The Bunker Gym

Fantastic experience: Clean, weights go back where they belong, friendly people and not too busy in the early mornings! Pretty perfect actually!

Fantastic experience: Absolutely awesome location and amazing classes! The boxing class is a highlight! Highly recommended!

Fantastic experience: Huge shoutout to Darren! I was in need of a change of scenery when it comes to the gym. Darren asked me about what I do for working out, my goals, etc. Then he gave me a tour of the gym and took the time to cover all the different machines and equipment, some of which I have never seen around other gyms before. Darren also took time to go over the memberships and answer all my questions/concerns. The gym is very clean, modern and overall a wonderful environment.

Fantastic experience: Super friendly staff, great facilities and really good vibes. Best gym in Sydney!

Fantastic experience: Lovely staff and great facilities

Fantastic experience: Nice place , nice pace. Encouraging, not suffocating. Highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: Really kind staff

Fantastic experience: Great gym, good atheistic and good quality machines & weights. Been going here for a year now, highly recommend!!

Fantastic experience: How did I not find out about this gym before? I’ve been in Syndey for a year now and had not signed up in any gym because none was providing the services I excepted at the price I was ready to pay. I walked in The Bunker out of curiosity and came out with a membership. All studios are high end quality, beautifully designed. They offer reformer, dance, cycling & more classes. The trainers are all highly trained professional and always keen to help and advise you if needed. I’ve been talking about One Playground and The Bunker to everyone around me for a week now. This is your best option for your regular gym training and group classes.

Fantastic experience: One Playground and particularly the Bunker I cannot recommend enough. My girlfriend and I signed up together while visiting family in Sydney for several months. Luke was awesome right out of the gate, giving us the tour, helping us sign up and find the right personal trainers for our requirements to meet our goals with our budget in mind. The facilities are the best I’ve experienced and all the staff are always super friendly and eager to help. The gym was also surprisingly very rarely crowded during the times I trained. My girlfriend particularly loved doing the classes in group training which seem to have endless options. Shout out to her favourite group trainer Aly McKeown and personal trainer Ngoc! Luke set up me up with sessions with Jordan as my PT. Jordan is an incredible trainer and helped me meet my initial goal of just feeling confident in a gym in only the first week or two in my 8 months with the Bunker. Jordan taught me the proper technique for weightlifting in a wide range of exercises quickly which allowed me to train independently right away. Jordan always kept each session fresh, created excellent solo routines and had a wealth of knowledge on diet and supplements. Jordan is also just a stand up guy and I’ll definitely miss our sessions. Cheers to the Bunker and Jordan. If I’m ever back in Sydney, I’m definitely signing up again.

Negative experience: Says its open til 1am. Can't get in. Can't find a staff member. Can't train.

Fantastic experience: I stumbled upon Bunker Gym in passing last year, and it turned out to be a life-changing decision. The moment I walked in, I was greeted very kindly by someone, The coach, although I can't remember the name of the person I spoke to, was incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. His expertise convinced me to sign up right away. And began my 'underground' fitness journey. The atmosphere at Bunker is welcoming, and the staff and coaches are friendly. While you can work out independently with the well-maintained equipment, they also offer personalized training support. I've been working with my personal trainer, Molly Morgan , for six months now, and I can't thank her enough. From the beginning, she always listens to my goals (improve my posture, strength, enhance my dance performances, and most importantly, pick up my grocery shopping bags comfortably ‍♀️ no judgement please about my last goal ). Molly updates our program monthly based on my progress and needs, and is always attentive to my feedback. Our chats are always helpful about nutrition, and I now eat much healthier (at least I don't eat pizza every day anymore‍↕️ ). Thanks to Molly's guidance, I've gained discipline in my fitness routine and witnessed remarkable progress for myself. What seemed impossible before has now become enjoyable and rewarding. I appreciate Molly for her dedication and professionalism in being a crucial part of my transformation. My journey at Bunker has been nothing short of amazing, and I look forward to continuing my fitness growth with them. Highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Bunker was the best gym I have ever joined. They have all the equipment you ever ask for.the gym is also clean and smell so good. Staff and The trainers ( Ngoc) were absolutely brilliant.

Fantastic experience: high end gym with great instructors and overall facilities

Fantastic experience: Great facility with equipment to serve everyone from your seasoned gym junkie to your first time goer. Helpful team members who love what they do!

