animals from around the world, each uniquely displayed. The interaction feeding the giraffes was a memorable experience for the children and a joy to watch for the adults. The overall experience of the park was top notch and the hidden gems like the garden and Lilly pond just added to the exceptional nature of the visit. I definitely plan on returning and will be looking into a membership next season.

Something for everyone. The best ZOO I've ever been to.

Great zoo with a friendly and helpful staff. My daughter always enjoys going.

My kids love this place is a great place to go to lights before Christmas are amazing just all-around nice family place

The staff were very friendly and informative. The animals were out and very entertaining. Looking forward to going again, especially for the lights at Christmas!!

I've grown up going to the Toledo Zoo! It's so nice to go to this world-class place with my kids and now my grandkids!!

Not enough adherence to social distancing guidelines. Very nice zoo, but inattentive situation.

Great upclose exhibits with a huge variety of creatures.

Fantastic zoo. Family friendly with exhibits that genuinely impress. We buy a membership every year and live an hour away, but it's absolutely worth it.

Don't let the small size fool you. This zoo is so much fun.

Great place to take the kids and see all the animals. Lots to do there to.

Went to music under the stars for free. What more can you ask.

Been awhile sense I had visited the Toledo Zoo. It was a nice experience to go back

Fun for everyone free for toledo residents with proof of id on mondays and alot of special events set up all year around had a blast there as a kod and loved showing my kids all the animals and events everytime we go food is a little price but we bring a cooler around with us to also beat the heat

Great zoo. Polar bears and hippos are fantastic, plus otters, giraffe feeding and other favorites!

Such a nice Zoo! Plenty of animals and exhibits, complete with a full aquarium and aviary. Really a gem of Toledo. If you visit Toledo, the zoo should certainly be in your list of things to do while in town

Best zoo in the mid west. Discounted admission for reciprocal zoo members (Detroit). Free admission for military. Great food options as well, but also plenty of picnic tables and an eating area for you to bring your own lunch to the zoo. We go at least once a year!

We had an awesome time at the Toledo zoo. The exhibits were great, especially the penguins and the aquarium. We drove all the way from Kalamazoo to see the elephants and they did not disappoint.

Our one serious problem was the food. We bought lunch from the Deli and while we were in line, there was an entire box of moldy sub buns sitting on the counter. They weren t just a little moldy either. This is very bad for someone like me because I am allergic to mold. We let the staff know and ordered our food anyway, trusting them to fix the issue.

When we received our sandwiches, there was no mold, but every bun and slice of bread (including the kids PB&J) was dried out, stale, and hard. Honestly, it was pretty gross. I tried to get in contact with someone from the Zoo, but no one returned my call.

I guess the lesson here is bring your own food and you will have a great time. For $60 worth of lunch, you might not find the food acceptable. We didn t.

I was not happy with my visit. All of the signs on the exhibits were rather worn down and most could not be read all the way through. However, there was no shortage of clear signs for food and souvenirs.

I thought a nice trip to the splash pad with my toddler would make up for the last of animal activity. However there was no supervision at all. There were 30 children running around ages 2-12 and ALL of the parents were 20 yards away on their phones. I had to scream for parenta when a handicapped boy was pushed over.

Overall a bad trip :-(

Fun clean zoo. Nice Aquarium and a museum of Zoological History too only one and a half hours away.

Nice Zoo. Go early so you can spend all day! Take your own sandwiches and drinks tho.

Great place to come in the off-season. We felt like we nearly had the whole place to ourselves.

Its been a great day at the Toledo zoo seen the light before Christmas with my wife

Lots of active animals. Loads of friendly people. Great place to go with loved ones.

Super disappointing, we traveled from Detroit area on the weekend. I made sure to read what was closed before going, unfortunatly they didn't list all the exhibits that were closed. The lines were INSANE, lines for everything, waited 45 minutes to get into the zoo, had to wait in line to see polar bears, didn't even attempt to wait in the line for the Aquarium since it wrapped around the building. Half hour wait in line for a drink, 20 minutes to wait for a bathroom. Penguin exhibit closed. So we literally got to see birds and monkeys. Bottom line, Toledo Zoo dropped the ball they clearly let too many people inside that they couldn't accomadate...

Not a bad zoo. Lots of walking, so come prepared. My grandparents came with only one of their mobility scooters and boy was that a huge mistake.
The time we went we didn t get to see many animals unfortunately... I understand that you can t always see them due to their sleeping habits or what have you. But it was somewhat of a bummer.
We prefer the Columbus zoo.

Its kinda early yet not everything was open yet but still a good time

We love our zoo! The best time to visit is 10AM during the week. The animals seem more lively and you avoid the annoying crowds.

The best zoo I have seen and visited throughout my life.

A little pricey for what they have and food and drinks are outrageous

Great place for an outdoor concert! Acoustics are awesome!

