NOMAD Bouldering Gym Annandale

Fantastic experience: A great bouldering gym with super friendly staff! I dare say its arguably one of the harder gyms they run comps here every now and then too which is neat!

Fantastic experience: Nice and very well maintained bouldering place.

Negative experience: The worker there seemed like they did not want to work there which gave a bad reputation of the gym. Also some of your holds were loose and were shakey. The unisex toilets are the worst possible aspect of your gym. I think you should have a female only bathroom to allow them to feel safe. I was also disappointed to find out that you don’t have the floating wall anymore.

Positive experience: Good gym, good bouldering. + : settings are good, varied, with both old school crimpy problems and new school coordination - : not a lot of problems in each grade/color, hard mats (new) and hard final moves make toping sketchy.

Fantastic experience: Dropped off my daughter here and she fell in love with the place, insisting I give it 5 stars in my review.

Fantastic experience: Been coming for a year now love the atmosphere and staff are very helpful and nice! Decent number of climbs Left my phone by accident and they found it after hours so I could collect it THANK YOU!!!!!

Fantastic experience: Good bouldering nice doggy too nice table tennis mmmm I want pizza

Fantastic experience: Great culture, great place. I’m a beginner boulderer and the induction was thorough, we tested my fall a few times. The beautiful guy at the front desk is lovely. They have coffee and lots of food options. Parking is readily available outside. Lots of walls to try. My favorite part are the grey safety holds to help you climb down safely instead of having to jump off. I haven’t seen that in melbourne before

Fantastic experience: Fantastic bouldering gym. Great vibes, super lovely staff

Fantastic experience: Wow, what a friendly place! If I lived in Sydney I would be here all the time. Wonderful staff and fantastic facilities. There’s a great variety of climbs. I’m not an especially skilled climber and I had tons of fun. They’ve got a coffee bar with snacks, too. Great value for the money.

Positive experience: Bouldering gym is a bit too cramped and a lot of ppl crowd on the mats and this makes it dangerous when dropping from the wall. I also agree with the other comment about the bathrooms. Signage could be a lot better. I along with two other female strangers were super confused. It was a bit like Russian roulette trying to figure out which one was the female and which one was the male toilet.

Negative experience: The gym here is quite old and I found the setting here to be very average. Half the lights on the moonboard are broken. They also put a climbing wall right opposite where the moonboard is which seems kind of dangerous to me. They have a nice yoga room though. Also, if you get injured and need to pause your membership, they still insist on 3-5 business days notice and you can only pause it for a minimum of two weeks. Seems harsh to me!

Positive experience: I'm pretty spoiled when it comes to climbing gyms given I'm from California but this one is pretty well set up with a good mix of challenging routes. Curious how many route setters they have though because they felt similar in style, quite a few dino problems, but you're still likely to find something that suits you. Nice upper balcony off the yoga studio and fun social hang out spots through. Bonus that they offer good coffee! Rental shoes weren't bad either.

Positive experience: I had heard great things about this place and was excited to try it. The location is good and the facilities are decent, but it feels like it’s a gym past its prime that’s been left to degrade. Probably the best way to describe the feel for Nomad is a gym that’s on a budget and doesn’t want to spend time or money going above and beyond. My partner and I both found the route grading to be a bit inconsistent and some of the routes were far shorter than we'd like too. The layout of the gym also feels quite cramped. They've prioritised wall space at the expense of walking/seating space, meaning a lot of people stay on the mats when not climbing, resulting a few near-misses the couple of times I’ve been there. This is sadly hard to avoid, as we weren't even there during a busy period, yet there's just no way to get around without getting close to the walls and other climbers. For some reason there also wasn't any liquid chalk either, which is very uncommon and just exacerbates that "budget" feel. Aside from bouldering the gym also has a strength and conditioning room and yoga studio. However, whilst the S&C room is better equipped than many other gyms, it's very run down and doesn't feel like any maintenance has been done on the equipment in years. Some of the fittings are loose and other pieces of equipment didn't work properly. The deadlift platform is too wide, meaning the plates drop on the wood, instead of the rubber, defying the whole point of the rubber flooring. Some of the cardio equipment displays also don’t work, although I suspect that’s as simple as no one having changed the batteries, which again makes it feel like no one cares. Their yoga studio and balcony are lovely, and probably one of the few distinguishing elements that set Nomad above competitors, but even there you can see the corner cutting. Little sings of lack of care like the fact the plant propagation tubes, were all bone dry when we were there. Ultimately it’s still a decent gym and will keep a lot of people happy. It's a gym that's better suited to more serious climbers who want a raw, bouldering experience, and more comp style climbing. It's by no means a poor gym, but that “on a budget” feel means I’m far more likely to spend my money at one of their competitors. I hope to see them and their staff take a bit more pride in their club and bring it back up to scratch, so it can better compete against the local competition.

