The 19 best zoos in and around Tulsa

This is a grand mansion art museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The grounds are inspiring! My favorite is the swing under the giant oak tree. The sun streaming in my face through the leaves was memorable. The art is interesting to view while having a relaxed visit. We bought some goodies in the gift shop. We ate before arriving, but there is a cute little cafe for lunch.

This was an absolutely beautiful museum and garden. I spent about 4 hours wandering around looking at all the paintings and gardens. There are many areas you can have a picnic or relax and there’s something for everyone.

The art and temporary exhibits are great. My favorites are the mansion and the amazing gardens. The gardens are beautiful in spring and summer, but are great in fall and winter too. The staff plants over 22,000 bulbs every year.

This is a beautiful museum in a beautiful location. We especially enjoyed the grounds. Some of the art on top floor were by favorite artists of ours. Still lovely. The grounds are perfect. The hardscaping, fountains, statues, landscaping were all art in themselves. We were anticipating a quiet, peaceful time. However, we visited during a big children's event and would have visited a different day had we known. (We didn't see any mention when we were looking at hours/prices.) It was much more crowded than we anticipated for a Wednesday morning and not as peaceful in views or sound, but still lovely. The photographer's garden (?) was closed so we were sad to miss that; however, the other side with the summer house, fountain and ascent to the house was lovely with the large swing and bench alcoves along the ascent. The back of the house gardens sweep down, accented by descending water steps, fountains, koi pond and culminating in a lovely rotunda perched among the surrounding trees.

This place was so beautiful! From the art to the garden. They have something for all ages. Definitely will be coming back! It would be a great place to take wedding photos’

This place is beautiful. Visit with time to explore. You can easily spend hours here. The location is such a beautiful spot. Definitely a place I'd take the family and friends.

Philbrook is always an amazing day. The art is beautiful, they are kid friendly and the gardens are gorgeous. They always have fun holiday activities, their staff is kind and they also have discounts for entry for low income families.

We are members at the zoo. Currently they are remodeling a large area of the Africa exhibit. It's still a good time and lots of fun. We loved the dinosaur exhibit this year! The playground is lovely as well. They have multiple play areas for all ages and abilities.

Even though I don't like to support animals in captivity, we wanted to bring our son to the zoo for the first time! We arrived at 11:00am. They stopped taking admissions at 12:00 for hallZOOeen. So we had to be out by 1:00pm. We did go through some of the exhibits rather quickly to ensure that we would get to see it all before we had to go. But honestly, we were ready to leave around that time anyways, so it worked out perfectly. From what I could see most of the animals were very well cared for. Some of the inside enclosures looked like they needed some care..... There was a tiger pacing a foot bridge above us and that was a little alarming & I was sad for the bear. It just seemed a little sad but maybe it was just nap time after it had its lunch. My favorite was the monkeys (inside) but it was hard to find space to squeeze in and see them. There were lots of families posted up there, staying for awhile. So we weren't able to get pics with monkeys but that's ok! We got to see them feed the big turtles! My son absolutely loved the giraffes! We all did! And there was plenty of space to hang out and watch them awhile, even though there were lots of families. It was a good day & the weather was perfect. We will definitely come back and spend some more time. Or maybe even come to hallZOOeen! They had it decorated really cute for Halloween so I can only imagine it was much better to experience at night and with all the kids in their costumes!

The zoo is always a nice place to take a day trip too. If you are in the area for any reason you should go and spend the day there. They have a train ride. Dinosaur exhibit. Children’s playground and petting zoo. There is something for everyone to see. They are currently doing some construction on some of the exhibits. I’m still excited to go back when everything is completed.

Love this place. Great Family fun . Right now they have a dinosaur exhibit. It looks pretty awesome. The employees are friendly and knowledgeable. Besides all the awesome animals there. We have a cool playground in the middle of the zoo. . The kids absolutely loved it. And so did I.

This was a spur of the moment trip, that currently have a Dinosaur Exhibit going on and it's about to end at the end of the month. We go to the OKC zoo quite often and the Tulsa zoo definitely offers a lot of other species of animals to experience. Currently there is a lot of construction going on and at first we could not figure our way around the park, we would ask other people directions and they would be just as lost. The map provided was not as easy to navigate and you could hardly ever find direction/location assistance signage. Maybe it's because of all the construction going on but all in all it's a very nice zoo and worth the trip.

Had a fantastic time at the Tulsa Zoo! The upgrades and the new Elephant Barn is amazing! We spent 4+ hours walking around. We went on a Monday and it was not busy at all! Double stroller is cheap to rent, $10. We brought our own food and drinks so I’m not sure about prices of food and drinks. There is a lot of construction going on but didn’t hinder our time there at all! Will be back!

This was a fun zoo that we enjoyed very much. The only issue we found was that a good portion of it was blocked off and inaccessible. Because we are from out of town, we did not look up the attractions that were closed versus those that were open. If you're going, be sure to verify that what you want to see is available. It is great that there are multiple playgrounds throughout the zoo for the kids to enjoy during the visit to give them a break from animal exhibits. The largest playground has a lot of great climbing apparatuses however, it has very little shaded seating for the parents to use while the kids play. The animatronic dinosaur area was fun and my son enjoyed reading all of the placards that supplied information about each dinosaur. Most of that area was shaded. There's even a sandpit for kids to practice being a paleontologist and unearthing dinosaur bones and fossils.

