We love the Rossi pool! Brian Root and his staff are so friendly and they take really good care of the facilities. The water is so clean and the people so nice that you feel like you are at a spa pool! Thank you Brian and your team for making Rossi one of the best pools in the city! You are doing a wonderful job and we feel so lucky to have you! read more

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Very good sanitation, warm water, life guards always on duty, and very awesome snacks.

My husband and I have been lap swimming at Rossi Pool for over 40 years. Rossi is well run. The temperature of the water is just right for lap swimming and exercise classes. It is one of the few pools that is 30 m long. The pool is well maintained and a pleasure to use. I highly recommend swimming at Rossi Pool. read more

This pool, which will be renovated in a few years, is one of the longest in the city. I have been doing a lap swim three times per week for over 32 years. The staff is helpful and professional. If you are a lap swimmer, you will enjoy the 100 foot (30 meters) length. Highly recommended. read more

Went there around 1pm and had to wait 15 mins until someone left. The lanes were crowded but good enough to get the workout done. No complaints here since it's free and close to where I live read more

I am have swam in pools all over the world, as a previously professional competitive swimmer. I am new to the city & was looking for a place to swim without battling for lane space or being interrupted by splashing kiddos.  The pool area is spacious and bright. There's a mural that brings some life to the space, and big windows that bring plenty of natural light inside. The facility is well ventilated- its a comfortable warm temperature on deck, but the air felt clean so that the chlorine smell wasn't stifling. There's something about swimming in a new pool that's a total luxury- new flags, new lanelines &  pace clocks (digital & analog), even the infrastructure- new gutters, new tiling- it's hard to come by and somehow just makes me want to stay a little bit longer, you know?! There are entry/exit ladders on all 4 corners of the pool, which I feel is an underrated perk. For anyone coming to train seeking measurable results, the 33.3 yard (100 ft) course is less than ideal. I find it really nice for an easy "stretch out" or "brain off" swim, or if you are looking to simply swim laps. There were slow, medium, fast dedicated lanes & a small selection of kickboards and buoys to borrow. There were basic starting blocks, but they were off limits during lap swim hours when I visited. I didn't have to wait to get in- there were roughly 2 people per lane, which did not feel crowded in the longer pool. We split the lane, which was totally comfortable with the width of the lane space.   Loved it! Here's a link to a short video review : https://youtube.com/shorts/dsTNyvici5w?feature=share read more

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Ya know - part of this is I'm just thrilled that there was a decent lap pool open the Friday before Christmas. I became a lap swimmer this year! - maybe 6 months into it right now at this writing. So I get there and the hours are 1:00pm to 2:30pm for $6 bucks. It's raining in the city and I'm thrilled to be getting into an older but clean lap pool. Rossi is especially long - someone said 30 yawds - normal lappers are 25 yawds (Don't pawk your caw in my yawd - talking to someone there). Anyway, so there are these 2 chaps waiting on the chairs greeting me as I walk in. The taller one is very nice - they have marijuana hats on and tell me they're advocates of the health-giving plant. Great. At 12:55 they let us into the locker room and the shorter one starts talking at me about the official "Rules-Of-The-Pool". It's funny because swimming is a solo sport and most swimmers are friendly and don't hand out unsolicited advice. But okay - I haven't been coming here for 30 years so throw it at me. There are 3 double-wide lanes - could easily be 6 normies. They're labeled SLOW, MEDIUM, and FAST. I find as a new swimmer that too often the fast ones call themselves slow or medium and get in the slow lane (the modest approach). This advice-giver, the shorter less friendly partner, called himself medium but didn't go to the end of the lane and was slow as molasses. And he kind of barked at this girl because she wanted to split lanes - 2 people, makes sense, but the rule here is it's always a circle. She sits to the side I don't know why - so I say, come on it's a double lane, you have your own lane. She's gleeful and gets in and swims - let me tell you, she was faster than the fast people which is always an inspiration for me to go faster. I go on - great pool, it's a different workout because of the length of the pool. It goes from 3 feet to 9 feet, The majority is 6+ which is ideal. Deeper is better. People are really friendly in the locker room and not in the wink wink way, but just genuinely cool. Nice facility and nice to change up the work out a bit. read more

