Aquarium of the Pacific Reviews

Fantastic place to see marine life. Food is good and reasonable priced there too. Very nice staff.

Last went to the aquarium about 5 years ago and had a blast. Went again a few weeks ago and was hugely disappointed. The place was dirty, foul smells everywhere mainly from standing pools of dirty water and spills everywhere that you can tell had been sitting there for hours. I feel like they are understaffed and just don't have the head count needed to maintain it like they use to.

My daughter's and I had a great time learning about the sea animals.

Do my grocery shopping at this food 4 less. Never a struggle to go in or out

Fun, a little crowded when I went but it was an overall wonderful experience.

We went during the Summer Discount Nights and only paid $19.95 a person. I love the aquarium, this wasn't our first visit but it had been years since our last one. The exhibits are beautiful and the animals are amazing. I had forgotten that it was on the smaller size so I was happy we hadn't paid the full $35 ea.

Great place to take kids even the 1 yr old gets fascinated by the colors of the fishes, birds, sharks ect.

I love this place. Wonderful exhibits and great for kids

What a great place to go with family! It's both educational and beautiful.

Fun interactive things to do for kids. Not to big where kids are super exhausted. Face painting a bit pricey 1$ extra for glitter. Water play area is crowded earlier in the day. Our girls got to play around 6 with only a couple of other kids. Aquarium was open late that day. You can take your own food or snacks.

Cool place, but dirty. My 3 year old son got sick after going. Suprised they dont have more sanitizer around and people cleaning the glass and etc where all the kids are touching. I didnt see one employee cleaning anything for the 6 hours we were there. If kids are touching glass tanks all day, they should be wiped down cobstantly to stop the spread of germs and such. Plus the humidity on top of the filth was worse. Cool sea animals and great experience other than that.

It is an amazing place, to learn and see ocean fish and other types. The food at the cafe is not that great but the special was one of the best. If you plan to go out to eat, I recommend Bubba Gump or Louisiana Charlie's. Don't want to miss a thing? Try to find every stamp for your aquarium booklet with all the info on it. It is definitely worth it. I also suggest to do all the outside activities first before exploring any of the exhibits. Shark lagoon, the bird cages, and the jelly fish place outside is a must. Gives you the opportunity to touch live animals. Some areas close early, so it's best to do those as soon as possible on your trip.

Our kids have developed and grown so much fiom their time spent learning and getting to interact directly with seaside creatures.

One of the best aquariums in southern California. They have a decent number of exhibits and animals.

Love this place! Got tickets on sale for I think $25 each, and it does seem a little pricy but there's lot of sweet sea animals to observe. In my opinion if you take your time it is well worth it

Took family and friends, We had vouchers for $5 each person, kids free. The experience was amazing i will def be going again soon. I hadn't been in such a long time so this time I came it was really great. My child and the other kids enjoyed themselves also. Some of us ate at bubba gumps..across the way. It's so much to do there besides the aquarium but this place is also very very AMAZING!!!!

Very kid-friendly place to take your family for a fun and interesting day!

Lots of great information and keeps the little ones' attention. Friendly staff.

Nice clean-felt it was a little over priced for what it was

Was a great day and affordable because you can find lots of Groupon type deals

Best aquarium I ever been to, it's good for kids and adults too and it's good location, mucho gusto! Would come back with mifamilia next time and bring more peeps! Love it

Loved loved loved it. Got to feel rays, sharks AND jellies. Such fun. Their penguins are adorable but they need more otters and seals/sea lions. Or add an outdoor section that connects to the waterfront for more bigger critters. It's too small. And their map is confusing. We went back and forth between the second and third floors several times, trying to find things we'd missed. Would definitely go back if I was foolish enough to go to the LA area again on purpose.

Very nice the food, the crew and boat we're amazing.

There were so many aquariums with beautiful displays. My kids wanted to stay there all day. Very well done.

A charming and beautiful aquarium filled with all sorts of exhibits. Definitely worth visiting.

What a cool place! If you are in town it is a must see. Staff is awesome and know what they are doing and talking about.

