Ive visited this zoo for over 10 times now and I will keep coming back. Sitting in the center of Manhattan and surrounded by skyscrapers, this zoo has its unique character. The exhibits are diverse (considering the size) and well maintained. The staff are professional and polite. The sea lion feeding time is a high light but all the exhibits are worthy for both visitors and locals.

Everyone tells you how big Central Park is, but you can never really understand until you’re there! Everything is so much better than you can imagine! It’s so big and clean and refreshing. The trails are a work of art in the way that they work with the landscaping to make it feel more organic and not like someone just cut flat trails. You really need an entire day (or 2!) to really see everything here. Lots of paths for walking, running, or biking mean it’s easy to get some good exercise in while seeing a beautiful park.

This zoo used to be nice. A lot of changes happened recently. White bear was replaced. Fewer attractions and no shows. Food court is abandoned after covid and food is pricey. You can eat in, but nobody cleans the tables.

Employees were polite. The animals are amazing and you can get up close and personal with the exotic birds. They are makijg ppl wear the masks for the covid but its for your safety so its ok. They have food but its a bit expensive. You can also bring your own food from home if you want to.

Visited Saturday October 3, 2020. First visit to New York City. Beautiful area in the midst of the city. Fairly clean for NYC. Friendly & helpful staff. Warning: the public restroom near kids playground area was horribly dirty & would not recommend! The clean restroom near the Cafe closes at 5PM. I recommend using the public restroom at the Oculus Center. There is plenty to see and enjoy at Central Park without spending a dime. Lots of street entertainment from giant bubbles to musicians. Pretty views. Relaxing spot to escape the hustle & bustle.

Its really nice here. I got my ticket from a kiosk at the zoo entrance. The ticket gave me access to both the main zoo and the childrens zoo. There is a tropical area, an enclosure for penguins, bears and several other animals. Make sure you see the snow leopard, absolutely beautiful and elusive.

It was my mom and I first time at the Central Park Zoo. It was fun

Great place to visit and bring your children for a nice and fun trip. There were so many animals to see in the water and on land. The employees were friendly and were helpful if you had any questions or concerns. Beautiful scenery and the park is large its not too crowded and they are open everyday. I would recommend reserving your tickets ahead of time online. Overall great experience.

Its much smaller than I thought but its a nice little walk and the penguins were so cool to see.

Its not very big but the entrance fee is reasonable. We had a lovely time.

Great place to spend time with family and friends! Kids will definitely love this place! There are lots of friendly and adorable animals! The staffs are super friendly too! You can grab some snacks while wondering around the zoo! Many people are visiting this place and mostly they are with kids. I had fun when I got the chance to visit here! I recommend this place to visit and bring your children with you!

I love coming to the Central Park Zoo! Its really such a treat to have this little sanctuary in the middle of the busy city. Being a small zoo, they have a variety of wonderful species such as grizzly bear, snow leopard, red panda, and snow monkeys. The tropical bird house is spectacular and always a fun experience with the birds moving freely. Pinguin and seal/sea lion feedings are always a pleasure. Coming to the zoo is just such a quintessential New York experience. We come at least once a year and it is always wonderful and memorable! Dont forget to stop by the gift shop and get something special while supporting the zoo.

I always love strolling around the Central Park Zoo. It’s smaller than some other NYC zoos such a the Bronx Zoo so its much less overwhelming in my experience. You can see a really good variety of animals in beautiful enclosures in an average 2-3 hours. This makes it popular for parents with small children or anyone looking to enjoy some time at the zoo without committing to spending their whole day there.

