I really liked this place. The instructors were great and the staff was friendly, facility is clean and the water temperature of pool was warm. My kids really enjoyed this place until Co-vid happened. Now they are following the strict SOPs and if the kids are in beginner level which is level 1 , a parent or guardian must go in the pool with them and this is kind of harder part for me now. I cant wait when this all be over and kids can join again safely. I 100 percent recommend them.

It’s a new establishment. Looks like they took over various old shops used to be in these places previously in Redmond Town Centre.This is a Kids only swim school. New facility. Yet they have a huge crowd. Class ratio is 1:4. Staffs are spread across young, adult instructors. Multiple life guards on duty too. New and clean bathrooms, shower and restrooms. Staffs are friendly. You can also buy swimsuits and other accessories inside.

We appreciate all the precautions that the staff members have been taking to ensure that we are all safe. We always felt the facility was busy and crowded so it was great to see all the safety measures (smaller class size, wider lanes for each class, each swimmer getting his/her own basket of equipment to use during lesson, spaced out chairs for adults while child(ren) are in class, etc.) they’ve implemented since reopening. Our family is so happy to be back at Goldfish

This is a really good place for little swimmers! I was training swimming for more than 10years and I see that instructors are doing the great job. They are very patient and know how to work with children. The pool is very clean, warm water is really good environment for little kids. We love this place and my son cant wait for his next lesson. Good idea is a family swim where your little one can show you his progress and practice what he learned during classes.

It feels very safe to keep people physically distanced and only moving in one direction. I see the pool toys being cleaned in between classes. I am in the pool with my daughter so the instructor can keep distance. I was surprised about this arrangement but its working out well. Im so glad my daughter was able to have swim lessons. It is one of the highlights of her week!

So glad they opened and provided best swim training! My 4 yo monkey crazy with swimming. She is very exited each time and sometimes her emotions overwhelmed her. But staff is very patient and so friendly so she started to be more calming and following coach rules each time better and better. I can not be happier as a mom. Highly recommend for all level swimmers. And could not say enough words how well facility is decorated, clean and very kids friendly!!

The teachers are very professional and the staff is always kind and helpful. The facilities are very clean and in good shape.My kids love their swimming classes and I love to see them enjoying and safe

I see that goldfish owners worked really hard on ensuring the social distancing. I feel safe bringing my son back to lessons. Have recommended two other people who attend school now.

Love this pool. Great place for kiddos to learn to swim, kind, helpful staff, amazing teachers, and super nice owners. Very clean establishment and wonderful amenities.

Awesome place! It is very clean, the staff was so nice and helpful on our first visit, our daughters lesson was centered around water safety (something that was missing from our old lessons) very happy we have finally found a good swim school!

I signed my kid up for lessons via phone a couple weeks ago. I had made sure to ask all of the questions I had and asked them to describe what the classes will be like during this time of COVID. The first week we were supposed to attend the class, it got cancelled due to pool maintenence.When I showed up the 2nd week, I was getting my daughter ready to go into the pool and just found out from the front desk that I am supposed to go into the pool with her and the coaches are only there to supervise the classes and watch. I literally was not told of these 2 aspects of the class which are the most important aspects of the class. LOL. All I was told was the coaches are taking precautions by wearing a shield during the class. What a joke! So, the worker who signed me up was obviously not paying any attention whatsoever when explaining how things will work for me but was not hesitant to take down my card info. for payment. The whole place looks like it is run by young high school students so I get it...but damn what a waste of time! Oh, and my kid was so disappointed she cried. I got my refund and told them I would like to take my kid out of the classes. Oh, and one more thing. What is the point of paying $124 per month when the parent is doing all the work and coaches are just supervising? You are basically just paying this fee to use their facility for 30 minutes. What a waste of money! You can get a family gym membership @ Columbia with pool access for around $200/month. Much more worth it, no? Update 10.12.20 Owner response says someone for sure notified me of the rules for classes. Not true! I was never told about it or else why would I have signed my kid up? I never wanted to go into the water with her and never would have signed her up knowing it was a parent supervised class. Instead of apologizing it is pretty ridiculous they are saying they told me about all the rules when in fact that is NOT TRUE and the owner was not on the phone call, so how would they even know?! Very frustrating and upsetting.

After trying a couple different other swim lesson places we have been super pleased with Goldfish. The facility is new, clean and has very thoughtful conveniences throughout. The changing rooms and showers are private and convenient for a family to use. The staff is friendly. My daughter is now swimming confidently and is able to have fun in the water after a couple months of lessons. We also participate in family swim regularly, the warm water and toys makes it easy to have fun. I cant say enough good things about this facility!

