It is my great pleasure to commend the Towson Y. This place serves an excellent purpose. I love all who have experience with Ys. They also have great leaders club. We need to keep that going. It’s a great inspiration to our lives.VIVA LEADERS LOVE!!!!VIVA PACAA!!!With Love From Theo!!!!

I like the Y since the attendees are NOT SHOWY!! I love the fire pit. I love the way the Y protected us so well during covid. I like the employees,especially Linda, and the members. I appreciate the many classes offered. The Y is a wonderful facility and i am proud to be a member.

23 year member and I love the Towson YMCA. I am there 5-6X/week. The staff are always welcoming and friendly. I love the cleanliness, the variety of fitness offerings, and diversity of the membership. The Orokawa YMCA is one of Towsons best assets.

It grate for the whole family ttheres a gym pool rock wall and it is comfortable and looks nice.

We love the Y. However at this particular location front desk is unorganized. Erika is rude upon arrival & with Amy questioning. Was rude to a new hire that needed help. The plus side is my son whom is 8 yrs old had two great coaches for youth basketball 🏀.

Always a great time for the kids. The staff is always professional and helpful. The facility is also always very clean.

Only one squat rack, but overall a clean and good gym

The water exercise classes have been wonderful for my arthritis and fibromyalgia, especially the arthritis classes. The instructor, Cindy, is wonderful!

I really love this particular facility in Towson. The staff is extremely welcoming. The workout area is large, and with a really great selection of machines (less currently than normal, due to COVID distancing). The machines and the facility in general are quite new, and things are well maintained. Overall, I would highly recommend ANY YMCA, since it’s a great organization overall, and provides a wide range of services for the entire family!

Going back to the Y has been amazing! I feel welcome and safe, and getting in a workout when I cant do much else outside has been good for my body and soul. Highly recommend the Y!

Because of the lap situation and having one lap around 6:30 its been very hard for me to swim there so I drove up to Abingdon and by the time I got here got there and showeredand bathing suit went out to the pool then lightning so I never got in to exrecise. I could have gotten my laps in at Towson if there was more than one lap lane. At Towson there was one lap lane with 3 people and one swim team member in the swim lane and the rest of lanes had families.. I feel because I work all day and I dont get off until late and I cant get there early in the morning I have no chance to exercise. I am very disappointed I paid all my dues during covid and I never said anything I let it go and I was still being charged but that has nothing to do with it. You are catering more to families than you are to individuals swimmers and thats too bad because uz thats not how it was before it really was more even and wno its theres a prejudice against individuals Im sorry this has changed so much.

This is a environment that welcomes the whole family. Everyone is sure to find something they enjoy doing at the Y!!!

I had a wonderful experience at my Y. I have not worked out in quite a long time. I was excited to start but even more encouraged by my Trainer , Danielle. She was supportive, very clear with my instructions and just made me feel like there was no reason i couldnt do this! I am even more excited to start working out again! It has been several weeks now and anytime I have a question about any of the equipment, there is always a trainer there to help. I a, looking forward to getting healthier!

Clean, friendly welcoming professional staff and great equipment. What else can you ask for. Great place for myself, wife and 3 kids.

The facility is beautiful and the group classes are great! Unfortunately, more often than not I can’t enjoy any of that because Stay and Play doesn’t have room for my daughter. I signed up for the family membership with my daughter because I need to use the Stay and Play service to workout (Im a single mom and without childcare I cant workout). I work full time so I can only make it to the gym in the evenings. There have been times that I waited over an hour (and when they finally did have a spot for my daughter, they were only open another 40 minutes). Im so upset that I am paying the family membership monthly fee and cant even use this service.Update 6/22/21: I wrote the original review in mid May and received a phone call from someone at the ymca saying that they were waiting for college classes to be over so they could staff the stay and play adequately. But I just went today, June 22nd, and again I was unable to get a spot at the stay and play because of inadequate staffing.

