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 with salad garnish & chips
Paninis & Toasties
Served with salad garnish & tortilla chips.
Toasties available on white or brown bread.
Jacket potatoes
Served with salad garnish & butter portion
Sandwiches (hot)
Sandwiches available on white or brown bread.
Sandwiches (cold)
Sandwiches available on white or brown bread.
Baguettes (hot)
Other meals
Kids meal deals
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Hot meal and a carton drink
£6.25Choose from one of the below:
3 Chicken nuggets & chips 3 Quorn nuggets & chips (v) 2 Fish fingers & chips 1 sausage & chips 1 Quorn sausage & chips (v) Beef burger (2oz) & chips Cheese burger (2oz) & chips Chicken burger & chips -
Picnic bag
£6.251 sandwich (cheese or jam)
1 carton drink
4 items from chilled selection -
Chips (kids portion)
£2.75 -
Cheesy chips (kids portion)
£3.75
Cold drinks
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Cans
£1.90Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta, Dr Pepper, Sprite
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Cartons
£1.35Apple, orange juice, chocolate milk, strawberry milk
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Bottled water
£1.70Still or sparkling
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Flavoured bottled water
£1.90Lemon & lime, forest fruits, strawberry
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Simply fruity
£1.90Blackcurrant, orange, apple & strawberry
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Bottle green
£3.15Crispy apple & raspberry
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Oasis
£2.95Blackcurrant, citrus fruit, summer fruits
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Luscombe
£3.45Sicilian lemonade, St. Clements, elderflower, ginger beer, lime crush, raspberry crush
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Capri Sun
£2.95 -
Glass of milk
£1.40
hot drinks
Scones
- Our Ham is produced and cured locally.
- Our 4oz Beef burger is from local National Park farmers.
- We only use Tuna that is from sustainable sources.
- All our takeaway boxes, tubs and wooden cutlery are recyclable.
- Our takeaway containers are fully biodegradable.
- All our Tea and Coffee is fairly traded.
- Only vegetable oil is used in our cooking and is recycled.

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.