Paradise Park and JungleBarn Cornwall Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "All the staff were super friendly."
• "The reception staff (and all staff throughout the park) were friendly and helpful."
• "Staff were lovely and I will go back but probably on a sunny day to redress the balance."
• "The staff are lovely and know a lot about their birds."
• "All staff are very welcoming and happy to chat."
• "The staff were very helpful, even radioing for a gardener to help me identify a plant I saw and liked."
• "Staff are so helpful and friendly."

Cons:

• "Not very welcoming and this is the only place we found still holding on to mask mandates!"
• "But the miserable lady in the cafe who was packing everything away an hour and half before the park even closes was rude and spoke to me like a child in front of my wife and kids."
• "Some of the staff, especially the younger ones, seemed slightly disinterested."
• "Found a couple of the staff really rude (especially the receptionist)."
• "Handled a very simple issue with complete attitude. Clearly trying to avoid fault.. resulting in me waiting around for 15 mins with my 2 children."

Animal and Bird Experiences

Pros:

• "This place has THE BEST Red Panda experience."
• "The animals are wonderful; a large variety of birds, flamingos are our favourites."
• "Had a chance to hand feed birds and even stroke a penguin."
• "We loved feeding the farm animals by hand."
• "The otters and penguins are great."
• "Feeding the parakeets was a real highlight for my little boy."
• "The absolute highlight for us is the great red pandas."

Cons:

• "Captivated and farmed animals are never much fun for others than us humans."
• "Penguin feeding was disappointing."
• "I did feel that some of the enclosures were inadequate for some of the birds and there were a couple that did seem stressed."
• "However we were concerned that the birds were kept in small cages."
• "Shame the animal feed wasn't shared out fairly considering we all had to prebook. Some adults in other groups had one each we had one tiny bag between 6 kids."
• "All indoor bird aviaries are closed, including the Lorikeet feeding. The bird show was also not running due to the bird influenza."
• "down side cost. and many animals where not present or viewable due to refurb. walking Avery's where closed due to bird flu protection."

Facilities and Accessibility

Pros:

• "Disabled access, and you can get wheelchairs and pushchairs around easily."
• "On the upside it has a large car park, plenty of toilets and picnic areas."
• "Toilet facilities were clean and tidy. Nice selection of food in the cafe."
• "Free parking, cafe, gift shop, and outside park."
• "Plenty of parking."
• "Everywhere was nice and tidy and I would say pretty disabled friendly in terms of access and going around the place with ramps and railing etc."
• "Pushchair friendly and loved seeing the penguin baby Pablo popping out of his little cave."

Cons:

• "The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because the toilet is in a separate area from the cafe and it was raining so I had to get wet to go to the toilet."
• "Quite overpriced for how small it is, and found some of the enclosures to be very small."
• "Nice, but pretty expensive, carers need to pay to access with disabled guests (which is rare to see, hmm)."
• "We thought it was really expensive entry, and not a huge amount to see. We paid over £50 and was there for only about 2 hours."
• "Cafe wasn't open past 2 and it seemed a bit empty."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "You get to buy a return ticket for around £3 per person and that lasts for up to 6 months too."
• "Best of all you can buy a second visit return ticket for just over £4! (Which we brought) So... two visits for less than a tenner each. Bargain!"
• "Decent cafe/canteen with value for money prices."
• "The cafe has a few good snacks at decent prices and doesn't seem to price gouge like other attractions lately."
• "For the money of a ticket it’s worth the trip as even with covid you still feel like you get your money’s worth."
• "The affordability of the prices was also a pleasant surprise."
• "The return ticket made this excellent value."

Cons:

• "Visited on a weekday. The play barn is excellent, however, I feel it is too expensive for what's on offer."
• "First off I felt the pricing was a bit on the expensive side."
• "More pricey than we are used to."
• "It's a bit pricey at over £50 for a family of four."
• "I think child tickets 3 and above are quite expensive."
• "I think the admission price is a bit steep, for what is there."
• "It was quite expensive, at around £17 per person (additional fee for the play barn, which we didn't do)."

Overall Experience

Pros:

• "Amazing zoo and bird park, friendly staff, great cause, an extremely enjoyable day out."
• "Paradise Park in Cornwall is a true treasure."
• "The Park is continually evolving with new birds, reptiles and displays, so whenever you visit, its never the same twice - highly recommended and well worth your patronage."
• "We had a fantastic time and would return if we were local."
• "What an amazing place to go."
• "Absolutely wonderful place to visit!"
• "Overall an amazing experience that caters to a wide audience. Will definitely go again!"

Cons:

• "Overall all it was an OK place."
• "Still worth a visit but just missing some of the old features that made it a lovely family day out."
• "Really disappointed with our visit... this 90 minutes hadn't cost £179.10."
• "Jungle Barn is alright, not sure how long the kids would last there if it's raining and you can't go outside."
• "Kids love it here been loads of times. Normally a really nice place to go with the family. But very disappointed in our visit today."
• "Ultimately, quite a let down this year."
• "Certainly won't return for a while."