I go to the Y every day. I swim three days a week and lift weights three days a week. On the seventh day, I ride an exercise bike and use the rowing machine. The way he keeps me healthy and fit

The Towson Y is a wonderful community resource and service. Every citizen benefits from their services to the community. The Y staff is caring, knowledgeable and helpful. The facilities are outstanding!

I think the YMCA has done a good job of placing safety precautions. However, I do not like the hours implemented. Before it used to go all the way to 10pm. However, now the gym closes at 9pm on week days and 5pm on the weekend. To be frank thats annoying especially since I pay $58 or more a month to attend. When other gyms like Crunch go all the way to 11pm on weekdays, 8pm on weekends for half or nearly the same price. As well as Planet Fitness is 24 hours, LA fitness also has longer hours. I highly recommend the YMCA to extend their hours, as I have seen recently that there are MORE people attending compared to two months ago staying later into the evening. Also some of the classes are outside. While that sounds cool for summer, in winter, its terrible. I definitely wont stay outside for a class, and there are plenty of rooms available indoors.

The Orokowa Y staff has continued to impress me with the BEST customer service, and their ongoing commitment to clean and well-maintained facilities. They truly care about their patrons!

I just love this place. Everything is always extremely clean from the gym, to the pools and restrooms. The staff is super helpful and pleasant. And there are a multitude of activities and classes that are always happening. Basically, theres something for everyone regardless of the age. Worth every cent.

I love how the Y has different classes to choose from. The facility is professional, clean, and in great condition. I always feel good after I attend a class at the Y.

This YMCA location in Towson is a very nice place. Im glad I joined.

I swim at 7:00am every week day and love it! Wonderful, friendly staff and great facilities.

Very surprised at this location...I love it. Swim instructor JJ is awesome..my kids love it

Outdoor classes at the pavilion in towson have been great provided the weather cooperates and stays above 32

I have been scheduling lap swimming at this Y for the last two weeks after swimming exclusively at Parkville since last fall. Having two pools to choose from provides more opportunities for scheduling my workshouts within my work day(s).I am so grateful to the Y staff for exercising COVID protocols, keeping us all safe, and making it possible to continue swimming! Staff is friendly, kind, supportive, consistent, reliable!

Spacious. Many activities and workout options. Basketball, Swimming, Boxing, Classes. Etc

We LOVE this YMCA. The staff knows me and my five children by name, and when we walk in to get or temperature checks, it is a common occurrence to hear Mr. Ivan or Mr. Bill say “here comes the team!” Mr. Matt knows everyone by name, as well as all of our amazing stay and play staff: Ms. Ayana/Camryn/Nani/Taylor/Madison/Grace/Edna, etc! Ms. Amy always keeps me informed on the mo they activities, and I would honestly say we spend at least 5-6 times a week at the YMCA whether it be for my workout or for an activity for a child. Highly recommend!

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It’s fun to stay at the YMCA 😂 No but seriously, this Towson location is awesomeness! Clean facilities, polite staff, kids pool, yoga classes, rock climbing wall, smoothie bar, family changing rooms! Perfect for this tired mom. Now if only they could dig into that big field and put in an outdoor pool...

Amazing facilities with an even better staff.

I recommend people all the time! I absolutely love it here at the Y in Towson. It is neat and clean, and has plenty of equipment. I go early in the morning and always have the space that I need. Also, the price is very affordable! I feel like I get my moneys worth. I will definitely keep this as my gym!

Im grateful to have a safe place to swim during the pandemic. The Y has found a good system and I am able to swim every week!

Wonderful Towson facility!! The Y is clean; staff friendly and instructors for the aqua and land fitness classes that I take are excellent. Reasonable monthly fee and my experiences have always been positive. Like that you can also receive text messages if there is a change in a class due to weather or other circumstances. Very pleased!!

