The Open Tot Gym

This is an awesome place for tots! I love the free parking, inexpensive fee and safe environment for the little ones. There’s enough toys and structures for everyone :) My 2.5 year old loves coming here.

$ 4 indoor play lot for toddlers. It’s inside a gymnasium at the DC recreation center. On rainy days if you want to take your tot out to play, this indoor play area is perfect. Easy lot parking too.
It’s only open Fridays from 10−2pm. Winter hours might be different so call ahead.
You can eat indoors on the side of the bleachers.

I’m not sure if I love this place because my son does or because I actually make other mom friends here. The tot gym is an enclosed space where your kid can run and play while you chat, surf the net on your phone, or attend to a smaller child that isn’t yet mobile. The place is clean and convenient. Come!

I can’t believe I’ve been living in Daly City and have never heard of this place for my son. I usually go to Serramonte or Tanforan to take the little one to the free play areas but after a while it can get boring going to the same spots so I decided to take him to Pacelli’s Gym. We went on a Wednesday and there were about 3 other toddlers with their parents so my son really had a large space to run around. There’s a bunch of little cars, slides, balls, tricycles, and other play items so it kept him quite busy. The only downside is that it’s not free but either way he still enjoyed his time there.

A great place to take toddlers to run around. I have two children ages 15 mo and 2 mo and its great that my older one can play while I take care of the little one. It’s cheap an they sell admissions in a ten pack that’s cheaper. They are open 3 times a week. I am considering holding my kids party here too they are very accommodating.

Just an ok place to me. Took my 3y/​o here for the 1^st yesterday. A spacious gym with little bikes, cars, a small jumpy house, mats, large shape blocks and a mini slide. The cost was $ 5.50 for a non resident, only perk I felt was the fact that you had in and out privileges.
If you have older children that your younger child learns from, it is most definitely the case that your younger child is too advanced for this place. I have 2 older sons, and I feel/​felt that my 3y/​o was too advanced for the «kiddy’ness» of this place.

Nice place to take toddlers to play
$ 5.50 if you’re not a resident
Lots of parking
Only seating are the bleachers (uncomfortable)
i like how you can bring outside food and drinks, you just have to keep them away from the play area

This place is open Wednesday from 12−2pm and Friday 10am-​2pm.
Admission is $ 4 per child or you can buy a pass good for 10 visits for $ 35. Ages 1 – 5.
I prefer to go on Wednesdays because it is less crowded and there are more younger children (1−3yrs). Fridays a lot more older kids go around age 5 and sometimes they play a little wild and rough around the smaller kids.
Overall i think it’s a good place, plenty of things for the kids to do like ride cars or tricycles, a jumper and playmats with slides and obsticle courses on it. The place is wide open and they keep the doors shut so you always have a view of your child and don’t have to worry about them running out.
Great place to go in the winter months when it’s too cold out for the park.

on a regular day, ive had a great experience playing over there with my friends. ive also played my middle school school basketball games over there too. going to high school in a month.

$ 2.00 to play basketball?
I guess that’s the going rate right now and it’s not bad if it’s not crowded. I also recently learned that the gym has a name, and it’s not Westlake. No wonder I had a hard time looking for it on the phonebook when I was back in High School.
However, I had some great memories and great games here. The court is made of hardwood parquet floors but it’s pretty soft and yet gives a good bounce. It’s also a community center so they have all kinds of programs for the youth and elderly. You’ll often see a mixture of old folks dancing Ballroom in one room and a bunch of 30 something Jazzercising in another.
But I ain’t hatin, Vicky has been instructing the Jazzercise for years and she’s still going strong. When we used to play ball here (which was a lot back then) she would give us free classes. Hey, we had fun doing it but I wasn’t MAN enough to complete the whole course.
My kids are now benefiting since they play their basketball games here. The staff keeps it well maintained and clean. They have newsletters and other programs that will keep a family busy for an entire year. That’s how I became a Baseball Coach one year… but that’s another story.
Overall, a good solid gym that benefits the entire community.

We went twice this week. It’s just as described as in the below review.
It’s $ 4 to get in, try to take exact bills as they may or may not have the change.
Wed hours are from 12 – 2; Fri’s hours are from 10 – 2. We went Wed and it wasn’t crowded, today (Fri) was much busier so I had to be a lot more involved in keeping my toddler (20mo) from getting run over by the older kids.
We’ll definitely be back, but it’s probably not a weekly thing. It’s a great rainy/​cold day activity since it is inside. My daughter loves the toys and the balls and all the cars she can push around or ride.
It’s not spectacular, but it is a change of scenery from the park and gets us out to play!

This review is for Pacelli’s Gym.
On Wednesday’s and Fridays from 10AM –2PM, they convert this basketball gymnasium into a tumbling gym for toddlers and pre-​schoolers. During the summer they are also open on Mondays.
There are Little Tikes cars, slides, basketball hoop, tricycles, tumbling mats and cushions, hula hoops, and deflated playground balls (I guess so they don’t go bouncing all over the place).
Admission is $ 4, but so totally worth it if you want to get your kid wiped out and ready for a nap.
I love taking my toddler there. I just wish there hours were more working-​parent friendly. I suppose on the plus side, it means that it’s usually not packed to the gills with rug-​rats and parents.
On a side note, the playground there, near the tennis courts, is okay. It’s kinda old looking and has sand as the playground covering. We went there only for the swing.