My friend recommends us here. Coach Tevin is amazing. My kids improved a lot and he really like swimming here.

Professional coach! They are very patient to help students understand how to do .Nice service and nice place! Highly recommended!

This swim school is a complete mess. No one ever answers the phone, and when you finally reach someone, they just tell you to email -- but even after I got email confirmation for a schedule change, nothing changed. They refused to refund classes even when it was their fault. The pool is overcrowded and unsafe; my son got sick several times, and once a student even threw up in the pool. The manager is unhelpful, not flexible, and it's clear the school only focuses on making money, not caring for families or children's safety read more

All three of our children are learning to swim at this school. Before coming to Blake Monrovia, they had taken swimming lessons on and off at other schools for nearly three years, but none of them had completed learning all four strokes. After joining Blake Monrovia, our older son and younger son mastered all four strokes in just ten lessons, and our daughter learned three strokes. We can truly feel that every coach here is professional and dedicated! read more

Friendly staff, my son goes here for swimming lessons and he loves it. I really recommend your kids to start his or her first swimming lessons. read more

The location is excellent, and the coaches are very effective in their teaching. My child has drastically improved her swimming skills.

Many friends and interest class teachers recommend this swimming school. There are Chinese and English teachers. I tried other schools and finally chose this one. The experience is great read more

My son is a special need child ,he is very timid, I was worried that he will not be able to adapt, but the teachers here are very patient, now my son learned and likes swimming, I am very happy. read more

Blake Swim School - Swimming Lessons/Schools Near Me - Monrovia, California

Recommended alot of people here. We like this place more than waterworks. My child has improved tremendously with coaches here.

Great customer services. Smooth registration. Kids love the trail class. Going to continue.

My daughters are learning from Alberto and Francis and they absolutely love the experience. These coaches are super kind and make the lessons super fun read more

They never pick up the phone regardless of the business or non business hours. When your kid is sick, they don't credit the money if you cancel within 24 hours. Sometimes kid can have a fever or catch a cold from school at a very last minute. I am surprised they don't do one time courtesy for sick leave. They expect the sick kids to attend swim class and spread the germs to other kids and staffs in the same pool. I do see kids with runny nose still attend the swim class. Sanitary sucks read more

Great swimming school. coaches are very nice and professional. Pool is clean. My kids like this place!

I got the free trial and was impressed with the instructor, she was very attentive to his needs and at the end of his 30 min trial, she approached us and let us know how he did. She stated, she would love to have him in her roaster. My son is very shy so I was pleased with her and requested to have the same instructor for his 15 lessons. They told me that was not a problem. My son has not had the same instructor since. I don't think she works there any more. For his second lesson, I got a call at 10pm the night prior, yes 10 pm, letting me know the instructor is sick and wont be able to make it so they had to cancel the class. They have canceled my son's lessons 3x with no advance notice. As I am walking in, I get a txt alert, that class has been canceled. Blake swim school is not accommodating at all! I attempted to cancel my son's lesson an hour prior and was told per policy I had to give 24 hour notice and I can no longer cancel, I explained how his lessons have been cancel before with no notice, she proceeded to tell me, that they pay for the lesson already and cannot cancel the class, This is a business and if I call any other business I will get the same reply. We have 2 lessons left and we wont be attending. This is not how you treat costumers at all. It is unfortunate that Monrovia does not have a Rec park with swim lessons in the summer. My son was very excited to start swim lessons and I was excited to have something so close to home. I love Monrovia and never have I experience such bad costumer service in Monrovia. I generally don't write reviews but I am not pleased with this business at all read more

Coach Tevin is the best swim coach my kids have had. When his schedule booked up and we had to try another swim school, my kids were not making much progress. I was so happy to hear when he had availability at Blakes. It's quite a drive for us but Coach Tevin is worth it! His patience and teaching technique is top tiered. We love Coach Tevin! read more

We've been attending this swimming school for a few months now, and my kids absolutely love it! Coach Joshua is fantastic--his patience with little ones is truly remarkable, and his skill in teaching and guiding swimmers is exceptional. My son, who started without knowing how to swim, learned it impressively fast. I've recommended this school to friends, and they've only shared positive feedback about their experiences here read more

Very good swimming school for kids, teacher and staff are very friendly. My daughter likes the coach.

Very nice place with reasonable price, best in the area . Go ahead and book your lesson today

my friends recommend this school few month ago,My daughter very like the teacher and learning so fast professional swimming school and very nice teacher read more

very good like the coaches already swimming for long time water clear too kids like swimming here read more

My daughter start her swimming lesson in her age 7 years old in Blake swim school. The coach are professional and nice

Both my and my daughter come here for swimming lessons with Josh and we love it here!

As an adept, stringent, and conscientious swimming coach, Blake not only refines competitive aptitude but also steers my son towards confronting pressure with fortitude, fostering invaluable attributes. read more

Coach is very professional and patient to the kid. It is a good place to get kid start swimming here.