This zoo is extremely big with lots of open spaces for kids to play and eat Lunch. The reptile house is very Interesting for smaller kids to browse and gaze at exotic reptiles. The Savannah Area of the zoo is extremely large which is great for browsing the bigger animals. The cafe is great offering a variety of food and drinks. The only thing that is a little too much is the prices but they are manageable. The gift shop is also superb offering thoughtful gifts that relate directly to the zoo itself. Seeing as it’s one of New York’s busiest tourist attraction, you will definitely enjoy a day spent here especially if blessed with good weather. The staff here seem very trained and know what they are doing at all times. They frequently host seal shows in which is captivating for the audience and offers some further knowledge into the animals and their way of life in the zoo. Overall the experience in this zoo is very pleasant and the place is always clean with many bins to choose from. The best times to visit the zoo are on the weekends and between 10 am and 4 pm. Great zoo thank you. I’m gonna need to get you a free coffee.

If you want to have a good time with the kiddos while in NYC, then you have to come to the park! It isnt huge but it definitely has some cool animals! They have some pretty cool sea lions and tigers and birds. I love how its a small sanctuary in the middle of the city. Definitely something worth checking out, especially with children!

Big enough to spend with your children in the city. There is a tropical house, grizzly bear exhibit and a penguin house. The animals seem to be well cared for. The center piece of the zoo is the sea lion pool. During COVID there were pockets where social distancing was not always enforced by staff, specifically on lines to enter indoor exhibits like the penguin house.

Small zoo but very nice. Kids loved the penguins. It was over all clean and organized. Mask required on everyone and sanitizing stations throughout the zoo.

My sons enjoyed themselves as always. I am grateful they take precaution due to the corona virus seriously. Felt safe and enjoyable.

Many a fond memory of the family enjoying this zoo. The zoo relies quite a bit on fundraising so I hope everyone in NYC does their part to keep this asset running for generations to come.

I love going to the Central Park zoo!! It’s super fun the staff is nice and it’s great. The food is a bit overpriced so you should buy food in another place or pack a snack :)

First time visiting Central Park Zoo for both my daughter and I so have to say even with the required mask coverings it was a relatively easy and good experience.

Been here so many times and always love coming back. Its best when the kids are little, because relatively small. But, it sure brings back memories to our own childhoods and also there is so much to do in the immediate area. Highly recommend!

Small zoo, but lovely exhibits, particularly sea lions, penguins, Grizzlies, and birds. My family loves visiting this spot in the heart of the city.

Very nice, small, zoo. The experience here is not about visiting and seeing animals as this is not the biggest zoo around. Its about the walking around in Central Park and watching people around.There is couple of closed-room, temperature-controlled exhibits like the Tropical room, or the Penguin show.The best (fun) one is the sea lions. Nice show! Try to get there at 3:30 for the feeding session, which has a very nice show with staff feeding and playing with sea lions.

A wonderful small zoo located inside of Central Park. We love the sea lion show!! The harbour seals are fun to watch during their feeding as well. Our other favorite exhibits are the red pandas, snow leopards and penguins.

Somewhat small zoo but really nice place to spend an hour or two , staff are courteous and park is clean

Back to business with COVID precautions. The friends from the zoo are still here and you can visit them. Need to get online pre ordered tickets but if there is availability the ticket office will work as well. Cafeteria is open as well. Restrooms are available. Petting corner/zoo is active too. Reduced rated were in effect while we were there. Including a significant reduction on a yearly membership.

Very nice zoo. We had a great time. Lots of different animals and birds. They also have different shows where they feed the sea lions.

Mornings cutting thru the park here are peaceful. Covid makes it quieter than ever so no real crowds to see the seals at the entrance

Handsome place to visit. Naturally you will speak with the animals. All of them seems to me be very cared and that because the looking healthy and fit. Thanks for the accident i saw it in real life! :)

Nice Little Zoo open during these crazy times. Everyone was nice and safe. Will go back again.

Small Zoo, but you are very close to the wildlife. I have visited twice and was impressed bith times.

Cute little zoo for quick visits. Try to go during the week to avoid the crowd. The sea lions are very friendly.

Good place. My daughter like it. In my opinion they should bring more american animals like the bison and mountain lion. Birds like the bold eagle and more, but in overall it is great place.

