OMG!!! I just finished a 15 min HIIT cardio workout on the treadmill and I'm dead. I found out…read moretoday that this YMCA is just 1 minute walk away from my work! Now I have no excuses to fit in a workout everyday! Not only is the location super convenient but the staff was super friendly and showed me where everything was. The workout rooms are located in different parts of the building which a bit different than most gyms but I can't complain because I'm just so excited at the convenience of this location. I look forward to taking more classes and fitting more workouts in throughout my week!

I just renewed my membership here after a year long hiatus; not much has changed. What I like most…read moreabout the Buchanan Y, other than its proximity to home, is that it is small, but never gets crowded. I've been here at various times of the day, and though there's obviously more people during the early morning and evening hours with the before and after-work crowd, respectively, there's never been a problem with wait times. The other nice thing about the Y is its clientele. The facilities are family-oriented; it's the furthest thing from a meat market, at least at this Y. Front desk staff have always been friendly. The cardio room and weight room are on the first floor, with Nautilus machines located on the second floor; also in the Nautilus room are a couple treadmills, exercise bikes, and an elliptical. (I like to exercise up here because, once in awhile, I do get tired of staring at myself in the mirror and having people stare at my ass while I'm running.) A good amount of classes are available to enroll in, from Yoga and Pilates, to Aikido, and even Flamenco Dancing--free with membership. Membership cost differs for each facility. I'm assuming Buchanan's is the lowest due to its size. It's $41/mo for Adults, with the Young Adult membership (18-25 yrs.) at $32/mo. (Edit: Rates increase July '06.) There are a number of other memberships, including one for access to all Bay Area YMCAs. The real downside to this place is the hours. They're only open till 9 p.m. on weeknights, and close during the early evening hours over the weekend. And watch out for holidays: They either close early or are closed entirely for the day. There wasn't an option, so for clarification, the facility opens at 5:45 a.m. M-F, not 6:00 a.m. as listed above. There's free parking across the street @ Japantown.

I made a gorgeous sf giants baseball themed bracelet at an oracle park event! The staff at…read moreDrangonfly designs made it super easy, explained how to do it and did the hard work of the clasp and finishing. They have oodles of pretty beads and charms, even a choice of silver or gold hardware. On the way out several tween girls asked and ran off excitedly to make their own. Highly recommend.

Our experience with Dragonfly Designs was so wonderful! We hired them for our daughter's 8th…read morebirthday party, and we had such positive interactions from the beginning with them. They were very responsive to my early inquiries and answered all of my questions very thoroughly. Once we decided to book with them, they walked me through the entire process from start to finish, made sure we were prepared for the big day, and checked in with me regularly. On the day of the party, they had 5 people at our home helping with our group of 22 children, and it was such a smooth, fun, creative, under-control party. The jewelry and tie-dye kept the kids engaged, all of the workers were very helpful and organized, and everything ran smoothly from start to finish. I would definitely use them again and recommend them to anyone without reservations.

I just saw the response from camp doodle on 3/29/21. It's odd that the camp is apologizing here for…read morethe first time while they did not help us in providing info to the pediatric orthopedist that treated our son. Again the camp is contradicting itself. By this new account, the camp now administered aid on Monday and still did not notify us that our child's arm was causing him pain at camp until he was crying uncontrollably a day or so later. Also, the information on the camp counselor written here was never shared with us. This new account has the camp counselor checking in with a 5-year-old about his fall. If a counselor felt the need to check if a child was ok days after an injury, wasn't there a duty to notify the parents about it in the first place?

Our daughter is 5 and this is her first camp experience. She absolutely loves Camp Doodles and has…read moresaid to us "I want to go to camp forever". The design of the camp is super convenient, giving families options for kids to attend 1 day, 1 week, select week programs or all summer long. Great security system with consistent checkin/checkout routine. You can order lunch or snacks in the morning you drop the child off. There's a good mix of female and male counselors and each one is great with the kids and parents. The program is a good balance of structured activities mixed with creative variation. Tuesday is ice-cream day, Wednesday is scooter/skateboard day, etc. On a rare hot week in SF last month, Camp Doodles rented water slides. My daughter is stimulated, entertained and loved. Couldn't ask for more!

Once my son joined the YPAC YMCA team a year ago, I signed up for gym memberships for us and the…read moreswim team for him as a package deal. I can't remember details other than the difference was negligible to do both and it made sense. I've gently eased myself getting back into working out. I used to train hard, 5+ days a week. Let's just say it's been a glacial progress getting back into a routine; I need to improve. Presidio YMCA is a great gym, not too crowded and it's clean. And with my son now working out 3-4 times a week before he trains with the swim team, I don't have an excuse not to go more often. Fitness goals..

