
Information about Doherty's Gym
Opening hours
- Monday: Open 24 hours
- Tuesday: Open 24 hours
- Wednesday: Open 24 hours
- Thursday: Open 24 hours
- Friday: Open 24 hours
- Saturday: Open 24 hours
- Sunday: Open 24 hours
Our comment from FitFit Australia about Doherty's Gym:
Doherty's Gym, located in Brunswick, Australia, is a highly recommended fitness center known for its exceptional facilities and positive atmosphere. Users frequently describe it as the best gym in Melbourne and praise its extensive range of equipment, stating that it’s a ‘legit gym’ with a classic bodybuilding vibe.
Some key highlights mentioned by users include:
- 24/7 access, making it convenient for all schedules.
- A welcoming environment with friendly and polite staff, creating a supportive community.
- Great layout with a good mix of cardio and weightlifting equipment, including a dedicated boxing section.
- Spotless cleanliness and easy parking availability.
- Affordable rates, including casual visits, making it accessible to everyone.
While the majority of reviews are positive, a few users experienced issues with customer service and some found certain staff members less accommodating. Despite these minor complaints, the positive feedback far outweighs the negatives, and many describe their time at Doherty's as feeling like a ‘second home’.
Overall, Doherty's Gym stands out for serious fitness enthusiasts and newcomers alike, making it a preferred choice for anyone looking to enhance their training experience in a motivating environment.
Doherty's Gym: Opinions
Fantastic experience: It's the Mecca for a reason
Fantastic experience: Amazing machines and the staff was really friendly! Will definitely come back.
Fantastic experience: The guy at the front desk said my arms are looking bigger.
Fantastic experience: Best Gym in Melbourne and possibly the world, everything you need for every body part and never too crowded. The GOAT of gyms
Fantastic experience: Great night staff
Positive experience: Great gym but too many weird third worlders coming off Brunswick ruining the vibe pissing people off interrupting people during workouts
Fantastic experience: Wanna get jacked? Hate aircon? Love an insane amount of equipment? If you’ve answered yes to any of these.. welcome home.
Negative experience: Gym is dated and lacking, as in both the building and the equipment. Oh and the owner is a little penny pitcher. The roof has been leaking for as long as I’ve been here, in all three sections of the gym. Much the equipment is rusted and a bolt away from falling apart. The gym membership comes complete without any ventilation so you’ll freeze in the winter and drip sweat in summer. Speaking of summer, the owner is so cheap that he won’t give out plastic cups for water to cut costs. What a joke
Fantastic experience: Best gym in my opinion it’s got all the equipment an weights you need for a solid work out, great crowd not to busy, it’s got a nice energy feel about it
Positive experience: Great gym in a great location. Unfortunately waiting for anybody at the front counter anytime I've been as a casual is painful, as whoever works there is too busy wasting his time tuning chick's which he'll never get to touch. Also a lot more expensive than other comparible gyms. A 10 pass card at a reduced rate might be more appealing to casual visitors
Fantastic experience: Great gym
Fantastic experience: Joined recently and really can't fault it. Great value and amazing array of kit. Feels like a high quality west coast US bodybuilding gym, but that's not all it is - welcoming to a broad range of aims. Never too busy
Fantastic experience: Strictly business. No posers. No distractions. Every piece of equipment you’d ever need. A true mecca
Fantastic experience: Everything about Doherty's is world class. Love working out on the great equipment. Special shout out also goes to my world class PT Tracey.
Fantastic experience: Very well equipped gym, would highly recommend
Fantastic experience: Never Die
Fantastic experience: Best Gym in Melbourne. Buzzing I got to train at a Doherty’s gym at least once before we went back Scotland.
Fantastic experience: Great gym, one of the few 'proper' gyms in Melbourne. I always train there whenever I'm on that side of the city
Fantastic experience: Great gym, good staff, excellent etiquette
Negative experience: The tall staff member with the long beard was incredibly rude to me. Would definitely not recommend.
Fantastic experience: can we get a sus machine so I can go in at 3am and use it when there's noone around
Positive experience: The stretch and core zone is on a thoroughfare next to the storage shelves It feels awkward having people walking around right next to you when doing crunches
Fantastic experience: Legit gym. Proper Old school body building gym with every machine you can think off.
Fantastic experience: Best gym in Melbourne
Fantastic experience: Very friendly gym, good equipment
Fantastic experience: Professional Gym with welcoming vibe from cafe right through Gym. Spotless! Great supply of protein and Dream etc products from Axe Labortories. Easy parking out front. Best gym in Brunswick.
Negative experience: Went for the 1 day trial, customer service was a bit off, lots of staring from other gym-goers. Weird vibe basically. Not as welcoming as I thought but good selection of equipment and space
Fantastic experience: Australia best gum..
Fantastic experience: Love the gym! Dudes in their can lift some serious weights
Fantastic experience: Sensational
Fantastic experience: Friendly clean Lovett
Fantastic experience: Great facilities and incredible atmosphere for a strongman comp!!!!
