Auburn-Lewiston YMCA

★★★★★modestyy_boutique

My son goes here now for the after school program . Abby is so amazing with him and the other children . She’s so sweet and kind . Anytime I drop off my child she is so happy and bubbly and the same when I pick him up. I can tell she truly loves her job and that is so hard to find in childcare . I would recommend the school age program to anyone as she’s truly the best !

★★★★★Diane Daskey

I love this place! Darlene and Kevin always make my husband i feel welcomed. Great place to work on your core. Very clean. Lewiston/ Auburn is lucky to have them

★★★Anatolian American

As a visitor from another town and a YMCA Plus member, I had the chance to visit the Auburn Lewiston Y. The staff was welcoming, and the community spirit was great. However, the building, which dates back to 1947, is really showing its age and could use a major renovation. I sincerely hope that in the near future, the YMCA can find a strong partner or sponsor who recognizes the value of this community resource and helps make the renovation a priority. A refreshed location would not only preserve the legacy of the YMCA but also ensure that it continues to serve the Auburn Lewiston area for generations to come. Ps I also noticed that the showers don’t have dividers, which didn’t feel right to me. While it might be okay for some people, I believe having more privacy would make the experience more comfortable for everyone.

★Sherri Bright

I'm very disappointed that adults have to have a membership to supervise their kids. I would be willing to pay for a membership for my 14 and 11 year old, because they would use it. I would not, but my 11 year old needs to be supervised, and I am not allowed to supervise without a membership. I briefly considered becoming a member, but the woman at the front desk did not seem to want to answer my questions and she looked at me like I had two heads when I mentioned the discount that the YMCA is supposed to offer my employer, so rather than recruiting a new member, she inspired me to leave.

★Garrick Hoffman

This is without a doubt the worst, grossest gym I've ever attended. I will preface this by saying I only attend the Auburn gym, and it's exclusively for the weightlifting room, but still. It almost entirely has to do with one thing: CLEANLINESS. This place is genuinely disgusting. I'm repulsed even being here. Without hyperbole, every time I leave, I feel like I'm developing a cold - I can feel my throat start to swell. The building is absolutely ancient and doesn't seem well-maintained, so I often wonder if there's lead, asbestos, mold, or something else in the air. They have fans blowing in the weightlifting room, but it seems like it's just moving air around and there's no actual ventilation. You can tell there's no ventilation, so the air is always stuffy and odorous. It's disgusting. The lockers in the men's locker room don't ever seem to get cleaned, if they're cleaned at all. They're all beat up, haggard, falling apart, and even rusted. I'd see the same candy wrappers in the same locker for weeks or longer. At least at Planet Fitness in Auburn, I regularly saw the lockers get cleaned. The men's locker room is in the basement, and it's so dingy and gross. The steam room in the men's room is truly a spectacle. If the steam hasn't been running recently, it takes FOREVER to fire up. When you're done your workout, you may have to kill time as you wait for the machine to fire up. The tiles in the steam room are all in disrepair; they've actually had a couple planks of wood propped on one bench with a caution sign on them to prevent people from sitting there - for months now. And if the steam hasn't been running in a while, it smells AWFUL. Seriously, the odor in there is intolerably repugnant. Like, immediately & instinctively do a 180 to escape the odor-type of repugnant. As for the weightlifting room: again, the unventilated air is nasty, and the fans just blow around people's spittle and breath. The machines are frequently down. The machines and all the free weights and other equipment all look like they haven't been replaced since the 80s or 90s. (I actually met someone at the Lewiston Y who said he feels he has to wash his hands every time he uses the equipment at the Auburn Y, and I completely feel the same way.) I thought that by paying 4x more than what I was paying at Planet Fitness would earn me a significantly upgraded gym. While it was ultimately my choice to make the move after touring the place, I figured I'd give it a chance, chiefly for the steam room and closer proximity to my apartment. It was not the right move. Planet Fitness is significantly cleaner and bigger and more open. It's also FRIENDLIER. The standards at this gym are sorely lacking and it's a disgrace.