Step into an adventure at Rainforest Cafe in Mall of America, where dining meets the jungle. Surrounded by waterfalls, tropical plants, and life-like animals, this family-friendly restaurant offers a menu full of crowd-pleasers like burgers, seafood, and pasta. With thunderstorm simulations and lush scenery, every meal feels like a rainforest escape, making it a fun and memorable experience for all ages.
Rainforest Café
5810 Google Reviews
It’s a must stop, it is expensive but everything was delicious. Kids for cool souvenir cups and my husband got a beer glass. Our food was great, my husband and I both got burgers. Kids for pizza, spaghetti and dinosaur nuggets. They have animals who move around and lights flicker and mimic a thunderstorm every fifteen minutes or so. We definitely wanna come back if we ever see this restaurant again!!!
The Rainforest Café was a fun, themed experience—definitely something kids would enjoy. Every 18 minutes or so, the “jungle” comes alive with sounds and effects, which keeps things interesting.
As for the food, everything was pretty standard. Nothing really stood out, but it was adequate for what it was. The nacho cheese and chips were just okay, and most of the meals felt pretty average. The standout was definitely the cheesecake—super tasty! The Key Lime pie, on the other hand, was just alright.
Service was fine—nothing exceptional but nothing bad either. Orders came out fairly quickly, and the staff was polite.
Overall, it’s a fun place to say you’ve been to, especially for the atmosphere, but I probably wouldn’t go out of my way to return.
We go out to eat a lot. And this is the first time in a long time that I have really enjoyed my meal. I’m talking make my heart and tummy happy. (I have little kids. )
I highly recommend the bruschetta chicken, shrimp and pasta or the jerk chicken and shrimp pasta. We also celebrated our twins 8th birthday. And got a delicious dessert and sang too:
I also want to give a huge shout out to our wonderful server Tami. She was so kind, prompt, extremely helpful on the menu. When we come back. We will definitely be requesting her as our server.
Thank you for such an amazing experience for our twins birthday dinner. We can’t wait to come back.
I do recommend making reservations. Which we did. And we walked right in.
Food was wonderful, expect to pay high prices though. Tried the chicken bruschetta and fish tacos. Got a frog cup with a icee drink, $11 and you keep the cup. Service was slow. Our toddler wasn’t a fan of the “rain storms” which included strobe/flashing lights and loud thunder. The decor is awesome as are the animatronics. Overall we would return!
We loved the food! So did our kids. The place was super fun to dine at.
We ate on a Tuesday evening and we only had a 15 minute wait time which was nice. Our server was very nice, she greeted us with a big smile and was quick to offer options. We ordered a burger which was cooked correctly and was very good. We also had the spicy pasta dish which had a lot of flavor and we ended finishing it, it was very good as well. The atmosphere was fun. We sat underneath a sky that featured the stars it was pretty neat. Overall we really enjoyed our experience.
We had such a great experience at the RainforestCafe! Our server, Jessica, went above and beyond—especially with our toddler at the table. They were patient, attentive, and made us feel really welcome. It’s rare to find someone so kind and understanding with little kids. Thank you for making our meal stress-free and enjoyable!
A rainforest themed restaurant who has a thunderstorm every 30 minutes. The restaurant has rainforest animals that move when the thunderstorm occurs. The service was prompt and polite. The mixed drinks were poured strong, the food was delicious and the food portions were large!
