Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre

★★★★★5.0

Fantastic indoor pool for both adults and kids. Perfectly allocated areas for lane swimming, wave pool, whirlpools, water slides, other water play equipment, another warm pool for swimming programs but kids can jump in when there’s no programs going on, spa, sauna and steam room. This place has it all that 4 hours parking almost doesn’t seem enough. They accept fitness passport so great value for anyone already with that membership. There is also a canteen there with a wide selection of food. Can’t remember them all but there are pies, sandwiches, fried seafood and chips, muffins, donuts, ice cream and most importantly, coffee. If there’s a swimming class on expect a long wait but there’s vending machines right next to them if you need a quick grab and go. Outdoor parking is free and plentiful. It seems small cause it’s always packed but whenever we go and do a round we always seem to find a spot within a couple of minutes. Ryde Aquatic and Sydney Olympic Aquatic are by far the two best pools in the area and a must visit.

★★★★★5.0

Lots of fun and activities for the whole family. Whilst our kiddies are going nuts in the water, or the yellow slide, or the endless river we are sitting in the hot tub taking it easy. Water temperature in all pools is above 25C. On weekends and during school holidays they get the waves going every 30 minutes. The kids love it! 🥰

★★★★★4.0

The pool and most of staffs and coaches are amazing. But today I had really bad experience and I'd like to share. I tried several menus for last few years and only chips and nuggets and hot chocolate seems find. And today after I order chips, while I was waiting, I went to check on my kids - been few minutes - and came to pick up the chips. The lady with blonde hair was very grumpy that she had to call me so many times and get my chips from the warmer machine(?). I just said sorry and bring it to my kids - usually, they kept it just near front but it was not very busy today so I assumed they just wanted it to be warm - After we left, I tried some and it was taste was really bad - usually the chips were quite good. And now I recall it was microwaved old chips taste. Please don't play with food... I'd like to share my experience so that they might be more caucious of doing that.

★★★★★3.0

It's great my kid love it. My only complaint is please install a door for male shower otherwise family accessible facility. Nice place during hot summer!

★★★★★3.0

Facilities: 5/5 stars There are alot of water activities to do here. If you want to just swim laps there are dedicated lanes for that. If you want your child to have fun and play there is a leisure swimming pool for that. Overall one of the best aquatic leisure facilities in sydney. Service 3/5 Staff get things done but you can tell they don't want to be there. Hygiene 3/5 Water quality is alright which is to be expected due to the amount of people who swims here, though it can get rancid sometimes (very rarely). I personally really love to come after work to swim some laps to exercise however in both my experience, the facilities or the staff isn't the main problem - it's the inattentive parents. The children is allowed to act out without any discipline or telling off - parents please look after your children. Do not just leave them in the shower room screaming for 15mins while wrestling with each other, it's obnoxious and dangerous for themselves and others. Also if your kid's young please attend with them when they go to the toilet, I once saw a toilet bowl smeared all over with poo as if a child grabbed their poop and smeared it on the bowl with their hands. Either the staff needs to enter the changing room more frequently to stop these behaviors or the parents need to get this done. (Personally I believe it's the parents job to attend to their kids) Will i come again, of course. Will I reccomend this place for others? Maybe, depends on your tolerance with unrestrained kids.