Fantastic experience: Id like to extend a massive thank you to Nomad Bouldering Annandale for providing me with a beautiful trial period experience. Prior to finding Nomad, I've had an extremely difficult time going to regular gyms due to my history with body shame and insecurity. I was attracted to Nomad following a deep reflection of what going to the gym meant to me. I concluded that the unconscious reason I was going to the gym wasn't for health or wellness but to fight the self-loathing thoughts I had about my body. Following this realisation, I knew I could no longer go to a regular gym that profits off the shame and insecurities of their clients. I wanted to prioritise celebrating what my body could do rather than trying to make unrealistic changes to what it looked like. Serendipitously, the day I quit my gym membership my partner had a bouldering experience with her workplace and got an idea that we try out your gym which is a 5-minute walk from our home. Immediately upon our arrival, we were greeted so warmly by the staff and beautiful neo-soul tunes through the speakers. I was genuinely getting emotional from the get-go. The energy within the space for me was of play and introspection which is exactly what I needed. We are new to bouldering so we enjoyed the process of discovering our difficulty level and found that we advanced faster than we expected After a couple of climbing sessions with a few smaller gym sessions in between, we went to try your yoga. Oh my days it was perfect. The space, the instructor and the plants were just so warm, inviting and grounding. One of the best sessions I've had outside of a yoga retreat. The entire experience was just divine for us and we will without a doubt be joining for membership once we're back from holiday

Positive experience: Great climbing gym. But the upstairs bathroom has a sign that says "All gender bathrooms + urinals" and I(woman) walked in to a man peeing at the urinal. I don't think either of us wanted that. If they just change the sign to "Male" 5 star gym.

Fantastic experience: Good music. Good facilities. Lots of fun. Cheers!

Fantastic experience: Very fun bouldering gym with comp style boulders to try. Very friendly staff as well. Layout was a little confusing but the staff helped me find lockers and the bathrooms.

Fantastic experience: I've been bouldering for 2 months now I've shopped around the different gyms eg. 9 degrees blockhouse ect. Nomads by far is the best most welcoming fun friendly environment great for beginners to the advanced, they change their configuration all the time which makes it interesting, they have great coffee and food onsite, staff are friendly helpful and professional they have a gym and shower facilities on site also, great prices I'm hooked I ❤️ nomads gym

Fantastic experience: The staffs were nice! Every week has different challenge of the routes. We usually went on weekday afternoon and it was quite busy

Negative experience: What am I getting for my $22? They have exploited maybe 5% of the available wall area. Maybe worked during covid to average one grip per 3 sqm wall but thoroughly disappointed in NOMAD.

Positive experience: Decent selection of boulder problems to work on. Nice if you're looking for a small starting gym to get into the sport

Fantastic experience: Awesome gym! The staff are really chill and the sets are really fun. Comp walls are a plus too 10/10 would come again

Fantastic experience: Awesome gym, interesting routes for all grades. Very impressed Staff polite and friendly, super fun session.

Fantastic experience: Went to this gym while traveling to Sydney. It has a chill atmosphere with friendly regulars and staff. There are a lot of beginner to intermediate routes, which I think makes it great for bringing friends along. There were also a couple of walls that I could see myself projecting for longer spans of time.

Fantastic experience: Awesome bouldering spot, with a good crowd, friendly staff and challenging routes. It is not as beginner friendly as other bouldering gyms, but from beginner/intermediate and above, there are a number of good challenging courses.

Fantastic experience: Top tier, best people, great setting schedule :)

Fantastic experience: Great climbing facilities, chilled atmosphere and excellent options for beginners like me.

Positive experience: Nice bouldering gym with a good range of problems from beginner to more advanced. Loses a star for the easier problems lacking any creativity. I would do again.

