YWCA Minneapolis Midtown

Almost everything about this facility is great. The very large building has everything you could ask for in a fitness club: multiple pools, locker rooms, a track, a large and impressive fitness floor with a great variety and number of workout machines and free weights. (And they just updated all their machines in September 2017 so everything is very new and up to date.) Members are offered a large variety of classes, many of them included in the membership fee. There is child care. All the staff I personally have dealt with are friendly, polite, and knowledgeable. The building is clean and well maintained. The only complaint I have is the parking. The placards you have to use are very inconvenient (stickers would be far better!) and most of the time, half the cars in the lot don’t even have them, and yet there never seem to be any consequences for that. Normally that doesn’t matter much, since the parking lot is fairly large. On days when the farmer’s market is open across the street or there is an event nearby, however, the parking lot is jammed full of cars not authorized to park there, making it impossible for members to park there and use the facility. YOU NEED TO ENFORCE THE PARKING RULES AND ACTUALLY TICKET AND/OR TOW PEOPLE WITHOUT PLACARDS. It’s bad enough that I if I know there will be an event nearby, I just avoid it entirely—what’s the point of driving over there only to find there are absolutely no parking spaces available for members? So, in summary, this is a great fitness facility with horrible parking. I’ve been a member since 2005, so obviously the parking issue has not driven me away.
7 years ago (08-10-2017)

Even though I have definitely encountered minor annoyances through my three years of membership, I still am very pleased with my overall experience. Yes, parking is a huge source of time and stress, especially during the New Years Resolution “season” and there was a chunk of time where they were adding wayyyy too may paid programs that took up too much facility space, but that seems to be improving. I really enjoy the group exercise classes, and the facilities in general. I participate in the Women’s Triathlon every year, and it shows the YWCA mission the best.
7 years ago (04-11-2017)

The most condescending, arrogant, low-income hating people working in membership. They make nasty comments to people about all the hoops they make you jump through to get a scholarship. They cannot process your application for weeks, but if you are rich they will take care of you immediately. Go to the men’s version - they will get your membership started right away and treat you like you are a human. The YWCA are frauds allowing people like this, Jimmy (male with full body tattoos is the most degrading and rude), to humiliate potential members while their process is arduous and unnecessarily long and difficult. Drove over to the men’s version and was treated awesome! Got a membership in minutes and LOVED the membership team. Also signed our kids up for swim lessons and tumbling! Update 10/20/17 Removed the option to write a review on Facebook after my review because they are trying to hide this from everyone. I called them tonight to see if Jimmy is still employed and he is. He has been written up numerous times and treats low-income people like garbage and is allowed to continue working at a place which claims to empower women and low-income. Hypocrites 100%! I am still amazed at the awesome treatment and discounts I am receiving at the men’s version of this establishment.
7 years ago (20-10-2017)

I go to anytime fitness a couple blocks away from where i live...There are no Somalians at Anytime Fitness on Hiawatha Ave.. Stay away from YWCA on Hi-Lake street... Its filthy and the Somalians blow snot out of their nose where people have to walk..They don't care because it was the was they were brought up in their home country.. STAY AWAY, STAY AWAY, STAY AWAY..
7 years ago (03-11-2017)

Stay away from this gym unless you want to catch something from the Muslims that go there.. The staff that work at the YWCA on lake street are rude and don't care what goes on there.
7 years ago (03-11-2017)