Fantastic experience: All staff are incredibly kind, the beats are awesome and every gym equipment you could ever need is always available could not reccomend high enough wish I could give more than 5 stars

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym right in the heart of Sydney. It is full of top notch equipment and has a great vibe to it. Staff are very knowledgeable and helpful too. My only gripe is it gets very busy around 5-6pm. That being said I would 100% recommend coming here

Fantastic experience: Great gym, fantastic team, and what's most important, new equipment in good condition. And the place smells nice ;)

Negative experience: Extremely frustrated after my involvement with the gym. Left feeling like a money grab and a huge lack of communication or maybe it’s just a scam since even getting several confirmation emails from the gym they’re still trying to charge my account. MONTHS after the fact. Very annoyed and uncomfortable. *edit* it’s clear that the problem is not been taken seriously and after being an active member for 6-8 months and having PT ontop of the regular membership 1-3 times a week the process to pause and then end my membership was quite possibly the most difficult and frustrating process I’d ever experienced with a gym. This also took place while I was on my overseas trip because when I tried to do the paperwork prior to leaving the documents apparently hadn’t been actioned correctly. Pathetic and huge lack of communication, initiative or lack or care all together. I will not be recommending or returning.

Positive experience: It was a really good gym, nice equipments and it has everything you need if you are an experienced lifter. The only thing that I have a problem with are the dumbells, they do go up to 50kgs and it was good quality weights but sometimes it is a bit hard to find the weights that you need that doesn’t have a thick grip. It’s a subtle issue for me but overall good gym would recommend if you live nearby

Fantastic experience: I love how friendly the staff are. The cleanliness of the facilities, the fact you have straighteners and hair dryers in the gym. Also, massive fan of the playlists and that it's played in the changing rooms. The various equipment you have to offer is a winner too

Positive experience: Das Personal und die Architektur des Gyms sind wirklich super. Ich habe selten so freundliche Menschen getroffen, wie die Mitarbeiter des Bunker Gyms und ebenso selten so saubere Sanitäranlagen in einem Fitnessstudio gesehen. Leider ist das Herz des Studios nicht sonderlich gut ausgebaut. Viele gute Maschinen fehlen, es gibt keine decline Chestpress, incline Chestpress sowie keine Tricepspress. Auch eine Schulterpresse oder Low-Row-Machine fehlt. Würde das Gym sich ein paar Nebula G.O.A.T. oder Nautilus XPLOAD Geräte anschaffen, könnte es wirklich viel mehr Potential ausbauen.

Fantastic experience: Love the friendly environment, good quality equipment too

Fantastic experience: Clean, friendly, great range of equipment, not too busy when I go.

Fantastic experience: If your looking for a PT that will change the way you feel about the gym and support you 24/7 I highly recommend Ngoc. I’ve been working with her for almost 2 months and she has made such a positive impact on my life, not only in the gym but constant ongoing support. I cannot recommend her enough!

Positive experience: Weird building layout. The only way to go to toilet / out is through small lift that fits only 3 - 4 people and only go up but not down. Locker / gym is not on the same floor, so if you go to toilet and forget to bring your key card with you, you have no access to your locker unless theres someone to help you go back down. Oh yeah not to mention locker malfunction as stated as other reviewers.

Negative experience: The gym is great in terms of gym equipment. They have the best equipments you can think of but I wish the gym members could be more considerate. 80% of people who go there are not for training but socializing. Most either on their phones or talking to friends while occupying the workout benches / equipments. Wasting other people's time waiting to use them. The gym should do something about this I feel.

Negative experience: It's an ok gym but the sales pitch was nauseating and like something out of a comedy skit; I hadn't been pushed on a sale that hard for years. I just wanted to do a trial, which they'd advertised online and kept phoning me about, to see if I wanted to sign up for a membership while living in Sydney. I'm not sure if the staff are on commission or if it was some sort of a bet or competition - I'd usually extricate myself from any such situation but needing to train before a show I had to sit through it. Having 45 minutes of a planed 90 minute gym session was disappointing and I had to rush to the show. I'd rather have just paid for a day pass, which I only found out was an option after the fact. If you are remotely susceptible to pressure or value your time then this is one to avoid. It's very trendy and has a fairly large olympic lifting area although perhaps slightly too large as the rest of the gym is squashed into the other half. The benches are a bit awkward and too low to see anything in the mirrors. Some decent leg machines but nothing groundbreaking and slightly limited to perform a broad range of training. I was impressed to see a chest fly/lateral raise multi-function machine, but that alone was not enough to redeem the experience. I was chased down the street when leaving and offered a very special one time deal.