Not very impressed. 1. The coach is different almost every lesson. This is a concern since there is a lack of consistency and no record of what the student last worked on or has mastered. 2. Some coaches are rude and ignore parent request. 3. Cancellation policy is 24 hours. My kids got sick 3 hours before a lesson so we ended up being forced to forfeit 2 lessons. 4. Very hard to communicate with the front desk staff. 5. One coach took 5 min of my child's 30 minute lesson to adjust the radio on her phone. read more

This is a very good swim school. Indoor pool is nice for the summer, coaches are patient and friendly.

Great teachers - our entire family learned swimming at Blake Swim School! They were flexible with our schedule and provided good teachers for both kids and adults. read more

My kids are learning so fast after three classes. Very good progress. We really like it so far

My kids love the swim instructor and have learned a lot from her. However the office never picks up the phone nor responds to email or WeChat. Horrible communication. At least set up the voicemail! read more

I can't wait for my daughter to finish her lessons here. They never pick up their phone when you have last minute changes. Front desk lady with the glasses can have some customer service training. First time walked in to inquire the swim lesson, she did not greet you nor ask if I have any questions about their program. If it's not because this is the closest swimming lesson to us, I would have gone somewhere else. When we went for a trial class, she did not care at all if you want to sign up for the lesson or not. No follow up to or ask how the trial lessons was. She is just busy with her phone. Some of the instructors are good some are not, it's all depend who you get that day. I cut my daughter lessons short after she got no improvement after 13 lessons. She is still in the same level as her trial class. I don't recommend this swimming school at all read more

Nice place. My kids have been here for a year! coach is very professional highly recommened.

Girl in the front is very rude and she looks at you like you're stupid... the swimming lessons aren't cheap either imagine walking in to get a swim class for your child and that's the first person to greet you... looks like she doesn't want to work there with her shitty ass face. Should've read yelp reviews before going oh wait they don't answer the phone either.....don't bother. read more

New opening and nice place to have my child start his swim lessons here, very experienced coach helped my boy get into swimming with confidence! read more

Blake Swim School - Swimming Lessons/Schools Near Me - Monrovia, California

Lol im sorry im really here after reading all the comments about the receptionist. Yeah one of them is pretty intimidating and hard to communicate for sure. Due to the difficulty in communication, I can totally see how if you missed class and can't make up. HOWEVER, I do want to present a flip side to this. So, I sent my dgt to aquawork in Pasadena which is more expensive, sure cleaner, more proper changing bathroom, and nice front desk. But after 6 months of lessons, she's still doing star fish floating around. I thought maybe just my dgt isn't that athletic but at friends rec came here to try. Within 2 months was doing freestyle, breast stroke and treading water. I hate to be that Asian and say only result matter... But honestly, find me another place at this price point doing 1 on 1 teaching that give you result? So yeah, it sucks but if you can deal with the receptionist all the teachers are awesome, and my dgt worked with diff teacher each time and still learned faster. And...you CAN stick to one of same teacher, it's on their pamphlet, you just gotta pay more for that. (Of note aquawork is diff teacher each time I went too) full disclaimer, I wish I'm getting paid from Blake's for writing this but sadly am not and i'm not here to purposely bash aquawork YMMV, every kid learn well in diff environment. But like I said, just presenting another way to look at this from a parent where now my kid knows how to swim instead of just floating around. read more

I am Jason and I'm very proud of Blake. Only through 4 to 5 classes with Blake, he got me Junior Olympic, Summer Junior Olympics and Spring Junior Olympics. I got those Championships because of Blake's strict classes. Just because Blake is strict, doesn't mean he is actually mean. The more strict somebody is, the more progress the student will have. Thank you Blake for giving me this good of a grade in swimming. I could've done it better without him. read more

Blake Swim School - Swimming Lessons/Schools Near Me - Monrovia, California

This is a new opened children's swimming school. The environment is very good and clean. the coaches and staff are very responsible read more

Blake Swim School - Swimming Lessons/Schools Near Me - Monrovia, California

Poor management and repeated last minute cancellation without prior notice to students

I lovvvve this place! Their coach are all professional trained, nice environment! Clean equipment. Nice Customer service! Really recommend here! read more

Solely for the trial signed up. Not really flexible. We were excited that there were new place for our kids to swim, so we go ahead scheduled trial for Saturday 11 am trial. Everything went smoothly until my son had a high fever on Saturday morning. We msg Mandy in the morning if we could move or rescheduled but there was no response. After 12 ish, she respond back said cannot reschedule and cancelation needs to be 24 hours. We have no idea that we need to let them know 24 hours in advance to reschedule? This was not said or mentioned when we scheduled the trial. My son was doing fine Friday night, and there is no way we know that he has a high fever the next day morning! It's a big let down since this is only for trial lesson and it's not even flexible to reschedule. We went to Waterworks before, cancelation or reschedule can be done within 1 to 2 hours prior to class lesson. read more

This place is great. They are a vendor of regional center. They provide class for special needs kids. The coach is very professional and patient. read more