Austin Aquarium

The Austin Aquarium is one of the coolest aquariums I've ever been too... There's not just dress life here, but an array of small and exotic animals. The best part about the place is you can just about touch all of them... Which also means that they're fairly free for the most part. The first time I visited the entry way was full of parrots flying freely from shoulder to shoulder of the workers. It's first that they love their animals and their animals love them.

Ryan made our experience amazing at the aquarium today! He and Will gave use one on one attention with the animals and explained all the quirks, personalities and facts about every species. We had a surprising and excellent experience! I was refreshed by well trained, yet fun behavior of all the animals. Our special favorites were Bonnie and Clyde. Thank you for making today memorable for my wife and I.

I love the great customer service. It wasn't to crowded too. The tokens are pricey but worth getting. You able to get into cages with the birds and other animals. feed fishes and sting rays so much more to do. Fun Fun Fun.

This place was so much fun! Today, Mariann at the front desk saved us good money with the annual passes, we got our party of 6 all in, my son lives here in Texas and even though we are from Michigan, she still made it work for all of us with the Black Friday special. We got free admissions to visit the San Antonio Aquarium and the new Houston location next time we come back to Texas. This was a great deal for us, so we will be planning to visit all locations. Mariann was courteous and sweet. My kids had a great time. The place was packed! We didn’t see social distancing at all but we heard announcements often. Masks were required. Tokens are a little pricey but worth it. Devin made us feel pleased and Maricela by the snack area made it happen for us to finally have encounters. We loved the Disney music, and our kids went crazy excited when Ryan came around with the alligator. They have lemurs, a sloth, toucans, and so much more! Great experience!

The experience at the aquarium started out good, they had some cool sea life to look at, pet, and feed. It's definitely great to take your kids because it's an interesting and entertaining aquarium. However, I was not expecting it to go downhill as it went. I decided to go into the interactive experience with some lemurs that you could touch inside their habitat and sit down with them and I was extremely taken aback by how the staff handled what happened. As soon as I went inside this habitat, a lemur jumped on my head and gripped my hair so I tried to tie my hair back and I guess it had looked like I had touched the lemur or went for it with my hand but I was just trying to tie my hair as I had forgotten to tie it back but it wasn't a requirement to have long hair back anyway. A young lady working in this habitat experience started unnecessarily shouting at me to get out of the habitat. I didn't have an issue being told to leave the habitat as I understand their priority is to protect the guests and the animals, mostly the animals. I do have an issue with how the staff member handled the situation and made a big unnecessary scene in front of my husband and others children. I did not receive the respect that I deserve as an adult and a guest from this staff member and that is why I am rating this experience a 1 star.