Testimonials

❤️

- Carolina M.

April 16, 2026

My 8 year old son enjoyed his learning to swim experience. He started when he was 2 years old and gone onto swim force. Thank you Goldfish!

- Ectjock F.

September 8, 2025

Everything is good except the fish tank need cleaning and more frequent water changing

- Minguang Z.

August 14, 2025

Amazing, friendly, supportive staff. Helped my kids feel safe and welcomed! My son was shy and scared his first few visits but the team helped him along every baby step of the way!

- Victoria L.

August 11, 2025

Ms. Emma and Ms. JD were so helpful in placing us into the perfect class that fit both our needs and schedule. The flexibility, the incredible teachers, and the friendly community of families make this one of the best swim schools we’ve been a part of. We’re so glad to be here and look forward to many more lessons!

- Nadia S.

July 22, 2025

We have been taking our son here since he was 4 months old and love it!

- L P.

July 20, 2025

My daughter has been attending goldfish Lincoln park for about 4 months. She has grown to love the water and swimming. She is excited every week for her teacher and to perfect her rollover! Great staff location and clean!

- Nat M.

June 28, 2025

My three kids all learned/or learning swimming there, so I have been with them for a while. People are just very nice there. I have noticed many workers who have been there for a long time, which shows that it must be a good place to work at. Ellie is this young manager walking around the pool during lessons. She is just amazing. She knows every kid (even after our long breaks here and there) and is very keen on helping the kids to move up. The environment is so comfortable and nice, which can "spoil" the kids and parents so that they are not used to a less well managed public pool. The two drawbacks are: (1)a 30 minute lesson is very short (including transition time). I feel that older kids need 1 hour to really warm up and learn; (2) relatedly, for older kids (like 7 or above), the short lane is just not much of a workout. Older kids can do loops in a wider area, but that is still not much of a workout for them. I know there is swim team (swim force), but that is only available to the most experienced swimmers. I understand that the goal is to teach swimming, not to train endurance or speed. It will be nice if there is an opportunity for endurance and speed as well. Overall, I am very thankful to the caring and sweet people there.

- Frances L.

June 28, 2025

Instructors are incredibly patient and go out of their way to make a child feel safe. My daughter is very hesitant to going to the pool almost every other time we’re at swimming class and each time one of the lifeguards comes to sit next to her at the edge of the pool until she feels comfortable enough to go in. I highly recommend goldfish and specifically this Lincoln Park location!

- Saba K.

June 26, 2025