Great facilities, swimming and all kinds of sports if you are in.Great chill out place if you are looking for a evening fun time outside. Go for swimming or find a match of your choice to watch. You will be lucky if you can find an official match going around with MIT and some guest team visiting.Practice matches are fun to watch too.

To every one who loves swimming: go to the MIT Pool!! It’s one of the best. You can make a guest membership online beforehand. At the front desk, you pay for a day ticket. Enjoy!!

Come here few time each year for kids swimming meets. the pool is beautiful. it can be used for long or short course. for normal meet, the pool is big enough for everyone. For championship meets, it is a little crowded.Accessing the pool is on the 120 Vassar Street Cambridge, MA 02139 - back door where you can park your car at the end of the Vassar Street next to the soccer stadium.The Zesiger Center overall is nice place.

This facility is amazing. Lucky if you can afford to attend college here. Or you could ROW!

It is probably the best Swimming Pool for swim competitions in Boston area. There are enough space for spectators, huge display for results and convenient place for rewarding of winners.

Great facilities. Lots of machines. The pool is amazing. 4 basketball courts which can convert to other sports such as volleyball too. Changing rooms and showers are also great but take your own lock for the lockers

Good variety of equipment, pool, sauna, squash courts. Can be very busy from 5 pm until 7 pm

Great pool, which gets converted to 50 meter long course in the summer. Great facilities, clean showers and lockers. Serious swim classes with technical content for serious swimmers.

I loved this sweet gym, very college-gym-esque. Clean equipment, great variety, nice people. This is my new home gym! ️I arrived about 8am, many running machines available... standard precor, the first machine I used was pretty noisy but the second treadmill worked well.The assisted squat rack was available, clean, needed a little bit of maintenance because he bar kept getting caught.Lots of free weights... Lots of fun.Great overall experience!

If your Kid wants to be a Computer Science Major & he claims his geekiness, this is definitely the School for them. Amazing, Honest host that talked about the school in detail. Brilliant Academics Programs.

They need to ban whistling at all swim meets. Then Id give 5 stars

Wide range of facilities and a welcoming atmosphere. Includes fitness centers, Olympic pool, indoor track (also used for pole vaulting, tennis, etc), squash courts, ice rink (seasonal), high-tech fencing room, gymnastics room, pistol/rifle ranges, wrestling room, golf simulator, and basketball courts (also used for volleyball, badminton, archery, etc).

What can I say, great gym if you have access. They offer 8 dollar student day passes, and about 15 for adults I think.

Overall pretty good. Gym needs more equipments.

My daughter had a swim meet here and this is easily the best swimming facility we visited this year. The pool itself is can venous and is a true Olympic size pool. There are plenty of seats and one of the best score boards Ive seen. The one downside is that parking nearby wasnt very easy with many events going on at the same time.

Good floor! Will be better if we can have air conditioning in summer!

Open to the public (paid). Great facilities.

Very poor customer service, and watch their billing. For the amount one is forced to pay (and the membership fee increases are extremely steep) its better to go elsewhere. Luckily I was able to warn co-workers about the increases, and how MIT Recreation are not vey upfront about this after your first year membership converts to monthly. After carefully reading their own contract, they agree, and my coworkers have since also ended their monthly membership on account of this for a better quality gym. Overall, I think this gym is not good value for your money, whether you are part of the MIT community or not, unless you are a student.The locker rooms are also not kept very clean. Ive seen stuff like old towels, old sweatshirts left behind, etc. sitting in an open daily locker for 6 months or more, clearly untouched. Ive had towels that were dirty, and then the people upfront at the desk arguing about this with you. Also I have seen blood spots in the sauna that were not cleaned up for several weeks. Just gross.

$10 with student card and $15 as regular price, you can enjoy all day here!

Its a really beautiful pool. Hands-down the nicest pool I’ve ever swam in. I used to go every week. Downside: theres a fee if you arent associated with MIT :(

Great workout facility, large pools as well as plenty of cardio and weights.

The pool is fantastic. You can get day passes or for more days. You can do long course or short course.

Great place to keep your mind and health from the MIT stress

Great venue for attending athletic events.

I have attended events here multiple times, and every time I was blown away with the physical appearance, as well as the very modern facilities. The pool itself is massive! The various courts are also very nice. I highly recommend making a visit to watch a swim meet or other event.

Fine facility but nobody ever answers the phone. Have called 10+ times about reservations, information etc and not once has anyone ever picked up.

Did the infant swim class and loved it! Very nice facilities and instructors.

For the most part a really nice facility with modern equipment. Its very odd that the weight room feels like its an afterthought to such a nice complex though. Also whats the deal with the towel card situation. I get harassed for a towel card when I come in from a bike ride and its not easily accessible. No one is going to steal that itchy scratchy towel.

Very nice facility, obviously. Its MIT, duh. If they cant engineer a stunning recreation building in very critically limited space, it would be a travesty...thus they HAVE correctly planned the best ergonomically and asthetically pleasing rec building on par with what is known in the swimming world (my purpose there). After spending an inordinate amount of time on cement benches (for a swim meet that seem to last for days vs. hours), it is fine--the building is beautiful, in and of itself. Only Premiere League soccer venues have mastered seating for the masses. MIT could reengineer THIS and put swim venues in a whole new sphere. Woulda, coulda, shoulda, but thats for another day.

