Aquarium of the Pacific Reviews

Tons of exhibits to see and interact. Food is expensive and the usual eats of hamburgers pizza and chicken. Ice cream is available in some exhibit areas with plenty of seating throughout. Loved the area of botanical gardens. Butterflies and tropical birds that land on your shoulders. Wonderful experience.

Located in Long Beach, at The Pike, near the Hilton and yhe Convention Center and across the water from the Queen Mary, the Aquarium is in the perfect location for anyone visiting from out of town, or just looking for a good family outing.

They offer season passes for individuals couples and families. We have the family pass, and go on a regular basis with our kids. They were regularly offer special events such as themed days, or special hours. The kids always want to visit the various touch pools, as well as seeing the sharks and sea otters (especially at feeding time).

I have also been there for corporate events, and they do a great job.

Really good place to visit with the kids, they also have a seal show, and some activities for the kids, restaurant & coffee shop, store etc.

I love this place because I have 2 toddlers. This is a great way for them to learn. If you can afford the annual pass and have kids, that's the way to go!

This place is actually great but it all depends what time you go I would highly recommend going super early to truly enjoy the entire aquarian without having hundreds of annoying kids running around and clueless parents.

Smaller than I thought, expensive so wait for discount days.

This place was a great experience, my 5 month old daughter was entertained with the tanks full of colourful fish. You are able to touch the sting rays and friendly mini sharks. The Jelly fish were amazing.

Best Aquarium in southern California. Large, beautiful, and lots of different events and activities to do.

Nice time to spend with family and beautiful location

Rude customer service very disorganized and need to move a little faster...if the eployee is new i suggest you dont put them on the floor till they are trained and people friendly...

My kids love this place, lots of cool fish and exhibits

Loving the hands on experience with wildlife at the Aquarium.

Wonderful place with lots of different marine life. They are explaining also a lot about their work like taking care of all the fish and other animals as well to go skin-to-skin with some fish at the touch tanks. I really enjoyed my visit, just I suggest pre-order your ticket online, it saves a lot time and the maschines for ticket pickup are easy to use.

Have to come early to miss the crowds, but definitely a great experience.

Great day out, but you feel rushed when all the kids are there. Awesome photos of the jellyfish

It was fun, crowded right before all of the children go back to school. The bird exhibit was great. The petting of the sharks and rays was very educational. I like how questions were answered and explanations and descriptions were volunteered.

My kids had a great time at the Aquarium! They will definitely want to go back on our next trip/vacation to San Francisco!

Very tidy aquarium in Long Beach. Visited during a conference, and was delighted at the well kept equipment and professional care of the animals!

Excellent learning and family experience. Our favorite part was being able to pet the rays, however knowing that the rays only come to the surface of the water because theyre hungry is sad. I hope that the habbits of the animals are not learned the way that sea world teaches their animals to do tricks. All of the animals appear healthy and in the end the aquarium is worth the visit.

Great 3-4 hour stop for all kinds. Especially cool if you're a landlocked tourist like I am.

Perfect little place! I enjoy every step of thr way, seeing all the people look at the aquatic creatures if fun to see.

over priced and its mostly filled with small fishes

Decided on membership again to support the aquarium. Good events. Parking across the street. Lots of staff and ocean life. Great for families and anyone interested in ocean life.

Small, expensive, but very pretty and diverse aquarium

Great place to learn about wildlife with knowledgeable volunteers and informational programs

It was pretty good. I think we saw everything in about 6 hours. Was crowded, but still got good views and pic opportunities. Seems a little expensive, but it does look really nice after the remodel.

Its a really fun place for kids and grown up .get to learn alot about the animals.

Try to avoid going on weekends if possible. It's gonna be packed for sure. Parking can be tough, especially if you arrive later in the day. Parking can be validated by the aquarium or any restaurants around. The exhibits are cool but it's hard to enjoy yourself when there's a million people standing in front of them holding their kids up. I made the best out of the trip but it wasn't worth it for me.

We love it and are thinking about becoming members!

This place was amazing. Will definitely go back soon

Had a great day at the aquarium with family and all the volunteers were engaging and helpful to everyone and the aquatic life!

Great place for family or maybe date. Good environment, people there really nice you learn alot...

Love this Aquarium!!!! Such a wonderful place! I can t wait to go back. Tons of fish to see, tons of useful into and really nice short docu films. Totally touched my heart! See ya soon!!!

This place is spectacular!! Exhibits are well thought out and we'll made. The tanks are wonderfully designed and the signage is well placed and designed. The outside exhibits are beautiful and the docents are knowledgeable and speak clearly. They even have evening hours. Just Great!!

