Brew at the Zoo — Local services in Akron

Disappointing experience. We heard about the Brew at the Zoo while out and decided to swing over. Purchased the VIP tickets for $50.00 each which you get a little more for, unfortunately, they did not tell us that it was closing in about an hour. Most of the brewers were out of some of their beers, food was picked over. We couldn't even get through half our beer sheet unless we wanted to get totally hammered. Yes, in part it was our fault, we should have asked when purchasing how much longer it was open but we have been to other events at Clv Zoo and just assumed it would be most of the night. When I spoke with the Director of Guest Experience (Jeanette) and told her of our disappointment, she said she would see what she could do, then never answered any of my future vjoicemails, making the experience even more disappointing. If you go only get the $35.00 tickets and purchase any additional beers on your own as well as food and GET THERE EARLY or you will be...

Not a lot of vendors. Beer selection was very minimal for each vendor. $35/person is definitely not worth it. It would be worth it if there was a lot more beer vendors and also more food vendors. The samples you get are very small as well. I expected a lot more for the price you pay and the line you have to stand in to just...

Each year it gets more disappointing. An hour into the event they were sold out of full size beer tickets. What?! Like how?! We weren’t even advised there was a limited amount. Additionally for all the money we paid that shouldn’t have been a thing. So disappointed in the zoo because we’ve gone to this event for the...