Information about Royal Roads University Recreation Centre

2005 Sooke Rd
V9B 5Y2, Victoria
+1250-391-2700

Opening hours

  • sunday: 8h-16h
  • monday: 5h-20h
  • tuesday: 5h-20h
  • wednesday: 5h-20h
  • thursday: 5h-20h
  • friday: 5h-20h
  • saturday: 8h-16h

Our comment from FitFit Canada about Royal Roads University Recreation Centre:

Welcome to the Royal Roads University Recreation Centre, located in the scenic beauty of Victoria, Canada. The center is praised for its excellent facilities and a friendly, professional staff dedicated to helping users achieve their fitness goals.

  • Spacious and well-maintained gym area with a wide range of quality equipment.
  • Vibrant community atmosphere, perfect for those looking to work out alone or in groups.
  • A variety of activities including yoga, badminton, basketball, and table tennis.
  • Affordable pricing, making fitness accessible ($3-5 per drop-in).
  • Free parking available and a beautiful campus setting.

Most users appreciate the cleanliness and organization of the center with well-kept shower facilities. While there have been some comments about the limited hours and a need for updated equipment, these aspects are overshadowed by the overwhelmingly positive feedback regarding the service, ambiance, and variety of activities offered. This gym is highly recommended for both university students and the general public seeking a pleasant workout environment.

Royal Roads University Recreation Centre: Opinions

4.3/5 (48 Opinions)
Brian Lebrun 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Glad I found this gym while in Victoria! I am going to miss it!

Peter Woods 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Staff are always professional Gym is the best in town

Taremwa Sam Rwabwehare 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: It's a complete avenue for physical and mental wellness....

서원직 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: a very beautiful and quiet place

Tara Gran 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great staff clean well run facilities

Kailee 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Price can’t be beat ($3-5 per drop-in) and it’s spacious, clean, and has good vibes. Hours are limited, but I prefer going here for the price and equipment, opposed to a place open 24/7. Monday to Thursday: 5:30 am to 8 pm Friday: 5:30 am to 6 pm Weekends and holidays: 8 am to 4 pm I love working out alone here. Thanks to the nice staff!

Liz Waterfield 2 years ago

Positive experience: Fantastic campus gym. Yoga is 10/10 recommended!!

Chen Xi 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: It’s a nice place to play basketball. The price is pretty reasonable. And free parking everyday! Before you go there do yourself a favour. Check the schedule for the gym.

Shaunak Poojary 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: The university's rec centre is good. It's never over crowded and there's good ventilation throughout the center. The shower rooms are nice and clean. There's table-tennis, badminton and basketball court inside the rec center. There's even a seperate section for weights. Highly recommended for university students to take full advantage of these resources!

Isabela Sasaki 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really pleased with this facility. They have all the equipment one might need, fair prices, it’s located in a beautiful campus, and it never gets crazy busy where I need to wait 30 mins for an equipment.

Nick S 3 years ago

Negative experience: Still require vax pass, out dated - would not support this low quality gym

pranshu thapar 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Perfect setup for a perfect workout !

Ekaterina Moiseeva 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Helpful staff, high quality equipment. As for today you should still wear a mask except from cardio.

Ian Lahay 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent staff who really care and will take the time to chat about everything from your fitness goals to how your day is going. A hidden gem, highly recommend!

tanner clouston 4 years ago

Negative experience: i called and asked if they had an indoor basketball gym. they dont. terrible customer service and staff were extremely rude

Royal Roads University Recreation Centre

I am very sorry for your recent experience with the Rec Centre staff. This is very disappointing as we take great pride in the quality of our customer service.

Chris perry 5 years ago

Positive experience: Beautiful sprung floor

Dorothy Harty 5 years ago

Negative experience: Open up the swimming pool!! The facility has a beautiful swimming pool that has been covered up. It was the best part of the whole facility!!

Royal Roads University Recreation Centre

Unfortunately the pool has been closed since 2003. However we will have a beautiful new Learning and Teaching Auditorium building in its place opening in a few months.

