Tropical World Reviews Summary

Value

Pros:

• "Very reasonably priced."
• "Had a lovely day out here and not too badly priced."
• "Really enjoyed our trip to tropical world, it's a reasonably priced good day out and would definitely recommend to others."
• "The café does some amazing food and its very well priced (not too expensive)."
• "Really good value ticket price for what you get."
• "Lovely place, lots or cute animals, most of them are tiny."
• "Excellent value."

Cons:

• "Seems to fit a recent trend of 'used to be really good' but now has slacked."
• "The gift shop had a large variety of items, albeit slightly overpriced imo."
• "It was a waste of £8 for an adult ticket, it looks like the whole place needs a complete overhaul inside."
• "The prices have definitely increased since I was last here."
• "Entry is £8 for adults & £4 for kids over 5years, its Far too expensive for the size of the place."
• "Really bad and not worth the money."
• "It's expensive £28 entrance fee and £33 for 2 coffee, 2 chip butties, and 2 kids meals."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff were amazing as well."
• "Thank you to all the staff who keep it going, all seem very friendly and helpful."
• "Friendly staff and a nice range of animals."
• "Staff very helpful."
• "All staff were fantastic and couldn’t do enough to help you out."
• "Staff are friendly and helpful."
• "The staff were extremely friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "The staff member that dealt with us on entry seemed very uninterested and was a little bit rude."
• "The lady at the cafe was very rude and didn’t even give one smile."
• "The cafe staff were rude."
• "Wow, miserable staff."
• "Overall, very unapproachable and made it a bad experience."
• "Cafe was over priced too, I ordered chilli & chips & this cost me £6, which wouldn't have been so bad except the portion size was laughable."
• "Really disappointed, appalled and wouldn't recommend visiting."

Facilities and Environment

Pros:

• "We found some free parking on the streets near to the park, 5 minute walk away."
• "The gardens outside and Roundhay park are good places as well to add to it and make it an amazing day out."
• "Tropical world itself is surrounded by beautiful gardens and woodland."
• "The comfortable winding path meanders its way through a mind boggling array of flora and fauna segregated into distinct zones."
• "If you're looking for an enchanting and educational adventure that the whole family can enjoy, Tropical World is the perfect choice."
• "There is a nice cafe, large gift shop, and there are accessible toilet facilities."
• "The gardens outside are lovely to walk around as well."

Cons:

• "We were perplexed though, after all the messages to recycle inside the attraction, there were no recycling bins to be found."
• "There was also a plastic bottle,a toy car and sweet wrappers floating around in their pond."
• "Arrived by car which is probably not the best way to get here as there is no car park."
• "Difficult to find and even once inside the grounds, no signs to the entrance to the exhibit."
• "Parking is not great however."
• "At the entrance you have to wait in the same queue regardless of having pre-booked tickets or not."
• "Parking is a bit of a pain (unless there's a car park I don't know about - we visited from out of town)."