Southside YMCA at Dimond - Anchorage, Alaska

Josh Smith

Embarrassing lack of maintenance. Noone seems responsible for upkeep. Hot tub down for over a year, broken lockers, tiles falling off the walls.

Katelyn Hillukka

Needs a major deep clean & super bummed about the sauna/hot tub not reopening for what we pay per month.

But I will say the options for classes are amazing.

Victoria

The YMCA should consider rebranding this location as a haunted house or horror movie set, because those locker rooms were the creepiest place I have ever been. Aesthetics aside, they’re in complete disrepair and beyond filthy. I was actually concerned about asbestos and mold inhalation while in there. At every turn, I half expected to stumble upon a giant rat or perhaps a corpse. The pool is scuzzy, slimy, and full of sediment. I know what a salt water pool is supposed to be like and that was NOT it.

The fact that they charge $62 a month is madness. You couldn’t pay me $62 to go back. If you do decide to go, please make sure you get a tetanus shot and consider bringing holy water or something. Good luck.

J Bee

Try finding other fitness centers before coming to YMCA.

If the front desk lady's name is "Gabby", you'll have issues. May 14th 2024

Been visiting Southside ymca for couple months now with issues changing depending on a person working at the front desk, usually they would ask for last and first name and would let me through (i do have an account with em) , but recently they're asking for my id card for verification purposes, which I don't bring with me due to theft at the locker rooms i personally experienced seeing.

They're strict about having YOUR identity, but provide an unclean/unsanitized locker rooms

Erika H

I really enjoy the lake Otis location of YMCA, but we came to the dimond location for the heated pool. The pool was great but this place needs some serious maintenance. The locker rooms are very eeky looking. I had gone to this gym with my parents growing up and not much has changed in that lower level or repaired since. It would have great potential as well as the location being perfect for my family.

S F

I’ve been going here at Dimond Center location for a while and this gym definitely needs some major repairs and upgrades. Jacuzzi and steam room is still closed and it said under construction but I don’t see anything is being done since the starting of pandemic. The most obvious are showers. Either it’s very hot or cold and most of them doesn’t shut off so constantly dripping hot water. What a waste of water and electricity.

I love the location and the price is reasonable and the fact that they have a swimming pool, it’s really nice, but I wish they would repair and upgrade their facility soon.

Cole Reitz

Pool is ok but the rest of this place is a dump. Mold, bugs, everywhere you look something is falling apart or broke. Do yourself a favor and go to the lake Otis location. I have seen the ymca responses to all the other bad reviews and there is no exception for how junk this place is. They make plenty of money off people to have these places in top shape. I can't believe they try to justify it by unsafe or muni codes. Pathetic.

Alaskan Beaut

Hot tub, sauna, and steam room all broken. They did a “shower remodel” all they did was put new shower heads on. Still very dirty. They upped my cost by 10 dollars a month for no reason and the main amenities are broken…. I’d save money going to planet fitness and a high school pool. Save money and go to planet fitness at least it’s 24 hours and has tanning/massage beds UPDATE: decided to keep the membership but only use the lakeotis location. The cost of membership has gone up 2 times in 3 years. Started at 67, went to 72. Now looking at my bank it jumped up to 88. No notice at all and you get less with everything broken at South location. Also random 1.50 charges are on my bank. Multiple