Dwight Wells 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: I went here for work only

Daniel Mielecki 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to get some shots up

Colton Loberg 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: All right guys. Get ready. This is by far THE best gym ive been too in the past month I travel full time and shower at gyms. GO TO THIS GYM. Shower feels like your floating in the clouds with God himself okay. Like a waterfall, in the clouds. The gym is big with tons of quality new equipment. FREE TOWEL RENTALS

Mark Denny 5 years ago

Positive experience: My dog and I like to walk around the grounds. We meet a million other dogs, with people at the other end of the leash -- there is enough space for all of us. Dunno about the University facilities ( my wife loves the gym) but the grounds are great.

Kyle Deveau 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Small, quiet, with all the basics. If you like the GoodLife atmosphere, stay away; we don’t want you here. :P

Dustin Pike 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good place for a walk

omar perez solis 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Muy buenas instalaciones para hacer gym el cual cuenta con acceso para personas con discapacidad al igual que baños para antes y después del ejercicio.

Lex Luther 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent staff here. Can get busy at times. Clean facility, good amount of equipment.

Rueben Rodocker 6 years ago

Positive experience: Good gym even of it is a bit small and they closed the racquetball courts.

Dylan Ross 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to play basketball

Sharif Mcarthur 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lots of equipment, nice open gym space and aesthetic! And most importantly it does not get too busy there!

Thomas Johns 6 years ago

Positive experience: Very nice and welcoming, unfortunately I missed some equipment.

Kimberly Cook 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: I take roller skating lessons here. Great facilities and a nice layout. In a lovely area as well.

Nazmus Sakib 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Clean environment, never too busy, and free for the Royal Roads University students!

lara krause 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lots of good,quality equipment. The staff are always super friendly and excellent. Highly recommend going there! Also, the prices are really good!

Owen 7 years ago

Negative experience: Standard college gym, closest gym to my house but I don't go there anymore, staff isn't very helpful and full of gym bros

Collin O'Halloran 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff

sukesh poojary 7 years ago

Positive experience: Spacious with all basic equipment for most of the exercises and good court for indoor sports activity

Po Cheng 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: place is beautiful

Scott Lowery 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: I love this place nice and spaced out the staff are amazing very helpful. I also like how everything is seperated and you can play some basketball very spacious!

Kathleen Meadows 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice facility - well kept, helpful staff.

Dhirendra Tripathi 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful University

M G 8 years ago

Positive experience: Good selection of machines. Added value of spin and yoga classes. Super friendly staff. You can borrow a lock for your locker at the front desk. Just a great little gym

Jeff Phila 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: What are you looking for in a gym? Have you asked yourself? What is your philosophy of use? Reflect and ask yourself what you are looking for. This University Based Gym on the Campus of Royal Roads University is a small medium gym with free-weights, cable machines, treadmills, stair climbers, stair-masters, personal trainer access, squash courts, 1/2 basketball courts with access of badminton, pickle ball, separate aerobics room, hosts events like boot-camp, yoga, spin classes (sign up required), they also offer bike rentals to explore the historic campus, this gym has access to showers and fresh towels, squat racks and bench press. Times vary, however, I've never had to wait for a bench for types of workouts. Staff here are very nice, friendly, it's service with a smile. You may borrow locks as well.

Evan Reid 8 years ago

Positive experience: Gym is pretty good, could have some newer weights in the weight room. But it's nice because it's rarely very busy. the aerobics studio is a great size, staff has always been friendly. The change rooms are nice as well.

Ryan Fyfe 8 years ago

Positive experience: Overall a good place to workout. The squash courts need to be refurbished as there are too many dead spots on the walls and floor. Plenty of gym equipment to use.

Al Marston 8 years ago

Positive experience: decent equipment not too busy

Jordan Casilio 8 years ago

Positive experience: Basketball court? Drop in too?

Rita Omogolor 8 years ago

Positive experience: An okay place for me.

Clive Pemberton 11 years ago

Negative experience: A couple of machine on a basketball court,as Micky mouse As Disney.

Pelle Agerup 12 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great location hidden away in the RRU forest. Old and rustic building but all the equipment you need is there. No line-ups or waiting. Awesome friendly staff and I love that sometimes there is a dog helping with greeting the customers. Reminds me a little of the gym in Dodgeball.

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