This swimming pool is open to public, huge and managed very well. The center has three pools. Teaching pool is warmer than other pools. Competition pool has 10 lanes for every skill levels. Finding a parking place is a little bit challenging though. Street parking is free in the morning until 8 AM.

This has really good swimming pool and fitness center. I believe, it also open for public.

Many improvements needed. Hours are poor, especially in summer. They refuse to allow use of the most convenient, fully functional entrance, which results in locker room overcrowding. Courts are poorly managed, and planning is difficult, since the court schedule is released only days ahead of time. Gyms overheat and beautiful windows are always covered by blinds. Towels (for cleaning auxillary machines) run out frequently, sometimes throughout the entire weight room at one time (did they forget to do laundry that day?). Good selection of machines, though. Generally nice/helpful staff.

Nice, clean, large pool - 50 meters and no shallow parts, with lifeguards on duty. A $15 day pass gets you a towel and a locker for the day. Bring your own lock.

This has become my 2nd home. Great gym, great pool, many facilities, very well lit. There are maintenance issues here and there, especially in the showers, but on the whole I really enjoy spending my time there working out.

A nice brand new humongous gym

Just a regular sports area. Gets the job done

Good hours, clean facilities, a huge variety of activities and workouts, and a knowledgeable and courteous staff... what more could you ask for?

In summer, playing badminton/volleyball in Rockwell CT is disaster...Feel like playing sports in the steamer room. And they said there was NO AC in Rockwell. I dont understand why AC is everywhere but no AC on a hot court...

Excellent facilities, at a reasonable price of youre associated with MIT

Possibly better options for a workout if youre not associated with MIT. But a good fitness center nonetheless..

Great place employees where very nice and professional

Absolutely fantastic athletic facility with an amazing 50 meter pool. Wish I lived in the area so that I could take advantage of this facility all the time.

Sweet swimming arena!

World Class facility! Well, it is MIT... so it is not a surprise

Need upgrades for shower heads and more day use lockers.

Great facility to work out at.Cool staff!

Amazing gym. Big and clean. 100% included for visiting international students.

Best gym in Boston. A great Olympic swimming pool that can be used even by people who purchase the one-day pass. ناد صحي جيد جدا.

What a fabulous location for students at MIT. Was here several times for a swim meet. Great pool with two concurrent 25yd pools or a single long course pool. Great seating for parents. WiFi works brilliant. Student center is the adjoining building with variety of food including a Dunkin Donuts.

Amazing pool! Love it

One of best, with very nice equipment and amazing swimming pool, squash and other indoor sport facilities.

Very nice!

Nice large gym with good facilities — usually empty during early morning or late nights!

Great school gym. Amazing facilities.

The pool is outstanding. The only good option for lap swimming in Boston. It has a lot of classes as well if you need.

One of the best athletic facilities in the city. You need to have some connection to MIT to get in, but if you do you can get a day pass if you dont have a membership.

Most welcoming atmosphere

Plenty of space, typically machines are available, free weight benches usually limited during busy hours, but aside from this the facility is immaculate with great staff

A great fitness center. Ive only used it for social sports. It is quite a maze however.

The facility seems modern but sometimes there are annoying quirks, like the water in the showers fluctuating in temperature. The water in the teaching pool is kept cold during toddler classes for some reason. my son keeps shivering. Complaining didnt help.

Great facilities: swimming pool, squash, basketball, etc. Added bonus is that the ice skating rink is free with membership (skate rental not included).

Great facility- place for all sports you could imagine (except rock climbing)

Huge gym and not busy at all. Badminton, Squash, Basketball, soccer... al kind of sports can be played inside this gym. Also two floors of fitness machines and quite a big pool too.

One of the best highest quality Fitness Centers in Massachusetts, possibly the best one. Swimming pools, squash and racquetball courts, basketball, football, track, soccer, treadmills, hockey, lacrosse, every sport you can imagine this facility can handle!

Convenient facility for MIT students. Its hard to find a better pool in Cambridge.

One of the best olympic size pool in Boston at the moment, however parking is not the easiest to find, especially after MIT tore down the garage opposite it.

The pool is too cold

Good facilities if youre an MIT student or have a DAPER pass

Awesome and free for students. It needs more free weights

I workout here all of the time, has all of the equipment you need, and good service.

Clean, organized, and good facilities. will have just about everything you need athletics-wise

The facility is nice, but I don’t appreciate them double booking courts over sports leagues.

Amazing place

Many badminton courts but lights and courts arent the best

Gets a bit too crowded sometimes, though!

Good value for MIT alumni but not for outsiders.

Excellent workout space. Members only or visitors for $15.

Thank you MIT for the best swimming experience I had in the states!!!

This was Great place.

Excellent 50 m pool: it is the best of the best!

Beautiful campus.

Good pool, but it can get crowded. Showers are good and clean

Their pools are amazing for serious swim training.

Great facilities, hard to find the parking space.

Real nice place for any event

Loads of choice in machines and free weights!

Great Staff, lifeguards are very knowledgeable and friendly.

Hot basketball court :(

Great facility,

Many varieties of tools but less in quantity

Great place to visit

Crowded during the weekend for badminton

Great place to workout

Gooooood nice

MIT has the best pool in the area

Spectacular facilities for real cheap.

Amazing gym.

Slightly under equipped for certain exercises, but the place is clean.

MIT students are FREE! Affiliated are way cheaper than any other gym around.

Very nice equipment and amenities