The best place in Long Beach by far. Everything is close by so you dont have to eat at the aquarium.
The aquarium itself is very informative and fun. Touch a jellyfish and a sting ray!
Animals are well cared for and the staff will answer any and all of your questions.

Such a fun place to take children, clean and lots to see. The annual pass is the best bang for your buck, very reasonably priced. It's also in close proximity to restaurants and other fun things to do in town.

A fun place for the family. Great exhibits with jellies, frog's, seahorses and sea dragons.

The aquarium is awsome the staff are great building a relationship with the animals . there is alot of positive energy from the staff because they are so passionate about the animals they make it easy to learn . there are so many fun facts they are very knowledgeable you will definitely learn something knew. And the beat part its in Long beach the best a city.

My babies love the touch pools with the sharks and sting rays. Kind of disappointed that only the external exhibits were open. Also skip the Whale Watching after May you wont see much unless birds and seals are on your list.

We had a wonderful visit, all staff were helpful and courteous, areas were clean and organized and wildlife looked to be well respected and cared for.

Its mostly looking at aquariums. Although theres a huge variety. Theres an indoor area where you can touch sea cucumbers, star fish and anemones. There's also an outdoor area where you can pet small sharks and rays and another area where you can touch jellyfish. Small playground and gift shop. Overall fun but not much to re-visit for.

This aquarium is great because there is a lot to see but you can easily see it all in one day. Highlights colon sea lions, sea otters, lots of rays and sharks to touch.

Fun Aquarium. Granted we made the mistake of going there during the week of spring break- IT....WAS......CROWDED!!!! Not the Aquariums fault.

One of the best aquariums weve ever been to! they had a lot of pools where you can touch the animals, which my kids loved!

A visit very well worth the time and reasonable fee during our trip to Long Beach. The volunteer guides were amazingly informative. We definitely left with more understanding and respect for aquatic life than we ever had before. We're very appreciative for the kids volunteering their time to share and educate.

The kids had a blast...myself and the hubby also enjoyed our visit...always plenty too see and lots of learning to do

A great aquarium with a variety of exhibits from jellyfish to otters to even birds! The annual membership for two is a particularly good deal if you plan on going more than once a year.

My kids love this place so much totally worth the family pass

This is a great day trip! We loved feeding the birds and touching all the fun sea creatures. Watching the penguins swim from underneath was my personal fav :)

This was one of the better aquariums that I have been to. There were an excelent variety of animals and species. The feeding of the seals and sea lions was informative and entertaining. There were several school groups there so it was harder to get close to the exhibits on a quieter day it would be a very relaxing place to stay. Work was being done on the outside of it I look forwward to visiting it again to see the upgrades.

Some beautiful, amazing exhibits. And I love the things you can touch.

Alot has changed here in the last twenty years! New exhibition focused on "climate change"! Otters and sea lions amazing as always!!!

This place is beautiful, wide variety of aquatic life and very informative. Great activity for a couple or family.

Very nice place. Lots of fun activities for the kids.

Some exhibits are repetive, like the ones full with a bunch of fish that are basically the same, but the sharks and ones with huge fish or things you don't see everyday are cool would recommend

I love talking my girls to The Aquarium and maybe take a cruise ride. You can either take a 45 minute ride for $12 or a 3 hour ride for about. $45.

I've seen a whole lot of aquariums over the years (we have plenty in Australia), and this was done quite well. Don't be fooled-you don't have to walk though a long tube to see a great aquarium. This was small enough to interact with the staff and the sea creatures. Both of my kids (9,11) enjoyed it. There was plenty of sea life from North Pacific and some from other areas of the pacific as well.

Amazing. Tons of jellyfish and gorgeous seahorses. Whats not to like?

Fun place to visit with family. The exhibits are always filled with life and the animals a are all lovely. Love coming here to visit the bird section as well.

Great place for kids and parents to learn and explore marine life and just hang out for a few hours.

This is a must see place if youre in LA. It is a great place for adults as well as children. While youre there definitely stop and see the sea lion show and feed the birds. Also there are a ton of touch tanks. You can touch jelly fish, sting rays, and a few others.

Beautiful aquarium. Lots of cool stuff for kids to do but lacks a lot of wow attractions for adults

Outside attractions open during covid. Still very interactive and not overly crowded

The best place to enjoy the wonder of our marine splendors! Whether you go with your family, a group of friends, with a love interest, with your grandparents ... The result is the same: everyone enjoys a magnificent day at the Aquarium of the Pacific!!!!