YMCA of Austin – Hays Communities Branch

I have some serious issues with the attitudes of the Child Care workers who handle 3 year olds and above. On two separate occasions one of their workers, two different women, made disparaging comments about me based on my gender. I wasn’t interacting with them at all. Just standing there watching my own child when they started making nasty aside remarks. In short, the women who provide care for children 3 years and up have some serious man-​hatred issues and have no qualms about expressing that sexism in front of the children they are watching. Bigoted, sexist, insulting aside remarks about a man or men in general that they have never seen before. I can’t allow them to watch my son once he turns three. Imagine the damage these women will cause a small boy by teaching him to disrespect his father and be ashamed of himself.

This YMCA is great family fun due to its awesome splash pad. The splash pad is a beach style, walk in pool, that only goes up to 4 feet at its very deepest. In a blocked off area, they have 3 water slides for those who can pass the required swim test (no floaties or life vests allowed in that area). The lifeguards were all very friendly. We’ll definitely be spending a lot of time here this summer!

It is really nice to have a gym in Buda so I am happy to have them and I have been a member since they opened. I do agree with the person stating that the gym has outgrown itself. I love that they have gotten more cardio equipment to try and accommodate the crowds but the have now moved all but a very few free weights into the another room. The problem with this is that during prime time the high school boys seem to dominate the free weight area. Not really much we can do about that and I am glad the kids are hitting the gym but now that everything is bunched together rather than spread out like in other gyms just seems a little more awkward for a 48 year old woman to go lift with a crowd of high school boys but I guess I got to suck it up!
I would also love for a yoga class to be offered for the working person. This seems to be an issue at a lot of gyms and not just the Hays County YMCA.

Great place for all kinds of people. Families or single people. The staff is usually polite, quite a few of them look high school age but are usually very helpful. The reason I gave them 3 instead of 5 is sometimes they are unorganized but polite and accommodating (most of the time). Some rude teens there. My kids attend their programs and love both classes. The daycare gives us time to work out on non-​class days and the kids like it as well. The gym is a no pressure area for people of all ages and it’s a comfortable environment for beginners. The pricing is great for a family and they have plenty of amenities, but don’t tell you that they fluctuate with not a lot of explanation. All around a good program for the community.

I go just for the pool, so I can’t comment on other areas of the gym. However the pool is a nice facility. My only complaints: changing rooms are small and benches for seating are too narrow meaning you can’t really put your bag on the bench and get changed at the same time, I dread to think what it’s like during peak hours! The showers are private which is good, but the shower heads are awful, the water shoots out like needles, to the point where I thought I had been sliced open with a knife! Finally the floors are a bit slippy, so do not wear flip-​flops on poolside — you WILL fall. Overall it’s a great facility, my main complaint being the showers.

Really surprised at the stellar reviews on here. The front desk staff are almost always uninformed, disinterested and disorganized. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced quite this level of ineptitude and apathy in customer service at any other business or institution. If you ask them about classes, they NEVER know the answer off the bat, ask each other… lots of blank faces, «Did she know about???» etc to each other, or «He’s not here right now, and I don’t know if…» type stuff. So so so untrained and/​or don’t care.
The paper handouts in the lobby (which weren’t always accurate) seem to have stopped completely, and the website is hard to navigate unless you know which category your class is going to be under. Truly it is a wonder to me that the place is still operational. Must be because it is a chain. An independent business run this way would last a year, tops.

This is the Goodwill of gyms. And I mean that as a compliment. Good people, good atmosphere, and affordable. I’ve been a member for a year and still come out. I’ve used the personal trainer program, swim classes, free childcare, and just worked out. It’s all great.

Love this gym alternative. Family feel. Inexpensive. My kids love their childcare services. Totally relaxed environment.

It’s clean!!! Really people, need I say more about a gym? To me that is one of the most important thing. People at the Y have been great to me. I let membership lapse because my credit card expired so it caused for major drama. Once I started visiting with the woman in charge of membership she helped me get everything figured out and was great. Their staff is great and super friendly (most of them). I had one snot-​nosed teen, but I will throw that in the category of teens aren’t always model employees and not review that experience. I just feel blessed to have something like this close to home. Go check it out, they are quite reasonable on their pricing.

My son loves their mother’s day out program! The teachers care about the kids and he always comes home happy. The program is affordable for my family and anytime my son gets excited to go to «school» I know we’re on the right track.
PLUS…the staff is always kind and helpful. The head guy, Brett, is amazing and does a fantastic job running the place!
My only negative… even though I don’t like bad comments… and the reason I didn’t give them a 5-​star is the childcare for my youngest while I work out hasn’t met my expectations. They don’t seem to get on his level… they just sit in the rockers while the kids are expected to roam around and play on their own. I know it’s a tough job and I would LOVE if they’d engage him so I could get more than a 20 minute workout in before they call me out. It’s pretty rough to actually WANT to get in shape again just to then be called back to a red faced little boy who’s been crying since I left. A little more action and effort on their part would be great! I hope that aspect changes so we’re not training my little guy that he just has to cry and I’ll come right back for him. HELP please y’all so I can get my body back!

Great Zumba instructors.

The Buda Y is now outgrowing itself. There are too many members and not enough gym space. Even though they try to make more space by moving the cardio equipment closer together it just doesn’t quite fit anymore. I guess it’s hard when you’re the only gym around…(hence the knock down to 4 stars).
BUT the staff are still super friendly, always chatty and willing to help with anything you might need. I’ve heard a rumor that they’re going to expand the facility almost doubling in size!
I’m looking forward to enrolling in some of the yoga classes that they’re offering when my schedule opens up a bit more. Sadly I haven’t been in a while, though the hubby goes at least 4 times a week. And he L.O.V.E.S. it there!