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First time swimming at the East Side pool. Water temp was just perfect, not too hot or cold. The pool was exceptionally clean and didn’t smell Ike chlorine. The bank of windows made me feel like I was outside. The sauna and steam room were amazing;. Locker rooms were very clean. Staff were friendly and welcoming.

I will return!

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They continue to charge after the membership has been cancelled.

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★ 5

Very nice place for kids and outdoor activities for kids

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★ 4

UPDATE 7/2/25 - adding a star because they have not had a late-opening issue since my first review. Nice location, like I said.

Original review: I *really* want to like this location - clean, uncrowded, sauna actually hot (the Midway sauna is barely warm) - but I've been coming on Saturday mornings for maybe six weeks and already twice they have had staff no shows or some other issue and opened late. Today I waited 40 minutes and finally left. There were 20 cars there, so about 15 hours (or more, who knows when they opened) of people's Saturday wasted. I know YMCA is a nonprofit, but it's hard to keep paying for a membership when you can't rely on their already short weekend hours.

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Went in to check out the facility as my wife and I are thinking about joining the Y and was treated very poorly, we were told we couldn't be in the facility without being a member (woodbury allowed us to tour the facility buts it's very small and outdated) she was rude and basically said this facility is not safe to be in.

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★ 5

Todd called me to sign me up and he knew exactly the information I needed. he was professional easy going and kind he sold me on my membership in 3 minutes telling about the gym and asking me about my schedule to make sure this gym was a right fitfor me. Once I got there he greeted me and made me feel welcomed in person and I’d just like to say thank you Todd!!

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★ 5

The best Y in Twin Cities! Has steam and dry sauna.

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Emma, the front desk worker, was super helpful! She went out of her way to help me and be able to get a workout in while I'm visiting from out of town.

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★ 5

Pool area is clean and well maintained, shower room (women’s) is nice and clean, and staff are wonderful!

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It’s very fun and has a alright court but the pool is nice and they have good gym equipment

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Another pool not open until 5-8pm!! Call before you try to swim here!

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Edit to three stars, as I do want to acknowledge that the Director of Membership called me after this incident and was professional about the entire matter, and apologized and offered a free month of membership if we wanted to maintain membership. Ultimately we decided that a month of free membership was not worth the risk of running into Ms. Hellende again, but we may consider rejoining at a later date.

Up until today, I would have rated this place 4 or 5 stars. I've had a family membership for over a year. Today we tried to bring our 3 year old twins to the family pool, but it was apparently closed until 5pm. They do have this on their website but it is difficult to find. There was a lifeguard for the lap pool that was very kind (he had a red shirt and a gray mustache). However, the director of aquatics, Chelsea Hellende, held up a paper schedule and smiled and laughed at us as my children were crying. We were in our swimsuits in the pool area and she couldn't even say "Sorry for the inconvenience." The family pool is also closed all day tomorrow. It's not worth it for us to maintain membership after this experience. I told the front desk that I was canceling due to rude staff, and was not asked any follow-up questions. I wouldn't recommend that anyone with young children go here if access to the pool or considerate staff are important to you.

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★ 5

Good

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★ 5

مكان جيد جدا للرياضة الكبار والأطفال ونضيف والخدمات جيدة

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★ 5

Very cool place

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I enjoying working out here. There are bottlenecks waiting for equipment. Only one stair master. The steam room and sauna are excellent. The YMCA is kept clean.

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The place is decent but the equipment is scarce. Women are different ages, mostly matured and have children around, so it’s not as much staring.

But it’s that little equipment that causes staring because you have to wait for every machine in there between the kids and parents. Everything is window there so if you don’t like looks all day probably not the best place to be.

Staff is usually slow at the desk, takes 5 minutes to check in between the flirting of staff or the lack of notice because they’re busy conversating with each.

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This is the best ymca I ever been too since I was a kid. I gotta say the slides are really fun and chilling in the kitty pool is fun as well. I kinda lost my precious bracelet once in those things that were aside of the pool but never told anyone. I miss being here❤️

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I'm not coming here anymore. I was literally sitting down near the walk charging my phone before my workout and the staff continually kept coming up to me harassing me and would not lay off. Then finally she made me leave the ymca after I got done doing handstand push-ups. It's not my fault that Im not a jealous freak like the new age Karen's that walk around in today's world we live in.

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★ 5

so many childhood memories

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★ 5

Great gym! Back in the cut, very well maintained.

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Tienen un pésimo servicio, cuando ellos quieren si avisar solo por que se les da la gana cierran el área de la alberca, sauna y vapor. Y hay personas que están en algún tratamiento con ese servicio. Y cuando cobran no descuentan los días que cerraron esas areas. PESIMO

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★ 5

Estoy buscando recomendación sobre rutinas , mi inglés no es bueno . Pero alguien sabe si hay servicio en español e instructor?

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★ 5

They have a pool there

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★ 5

Been going to the east side Y for years. Absolutely love it. Staff are awesome.

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I use to Love there hours but now because of covid restrictions they started to close early and it’s understandable but just wondering if they are going to change it again I work tell late night I would love to come out of work and get my exercise on

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Not the best, but really good, have everything a basic gym supposed to have. Plus the price is insanely good.

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Absolutely love the steam room here

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Great

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It had clear instructions and knowledge for the information I needed

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This branch needs more outreach to the local community. Lacking in kids for sports most likely due to cost and inability of lower class to participate.

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★ 5

Time to get fit !!!

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It’s very close to my house and the place is fantastic place to exercise.

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Nice gym

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AVOID.

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★ 5

Es un lugar muy hermoso e higiénico y espero que este siempre asi

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★ 5

Very friendly and helpful staff, facility is super-clean, excellent selection of group exercise classes.

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★ 5

Great Community resource! Clean, organized & friendly. Enjoy every visit

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★ 5

Very clean facility.

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★ 5

It was great

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I was very satisfied with my first time experience at the East Side Y

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The workers are great and are helpful. The lifeguards at the pool are understanding with children too.

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★ 5

I’ve been going here for several years. I’m very impressed with their handling of the Covid era. Everything is regularly sanitized, social distancing and limited capacity are well enforced, and it feels very safe. Guests and staff follow all protocols. It’s a pillar of our Eastside community.

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Bad employee work there, not to mention that no one knows how to reset or program the treadmill. No supervisor there at the time.....

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Convenient .

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Very nice and friendly facility.

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I like it

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★ 5

Very good place for family’s

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I've been a YMCA member for about two years now and have to say that I love the community here at the Eastside YMCA. Great youth programs, great facility and awesome members.

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Plenty of machines .

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Such a bad customer service. Never have I ever seen such a bad disrespectful works in my life. Please get new workers in that building.

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Cool

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★ 5

Very clean facility with friendly staff and beautiful gym floor!

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No outdoor pool like the recently closed West Saint Paul building but it's a decent drive from where I'm at and the employees are super polite. My mother and I stopped in for a quick look when we went for the first time and they were more than happy to explain the works

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Friendly staff and clean facility. Amazing exercise group options!

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Child care perfect but they are not in Maple Grove MN

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★ 5

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They tried to trick you, they don't have good people and they don't not what to do!!👎🏾👎🏾

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It's a gym

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Nice facility

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Disappointing experience. Please have some respect for me and my children

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Worst experience ever. Thoses workers were lying to us and were not letting us in for no reason

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★ 5

Tiene para musculación, cardio, sauna y piscina.

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★ 5

Clean + not too busy + locker room has locks + friendly staff

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I have been very satisfied with the amenities and staff at this location!

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If I could give this a negative star I would. Worst YMCA/gym ever. No control over kids, a certain group of ppl there in the community shows no respect to others, the staff have no organizational skills, there's no proper schedule for each group utilizing the facility unless you pay a hefty fee on top of the expensive membership.

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Have only toured and joined up. Looks like a nice place to work out.

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★ 5

Friendly staff and instructors. Lots of
Free parking. Clean and modern restroom.

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Perfect Thanks

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The staff is really unprofessional!!

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I tried to come redeem a 5 day trial but felt completely unwelcome. They pulled up my file and saw that I paid to go swimming at a different location & apparently used a free pass years ago, which I don't remember, and then started questioning me about actual intentions on getting a membership and abusing the trial pass system. Kind of sad, not much places to stay fit on the Eastside and this is how they are treating people.

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★ 5

Convenient and clean friendly staff

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Becoming increasingly frustrated with the cleanliness of the family locker room. The floors are always dirty in the showers. No one wants to drive home nasty sweaty or chlorine pool wet, so showers are a given after working out and/or swimming. Another irritation is when a grown person (usually men) are in the family locker room by themselves. When I am there without my boys, I use the individual locker room and these grown people should too. Family locker rooms should be used for people with families not someone who wants to hold up a shower for 20 minutes and stare at my kids as they dry their swimsuits. Otherwise the equipment is well maintained and the pool is pretty clean.

