Information about Friends Health & Fitness

Wilson St 7
7000, Hobart
+61 3 6210 2241

Opening hours

  • Monday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
  • Thursday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
  • Friday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
  • Saturday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Sunday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Our comment from FitFit Australia about Friends Health & Fitness:

Friends Health & Fitness in Hobart is a fantastic sporting facility offering a comprehensive fitness experience suitable for all levels. Visitors appreciate the clean environment, friendly and helpful staff, and exceptional instructors. The gym is well-equipped with modern machines, making it a great place to achieve fitness goals.

Key features include:

  • Spacious and clean facilities, including a 25m heated indoor swimming pool, spa, and steam room.
  • Diverse group fitness classes, catering to various interests and fitness levels.
  • Friendly and accommodating staff who provide excellent customer service.
  • Great amenities

However, some users have mentioned areas for improvement. A few concerns include:

  • The swimming pool can get crowded during swimming lessons, limiting lane availability.
  • Management could enhance communication regarding membership policies and refunds.
  • Parking can be limited at peak times.

Despite these minor drawbacks, many users describe Friends Health & Fitness as a welcoming and supportive community, making it a highly recommended destination for fitness enthusiasts.

Friends Health & Fitness: Reviews

4.4/5 (100 Reviews)
Glenn Fox Published on Google 2 months ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly gym, no hassels and service with a smile

Veronica Mclindin Published on Google 6 months ago

Fantastic experience: I go here to see my Personal exercise Physiologist Krystal, 3 days a week. I love the friendliness, and wonderful customer service, of everyone I've met who work there. The gym equipment is the best I've used and I'm so happy when I'm around such positive, friendly people. Thank you everyone, especially my saviour Krystal for putting up with me.

Renato Delfatti Published on Google 7 months ago

Fantastic experience: Clean. Great sauner, spar, sweeming lanes with a 26mt. length

James Hart Published on Google 11 months ago

Positive experience: Great experience, the only thing this place needs is a bit of an update including the roof over the pool. 70's vibe.

Daniel Boffa Published on Google 11 months ago

Positive experience: Weird vibe, I prefer the Doone Kennedy aquatic centre

Renato Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, clean and relaxing.

Karly Herighty Published on Google 1 year ago

Negative experience: Beware, staff will make all kinds of promises to get you to sign up and then not follow through on any of them. Staff are super nice until you are locked into a long-term contract, then customer service goes straight out the window. I even had a staff member laugh at me when discussing a medical condition. I've had a better experience at chain gyms.

Gavin O'Shea Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Water temp is to cold for little ones

Eastley Adam Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Love it. Clean, friendly staff and exceptional instructors.

Kelly Danita Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Love it. Clean, friendly staff and exceptional instructors.

Gary Toner Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great facility

erna sandhas Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic staff working here good service good equipment good classes

Kanoon St. Published on Google 1 year ago

Negative experience: Friendly staff, good but management not really good for customer care. I have plans to move the city in a month but want to use facilities for a while so I asked staff for any recommendations, the staff advised me for full access to pay up front for 3 months which most suitable for my case without giving another information about refund or other things but after registered for 3 days, I need to move urgently so I go to cancel my membership but they said nothing can do with refund because I paid up front also they don’t have any refund policies. They asked me to find another to replace the my course or just leave with nothing. So please improve your services about giving information other wise new customers will misunderstanding and lose their money without nothing. For swimming pool is too crowded with kids who come for swimming lessons that you can use with others only 2 lanes. If you go there too slow you will not able to use swimming pool and waste your time to wait.

A Google User Published on Google 1 year ago

Negative experience: Friendly staff, good but management not really good for customer care. I have plans to move the city in a month but want to use facilities for a while so I asked staff for any recommendations, the staff advised me for full access to pay up front for 3 months which most suitable for my case without giving another information about refund or other things but after registered for 3 days, I need to move urgently so I go to cancel my membership but they said nothing can do with refund because I paid up front also they don’t have any refund policies. They asked me to find another to replace the my course or just leave with nothing. So please improve your services about giving information other wise new customers will misunderstanding and lose their money without nothing. For swimming pool is too crowded with kids who come for swimming lessons that you can use with others only 2 lanes. If you go there too slow you will not able to use swimming pool and waste your time to wait.

Gavin Porter Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym with almost you could need

Mary O'Halloran Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Change rooms are very clean!. Spa and steam room are a great way to relax after swimming laps. The pool itself is great and spacious with lanes. I find if you’re wanting to do weekly laps I find around 12:45pm during week days is the best time around school period as a member to go swimming as it is not very busy at that time which is good it’s not overwhelming for some people like me that don’t like being in crowded places especially when it comes to swimming centres.