Negative experience: I seldom write reviews on Google, but the way I was treated by the receptionist at Nomad is just incredible. She told me they have an offer for newcomers where you can pay for a one week trial including shoe rental. I naturally thought it would be more expensive than a single day pass, and because I didn't know if I was returning I opted for the day pass without knowing the price difference. Turns out the day pass is more expensive than the 1 week trial (28$ vs 21$). No one in their right mind would ever opt to pay more for one day than paying less for 1 week. I received zero warning about the price difference as I was paying. When I confronted her about it she just acted like it was a silly mistake on her part. I returned a few days later to climb and asked if I could climb for free because I paid more than the 1 week trial, but was refused. She had me pay for the 1 week trial. Even though I confronted her about her faulty reasoning she would not budge or admit she was providing awful customer service. Good climbing facilities.

Fantastic experience: I’m visiting from the states and found NOMAD is way better than the climbing gym in my city!! Love the chilling vibe and spacious semi-outdoor place where you can explore different levels and challenge yourself! (All level friendly ;)) They also have a lovely coffee bar, green yoga rooms and first-week exploring pass for only $21… too many good things to say about this place

Fantastic experience: Chill place with awesome routesetting and sick music. Love that they have a low-sensory time period on sat mornings to cater to people with sensory-overload issues. Really thoughtful and inclusive!

Fantastic experience: Best bouldering gym in Sydney. Constantly changing walls, friendly staff.

Fantastic experience: My local Bouldering gym. Staff always friendly and helpful. Place is kept clean. Music isn’t to bad. Great for a climbing workout

Fantastic experience: Beginner here. I started going here as part of a Meetup group and as I feel I'm slowing progressing, this is a highlight in the week. The sport is quite hectic, but I feel that the people here have been so inviting and friendly. The sport itself is very inclusive and everybody wants everybody to win. I feel people at Nomad are embracing that. On the gym itself, it doesn't fall short of anything. I've been loving it every time I've gone.

Fantastic experience: Nice place for some bouldering for all age groups

Fantastic experience: Great atmosphere and the friendly community made me feel really comfortable as a beginner. The staff are very accomodating and there is a wide variety of climbs for all levels. Also great gym facilities & amenities (they even have free sanitary products for women) Highly recommend!!

Negative experience: I used to love this place, but in recent years, they've really changed their style to be overly crimp heavy. This means that if you don't have the finger/forearm strength, you simply cannot do the climbs. I've found that either climbs are far too easy for me, or they're impossible, with no in between. In previous years, they had a much larger range of hold types, meaning that you could have difficult climbs with nice hand holds, as well as ones that required crimping. They were challenging, but not impossible to achieve for the semi-regular climber. This was the only bouldering gym that I would use before the injuries that I've recently got over. I don't think I'll go back again.

Fantastic experience: Great facitilies, friendly staff, and what seems to be a good community that goes there

Fantastic experience: Excellent gym! Really good innovative setting with lots of variety. Good vibe and good music. Very handily located next to wayward brewery as well. Highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: One of the best bouldering gyms I’ve been to, fair pricing. And super spacious.

Fantastic experience: There are heaps of new bouldering gyms in Sydney, but this place is pretty special for a bunch of reasons. It somehow manages to combine the old school community feel of some of the older bouldering gyms (RIP The Bloc) with the modern feel of the newer gyms springing up. That's a real tough balance, but it comes through in the setting which caters to a broad spectrum of styles. If you just want to pull hard on tough problems you can! If you prefer more gymnastic comp style? There's also heaps of that! Also, as a parent, I've never felt more comfortable taking my kids. Most of Sydney's bouldering gyms don't do a great job of accomodating younger kids. I've been to gyms where I've flat out felt unwelcome with kids. NOMAD is the opposite. It has a *great* kids class, with friendly, knowledgable instructors and somehow does it in a way that kids don't get in the way of the adults either. They learn gym and climbing etiquette AND how to climb! On that note, this gym is super inclusive, with queer climber nights, women's nights -- even low stimulus events for those who potentially struggle with the music, noise and general bustle of a busy climbing gym. Just incredibly thoughtful and respectful and man... this place rules. Sorry, massive wall of text. Been meaning to write this review for ages. My favourite climbing gym in Sydney for sure. Wish I could get out more often.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic bouldering gym. Friendly and pleasant staff!

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym. Has Redbull

Fantastic experience: Best Sunday morning tunes I have ever experienced in a climbing gym. Absolutely cured my slight hangover. Staff were great also!

Fantastic experience: My friend told me he knew a better gym, and took me here. He was right.

Fantastic experience: Nomad is an excellent bouldering gym, easily my favourite I've been to so far! Huge gym, loads of climbs aswell as the variety in the types of climbs. The facilities in general are good :) Food and coffee are nice too But my favourite part is that the crowd here are great :)

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, excellent facilities, and not too intimidating for a beginner!