Love this aquarium. There is lots of exhibits from the last time I came a couple years ago.

Always love can spend most of the day there with my family. Just wish it was bigger.

This place is a lot of fun for the kids and the adults. You can see lots of exotic fish inside the main area, and 2 touch tanks outside where you can pet Ray's and sharks! I haven't checked out the theatre yet, but the scuba divers puts on a great and educational show in the big main tank through the the day.

Oh and they have those new refillable water fountains installed so you can bring and refill your own water bottle .

My favorites were the Shellder tank and the Psyduck touch tank!

It's too expensive and too crowded I been here couple times and it's not too much a 20 month can do... They should have more shows and other things to entertain.

Great location and nice mix of aquatic animals. I just wish it was a bit cheaper but my family loves to visit.

Great collection of fishes and jellyfishes but not much apart from that. Would try the whale watch next time.

Its okay, kinda small for my taste, but good afternoon fun.

Great place to watch and learn. Food is not great and it s packed on the weekends.

Good selection of exhibits. Be careful going on a weekday or you risk thousands of little kids running all over the place.

Nice on a sunny day but over the holidays felt pretty crowded. Some displays pretty basic. Wow factor moderate.

It was a very interesting place. The staff was very helpful. I enjoyed my visit

Great place wish it had more to see for the price paid. Like a tunnel aquarium of exotic fish.

It's nice there good experience all the crew was very friendly I recommend it
Only thing is that tickets are expensive

Absolutely wonderful! The animals here were all adorable, beautiful,and active! The food served at the cafe was also super amazing! I have a big passion for animals, so I loved learning more about them! I'll be sure to come again next time I'm in California!

It was a beautiful day my 10 year-old daughter and my grandkids where amazed by everything they find, how they were able to touch some of the fish, it was very good for the children they love it

The attractions are rather immersive and offer a lot of information as well as photographic opportunities. I personally enjoyed the engagement of the staff with the patrons

The best place around to learn aquatic life with a group of people!

On my way. saw photos on phone map looks just wonderful everyone should visit this site

Such a great place for the kids. And the birds that they got to see. It's a small aquarium but hey they have such a diversity of animals that they can see. When we went it wad a weekend and it was EXTREMELY full. The girls really enjoyed the stamp booklet and couldn't wait to find them all. We missed one and had to run around the whole thing to find the last stamp. Lots of fun I can assure you

One of the best date nights ever... my husband and I have been to aquariums across the nation and this is one of the best in the country... very interactive, you can touch the animals and the staff is always there pointing out something cool or a new baby... :) absolutely worth it! Take the time, highly recommended!

Wasn't as big as i remember. Glad they are doing a remodel, hopefully adding some new exhibits.

A lot to see and take in. Great time with the family.

They hosted a 1 mile kids fun run and my daughter loved it! Thank you

We visit the aquarium every yr at least. For the price the place is actually great. Very kind what they do to continue the breed of some animals. My daughter loves it. We got to enjoy the feeding of some fishes including the stingray

Large and very well maintained. The animals for the most part appear well maintained and well taken care of.

It was presidents day weekend and it was understandably packed but it was fairly easy to navigate with a group regardless.

There are shows about every half hour and there are enough throughout the day you could probably spend 7 hours watching just the shows with no overlap.

You must going early to see everything! It's not only for kids. My husband and I enjoyed it, wonderful date!

I loved the interactive activities. You could touch jellyfish, small sharks and more!

The aquarium is always nice. Kids love it, but you rarely get a chance to see all of it when you have them in tow.

AAA special night. New and old exhibits and Honda theater...Very nice

Nice place. Always love the shows. Frog exhibit was small but interesting.

Very educational. Staff is great and they clean surfaces often.

Always a good place to down some time and learn about our ocean

Great place. Lots of different species. You can touch some of them, which is amazing!

Crowded, but worth going to see the wide selection of sea creatures. The kids loved it!

Such a beautiful and amazing place, take your kids, and see all you can see it is worth every penny!

Got to feel all kinds of creatures in their many touch tanks. Was great experience and plenty of creatures to see.