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The Y in Chinatown is great! It’s clean, it has a friendly staff and great group classes. More recently they started Yoga classes on Wednesdays with instructor Mayo and it’s amazing! The instructions are clear, and I got out of there feeling amazing. Great job starting this class, everyone loves it! 🩷🙏🏼

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★ 5

Always clean. Friendly Staff. Helpful knowledgeable fitness staff. Excellent exercise-class instructors. Huge variety of exercise classes (from gentle/restorative to rigorous to fun). Saline swim pool. Awesome gym w/ high-quality equip. Good vibe for people of all ages (programs & classes support young, elderly & everybody between).
I do wish they were open 1 hour later (like pre-covid), allowing more time to get home from work, eat, gym. Hoping they'll expand hours. Also wish we had a sauna, but luckily can go to Embarcadero YMCA for that.

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★ 5

Family friendly gym w nice equipment and a saline pool

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June 12, 2025
My most favorite exercise at the Chinatown YMCA in San Francisco is BODYPUMP, instructed by a Carol L.

Her classes are always so much fun, in which she really knows how to motivate me to lift a particular weight and to make each movement count.

Her kind and generous attention to my condition, with a recent injured left arm is truly appreciated.

May 22, 2025
With a left "frozen shoulder," I hesitated but did attend an Aqua Fit group exercise in the salt water at the YMCA in Chinatown in San Francisco this Thursday's morning.

Before the exercise started, I informed our instructor, LaKee Brandin Tolliver, of my injured arm. He calmly advised me to go at my own pace.

Throughout the exercise, LaKee had often watched over and provided me with the needed encouragement, also clarification on specific proper movements. His instruction was clear, easy and fun to follow. A great teacher, indeed.

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★ 4

历史建筑，外观中式风格
华埠基督教青年会是社区服务和文化交流的重要中心。

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★ 5

Solid structure, new clean and robust 3 racks! Love it!

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Denied financial assistance for membership. YMCA refused my paystubs and W2 forms. Ms. Ma started asking me invasive questions that has nothing to do with a YMCA membership; said she wasn't "allowed" to disclose what the financial limits were. I used to be a member before the pandemic but now I'm re-thinking being a member again. No one should have to go through this to apply for a membership. A lot of folks are going through economic hardships but they shouldn't be harassed for that. I'm looking at other gyms now, ones that are more welcoming and friendly to folks. We're honest, hard-working Americans and we deserve better.

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★ 5

This Y is a great place to exercise, play ping pong, swim, attend yoga, etc. The staff is friendly and helpful.

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★ 5

Seriously under appreciated high value strength equipment

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★ 5

非常好的環境！

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★ 5

Nice facilities. Very clean lockers. Pool is amazing. Gym is very nice. Great location.

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★ 5

Bonne expérience..

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Front desk staff are not professional. They don't even know how to say "please" nor "thank you" in English nor in Chinese. So sad. Basically just rude. If you look Asian, you will be treated differently than those who look White. So sad. Front desk should be the most important as the staff represents everything the facility offers in the Frontline. Please hire someone who knows what common courtesy means and call truly implement good customer service. Afterall, they also represent the Chinese culture.

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★ 5

Came here to volunteer the 2024 lunar new year run. They could use all the help they can get. Come!

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Bruce Lee history: The 致柔拳社 ("The Soft Arts Academy.") was started by 陳微明 back in Shanghai, and eventually they had a branch located in the US, and the YMCA is where they practiced. Unfortunately for them, they were the ones who cajoled Wong, Jack-Man into challenging Bruce Lee to a fight in Oakland.

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★ 5

If you would like to experience two classes back to back, try out Zumba with Shawn and Restorative Yoga with Megan. Very complimentary. Excellent teachers with care for their students.

