TL;DR The gym has decent amenities but has an absolute terrible selection of weights. The security system is so abysmal that even the garda has said to avoid. Pros: -Pool is pretty good with some great classes/family friendly zones -exercise classes are decent, routines don’t get swapped up but the people leading it are good energy -gym is great if all you want to do is cardio Cons: There is a very limited amount of actual weights in the gym. The split seems to be about 70/30% for cardio machines/weightlifting equipment. As others have said, this is fine for a small student population but considering the tens of thousands of students on campus AND the fact that the gym sells memberships to non-students, this is unacceptable. I find about half my workouts there were waiting for benches or squat racks to free up. From what I’ve overheard, the personal trainers seem to have some knowledge which is fine for beginners, but not great for someone that needs help critiquing form over just planning diet/workouts. The BIGGEST issue is the lack of security. The gym forces every member to lock their belongings in a locker in the change room using their “own” locks (which I suspect was bought in bulk from euro giant). The lock itself costs something like 5-10 euro. The lock combination can be either picked in about 30 seconds by a novice thief, or simply forced open with mild to moderate force. Note that THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION, if you try to keep your bag with you in a corner while working out you’ll be asked to leave. If your belongings do get stolen, the staff will “look over the security footage” and by that I mean they’ll go into a back room and scroll through Facebook/instagram on their phones for an hour. Hopefully you manage to find bus fare home at that point because the staff sure don’t care if you’re now stranded on campus. If you try to get the garda involved, they’ll let you know that THINGS GET STOLEN ABOUT ONCE A WEEK, AND THE CAMERAS/STAFF ARE USELESS. The advice the garda gave me was “avoid that gym”. Now you may say that people should not bring in valuables to the gym. This is fine for regular gyms, but considering that this is an on campus gym most students want to go to a couple classes in the morning, go to the gym then maybe study/take the hour bus ride back home since they cant afford to rent anywhere close to UCD. If this gym is your only option for weightlifting, I recommend you just do pushups and sit ups at home. At least that way you wont risk losing hundreds-thousands of euro in belongings while the staff just laugh.

STAY AWAY! My mother had a STROKE and I had to leave Ireland for a while. They are asking me for 14 days notice to freeze my membership. Should I request my mother to have a stroke only in 14 days so I can freeze my overpriced membership? So due to the lack of support when I most need I decided to cancel my monthly membership now they want me to go to the office to cancel it o send a letter by POST, that is correct by POST to cancel it. But as I said before I'm abroad so I can't go to their office and a letter would take more than 30 to arrive. Stay away of this place!

The equipment in the main gym area is nice & taken care of, but it is WAY too crowded. I spend more time standing around waiting for the gym lads to back off the weight racks than I do actually lifting. I think they would benefit from having more outlined student only hours and community only hours to lessen the high density.

We were members for several years but cancelled our membership recently due to the poor service. We were mainly interested in the pool but access is poor due to childrens swimming lessons, club and college swimming teams and of course there is a huge student and faculty membership and lastly there are the members. There is only one pool and too many stakeholders for the key times. It is v expensive considering all of the above. They need to decide the business model as why have members when there is no real capacity for them. Also the attitude of the membership staff is lazy, complacent and unhelpful. Don’t waste your money.

Joined in March of this year, signed on to a 12 month contract. They informed me that my monthly membership fee would be increasing by about 10% in May. I got in touch with their customer service team to ask if I could have more time at the original agreed monthly fee, or get a refund of my joining fee so I can cancel. They’ve said no to both, it’s really poor service as I wouldn’t have signed up originally if I’d known it would be a higher fee. their manager is also really difficult to communicate with and clearly has no interest in being helpful. The facilities are nice but they don’t justify the high cost compared to other gyms in the area. Now I have to take a hit on the joining fee or accept a higher monthly fee than I originally signed up for. Would not recommend to anyone considering signing up

Great gym with pool and many courses. Great facilities and nice staff.