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The pool looks clean, the staff is terrific with plenty of lifeguards actively doing their job keeping people safe in and around the pool. For the summer swim program, they had lots of patient young instructors in the two morning classes my little boy was enrolled in and 85% of the time he had 1:1 instruction- fantastic! You would seriously be looking at $65-$85/lesson in a private program elsewhere in the city. Here, it's $3.60/lesson. The Rossi Pool building itself is a shabby dowager, finished in 1939 as a WPA project. The odd cement tiles on the walls (do they manage acoustics?) are weird-looking and some are missing. The sliver of a locker room I saw looked shabby (hopefully it's serviceable); I'd recommend a $4 investment in flip flops at Target. You'd expect the parking to be worse in the Inner Richmond but I managed to find street parking in less than 5 minutes or a spin around the block. It's not a posh pool but it's clean and staffed with friendly Parks & Rec staff. Lessons are wonderfully inexpensive ($36 for 10 daily 30-minute lessons, the best deal I've found in this expensive city) and adult free swim tickets are $6/session, cash & exact change necessary or buy online. After years of trying to find affordable swim lessons for my little boy, I'm glad another mom turned me on to the summer swim program at Parks & Rec. What an outstanding and supremely affordable swim program, I enthusiastically recommend! The 30-minute daily swim lessons run weekdays during the summer at pools throughout the city (you can sign up for two, 2-week sets of daily lessons). and once a week for toddlers through high school students during the school year. Check out the pool schedules and loads of other awesome Parks & Rec programs (hiking, karate, Chinese folk dance, Pilates, soap-making and a zillion more things to do in our great city) at SFRecPark.org. "Get Out And Play!" read more

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I like this place very much now. Before they fix, it is very bad shape, remind me of terrible place I went to as child. Long story. But now, they fix up and it look much, much better. The locker room still not design very well, they spend many million to fix and still I bang head on hook for towel. And this man yesterday ask me to share lane with him in pool. I say ok. Then he says he need more room even. So I change the lane. Some people terrible. read more

Really recommend here，water is very clear and price is friendly，just check the time before you come.Only LAB time you can go there.

Sava ruined me. I'm sure Hamilton is next. I haven't been to Rossi in ten years, and oh my God the changes: it's ten years older! Seriously, if you want to check out a little piece of SF pool history, go to Rossi. Everything is dated from the font of the signage to the locker room. Amazing. The pool is longer than Sava but not as wide. It has three lanes (slow, medium, fast), which are wide enough to pass other swimmers. The locker and bathroom facilities are pretty sad. Perhaps the saddest part for me is that they don't have a dryer for the swimsuit, but the bright side is that the water pressure in the showers is good and there's plenty of bench space. It may not be much compared to the newer city pools or the Koret Center, but it manages to put up a good fight and continues to provide a valuable service to the community. read more

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This pool is located in the Inner Richmond and is conveniently located by Arguello and Anza, where street parking is plenty. It was my first time swimming here today, because Sava Pool by Wawona and 19th had adult classes and were not open for public swimming. The Rossi pool is not as chlorinated as other pools and is fairly old. The lockers are rusty and the shower room is not private enough for that after-swim shower. There are families and people of all ages swimming and a lifeguard on duty. Note: during recreational swim, you can only swim horizontally. read more

Recreational swimming for kids is $1 Wednesday and Friday night 20.00 to 21.00... Unbelievable :-) read more

