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Animates Albany

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😠 Make sure when you buy fish at this shop, you take a sample of your home water with you, so that the sales assistant thats so over bearing and self righteous can test the water quality before she sells you a $20 fish. She never asked where we live, where we from. She refused to sell us fish because... People often mention staff, friendly, helpful, fish, service, shop, customer, store,


Address

Shop 4a Albany Mega Centre (next to, Briscoes 142 Don McKinnon Drive, Albany, Auckland 0632, New Zealand

Website

www.animates.co.nz

Contact

+64 9 414 0036

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (358 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: 9 am to 6 pm
  • Monday: 8:30 am to 6 pm
  • Tuesday: 8:30 am to 6 pm
  • Wednesday: 8:30 am to 6 pm
  • Thursday: 8:30 am to 8 pm
  • Friday: 8:30 am to 6 pm
  • Saturday: 8:30 am to 6 pm

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  • 1/5 Paul H. 2 years ago on Google
    Make sure when you buy fish at this shop, you take a sample of your home water with you, so that the sales assistant thats so over bearing and self righteous can test the water quality before she sells you a $20 fish. She never asked where we live, where we from. She refused to sell us fish because we had our own opinion about fish. This shop is a joke, she is chasing customers away. We went to another Animate shop, bought fish, spent $300, no problem! I will not visit this shop again, unfortunately. 1 STAR RATING for shocking & rude customer service.
    9 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Trisha S. 3 years ago on Google
    Really welcoming team. The whole store is organized really well and it's really easy to find what you're looking for. Shout out to Erica for being so helpful and patient with me, and helping choose the right plants for my goldfish. Can't wait to spoil these goldfish!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 David O. 1 year ago on Google
    Excellent one stop shop for all of your pet needs. The staff who attended to my questions had exerted knowledge or got another staff member who knew a topic in detail.

  • 4/5 H E. 5 months ago on Google
    Excellent friendly service. Great range of products. Can be a bit pricey though

  • 5/5 Taunaha O. 5 months ago on Google
    It is always a pleasure to shop at Animates. The staff are so courteous and helpful. Thanks for the bag to carry my purchases. It will get much use.

  • 5/5 Craig B. 4 months ago on Google
    Excellent service! Omar, Thank you for your advice earlier today. Our Bulldog is feeling much better after eating the new pellets & Probiotic 🙏

  • 5/5 Erica V. 5 months ago on Google
    My usual store for click and collect orders for my cat. The staff are always so helpful and friendly. Great store.

  • 5/5 Dasha A. 6 months ago on Google
    The staff was really helpful and friendly. Even though the store was about to close

  • 5/5 Dinah O. 5 months ago on Google
    Theyare Soo super friendly and caring and always talk to the pets uoo

  • 5/5 Carol B. 8 months ago on Google
    Great experience. Lovely staff who are very helpful.

  • 5/5 Kevan E. 8 months ago on Google
    Outstanding customer service, at both Westgate and Albany (thank you Laura, for all your help today. We felt really looked after). Awesome array of products, this is gonna be one well looked after pupper!

  • 5/5 Megs M. 6 months ago on Google
    Friendly staff, always helpful and have plenty of knowledge on the products

  • 2/5 Scott D. 1 year ago on Google
    Good if you need some quickly but generally overpriced. No animals in-store any longer so its completely lost the petshop vibe.

  • 5/5 Jenna B. 10 months ago on Google
    Nice friendly staff and lots of fish for my daughter to look at haha

  • 4/5 Kai T. 1 year ago on Google
    Some of the staff are really helpful and great customer service, others are not so good

  • 5/5 Little C. 1 year ago on Google
    Just served by Makayla. Excellent and friendly and knowledgeable. Also heard other staff member (male) being same with another customer. So refreshing to find somewhere with old fashioned service like this - manners plus knowledge.

  • 5/5 Arun J. 10 months ago on Google
    One stop place for everything about pets. Went there to get pet fishes with little knowledge about how to do setup an aquarium, however helpful and expert knowledge of staff helped us. After her valuable guidance we returned with a detailed plan on setting up aquarium and how well to take care of pet fishes. Thank you!

  • 3/5 Eric B. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice place to shop but staff busy

  • 4/5 Bev R. 1 year ago on Google
    The customer service at Animates can't be beaten. Such friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable staff. I find the pet toys very expensive, but some good specials can be found on the pet food.

  • 1/5 Carter 1 year ago on Google
    Waiting 1 full week to be refunded for a click and collect item that was unavailable. The second time this has happened. I suggest Animates review the process so that transactions only go through when an item is picked, not instantly, which prevents being charged when items are not available as website suggests. Keeping better track of stock levels woukd also help prevent these situations. Store staff are friendly and pleasant, unforunately they refer the matter to Head Office who are unable to be reached.

  • 4/5 Shawn M. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice staff. Staff came up and asked me if they could assist in anyway and were very friendly when I said I was all good. Appeared clean and mostly organised. They had good fish as well.

  • 3/5 Minnie M. 1 year ago on Google
    Friendly and trying to help team, but it's mostly ruined by overpricing combined with the mediocre quality of goods. Do your own research before you buy anything.

  • 5/5 Paul K. 1 year ago on Google
    Laura was exceptional with her service when I bought a fish tank and accessories. Guided me through everything for Fish 101. Definitely going there again for service

  • 1/5 Sarah B. 1 year ago on Google
    Don't bother buying fish from this store. They asked me to come back in on a weekend as they couldn't sell fish due to covid after 7 even though they had 2 staff on the floor.

  • 3/5 Sofia G. 2 years ago on Google
    I've been going to animates for quite a while now but heard some bad things about how they treat animals. Everyone loves seeing the animals in these types of shops but they have now taken them away which is sad. Animates has been running out of stock on a few things but other than that, you can get all the essentials which is good. Xx

  • 5/5 Shone M. 1 year ago on Google
    Wonderful friendly staff who know their products. Highly recommend.

  • 5/5 Vic B. 1 year ago on Google
    Staff could not be more helpful and shared some fab hints and tricks. Super friendly.

  • 5/5 Tyrone G. 1 year ago on Google
    Service was great - thank you to lovely lady that helped me out and provided sound advice and tips.

  • 5/5 V H. 1 year ago on Google
    Staff are very friendly and helpful. Always happy to engage in all pet topics. The presentation of the store is lovely and I adore the fun atmosphere.

  • 1/5 Courtney H. 1 year ago on Google
    Sales assistant names “Laura” was the rudest most condescending person I have ever met! I got spoken to like trash because I didn’t have my ID for my click and collect? Staff need to be educated on the fact that nowhere on your order confirmation does it say you even need ID! Not to mention the fact that you don’t even need ID to make the purchase online, so it makes absolutely no sense for them to require it on collection? Leave your nasty attitude at home or don’t come to work. Disgusting customer service, definitely won’t be back.


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ In-store pick-up
    • ✓️ In-store shopping

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