Very poor , not worth membership fee( which is extortionate) Facilities are outdated,The members gym and performance gym are very poorly equipped, most of the space in the gym is taken up by running machines and rowing machines or bikes , which are useless to most users ,leaving an a tiny space for free weights area.In the members gym there is only 2 squat racks and no space for deadlifts etc. Gym actually closes at 5:30 as you can’t enter past then ,on weekends at 6:30 which is far to early ,in general local gyms close at at least 10 pm.Frequently on week days the gym is closed as it’s too busy , they do not let members know this instead you can only find out when you arrive.The showers are faulty in changing area. The pool is the only redeeming feature ,undoubtedly needs major renovations and improvements to lay out stay well away!

Fantastic facility. Pool is 50m, often 1-3 people per lane. Swimmers follow the speed restrictions for the most part which is so important if you’re training for a race/triathlon. Recommend! Couples deal is worth checking out as you’ll get a discount per person.

Overpriced, too crowded, never clean, weights always in the wrong places, staff never seem to be doing anything. Loads of new members doing unsafe movements that need correcting. Groups of people take up machines for way too long. Super unfriendly mix of people.

Well equipped and clean gym. Better to go before 5 pm if u can, after 5 it can get a bit busy. Lovely and very knowledgeable staff. I took Pilates classes n I have to say they were one of the best I ever been. Dressing rooms are spacious and clean too. They give towels for members ( not for students). The gym has a coffee shop to chill after workout :)

The equipment is pretty decent. The gym is quite clean as well. However, it is far too crowded. It's a gym that would be well suited to serve strictly college students, but since UCD is a large college AND they sell memberships to non students, the gym is usually very crowded.

Great gym. Great pool. Always clean. Great staff. Lots of parking. Good showers and sauna. No steam at present. First rate.

Great facility,Olympic size pool with good thermal Suite. Very clean and well maintained

Soaring heat and humidity in the air of the gym during the summer time. For God’s sake put a fan in there at least you don’t want the gym goers to suffer a heatstroke!!!

This facility has absolutely everything you need in terms of weight training cardiovascular training functional training and any other type of training you can think of. This is a state of the art gym the staff are absolutely 100% educated , pleasant and informative. I would highly recommend this place to anybody the only reason I would deduct 1 stars because it is an extortionate price to pay regardless of who they are or where they are these prices are ridiculous. If you have the money and the time I urge you to try you will indeed reach your fitness goals here guaranteed.

Never give up!

Premium changing rooms are uncomfortably warm, much warmer than the reception area. Shower controls malfunction regularly. Pool lanes not policed properly by lifeguards.

If I could add 1 piece of feedback is about students on their phones camping on machines. I have 30 or 40 minutes a day for my workout, and looking at the younger fellas just browsing their phones while on the machine you need is quite infuriating. There should be a policy of "no phone allowed while using equipment".

Best facilities and well qualified trainers.

Oh so glad I made time to go to the gym only to find that there are restricted hours from. 4:45pm-8:15pm without them ever telling us or having it on there website. Make us watch a instructional video and couldn't add a small notice to anywhere on your website?

Has all the facilities you need. Not 5 stars because the temporandium has gotten a bit old.

Best gym and pool facilities

Amazing 50m swim pool.

Great gym and Olympic sized pool

Well organised good classes well maintained watt bikes

Amazing pool. Friendly staff. Complete gym. Classes are great.

Great facility with plenty of space, equipment and amenities. Service can be an issue though and the administrative side is often a nightmare to get anything sorted

Im sure it's the best swimming pool in ireland (6 big lane 50 mt olimpics standards). water is clear and they use lot of filter and very little chlorine. The sport center has football filed, climbing was, tennins and basked but the gym is not so good - small and packet.

Love it great equipment and staff very helpful. Highly recommended

Friendly staff excellent facilities

This is the most disgusting gym I have ever been to in my life and I won’t recommend it to anyone, as a fitness instructor I have been to lost of commercial gyms and this one doesn’t even deserve to be called a gym. The free weights equipments are so few, most spaces have been taken by the machines. There is only two squat racks which aren’t ideals. There is no deadlift platform. The fitness instructors don’t even indict members which is very unprofessional. If the student levy didn’t go to the gym I swear I wouldn’t have agreed to this mess at all. It’s way below standard and I intend to raise a complaint with student Union so this won’t be maintained by student levy.