Fantastic experience: Great gym and Amazing people

Fantastic experience: Nice facilities and great trainers

Fantastic experience: Great Gym

Fantastic experience: Amazing equipment and staff

Positive experience: Good place to stay fit

Fantastic experience: Excellent, all that you need for workout and happy environment.

Fantastic experience: Friendly welcoming trainers and staff, good programming, great music, range of equipment and facilities.

Fantastic experience: Clean and not too crowded. Machines are well maintained. Good value!

Fantastic experience: Amazing equipment and great atmosphere, very clean, as well as friendly staff.

Fantastic experience: Great floor layout and best equipment fitted… a proper gym designed with serious gym-goers in mind.

Fantastic experience: Awesome gym with excellent well maintained equipment, high-energy motivating vibe and great staff.

Fantastic experience: Amazing clean and modern gym with incredible facilities. Love the classes and trainers here.

Fantastic experience: The best gym in the town. Friendly personal, good vibes. Sometimes bit crowded though

Fantastic experience: Bunker is really an awesome gym for workout. It is clean and everything is in great order.

Fantastic experience: Great space, great trainers and great bunch of bunkees. Favorite gym I’ve trained!

Fantastic experience: A absolutely epic gym in the center of Sydney. This place has everything you could ever need and more. It's insanely crowded in the mornings before work, but great at nearly all other times of the day!

Fantastic experience: Love the overall concept, equipment, set up and small details like signature scent. The team is very friendly and accommodating for trial visit. Will definitely return.

Positive experience: Nice gym with new equipment and always super clean. Being a smaller gym it can get super busy though so avoid peak hours

Fantastic experience: love this gym!! so clean, well maintained, not over crowded, and fantastic facilities. the instructors for the yoga classes are also really wonderful

Fantastic experience: Great gym and atmosphere, everyone is really friendly and motivating, there’s one personal trainer in particular (Harrison) who always makes extra effort with his clients and goes above and beyond with customer service.

Positive experience: I'm not actually a member but I did trial it, the only reason I didn't go through is the distance from where I live.

Fantastic experience: The best gym I’ve ever been so far. Been searching for a good place to gym and glad to ended up at the Bunker. Not mind travelling from home to city just to gym here. Really love the vibe, friendly staff and trainer!

Fantastic experience: The Bunker is the best gym & experience. Love being a member and training there. Have trained with Matt for 6 months and he’s the best trainer I’ve ever worked with.

Fantastic experience: I’m extremely pleased I decided to join The Bunker gym at Surry Hills. I have scheduled weekly PT sessions, and access to the Fitness Playground gyms if desired. They send you reminders for PT sessions which is always helpful with a busy schedule. The trainers are experienced, the equipment is high quality, and overall it’s a great environment and a very well run operation. Highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: The entire 'Fitness Playground' franchise exemplifies high quality gym experience, posessing some of the best gym facilities across Sydney, and 'the bunker' is one of the best. Super cool location and rare equipment makes the entire experience both enjoyable and productive.

Fantastic experience: First of all, everyone is really nice, I always feel welcome in the gym. The facilities are really good, the place is beautiful. The bathroom is looked after and the showers are better than my own. I love working with my coach Connaugh, he teaches me a lot and I make way more progress than I would do alone

Fantastic experience: I am so happy I joined The Bunker. It is the first gym that doesn't make me feel intimidated to work out! Their treadmills are fantastic, the staff friendly, the facilities excellent. I opted for the highest membership which provides access to both The Bunker and Fitness Playground Surry Hills (along with all their classes!) and I am absolutely loving it! Couldn't recommend it enough!

Negative experience: mid experience. a full membership costs around $60 per fortnight. one of the more expensive gyms for sure. lockers in the women's locker room malfunctioned at least three times during the short 8 months I trained with the bunker - malfunction not in the way that it doesn't lock, but that it doesn't open. if you train later at night around 8-9pm, then there is no help you can seek for the locker malfunction. One time in February this year I had to wait overnight for the locker to open so that I could get my stuff. At the time of the malfunction I wrote an email to the Bunker but I have received no response as of the time of this comment. the gym gets busy during peak hours, around 6-7pm. You will have to wait for popular equipment. The treadmills are sometimes fully occupied. This is also the time when the Bunker has classes. The classes occupy quite a lot of space, resulting in very limited area for stretching/cooling down. Not worth the price for the confined space in my opinion. You are here to exercise. You shouldn't feel you are in everyone's way (or vice versa) all the time.

