Lakeside Café at Saint Louis Zoo

Spacious, kid-friendly casual dining area with a lovely lakeside patio. The service was fast, even on an event day, so they staff it properly. Perfect menu for kids / family.

For park food it was good and there were enough options to please my whole group. I liked the quickness of it as well as I thought they were one of the most reasonably priced spots in the zoo.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 4

A shockingly good grilled chicken sandwich. Get one!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food is ok, but very expensive for what you get.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

We had lunch here while visiting the Zoo with friends and I was impressed.

This is a large building that I expected to be really crowded given the amount of people at the zoo the Sunday we visited, but there were no lines, seating was easily found, it was clean, and the prices were fair.

We purchased Ceasar salads, drinks, and chips and they were extremely fair priced and tasted great. Fresh ingredients inside and good quality chicken.

We found seats outside overlooking the lake and had a great lunch.

A win! I'd def. eat here again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Saint Louis Zoo is such a beautiful place. The workers, keepers, interns, specialists, and customer service teams are always knowledgeable, helpful, and caring. Thank you for always making our visits so memorable. ♥️

There's so much to enjoy about the St. Louis Zoo, show up and you'll see what I mean. It's a great experience for the whole family, everybody there are really nice too.

All in all, the food was good. It was fresh and that’s a plus. The only thing I suggest is if you’re told it’ll be 5 mins, that you stand there and wait. Otherwise you’ll have to start over at the end of the line to get to your food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It's the Zoo! They're awesome!

Dietary restrictions: They have GF options available and take every measure to make sure that the customer is safe.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grilled Chicken Meal

About what you would expect for food at a zoo, but the lines went quick, the people were nice. I'm glad that we brought our own straws and cutlery. We got the burger combo plus a side of cheese for about $13 not a bad price, imo.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger with Fries

Zootoberfest! Great beers and great food. Especially good is the German Potato Salad- I was half expecting the popular canned variety, but this is not that!
Very good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Really $15 to $25 a person

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Food was good but SUE was very rude, kept moving my $150 stroller(I would’ve moved it if needed). Kept messing with our table and chairs while we were eatting and making us feel unwanted in the cafe. Very disappointed in my experience today.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 2

The staff was so friendly! The pretzel and the French toast sticks were the best I’ve ever had in my life! The breakfast croissant with the sausage was delicious! We’re excited to try the lunch next time

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Jumbo Pretzel & Cheese

First time getting the breakfast here and it is good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5