Plan your visit
Food & drink
Planning your snacks & lunch
You have the option to eat with us here at the zoo’s African Café & conservatory Tea rooms, or you are welcome to bring your own food with you to eat in our designated picnic areas.
The African Café
The African Café & conservatory Tea rooms seat approximately 130 people. The seating is conveniently located at the entrance and exit to the zoo.
The café opens at 10.00am for drinks and snacks. Hot food service begins at 11.30 – 2.30pm.
Take away food and drinks are available and an outside open-air patio (which offers cool summer shade under grape vines and wisteria) is nearby that can seat another 30 people around circular picnic benches.
Baby chairs are available. The eating areas are accessible for wheelchair users, as well as push chairs.
Seasonal Menu
Burgers
Served on a white bap with salad garnish, chips and 2 x ketchups. Extra ketchup available @ 15p each.
Paninis
Served with salad garnish & tortilla chips.
Baguettes (hot)
Jacket potatoes
Served with salad garnish & butter portion
Other meals
Kids meal deals
Served with a carton of drink. Choose from apple juice, orange juice, strawberry milk or chocolate milk. Burgers served on a floured bap
Cold drinks
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Cans
£1.90Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Tango, Dr Pepper, Sprite
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Cartons
£1.50Apple, orange juice, chocolate milk, strawberry milk
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Bottled water
£1.80Still or sparkling
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Simply fruity
£1.90Blackcurrant, orange, apple & strawberry
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Oasis
£1.90Blackcurrant, citrus fruit, summer fruits
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Luscombe
£3.75Sicilian lemonade, St. Clements, elderflower, ginger beer, lime crush, raspberry crush
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Capri Sun
£2.99 -
Glass of milk
£1.50
hot drinks
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Tea
£2.75 -
Herbal / Fruit tea
£2.95 -
Americano (black coffee)
£2.90 -
White coffee
£3.20 -
Flat white
£3.20 -
Latte
£3.20 -
Cappuccino
£3.20 -
Espresso
£3.20 -
Double espresso
£3.45 -
Mocha
£3.55 -
Hot chocolate
£3.25 -
Hot chocolate
£3.55With marshmallows or cream
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Hot chocolate
£4.05With marshmallows & cream
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Chocco milk
£1.95
Scones
- Our ham is produced and cured locally
- Our 4oz beefburger is from local National Park farmers
- We only use tuna that is from sustainable sources
- All our tea and coffee is sustainably sourced
- Only vegetable oil is used in our cooking and is recycled
- Our takeaway containers are fully biodegradable
- Our takeaway boxes, tubs & wooden cutlery are recyclable
Picnic areas
The zoo has several picnic areas. You are more than welcome to bring your own picnic lunches. An undercover picnic area is situated next to the playground and can be served by the Snack Shack in main summer school holiday term times.