Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre

I love coming here great staff ,always helpful. good hydro pool for my rehab.Improved a lot since Inner West Council took over.Nice Cafe clean pool and shower area .Just update that hot water system please . Fantastic instructors. patient and tolerant life guard's.

In a city where you are spoilt for choice, this is definitely on the bottom end of pools I’ve visited. The facility is quite a bit older than it’s surrounding pools, there are smaller locker areas and changing rooms, and you seem to need to get a physical key from reception to use the lockers at all. When I was visiting most of the pool was closed for kids activities, including 3 lanes for a water slide, 4 half lanes for swimming lessons and squad practice, another two lanes for free swimming, which left 2 and a half lanes for free for laps. I asked if we could free up some additional space, there were 12 people attempting to swim laps in those few open lanes, but they said there were too many people to do that - which seems counter intuitive. I think I’d easily head elsewhere as this place was overbooked and mismanaged. Also the fee was just as expensive as Ashfield pool, which is a larger and nice indoor/outdoor experience. A shame, because I love the surrounding area.

The staff at reception are friendly and helpful. The women's change rooms are spacious and clean with plenty of toilet and shower cubicles. The 50m indoor pool is heated, and the whole centre seems tidy and well kept.

We normally swim within the City of Sydney, as this was a change to the Inner West. Our experience at the AKAC was positive. Easy and free to park outside - we were here on a hot Sunday lunch/afternoon. Staff at reception were friendly, took the time to explain the pool and layout. Pools were clean and kids pools had very warm water, but perfect for kids being in the water for a long time. Cafe was open (CoS cafes currently closed). Good and drinks were reasonably priced and good. The price was possibly a bit steep, so for a family to regularly attend you need a membership.

The worst run pool in Sydney lanes are cobstantly closed in peak times due to seniors classes or pool reduced to 1/2 size. Why bother to even have an Olympic sized pool! This is such a badly run and managed facility. It's worth going if you want to share a few Swim lanes that are absolutely packed to capacity as other lanes are booked with aerobics at peak times. Full price patrons who work only have the brief morning time before work to exercise, seniors have all day and concession holders should not be admitted at peak times unless you pay full price. You'd think the ratepayers would want facilities maximised.

Very poor management. Water in the pool and baths are always dirty. They even raise the wall without warning you while swimming! Honestly, the local council must act on this.

I would like to give a shout-out to Jenny. A prime example of what great customer service looks like. She spoke to me in a very friendly and helpful manner over the phone. She helped me recover my goggles which I left at the pool the previous night, and very generously kept them aside for me while drove to go and get them. Thanks so much Jenny!

Since Inner West Council have taken over this venue the service has decreased markedly. My son attends swimming lessons here and today self appointed Duty Manager Aaron decided he wanted to punish the children" by expelling them from the pool and threatened to cancel my younger son's swimming lessons because he felt it necessary to throw this weight around and bully a 5 year old. Not only was there no basis for him to target my child he then continued by making threats to cancel his swimming lessons.Discussions with the reception staff were utterly pointless as they didn't even know his name. Word of warning to parent's of young children

The pool is quite good. Parking is relatively easy and free. The staff were friendly and helpful. The facilities are relatively good. The changing rooms are quite clean, though have a slightly weird layout. The main 50m pool is clean. I would prefer if there was more timer clocks. Overall this pool is quite good.