On the whole, the dining experience at Busch Gardens is a step down from that at its sister park, SeaWorld, in Orlando. However, Crown Colony House, the single full-service restaurant (in the Crown Colony section, ’natch), has a limited menu but some very tasty dishes. In addition to the luxury of being waited on, the main draw here is the great view of the Serengeti Plain. No reservations are accepted so you can’t call ahead and reserve a table by the great semicircular sweep of window overlooking the Plain, but you can request one and wait until it becomes available.
For more casual dining, I recommend the Desert Grill in Timbuktu, where you can be entertained in air-conditioned comfort while you dine, the Zambia Smokehouse for decent barbecue amid the roars and screams of SheiKra in Stanleyville, and the outdoor Zagora Cafe in Morocco. And speaking of Morocco, I find it disappointing that Busch Gardens has not chosen to extend its African theme to its restaurant menus. I found myself wishing for something akin to the first-rate Moroccan restaurant at Epcot in Walt Disney World Resort.
(An interesting note: No straws are served at any of the park’s restaurants or fast-food outlets in deference to the safety of the animals.)
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