Gymboree Play & Music

Unorganized. Unprofessional. Take your business elsewhere.

We love this Gymboree. Baby C keeps her Grammy busy. Lots of fun climbing, crawling, play and fun bubbles. The instructors interact and talk with each child. AND they call all the children by name. This location is clean and upbeat.

Not fond of this particular location at all. Had an incident where one of the instructors, Karen, made another employee cry in front of whole class… Super unprofessional and I told her so… Every encounter I’ve had with her, she is super fake… I’m done! Never going back there again! Zero tolerance for this kind of behavior!

I signed my 7 month old daughter up for their classes 1 month ago. We both have loved the classes. The staff is fantastic in all respects. Friendliness, class instructions, care with keeping everything sanitary. I’m very happy with the overall experience and look forward to seeing the smile on my daughter’s face continue in the months to come.

My son has only been twice, but already a huge fan. He feels right at home climbing and playing and singing with his new friends.

We love this Gymboree. All the staff members are great! They’re so good at remembering names and they make sure to include every baby.
At first I thought the membership was too pricey so it took me a while to attend the first free class. After that free class, I was sold. The place was super clean and they wipe down toys after every class. The songs are fun and catchy. My little one’s favorite is bubble time. Lucky for us, there was a promotion running so we joined for 6 months.
I think it’s worth the money for us because we attend the open play gym frequently. It’s nice to have a fun and clean indoor environment on those hot days. We also alternate some classes with the music classes. This location offers much more classes so it’s easy for makeups.

I received a free month pass when my son was around 4 months old. At that age, the classes are more for the parents to be able to meet each other and learn games/​songs to do at home. I decided not to purchase the membership then as i felt it wasn’t valuable to my son. However, when my son turned 7.5 months, i gave it another go. This time he had a blast. He was cruising all over the mats, interacting with the songs/​activities and loved seeing the other infants his age. My only concern and why i am giving 4 stars is the open mat time. Gymboree needs to either schedule open mat times based on the child’s age groups or separate the younger ones from the toddlers. My son was trying to crawl and scoot around while 2 year olds are trampling all over him and taking away toys/​balls. In fact one little girl came over and it appeared she was trying to say hi, it was cute, until she smacked my son on the head and he started crying. I know kids will be kids but i was too anxious and nervous that he would get hurt with the older ones around.

When I originally reviewed this, I was a first time parent with a few neurotic tendencies. I’ve since calmed the F down and realized how incredibly awesome this place is. My kids enjoyed their time here. I had my nanny take my second kid to Gymboree classes and she loved them as much as my oldest. The staff is always friendly and they keep the place super clean.

My little guy is almost 9 months now and still loves EVERY second of Gymboree classes!!! So much fun.

As a developmental specialist, I work with all kinds of parents and little ones. Sometimes it’s a challenge to find things that are inclusive and supportive for little ones who might need a bit of extra TLC. This is one reason I love to share in Gymboree
fun. Not only is the staff welcoming, but they always provide age appropriate and family friendly activity for all ages. I remember taking a set of great parents to Gym so they could watch the baby play. What a delight for the whole family! We celebrated the day with a beautiful picture of the whole family, right in the middle of a «gymboree day!»

Amazing staff, great activities, but good LORD, this place is EXPENSIVE!
$ 65 a month, to run around on your equipment? Holy guacamole. We lasted 2 months and then decided to find other, cheaper alternatives.

Do not go. They have some really bad policies to fleece money off of you. They require adults to wear socks which I think is really good considering that kids crawl and put things in their mouth all the time. Our first class my husband forgot to wear socks and they very graciously offered a fresh pair of socks. After a few classes we forgot to wear them again and they said sorry you have to purchase it. Obviously their branded socks had an inflated price tag on it. The girl at the front desk very rudely said «we can’t hand over socks to every parent who asks. It is only for the first class».
Why weren’t we never told about this stupid policy? They lure you in by being all flexible and courteous in the first class and give you curt one liners after that. Very disappointed. Additionally the games become monotonous and tiring after a while. Save you dollars and have play dates with your friends’ kids.