I’ve been a member of the YMCA in various states for my entire life. Twenty plus yrs ago when we moved here from out of state I was disappointed at the management, the director and of course the physical building at the time. Since then everything has changed for the better and I’m glad to see how VERY conscientious they are regarding germ control, social distancing, wearing of masks and cleaning of the equipment. Very impressed to see that there is someone always walking around cleaning the equipment thoroughly with disinfectant after it’s been used. These same practices are being executed in the pool area as well. The smaller exercise rooms are closed and so is the child care, but this is understandable for now. Very impressed with how the YMCA has taken a serious approach to keeping everyone safe who enters and uses their facilities and I’m not surprised. We have always had a good experience whenever there was a need to ask for directions on the use of equipment/how we should be doing certain exercises etc.. The trainers are always willing to share what they know (unless of course they’re working privately with a client) The check in people are friendly and your always greeted with a smile and HELLO. Our family uses the facilities on a regular basis, even now during these trying times of Covid 19. Our personal practice has always been to come directly home from the gym and shower. Now during these times it’s more important not to make a quick stop into the pharmacy or the grocery store etc before reaching home to shower. That’s just something I’ve made a priority. The Y is doing everything within their powers to stay clean and safe and so should we. We’re thrilled that the YMCA of Maryland and Towson have gone to such lengths to keep the facilities open and clean for the good of the community not only for the physical activities they provide but, how being active affects us mentally as well, and we all need this more than ever. We’ll support the Y however we can.

The classes are great; the scheduling is accommodating to working adults; I feel good about my kids hanging out - whether in the pool, Rick climbing, playing basketball, playing in the game room - it’s a safe environment; the staff are super friendly and helpful; and during COVID I love that they are offering outdoor classes.

Clean and spacious

The Y is the best gym for a family friendly environment. It’s so clean and plenty of space for social distances. Thanks Y!!

I always feel welcome and like I am part of a community. The facilities are great, and very well kept. I have always had a positive experience when dealing with the people at the front desks. My kids really enjoy the playroom and it’s staff, and they LOVE the pool! I have been working with a trainer twice a week and he has been supportive, attentive and professional. I actually enjoy coming in to work out! Thank you!

My family absolutely loves the pool at this Y! We all enjoy coming to swim together on Sundays. Love that they have a water slide and even a fun kiddy pool section for my younger ones. They also love the rock climbing wall! This Y is always clean and the employees are so friendly and welcoming.

Lots of activities available for sign up, clean facility, friendly staff

This ain’t your grandfather’s Y. Well, it still sorta is. The facilities are modern, equipment is up-to-date, and the staff is incredibly knowledgeable and engaging. It’s always clean and the facility is well-maintained. Plus, it’s still famously family-friendly and reasonably priced. What more could anyone ask for?

Nice place, friendly Americans

Every time we go to the Y in Towson we always have a great experience. While my kids are busy climbing I’m working out in the gym. Everything is always clean all equipment is up to date. People are friendly and there are so many activities that are available everyday.If there is ever an issue they are quick to address it. I absolutely love this location.You can tel the manager is very attentive to everything and everyone.

I love this Y. Orokawa is warm and welcoming while still great at letting you get in and out efficiently, if thats what you want. If you want to stay and chill, its great for that, too. Good classes, nice pool, well-staffed gym, clean, pleasant, and delightfully diverse. Did I mention that I love this Y?

Great place to workout with lots of equipment, a pool and classes for all levels. Staff are friendly and helpful. This isnt the first gym Ive gone to but it is the first one Ive gone to regularly. Highly recommend!

The ymca has done a great job implementing safety precautions. I felt very comfortable attending.

This is such a great place to work out. Everything you need, very friendly and helpful staff, clean and green (but not mean). So very fortunate to have this local resource!

Great place for family weekend, kids can learn some lessons and have fun. Adults can do some exercise. All of us enjoy there.