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Yay for Rossi Pool! Yay for all of San Francisco's public pools! Yay for the cool people who work here! Yay for 80 degree water! Yay for chlorine! Yay for showers after said chlorine baths! But most of all, yay me for getting off my lazy fat ass to finally waddle my butt into a spandex swimsuit and test the buoyancy of said fat in the nice chlorinated warm water. And believe it or not, I still float like I did when I was a wee little kid. Amazing! On a side note though, unfortunately I don't move through the water quite so effortlessly anymore. Each time I come to lap swim I feel exhausted if I manage to haul myself down the lane twice. Despite this, however, five stars for the staff, truly. They helped me get back in the water and start doing laps. Five stars for the facility, which isn't fancy but is functional- and when it comes to public pools, that's as 5 star as it gets. read more

The staff at Rossi are great. I love Marlene teaching the senior exercise class and also everyone else has been great as well. Really nice people work at Rossi. The pool is kept at a nice temperature and the price is right for a big city pool. The pool is a good size pool as well. The locker room is old but they do their best to keep things up and keep it clean (given the age there is only so much that can be done). An example is: the 6 ladies showers are often all occipied after class and so I go without that quick chlorine rinse that I crave (not wanting to hover around in a cold wet suit). There is no room in there to add more shower heads. The biggest MINUS for me is a rule there that I hate. I'm assuming all the city pools have this rule. People are allowed to hack and spit in the pool gutters and they seem to do it a lot. That hacking and coughing sound is so gross and later on when I need to grab the pool edge for certain exercises.....I can't help but get extremely germ-a-phobic. I wish the "hackers" could hold off and wait until they have a tissue away from the pool etc. Anyway....I still love coming for class and it's so good for me too. read more

I'm mostly a fan because of the convenience of being across the street from my house. When I first started swimming at Rossi it was $3 for the lap swim and it's since gone up to $5, but I understand there is staff to pay and chemicals to buy. Also, the staff has always been really nice to me. I would recommend this pool to anyone at anytime. It's indoor, so you don't have to worry about freezing your butt off until you leave the facility, which is a hop, skip, and jump for me to my apartment. It's a great workout and I understand you can buy scripts at www.parks.sfgov.org for better prices in bulk passes. -1 star for not having a swimsuit dryer. Support city parks people! read more

I love Rossi Pool! I started going to Rossi Pool 5 years ago when I joined their water aerobics class and met many of the pool friends I still have today! The water aerobics class originated at the North Beach Pool and it has since returned, but I totally enjoyed Greg Scott's class and the very warm welcome I received from the regulars :) I continue to go to Rossi now for their lap swim. It's a great pool and I'm really glad it's here! A couple complaints that don't affect the pool's rating - loud kids in the locker room, dirty locker room, more crowded due to Sava Pool's renovation, and people who don't know lap swim etiquette! read more

Too bad I don't live on the foggy side of the city anymore. The Rossi Pool was one of the best things about the neighborhood. Plenty of parking, the best hours for open swim, clean surroundings, and safe (I'd bring my lot of stuff out to the poolside - and NOTHING was ever stolen). read more

NO!!! I came here before a couple years ago, and my swimming experience was good. But today, no. Today, I was here today for a field trip to bring my little first grade kids. So when the door opens, this old lady starting complaining and yelling at us for having kids that are too short. We were kind of close to getting kicked out, until this kind worker negotiated with us to have chaperons for every couple of kids. The locker room wasn't that good either. The lockers were all rusty, and probably had some dented lockers. The lockers that had holes so I can put my lock in, those holes were covered. And the ones with holes, once you close them, they were locked. Luckily we didn't leave anything inside. And in the bathrooms, I saw some toilet paper on the urinal, which was pretty disgusting. The swimming experience was okay. I will give an extra star for having the staff give us lots of things like bins so that the kids can that be tall enough to stand and hold onto the wall. Plus they gave us a floating boat, which was pretty cool. This experience today could have been better. The staff, and the sanitation in the building (outside the building, maybe the waiting area, and the locker rooms.) read more

This pool, which will be renovated in a few years, is one of the longest in the city. I have been doing a lap swim three times per week for over 32 years. The staff is helpful and professional. If you are a lap swimmer, you will enjoy the 100 foot (30 meters) length. Highly recommended. read more