Fantastic experience: Love it. Holds are clean, betas fresh, coffee delicious + it’s next to amazing pub.

Fantastic experience: Excellent bouldering gym, lots of cool features including top-out boulders and cracks. Large variety and number of climbs.

Fantastic experience: awesome climbing, friendly regulars, fabulous staff, scrumptious coffee, what more could you want. would recommend time and time again.

Fantastic experience: Great gym, training facility and coffee. Lovely people too. A great place to try hard and have a good time.

Fantastic experience: Bouldering - better than climbing cause it just is. Anyway Sydney has a range of climbing gyms, few dedicated just for this pure art. Nomad is the biggest. The ups (haha) are that they regularly reset the routes & there is a good range of difficulties, esp important for beginners. Good coffee and there are few rules. Price - it’s expensive esp when sydney sandstone is free - but it’s probably worth it. They do have memberships. And yoga

Fantastic experience: Easy to join, easy to get climbing. And good range of difficulties.

Positive experience: An enjoyable and challenging experience where the layouts change pretty often.

Fantastic experience: Great bouldering gym: good boulders, nice gym installations and very friendly staff.

Positive experience: The problem styles are different from 9 degrees, so if you want variety this place is great. However the place is really hot and stuffy most of the times, and not many places for rest or watching people climb.

Fantastic experience: I had a great time trying to climb up the walls. Quite a laugh . The young lady staff member was friendly polite approachable and professional.

Negative experience: Such a disappointing customer experience. I have been referring friends to Nomad after climbing there a few times but I’ll never do that again. As part of my niece (7) and nephews (5) Christmas gift, they wanted to go climbing so thought we’d make it a new thing of ours starting at Nomad. Unfortunately, the English accent woman on shift (30/1/21) had some sort of complex and needs some serious training. I understand that to reduce the risk of injury, Nomad has specific parent-to-child supervisory ratios, which change depending on the age of the children. However, she misquoted your guidelines verbally and I queried her misquote as my situation was no different to what she was saying so I was trying to explain her logic. When she realised she was wrong she poorly referred me to read the paper or the website with a world of attitude. After we got over that it then it got worse... She pulled the covid card in terms of transmission of the kids street footwear in the gym compared to unsanitized oversized shoes that would need to be padded out. I'm sorry but I didn't see any NSW COVID SAFE sign in clearly at the entrance and both of the sanitiser I attempted to use when I entered was empty. So once again a poor excuse to try to make any experience better even if Nomad couldn't cater for children. When we decided we were not going/wanting to stay the best thing she did was recommend Sydney Indoor Rock Climbing gym in St Peters. We went the and had a blast. The staff there were amazing. Nomad should headhunt a few. Anyways, I won't be back and will only he referring people to Wayward around the corner for a beer.

Fantastic experience: My favourite location for indoor climbing, large walls, good coffee on site with an excellent selection of climbing shoes. ‍♀️

Positive experience: Nice gym with friendly staff and good vibe. It seems cater more for advanced and pro level climbers tho, very few beginner friendly problems but a big section for competition climbing.

Positive experience: Floor too hard. When you fall it jarrs your neck. They used to be much softer but now they are just too hard.

Positive experience: Really cool place to climb. Friendly staff. Nice vibe.

Fantastic experience: Such a cool place to have fun climbing with friends, if you have any, I don't.

Fantastic experience: Best bouldering gym in Sydney. Emma and the staff are so nice. Absolutely love this place.

Fantastic experience: I've been coming here for a little under 3 months and really love it. The community is great, the boulders are fun and challenging, the coffee is lovely, the staff are super friendly, the yoga classes are dynamic and the ventilation in the climbing areas is perfect. They also have heaps of hand sanitiser and liquid chalk to keep everything hygienic. Thanks for being so great Nomad <3

Fantastic experience: Best and biggest bouldering gym in the southern hemisphere.

Fantastic experience: Super friendly staff, amazing coffee... And great, intelligent sets that always keep me learning..

Fantastic experience: This is a review for the Tues 7pm beginners bouldering class w Ellie & Mitch; just wanted to say what a joy it was to be a part of such an enthusiastic group of people to learn and practice a sport gaining huge popularity here in AUS. The instructors were attentive, kind, encouraging and humble in their approach and are true professionals at what they do, not to mention every climb they ‘send’ looks so effortless. Thoroughly happy with what I took away and will be back for more. Take a bow Nomad!