Not crowded, and a fun experience overall. So many animals were out. The kids got to view the sheep/ alpaca getting weighed at the childrens zoo, which was fun. The line for the penguin enclosure was long, so we didnt visit, but we saw the sleeping grizzly bear, the swimming harbor seals, the funny red panda and cranes, etc.

Decent size for the first zoo trip for a 2 year old. Nice and pleasing walk to see wild animals. We loved it. Our daughter too. Definitely will be back.

“Last Easter break I tried to go to the Zoo, but the person working the ticket booth told my assistant there were ‘already too many animals here.’ How charming! As an advocate for the American worker I candidly love a good, folksy, joke!” — Ivanka Trump

Going there during the week, we pretty much had the place to ourselves. The penguin and tropical pavilions are favorites, and we made sure to stop by and have a good look. The sea lions were playing and cavorting in the pool, and while there are no timed feedings so as to avoid crowds, there were a few onlookers outside the zoo enjoying the sea lions right alongside us.

Has some lovely animals but being a relatively small site I felt some of the animals suffered with small enclosures and not a lot of room to move around. The tropical rainforest house was amazing with some truly stunning birds.

Lovely little zoo with so many nice animals! Particularly enjoyed the penguin exhibit!

Really small but cute park, tickets have to reserved during specific times

Find the bench wedding gift someone gave to Donald and Melania. Lots of fun benches to read their inscriptions. Strawberry Fields is kind of underwhelming. Tip the musicians, they need to make a living.

I love this zoo! I came for the first time today and adored it. The size makes it charming, and if you forgo the 4d movie thing it’s only $14 a person and well worth it! I loved the tropic section which is nice and warming on a cold day, and the snow leopard, red pandas and grizzly bears were BEAUTIFUL to observe. I’m so happy to have gotten to see them! I love that this zoo is an accredited member of the association of zoo and aquariums because it reassured me that these animals are taken care of and treated very well. The zoo itself has to be held to high standards to be a member. I find this all the more reason to enjoy yourself here and enjoy a nice stroll through the zoo and then the rest of the beautiful Central Park.

Small, but excellent zoo, well curated part of the bigger NYC zoos network.

Great experience. It is a small zoo but very nice visit. But someone might have thrown a plastic bottle inside the space of the birds

Zoo was smaller than I expected but fun.

A great little zoo in the heart of New York City’s Central park. Not the biggest zoo you will have ever visited but enough to get you through 90 mins or so. A good ensemble of animals to look at, all of which looked very well looked after. Staff were friendly and helpful and the place was clean and tidy. Well worth a visit.

We had a guide who clearly loved and was passionate about all of the animals. They were all rescued in one way or another and the up close encounters are as good as they advertise. My favorite was jaws the american aligator!

I absolutely love watching the zookeepers feed the seals at 11:30am, 1:30pm and 3:30pm. The clever animals do all sorts of tricks. They really want to earn that chow!

Small but worth it...long lines for the penguins but the tropic exhibit was awesome. Good place to see some animals that you wouldnt get to see and Im amazed about the habitats they have for them. Good educational place for kids and adults alike to learn about different climates and habitats of different animals.

I loved all of the animals. The only sad part was that the snow leopard didnt want to come out. I especially enjoyed the open bird room in the tropical area. A beautiful parrot flew down onto the railing and posed for pictures.

Great place. Well maintained. Not too long to walk around with kids

This is an amazing place all year round. People give performances, you can rent a boat to go on the lake, and so many places to explore. Go on nice walks, visit the zoo, or bring a picnic/blanket and just relax.There are also two amazing museums to visit. The Met and The American museum of Natural History. (More than those 2 to see in that area)

Since a kid I have visited this zoo, yet it never gets old! Seals, penguins, toucans, turtles. The animals are well-nourished and appear lively. The zoos pricing is decent. There are numerous benches for those tired out by walking through the zoo.

