Aquarium is huge on theme. This is Texas, after all, and the restaurant is a Texas-sized Aquarium. We're not talking about a few fish tanks here. The Aquarium only starts with the world's tallest fish tank as an attraction. The whole facility is alive with thousands of sea creatures representing more than 100 species of tropical fish from the Caribbean, South Pacific, Indian Ocean and Hawaiian waters.
Some fish are more than six feet long.
The dining room features two additional tanks in the center of the room, home to poisonous lionfish and a living coral reef. Twice a day, guests stop eating to watch as marine biologists swim, mingle and hand-feed the fish. At first Fertitta didn't even want to admit that Aquarium was a theme restaurant. The recent troubles of major theme restaurant chains. Tilman Fertitta wants Aquarium to be known as a great restaurant.