Lakeside Café at Saint Louis Zoo

1 Government Dr, St. Louis
(314) 781-0900

Recent Reviews

Jasyoucan

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

Thaibao Le

The price is a bit high, 12usd per cake

Melvin Joseph

I had lunch with kids there. Nice service and meal was good. Kids liked their fries and hotdogs.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grilled Chicken Meal, Chicken Strip Meal, French Fries

nita3942

First time getting the breakfast here and it is good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rick Krueger

Service extremely slow waited almost 30 minutes for 2 orders of pancakes and they were like rubber

Emory Kempf

Eat here if it prevents you from getting too hungry while at the zoo. The food is poor, and that’s unfortunate. Surely there’s not a law that says the food at a zoo should be both expensive and have poor taste.

Marina Pursley

My husband and I stopped in to get an early lunch before we kept exploring the rest of the zoo. Food was tasty and service was fast. As always ?

Logan B

One of the slowest lines I’ve ever been in. Half the customers left after waiting too long and that’s the only reason it got shorter. It was almost impressive how little the line moved.

Alex Burks

Not the worst food, but mediocre to the point of being inedible. Great zoo, deserves better food. I say that they should feed the current stock to the animals and reconfigure the menu. : - )

James Baker

Went for breakfast with my wife and 88 year-old mother in law. We called ahead to see what food offerings there were for breakfast because mom is on a soft food only diet because of her age and condition. She can't chew food so I have to mill everything for her. We ordered her a scrambled egg and wanted to just order a single pancake but the server said "No, we aren't doing that, you have to buy a stack." We explained why we just needed one pancake and offered to pay for a stack but she refused saying, "No, we don't do that." So we get a stack and the pancakes are huge. Big enough to make 9 servings for mom if we cut them into 1/3's. She eats about 6 oz. of food per meal as she weighs a whopping 88lbs and is 4' 8" tall and in a wheelchair. I think the menu should allow for a true "Child's or Senior" menu. It was a complete waste of food since we ended up throwing half the egg and 2 & 1/2 pancakes in the garbage so we could walk around and enjoy our day. The food was tasty but the unwillingness of the young lady behind the counter to simply help us in avoiding such a waste of food give us pause to eat there again. It's a big deal, food waste, and simply allowing someone to order a smaller portion of food would be a good practice. I don't care what the cost is but I don't think everyone walks around with a cooler full of ice to store leftovers in for 5 hours while walking around the zoo while pushing an 88 year old around in a wheelchair.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

pamela Davenport

The food is delicious there and that's a family place to goKid-friendliness: They have good kids meun

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Asifbhai Huddani

Fries, nachos and burger are really good and hot. Little busy but not that much.They don’t give Cup lead and straw (great by Coca-Cola). Please stop providing Heinz catchup, mustard, mayonnaises and relish small plastic packets and save environment.

A H

A clean, air conditioned area to grab lunch. The cafè, including the kitchen, seating area, and bathrooms were clean. Prices were a little higher, but reasonable when considering this was at a zoo that is free. Staff were friendly.Kid-friendliness: Kids meals available

Koren Tarwater

The food in here is so good. Of all the zoos we have visited, this one has the best and most options and it's all so delicious

monica davis

I love going to the St Louis Zoo but the only thing I don't like is that the prices of their food is outrageous but I guess that makes up for getting in free

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Lakeside Café at Saint Louis Zoo

1 Government Dr, St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 781-0900