The workers are nice! It was our first time there and for you to have to stand in line to get into each area there wasnt much to see. Currently unable to feed animals at the childrens zoo. It was ok for something to do to get out of the house for smaller kids.

A conveniently located zoo with a variety of interesting animals in a nice organized yet seemingly wild environment. Easy to walk around and not too many steep paths. The animals are usually out and about and its easy to see them all.

Very clean and socially distanced during weekday. Great accessibility with stroller. Some exhibits have stroller parking. If your young one cannot walk yet highly recommend also bringing carrier

Great day out! I loved every minute of it and there is so much to see. Definitely give it a look!

When I was a kid, this zoo seemed gigantic. Nice little place to watch some seals do tricks. Watch snow monkeys look at me like a monkey. Still love coming here and always will.

Microclimate in NYC. Kids loved this place. Fun place to be. Purchased the tickets at the Kiosk. Don’t have to do it online. 8/18/2020

I liked this park they have a pet zoo for kids to interact with adorable.the staff is alert to us using are Mask i in joy.walking around the place look small but they have a good amount of animals to see.now what did not like was the eating area is so open nice but you can in joy a drink or a meal animals come for your food some are aggressive they will attack for your food.if they could only keep less of them outside it would be a great experience.

We loved this quaint zoo.From the sea lions to the snow leopards, from the red pandas to the exotic birds and the bears.

Kids favorite place family time

Had the opportunity to visit the zoo while there was light snowing. All the animals were great to see. Out door attractions still were view able despite the weather.

Great day out. I loved every bit of it. Definitely recommend this place.

Pretty zoo. Very small so its great for young kids. They are doing what they can to follow current covid recommendations

Not much to see but for the price it was decent

Perfect small zoo for my 14 month old baby.

We loved the zoo. It was amazing, not too expensive and worth the visit!! It was fun. Make it a stop when you visit NYC

Too short.. We need more animalsBut it was great

Unfortunately this place is closed but it opens its a great place for some family fun. Ive been here a couple times with my kids and its always a great time.

Beautiful Zoo! Its kind of small, theres not too many animal exibits.

The zoo is fairly small which is good for kids as it doesnt require a whole lot of walking to keep them entertained. All of the animals are within close proximity of each other. I loved the Red Panda and Rain Forest exhibits.

We loved it. Doesnt take very long to go through, and the prices reflected that. Managed to get some cool shots of the of all sorts of unique animals, reptiles birds. All sorts. Would highly recommend, especially for families. Be patient and youll get some great shots.

Seemed like a good value for the price - $50 for two kids and one adult gave you access to all parts of the zoo, for the whole day. The animals all looked healthy and were very interesting. We had a great time

Americas most underrated zoo, by far. Red Tree Pandas are my favorite, though you have to visit for the Snow Leopards. The bears enclosure is a personal favorite, and the penguin encounter is not an experience to be missed. Children also tend to love the rainforest-esque room, nestled right beside the arctic monkeys. Overall such a gem hidden in the park

Spent about 2 hours walking around. Saw the penguin and sealion feeding. Watched a 10 min 4d movie which was cute. Kids would love it. Ended the trip with dip n dots. If you purchase online you get a discount.

A small zoo, but a great way to kill time if youre hanging out near Central Park. We randomly decided to go after attending an event at Central Park. The bears were probably my favorite because their enclosure is really cool. I also really liked the penguins. We even went to the childrens zoo which was cool because you get to be super close to cute animals like alpacas, goats and whatnot. I hadnt been since I was a kid, so I really enjoyed myself.

Its a nice little zoo, but for being in the heart of Manhattan, I expected something bigger. Aside from that, the staff were friendly and helpful and the animals were cute.