This pool is supposedly the same size as Sava's (100' long), but for some reason, when I broke my routine to go there once out of curiosity, I felt really boxed in for some reason. Could the lanes be narrower? The neighborhood was also out of the way; 2 buses and a pretty walk, but it definitely took up the whole morning. The ambience was also a little grittier than that of the Sava Pool, but nothing too offputting. I wouldn't cry about it if this was my neighborhood pool. read more

The manager, Tom, and the lifeguards are all very nice. I come pretty regularly here to help my friend with her swimming. My only constructive criticism would be to keep the pool a little warmer and to offer a lengthier weekday rec swim time. I realize these are probably city-level park and rec decisions, but this would probably get more people to come to Rossi. Aside from that, I enjoy our night-time swim sessions. read more

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Did my scuba certification course here in 2013 with Don and Jim and their scuba crew. The facilities themselves are pretty basic, but clean and well looked after. There are locker rooms with showers, and a good supply of gear on hand for training purposes. The pool is a bit heavy on the chlorine, but I guess that's what you'd expect for a public pool that gets as much use as this one. The neighborhood is centrally located, with street parking findable most of the time. read more

I usually hate feeling like I am in high school. The feeling usually comes on me in the middle of a conversation - I've said something I think is clever, only to realize that a fart joke would have been more in order. It's very disheartening. Excuse me. It's disfartening. Rossi pool reminds me that the early years were not all bad. I was on the swim team in high school. I was a terrible competitive swimmer, but I loved to practice. I loved the smell of chlorine on my skin, and I loved to watch the sun start to set just as my legs were starting to shake from exhaustion. Rossi pool has all the accoutrements necessary to redeem for me my memories of my youth. It has metal lockers. It has an awkward group shower situation. It has kindly but authoritarian lifeguards in macho outfits. It costs only four dollars to be sixteen again. In a good way. read more

Eight years later, and I still love this pool. I will say that the one reason I really love it now is because it's a longer pool than most. (Most pools have been shrunken down, and it's sooo annoying to have to turn more while doing lap swim.) The locker rooms here aren't exactly hotel-quality, and they do keep the water at a cool level, which means it can be chilly getting in. But once you get your laps going, you're glad the pool is not warmer. Pro-tips: 1. Bring a lock for the locker room, or bring your bag out by the poolside seats. 2. Bring your flip-flops. read more

I been to many of the SF pools and this pool is about as long as Coffman Pool. This is a long pool....Other places seem slighty shorter but this is a long pool. The places looks like a throw back to the 70's with its asbestos type wallboards and locker room. The lockers rooms are small and the floor is kinda gross. The showere heads are powerful so thats a plus, but the shower floors are gross as well. Water is warm and the length of the pool is long. Parking is a bit hard to find. Good pool to go swimming but I have been spoiled by the more updated modern and clean pool facilites in SF. A good example of modern and clean is Sava Pool! I think the only reason I would go here is because of their late night lap swim hours for summer 2011 TUES and THURS: 6:30pm - 8:00pm. read more

If you're living in the Inner Richmond and enjoy swimming then this is the place to be. Grab a schedule and see what swim works with you the best. The staff have always been punctual about opening the doors and understanding when I don't have the exact fare. The only downside is the changing rooms are poorly designed and that as well as the pool can get a little crowded at times. On the positive side, it does force you to maintain a steady pace during lap swims. So far it's the only public pool I've been to in San Francisco and for the price it's fantastic. And the location can't be beat! read more

