This place is a Florida vacation staple for my family. Loved the dolphin tour we took. Didn’t see any dolphins but still had a great cruise and loved the stop at the sandbar for shells and wading. Of course, bought some sponges. There’s also a video of how the sponge harvesting happens. It’s definitely from the 80s or 90s, but that makes it really charming to watch. My mom got a case of the giggles watching it because it was so retro and that’s a memory I’ll always cherish.

Pleasant sail, crew always fun and informative...

I visited the store with my family during our vacation to the area. We all had on masks.The employee working at the time accosted me and told me mask dont work, her governor uses real science, people dont die from COVID, and the vaccine changes peoples DNA. I let her know that the beauty of America is that I have the freedom to make the choice to wear a mask, and I wear mine. The employees actions during my visit were unprofessional and not necessary given the number of new cases in Florida.

I bought 2 big and 1 small like a fist sponge, the woman charged $19 for each plus $2 for service fee that she did not mention, I had to point out and ask.. it is poorly managed and sneaky priced place ! Do not recommend!

I have been coming here for 40+ years. Whenever company came to town, my parents took them to Pappas Restaurant and then a nice tour on the river, and then to look at the vintage sponge exchange. When I was a child I loved the museum and 1950s movie about life here. The same movie is still playing today. The Sponge-O-Rama was hit from the hurricanes last year, and need donations. I will always keep this treasure in my heart!!! What a great Greek community!!

A big selection of sponges. The have a movie about how the sponges are picked. Some other items inside the store.

Loved the boat ride. Saw lots of dolphins and the margarita was pretty good!

Kinda overpriced, for no reason. Fridge magnets $9 ?! Cmon!Sponges vary from like 5 to about 25 for really big ones.Other than that, they sell a lot of stuff. You can find here a ton of sea treasures, whatever got into the net along with sponges lol😊

The cruise was amazing! Saw dolphins and Anclote Key is a total paradise. I didnt want to pick any shells, but I could see there were so many pretty ones around. Some people found really big ones. The gift shop seems a little overpriced, but had to get a sponge anyhow.

We took the dolphin tour. We didnt get the excursion we paid for. It felt like everyone working there was just doing their job, but didnt actually care about their customers. With so many lovely businesses and passionate business owners, find a different cruise to go on.

Its a throw back but what were you expecting out of old Florida. Came by the docks for the seafood festival, but not much seafood more cajun than seafood. All in all though a nice day on the water.

After buying $152 worth of sponges I found that I was duped. Sponges and loofahs are less expensive in other stores in the area. When I got home I found that I was entitled to a 20% discount. That would’ve paid for lunch. Also they charge 4.50% service fee for using a credit card. Nothing was said before the transaction.Sneaky Ba——ds. Don’t bother going here.

Awesome old time movie to educate you on sponge collection, loofahs, and greektown. Lots of things I didnt know.

!!Great Fun!! A Must Do If Visiting The Area!! Price is right plus senior rates!

This place is a joke. We bought our tickets 2 hours before departure and we got there 10 minutes before boarding, like recommended. Unfortunately we didn’t get to board because it was at capacity before our turn to board. None of the workers cared. My 2 and 8 year old children were devastated to be turned away. They refunded our money and yelled and argued with us the whole time. Totally unprofessional. There are tons of cool boat tours in Tarpon Springs that would be happy to have your business. AVOID SPONGEORAMA!

I have received my order for soaps including the Eucalyptus. I am so happy. Consider me a permanent customer as I love all the scents you make and will reorder frequently.Take care,Gloria Cowser

I really enjoyed the dolphi. Tour thT they have the guy giving the tour was nice and charming.

Good selection of tourist items. We bought some soap. Prices for sponges were more expensive than othef shops. I didnt like that they added on a service charge to my bill without notifying me. I found that to be very sneaky and untrustworthy.

Sadly, the Spongeorama museum is closed and probably for good. Apparently it suffered some water damage and their is major mildew. I doubt there will be any effort to restore and reopen the museum as it always looked dated, but that was part of its charm. The only thing left here is a very old film about sponging and high priced sponges and gift items.

It was a lot of fun for my son to see

Good people Good Times nice place to vacation and learn about self

Best local dolphin tour! I take a group at least 2x a year & these guys know what their doing & we always see dolphins. They know how where their at & how to get them chasing the boat!