Diego Atterbury Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great spot. Always clean and staff are so friendly and accommodating. My wife and I went their frequently before having the little one and now she comes with also. Also good to see the continuous improvements. Great job team - thank you.

Marion O'Halloran Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Change rooms are very clean!. Spa and steam room are a great way to relax after swimming laps. The pool itself is great and spacious with lanes. I find if you’re wanting to do weekly laps I find around 12:45pm during week days is the best time around school period as a member to go swimming as it is not very busy at that time which is good it’s not overwhelming for some people like me that don’t like being in crowded places especially when it comes to swimming centres.

Bryony Hilton Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I recently started attending the Fit 4 Life class here on Wednesday mornings. It seems to gave just the right combination of exercise and balance training for me.

Krish Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: a comprehensive fitness experience for all levels. The spacious facility with a fully-equipped gym with top-notch equipment, a refreshing indoor pool, and a wide range of group fitness classes in a dedicated studio. state-of-the-art equipment and spacious facilities.welcoming and supportive environment for all fitness levels. The only con was the fact that it's not 24*7

AnonymousOne Published on Google 2 years ago

Negative experience: Aqua aerobics instructor said they'd need the lane soon, said no dramas, (no other lanes available due to swim program), figured we'd be told when a lane had opened up. Carried on swimming only to have the lane rope closed on my head by the aqua aerobics participants - disgusting manners - a coincidence that they were all white, and I'm non-white. Instructor was seemingly unfazed by what occurred.

Sean Whelan Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Small but well maintained gym with friendly staff

Nan Jida Published on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Friendly staff, nice spa and clean pool Not so crowded on weekend but very limited parking spots at the centre

Cameron Healey Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly and relaxed

Debbie Browning Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very relaxed, welcoming

Noel Dickens Published on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Warm and good close to city

Sneha Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very nice ambiance.

John Nguyen Published on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Gym has everything you need

maryanne Conan-Davies Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff. Great small gym

Lynne Hayes Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good to have change room for child swim program

Angela Witzerman Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Spa isn't very powerful my only complaint

Evalyn Curtis Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Such thoughtful, helpful friendly staff. Safe environment. Love thus place!

C.J. Welles Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Our children go there for swimming lessons and we’re very happy with everything. The staff are friendly, the lesson schedules are very well planned out and we’ve seen a great change in our children’s swimming skills.

Ryan Kincade Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff with all sorts of classes ranging from spin to pump. There’s a decent weights room with a lot of machines as well as a good size pool. I highly recommend Friends Health & Fitness.

Judith Deane Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent pool facilities, clean, not crowded. Love the lockers, spacey showers and hot water. The steam room trumps it for me.

Tejaswini Nanaware Published on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Good fitness centre. They offer group classes, there is also a gym, and swimming pool. Wish there was a free trial option at some cost, for everyone to try out before signing up for a membership.

ajohnbarrow Published on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Not a bad facility! I used the gym. Still good equipment but not the absolute best. Very good selection of machines. I’ll still go back again

Amy Yost Published on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Friendly staff. Excellent learn to swim classes; small groups, ability to assess and assist my children to gain skills in water awareness. Clean facilities. The only thing I would suggest is the ability to have direct debit for the term.

Judy Cheng Published on Google 3 years ago

Negative experience: As a member last year when I double confirmed after I cancel my membership, in the future if I rejoin again, do I need to pay for rejoining fee? The staff member 100% reassured I don’t need to pay the rejoin fee again. No one mentioned is within 90 days time period. But today when I go back ask about the rejoining process, they have to charge again for this payment. Should I pay to get the staff member training of the gym police?

Friends Health & Fitness

Thank you for the positive review, Judy! :)
We look forward to seeing you back on your next visit.

FH&F :)

Neil Machan Published on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place

Friends Health & Fitness

Cheers for the positive review, Neil.We look forward to seeing you back in the future.FH&F :)

Syed Rizvi Published on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Absolutely love the place and the staff is very helpful.

Friends Health & Fitness

Thank you for your kind feedback Syed. We look forward to welcoming you back for your next visit with us! :)FHF

Julie Lawless Published on Google 3 years ago

Positive experience: Nice pool, warm atmosphere.

Friends Health & Fitness

Cheers Julie! We hope you had a lovely visit and look forward to seeing you in the future. :)

Lani Abcdef Published on Google 3 years ago

Positive experience: Valthough very expensive compared to my previous mainland gym (Fitness First) the staff are friendly and the facilities are new and in good order. The price seems in keeping with local competitors.

Friends Health & Fitness

Thank you for your positive feedback.Have a lovely day and we look forward to seeing you in the future.FHF

Nadim A Published on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: What a great fitness center! With weights, machines, classes and a pool it has everything you need :) First time visiting from Sydney and I was very happy!!