Pool itself is great! The water didn't feel like 80degrees as we were told but nonetheless it was a good public pool. During the spring my wife and I enjoyed taking our baby to the pool as the staff was great and friendly. Also, my wife had a sentimental attachment as she learned to swim well and different styles at this place during high school. Unfortunately our summer experience with the Sunday staff was awful to say the least. They were rude and made racist remarks. Every few minutes they came to us to tell us a new rule that we were breaking. We told them we had been coming to the pool for over two months every Saturday and never had anyone tell us these rules before, but we will comply and we did. Then one of the staff members hovered over us the rest of the time we were there. Our initial instinct was to leave but we wanted to enjoy our outing with our daughter who was 8 months of age. I hope these individuals are evaluated and trained to be better at their jobs by the Saturday spring employees. read more

They said it was a pool that's 81° but me and my daughter were freezing......the worst part is that the young lifeguards left the door that led to the streets open even after telling him how cold we were....oh well, it is what it is read more

Rossi Pool fills me with civic pride every time I slap the down the ridiculously cheap four dollars to go for a swim there. A few years ago, when I was obsessed with watching city government meetings on SFGTV, I remember a heated Park and Rec meeting about cutting funding for the people that worked at the city run pools. There was lots of yelling and name calling at the then head of the Park and Rec. dept. If I had known then what an awesome service Rossi Pool is, I would have been down there at that meeting telling that corrupt bureaucrat where to stick her budget cuts! F-you Park and Rec! Anyways, I don't wear my glasses outside the locker room, so the best voucher I can give for cleanliness is that I've swam there for months and have contracted no rashes or toe fungus or anything of the sort. I walk around barefoot in the locker room and shower. The pool is always warm. The lifeguards keep things in order without making you feel as though you are swimming in a fascist state. And the price is right. The only problem I have with the pool is that I am too fast for the slow lane, but too slow for the medium lane, but that is not the pool's fault. read more

I decided to change up my normal swimming routine this morning and give the Rossi pool a try. I usually swim at the Mission pool, but their weekend lap swim times are so late that half of my day is gone after my morning swim. 9:15 - 10:15 AM at Rossi sounded like good spot to get me out of the apto and on with my day. I like this pool, it's a bit longer than the Mission pool and it is pretty nice to not have to turn around so much. It's also indoor, so it's nice to know the blazing SF sun isn't frying my back for a whole hour, though there is also something nice about swimming outside. I felt like the Rossi pool had a bit more chlorine that the Mission, but maybe it gets more usage, more kids, I don't know. I guess if it's killing some little creature that could decide to make a home somewhere on my body, I'll deal with the extra chemicals. The lanes are wide enough to pass in the middle, which is necessary since they are all set up for circle swimming. The locker and shower facilities were sufficient, and there were plenty of kickboards and other floaty things poolside. So, they get minus one star for opening 7 min late, but plus two stars for putting up with people pounding on the door and letting us swim after 10:15. They get minus one star for being on the other side of a hill from me, but plus one back for giving me a good warm up on my way there. I had to ride Djook-djook instead of Maka-maka Jamaica to get there, just didn't feel like schlepping the fixie up Masonic and Turk. Oh and they get minus one more star for not having a bike rack, at least not one that I could find. The people there get minus three stars for not being in the right lanes, having their little kids swim in the fast lane and taking up the whole wall at the shallow end for resting, making it impossible to touch the wall and turn around, but it's a public pool, and crowded on Sat AM, so I'll give you one star back. And I think I'll give them one point for having late weekday hours so that i might swim after work sometime. Though i get minus one point for probably never swimming after work and minus two points for working too much. Hmm, I lost track of my maths, I guess I'll just give the Rossi pool four stars, give them some room to improve or decrease their score as i swim there more in the future. read more

yet another reason why the inner richmond just kills when it comes to the "perfect" neighborhood to live in. rossi pool is literally two minutes away from my residence, right on the corner of arguello and anza. to say it's convenient for me is a gross understatement. if you want to see your tax dollars actually at work doing something positive and serving the community, go to rossi pool. let me clarify immediately: by no means am i swimmer. i wish i was, but i'm just one who's extremely fond of playing in the water and have sweet memories of swimming in my aunt and uncle's pool as a wee one. those were the days. that said, rossi pool suits my purposes just fine. it's huge (for my noob tastes), heated (they claim 80 degrees), and the "amenities" are utilitarian and straightforward. nothing fancy, but they work just fine. the summer schedule is in full effect and it's great -plenty of "rec swim" and "lap swim" sessions. what's also cute is that the pool is often swarming with adorable chinese families. lots of senior citizens get their fitness on here too. read more

