The animals are cool…but the food is luxurious! Our first time at Calgary Zoo and we wanted to take in a full and beautiful dining lunch experience. And the AC was an attractive option too in the hot heat of a summer day. The zoo has tons of walking so coming here for your lunch is something I would definitely recommend. The menu had so many delightful options we had a hard time deciding but ALL of the dishes we ordered ended up being incredible!

The service was good. The layout was a little awkward with the bathrooms being right by the kitchen door so I felt like I was constantly seeing almost crashes from the staff and people just coming out of the bathrooms. But the restaurant itself is finely decorated, we enjoying the TVs showing close ups on some of the zoo animals. The kids menu had coloring and animal trivia. And the cocktail menu had so many local and unique drinks.

Onto the food! The kids had chicken fingers and fries, portions were large and it came with ice cream as a dessert. We ordered the Lethbridge Farms Pork Belly ($19) Chinook honey spicy gochujang sauce and crunchy noodles - amazing! Tender and so flavourful! And the other shareable we ordered were the Brussel Sprouts ($16) maple bourbon, pickled red onions, almonds, pomegranate seeds, zoo-grown pea shoots, and smoked paprika, aioli. - magical! Wow the flavors were elegant and so elevated! The fresh pea shoots were also on the Pork belly and I loved them so much. And From the Garden we also ordered the Poke Bowl ($21) and added tiger prawns ($9): crispy tofu, avocado, edamame, red cabbage, mango, soya ginger lime emulsion, togarashi aioli, and zoo-grown microgreens. Fresh! And flavourful! A very filling portion. It seems like you can’t go wrong with anything you order here.