We’ve been members of the Y for more than 2 years. As a family with younger children, we were so excited to see the kids pool with fun amenities, stay and play is always a blast and we love the classes offered. The rock climbing wall is a blast as well! Well designed exercise rooms showcase the latest equipment, an all around great facility!

My first time at this location I felt very welcomed the pool was an awesome experience. The facility has a very exquisite layout which I truly enjoyed and the people of the community were very pleasant the Y was very easy to find. We will be returning thank you YMCA for meeting all of my needs and my family. 🤗🙌😀

We are here for the swimming pool mainly however it is busy most of the time for swim team, senior activities, etc. While we understand that this is for everyone, we could not always find a lane to swim either morning or evening. And that throws us off. So, if you are impressed by their swimming pool and want to join, RETHINK. Come in different time and observe before you sign up because they need 30 days notification for cancellation (ie they still charge you one month after you cancel your membership).

Do not sign up online! I signed up online on a day I was feeling well with the hope that I would go. I never went once. I’m already out almost $200 and now they said I have to come in to the gym to cancel. I tried to explain my situation but they have NO understanding of chronic illness! You would think a non-profit that’s “helping” the community would have more understanding. If they charge my account again, I will be disputing it with the bank.

I am thrilled by the staff support I get at the Y. The team members are all so helpful, dedicated and kind. I never feel judged and always feel like they care about my health goals. Im so happy my husband signed us up!

Love this Y! Beautiful sun-lit main room with all the amenities and very inclusive. Have been going here for a few years. This past Wednesday, I rolled/badly sprained my ankle getting off a machine and a woman named Ore-Ofe was absolutely incredible and so helpful! Brought me over ice and a cane and waited until a family member could pick me up. Her manager was just as great, helped me file an incident report. Ore-Ofe called the next day to check on me. But they are all really lovely people! Also love the smoothie bar. Could not be more happy with this gym.

Stay and Play employees (especially Tamara) are AMAZING and work hard to make sure parents and caregivers can get time to keep themselves healthy. They take great care of my kids and helped them overcome separation anxiety. Facility is clean, staff is so nice, great place for families.

Staff and members are very friendly and helpful. Tremendous range of group activities, at all hours of the day. Trainers have impressive credentials. Facilities are modern and complete.

The facility is always clean. The equipment always in good working order. the staff is friendly and helpful. The pool is amazing.

Great place to exercise, in classes or in the gym. Very friendly, and expert help is always available. I start off each morning at the Y and have made many new friends here.

You have very good equipment, and I was especially pleased with the instruction I received from the trainer named Brian. Brian was friendly, patient, very accurate with his instruction and provided me with a list of exercises we covered along with the proper settings for each exercise.

Our family loves the Orokawa Y. The pools are clean and well-staffed. Fitness equipment is regularly updated and always kept spotlessly clean. The kids stay and play has been a lifesaver this summer--our 4 yo loves going there for her 90 minutes a day during the week while I get the freedom to do my workouts. My wife loves the classes--they have an amazing range of classes with great instructors, from spin (cycling), to Les Mills, to yoga, pilates, and more. Swim lessons for our kid are great, too. Shes learned to swim this summer thanks to some wonderful and very patient instructors who pushed her just hard enough to make huge strides in the water. Weve actually placed proximity to the Orokawa Y high on our list if priorities for our next residence.

Clean, fun, and friendly. The Stay and Play option with the family membership makes it so easy for me to go to their Zumba classes or work out in the gym, and my kids LOVE the stay and play areas. I really wish that we had gotten a Y membership sooner.

Wonderfully diverse community of users; great facility; attentive and caring staff. The work with my personal trainer has been critical in preparing for double knee replacement surgery caused by years of folk dancing and exercise. I love exercising and making new friends at the Y!! I am involved with several nonprofit organizations and I love the Y the most!! I will really miss it while recovering from surgery!