Friends Health & Fitness

Cheers Nadim! Glad you enjoyed our facilities for your visit.Look forward to seeing you back in the future. :)FH&F

Nadim Accari Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: What a great fitness center! With weights, machines, classes and a pool it has everything you need :) First time visiting from Sydney and I was very happy!!

Things in The Well Steve Dillon Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great pool for lane swimming or a steam room and jacuzzi spa for lazing in.

Friends Health & Fitness

Cheers for the review, Steve. Glad you enjoyed your time with us and we look forward to seeing you again in the future! :)FH&F

Syed F. H. Rizvi Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Absolutely love the place and the staff is very helpful.

1tinylove Published on Google 4 years ago

Positive experience: Valthough very expensive compared to my previous mainland gym (Fitness First) the staff are friendly and the facilities are new and in good order. The price seems in keeping with local competitors.

Kenji Sato Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facility. I come here for the steam room and pool, which is $9 for a casual entry. Great value.

Friends Health & Fitness

Thanks Kenji. We look forward to hopefully seeing you back in the future. Stay safe and take care :)

jessie yan Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: gouben he

Sishant Gurung Published on Google 4 years ago

Positive experience: Amazing place for swimming, scuzi and spa . Definitely going again and again.

Friends Health & Fitness

Thanks Sishant! We certainly look forward to you visiting us again to enjoy the facilities. :) FH&F

Carole Osborn Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: I love this place it's so clean the spa is awesome & so is the steam room

Friends Health & Fitness

Thanks Carole. We are very fortunate to have an incredible Facilities Manager who takes excellent care of everything!See you back in the future. :)FH&F

Jeeva Jesline Published on Google 4 years ago

Negative experience: Pool Instructor Sam got bad attitude

Abiral Joshi Published on Google 4 years ago

Positive experience: Good swimming experience with steam and jacuzzi under the same swimming price!

teena david Published on Google 4 years ago

Negative experience: Worst Staff (Instructor Guy SAM). They start closing from 7:30, but in the website it says 8:00. The instructor guy has a cheap attitude with his rude face. He starts walking around the pool area from 7:30 pm keep starring at ppl in the pool area, he pours CHLORINE CHEMICAL in the swimming pool at 7:30 pm while the swimmers in the pool which affect the SKIN and EYES. I am requesting the authority to take a severe action please or I will take it to a higher level.

Friends Health & Fitness

Hi Teena,We apologise for the inconvenience you experienced late last year that our closing process for the centre does have to start 20-30 minutes prior to closing. Like many other businesses it is a common practice as I am sure you can appreciate and the closing time is when all patrons must have exited the Centre, and does not refer directly to the time the front entrance will be unlocked and accessible.It can certainly be frustrating to encounter this sort of barrier when you had plans to visit a business and we encourage patrons like yourself to give themselves sufficient time to be able to access the centre for use, but also leave enough time for utilising any facilities such as changerooms afterwards prior to our closing time.Referring to where our staff member poured chemicals into our pool. You can be assured that chlorine and similar chemicals for our pool are all managed by a computerised pumping system in a specialised locked and security managed pool facility room. The computerised system is programmed to keep pool chemical levels in line with public health requirements and is also manually recorded every 3 hours.Lastly, we do not condone bullying and your attack on our staff members personal appearance. You may find it helpful to reflect on your attitude towards others and learning to spread kindness or constructive feedback.Hoping you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.LeahMember Services Officer

Ruth Howard Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great front desk service and lovely swimming pool, usually good lane access, the lanes are well planned you just need to check school visit time tables. Good showers, lovely spa, the sauna can use an update like a lovely wooden nordic lined wall and nice smells, however the gym is very good, the best equipment, the best instructors, a great purpose built group fitness gymnasium with good range of very helpful rehab and other classes including most Les Mills programs. Yoga classes will make it absolutely the most perfect health facility (please?)! Clean!

Jilly Crosbie Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Love the Friend's Gym. It has everything. Staff are great .

Friends Health & Fitness

Much appreciated Jilly. We are pretty proud of all our facilities and the team. :)FH&F

Robert Castleden Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great 25m heated indoor lap-lane swimming pool, with spa & steam room. Modern, clean change rooms.

Jme C Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great Gym, good pool facilities, great classes and friendly staff. Lisa is my favourite instructor.

tofu 96 Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: very friendly staff,will come back for spa and steam

pat corby Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great for a swim and a reasonable gym Relaxing atmosphere

Karman Ho Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great swim program for kids. Clean change room, friendly staff.

Aaron Meyrick Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Always clean always friendly with a great pool spa and steam room. It's fantastic to be swimming again after months of Covid19 shutdowns. Its never to busy or noisey thankfully when compared with Aquatic centre.