i came here to swim a few times recently and it was alright. 4 bucks a swim aint too bad. The locker rooms are kinda dirty though. I came at 545-745 so its not too crowded. Since i'm not too good yet, i swim in the slow lane which can get kinda congested with really slow swimmers. Overall, its not a bad place to go to enjoy and early morning swim. read more

I tried out this pool this weekend for the first time. I have been going to USF on and off for 2 years now. I'd give Rossi Pool a 3.75-4 stars. I'm basing this for convenience. If it's for the condition of the facility, it's not too good (locker room). PROS: The water temperature is really nice. (a) It's very comfortable whereas USF is a bit too cold for me and i"d have to do 5 minutes of kicking to warm up before jumping in and i still cringe for a few minutes initially. (b) The hours for lap is VERY good. They have evening hours during the week! Big plus!! (c) $4 per swim session isn't bad. You can buy booklets online or in person at an off-site location. (d) Pool is pretty good-sized with wide lanes for circle swimming. (e) Pool is equipped with kickboards and other accessories. CONS: (a) Women's locker room is in very poor condition! (b) No place to plug my hairdryer! (c) Parking isn't easy. (d) It'd be nice if the swim sessions would be longer (eg 1.5-2 hours) (e) It'd be nice to have "monthly" memberships like they do in other cities. for a city pool it's a big plus to have lap and rec hours in the evening. REally serves the community well and $4 isn't too bad. read more

Just started taking my 2 1/2 year old son to Rossi for toddler swim lessons, and I am impressed. The building is older, and the locker rooms leaving something to be desired, but all in all it's a great space. The pool is clean and in good shape, and the staff is SO FRIENDLY! Having the great playground right next door to visit after swim lessons is a great bonus too. read more

So I show up on a Thursday at 3pm with four kids to go swimming and am processing the fact that the scheduled time for family swim is over. Out comes this old over-weight troll-looking woman yelling at us that we are here at the wrong time, pointing out what we could very well have read without her help. She was so rude! OMG. It made me want to go back and ask her if they had midnight lap swim we could come back for but she was already gone from the door. read more

Rossi Pool is a little bit old-school...the changing rooms are adequate but ancient (don't except any bathing suit drying machines here), but the pool is clean, they have heat lamps (?!) along the sides of the pool that keep it nice and warm (+10 pts) and the staff are very friendly. I came here during lap swim on a weeknight, it was a bit crowded (5-7 people per lane), maybe it's just me but their lanes felt really wide so it was not really a problem to circle swim even with that many people. Would definitely recommend this place. Street parking might be a bit tough in the evening, but there is bike parking outside the entrance as well. read more

Rossi pool is fine, good hours, enough free swim times, close to my house, not too freezing and there are plenty of lifeguards. My child is taking swim lessons there and she is in a beginning class. I was initially glad to see that the classes are taught by the junior lifeguards, but then after the first two classes I realized that the lifeguards are more interested in talking to each other than paying close attention to the kids in the pool. (They stand/sit on the outside of the pool and give directions to the kids in the pool) they are vague at best and really not very attentive. I'm hoping this will improve as the week goes on and that my child will at he very least be able to pass the swim test at other pools in the city. They could also stand to update the dressing rooms and bring them up to the standards of the other pools that are managed by SF parks and rec. read more

The first public pool I visited in San Francisco. It is clean enough and warm. The staff is very nice, helpful and inspiring. Thanks to the target reception staff set for me, I was motivated to swim longer. read more

Water temperature comfortable and not ice cold. Staff friendly and helpful with answering questions. Pool and locker rooms clean and maintained. read more