Toronto West End College St. YMCA Centre

One of the worst gyms I've ever been to and definitely the worst YMCA I've visited. I only used the locker room and gym so I'll only speak of these. The gym is always busy, regardless of what hour of the day I visited, even early in the morning. The machines are crammed in the space and are badly maintained. There is no proper space for floor exercises either, making it very difficult to find a corner to lay a mat.nnThe staff are not very friendly overall, and kept charging my account even after telling me the membership was getting cancelled in a month, they then blamed me for it saying that they'd never do that.

worst gym ever. Machines have thickest layer of black dust all over the tops of them, never dusted. There must be heavy teen discount because there's always groups of 5 of them hogging machines all day. Not to mention there's way too many people for the amount of machines/benches in the first place. Completely kills any momentum you might have going to the gym because you're waiting around for something to open up for 10 minutes. Lacking handles, or any other types of equipment also. Guess what you're also paying 70 dollars a month for this!

This location is the closest one to home but my daughter refuses to come to this one because it's plain nasty. We saw toe clippings and dried up bread where we had to place our mats to do our fitness class as it was full. I've never seen the filth that I've seen herw at any other gym. Even the washroom was gross. I told the front desk and she just said OK and looked at us like are we done complaining.

The atmosphere in the gym locker room resembles that of a mental asylum. There's constant yelling, incoherent shouting, and loud whistling from some individuals. Others sing at an obnoxiously high volume, creating a chaotic environment. It's impossible to relax after a workout or enjoy the sauna and steam room amidst all this noise. I recommend that the management put up notices urging people to maintain quietness and impose such rules, as this behavior is intolerable and disrespectful in a shared space.

Hand down the consistently worst front desk at any place I have ever been. It's consistent - I mean, it's like its part of their training. I guess in their defence, they've probably got a Commodore-64 era IT system, but it's so bizarre to see them struggle each time to use it like it's the first time they've ever used it. Good luck getting anyone to tell you anything about your membership fees or weird charges on your bill, or to book anything for their programs. Good luck even trying to get them to take your money! There was one person who seemed to understand the system pre-pandemic, Lori, but she hasn't been there post-pan.