The gym and pool are nice. However, I have been trying to cancel my membership since February 18th…read moreand no one seems to listen. I submitted a cancellation request online on February 18th and heard nothing. In April I called and was told that my membership was cancelled, but refunds would take time because some board had to approve them. Today (May 21) I received an email from Thomas Jacobs telling me that I have a past due balance for the month of May. I would advise not going here.

This school is a waste of your money, and I agreed with a prior comment, they do not care about…read moretheir students they only care about your money. How is it that their mission is to serve and help the world, but when their own students begin showing signs in disorders like autism or ADHD there is nothing they can do? They do not have teachers in special education? With all the money that you spend, the response is ultimately sorry we can't help you, even if your kid is a 4.0 student.

Doesn't prepare students for the real world. Poor teachers. In my experience there, most of the…read moreteachers didn't care for their students.

As other reviewers have mentioned, Kelly and her team are magical. I have an 8 year old daughter…read moreand 11 year old son and they have been going to GGAN's summer camp for multiple weeks every summer for the past 6 years. My kids are very different in temperament and interest and this is the single camp they both want to do over and over again and so do their friends. Kelly and all the counselors as so nurturing of children's natural curiosity and desire to explore both in the studio and out in nature. As an arts and crafts lover myself, I wish I could hang out in the art studio, it is truly a magical space. I'm not sure what the prior counselor review was about, but I personally have found the counselors to be extremely skilled, the space very clean, and my kids feel very well cared for.

My name is Laura Abangan, I was a camp counselor due to me being sick I was fired, Kelly runs her…read morefacility in an unorganized manner she doesn't know how to properly treat her staff nor does she run her business properly her bathrooms are not clean. Her workspace is very unorganized. She wants her counselors and the children to go outside in the rain and eat their lunch. Regardless on how cold it is or even if it's pouring down rain she's not equipped to run a summer camp because I don't think she has any children to even know how to treat children, nor does She respect her staff, and take what they've learned in consideration. She has no morals or no respect for those and I would like to say I was the only African-American person that was working in that facility . I wouldn't send my kid there if I were you. Due to how poorly she is regardless of her background and she went to school for this particular business. She does not know how to run her business.

It is very strict here. They have 30 days cancellation policy. Even though my dad joined this past…read moreSaturday 4/25 and only went once and then asked to cancel 4/29, they charged 1 month through his insurance. His knee hurts after exercising so decided not to continue. He gave me his card but the registration person said cannot share card even though he canceled and not using it. His picture showed up when I tried to sign in with the card. The facility here is also not good compared to Fitness SF. Adult membership is $91 and Senior is $81 so not much of a discount even though his is paid for by Kaiser. They have free resistance band workout every other Wednesday at the Union Square plaza at 8am. It's a free class and the instructor is nice.

This is a great YMCA and has very caring team members and engaged members. I really enjoyed my…read morevisit to this YMCA.

This is now my second time writing a review after they had my first one removed.... Freedom of…read morespeech, 1st amendment baby! I'm just trying to let the community know which scams they should avoid, and this is number one on my list! After taking both of my daughters here -- 5 and 9 -- I can not in good faith allow another kid to go through the same horrendous program. The CEO Karen was nothing but obnoxious to me, both over email and in person, and the cooking camp fell short of my expectations -- lets just say my 2 year old son could have cooked a better meal with his hands tied behind his back. I wish I could take my money back and give it to an org that actually cares about its customers but, welp, too late. Fredrick out

This camp was OK. My daughter liked it overall. However, they did NOT visit any restaurants or…read morecook with chefs at them, as presented online. It was a average summer camp that went to farmers markets and cooked a lot in a outdoor garden. For the outrageous cost of $700 a week, We were disappointed and felt they totally miss-represented online what they would be doing! My daughter expected to cook in real restaurants with real chefs..as they stated on website, it did not even happen once!!! Counselors were young, very friendly, but far from real chefs like promised.

I went to a paint & sip class this weekend with my partner and had SO much fun! They have a great…read morelocation in Hayes Valley and immediately when I walked it there were such good vibes with holiday music playing and paintings set up everywhere. They offered us wine and charcuterie and I especially loved how intimate the class was with only 5 people plus an instructor. Our instructor Emily was such a blast and did such a great job explaining everything to us and making our paintings come to life. Overall we had such a great experience and I definitely want to come back with my friends!

Our son has been going for 2 years in a row and he loves it. He loves to imagine and build things,…read moreand this studio really leans into that. Last year he built a rocket pack. This year had an idea to build a jungle skate park and the teachers there helped him make it a reality (cardboard reality) with loads of materials and other support. We hope to send our son there again.