UC Davis Campus Recreation and Unions Reviews

Great facilities - also, the check in staff are not incompetent, as stated by a previous reviewer; they are friendly and helpful. Usually if you want to buy a pass, do it online ahead of your visit.

Excellent variety of quality equipment, numerous classes and activites available to get involved in, and a great staff.

It can get super crowded here. A good selection of machines and weights. There are indoor basketball hoops and an indoor track for members.

UC Davis has the worst student gym I ve ever been to and I ve been to many. It s extremely crowded (15 minute waits for a squat rack), dirty, and has limited free space for sit-ups, etc. It also charges students extra for classes and doesn t allow them to drop-in which is highly unusual and inconvenient. Right now, with renovations students are forced to lift weights on a basketball court without mirrors to check their form.

For what students pay for UC Davis, they should have amenities on par with schools that are much cheaper. Save your cash and live better by going to a school in the South.

It would be nice if the rules were enforced. On the track, half the people go the wrong direction using the wrong lane, and the staff doesn't care at all -- I've almost been in head-on collisions because of it. You see the same guy bleeding all over the bar because his dead lift form is so bad, but no one ever stops him. I could go on. It's kind of ridiculous.

From a UC Davis student, the facility is in great shape, the staff is friendly, and the equipment is top notch. Basketball courts tend to get pretty crowded due to games getting started, however, everyone gets the opportunity to play. Hours are also limited, but other than that everything is incredible.

This gym is so lame first of all they like to profile all black members and if a white student wants to use the same machine your using they will literally rush you off and not to mention the entire staff acts like a bunch of 3rd graders I would not recommend this facility to anyone with color sad but true.

Had my statistics class here on a basketball court. Would definently recommend to a friend.

There doing constructio, so parking is inconvenient, to say the least. Was told they be done in 2019.

Cost of parking alone makes the gym not worth it. Also, the facility is under renovation.

Very modern gym, large and thorough in the things it offers

Bought a locker from them and they sold me someone else's locker. The staff member tried to fix it by taking their things out until I mentioned that it looks like they're still using the locker. I was then told that none of the staff could fix this problem and that I'll have to contact the membership coordinator dejanay. When I asked if she's around that day I was told "yes, but she's probably too busy to help you right now". Called her number and it goes to voicemail. Doesn't answer my emails. I had to show up at the front desk again just to get her to reply to my email. She then transferred me to another locker which also belong to someone else as it had their things in it. I email her again, and she doesn't respond. Had to go to the front desk multiple times to ask if she's in for the day so I can get this sorted out. Incompetent.

Never had a bad experience at the ARC, not sure why some people gave such low reviews. Maybe I wouldn't like it so much if I wasn't a student, but I'm not sure. I've never been to other gyms before this one so maybe I'm missing out on some knowledge about other gyms that the people who gave low reviews have.

Anyway the only down side is that it gets crowded sometimes but it's usually fine.

The staff is nice and the equipment is relatively new. However, the space is so crowded and small. There s very few times in the day when it s not overcrowded.

The parking is not the most convenient parking lot for a recreational facility. The facility looks age and have this odor smell once you entered the facility. Conference is outdated and the screen projector is very difficult to see from the back and side. Gym is crowded and the price is totally not worth it.

They're going through some renovations now (July 2017), but it's a good spot to work out. The staff are largely uninvolved, but in a good way.

You have to be a studen in order to use the exercise equipment on the second floor??

The price to attend this gym for a day is not worth it. The cost is 10$ which is money that should at least come with a pass of three days to use gym at most. Also theee should be no reason why UC Davis alumni not get some sort of discount or access to the facilities

i paid $1450 for one summer class that's 5 weeks long, and i had to pay another $100 for full 2 months parking.
gym is garbage, rather drive 40 mins to the closest 24 hour fitness than coming here,

Convenient location, pricey and a little lacking in customer service.

Great facilities, poor staff and hours are extremely limited as staff is all students so the gym is closed for almost every holiday.

Good: The gym has everything you'd + Reasonable price for the facility + MAC is awesome

Bad: Overcrowded + Not open long enough on weekends

As an Asian student, I hope that you can provide table tennis bats and badminton rackets with basic quality. The table tennis bats you provide may be worth only 5$... Here is a great gym but I hope you can improve the details. I hope to have at least a $15 racket available, which is a very low cost.

the weight room is so small and always crowded unless you go before 7am..

Awesome facility, great state of the art equipment. My main complaint is how crowded it gets... There's always a line of around 10 people waiting for the squat racks or dumbbells. It's kind of ridiculous

Love the look of this place! There is an indoor track! One of my favorite gyms.

The campus free tour was great. Recommend for everyone to do this.

Be ready to wait is better if you just go to a different gym.