This is a great place to learn about and buy real sea sponges. The connected cruise company and restaurant are amazing too. Ask about them too. The employees are very nice and knowledgeable about each connected service also. This store also has little tourist trinkets. The prices are very reasonable.

OK, this place isnt for everyone, but if you like quirky, unusual places (and I do) this is cool. This is both a souvenir store - with lots of the sponges for which Tarpon Springs is known - and cheap/overpriced souvenirs. But there is also a free museum and movie that explain the history and process of sponge diving in the town. The museum is only marginally informative, but the creepy dioramas (one with a female mannequin losing her hair! designed by Norman Bates?) had my family in stitches! The movie actually was very informative, but it was one of those really old, dated documentaries like the movies kids watched in school in the 1960s, or like the films on Mystery Science Theater 3000 that Tom Servo and Crow make snarky comments throughout. One plus: if its a hot day, Spongeorama is air-conditioned.A warning: the proprietors will try to hard-sell you on taking a tourist cruise when you leave. Be prepared! Ive heard the cruise is decent and some will actually like it, but it is pricy. Weak, easily influenced people will end up signing up for the tour even though they really didnt want to go.

Cool sponges. Very awesome goat milk soap for reasonable prices. The boat tour was awesome! Ask for Angelo if he is available. He was fantastic and if you call ahead he might be able to bring the sweetest dog you ever met :)

They are very keen at selling their sponges. There was something for every price range. We left happy. We also went in the boat tour to an island to collect shells! Very nice. Id recommend it.

I think this was once an outdoor market and over the last 20 years they kept putting up walls so that it has eventually become a building. Their free movie appears to have been filmed in the 60s. And if you aint buying then they want you out of there.

So many sponges but this place could use a good scrubbing... if it was cleaned up a bit this could be a nice little attraction. I thought the museum was interesting but it looked neglected. I got a bag of little sponges for craft projects at a fair price, so I left happy.

My family has done the cruise to the key through sponge-o-rama twice on our visits to tarpon springs. Its always a great time! The boat is spacious and well kept. The staff is professional and friendly. They do a good tour and slow the boat if they see anything interesting such as dolphins or osprey. I knock off one star because I think 30 minutes on the key is too short. It seems like you get off and have to get right back on.

A friend and I go to the docks every once in a while to check out all of the shops and restaurants and this last time we stopped in Spongeorama. We had such a good time looking at everything in the shop and museum. The cruise is always a good time as well. The staff was great, and helped recommend...

Cute shop with a really interesting video you can sit ann watch about sponging production (in air conditioned little theater). Sponges from all over the world are here as well as other sea worthy items.

Fun and interesting place to visit. Beautiful sponges and gifts.

We visited this sponge factory which is really interesting and has some great items showing how they gather the sponges. Its well worth the trip to Tarpon Springs to see all the boats and visit some of the Greek restaurants.

This is where I bought my sponge in the bath soap. I have been there twice but have missed the show both times I dont think I going to try a third time. It was a nice day and I just felt she could have started the tape and let us watch it, other venders in the area felt the same way and previous customers even told the woman that she was kind of rude. when you work with the public you need to cater to the public or the public wont be there for you to keep you open.I would have bought a lot more but I really wanted to see the show so I bought all my other sponges down the street and I spent my money down the street in another store and so did Mom.when you tell the customers you make your own hours that means you could have stayed another 15 minutes and let us watch the tape. I dont know if this review would get to the owner of that company but he might think twice about the woman thats running the shop for him or her. She spent more time complaining about previous customers when we could have been watching the videoabout the sponge divers the whole reason to be there the store advertises it all over the place and then you close the store early we werent the only people that wanted to see there was more people walking in as we were walking outand were very disappointed that they couldnt see the showmaybe the store needs to get somebody to work a second shift there cuz it was only one in the afternoon when we got there you cant run a business when youre close midday.

I like this place through out the town their is wonderful shop and great food. The Spongorama has to be your first stop when you get into town. Price are very reasonable. You will learn about sponges in 10 minutes than you ever knew

Nice gift shop and short video depicting how sponges are gathered from the ocean bottom

It is a store with plenty of sponges and other Greek items. I do like other stores in town better since there are other places with more options and better prices.

Extremely helpful staff!! They helped me pick the best sponges for what I needed them for. Extremely knowledgeable!

Video about types of sponges was interesting, movie about sponge diving was pretty old. All in all it was ok.

