The Deep Reviews

The best aquarium in the UK. No doubt. Worth a visit without hesitation.

Loved it and with one ticket you get a full year pass.

Thoroughly enjoyed the visit. Really interesting and thought provoking. Great for kids of all ages. Especially enjoyed the free veteran's entry. Leaving with our recyclable metal straws. Will definitely come again.

great fun if you have to wait for the Ferry and it is rainy weather

Fish, history, ecology and cafes, what more do you want?

Live in Leeds but have visited quite a few times. My daughter loves and entrance is really reasonably priced.

Very educational place with loads to see and do. Great gift shop. Been to this place atleast 4 times now and have loved it and learned something new every time i have gone.

Thoroughly enjoyed a family day out here, not the best aquarium I have ever been too however their focus on saving the sea and the environment was very refreshing to see and for my children to learn would recommend to anyone fairly local to Hull.

Really surprised by how good this place was. Remember to take advantage of the annual pass that's free once you have paid entry once

Because of covid and not bring able to touch the fish the rating is 3

Amazing place assuming you like fish, coral, amphibians etc etc etc

I loved it here i was like a big kid all way round just so good

Nice place can get really overcrowded though ( maybe just in the holidays I don't know ) but recommend going pretty early. Son loved it !

Very helpful and knowledgeable staff. Very interesting place to visit have been several times

What a place to visit!!! We loved it, from the interactive aspect and the chance to see sharks etc and the cafe was not overpriced

Great place for a family day out. Very nice caffe inside with a good lunch selection - very cheap.

The Deep is a great attraction and the kids love it, parking is easy and the cafe has a good range of food. Well worth a visit.

Absolutely wonderful day out. Best aquarium I ve seen.

Main aquarium cool, Minus for a short tunnel plus a lift that could be slower to go. Minus for freshwater aquariums, not enough. Plus for sea aquariums

Great place. Lots to see/do for all ages. Cafe very good with variety of food. Will def go back- tickets can be converted into annual pass at no extra coat.

The acoustics here are such that it is a very, loud, noisy place. Much of the exhibition space is also quite dark. These factors can be quite intimidating for small children who also have to be lifted up to see many of the exhibits.

The main aquarium is very impressive and features such as the ice wall and the temperature globe were very popular with our children.

Overall it is somewhere I cannot recommend for small children but I am sure it is a wholly more enjoyable experience for the older ones.

All the staff were extremely helpful.

This is a pleasant place to visit and could probably cover it in half a day.

The tour were simple to follow around - so much to see and learn. Amazing for all ages. Fish were well looked after in large tanks. Food in the cafe is all home made and delicious, not too expensive either. I've visited a few times when it's been a rainy day outside and everytime I've thoroughly enjoyed. Also - great pushchair access all round.

Can be busy around the more popular exhibits... but throughly enjoyed it with the toddler

Brilliant place for all of the family. Cafe excellent food and service at very reasonable prices. Covid precautions excellent. Will definitely return

The cafe staff let the place down. Not attentive felt like we had interfered on their gossip group to be served. The rest was fab

Came on a bank holiday weekend so faced the large que for entry! Around 45 minutes to get in, 30 of which was in rain.
The aquarium is good we spent around 1 hour 30 minutes inside.
The displays are clean and spacious so everyone gets to see.

Lovely afternoon although it was very busy the staff were amazing

Really nice place (no pun intended). Lots to do, easy to get to and we keep going back.

The Deep was fantastic, I can honestly say that your place was better than when we visited America, much bigger and nicer for the fish swimming.

Great place for both kids and adults. The layout of the place is fantastic. Some really amazing fish. The swordfish is particularly amazing

Good place to have family fun. Allot of new things to explore for kids and even for adults aswell. Better to go in weekdays.

it is an excellent day plenty to see, staff are friendly and polite and wonderful day out especially for families

It just gets better and better. 10/10. I've been coming for 3 years and I think it's the most calming place in Hull.

Love the sharks, penguins and jelly fish. There is a picnic area if you Don't want to go in cafe. As a childminder this saved some money. And wil go again with a,freind with out the kids

Lots to see, friendly staff, great experiences and very informative information about all the sea life.

