Cafe has new look

LEVY Restaurants UK, the official catering partner to Twycross Zoo, has unveiled a new look for the zoo’s visitor café and a brand new restaurant.

For the first time visitors can enjoy a full table service restaurant at the zoo. The openings follow the recent announcement of a new 10-year catering partnership.

Twycross Zoo, a primate centre based in Warwickshire, welcomes over half a million visitors each year and the new Vine Café and The View Restaurant will deliver a modern vision of leisure catering, with a focus on family sharing and high quality, fun and nutritional meals.

Early morning visitors can enjoy a breakfast of grilled sourdough toast which comes with a choice of poached free range egg, smoked bacon and homemade baked beans or smashed avocado, chilli, parsley and slow roasted tomatoes or cheesy rarebit, chives and free-range egg.

All day dining options are available at The View Restaurant including classics from the kitchen and grill such as beer battered fish and chips and chargrilled chicken salad. Pastas and pizzas freshly are made to order.

Both The Vine Café and The View Restaurant are also serving favourites from Costa Coffee alongside a range of hot and cold drinks, while an inhouse baker will be cooking up a range of house toasties on ciabatta and focaccia breads.

A key focus has been placed on sustainability, with only free range eggs sourced from Oakland Farm in Shropshire, fair trade bananas and sustainably sourced fish available across the Zoo.

Jon Davies, managing director, Leisure at Levy Restaurants UK, said: “The opening of The View Restaurant and The Vine Café showcases our commitment to providing visitors with a range of food and drink outlets that reflect the best of high street trends.”

Dr Sharon Redrobe, chief executive officer at Twycross Zoo, said: “The opening of the new Vine Café and The View Restaurant is very exciting and we strongly believe that our Himalaya Centre will now provide an even better visitor experience.”