Breakfast with Santa
Saturdays and Sundays, Nov. 29-Dec. 14, 2025
Seatings at 8 and 10:30 a.m.
Lakeside Cafe
A festive holiday experience, perfect for the early birds! Cozy up with loved ones and enjoy a savory breakfast, a photo opportunity with Santa, a surprise gift and more!
Reservations
Zoo Member Reservations
$22/child (ages 2-12); $40/adult (ages 13+)
General Admission (non-member) Reservations
$24/child (ages 2-12); $42/adult (ages 13+)
Free for children 0-23 months, but they must still register. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.
A Delightful Morning!
Your reservation includes:
- Breakfast buffet in Lakeside Cafe
- Visits from costumed characters
- Private table for your family
- Take-your-own photo opportunities with Santa and other costumed characters
- Surprise gift for children (ages 12 and under)
- Free parking (as available; see information below)
And now, a CLAUS in our program...
Your family will have the opportunity to meet with Santa and take photos. Children will also receive a special gift chosen by Santa's helpers. Holiday costumed characters will visit each table.
Please note, there is no professional photographer at this event. Families are welcome to take their own photos.
Buffet Menu
Enjoy a great breakfast meal:
- Seasonal fresh fruit (Gluten free, vegetarian, dairy free)
- Freshly baked pastries, muffins and assorted donut holes (Vegetarian)
- Cheesy scrambled eggs (Gluten free)
- Cheese blintzes with blueberry sauce (Vegetarian)
- Seasoned breakfast potatoes (Gluten free, vegetarian, dairy free)
- Sausage links (Gluten free, dairy free)
- Crisp smoked bacon (Gluten free, dairy free)
- Freshly baked biscuits (Vegetarian)
- Country gravy
- Pancakes and waffles with assorted toppings (Vegetarian)
Requests for individual plates to accommodate additional dietary restrictions are not available.
Parking
Parking is free with your reservation. Please note parking directions for each seating:
8 a.m. seating — Guests attending the 8 a.m. seating must park on the North Lot on Government Drive and enter through the North Entrance (The Living World building). The South Entrance on Wells Drive is closed during this time.
10:30 a.m. seating — Guests attending the 10:30 a.m. seating may park on either the North Lot on Government Drive or South Lot on Wells Drive and enter at the North or South Entrances.
When you enter the Zoo parking lot, you will need to pull a ticket to enter the lot. Please keep this ticket in your vehicle as you will need it to exit. You will be given a validation for parking when you check in for Breakfast with Santa, and you will use that along with your pulled ticket to exit for free.
Zoo lots are filled on first-come, first-served basis and may reach capacity. If lots are full, limited street parking within the boundaries of Forest Park also is available for free. See detailed directions to parking lots.