Austin Aquarium in Austin, TX

We went on spur of the moment decision, I expected "enhanced PetSmart" given the size and location. But it was neat: the fish displays were very nice, the amount of sea horses surprised me as well as the variety and mix of the fish, the option to interact with lemur (and see them up close) unique, to step into aviaries and let all the parakeets and exotic birds pretty much surround you (yes, you can feed them) and sit on you, tons of lizards, iguanas, ducks and all kind of little water creature was fun. My 5 year old had a blast from all the animal interaction (yeah, and petting stigrays), they even have in a corner a little playscape so you can rest while the kiddos burn some energy. I would say it is a nice fun place to visit for families with small kids, to burn 1-2 hours when the weather doesn't cooperate (too hot or cold) to play outside. My only comment to the people who run it: you can put there even more signs as to which animal is which one. Thank you

We are local and had never been, but what a fun afternoon. Our favorite was feeding the animals. Come dressed to get a little splashed, maybe even have a bird land on you. We used a Groupon and would do it again!

There is so much to do here.There is a system where you buy tokens to feed animals birds,fish,stingrays,sharks.The giant squid is amazing.I would reccomend this

This has no business being called an "Aquarium". My wife and I should have turned around when we saw that it was in a strip mall, but decided to go in as we had nothing else planned for the afternoon. 15 minutes and $35 dollars later we had toured the entire facility and cursed our decision to give it a try. The meager offering of aquatic life is crammed into small tanks and the layout is designed exclusively to cater to birthday parties for young children (a large portion of the facility is cafeteria and parents were running to and fro with stacks of pizza boxes). The only potentially redeeming quality is it did have a few interactive exhibits, one of which was an area to play with Lemurs - though that was not open while we were there.

I had some time before my flight, so I went here. The aquarium is in a strip mall next to a Goodwill thrift shop. They do have some good stuff to see.