Nice green space along the waterfront in a very urban setting. It was nice to see so many people…read moreenjoying it. Lots of fisherman, families and even saw a young couple having a picnic date. The facilities look to be pretty well maintained.

ive been going here for years, lovely place, need some visual work, but not a big deal, and lovely…read morepeople in the summer camp (id leave a heart but im on the pc)

I love to bring the kids here. But some kids language is unnecessary I please ask parents to talk…read moreto your kids about being respectful around other kids please thank you!

The pool is very nice. But for the money the city spent, they could have at least brought the…read morelights up to code. Sadly, they did not and so the city shut down their own pool after dusk. The views and the architecture in Cuscaden Park are second to none. They reek of old Tampa and Ybor history. And the fact that this pool is smack dab in the middle of the urban core is nothing short of awesome! Now the downside... while there's a lot to love about Cuscaden Pool, if you're planning a pool day/picnic, think again. You cannot bring any food or beverages into the pool area: not behind the fence where the seats are, not anywhere. IMO, this puts a bit of a damper on what otherwise is a fantastic pool park in Tampa's urban core.

A great community center with a pool! We enjoy going there during open swim hours to splash around…read more I took away a star because I wasn't really impressed with the swim lessons- it didn't seem like the instructors were very invested. It's a small fee to join for the year and they have a gym area to work out in, basketball courts, and kids programs for summer and when schools out/after school.

This pool and the staff are so great. It is a pleasure to be able to do my Fluid Running here in…read morethe pool. I am very happy the the City of Tampa has such great Recreation Centers!

Have been members are visited this location multiple times a week. It is not boujee but it has…read moreeverything you need. Wish they would expand and add more equipment, but they are limited to the space they have.

This ymca has a great pool area for big and small!…read more The had very limited shaded spots for the pool area but the pool itself is refreshing they also have a gated area with a shorter pool for littles. The inside restrooms were a bit messy Trash on the floor and smelled awful, and two out of three changing areas didn't have mats and the curtains weren't great but I'd still come back for the pool

They built our patio and spa with a stone waterfall years ago. Still functions really well. It Just…read moreneeded to have maintenance done expected for any spa. He is always available to talk to with any questions and advice. Very professional.

When Jen came to my house to talk about what we wanted, she took a lot of notes and measurements,…read moreanswered all our questions and left us with plenty of information. When we got the first draft of the pool design - it was exactly what we wanted, the first draft was the final draft! The quality of workmanship is unmatched, and just as importantly, proper scheduling expectations were set and met. In addition to all that, Jen and Mike are just good people and it was a pleasure doing business with them.

This is definitely more of a community than a gym…read more I signed up for a membership at the JCC North and we get four free passes a month to go to this JCC. I really wish it was closer, because I looked at the schedule of exercise classes and wow there are a lot. They are at all hours and all different types. It's phenomenal. The day I went there was some sort of coffee happy hour happening with coffee and food. It really looks like they're trying to build a community here, which is great. The woman working the front desk was so friendly. They have locker rooms that have keypads on the locks, which made them really easy to use. The towels are great and they have blow dryers, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, the standard stuff. At 5:30 p.m. on a Monday it wasn't crowded at all. The gym is on the smaller side, it wraps around the indoor track/basketball court, but for the amount of people there it doesn't seem small at all. I walked on a treadmill and used the free weights. I passed by the cafe, which had a small but mighty looking menu. I would definitely stop by and grab a bite here. I've also attended a gala and a conference here before and I found them both well done. There's tons of parking, with a guard (only one entrance off of Howard).

Do not join this community center. If you want to effectively use their gym facilities. Every day…read moremembers of this community center sit on the workout machines and conduct private conversations with other members or waste time on their mobile devices not working out on the machines while sitting on the machines or benches, preventing other members from being able to use the machines. Additionally, if you want to hear lots of private conversations via mobile phone, you will have the opportunity to listen to rude members of this community center talk on their phones in the gym. Even though there are signs everywhere, asking members not to conduct private phone conversations on their mobile device. It is very frustrating that I pay for a membership when I cannot use the facilities due to rude people sitting on workout machines or benches while they surf the Internet on their phones or have phone conversations while not using the machines they are sitting on, preventing other members from being able to use the weightlifting machines. Additionally, the staff of the community center does nothing to prevent this from happening.