We ordered the pizza, cheeseburger basket, and strawberry cup. It was very busy when we got there and the line was confusing. Not the most organized place for sure. I think if they gave the employees headsets and changed the area you pick up your food at, it would flow a little better. The burger was absolutely delicious. The pizza was good and a decent sized slice, but the price was a bit high, especially since it had the minimum marinara and cheese. Overall good food, just a little pricey and not set up the best.

Food- tasted pre-made, institutional Service- non existing Atmosphere - too crowded for my taste. All in all, it was ok, way too pricey for what you get. But then again, look where I'm at

McDonald’s might have been better. Food was meh quality, sort of warm, order was wrong, staff were indifferent and choices minimal. Food came out fairly fast and it was clean. Not worth the price but typical for on site dinning at places like this.

Drink cup - doesn’t comes with lids and straw Pizza - burns and overcooked, throw away after having a couple bites Cheese Burger - Buns feel like rubber, patty burns and throw away. — 2 slides of pizza — a cheese burger and 4 regular drinks $48 bucks wasted the first time. Has to go for other food

Just got a pbj kids meal because prices where high and we got was a stale uncrustable type thing. The bread was hard and the peanut butter looked questionable at best.

Want a straw? Don’t expect one with your drink that your already bought….But wait, you can for sure get one if you buy the souvenir cup. If the over priced food and lack of customer service isn’t enough:

Very nice a little loud and crowded but thats to be expected of the zoo. Food was great but over priced which is also expected from the zoo. I'd go back again.

They didn't have what I dip, so they ordered it and have it on hand for me. It's great! Thank you.

Have a lot of different brands. Prices keep going up. But I guess that's state and fed fees. Pics on this site are not of the smoke shop tho. They are pics of Tors German food and pub. Great place!

The ladies that work here are super friendly, always smiling & very fast. 💗

Fast service, good prices, and very nice and helpful staff.

My preferred smoke shop. The people are kind and knowledgeable.

The staff is so nice and helpful however that is the wrong picture. That is a pic of the bar a few doors down

Quick, good selection, competitive prices, and friendly staff.

I was genuinely shocked at how good the loaded fries were. The chicken on them is a cut up chicken tender, and they gave plenty of bacon and cheese. The sauce was great! The service was friendly and fast, especially for how busy they were, and I like that they use buzzers. The prices were a bit rough, but that's to be expected, it was $17 for loaded fries and a gatorade.

My wife and I walked around the Tulsa Zoo today 6/16/2025. It was pleasant a lot of renovations are under way in the zoo. We stopped and had lunch at this restaurant inside of the zoo next to the tiger exhibit. We had grilled chicken sandwiches and fries. They were very good. I recommend giving them a try the next time you are in the Zoo.

All other restaurants in the zoo are better. Ordered the pizza melt, Cuban melt, and kids melt. We also ordered some poutine. The kids melt is half a sandwich. The pizza melt does not have any sauce add advertised and is VERY garlicy, and I love garlic. The Cuban says it does not hasn't any sauce and also says it has pulled pork. We asked if there way any sauce on it at checkout. We were told no. The one we received only had 3 little pieces of pulled pork on it. It also was COVERED in mustard. The poutine only had 4 shredder curds and 4 little dollops of gravy. When we asked about theses issues we are told the sandwiches are made before they open in the morning and just heated up when people order them. They also said that we should have known there was mustard on it since it is a Cuban. They also felt there was enough marinera on it. I have attached pictures so you all can judge for yourself. Go to ANY other spot for better food and better service.

Overall, the food was decent and the building inside was nice and clean. We waited over 30 minutes for our food while we sat and watched those who ordered after us get their food; not pre orders either. They utilized the kiosk and paid. We only had 4 meals with drinks. Not worth the $70+ for 4 people. The staff wasn’t welcoming or friendly either. As an edit, the zoo describes as Rajan’s having “a variety of grilled cheese sandwiches, craft beer on tap and ice cream from Rose Rock Microcreamery.” This is not the case with the grilled cheese sandwiches or the ice cream; they offer dipping dots.

Employees were nice, location was neat and tidy, but the food was not heated up long enough. Mac and cheese was clumpy and missing the kimchi. The franks hot honey was an unmelted single of pepper jack on a chicken tender with no sauce just dry on dry sandwich. The fries were cross cut but still hard. Big bummer love the zoo (member and everything), but maybe this place shouldn’t be a thing. It would make a great event space

We had a great experience at the zoo except this place! My wife my son and my self paid for three sandwiches we didn't eat all of. 2 cuban melts (wife and kid had) were smothered in mustard and had two small pieces of shredded pork that was advertised. My son's Cuban not only had almost no pulled pork but one small piece of Ham on half the samdwich. Pizza melt had a large amount of garlic flavor. So much I couldnt take more than 2 bites of it, we asked to have them remade and they explained they were premade and would be the same. so dont eat here at all. We paid as much to get in to the park as we did on 3 melts and 1 drink. We tried to eat and trade to make it work but in the end we all threw our melts in the trash and paid $40 for some ok waffle fries and a drink. SAVE your money and eat elsewhere.

Went to Rajans for the first time and I have to say we will ABSOLUTELY be back. They have fantastic service, the food was fresh with great flavors (the ranch is to die for). Definitely worth trying!

Prices r terrible for 2 or 3 pieces of chicken but the food and icees were 100/100 and 10/10 for nice customer service

not too pricey, simple quick bite to eat, clean and easy