This is a very well kept and well maintained campus. There is a lot of activity and the staff are very friendly and professional. I have visited several other Y locations in this area and this one is my favorite!

Great place! the staff is very nice and helpful. Clean place. Well kept.

The facility itself is very nice, but the pool was disgusting. Ive been to the Towson Y before to swim and the water was clear and the walls were clean. Now the water is foggy and there are stains on the pool floor and walls.

I had been a member a few years ago and when I read joined recently I was pleasantly surprised with all the new classes, features and offerings. I took a Barre class and enjoyed some Wild Kombucha, my favorite! The equipment is in great shape, staff and members are kind and helpful. It’s a great place to workout!

Enjoy visiting this location. The staff is friendly and there are lots of fun activities for all ages.

Great centre, clean and large facilities and a smoothie bar too!

Because of the Y facilities, I find support from the staff and trainers, access to equipment and physical activities for my family and myself. Without the Y, my body was aging, and I was becoming limited in my capabilities. Now, I exercise regularly and my body and mind function better because of it!

My daughter took a Hip Hop dance class. The teacher was patient and knowledgeable. She made it fun for the kids. Wonderful experience.

I never learned to swim as a kid. Since my nephew wanted to learn to swim before he joined the Navy, I decided we would take lessons together. We started with Level 1/2. He left for the military shortly, afterwards. I decided to continue with Level 3/4. I am now starting my final lessons, Level 5/6. The instructors are great, very attentive to teaching and making sure we are progressing. The atmosphere is warm and friendly. It has been a great experience.

Love the Y! You always feel like family here! Come often enough and everyone will get to know your name! Great place great facilities -- especially since the upgrade from the dungeon! Lol I used to work here for 13 years prior to the reconstruction. Wish I would have never left seeing that my children loved their programs!Best places I ever worked! There are 3 people still here from that time- Glen in nautilus, Barb, a fellow aerobics instructor, and Dan who can no longer work but its great to see the people who remember you!

We joined for the family atmosphere and less intimidating than regular gyms and Im glad we did! We just came to our first Family Fun Night....everyone had a blast! The facility is clean, emplyoees are knowledgeable and friendly and great place for the entire family. The pool is the main attraction for my girls :-)

My daughter loves iy

This place is awesome. In my experience the employees have been super friendly and chill, the members cool and relaxed and the facility not too crowded. The new facility is clean, spacious and modern looking without being pretentious. I am very pleased to a member since 98 and look forward to many more years of membership

Staff are always friendly & Greet you with a warm welcome ! Love the variety of classes and the gym, locker rooms and pool are very clean . They have a great shake bar with some lunch items as well. My kids look forward to coming each weekend they rock climb , play basketball and in the game room. Julies Thursday morning body sculpt is seriously incredible and a great workout ! The gym equitment is also very nice and new . I highly recommend them !

An absolutely miserable experience trying to check out this YMCA location last weekend. The front staff could not have been more rude when we tried to check out the facility as guests in order to evaluate if we wanted to join.After spending 20m trying to find a parking spot in the abominable parking lot, the front desk staff essentially kicked us out (along with our two-year old daughter who was super excited to do some swimming) and sent us packing. This made our decision whether to join or not easy enough and look forward to never going to this YMCA location again; If youre thinking of joining, think again.

A perfectly executed enterprise !All it offers functions like a spoke on a wheel !And all on the staff “get it” !

Love this place, not only for the up-to-date and well maintained equipment, the excellent instructors and trainers, and the most helpful staff, but for the positive vibe I get every time I go. Uplifting and fun!

It was a wonderful place, I had a great time

It seems like a great value for our family. My spouse regularly goes there for exercise or yoga, and my son has been learning to swim in the pool there. I just wish the Y closer to us had a better pool so that we wouldnt have to drive all the way out there.The only thing we havent liked is the guest policy. We brought our nieces from out of town, hoping to swim one afternoon, but were told they couldnt use the pool. We would have paid for passes, and the pool was hardly being used. Wed already driven out there so they had to sit on a bench and watch my sons lessons. It just seems like a nonsensical policy.