Negative experience: Great if they would stop direct debiting when asked to!!! Not happy at all!!!
Fantastic experience: Great place to train loads of machines and dumbbells
Negative experience: DON'T FALL FOR THE TRAP "NO LOCK IN". I USED TO TRAIN IN THIS GYM LAST YEAR. I HAD TO SUDDENLY GO OVERSEAS DUE TO MEDICAL EMERGENCY. TO CANCEL MY MEMBERSHIP I CALLED THEY GIVE ME ANOTHER NUMBER TO CALL TO CANCEL AS THIRD PARTY CANCELLATION. THEN THEY TOLD ME YOU NEED TO PAY FOR 30 DAYS. I DIDN'T GO BUT I PAID FOR 30 DAYS. THEY CLAIM THEY DON'T HAVE ANY LOCK IN CONTRACT AND THEN I HAD TO PAY FOR 30 DAYS. LAST WEEK I CAME BACK N WENT THIERE TO INFORM, FIRST THEY WERE NOT EVEN LISTENING AND KEEP COMING WITH SAME THING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY LOCK IN. I REQUESTED THEY GUY AT FRONT TO FORWARD MY COMPLAINT TO THE OWNER HE TOOK MY NAME AND NUMBER BUT IT'S BEEN A WEEK, NO CALLS OR ANY RESPONSE. STOP FOOLING AND GIVING WRONG INFORMATION.
Positive experience: Great facility and good sense of community Some staff can be a hit and a miss, some really superb customer service others don’t look like they want to be there
Fantastic experience: Finally my search for the perfect gym in Melbourne has ended! Open 24 hours, decent range of equipment and easy to get to location. Rarely have to sit around waiting for equipment to be free, especially outside peak hours which is a win.
Fantastic experience: A great gym for those wanting weights and cardio in a friendly, encouraging space.
Fantastic experience: Great boxing section
Fantastic experience: The best, nothing more tosay.
Fantastic experience: Gym junkies only. Love it
Positive experience: Very good coffee.
Fantastic experience: Best gym in Melbourne.
Fantastic experience: Great gym, friendly atmosphere and the staff couldn’t be better!
Fantastic experience: Excellent gym, friendly staff and amazing equipment! Would recommend to anyone wanting a gym.
Positive experience: Everyone happy and friendly at 9am Great to see how people live early morning before work. My friend and I had an OAT MILK Coffee , it was very nice... Unfortunately i didn't train there today, but they have lots of equipment there
Fantastic experience: What a cool Gym. Has that old school dungeon feel. Lots of inspirational posters around to keep you motivated. If you are ever in Melbourne go have a work out.
Fantastic experience: Awesome gym and huge!! Great layout with everything you need. Friendly staff. 24/7 access, perfect for a casual visit any time of the day.
Fantastic experience: One of the world's great gyms, home of some of Australia's elite body builders, power lifters, boxers, fitness and figure competitors. Home away from home for many international superstars. A great place for everyone to train.
Fantastic experience: One of the best gyms in Australia!
Fantastic experience: Great place as environment, and Tony is the best and most down to earth guy you'll ever meet. Do yourself a favour and drop in and say hi..
Fantastic experience: What separates every gym is the vibe and culture and Dohertys gym is a cut above with amazing equipment to use (that I’ve never seen an out of order sign funnily enough)
Fantastic experience: One of the best gyms I've ever worked out at
Fantastic experience: Got all the equipment you need. No thrills just get your sh!t done..plenty of parking nearby
Fantastic experience: Awesome gym and huge!! Great layout with everything you need. Friendly staff. 24/7 access, perfect for a casual visit any time of the day.
Fantastic experience: Excellent gym, friendly staff and amazing equipment! Would recommend to anyone wanting a gym.
Fantastic experience: The best gym in Melbourne, Doherty's have the most wonderful staff who are just so friendly and helpful and it has a real "family" atmosphere. Doherty's is also very clean and membership is great value for money too
Fantastic experience: Tons of equipment to workout. Very helpful and polite staff too! Thanks Jesse for your help today!
Fantastic experience: Tony led the charge for the fitness industry through 2020-21 and was a shining example of how any individual should approach challenges and life. Doherty's Gyms always have a great feel, unmatched in Aus
Fantastic experience: Legit the best gym I've ever been to
Fantastic experience: Tony is an amazing person who makes a mean post workout smoothie!
Fantastic experience: Simply amazing
Fantastic experience: who would not love gym....
Fantastic experience: Nice gym very clean
Fantastic experience: Now serving great coffee and protein shakes.
Negative experience: Tried last 3 days in a row 5-6 times each day but there is no luck to do the workout
Positive experience: Slightly renovated , toilet is clean. $20 casual rate and $15 weekly rate. Plenty of (slightly old) equipment to work on. Friendly staff!
