The Watering Hole- San Diego Zoo Safari Park

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   Michael

   VIP

   Grand Rapids

   57 reviews

   5.0

   57 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Really great food and how do you beat the setting.
   

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   Susan

   VIP

   New Orleans

   42 reviews

   3.0

   42 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   This restaurant has an awesome view of the Savannah at Safari Park and that is the main reason that I go there. They changed their menu and they have no vegan options. However, they were willing to remove the salmon from the salad and discount the price of it. They are under staffed so their service was really slow. It took about 45 minutes to get our food, but our waiter was very nice. I would like to advise them to put salads on the menu where you can add your protein instead of having to have them remove it and figure out how much to discount it. I’ll probably continue to go there, but it would be nice if they could just at least have one vegan item on their menu.
   

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   Colin

   San Diego

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Great location, good food and amazing views. Only complaint is food took a while about 40 minutes for 2 club sandwiches.
   

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   Nadine

   Nashville

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   This Resturant has great views. Some animals roam while you’re eating. The food isn’t the greatest, but worth the price for the view.
   

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   james

   New Mexico

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This is a must lunch while at this beautiful park. You overlook the animals grazing on a hillside view. A magical experience. The food is great
   

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   Valerie

   Los Angeles

   20 reviews

   5.0

   20 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I love coming here. The food is great. The view is amazing.
   

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   Maureen

   San Francisco

   8 reviews

   5.0

   8 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Always the best ever Kaylee is the best Thank you
   

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   Daren

   San Diego

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   We’ve been wanting to try this restaurant for years once we accidentally stumbled upon it. We never planned ahead enough to make the required reservations. This trip we did and are so glad we did! Food was better than expected based on the reviews (and better than most of the other restaurants in the park). Price was comparable to other food & beverages in the park. The grassy area was much appreciated with a 3 year old in our group who needed to get some wiggles out. The views were amazing! Our waiter was busy since it was a holiday week but food and drinks were brought out by food runners or our waiter eventually. And while we waited we watched giraffes walk by and rhinos nap! Can’t wait to try it again! Highly recommend the rhino pretzel appetizer, miso salmon salad (salmon was perfect!), & short rib hoagie. We shared meals in addition to a couple kid meals in our group to avoid walking around with leftover’s.
   

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   Kevin

   San Diego

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Lunch was good. They couldn’t seem to find our Open Table reservations even though I showed them my email confirmation. Fortunately they were able to seat us at our reservation time, might have been an issue if it was busier as it’s the one full service restaurant at the park.
   

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    BrianM

    Washington DC

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined 7 days ago

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4

    This restaurant has a great location overlooking the safari park savanna. However, most of the tables were under the roof (as opposed to the patio) so most tables don’t have a view even though it would be easy to do. The food selection is limited and nothing special, which was disappointing to all of us. The staff service was great and very helpful, but I’m not sure I would go there again.
    

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