Yes I enjoyed this point I enjoy the sponge Factory the people were at real polite and also I walked by the people ask me if I want to take a boat ride I had a wonderful great experience on the boat captains wonderful we visited Island I buy to put in the shells off the island I had a great experience and a wonderful boat ride anybody to lose in Tarpon Springs or out of the year you should visit the boat SpongeBob Cruise Line because it was excellent experience I had

Great place for the whole family to visit and see a video of how the gulf sponges are made for our daily use.

Do stop an watch the movie. Interesting

Inexpensive boat tours and souvenirs...great Greek culture and educational ! Lots of entertainment ! I have yet to take the grandkids to the park because we never run out of other things to look at and do ! Very enjoyable time !!

Just another tourist trap. All these places offer the same junk that is over priced. Dont waste your time with the sponge fishing movie that they are SO proud of. You view it in a stuffy little room on metal sport benches with No air conditioning. The movie itself is a product of the 70s, maybe 80s and horrible quality. Had to sit outside to cool off and the employees are kind and weloming enough to stand out front and light up their cigarette amd puff away. Stay classy Spingorama. Really, dont waste your time.

Nice show movie how explained in history also so much sponge in store it beautiful different but warning floor is not level but it nice there

Kitschy cool little Museum great place to take the kids very informative love the Greek feel and culture of the Town its in

Very interesting history of the sponge industry in Florida - I would recommend a trip to Tarpon Springs if you are interested.

If you are near Tarpon Springs they say once a week go Greek. Stop by the spongeorama and learn about the greek settlement and sponge fishermen. Then enjoy some of the greek food in the area. Yes its a little touristy but the locals frequent many of these places. So live like a local and enjoy your time in Tarpons Springs and start with Spongeorama.

Love the variety of sponges. Helpful staff to explain all the different uses.

Really great assortment of souvenirs and good prices for some really nice home and uarx decor.

Weve been there a few minutes ago, watching the free movie. Before entering the museum, we wanted to browse the docks and come back afterwards (and buy some souvenirs of course) when we came back, that old short lady with black hair snarled at us, she was very unfriendly and told us, we should have gone into the museum after watching the movie. So we left. Why buy from someone, who has no idea of customer friendly service?

This is one of the best places in Florida. Just beautiful

Cheesetastic goodness. The 20 minute video really does make you a sponge expert.

With a long-closed museum, this place is just one more gift shop exactly like the two dozen others around it. Until the museum comes back, if ever, theres no point to visit.

Dont trust their website information. Dont book their cruises on their website. Their cruise times dont vary; their hours are random and their website is not accurate ... at all.

We love it here at the sponge docks!

I ordered my moms favorite lotion as a Christmas present for her. I thought 2.5 weeks ahead of time would be enough for it to arrive but I guess I was wrong. When I emailed them about it during their business hours, but have yet to receive a response.

Love Tarpin Springs & the Sponge Docks!

Very expensive sponges, can get same thing on side walks. Nice movie and employees

Same old video....but it does earn you free parking and a discount to wonderful trinkets

Neat place that has a movie going with some history.

Sponges never costed this much,, the Greeks do not like this at all

Great shop to buy stuff in they have lots

It was nice, but not as hands-on as the Sponge Factory. Staff seemed abrasive when a young cousin picked up a sponge to dip it in the water buckets.

Good collection of dried ocean sponges.

Great tourist stop.

Very rundown. Do not park at first lot as you enter Tarpon Springs.

History is interesting but building is super outdated.

Great shop.

I liked the old school sponge movie

Lots of great spunges

Very helpful and educational experience.

A fun place to get away

Informable movie that explains all about sponges. What theyre used for and how they can be used.

History lesson on the sponge industry

The history and islands cruise are interesting. The facilities and staff are somewhat seedy.

A must stop for the movie. But the sponges are more exspensive than any other store.

Great place to visit 4 tourists

Cool stuff, interesting video

Its just fine.

Nothing unique. Sponges and trinkets for tourists.

Great products to choose from.

I liked a lot

Really enjoyed the dolphin cruise

Interesting place to visit

Great place for visitors

Great natural sponges

Lots of fun stuff

Best price on sponges

Love this place

The whole outfit are crooks...

Such a cute place to be

Neat novelty stuff

You must see this!

Interesting place.

Ok

Just great place

Nice place!!

Must see

The sponge museum is gone :(