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★ 5

Best health club ever! I have belonged to clubs from coast to coast for the past forty years. My experience thus far at this Y is amazing. Incredible fitness class instructors give personalized attention. My first time in Megan's yoga class today and I wish it was a 2 hour class... instead of 1 hour. Patricia, Wendy and every instructor bring their personal style to each class. I feel blessed that I can be a member of this organization. Definitely an asset to SF. Thanks to everyone!

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I have loads of items to donate that include both new camping sleeping bags and portable camping gear, also quite a few books of Chinese short stories, Chinese painting styles and a good variety of Chinese-English dictionaries. I was very disappointed when told by the staff answering the phone that the Y is not interested in those items ... This Y was like my second home when I was an adolescent and gave me the opportunity to learn and experience camping and the great outdoors . I am so disillusioned that this current Y is no longer anything of the community service that I had known and love ...

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月费加了，一斉差不多正常，YMCA运作还未正常!!!

圣诞节23号，活動取消因為普通会员不能参加，我們正式会员也冇活動!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

付費会员不是先要考慮？

个个星期三搞免費午餐活動，
又搞筹款!!!!!!!

可以午餐各收取2元左右帮助经费，不是更好

Day pass is 20$

2 much expensive ,

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Basketball courts ceiling is too low

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★ 5

Best kept gym in SF.

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Horrible Horrible experience 😞,poor costumer service they are racists if you not Chinese they treat u rude Nicole,Vivian and Monica they shouldn't not be in a front desk

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Good, very

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★ 5

Clean facilities and a very helpful staff

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Has potential- it's in a historic building with beautiful Asian elements. BUT, the center is old and in disrepair. The day I went, there was a homeless man sleeping on a bench, a busted main access door, and some guy in the workout area 3rd floor literally dropping weights with a noisy bang in complete disregard to others. Men's locker room is in a dismal state - moldy shower curtains, low water pressure, and old lockers. A disagreeable old man staring down at me for trying to get to our lockers was upsetting. There is apparently a lot of disrespect problems here as there are many posters and signs asking people to be respectful. I was so uncomfortable with the members here, I will not be going back.

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★ 5

A great place for the community to mingle and communicate with each other.

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★ 5

Love their mission in supporting the community and it's a clean and friendly environment.

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Clean, nice selection of machines, great courtyard with the preserved original outside of the building.

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The water in the pool is too cold for kids. I brought my two kids to have fun, they all complain about the cold water. They really wanted to play a little longer but they were just shaking while they told me they were too cold to move.

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★ 5

Fantastic YMCA - nice pool with tons of brand new, well serviced machines.

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Summer camp classes are useless. Wasting time and money.

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The gym is actually relatively well equipped for both bodybuilding and powerlifting. The barbells aren't the greatest quality but there are benches, a squat rack and a deadlift platform. Good enough if you are on holiday and is affordable at $15.

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Wonderful,They have a well lit indoor SALTWATER swimming pool which I wanted because I am sensitive to chlorine,it provides more buoyancy, and the hotel we stayed in had no pool.
They have an hour open swim for adults at spaced time intervals and lap lanes set up on part of the pool. It seems fairly clean with average lockers and showers.
I have gone here several times on my visits to San Francisco.
Since I was not a member there was a small fee,check their site for swim schedule and fees and remember to bring a lock. It was very easy to get to by bus it is really close to Peace plaza(Kinokuniya shopping mall).

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★ 4

Although I prefer Central Valley YMCA in San Jose, I do like the atmosphere for the Chinatown Branch! It has less free weights and circuit machines, but it is a very beautiful facility. Staff is nice!

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The front door staff isn't very accommodating but i love their youth programs.

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★ 5

Perfect for work out quiet and cleaned

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★ 5

Great place, be careful though the pool closes 30 min before.

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★ 5

Best YMCA in SF.

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★ 5

Friendly, helpful staff. A pleasant place to workout. Clean fascilities. Thank you.

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★ 5

It's mine I own it

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The staff is very friendly and helpful. The facility is a pleasant place to exercise. Thank you Chinatown YMCA!

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