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Great Neck Recreation Center in Virginia Beach offers a variety of fitness options and is highly praised for its cleanliness and friendly staff. Members particularly appreciate the well-maintained equipment, spacious facilities, and affordable rates. The center features a pool, numerous treadmills, and weight machines. However, it can get quite busy, and management enforces strict rules.

Despite some complaints about management and scheduled hours, the majority of patrons enjoy their time here. It’s a clean, welcoming environment with exceptional staff, making it a favorite spot for families and fitness enthusiasts alike. Membership offers great value compared to other gyms in the area.

Pros:

  • Clean facilities
  • Friendly and helpful staff
  • Well-maintained equipment
  • Affordable membership rates
  • Spacious gym area
  • Variety of equipment
  • Pool maintained with comfortable temperatures
  • Personal training available
  • Positive community atmosphere
  • Convenient hours

Cons:

  • Can get busy at peak times
  • Strict rules on locker usage
  • Some staff need retraining in customer service

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Reviews (20)

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The great neck rec center is great. It’s usually busy, but in general you can get on the equipment you need. Don’t leave anything anywhere though, it will disappear fast.

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What a fantastic find! The entire center from the staff to all of the facilities are great. If I lived here, this would be my "go to" place. Clean, helpful and friendly staff and priced right. The pool was clean, machines in gym were well maintained and helpful staff was available.

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I just started swimming at the rec center in October and I visit twice a week at various times before noon. I have always experienced the friendliest staff and they are really on their game!! Also, the place is clean and the other swimmers are polite and friendly....I love this community!

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Not a kid-friendly facility, with many incomprehensible and arbitrary restrictions. The staff is friendly, but the management is not so much.

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Poorest excuse for pool schedule. Are the dates a secret ??? Plenty info daily M-F but " day of month" not given. Is there a secret code req'd ??? Whose responsibility is this ??🤔 😐 😳 🙄 😒 …

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This Rec Center looks so much like the Princess Anne Rec Center to me. I took 12 photos of the Princess Anne Rec Center but I was in a rush the night I stopped in to use the Rec Center near Great Neck Road on Stonehaven. I’ll definitely take pics next time because it’s very attractive, large and clean. Very welcoming as I checked in at the front desk. I’d recommend this location and plan to return.

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I joined around a year ago. They need to address equipment availability. All ellipticals and treadmills are taken the last few times I’ve tried to get in. You can’t tell how soon one might be freed up. Another wasted trip even if I did check the busy status on here.

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Raymond was excellent and helpful in setting up our rented room. I was misinformed on the details of my son's 2nd birthday party here two months ago, and left a bad review because I was upset at being told we had to pack up and leave the …

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Equipment kept in great shape, staff is friendly and helpful to everybody, regardless of race or physical condition. Bend-over-backwards friendly and helpful. I've worked out here 25-plus years with hundreds of residents of all races, and have never heard a complaint by any other patron, regardless of color, and have never seen any employee show any negative attitude. Rules are enforced. Just because you don't like following them doesn't make the enforcers racist.

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Blonde lady at the front desk needs retraining..here is what happened, my son's membership expired so I came in with him to renew it, everything was going great until AFTER my son paid with HIS bank card, NEVER once through the whole process did she ask to see any of our id's. So after my son paid and the receipt printed out she said "who is ?"we responded with "that is his dad" she then said that my son is not allowed to use that card, I said what do you mean he cant use his card and she said well you said it was his dad, I then replied with well yes his dad is that name as well as my son has the same name...she then says well the application says this name( my son goes by his middle name and after his last name it says II, standing for the 2nd) I said yes it does but if you would also look at the application after his last name it says the second, she said "well he still cant use that card in the future, hes already paid for so it doesn't matter" I replied with "yes it does matter because this is his card what if he needs to purchase something you wont allow him to use HIS own card" I then informed her that if she would have looked at his card it says the second II just like his application said...she said " you are good to go"...no thank you, kiss my butt NOTHING!!! I would have asked for a manager but I had a newborn baby with me and wanted to get her away from all the people...I work in customer service and was VERY disappointed in how my son and I were treated, clearly she needs to be trained that some boys are named after their fathers and therefore go by there middle names...perhaps check id's and applications before taking the money off the card...my son loves this rec center and we drive 20 minutes each way to go this one, but if customer service is this rude I will seriously think twice before dropping him off here anymore, because if he had a question or needed help with anything looks like he will get treated rudely because he goes by his middle name

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Frequently Asked Questions

Except the peak hours, this place remains quite free or moderately crowded.

This business has a rating of 4.1-star.

This business has 20 reviews.

The address is: 2521 Shorehaven Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23454, United States .

The contact number is +1 757-385-5940

This service is listed under Recreation Center .

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