From breakfast to lunch to mid-day snacks and dinner, Colchester Zoo has everything to kill your cravings!
The zoo provides a unique culinary experience amidst nature and wildlife, which is worth experiencing.
Colchester Zoo has a total of 16 restaurants and smaller kiosks offering a wide range of food and drink options.
These food outlets offer gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan dietary options as well.
Almost all the restaurants in the zoo provide toilet and baby change facilities and bottle warming on request.
Here is a list of restaurants in Colchester Zoo with their timings and what they offer on the menu.
Penguini’s Restaurant
Location: Near Kids’ Safari play area
Opening time: 9.30 am
Seating: Indoor or outdoor
Food options: Breakfast, pizza, pasta, full meals, snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Hot and cold food and drinks
The Gourmet Sausage
Location: Next to Australian Rainbows
Opening time: 10.30 am
Seating: Takeaway only
Food options: Sausages, chips, snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Hot and cold food and drinks
Meerkat Hangout
Location: Near Lion Rock
Opening time: 9.30 am
Seating: Outdoor undercover
Food options: Snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Hot and cold food and drinks
The Waterhole
Location: Next to the Elephant Kingdom
Opening time: 10.30 am
Seating: Outdoor
Food options: Snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Hot and cold food and drinks
Ice Cream Parlour
Location: Next to Southern Kitchen
Seating: Outdoor undercover
Food options: Ice cream, slush, snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Cold food, including hot and cold drinks
Outpost Coffee Lounge
Location: Inside the Outpost Gift Shop
Seating: Indoor or takeaway
Food options: Snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Hot and cold food and drinks
Safari Shack Shop
Location: Next to the Elephant paddock
Seating: Outdoor
Food options: Snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Cold food, including Hot and cold drinks
Facilities: Kiosk only
Scoop and Go
Location: Near Aardvark Burrow
Seating: Outdoor undercover
Food options: Ice cream, slush, snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Cold food Hot and cold drinks
Snack Shack
Location: Next to Penguini’s Restaurant
Seating: Outdoor
Food options: Snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Hot and cold food and drinks
Southern Kitchen
Location: Near Chimpanzee Lookout indoor area
Seating: Indoor or outdoor
Food options: Full meals, snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Hot and cold food and drinks
Spirit
Location: Inside Kingdom of the Wild
Seating: Indoor
Food options: Snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Cold food, including Hot and cold drinks
Sweet Shop
Location: Next to Meerkat Hangout
Seating: Takeaway only
Food options: Sweets, slush, Mr. Whippy, snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Cold food, including Hot and cold drinks
Facilities: Kiosk only
Tiger Taiga
Location: Next to Tiger Taiga enclosure
Seating: Outdoor
Food options: Chips, chicken bites, snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Hot and cold food and drinks
NEW! Wrap and Roll
Location: Near Aardvark burrow
Seating: Outdoor undercover
Food options: Wraps, slush, snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Hot and cold food and drinks
Slush Station
The Slush Station operates only during the summer season.
Location: Next to the outside pool of Playa Patagonia Sealions
Seating: Outdoor
Food options: Slush and pre-wrapped ice creams
Hot or cold: Cold food and drinks
Facilities: Kiosk only
Naughty and Nice
Naughty and Nice operates only during the summer season.
Location: Next to Dragons of Komodo
Seating: Outdoor
Food options: Snacks, treats, and drinks
Hot or cold: Cold food. Hot and cold drinks
Facilities: Kiosk only
Picnic at Colchester Zoo
The Colchester zoo has a lot of places to sit and eat indoors and outdoors in open and undercover areas.
You can bring home-cooked food and share it with your family and friends, or get some food packed from food takeaway outlets close to the exit gate of the zoo.