VIA Aquarium

Livy F 3 months ago

It was so interesting because from the outside it looks like this place is going to be trash, but it was surprisingly well set up. After you get past the entrance, you forget you're in a dead mall. It took us about 2 hours to get through the whole thing - I stopped to pet the rays for a while. This is definitely a good low cost spot for a date or even just killing some time. Don't go in expecting this is like Boston or Mystic Aquarium though - no sea lions or penguins!

Joseph Marriott 4 months ago

It was awesome me the wife and kids had a great time the staff was great with the kids and very helpful with them I suggest going there if you want to see some awesome breeds of fish with some being able to touch and interact with

Phillip Griffin 5 months ago

What a wonderful aquarium, having visited when it first open to now it is still impressive. The new fish and exhibits are nice. The sting rays always a crowd pleaser and the koy pond always a big hit! Kid friendly and clean. Highly recommended!

Charlie R 7 months ago

This aquarium was amazing. All the staff were very helpful and knowledgeable. The place was clean and the animals looked very healthy and happy. The prices in the gift shop were great. Would definitely recommend and will come back.

Kathy S 11 months ago

DO NOT MISS THIS AQUARIUM! Sorry for yelling, but this is a hidden gem of an aquarium. You would NEVER guess the quality of this aquarium by the looks of the "Dead Mall" it is located in. The entrance is in the back of the mall. After walking down a colorfully painted hallway, you enter into the concourse of the the mall where Via has a storefront. The storefront after it is the aquarium gift shop called "The Treasure Chest" that you exit into after touring all the exhibits. There is a maze of aquarium displays, plenty of signage and explanations of what is in the tanks. After about an hour of displays, the area opened up to a couple of touch tanks. One was full of Koi that came up to you (hoping you would feed them), the other had a pool of Rays. This area also has the bathrooms and water fountains if you need them. Continuing on, more aquariums that have the clown fish and Tangs you remember from "Finding Nemo". After that, there was an aquarium "Tunnel" with sharks and large fish swimming overhead, then there was a second tunnel after that one! Quite impressive, as I've only seen such features in larger aquariums in major cities. Further on, the displays turned to lizards a