Good place for a quick visit. Its a small zoo. I went early with my kids to avoid the huge crowd. It was getting so crowded halfway through our visit. My kids had fun, especially with the 4D movie and the Seal feeding. 4D was only 10 min, but it is a medium size room and other people need to see it too, but go early for that one. When our turn was done, the line was very long. When i went there was only 4 families in front of us. Only animal we missed was the snow leopard.. It was 88 degrees.. Animal was probably like O hell no lol

Same thing this place is great come to the zoo its beautiful its very clean just come you wont be disappointed I guaranteed it you would love it

If youre looking for something fun and quick in the New York City area, either on your own or with the little ones... Central Park Zoo is it. Its a pretty small Zoo but great to visit. This Zoo isnt overwelming or overpriced, has plenty of clean Restrooms, and its own Cafe and gift shop with vendors within the Zoo area selling various items. It has beautiful exhibits that include magnificent Snow Leopards, Grizzly Bears, Penguins, Sea Lion, and much more. A 4D Movie Theater, and Childrens petting Zoo section where the kids can feed Goats, Sheep, Rabbits, Alpacas, and a Cow. The staff is welcoming, informative, and friendly, Overall I had a wonderful experience my kid loves this place and we would make more visits in the future.

Very big place, me and my kids got to walk around for almost 4 hours! Very nice animals, fed very well we loved it!

Nice zoo very close to the Indian consulate general. Had wanted to visit this place ever since I watched Madagascar. There are no lions or zebras or even hippos but they have a nice tropical section with a variety of birds and reptiles, a grizzly, couple of seals and the sea lion show is quite good.

This is a lovely little Zoo at the southern end of Central Park. It is small but its exhibits are very good. It has a particularly nice rainforest exhibit. Other animal highlights include sea lions, monkeys, polar bears, penguins and show leopard. It also has a 4D theater and childrens zoo. Basis for the city zoo in the animated movie Madagascar.

The zoo is small but they do utilize every square inch they have. The enclosures appear to be stimulating enough for the animals given the small location. The staff are friendly and are readily available with fun facts about all the animals, which is great. I do suggest going right when they open because it will get packed with visitors. The tropical animal exhibit was my favorite!

It was a nice little zoo! Prices are reasonable for the limited size and sprawl of the zoo, the kiddie zoo was fun too! All and all, a fun time for a reasonable cost.

A jewel in the Central Park!

A small but very nice zoo. Loved the penguins and the birds sections. Some sections were under construction, but I enjoyed what they had available. Well maintained and taken care of.

This zoo is easily doable in about an hour. It’s hidden within Central Park. The zoo itself is a bit small, but I think $14 per adult is a reasonable price. Maybe I’ll come back when they get different animals. No lion, zebra, hippo, or giraffe like the movie Madagascar!

Very clean food atmosphere, adhering to social distancing as best as you can with kids and it being park. Still think it is pricy but work it for the kids.

Greasy place to relax and enjoy time with the family AMD kids

Great place to visit. I was really amazed on those beautiful and cool spots.

Enjoyed going here; the animals are so amazing and cute. Very nice even though it a small zoo

Really has improved since I was a kids. Great place to bring the kids.

Snow leopards, snow monkeys, playful seals, tropical birds interactive exhibit are all great

Amazing place, with a tonne of beautiful animals looked after superbly. Price was fair at $12. The zoo is lovely to walk around with a young family!

Nice place to spend a couple of hours but the zoo is quite small and does not have a large selection of animals. If you have children there is a section that is very nice for younger children including a petting area and feeding stations. Good experience for me and my wife on our honeymoon but wish it as a bit bigger

The zoo if definitely on the smaller side, but because its located in Central Park it gives it so much more creditability. A must see if you have the time. You can see the whole park in less than 2 hours.

Its very conveniently located in central park, easy access via subway.The zoo is well maintained and clean.However, is a very small zoo, very few animals, and the view us not ideal, snow leopards and bears are hard to see if they dont feel like showing themselves...Good thing its located in central park, so you can always spend time there as well.The price seems high for the limited value.