Fantastic experience: Have been using this gym for about a month now. I am really enjoying coming here; the equipment and facilities are great. The staff are helpful and there are so many classes to choose from. Absolutely love the bunker gym for sure.

Fantastic experience: The Bunker it's a safe place for me. I've been in Sydney for 9 months and also in the Bunker. I've met a lot of nice people here. PT Harrison Lee, was the first person to make me feel welcome. I treasure that moment so much. Been in another country, different culture and language can be really overwhelming. I love the Bunker <3 and btw, I met my boyfriend here. So... The Bunker it's in another level :)

Fantastic experience: I don't like going to a gym generally but the Bunker changed that. The gym itself is not as thumping and frenetic as most gyms I've been too - the music is there but not shaking your ribcage, the equipment is modern and easy to use and even at the busy times early and after work, you can still get around and use equipment. The trainers are young, fit and clearly workout but you don't need to be the same. All ages and body shapes are welcomed as far as I could see and the personal training is great for learning correct technique (so many people work out hard and go with big weights but aren't actually working the muscle they are supposed to be) and also encouraging people to get the most out of what they are paying for. A really good experience. Highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: I have been going to The Bunker for around 10 months now and I love it. The guys do take care of the machines very well and the whole gym in general. They make sure they replace machines when they have had them for a while and they continuously add more equipment and machines which is great. Super happy! And absolutely recommended!

Fantastic experience: Very clean, organised and the aesthetic of the gym is perfect for everyone. Will be a life long member. On another note the workers are very fire and keep you on track to reach your full potential and goals.

Fantastic experience: Hands down best gym I've been to in Sydney! The Bunker is beautiful and aesthetically pleasing, with the best bathroom facilities i've seen in any gym. The moment you walk into The Bunker, you feel the energy of the space which really motivates, it's unreal! The equipment is clean and world-class and has every piece of equipment you can think of! To top off an amazing gym, the manager and staff are friendly and make you feel really comfortable. Highly recommend The Bunker anyone.

Fantastic experience: All you need in a gym with great people

Negative experience: Had a package with one month access and 6 PT sessions. PT didn’t show up at 2 sessions. Concierge only gave me 3 weeks access. Come on! Any work ethic!?!?

Fantastic experience: Love this gym and the people here. There's plenty of gyms where I work and live but I choose travel here because of the personal trainers, friendly staff, people and quality of the gym itself. I started off with 2 personal training sessions a week and now bumped it up to 3.

Fantastic experience: Bunker is by far the best gym I’ve been to in over 7 years of training and the equipment and staff are always well-kept and maintained to the highest quality. I couldn’t speak higher about bunker but if I had to pick some words to describe it would be amazing, world class and exciting. Especially the music!

Fantastic experience: I just got to Australia and was searching for a nice gym. I had a free session with Sam at the beginning and she was the nicest person ever. Everyone here was very friendly and had a lot of knowledge! I would definitely recommend this gym. Eventhough my plans changed spontaneously, this would be the place I would chose for a workout if I stayed in Sydney!

Fantastic experience: Such a nice, clean and convenient location. The gym itself inside is a boutique feel with a smaller number of machines and equipment than the others but what it lacks in size is made up in the amazing team! Harrison is our PT and couldn’t be happier training with Harrison, very detailed program to whip is back into shape and to help us maintain our fitness goals. Having trained with Fitness First for over a decade we are so pleased we made the switch to this super funky, friendly and much better fitness community. Ditch the rest and join the best club in the Inner City! Thanks so much Harrison.

Fantastic experience: Great gym, helpful staff and amazingly good trainers. Highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: I’ve been a member at the Bunker for a year now and couldn’t recommend it more. The trainers are amazing and so friendly, the equipment is sophisticated, excellent quality and clean, the classes are tough but adjustable and there is always a respectful, yet fun vibe in the gym. Always love my time here!

Fantastic experience: Good equipment, well laid out and clean.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic gym, top quality equipment, friendly staff and an all round great workout environment. Highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: My beautiful place

Fantastic experience: Awesome ambience, professionals and members. Also love the décor and the vibe, and most of all its location :)

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism

Fantastic experience: One of best gyms

Fantastic experience: Amazing staff super convenient gym

Fantastic experience: Great place where to workout, amazing staff abs really good vibes

Positive experience: It’s a great gym, not too busy

Positive experience: It's a commercial gym. Machines were decent quality, Barbells, not so much.

