Fitness First Brighton

Fantastic experience: Great place to work out

Negative experience: I called to ask if they had a boxing bag. When they said yes, they failed to mention it was broken and so improperly placed it was leaning touching the floor. I drove all the way out because of their lack of transparency. The other facilities were average and the parking was horrible.

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, clean bathrooms, available equipment and personal trainers if need be. Overall, great gym including classes

Fantastic experience: I went to sign up for a free trial with my girlfriend today. Honestly the staff were extremely helpful and friendly. They gave us cards for our trial and even offered for a tour around the facility. Nice equipment and perfect for a quiet workout as its not too busy. Would 100% recommend

Positive experience: Why does Google say open till 4 pm on Sunday and I come and it is unattended which means the saunas are off? Dissaponting…

Negative experience: The lockers in changing room never worked. Just got stoled 175 bucks cause I couldn't lock the locker with my membership card！

Negative experience: Very small area - probably you have got more gym equipment at home than this one - live up to the expectations we have from Fitness First (Look at Richmond, Flinders, even Bayside…)

Fantastic experience: Very friendly staff, the staff really wants you to achieve your goals

Fantastic experience: A great gym

Negative experience: Not bad gym. But truly laughable staffed hours. Literally only have a 4 hour window over the entire weekend to have a sauna. Pathetic.

Fantastic experience: Five star rating for this lovely quiet night. It’s just so nice that I don’t have to bear the lame musics out loud today due to audio malfunction?Maybe turn down the volume in the night, I can still desperately hear it with my noice cancelling headphone on :(

Negative experience: Worse than phone scammers at harrassing you. Ive had over 10 texts and several phone calls after a quick visit. Gym is not great or value for money in the area.

Negative experience: Incredibly rude staff. Dodgy equipment and filthy change rooms

Negative experience: Not very impressed. 1. I didn't like the set up of the gym weights area much so I didn't go as often as I would have liked. 2. Main issue is they signed me up on a contract very easily to take my money, but now they are making me jump through hoops to cancel on my 1 year contract on the due date. They are still trying to squeeze more payments out of me using all sorts of tactics and terminology like 'out of term' and not honoring a complimentary 'freeze' I took when on holiday...they seem to forget what was promised. The Manager also wants to deal with me via email rather than talk to me on the phone, which is more time wasting and hoops. The experience leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth on their gym ethics and policies to members when they wish to leave. Good luck

Fantastic experience: Fantastic gym. Staff are friendly, greet and say goodbye to you everytime you enter or exit. Facilities always clean no matter the time. Other patrons put their weights away and respect the equipment and other people's time.

Fantastic experience: A good gym is a place to be, Where strength and fitness set us free, With weights and machines at our fingertips, We push our limits and don't quit.

Fantastic experience: Great gym. That are very accomodating. Excellent equipment and combined classes.

Fantastic experience: Best club ! Super clean and friendly staff

Positive experience: The gym itself and the staff are great so it's a shame that it is let down by its business model. I was charged over $50 in overdue fees because my weekly payment wasn't completed at the exact time alongside dozens of daily texts and calls from 'debitsuccess'. I was also made to pay for an extra month of a membership way out of my price range because you supposedly need to give notice to leave a gym.

Negative experience: the worker conor, was very rude to me and made my experience horrible through ought.

Positive experience: I like the sauna as well as the equipment that is available so far

Fantastic experience: Not gonna lie, it's an expensive membership my G. You gotta haggle quite a bit to get them to drop at 28.9 dollars a week. Which is still a lot compared to other gyms. On the plus side, got 2 saunas, its huge and I always find plates and bars even at the busiest hours. Nice changing rooms too. Do no pay admission fee, its entirely optional.

Fantastic experience: Great atmosphere, great team and always professional. Clean and discreet centre with top equipment. From Peter Mantzoros

Fantastic experience: Fantastic gym with great management. Easy to deal with and professional.

Fantastic experience: Really good gym. Ppl friendly, clean and good range of equipment.

Fantastic experience: Great gym! There is plenty of equipment and it is well maintiand. The staff are all friendly and helpful

Negative experience: Unfriendly, dodgy management. Easy to sing up and difficult to terminate contract despite years of loyalty to FF. They would use any excuse possible to continue changing fees. FF have closed their central customer support office, so you have no choice other than to fight for your rights with club management. Brighton's management is disrespectful and hopeless.

Negative experience: They signed me up on a contract, debited my account, and then cancelled the contract without my choice, claiming that they underquoted, saying my option was to sign a new contract. Very unethical, Fitness and Lifestyle Group / Fitness First.

Fantastic experience: Great gym, very clean and super friendly staff. Good equipment and there's plenty of space. Night and day difference compared to the St Kilda East FF which I do not recommend

Fantastic experience: Nice quiet Gym. Good machines for cardio, Suana and steam room.

Fantastic experience: Love this gym. Staff are so friendly. The facilities are always clean and extremely well set out. So glad for this to be my new gym in my new area!

Fantastic experience: The Brighton East staff are lovely; professional, cheerful and helpful. The gym is clean and the experience pleasant. I’ve been a member for many years and while other gyms may be cheaper, Fitness First offers the best range of equipment and nicest staff. I go often late at night and I always feel safe. Gym members are universally polite and courteous, which encourages my more regular attendance. I’d highly recommend the gym to anyone contemplating membership, particularly if you are a little older like me, 60 plus.

Positive experience: Great space with new-ish equipment that connect to your AppleWatch or other fitness bands. Majority of the weight equipments are new. Plenty of space for core and stretching. Dedicated spaces for classes, a dedicated spin room. There is a relaxation room. The only downside is the shower/changing rooms — although new and tidy, they are often messy and not as clean as needed. Some staff are friendlier than others. It seems the mask mandate doesn’t apply to all clients, only the ones they feel like telling to put the mask on.

Fantastic experience: Very friendly staff. Well maintained equipment.

Positive experience: The staff and the facility is great. For me the best part is that its not always very crowded.

Fantastic experience: Great gym!!

Fantastic experience: Great gym friendly staff, never too busy that you cant get your machine. Highly recommend Brighton Fitness First

Fantastic experience: Fitness First Brighton has endeavoured to meet all the need of members whilst juggling very strict co-vid parametres. This has been done with understanding and efficiency to the safe guard of members.

Fantastic experience: Great place to get your daily dose of endorphins with profesional and friendly instructors! Great group fitness programs to suit everybody!

Fantastic experience: Love Fitness First Brighton!! Staff are so helpful and filled with knowledge! The Manager, Alice, is so supportive and always going the extra mile for all the members! Highly recommend Fitness First Brighton! