YMCA Arlington

We booked a gymnastics birthday party with Mimi at YMCA Woodmont, confirmed the date, and paid the full deposit to hold the party date. When we showed up to the party the facility was dark and no one was there. We had to frantically try to reach someone at YMCA while figuring out what to do with the whole party of 8 yos, a birthday girl in tears, and no gymnastics. Someone from YMCA finally showed up 2 hours later and ran an abbreviated party. They explained that they'd written down the wrong date, even though we'd booked the correct date. After discussions, YMCA agreed to refund the full amount of the birthday party. But it's been months now and I'm still chasing them for the refund. They again aren't honoring their agreement. Just horrible.

I used the small Y for my short stay in the area. The equipment and facility is pretty old and rundown. Not the nicest Y I've been, but have the necessary equipment to work out. The staff were nice and helpful.

The weight room here is awesome. Has every piece of equipment you’d need except seated row. Equipment is on the older side but conducive to a godly workout

I give 1 star because I need to, I Pay 300 dollars for my daughter to do Gymnastics in Arlington, my daughter was doing Gymnastics before with Arlington Park and Recreation since 2016 to 2019 because COVID she stops for about she was doing Gymnastics on and off With Arlington but is hard to get spot. February this year 2024 I enrolled my daughter in YMCA Arlington and my daughter was nervous because after 6 months she was going to do it again, after the class she told me she got headaches and the couch told me in from of the other parents: YOUR DAUGHTER DOES NOT HAVE ANY SKILS. (My daughter have anxiety) as a parents you can imagine how my daughter and I we feel after that. I just left and my daughter was crying telling me please mom don’t make me go back to this class. As a parent I listen to my daughter. I call to YMCA I explain to everything and I ask for my money back they transferred me with Miss. Williams, she told me it takes about 30 to 60 days to get my money back, until this day I’m still waiting for my money back, I pay membership + the 300 dollars and now I email her and I just got email back telling me we are working on it. Thank goodness I call Arlington Park and Recreation and the got my daughter back in gymnastics.

The reason this place isn’t 3 stars is because the men’s sauna is spectacular. The sauna is above and beyond all other ymca saunas I’ve been to. The weights are acceptable but not great, there’s no pool, the people at the front are pretty useless but that’s par for the course at many YMCAs, at least they’re not as rude as the staff at Alexandria. Also they recently started doing towels which is awesome. The hours are what you would expect for a smaller YMCA. If you can get into XSPORT when they have deals that’s probably better overall since it’s 24 hours. Lifetime is nice but not worth the money.