With the exception of the rain, the lights were spectacular. Did not get to see the acrobatics shows because they were unable to perform due to the weather.

Good zoo, nice aquarium, and remodeling almost finished on the other exhibit building. Worth the trip

Fantastic Zoo! I would highly recommend getting a membership - it truly does pay for itself in just two visits! Beautiful grounds to explore and plenty of fun extras like the Fall Festival and Lights before Christmas (which are both phenomenal)

We been first time and we love it. Every one was so excited, will go again

So many fascinating diplays and the whole place is great adventure.

Your Jeep's suck and if you are going to be no nice give us a refund and the police are lazy the people are doing legally things like hanging a flag higher than a U.S.A flag and they are hanging your feet out and it took us 40 min to pay and the lights are messed up

I love how close you can get to the actual animals and the aquarium is phenomenal!

It was a very hot, but an incredible day! I really enjoyed my time at the zoo and would suggest everyone go there.

Amazing zoo. Great attractions! Aquarium is still pretty new and pretty incredible. The ampetheater is amazing for concerts as well. Buying the zoo membership is well worth the money.

Very nice Zoo... smaller, so though can get through the whole thing...

Animal enclosures are very small. Employees not very friendly

We went on Labor Day weekend so it was rather crowded. We did not feel they handled the lines of people as well as they could have-it felt very disorganized and slow. As always the park was clean, the animals always seem well cared for and it is usually easy for adults and children to see the animal enclosures.

It's a fun time and easy to maneuver through. The animals are adorable as well!

The zoo is great but the hours are not. Can't take a child to the zoo after school. It's already closed. Only Sat and Sunday. I'm a member, still the number of times I could go are probably three or four. The food courts are not my favorites. The toys at the store are very pricy, but we put up with that because of the animals.

Went for the lights before Christmas. Amazing facility, cery clean.

We've been members for a few years. Membership is worth every penny. Highly recommend. Our toddlers are always excited to see all of the exhibits.

Always awesome! Gardens were beautiful..the polar bears were so playful!

It was great on a rainy day alot of thew animals were out surprisingly

Such a lovely zoo! We (2 adults) easily spent 3.5 hours and if we had the time could have spent more.

Awesome Zoo! If you are in town and have kids, I highly recommend it.

We just had the opportunity with our Cub Scout pack to do an overnight Safari trip. It was amazing. The zoo tour guides (Madison, Mitchell and Jess) were absolutely wonderful! You could tell they really enjoy their jobs and love the animals and kids.

The zoo not only gave us a private tour of several exhibits after hours and brought out several animals for the kids to learn about and even pet. But they also fed us pizza and gave us other snacks. We did a bonfire, had a wonderful breakfast the next day and toured a few more exhibits. The tour guides had the kids games at times where we would need to wait so the kids never knew that they were waiting. They were simply having fun.

We found the Zoo to be very well kept up, amazingly clean everywhere we went. The food they provided was more than enough for our group. I would highly highly recommend this the zoo as an overnight adventure to any group.

Peggy was also wonderful to work with, great with answering all my questions and always getting back to me in a timely manner. Overall this was a phenomenal experience!

We stopped at the sale on our way to a resort in Ohio I wasn't expecting much but I have to say I was quite impressed. They have an abundance of exotic animals both large and small many Interactive exhibits my children had a blast. The food was expensive like any other Zoo and basic but they had what we needed. The zoo is easy to navigate as there we're clearly posted signs and directions everywhere the Landscaping was beautiful and there were plenty of places to sit down and rest the exhibits themselves seem very well maintained and the staff was very friendly the price point was on par with most suicide I have visited and because they participate with the zoos and Aquariums Nationwide I was able to get a discount because I have a membership to another Zoo which I greatly appreciated

Made it through the gates quickly, plenty of parking, attentive employees

It was OK the Detroit zoo is better for animals but their flower garden far out does anything we have in Michigan

Great place. The reptile section could be better. The tiger was tired because of the heat and therefore we couldn't get a good view. The polar bear is awesome. The aquarium is great as well.

Great zoo! I would recommend getting a zoo membership its pays for itself after a couple trips

Love this zoo and the Aquarium, the aquarium can get very crowded in areas. Great place for kids, an area especially for them on hot days.

Love this zoo and how they have maintained the older architecture to the buildings. The new aquarium is fantastic. Christmas lights are great

Clean place, awesome Aquarium! Feeding the giraffes was super cool! Pricing a bit on the high side especially for food & drinks!

Love all the Ohio zoos! Toledo's was larger the Akron, but like the others, had great attractions and some animals you do not see in others ( Hippos and a Casseoary bird)! Love the atmosphere also!

Wonderful zoo with plenty of stuff to look at. Has splash pad waterpark and playground for kids. We are from Texas and were just visiting. It was beautifully laid out and very fun. We loved the seals and polar bear.