Fantastic experience: Really chill. Helpful staff and clean facilities. Everything hurts and I am dying.

Fantastic experience: One of the best gyms in Australia... Very luck to have such a great community around it.

Fantastic experience: Great gym, great boulders, super friendly staff. Literally won't go anywhere else

Fantastic experience: Good vibes, walls aren't too crowded so you'll be able to get plenty of climbing in. Good coffee in cute mugs. You could go here for a first date, do it for the gram or go to climb some hard stuff, they have it all.

Fantastic experience: Nomad is my favourite bouldering gym in Sydney. The staff are super friendly and there are so many climbs to work on (with the setters changing them regularly). The gym is clean and tidy, and they offer a variety of yoga classes. I’ve been coming here for two years and I still rate it.

Fantastic experience: Top quality, best bouldering gym in Sydney!

Fantastic experience: It's really fun and the people who work there are awesome. There's a really great community

Positive experience: staff did their job even if they weren't very attentive or welcoming, they were straight to the point. climbs were more difficult than some other places, was fun.

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff and fantastic problems. Your only regret in going will be the new addiction you develop.

Negative experience: I went with my 7 year old and she couldn't do anything. She is a brave climber but it was too hard for her. And was told after we had paid she can't climb higher than I can reach. Should have told me that before I paid, we wouldn't have bothered. Probably great for adults but not kids.

Fantastic experience: Staff are friendly, let alone everyone. The vibe is great. Would go here again.

Positive experience: Staff aren't very friendly, pretty good climbing gym though.

Fantastic experience: Had a great first experience with a buddy to show me the ropes. Back at it to sign up for a 10-pack pass and kickstart learning something new in 2020. ✌

Fantastic experience: Very helpful staff. Excellent climbing walls with regularly changed climbs. Great atmosphere.

Positive experience: Cool gym with ample parking in the surrounds. Also amazing brewery next door

Fantastic experience: Nice place with a big variety of routes. Staff were also very friendly.

Fantastic experience: Only been a handful of times but climbs have become much more interesting since opening. Great spot. Week nights are good if you want to avoid crowds.

Positive experience: Cancelled membership. They've changed the grading so that everyone I know went down at least a full grade. It's regularly super busy and not in a friendly inclusive way. And there's too much focus on big arms. Moved to Blockhaus.

Fantastic experience: I love the vibe here, good music and chilled people. It’s a really fun way to exercise.

Fantastic experience: Really lovely place. The staff are total bros, shoe rent is cheap as chips which is awesome if you want to try it out, and they also offer a whole slew of perks for membership. Still considering signing up as it seems as much of a hobby as it is a sport, but it's a little pricey if you only want to go once a week. Highly enjoyable, would recommend for people who want to add some fitness to their life but don't like slogging around aimlessly, surrounded by greased up muscle-bound bros heavy breathing with every pump of the dumbbell whilst frowning at themselves in the floor to ceiling mirrors at the gym.

Fantastic experience: Great place, everyone is really social and the walls are regularly changed (monthly).

Fantastic experience: Big bouldering gym. Lots of different styles and levels, some really fun/clever routes. Showers, toilets, gym and yoga area. Large open doors so lots of air.

Positive experience: Good fun. Go online before you go the first time as you can do some of the admin on the website.

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym, great staff and always a great climb

Positive experience: Friendly staff and great vibe, but small things like maintenance in the bathrooms and showers is very lacking.

Positive experience: Great technical gym. There's boulders here for every age group.

Positive experience: Super wide variety of climbs! Great place to go with friends or family, but pretty expensive

Positive experience: Big climbing gym with yoga and strength training areas. Good vibes!! Could be nice if they could clean the hokds sometimes, though. Should be easy since they reset the routes every week. Also, the easiest routes are already hard... perhaps make them more accessible so that everyone has more pleasure to climb! Keep going guys, great place!

Fantastic experience: Awesome bouldering center. Good variety of routes and training options. The comp wall is a lot of fun.

Fantastic experience: Great staff, very friendly. Strong climbing community. A wide variety of different level of difficulties. Designed for every level of experience. From first timers to world class climbers. This gym included an area for warm up stretching and a small gym with weights. The route setters here do a fantastic job and routes are changed routinely. I've found their prices quite reasonable and their membership packages currently allow members to gift a free pass once a month. I've found this place to be good for people who have social anxiety.

Fantastic experience: Love the place! Love the staff! Love the holds that challenges me.