The Gym Group Edinburgh City Reviews Summary

Category: Fitness center Edinburgh

Address: Waverley Gate Building, 2-4 Waterloo Pl, Edinburgh EH1 3EG, United Kingdom

Phone: +443003034800

Rating: 4.2
based on 127 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "The staff are great, always up for helping or for a chat."
  • "completely nice staff, well organized"
  • "Staff is always friendly and available."
  • "The staff is friendly and helpful and the gym is always clean, which provides for a great welcoming atmosphere."
  • "Good friendly atmosphere. Knowledgeable and approachable staff are always happy to help."
  • "Very friendly and efficient staff members, always ready to help if needed."
  • "Very knowledgeable, friendly and helpful staff always there to help you if needed."

Cons:

  • "The customer service is terrible. In the confirmation email you get when you sign up there is NO mention of the 4 days of notice needed to cancel the membership."
  • "I had the unfortunate pleasure of encountering an aggressive, foul mouthed individual, who directed their aggression, swearing and homophobic slurs towards me while I was attending this gym."
  • "One of the PT's was rude to me as I was using the machine him and client wanted to use."
  • "Some trainers should learn the basic about good manners, avoid disparaging looks, rudeness."
  • "The staff were nice enough to hear me out but the customer service folk online have still not gotten back, more than twice, about my pleas to a point i feel belatedly ignored."
  • "Could not be more disappointed in the customer service from this place."
  • "Awkward seeing some male instructors giving free advice and personal assistance to young girls, while a disabled guy struggled like hell right next to them continuously."

Cleanliness and Equipment

Pros:

  • "Free classes, strong free WiFi and very clean and tidy."
  • "The gym and changing area are kept very clean."
  • "Clean gym with a big variety of machines."
  • "The gym is always clean, which provides for a great welcoming atmosphere."
  • "It's clean, lots of kit including sand bags, bosu balls, balance discs, soft boxes, ropes, etc."
  • "The gym itself has a good range of machines/space to workout and is always very clean and kept to a high standard!"
  • "The gym is always clean and well-maintained, making my workouts a pleasure."

Cons:

  • "Material not that much, they have equipment from matrix."
  • "Plenty of equipment but very messy. A lot of very old looking, wobbly equipment."
  • "Since covid restrictions have lifted they've gotten rid of almost all the equipment cleaning stations so, naturally, no one wipes anything down."
  • "A lot of the weight machines have damaged leather meaning if you're using them in a t-shirt, it completely scrapes off the skin from your elbows!"
  • "Ceanliness of the gym is poor though."
  • "A basic gym with old treadmills."
  • "Just some plumbing issues made showers and even changing rooms unavailable for almost a week."

Accessibility and Location

Pros:

  • "They offer daily passes which is great thank God."
  • "A good sized gym in a fantastic location in the city centre."
  • "Great location, the gym is well equipped, clean and super welcoming."
  • "Perfect location right in the city center, open 24/7."
  • "Gym itself is well equipped, clean and great located in city centre."
  • "This is one of the best modern Gyms in Edinburgh"
  • "Location is also amazing!"

Cons:

  • "This gym feels like a hospital."
  • "The only way in is through a buzzer/intercom system. I buzzed, no one responded."
  • "It is underground by a few levels, and you get in and out via a code system, and you have to go through a pod which closes around you."
  • "be aware that if you are on a 'LIVE IT' membership, you can't access this gym after 8pm."
  • "It says there should be someone on Mon-Fri from 8:00 to 22:00 but there was nobody and had to leave."
  • "I got to the gym this evening at 8pm and my pin doesn't work."
  • "there’s a lot or creepy guys in there and no staff to report this too, even the cleaners are a bit creepy, and if it’s a male cleaner they won’t leave the ladies changing room even when you trying to change or have a shower, very uncomfortable"

Value and Experience

Pros:

  • "The main reason why I would recommend this gym to a friend it's mainly because of the price: it's just the cheapest."
  • "I have never found something as clean, as cheap and as professional as the Gym"
  • "Great atmosphere unrivalled by other gyms."
  • "I highly recommend this gym to anyone who wants to achieve their fitness goals in a clean, modern, and supportive environment."
  • "Plenty cardio machines, equipment and free weights area available."
  • "Showers and locker rooms are well maintained."
  • "This gym is full with brilliant PTs that are very personable."

Cons:

  • "NEED TOWEL - make sure to get one as they don’t have towel services."
  • "I give them one star because they can't give less, I haven't been able to shower for a year because nobody solves the problem with the showers."
  • "If the place gets too busy it might be hard to get an equipment as there is not a lot of equipments."
  • "Gym can be really overcrowded."
  • "I was profoundly disappointed. When I got wrongly charged a month of membership after I cancelled my direct debit, I contacted them so as to get it refunded."
  • "Not really covid aware enough for me."
  • "Could use heavier dumbbells, you won't find any over 40kg."

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