Good option for students. Very spacious but the class timetables options could improve. They are usually full and you have to book in advance.

All reception staff are so friendly. The gym and swimming facilities has everything you need even through CV19 the gym and staff are amazing

Nice and we'll maintained place. Every UCD student go there at least once in theirs UCD time.

No way of getting in to gym without student card even if you have all other student identification?? Staff were so unhelpful with my situation aswell

Superb facilities and excellent staff

Best gym in Dublin

Lovely pool and facilities

Lots of gym machines and plenty of workout space. Pool is amazing.

Don't recommend pitch rental from these guys, unable to replace floodlights - pitch is very dark, sandy dunes and not worth the price. Staff claim bulb replacement cost of 500 euro is too high, but charge 100 euro per pitch rental for an hour!

Wonderful facilities, could do with an app or an updated website with better information for members, but great over all.

Excellent choice for gym and swimming pool

Great gym for adults pool, sauna and facilities are great

Lovely pool and sauna steam room.

Member here for several years. Facilities for the swimming pool are excellent for competitive swimmers and for bringing the family. Only draw back is no membership offer for swimming pool alone.

The place is great. 50m swimming pool, big gym (more than one, actually), cinema, bar/café to grab a bit, etc. Rented a badminton net and had a blast playing.

The best swimming pool facility and the swim team is brilliant and helpful.

(Translated by Google) There are sports and activities for all tastes. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful. The environment is clean and spacious. (Original) Ci sono sport e attività per tutti i gusti. Lo staff è estremamente cordiale e disponibile. L'ambiente è pulito e spazioso.

No point opening at 6am if some access gates are not open until 6.40am

It's clean and the machines are very nice but its usually very busy.

Really nice place. Full of lively young students

A bit expensive, but the 50 mtr pool, gym and grounds to run around it worth it. Giving out towels to members is very handy

My favorite gym. It's well equipped and accessible

With all the facilities available, great staff, very helpful.

Great gym, fantastic staff.

I don't understand why people are not wearing masks indoors at UCD. I wear one until I start changing and put it back on while changing to leave. Its Easy, not annoying and could make a difference.

Excellent gym

Good for fitness

The best place during Irish Winter. Big jacuzzi, wet and dry saunas, snow, shallow cold bath, warm stone bench, gender free changing facilities. 50 meters to pub. Not enough bike parking frames.

Ok

Longest pool in Ireland, size of Olympics pool!

(Translated by Google) UCD sports! Move yourself! (Original) UCD sports! Movimente-se!

Was a member there a year and a half. It's a decent gym with limitations. The best thing about the place is the classes but you have to quick to sign up or you'll never see a class. Gym itself is always packed so that's kind of off putting and the area is small too. Give the instructors a raise, they are all great, helpful and know their stuff. I just cancelled my membership and one thing that annoys me is how the sales staff always seem so rushed even though it never seems busy in their area. Went to cancel and when I asked for a cancellation email or some kind of form as proof, I was told to take a picture of the form I filled out with the salesperson. How can a simple email be so much trouble, I don't think I would ever want to be a member here again.

(Translated by Google) Very good facilities (Original) Muy buenas instalaciones

Brilliant

Fantastic pool

Best pool in Ireland

Awesome pool

Music is way to loud

Comfortable place to work out. Staff friendly

Good facilities at the pool. The seating place infront of UCD cinema is pretty comfortable too. Would recommend the club tour.

Do not join this gym. Equipment maintenance is terrible; many machines are broken (some have been broken for FOUR MONTHS with no indication they'll be repaired). The gym gets quite crowded so there are queues at many machines. Worse yet, some of the student members can be quite rude. They sit on machines looking at instagram and refuse to get off even when asked politely. This gym is a massive waste of money and patience. Their reply is hard to credit. At the time of his writing they have three broken cable machines, out of four. There is often a queue for the one that works. One of them has been broken since mid-summer. Out of four lat pull-downs, two are broken and queues are developing. Many of the machines have signs of poor maintenance and could break soon.