Overall, a very nice public pool. I'm both a platform/springboard diver (and play some water polo)…read moreand an architectural historian, so I have a bunch of things to say here. I'm not sure when the pool was built but in the early 1970s sounds like from what I was told there, making it a full decade newer than I presumed based on the architecture. But what architecture it is! That façade--you just don't get public architecture for mundane things like parks and rec very often anymore. Despite the mid-century modern understatement, it still has something to say and I wish we'd see more of that today. People have commented on the restrooms/locker rooms. Personally, I was not bothered that the men's locker room was showing its age. It still worked fine. What surprised me was the individual shower stalls instead of a gang shower given its date of construction. And I think the whole men's locker room likely is original and without major updates beyond minor fixtures like soap dispensers. For a public facility at this time of construction to have individual stalls would have been considered a bit of luxury. The current state of the mens' locker room is no worse than many pools I've been to for diving and better than the much newer Cecil Aquatic Center in Jacksonville. The dive well: There's a 1m and a 3m board, which is nice. Both are older but in fine shape. The dive well itself is 14ft but tapers off away from the boards to around 6ft. It's safe, but trying to get a dive a good ways out I was concerned by how it looked from the 3m I'd hit bottom but didn't. It's just a visual illusion and I'm used to pools 16ft deep in their dive wells, too. The dive well is located centerline in the pool between swim lanes, which is cool. All the lifeguards and staff I spoke with were awesome and endured my nerdy questions about the history of their facility. Besides open swim, they have a great program seems of water polo, artistic swimming, and other things going on keeping the facility busy. Overall, I highly recommend!

Bobby Hicks Pool is a great public pool option in the area. I definitely recommend looking at their…read moreschedule which is updated seasonally to see if it's worthwhile for your needs. The lifeguards here are great and the swim lessons are so affordable. My kids learned how to swim here so I always recommend it. The restrooms are just okay. Plenty of parking. Happy to have this in the area!

LA Fitness is a high quality gym overall. This location wasn't very crowded for a Friday evening,…read morewhich made the whole experience feel relaxed and enjoyable. The pool, hot tub, and sauna were all at perfect temperatures, and there was plenty of space in each one. There's also a large cycling room and mirror room for dancing. I also appreciated the little touches too, like having shampoo, conditioner, and body wash available in all the showers, and the water in the shower was nice and hot also. It's also great that they offer a "Kids Klub" even though it appears to only be open one day a week based on the posted sign. The fresh fruit smoothies are also a great option particularly for morning workouts and the lockers are spacious and give you the option of bringing your own lock. There were a couple of things that felt a bit off. Fox News was playing in the bathroom, which came across as unprofessional, and one of the benches in the sauna felt unsafe since the wood gave way. I also couldn't locate the weight machines, although I didn't check everywhere so they may have been on another floor. Overall, it was a great gym experience and I look forward to coming back!

This gym could use new equipment, a cleaning crew, rules and wipe stations not just hand sanitizer…read moredispensers. If you have high or even basic standards avoid the S Dale Mabry LA Fitness location. Who cares if you have to drive a little out of the way! Cleanliness needs to be drastically improved and being a Signature club, it's beyond unacceptable. It is not an elevated experience in any way. I was visiting from Winter Park so I just picked the closest location to where I was staying. After I checked in, the front desk woman chased me down and said I had a standard membership and needed to come back to the desk to upgrade the a Signature membership or pay a $10 day pass to use this location. I paid the extra fee but the whole experience was very disappointing. Numerous machines are old and rusty and I attempted to use 3 different elliptical machines before I landed one that worked. The whole place lacked the basic standards like access to multiple wipe stations for to clean off your machines, no cleaning staff to be found and the women's shower area had a pool of muddy water that had accumulated. It lacked the basic etiquette of other gyms for instance, people use the sauna to dry their dirty wet towels! I should have taken pics of the shower area too but I hightailed it out of there! The WiFi is spotty and drops in the sauna and that was the final straw. Time to go! When I was leaving I let her know that for being a "Signature" location and to pay extra for access, the place was sub-par and she asked, "is that good or bad?" I said let me put this politely, it's bad. Very bad. Tomorrow I will try the one farther north or south in the Tampa area and hope for the best!

I've visited the Pool Bar & Grill at the Hard Rock Casino on several different occasions, and it…read morehas consistently been excellent. Every time we come to the spa, this is our go-to spot for lunch ~ and I can honestly say I've never had a bad experience. The food is always very fresh and surprisingly good. I've tried their salads, tacos, grouper sandwich, hamburgers, and wings, and everything has been consistently delicious. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not usually a "bar food" person, but this place is a solid five-star lunch spot that has never disappointed me. The service is always friendly, welcoming, and attentive. We usually go during the day while spending the entire day at the Rock Spa, and it's never overly busy. We've never had to wait a long time for our food, which makes the experience even better. I'm actually surprised more people don't know about this place. You don't have to be visiting the spa to eat here ~ anyone can walk into the casino and head straight to the Pool Bar & Grill. I recommend for a relaxed, reliable, and consistently great lunch at the Hard Rock.

Sooo the Hard Rock Pool Bar & Grill was a surprisingly great lunch spot after such a relaxing spa…read moreday. I really enjoyed the strawberry salad, and the wings were cooked just how I like them. There's plenty of outdoor seating, and it has that classic pool bar vibe. Next time I do a spa day, I'll definitely be coming back!