Columbus, Ohio | 4-Day 3-Night Trip 🧳 – Attractions & Food Guide

ATTRACTIONS 🏞️: 1️⃣ Columbus Zoo 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spend 3–4 hours exploring! Up close interactions and feeding sessions with stingrays ❤️🐟 2️⃣ High Street 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Stretching from E 5th Ave (North) to Vine St (South) — filled with shops and restaurants. Feels like the liveliest street in town! 📌 There’s an indoor food hall in the southern section with delicious Middle Eastern desserts — more below 👇 3️⃣ OSU (The Ohio State University) 🌟🌟🌟 Fun spotting delivery robots around campus! You’ll only see them in action on weekdays 🤖📦 FOOD 🍜: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Bonifacio 💵 ~$20 pp Rated 4.6 on Google — Filipino light meals 🇵🇭 Each meal comes with salad, meat, and flavorful rice (similar to Malaysian nasi lemak — aromatic but not oily) ✅ Must-try: Grilled Pork Belly Bowl — perfectly cooked, not too fatty 😋 Also available: beef, grilled ribs, tofu (vegetarian-friendly) 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Hofbräuhaus Columbus 💵 ~$30 pp Authentic German restaurant with great vibes 🍻 ✅ Must-try: Schweinshaxe (tender German pork knuckle) ✅ Wurstplatte — a sampler of three pork sausages (can also order individually) ❌ Most desserts are overly sweet — not recommended 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Lucky Dragon 💵 ~$25 pp — Chinese cuisine ✅ Shredded Duck with Bean Sprouts — aromatic wok-fried duck with carrots and scallions ✅ Lamb with Tofu Skin Hotpot or Beef Brisket Clay Pot — served over lettuce soaked in rich sauce — perfect with rice! ✅ Stir-fried Green Beans & Garlic Snow Pea Shoots ⭕ Salt & Pepper Chicken Wings — a bit overfried and dry 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Pacific Eatery (Xiang Yu Northeast) 💵 ~$30+ pp Serves both Hunan & Northeastern Chinese dishes ✅ Black Pepper Beef Cubes with Mushrooms — lightly fried and wok-tossed with spices — mild spice level ⭕ Crispy Fish Maw Hunan Style — too spicy for some, but the fish maw is crispy and flavorful ❌ Chicken Stew with Mushrooms — too much vermicelli, chicken pieces are too small 💡 Friends recommend: One Bowl Fragrance & Candied Sweet Potato 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Firdous Express — Middle Eastern Pastries 📍 Located inside North Market Downtown $3 each or $28/dozen ✅ Pistachio Date Pastry — crispy layers wrapped around date paste, topped with pistachios ✅ Pistachio Baklava — crispy filo filled with pistachios (less sweet version) ⭕ Classic Baklava — overly sweet 🌟🌟🌟 Cuppa Tea ❌ White Peach Oolong (30% sugar) — tasted bland and watery 🍑💧 Let me know if you’d like a version optimized for Instagram, Xiaohongshu, or a blog! 😊 #ColumbusOhio #TravelGuide #Foodie #OhioState #ZooAndEats #InternationalCuisine