Best Zoo in Bellevue

"Woodland Park, known for its exceptional zoo, can be an exciting spot to spend the day with your favorite person.(Consider purchasing a discounted CityPASS to enjoy the Zoo, as well as other Seattle attractions.) Located on approximately 90 acres, the multipurpose park and recreation space is just southwest of Green Lake and north of the Fremont district. Separated into two parts by Aurora Avenue, the part on the west of Aurora is largely occupied by the Woodland Park Zoo, but it also has picnic space, a formal rose garden, open spaces and a play area for children. East of Aurora is an ideal spot for picnicking."

"Source: Photo by Flickr user Allan Hack used under CC BY-ND 2.0. Woodland Park Zoo is the ultimate family oriented attraction in Seattle, for both children and adults. The Woodland Park Zoo is located in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, and houses over 1,000 unique animals for you and your family to learn about."

"Woodland Park Zoo is an award-winning zoological garden that draws in millions of guests worldwide. It features more than 1,000 animals, including rare and endangered species, from various countries."

"The most popular attraction at the park, Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium features animals from around the world, including some of the most endangered species. The red wolf nearly went extinct in the 1970s, but thanks to a breeding program led by the zoo, the endangered group has seen its numbers grow. With the arctic fox, ox musk, elephants, and tigers, the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium features animals from nearly every continent."

"Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium is a much loved area of zoo land in Tacoma and spreads across a lush 29 acres. The zoo has an amazing 9,000 different animals, which covers an impressive 367 different species. The zoo dates back to 1905 when it first opened its doors and you can also visit the aquarium here which was added in 1935."

"Point Defiance is 702 acres of exploration including a beach, parks, gardens, zoo, boardwalk, and much more. In fact, it’s one of the largest urban parks in the country. It’s a beautiful place to spend an afternoon with friends and family, or even by yourself."

"This 5 acre (2.0 ha) exhibit complex which opened on July 1, 2004[6] simulates the forests of southeast Asia with a waterfall, streams, and plants native to the region such as bamboo.[9] The complex is designed so that species are rotated to different parts of the exhibit after several days.[6] Asian Forest Sanctuary includes Sumatran tigers, Malayan tigers, northern white-cheeked gibbons, siamangs, lowland anoas, Indian crested porcupines, Asian small-clawed otters, and Asian elephants.[9] An expansion called Cats of the Canopy opened on August 27, 2011 and focuses on the clouded leopard. Viewing is provided by a wide glass window along a gravelly stream bed and into a heated den. The twenty-foot high enclosure also allows the cats to climb through the trees.[10]"

"Completed in 1982,[2] this exhibit is based on the shoreline of Cape Flattery, Washington and serves as home to harbor seals, Pacific walruses, sea otters, common murres and tufted puffins in four separate pools. In the middle of the exhibit area is a building for underwater viewing. The exhibit formerly contained beluga whales until they were taken to a zoo in Texas in 2007."

"1981 saw the opening of this exhibit area, which forms a semicircle at one end of the zoo. Muskoxen and reindeer are housed in separate meadows on the outside of the pathway’s arc, while polar bears and Arctic foxes live on the inside of the arc. The polar bears have an eleven-foot-deep pool with above- and underwater viewing.[11]"

"The habitat was rebuilt in 2009 and opened again in the summer of 2010.[13] The exhibit consists of two separate meadows with a rocky creek, hollow log, and other landscaping.[14] The conservation center is designed to look like an abandoned farm building."

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"The next-door sibling to Italian restaurant Vendemmia, this seafood market sells fresh trout and salmon and halibut, sure. But also a small but stellar menu of seafood snacks, like a poke bowl that makes you remember why poke became a thing in the first place. Plus grab-and-go lunch and dinner items made over at the restaurant, and platters of freshly shucked oysters (not to mention a few glasses of wine to go with them)."

"This sleek Madrona seafood market has a solid lineup of to-go items, and selective shoppers are rewarded with carefully curated raw oysters, well-chosen wines, and snacks like smoked fish crostini and salumi. There’s no onsite dining anymore, but East Anchor recently added delivery on select items through third party services such as Doordash and Grubhub. View this post on Instagram"

"A fresh seafood market in the Madrona neighborhood (next to Vendemmia) offering only fresh, sustainably caught fish and shellfish, which meets the standards of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch. In addition, East Anchor offers a small dine-in / take-out menu, as well as retail wine, beer, and other food related items."

"Situated in a former haberdashery on the ground floor of the upscale Fairmont Olympic hotel, the longtime destination exudes class. As the name suggests, oysters are the star of the seafood-centric menu, which otherwise tends toward pricey dishes that don't always live up to the bivalves. Open for takeout and limited dine-in."

"Shuckers is an oyster bar inside the upscale Fairmont Seattle hotel. Its space was formerly a haberdashery and the elegant restaurant retains vintage fixtures that nod to this time..."