Nashville Zoo at Grassmere

Pros: Lovely place to spend a day with young kids. Excellent playground.
Cons: Not many animals

I've been to the National Zoo in Washington D.C. quite a few times in my life -- now that, my friend ...

Pros: you'll be done in an hour or less
Cons: NO ANIMALS!

I'm a huge fan of animals and wildlife, so I make it a point to visit a city's zoo whenever I'm vacationing. I've probably visited a dozen zoos over the past few years and I can honestly say that the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is by far the WORST ZOO...

Pros: It is near my home.
Cons: Where are the animals??? Poor walking paths.

The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is located in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally the idea was that the zoo would contain only animals native to the American continent. Evidently that was not enough to draw the anticipated crowds. Also, the zoo was...

Pros: Macaw exhibit, gibbon exhibit
Cons: Very few animals. Gift shop and concession stand strange hours.

Like most areas in the lovely state of Tennessee, the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is under construction. I had been to this zoo on a couple of occasions and wasn't very impressed. Last weekend I was in Nashville housesitting and decided to give it...

Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: Few animals

The last time I was in Nashville, I had the opportunity to visit the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere. Maybe its just that I'm so used to seeing spectacular Zoo Atlanta, but I was wholly unimpressed with this zoo. I wouldn't say it was an awful zoo, but it...

Pros: Giraffes and big cats oh my!
Cons: Not tons of animals.

The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is not a large zoo. It should never be compared to the Memphis or San Diego Zoos in terms of size or number of animals. But it is currently growing and getting new animals and it is certainly worth a trip if you are in ...

Pros: A Great Playground for kids & adults!
Cons: Small number of exhibits, few interesting animals, poor set-up of exhibits

My long anticipated trip to the Nashville zoo was a big letdown. I assumed that Nashville would have a decent zoo, considering all the other tourist attractions the city features. My assumption was completely wrong.

I went to the zoo...

Pros: Clean zoo.
Cons: Makes for lots of walking and not enough viewing of animals.

Our family went to the Nashville Zoo in April 2007. We have a zoo membership from a reciprocal zoo. We wanted to try it out and see what it was like. Parking is now free, but it is reflected in the admission price of an adult ticket. Adults are ...

Pros: Cheap Admission, Sweet Playground
Cons: Not a lot of animals, far viewing of some exhibits

I went to college for a year at Vanderbilt University, so I spent a fair amount of time in Nashville. I had been in Nashville for about 7 months and I had heard of the zoo, but had not heard much about it. I had wanted to go earlier, but a good...

Pros: Great playground, growing & changing zoo, beautiful
Cons: Few food options, still some major animals missing

I waited a long time to go to the zoo at Grassmere -- the Nashville Zoo has been consolidating with what had been a smaller animal park at Grassmere. But the playground has gotten rave reviews and my daughter loved our visit to the St. Louis Zoo earlier...

Pros: NOTHING!!!!
Cons: EVERYTHING!!!!!

If you had never been to a zoo before and would like to go, then please go to the one in Chicago or Atlanta or Sea World. Nashville Zoo is a pitiful excuse for a zoo. I, myself, had never been to a zoo before and wanted to go and expericence it. I...

Pros: the playground
Cons: less animals than more popular zoos

OK, so I am going to try to write this with the point of view of a small child. And I did say small. Most kids get excited to see the poor caged puppies at your local mall, so that in mind, the zoo is not all bad.

Yes, the zoo has its...

Pros: Growing by leaps and bounds; beautiful landscaping; spacious NEW exhibits
Cons: ongoing construction

In reading all the past reviews, I feel it necessary to update the reviews, since most are over a year old. The Nashville Zoo is a zoo in flux. They are basically building a brand new zoo over the next 10 years. Recent additions in the past year or so...

Pros: Smaller, inexpensive, good playground
Cons: Smaller with fewer animals

We live in Nashville and go to Grassmere frequently. Our kids love it and yes we have been to other quality zoos (Audubon Zoo,the Pittsburgh Zoo, and the Louisville Zoo most recently). Clearly, this zoo is not up to those standards, but it has steadily...

Pros: cheap, you can see it all in a day.
Cons: not enough to see

Being from San Diego I got used to a big zoo full of animals and wildlife shows. I moved to Tennessee in 1994 and assumed that Nashville would have a nice zoo as well. Boy was I wrong. It had very few animals and alot of empty space. We had heard that...