Fantastic experience: Now serving great coffee and protein shakes.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic gym. The new reno's are wonderful fantastic staff and great mix of members
Fantastic experience: Good gym with every equipment you will need for every muscle group and cardio as well. The staff are super friendly, always greet you as you come in and leave.
Fantastic experience: Really friendly & helpful staff make this a great gym to work out in, for all levels of weight training or cardio capabilities. Really good vibe set by the staff so everyone there is really polite but dedicated from experienced lifters to beginners.
Fantastic experience: A Very Down to Earth Gym managed by very lovely staff & the members are really nice too. Honestly thanks to Guys like Tony Doherty and Scott Goble this place has helped me turn my life around, after escaping a Toxic Environment in a Previous Gym I attended. I may have Grass is Greener syndrome, but currently being a Member of Doherty’s Gym I can assure you the grass is Just as Green as I saw it from the Perspective of being a Member of another Gym- Has NOT changed its shade of green Would HIGHLY Recommend
Fantastic experience: World class equipment!! Very friendly and supportive staff. Very clean and tidy gym with great parking!!
Fantastic experience: In Melbourne for 1mth looking for somewhere to train, i hunted down this beast of a gym. Happy to call it home whilst I'm here
Fantastic experience: Doherty's the best. Great Gym, nice people, 15 per week, good machines, good location and parking. It has everything.
Fantastic experience: Best gym in Melbourne! 24/7 and always staffed.
Positive experience: Slightly renovated , toilet is clean. $20 casual rate and $15 weekly rate. Plenty of (slightly old) equipment to work on. Friendly staff!
Fantastic experience: Heavily equiped gym. Plenty of squat racks for everyone. Great vibe. Get in, lift heavy things, get out. Excellent price and convenient payment plans. Would recommend for all.
Fantastic experience: Great gym with heaps of equipment, open and staffed 24/7 and extremely affordable rates including casual visits for those looking to try it out before signing up.
Fantastic experience: Great gym, every bit of equipment you could ask for. Very cool feel, old school body building gym. Little bit of a tool factor but not too bad
Fantastic experience: Great vibe & Culture
Fantastic experience: Big.Clean.Got the lot.Ample parking nice staff.
Fantastic experience: Very good experience with proper social distancing and sanitation. Well done
Fantastic experience: The Meca of the body building... Amazing vibe, the best equipment... we love go there. we feel welcome .
Fantastic experience: Old school gym one of the best gyms I have been too!
Negative experience: Sadly for wheelchair users and wheelchair bodybuilders (aspiring or established) this is a gym to skip. Not only is the main entrance not wheelchair accessible but attempts to contact the business about accessibility have come up with ignored responses.
Fantastic experience: Great gym , Just being there definitely gets you motivated to train harder. All the staff and people that go here are extremely friendly and happy to help you if needed. I really enjoy the atmosphere here and all the posters on the walls truly completes the place
Fantastic experience: Don't forget to bring a towel!! There are so many buff people here that you'll either be overly motivated, or afraid to flex your flabby arms. Everyone's super friendly accommodating and the staff are chill. It has all the facilities you need, plus personal trainers on site. Not a lot of group classes but you'll love Doherty's if you come knowing what you want to achieve. The membership options are honestly the most flexible I've seen. Gains mate. Nothing but Gains
Fantastic experience: Just joined this Gym & wish I’d switched years ago!! Extremely clean, very friendly vibe, excellent new equipment & brand new toilets. Fantastic value for money & loads of parking nearby. PLUS it’s open 24 hours. Highly recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ♂️ ♀️
Fantastic experience: Sick gym if you like an old school vibe. One of my favourite parts was not being ripped off for a day pass ($10). Cheers Doherty's
Fantastic experience: I got a gym membership 3 weeks ago and for a cheap price and went there everyday and I love it so much. You got the exercise in one group each like arms, chest or legs etc. This is the type of gym I would go to and I’ll recommend everybody should try it out. Well done staff
Fantastic experience: Doherty's Gym in Brunswick has a great vibe. It's a friendly place where everyone is welcome, from beginners to power-lifters. There is a great community of body-builders here too. You will feel as if this is your second home.
Fantastic experience: Come done to Melbourne for a holiday and visited the famous Doherty’s gym. Was not disappointed. It has a hardcore and old school vibe about it all. Also met Tony himself and although he would have been extremely busy with a show he was organising and saving last minute, took the time to have a quick chat when introduced to us. What a top bloke with a top gym. Would recommend to all who travel through melb!
Fantastic experience: There's no other gym like it, no better place to get motivated to train!
Fantastic experience: The name lives up to its reputation!! one of the beat gyms I’ve been to. Everything from cable machines , free weights to endless cardio machines and a boxing room with a ring. Affordable and great people
Fantastic experience: Great gym. Plenty of equipment and only 10 bucks for a casual visit
Fantastic experience: Champions atmosphere
Fantastic experience: Avec toi Doherty's, j'ai de la forme. Je me fait une belle avec mes muscles.
Fantastic experience: Not bhed, ghud soize
Fantastic experience: Great gym
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