Reopening amidst the Covid-19 pandemic was well planned and implemented - thank you!

Wonderful swim school. The coaches are well trained and take their time teaching each child without forcing the children to do anything they are not ready for or scared of. The facility is very clean and have everything you would need: individual changing rooms, private showers, hair drying station and even suit drying machine. Provide A great makeup policy for missed classes and progress reports for each child so the parent knows what skills the child still needs to master before being moved up a level.

Great place for kids to learn to swim, great curriculum, ownership is friendly, open to feedback, and community conscious.

We love Goldfish! We have been with Goldfish since they opened. This was my second attempt for swim lessons as our first experience at another place wasn’t great. The owners are parents themselves so they get it. I had a few phone calls with the owner and she continuously gave me the reassurance that Goldfish would be a great experience. She was right! It has been a great experience from day one! Everyone is so nice and helpful. My daughter loves coming to swimming and has already moved up a class since we started in August! The facility is clean and inviting. Everything is accommodating for both moms and dads! So grateful for Goldfish.

I love everything about Gold Fish Swim School. The pool, accommodations, teachers, the products used, and especially staffs here are super friendly. I can feel that they care about my kid and always try their best to comfort him. The location is convenient with parking spots everywhere. I highly recommend this swim school ;)

Absolutely great place for little swimmers! My son enjoying the classes and expecting to his class every week. The place is very clean, fully equipped and designed for kids. Family swim is great family activty which we really enjoy. Highly recommend!!

The enthusiasm the employees of Goldfish Swim School with which they greet us always makes us feel welcome! All the staff is amazing! And the place is amazing! I love how there is a section for the parents, a section where my toddler can color, I love how there are many individual shower rooms and how you guys provide shampoo, conditioner and body wash! And I love how you provide hair dryers and a machine that dries my daughters bathing suit. I also love the Hawaiian theme of the swim school! It makes it so much fun for my kids like they are on vacation! I can go on and on, because the swim school is amazing! Please keep up the great work! The only thing I can think of is turning up the AC a little higher where the parents sits, just to make it a bit cooler. :) but that’s it! It’s a wonderful school! I’m glad we passed the school while we were shopping at the Redmond Town Center. It was my first time hearing and seeing about the school. We went in to ask about the course and the sweet girl who works at the front, spoke to us with kindness and explained the prices and such. She also gave us a quick tour and also let my kids take a quick feel to see how warm the water was! The next day, I signed my daughter up! Thank you Goldfish Swim School!

We have been going to goldfish swim school ever since they opened up in August! My 14 month old loves going swimming every Saturday morning and it has become our routine every week. He just loves the water and always has so much fun! We just got a new instructor a few weeks ago and he has been awesome and so much more hands on and attentive with all of the kids.

The best swim school for toddlers. My 3 yr old daughter was very scared of going into water. Sarah and Alex has been a game changer and now she just wants to swim.

Goldfish Swim school is just an amazing facility. It’s super clean and such an inviting place for kids and the parents too! They are so good with the kids and have absolutely amazing teachers! It’s totally worth every penny :)

Very friendly and professional staff, Clean and fun. My son enjoys his lessons. We love this place.

Brand new facility. My son had his first lesson the very first day they opened. After one lesson my hydro-phobic son suddenly had no problem putting his head under the water. I’m super impressed with the friendly and very competent staff.The dressing rooms were clearly designed by someone who has young children. Bright, clean, and fun.Would way recommend to all parents for their kids.

My water-averse kiddos genuinely like coming here. I like the staff (instructors are always smiling), the facilities (family showers means both parents can help get kids dressed), and the owners (with young kids of their own, they just get it). Perfect spot for us.