Negative experience: The member is full of trapdoors so watch out. I got stung with an $89 charge just for the access key. Super busy in there too.

Fantastic experience: Wasn’t expecting to like a gym bit this is a pretty good one. My main grip is with music but that’s just a matter of taste. Good, clean, well maintained equipment, fun classes.

Fantastic experience: I came in yesterday to upgrade membership very nice and friendly staff quite rare theses days

Fantastic experience: The bunker has fantastic trainers, great equipment and facilities. But what I love most about it are the challenging group fitness classes.

Fantastic experience: Top gym. Great sessions by friendly professional trainers.

Fantastic experience: Best gym in Sydney city by far. Clean, tidy and a great team

Fantastic experience: Love it. Great small group training.

Fantastic experience: The absolute best gym in Sydney. I'm currently living in Dubai but the second I return, I will 100% re-join the Bunker. The staff there were so insanely nice, really helped Sydney feel like home (I'm Canadian). They created such an awesome community vibe, not only in but outside of the gym too. Their classes were incredible, and their support around the gym was greatly appreciated as well. I miss you guys so much!

Fantastic experience: Best gym I've been to in a while. The team are very professional and will help you out. Equipment is very modern and well looked after.

Fantastic experience: I’ve been training at Fitness Playground and the Bunker by Fitness Playground for over 18 months now. Apart from strength training, I’ve loved working on improving callisthenics skills with my trainer Dave Marsh. It’s really helped with mobility, movement and strength, and overall wellbeing. What I love most about the Bunker is the sense of community. All of the trainers help create a supportive and friendly environment that makes going every day an enjoyable and rewarding experience. Thank you Dave and the Fitness Playground family for helping me become a better, and stronger me.

Fantastic experience: Wasn’t expecting to like a gym bit this is a pretty good one. My main grip is with music but that’s just a matter of taste. Good, clean, well maintained equipment, fun classes.

Fantastic experience: the staffs are so friendly and helpful, well designed, visually impressive. highly recommended! :)

Fantastic experience: Great gym at a good price. Vast variety of equipment and weights to use.

Fantastic experience: I have been training here for a year after trying 3 other gyms in the area and this was the first that made me feel comfortable and not intimidated. You guys have the BEST trainers working there, every time I am in they are saying hi always with a smile. Keep up the amazing work guys! xx

Fantastic experience: This gym has changed my life this year. Joined straight after first lockdown and attend the group classes regularly, the variety of work outs provided has been better than any gym I've attended in the past and I've noticed much greater results than I've seen after years and years of gym training. The culture in the gym is fun and it's like working out with mates, music is always pumping and the trainers are great fun also.

Fantastic experience: The best gym I’ve ever been to. Super clean and has everything you need. The best part are the PT’s/ instructors. They’re so knowledgeable and always have the best workouts. The whole staff knows what they’re doing.

Positive experience: Excellent facilities with a large range of strength and cardio equipment compared to Anytime Fitness and Fitness First. I was eager to sign up until you had to wait for a lift coming back up as there are no stairs only a elevator going down.

Negative experience: I wanted to like this place, I really did. But firstly, no prices or information on their site (year 2020, consumers need information). Therefore, I tried calling The Bunker...twice...left a message...twice... no answer and no returned call (Bear in mind this is January... The busiest time for gyms, surely all hands on deck)... I thought I would give it benefit of the doubt as it might be too busy, so I thought I would turn up in the morning... No one to let me in... No one to greet... Ghost town. I waited 15 mins and looked around where I could, only to find one of the staff members playing on their phone outside (by that point I was over the membership) I then find out they only open the office at 10am (Google listing only mentions 6am).. I was curious as to who is signing up for gyms at 10am? Not sure on this business model but seems money has gone more to fancy lights and marketing than actually getting the basics right. Better and more friendly gyms in the area that put their members first (new and existing) such as Enjoy Health Fitness and even Hiscoes. I would give this place 1 star as I couldn't get over the first hurdle, but I gave it an extra star as I haven't had a chance to see it. Think that's fair.

Fantastic experience: Not the largest space, but the environment is great, and the equipment is fantastic! Specialty bars, tons of squat racks, great music. Pretty pricey, but definitely worth it

Fantastic experience: Awesome Gym, been with the gym almost a year. Great equipment also the team is very professional and friendly. Frank, Benji, Kris, Amy, Allen, Tom everyone was very helpful. Would recommend to anyone who lives Surry Hills or close the area.