Discover what to expect from Busch Gardens pizza at Oasis Pizza, including menu highlights, seating, and dining plan tips.
Oasis Pizza is located on the second floor of Serengeti Overlook, directly across from Cheetah Hunt at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. It sits alongside Giraffe Bar and Treetop Kitchen, offering outstanding views over the park’s animal habitats, including giraffes and zebras. This casual counter-service with indoor and outdoor seating overlooking the Serengeti plain makes a perfect spot for a relaxing midday break. You can even type up a dining review or two at this location, as we have done on numerous occasions.
Oasis Pizza offers flatbread-style pizzas, a common feature at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and SeaWorld Orlando. These flatbread-style pizzas stand as an improvement over standard theme park pizza, usually. The toppings are pretty standard at Oasis Pizza. Some more interesting pizzas were sold at this dining location, but before the summer season, those were removed from the menu.
The service can be slow here, as we noted in a previous All-Day Dining tour at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. The menu also offers a selection of limited sides to pair with your sandwich or pizza.
Oasis Pizza is one of several venues included in Busch Gardens’ All-Day Dining plan, available every 90 minutes for an entrée, side, dessert, and fountain drink, excluding alcoholic beverages. This option also makes it a convenient value add if you’re planning a full day at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.
Busch Gardens Pizza: Our Recent Visit
Although we have visited this dining location several times before, we ventured up the stairs to this quick-service pizza spot. The views are nice if you go to enjoy the outdoor patio area here. You can see some animals. Still, that area is not air-conditioned.
Buffalo Chicken Pizza – $17.99
We ordered the Buffalo Chicken Pizza. This qualifies as the only non-standard pizza option currently at Oasis Pizza. However, the Margherita Pizza is no longer on the menu. The other two pizza options are pepperoni or cheese, which cost a dollar less than the buffalo chicken version. We suggest avoiding whatever meatball or chicken parmesan sandwich is being offered at Oasis Pizza during your visit.
During our visit, the Busch Gardens pizza appeared to have been sitting out longer than we prefer. The crust was way too much in proportion to the toppings and not great. The buffalo flavor is not bad, but it does not cover enough of the Busch Gardens pizza. If it had been fresher, we could have recommended it. However, we have ordered this before and found it to be just average then as well.
Oasis Pizza Mozzarella Sticks – $9.79
During this visit, we also ordered mozzarella sticks as a side. With All-Day Dining, guests get a side with their entrée. Nevertheless, we did not have high hopes for this side. Sadly, we were correct.
Guests receive four average-sized to small mozzarella sticks. The side lacks a robust flavor and presents guests with too much grease. Also, the presentation is not excellent. Additionally, there is no actual cheese pull with these. However, in fairness, we did one cause one of the sticks to have a good cheese pull. However, it was a lot of effort, time, and skill. In addition, the sauce fails to enhance this side. We preferred the Grab-N-Goof Pepperoni Pizza Ravioli at Epcot.
Final Take on Busch Gardens Pizza
Oasis Pizza shines when you’re looking for a calm, scenic lunch with the All‑Day Dining pass. Guests can grab indoor or outdoor seating with a view. They should skip the sides unless they’re part of your meal plan. They don’t always hit the mark.
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