Ray Friel Recreation Complex

Fantastic experience: For a few hours of fun with the family, this place is absolutely amazing, kids absolutely loved it, and doesn't cost very much at all, will definitely be making this a regular event and already looking forward to our next trip

Fantastic experience: Wonderful spot for baby swim classes

Fantastic experience: I've been going to this pool for 20 years and it's never lost its luster. They could definitely afford to have someone go through and mop the change room floors a bit more often.

Fantastic experience: Nice pool, kiddie pool, hot tub and sauna. It's a great facility with other activities too.

Fantastic experience: Super helpful staff! Family all signed up for some fun!

Fantastic experience: Nice place. Friendly staff.

Fantastic experience: Wave pool offers great fun for the young and those not so anymore :)

Fantastic experience: Good clean swimming pool and very nicely managed .. enjoyed the 3 hr public swim sessions provided

Fantastic experience: I'm pretty sure this is my favourite ciry pool and gym, even with covid! Now that we have hot tubs and saunas... its perfect to go work out, do a lane swim and then relax in the sauna/hot tub! Yay. Thank you to the staff, keeping the place running and open! We appreciate you

Fantastic experience: Kids love the public pool and rinks.

Fantastic experience: Lots of parking, easy in and out, some small dressing rooms.

Fantastic experience: Very clean place. Staff at the desk are amazingly hospitable and willing to help. Kids had a blast skating.

Fantastic experience: Great location and tons of options - a major hub for the community. City of Ottawa staff working there are phenomenal.

Fantastic experience: Love the pool and the speed

Positive experience: Pretty good complex, hockey dressings rooms are small, but have a fairly good length to them. Bathrooms are tiled in them, have to take off skates. Ice was pretty good I thought, though no one else thought that... gave a lot of edge and grip. Benches are ok, and stands are pretty small.

Fantastic experience: It's my go to centre for all adults and kids activities for my children! The entire family is enjoying their services! My children also love their summer camps!

Fantastic experience: Good sports facility. Pool and wave pool is fun for older kids. The ice on some rinks can be rough at the edges but there is a lot of equipment for little ones to learn to skate. Overall, a very great place to go in the weekend if you want to spend quality time with loved ones.

Fantastic experience: Nice and diverse rec center with many facilities, Hockey rink, pool, gym, dance studios and more.

Fantastic experience: Easily accessible, friendly people, kids karate class respects social distancing and covid-19 safety measures

Fantastic experience: Went for the 'rona test. I don't know if it could be any easier. The actual test itself takes like...three seconds.

Fantastic experience: The covid-19 testing went smoothly and the staff were very friendly

Fantastic experience: Covid Testing site has ample regular and disability parking steps away from the entrance to the testing center. The testing area is very organized and all covid protocols are in place with ample floor space for distancing and overall floor to ceiling space provides ample air flow. Nothing regarding safety was overlooked by the team of professionals. Testing procedure is fast, easy and done with care.

Fantastic experience: We went for a covid test. Everything was very well organized and went very smoothly. We felt safe the whole time and were in and out very quickly. Results came in after around 30 hours. The nurse who did the test on my 10 year old was wonderful and talked her through it.

Fantastic experience: my most recent visit to this centre was to receive a covid 19 test. Overall the experience was easy and took under an hour. I arrived for my appointment right on time. Once in the facility you are greeted by a montfort employee who verifies your appointment, provides you with a clean surgical mask, and some hand sanitizer. You will be directed into a line depending on the type of appointment you book. At the front of the line is a registration nurse who takes all of your information including symptoms and any travel history. Once registered you go into the waiting room where you are either called in to see a doctor or just receive the test. I wasn't sure if I needed to be tested so I opted to see the doctor. Once called in I spoke to a nurse who took my vitals and asked symptoms again. After that you see a doctor - gowns and being in a hockey rink aside, it was an ordinary doctors visit at that point. They were able to run a strep test as well as a covid test.

Fantastic experience: we love to go skating there and the staff for the kid's skating courses they are amazing

Fantastic experience: Good facilities, could use more public skate time slots

Fantastic experience: Ave everything in one place awesome you can even go to bouster juice, tum hortons, do your groceries and many more at the same place

Fantastic experience: Love this place, first time going last night I got myself a 3 month gym membership

Fantastic experience: I have visited this complex on more than one occasion for family gatherings, church activities and parties. It is very spacious, clean and the staff on site are polite.

