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Visitors who complain about the attraction experience name rooms and halls they could not enter, a rushed tour, a plain building and shows that differed from the description.

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Its rating4.8from 119.6 thousand reviews on Google Maps and Tripadvisor
Written reviews4.8stars from 633 reviewers, Nov 2025 to Nov 2026
Written reviews sit close to its rating.

Store ratings count every star tap; written reviews come from people with something to say, so they usually run lower. Read the shares below as what reviewers raise, not the chance it happens to you.

Reviewers praise the attraction experience, 85% of written reviews, and family and kids reviewers praise something at 100%. Skip it if the attraction experience bothers you: 9% of written reviews raise it as a catch.

Of the people who wrote a review

Praise something95%
Complain15%

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  • Attraction experience9%
    Most often limited tour access

    “no point to the whole disjointed performance, of what turned out to be a poor mans verson of the Cirque du Soleil. The clincher was for us seated in economy.”

    1 star · Tripadvisor · Mar 7, 2026

Share of written reviews that raise each one.

Who it suits

  • Holiday or trip78 reviewers; most raised: attraction experience
    Complain15%
    Praise96%
  • Family and kids7 reviewers
    Complain14%
    Praise100%
  • Special occasion4 reviewers
    Complain0%
    Praise75%
Replies to 51% of reviews, in about 97 hours
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What Sydney Opera House reviewers say

One public report on Sydney Opera House reads 633 Google Maps and Tripadvisor reviews from the last year. The report “Sydney Opera House: the building, the tours or the shows?” was last updated Nov 6, 2026. Of its 633 judged reviewers, 15% complain, 95% praise something and 1% make a request. The top complaint is attraction experience at 54% of complaints, then price and value (10%) and staff and service (8%). Top praise: attraction experience, at 85% of praise. Top requests: amenities (22%) and other request (11%). Two audience differences stand out. No reply: mention price and value 2.0x as often as everyone (28% vs 14%). Owner replied: mention price and value less often than everyone (2% vs 14%).

One public report on Sydney Opera House. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.

Sydney Opera House: the building, the tours or the shows?Natural mix · last year · 633 reviews · refreshed weekly · by OneStarTop praise: attraction experience, then staff and service. Top complaint: attraction experience (54% of complaints, mentioned in 56%), then price and value.

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