My kids 6 and 4 were taking lessons at Goldfish in Reston ,Virginia since they were 4 and 2 respectively. We moved to Redmond, Washington in summer of 2019 and were super excited to know about Goldfish starting here. We have a way to compare so pardon me for my frankness- the pool and facility in Redmond is much smaller(important because you loose first 5 min to get to your lane of the 25 min swim lesson shared with 4 other kids and when the kids from the previous class are coming out it can be chaotic), facility is newer but there are not many options for scheduling/changing classes, teachers are less experienced and definitely Redmond price is expensive (paying $25 more per month for same level)then the Washington DC metro rates for 2 kids. The Redmond owner is super friendly and on the floor with his staff practically every time I have been there. Since they are so new they have World class technology in place to check-in, super nice front desk operators and it feels as if everything is perfect. Not to forget the 12 makeups they offer in a year which is a standard Goldfish policy. Coming to our swimming experience -My 6 year old was promoted to pro 2 just a week before we left Reston,Virginia. It’s been close to 4 months that we are here and currently serving our 1 month notice. For pro 2 the age is 4 to 12 and I was quite annoyed when the pool observer stopped by to tell me that we need to look for a class like glider 3 because my kid is “slowing others down”. Just FYI there is a pool observer who observes every kid swimming and keeps a track of the progress and he is also experienced enough to tell the teacher in the pool what to do in case the kid is not able to understand the instruction.The following class the owner observed my kid and he insisted to look for glider 3 or pro 1.Let me talk about an example from my experience at other goldfish school(which has expanded it’s operation in other locations - Alexandria and Great Falls in VA in last 3 years )the kids are not expected to know circle swimming or breast stroke or butterfly stroke when they are in pro2 but to learn and master it in pro 2 and swim force and if the pro 2 class is meant for kids between 4 and 12 it means there are going to be kids slow in some strokes because of their age/ agility and the instructor needs to be more engaging with smaller kids( FYI my kid started as at junior 2 and worked his way up to pro 2 before we had to move out of VA). I do not mind pulling my kid down by 2 levels but the problem is teacher engagement even at glider 3 level. Now for my 4 year old she is in glider 3. Her instructor just kept changing very often and most of the teachers she has got are not experienced / passionate about what they do and often go by the set of swim instruction kept on the pool deck. We have decided to pull the kids out because of the cost ,the total lack of teacher engagement at both pro2 and glider 3 level, no free swim time for practicing what you learn (miss this option we had in Virginia). However we wish Goldfish @ Redmond all the best and hope they can implement things that will help their business grow profoundly..

My son loves going to swim lessons here, staff are super friendly! His instructor Daniel is awesome, made the lessons very fun, and my son learned a lot!

Our little guy loves coming here every week! The staff is always friendly and accommodating, and the teachers always make the classes fun!

This place is amazing! We really love Goldfish Swim School. Very nice and helpful staff at the front desk and awesome swim instructors. The instructors really make the kids comfortable with water and make learning fun. Even if you miss a class you get a makeup class!I really like their location (Redmond town centre ) which is very convenient and lively with lot of parking space. We can always get a spot even on weekends, which is great !!The swimschool is very clean and has a sitting area where parents can watch their kids during their class. There are lot of changing rooms and bathrooms (with bodywash and conditioners) which i find always in good shape. They also have hairdryers and swimsuit dryers . So everything you need they have it. Thankyou for bringing this amazing swimschool to Redmond!

Weve been attending Goldfish Swim School with our two kids since their opening in August. In general they have a nice facility and friendly instructors. Im giving a one star because we showed up for our class today at 9am and they had a sign on their door that they are closed. We saw other parents outside too looking very upset and one of them mentioned that apparently there was an email sent out last night after 11pm saying they would be closed today. I dont understand how less than 12 hour notice is appropriate for closure without any explanation at all and that a single email is sufficient notice. They basically said log in to your account and schedule a makeup session, but nothing else. This is the second time that this has happened since they opened a few months ago where they have just randomly closed or cancelled family swim without sufficient notice, which was really disappointing for the kids after they got dressed and ready to go.

We’ve had a wonderful experience with goldfish swim school in Redmond. Our two fishies have wonderful instructors, the facility is nice, the staff is always friendly and helpful, and the owners have been extremely warm and welcoming. In a month our daughter went from not being able to swim at all to being able to swim just about the entire side length with the help and encouragement of her teacher, Parth, who she adores. My son has also been extremely successful with his sweet teacher, Sameera, who has learned in just a few short months how to submerge comfortably under water, get out of the water safely, and back float. All huge successes as our kids are able to learn in a safe environment with the small class sizes of 4 students, in which they push each other to be braver each time in the water. I will say there have been many times we’ve had substitutes for our teachers but they have all been amazing and encouraging to our kids. We’ve had a really great experience so far here since their opening!

Very child-friendly & good instructors in place

This info took forever to find so Im putting it here in case anyone is curious. This company does NOT offer refunds and you cant cancel online. According to their website you can cancel in person, but I havent tried it yet. The lessons are 1x a week and 30 minutes long. They cost 115$ for the 1st month plus a 25$ registration fee. Then 124$ for each following month. Thats almost 58$/hr. Save some money and go to the Y instead.

Best swim school ever!!! Great instructors, facility and owners!!

It provides the best experience to learn how to swim for my daughters. They are always so excited and ready to jump in the water. This place is very neat and we love it!