Fantastic experience: Great place to work out, swim or go skating. Amazing customer service and extremely clean surroundings

Fantastic experience: This place is very clean .The staff are so friendly. They have an online organized schedules for fitness programs and swimming. I went there for swimming and I had a good time.

Fantastic experience: This complex has it all ! It has a library skating rink , pool and include fitness classes with a gym. One stop shop! The staff is always very friendly and bilingual!

Fantastic experience: No judgement gym. Reasonable prices. No contracts no interviews nothing.. you pay for how many months you want to use gym equipment. Simple as it should be. Down to earth.

Fantastic experience: Great place for a swim with the kids and adults can do some laps in the deep end

Fantastic experience: My kids have always had good experiences here with their swimming classes. Staff are friendly.

Fantastic experience: My wife is doing Physo at this center and they are amazing. My wife is improving every day. Lots of activity too

Fantastic experience: Staff were very friendly, helpful, and flexible, ensuring that my athletes were set up to get the most out of every practice!

Fantastic experience: Wave pool, multi-pad ice rinks, library attached, work out facilities . All in one place.

Fantastic experience: The staff at Ray Friel are always helpful and professional. The Aquatics Program coordinator and the swimming instructors are always ready to help. They are professional and qualified. My two girls 1st took swimming lessons at Ray Friel last year and loved it. This year, upon restarting swimming lessons, we knew we would be going back to Ray Friel. The facility is clean and not overcrowded as other places. I highly recommend it. My 8 year old had Max as her instructor, she improved her swimming skills a lot while enjoying every minute of it. My 4 year old is currently taking lessons with Josie and loves it. Josie you are the best and we appreciate the knowledgeable, fun and loving way in which you teach Ilianna. Many thanks Claudia

Fantastic experience: Indoor water park pool. Hockey rink and many other indoor activities! Right next to Cumberland public library. Wave pool during the summer. Very packed during the week as lots of kids play hockey or other sports inside. Prices for using facilities is average and the staff is very friendly and helpful. Recommend location for kids birthday parties

Fantastic experience: Love the pool and the lifeguard staff. The rinks are amazing and the library and other services are all amazing! Highly recommended!

Fantastic experience: I find the swimming instructors at Ray Friel are always very attentive and great with the kids! We’ve been taking our daughter here for the last year and we really love it. She’s always excited to go, and the instructors always give great feedback and take their time ensuring each child is learning the skills. We took her to Francois Dupuis once to get a change of environment but we weren’t happy with the facility or the instructor that she had so we took her back to Ray Friel with no regrets! The walk-in beach style pool entrance is great for little ones learning to get used to the water! My daughter loves it here so we’ll continue to bring her here for her lessons. The facility is usually clean for the most part BUT the bathrooms could use some extra work - the floors in the women’s change room are usually pretty gross but other than that I have no complaints.

Fantastic experience: Pool is good size with wave times. Great instructors for young swimmers.

Fantastic experience: Just saw the dukes play number 14 Ethan might just be one the best hockey players I ever seen look for him one day in the NLH

Fantastic experience: Very clean washrooms parking lot was fairly clear of snow. Entrances nice and wide

Fantastic experience: Love this place, I've come here on and off since childhood. Gym is awesome, so is the pool. Very nicely run and clean. Conveniently located as well.

Fantastic experience: Amazing efficiency! 8:45 appt, saw Dr at 8:50 and was referred for xrays down the street. 40 mins later xrays were complete and saw Dr again at 9:45 for follow up. Why can't more clinics and Drs operate like this??

Fantastic experience: Went there with some friends and I must say it was a little confusing at first to get to the pool area but once we got there it was good. They have a unisex change room men's change room a woman's change room the only downside about their change rooms is that there are no locks provided you must bring your own it'd be nice if they had coin operated ones inside of there but the only ones that they have that are coin-operated are by the main desk and only big enough for a cell phone or wallet.

Fantastic experience: Very nice atmosphere, usually quite a quiet place but if you need absolute silence to study like me there are study rooms you can easily rent for a few hours.

Fantastic experience: Great community center, pool is fantastic, rinks are always ready on time, staff always ready and willing to help.

Fantastic experience: 1 hour Spinning class, followed by 1 hour Yoga. Awesome! And a nice hot shower...

Fantastic experience: Such an awesome place I tell ya ... Great Classes and cheerful instructors and staff. Nice Sauna and Hot Top to relax after a workout. Well worth the money. I won’t go somewhere else 