Elmwood Park Zoo

We wouldn't change one thing about our special day! Becky and the entire staff at the zoo made everything absolutely perfect! She was great at getting back to us, answering all of our questions, and put together the entire event exactly how we discussed. Our family and friends loved all of the food, the venue, and of course feeding the giraffes! It was the perfect day and I can't thank the entire EPZ team enough!

Absolutely fabulous! The price was fair, and any of the “profits” go directly into this accredited zoo’s up-keeping. We had our ceremony, cocktail and reception there. 100% recommend them. All of our guests loved the venue, because it was beautiful and unique. Rebecca, aka Becky, the event manager, was very kind, understanding and extremely helpful. She was also very quick to respond via email, which was our main form communication aside from in person meetings. Definitely a kind soul that you feel lucky to have help with planning your wedding. The caterer was included in the package and provided by the venue. While we were nervous about this at first, they hold a tasting to ensure your confidence. All of the food the day of was absolutely delicious, and our guests thought so too. The bartenders were professional and friendly, all while being able to keep up with the high demand. I’m told there was never much of a line. All in all, can’t say enough good things about EPZ!

Having a zoo wedding was unique, fun, and memorable for us, our family and guests. Full transparency, we did deal with a couple of different people in the early days of planning for our August 2019 wedding, but everyone we worked with was professional, helpful, and quick to address any questions/changes we had. We went in with expectations that this was a Zoo first, but were very pleased with how well beyond our expectations the service, food, and overall experience was. We had the zoo to ourselves so had the ceremony by the eagles pavilion, cocktails in the trail of the jaguar, and the reception in the canopy garden. We made sure to include some fun elements like the giraffe feeding, animal meet and greet, carousel, and a fire pit in the evening. We were able to get photos in some fantastic places across the whole zoo. The food was good, the team of staff on hand was very attentive making sure things moved forward as planned, and if I could do it all over again I wouldn’t change anything. We were happy to know having our event at the zoo would benefit the animals and best of all we have a place we can revisit often since it’s not a “wedding only location”.