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Staff is unprofessional family locker room smells like piss woman's locker room is nasty

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Staff are super friendly and helpful. Lots of equipment to choose from.

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Very disappointing place. Always had much higher respect for the YMCA, before this past year.

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Great place to train at

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Very clean.

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Lit

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This is one of the few ymcas thats is set up so its not really adult friendly . If your planing to drop of your kids an fake workout than this is the ymca for you. If you want to workout in a family friendly gym then go to one of the other ymca

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I love it I always go everyday with my children especially my oldest she always goes after school

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I gave this gym a 1 star because of the workers. They are the worst and most of them need to be fired for example Analin Haley is the member service director she never picks up the phone when you need an appointment and she acts so sassy when she speaks to people, which is super unprofessional. And the other workers are terrible. They don’t like to help their costumers and are just bad at their jobs. East side YMCA is the worst experience I have had at any gym, 100% would never recommend.

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Terrible place, there basketball gym is slippery and mostly always closed, there pool and sona smells like urine, the gym is small and filled.

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I liked the equipments. Would visit again

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I like this place because it's job ports Christian values and as an axon once I'm done or for community activities and healthy webbing.

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Good for summer break.

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★ 5

I love working out here. Lots to do. Clean and organized.

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Unisex steamroom and sauna near the pool. No hot tub at this location. Good lap pool.

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This guy Zach is pretty awesome

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Good place to have a fun and build up your body

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The Midway Y has better equipment but it is busier and, let's be honest, filled with Highlanders and St Thomas types. East Side has a track, a steam room, and a significantly smaller percentage of people who grunt when lifting weights and creepily leer at the yoga ladies.

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★ 5

I would bring my kids here if I had little ones. The staff is caring and friendly.

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Need punching bags

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★ 5

Friendly staff. Have had a total of zero problems here.

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Older and smaller but still nice

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They have a steamroom at this ymca. Must I say more.

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The sauna is a little small, but the steam room is really nice, recently re-tiled and a great friendly helpful staff.

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Friendly and helpful staff. Equipment is in good condition. The gym equipment area is a bit small, but it has decent variety. If you are tall, you may notice most machines are set to a lower height then typical.
Swimming area is good for the kids.

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A great place to work out fir rhe whole family.

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Too many machines no one uses and not enough treadmills.

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Great place for a little workout/cardio. Also really like the sauna and steam room especially being in minnesota. The new updated locks in the locker room is also nice.

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Horrible staff really rude

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★ 5

Trunk or Treating was so fun!

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Really enjoy the staff here!

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Staff is amazing!!!!

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I have visited many YMCA’s. But when it comes to Saint Paul they really don’t have any good ones. I visited Y’s in downtown, east side and west side. They have huge place but they really need to upgrade them. On East side I was told they didn’t have barbell racks with different weights and was asked to you the generic barbel instead. They also don’t have sufficient bench’s or cardio equipments( they have like 7-8 treadmills, 1-2 stair, 2-3 elliptical). They badly lack in gym equipments. For the amount of monthly fees they charge it’s not a recommended place if you plan on using it as a gym. They do have a really nice swimming pool and two basketball courts. That’s pretty much they have to offer. Since I have been to Y’s in different cities I really expected them to have a good standards. Conclusion not worth the membership price if you want to use it as a gym! Period

Update: I had submitted in request for physical assessment twice. I got two emails saying someone will be calling me soon. I haven’t heard back from them at all! It has been over two weeks since I last put in request. It just shows that they don’t care. I usually enjoy Y’s but having worst experience with Y’s in here. So reducing my rating to 1 star and i have cancelled my membership.

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★ 5

Awesome facility

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Wonderful staff and fun environment

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Visiting here and went this morning and was turned away because they only offer day passes to guests of members.

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★ 5

has steam room. very relaxing

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I go their to work out

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Service is great

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Great convenient establishment for the family to frequent...some staff need people skills training and could be more professional.

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Just stop by to pay off some old debt, I forgot to cancel my membership which I didn't even gone to for 3 years. I was luckily to be charged for one month. It could've been worse. Proudly Plantet Fitness

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I feel like they need more machines but other then that then it's alright.

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This is the best Y in the Twin Cities. Everything is clean and the people truly care about people there. I have been going here for 3 months and before that we tried 4 other locations in the TCYMCA group. This is where we will be staying and feel connected most.

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I love this Y family atmosphere friendly and helpful staff.

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