Amazing place. I love it. Definitely I am going back soon. :)

Definitely worth visiting, definitely something you have to do with young children. There is one massive tank, which was very impressive. We bought a yearly pass for the same price as a normal entry ticket

Great attraction, each ticket valid for 12 months. Healthy happy fish, interactive exhibits, wheelchair friendly.

For a facility of that size and cost too build we would ve expected a better place. The idea of pay once and get in the rest of the year for free is a bit strange this could ve of been set differently to help raise money all though they are making some money back in the cafe. This way they could improve other areas and get more visitors.

No doubt the best aquarium I've visited. Excellent variety of exhibits, respect to the emphasis on understanding and learning to love our oceans before impressing why they need our help. Incredible value - one ticket for a whole year costs less than one visit to Sea Life. If you love aquatics, go here. Actually, if you don't love aquatics, go here and learn why you should.

Great half day out. Really well presented interesting information and impressive displays.

The aquarium is great, but the environmental credentials are kind of offset by the overpriced plastic stuff they sell in the gift shop!

Excellent day out. Took my kids who are 7 and 2, both enjoyed their day. Will be going back again soon. You also have the added bonus that you can go back for free as many times in 12 months as you like, will take full advantage of that (you can donate to charity if you wish)

Good place to go on cold days. Educational for children. Area to eat own food.

Excellent day out and great value for money. Loads of different fish and creatures to see up close.

Quite good. Enjoyed my time here, for what you pay it is an excellent aquarium but not as much on show as others. It is focussed on conservation so a very good cause, well worth it.

Bit expensive but ticket is valid for a year and kids certainly enjoyed it

Not as good this time alot of parts boarded off.food not the greatest

Great place to bring grandchildren! Lots to see and do. Cafes at the halfway point and the end.

Apart from the fact it's an amazing aquarium, it seems like it's really got it's act together over covid.

Nice day with 2 Grandchildren they thoroughly enjoyed the experience lots of hands on things to see and do

I can see why this is listed as the Biggest aquarium and not the best, they have three large but disappointing tanks with not a lot going on, we traveled half way across the country for one of the weakest experiences to date, all this being said the staff working their are great, knowledgeable and extremely helpful it s just a shame that Glen from the management doesn t appreciate constructive feed back and was very short and rude with us, so to recap aquarium is med tier, the staff are great and Glen is unbelievably rude.

My daughter loved it. Fab family day out and plenty of fish!

Came here for my year anniversary, absolutely loved it :)

Wonderful place to spend a good few hours looking and learning about ocean life and conservation. Great price with the all year pass, reccomend to everyone

We really enjoyed our visit, lots to see and a cool layout to go from top to bottom and see the different levels in the ocean. Good cafe and nice shop

Love the day pass plus tickets, online tickets were easy to do, straight forward. Parking machine outside only takes coins which you'll need to take into consideration, as we thought it would take card payments. But The Deep was really big and easily accessible for pushchairs and wheelchairs. The divers waved to my son and he really loved it!! The daily shows were fabulous, clearly spoken which meant everyone could clearly hear what was going. Big cafe so there is always plenty of seating. The sea life is amazing, so worth the trip!

Not my first visit, though I haven't been in a while. There are some new exhibits on the way, looks like. In the tunnel a member of the crew (didn't catch her name but had bright blue hair) pointed out to us that one of the nurse sharks had an egg ready to lay. We were lucky enough to catch that happening whilst we were viewing through the stair windows. Kind of an amazing thing to see! We caught the penguins being fed too, they have so much personality, ace to watch. Learned a little something about their breeding habits thanks to a staff member presentation whilst the feeding was happening.
Another feature that has popped up since my last visit are the glances behind the scenes of the deep. Interesting stuff.
My one tiny complaint...halfway cafe was closed and I would have loved a hot drink, but no biggy. we got one from the main cafe on the way out.
Had a nice afternoon. Friendly knowledgeable staff and interesting exhibits, thank you

Great place to kill an afternoon, tickets are valid for a year as well

Purchasing a day's pass gets you free entry for next 12 months. Great displays.

Nice day out. Will be coming back again in the future.