Ruth Howard (ShiatsuMassageHobart) Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great front desk service and lovely swimming pool, usually good lane access, the lanes are well planned you just need to check school visit time tables. Good showers, lovely spa, the sauna can use an update like a lovely wooden nordic lined wall and nice smells, however the gym is very good, the best equipment, the best instructors, a great purpose built group fitness gymnasium with good range of very helpful rehab and other classes including most Les Mills programs. Yoga classes will make it absolutely the most perfect health facility (please?)! Clean!

Mandy McKendrick Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Super clean & tidy with awesome friendly staff

Elise Martin Published on Google 5 years ago

Positive experience: Great facilities

Inky Published on Google 5 years ago

Positive experience: it's a friendly safe environment staff are happy and helpful it's well priced parking can be difficult But free can highly recommend

Slobodan Georgievski Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to recharge your energy

Mel Richardson Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Awesome place to train...clean facilities with friendly approachable staff

Jayne Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly people, feels like home. Would be great if they could change the classes around, same class has been on at the same time for years. A great gym, Wednesday spin class instructor is fantastic.

Mark Brennan Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and Staff. Beth and Cam excellent Exercise Physiologist. Tanya and Nat very friendly & helpful on front counter. Thank you & keep up the good work Mark

David Richards Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: I am an ocean swimmer and over the last fortnight I was a regular lap swimmer The facilities and the staff made me very welcome highly recommend this facility

Grant Hildyard Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Best gym in Hobart with the best staff

Gi Chan Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: I only do swim here (doesn’t use the gym facility). I like the pool here as it is quieter than aquatic centre, but a bit more pricy. I guess you get what you pay for. Overall happy with the place - car packing can be a bit narrow, may need to park off street on peak timing.

Yogita Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent

Jigar Patel Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place, great staff

Zack Menoit Published on Google 6 years ago

Negative experience: Dirty and packed and forget about parking

adrian robertson Published on Google 6 years ago

Positive experience: Interesting, I have not been to this place for many years, but I have heard good things of it.

Sienna Seychell Published on Google 6 years ago

Negative experience: I had a very poor customer experience in relation to one of their employees who was rude and inexplicably angered by the fact a 15 year old wanted to use the gym. There age policies are somewhat befuddiling and only allow 16 years old and above to access the gyms facilities in comparison to most places where it's 12 or at most 14. If you're under 16 you must be accompanied in pool which is ridiculous seeming as though in most places it's 10! 15 is the legal age to start working yet if you are under 16 you still need an adult. They should look at changing these policies and improving their customer service!

john stanley Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facility, friendly helpful staff

Ching Li Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Clean and warm swimming pool. Perfect place to go on winter!!

Tassietigermaniac Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great pool and steam room, plus a divine spa! Highly recommend!

Debbie Cleaver Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went for a casual swim. Great pool.

erin mcg Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: True to the name, this swim school is very friendly and the teachers are very good with the children.

Laura Truepenny Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent service/staff

Danielle Glasirin Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Love the pool here

Robert Goodwin Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and staff.

David Emmett Published on Google 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great

Joanna Published on Google 7 years ago

Positive experience: Friendly and helpful staff but no way is this Hobart's cleanest pool.

Cate Curwood Published on Google 7 years ago

Negative experience: Well I have used the spa here infrequently for two years and today being Mothers Day I thought I would treat myself and my daughters. What a dissapointment the spas had half if jets working which was courtesy noted by a sign on the wall. I could have dealt with that if the spa had been clean! The tide line was clearly evident and the lining was filthly. Then we battled the showers three of the seven were not functional and not clean either.

Breece Gevaux Published on Google 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic Gym with Pool, Spa and Steam Room. The staff are so friendly, they've made me feel very welcome.

Mark Maumill Published on Google 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: I regularly go and use the Friends pool and spa. I believe this is the best swimming pool in Hobart. You swim in sunlight as the pool has a massive skylight above the pool. The Spa is hot and the jets work well. The spa even has two beds to stretch out on. Showers in the changeroom have heaps of pressure and are clean and hot.

Alex Moir Published on Google 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and staff who will push you as much as you need

Ivan Davis Published on Google 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Well equipped and very tidy.

Allen Keen Published on Google 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: It is where I choose to swim

Valentina Korshunova Published on Google 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Я хожу в бассейн со своей внучкой. Она занимается с тренером, а я плаваю для души. Очень приятное место, очень внимательный коллектив. И немного посидеть в спа так хорошо!

Richard Pohl Published on Google 8 years ago

Positive experience: Great pool temp

Jim Ferguson Published on Google 8 years ago

Positive experience: Staff are knowledgeable and always friendly. The pool is clean and a good temperature. The other customers are welcoming and friendly too.

Nick White Published on Google 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff.Amazing body balance class by Nicole... suitable for any age or fitness level.

David Cantley Published on Google 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic staff

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