My daughter has been going weekly since she was less than 6 months old… she LOVES it. The teachers are all very nice and engaging. It is clean and well run. I appreciate the make-​up policy and flexibility offered. My daughter learned to crawl and walk after watching the big kids and really enjoys socializing with the others kids and adults. We look forward to going to class and my daughter now points towards the entrance when we get out of the car. I would definitely recommend it. :)

I liked Gymboree. Took 3 of my 4 kids there when they were little. It’s a bit pricey, but most of those music/​gym classes are. The teachers at Gymboree actually seem like they know what they are talking about and seem very educated on child development, what children are capable of/​should be doing at different stages, etc. We had a really great experience with Gymboree! And they have the BEST BUBBLES! :)

I love bringing my 13 month old to play here. It’s so fun to watch them learn & explore & I’m certain he’s starting his walking now because of Gymboree! I’ve currently paused the membership because of the holidays & my others child’s school schedule & I truly miss bringing him. The reason for the 4 stars is cleanliness. Where the mats meet there are crevices & there is hair & dirt hay needs to be vacuumed up more often then it is. Once I wore a brand new pair of white socks that I put on for the first time when I arrived at the location, by the end they were filthy. I know cleanliness is a BIGEE but I do know that kids get dirty & keeping them in a sterile environment is not a benefit! However, it would be nice to see the place cleaner each day. Also… a tip… when I signed up I got free registration & 4 free classes, so if you hold out you can get a lot for your money.

My kids love this place. My son has improved his pretending & coordination skills & I believe it’s from attending Gymboree. My infant daughter has only tagged along but will be starting her own class soon. The teachers are great. The facility is clean. The classes are reasonably priced. They also have a very easy going cancellation & make up policy. Highly recommend.

Bring my daughter here all the time, she loves her teacher Miss Stacey. Great establishment and amazing staff.

The staff here is so friendly and chirpy and sweet, I suspect they are really robots. Unfailingly upbeat robots who bring a sense of adventure and enthusiasm to the students in their classes.
Thanks to a couple of different on-​line vouchers (e.g. Groupon), we’re in the middle of trying art, music and gym play classes which my petit gremlin has enjoyed very much. There is a nice mix of both parent participation and kiddo drop-​off classes. I like how flexible they’ve been with me, letting me reschedule class times and even switch classes.
The downside is the relatively high cost — a new member initiation fee of $ 45 plus the monthly tuition. I attribute this to the fact that each local franchise has to pay the piper for the Gymboree brand name, the interactive company website (which lists local class times and lets you enroll/​schedule makeup classes online) and the employees’ multi-​core robotic processing units.

I love this place and so does my daughter! She looks forward this is every week, singing and playing with the songs at home. For a long time I’ve been searching for some activities to do with my daughter on the weekends or weeknights. I am an single working mother of one and it agravates me so much that many toddler activities are in the morning and readily available to mothers who don’t work — it’s almost not fair. I want to spend time with my daughter too doing fun things. Well gratefully I found Gymboree. They are pricey but well worth it. Quoting LinH N.
«It’s a good sized facility, very colorful, and kept very clean. They have a lot of different things that the kids can climb on/​thru and explore.»
I agree. The layout and the safety padding they have all over the facility is great and it really brings out the fun of learning for the kids. I highly recommend this to all families. They are flexible on make-​up classes, AND again, they accomodate time for working families in the day with afternoon and weekend classes.

I just signed my daughter up last month because I was in search of some sort of «activity» class that could spice up her week. I had a hard time finding a place near me at first (I live in the Clairemont area), until finally I stumbled across the website. We went to the free «preview» class and I went ahead and signed her up… here is why:
It’s a good sized facility, very colorful, and kept very clean. They have a lot of different things that the kids can climb on/​thru and explore. The girls that work there are very friendly and enjoy what they do. It’s important that people who work in places like this should actually LIKE kids right? I’m not sure what kind of training and education the teachers for the groups have — but they definitely passionate about working with kids, so I’m fine with that. I like that they have put some thought into how the classes are structured — meaning, they have monthly themes/​topics and each class as a set of activities that the kids go through.
My daughter is right now 9 months old, so I like that she has this environment where she can interact with other babies and wander off wherever she pleases (versus at home many areas are off-​limits). So far, I’ve seen the class sizes kept pretty small, which I like.
They have open «gym play» times where you can take your kids in to take off the edge if needed. I think those open play times are kind of limited in my opinion, but at least it is available. I would probably want to see maybe one evening offered with later hours for that.
I opted to pay month-​to-​month, so I don’t think I will have any problems cancelling if I needed to. I am looking forward to the extra $ 10 off my monthly fees after being enrolled for 6 months! That definitely helps since I personally think that a monthly fee of $ 69 is kind of pricey when you are only going to class once a week. Like I said earlier, perhaps if there were more open play times, then maybe it would be better. The price is what’s keeping this from a 5-​star review.
I’ll update this in a couple of months after we’ve been enrolled longer… but so far, so good.