They you for an extra month after you cancel. I cancelled in August and they are charging me until October.

Family pool is great fun for the kids. It is a bit small but has not been overcrowded during our visiting times. The lifeguards are nice as well.

Sadly, Ive found the staff to be less then satisfactory. Ive had several issues with the terrible scheduling of classes and many cancellations in the past and I tried to get past them. The staff seem less then helpful. Its a shame that this center was so nice when it opened, it is already declining. It seems like it is not being cleaned efficiently, the floors are rather dirty, the mens locker room smells, yes I get it locker rooms smell...but this smells like mold and just dirty. It doesnt look as if they are doing daily cleanings of the locker room. The family rooms are usually filthy. I have found dirty diapers on the floor and once it appeared that someone urinated in the shower and all over the floor, the entire room smelled of urine. Its a shame that they cant get a nice staff or maintain this center. The first year they opened it was great but its going down hill fast. Ill be returning to the MAC soon enough.

The facility is lovely and clean. The staff are always pleasant. There is a great variety of group exercise classes.

Clean, professional and beautiful facility!

Its a reasonably priced family membership with so many activities to do with my young boys. Its not just for working out, but for an active lifestyle in general.

Overall, a great facility. Clean, well staffed and outfitted, and modern.However, my problem is that lap swimmers get the short end of the stick with pool allocation especially during the summer when the pool is essentially used as a playground for campers. Not only are there minimal lanes for lap swimming, the lanes are regularly interfered with by kids who dont know any better (Ive actually been jumped on top of twice while swimming), adult members who think that lap lanes are okay for wading, socializing and generally not swimming laps, and lap swimmers who think that circling (3 swimmers + per lane) is okay even when others in the lane are literally 4 times faster than them.If it wasnt for the frustrating lap pool issues I would give the Orakawa Y a much higher rating.

Clean, spacious, up to date, variety of fitness classes for all fitness levels, something to do for all ages of life, lanes in pool for lap swimming... what a great fitness center with everything I look for in a gym at an affordable price!

Friendly community place. I come here as much as I can and almost always run into someone I know. Smoothie bar is a great feature, and so are the virtual reality stationery bike machines. Locker rooms are generally clean. I do wish they would bring back the red towels.

Highly recommend this Y as a go to very friendly employees and well-kept facility totally would give this place five stars 10 if I could

The Y has been a huge part of my fitness journey. I love the classes, the staff is excellent, and theres plenty of equipment. Throw in the pools, and the sauna, and its the best gym Ive ever belonged to

A wonderful facility with experienced and professional instructors, fun and welcoming environment

When its not too busy, the Y is a nice place to visit. We love the family swimming pool and appreciate the size of the family changing rooms. They do try to keep up on the cleaning, but people are gross so the changing rooms can get really bad at certain times of the day. We really like the classes there and the staff is mostly friendly.

We love everything about the Orokawa Y in Towson! From the people to the programs, everyone in the family has found something rewarding and fun to do!

I love that I can exercise without worrying who will watch my daughter !! The pool is great and always clean!! So many actives to do through out the year!! Great place for the whole family!!!

Its a nice facility and staff has been great with one exception, and I dont see her around any more. Its really unfortunate that the family pool is closed due to unforeseen circumstances so frequently. we try to go twice a week and usually have to cancel because we get the text alert. I often dont feel like we get our moneys worth for this reason - if you have to close the pool more than twice a week, its time to do something about it.

Front desk gentlemen in the morning are very welcoming - Steve and Mac!

Looks like a really tremendous location for working out and swimming. Numerous classes offered to get the blood pumping.Also a Stay & Play feature offering child care for up to an hour and a half. And cheaper for the family than the two classes we previously paid for for both our children!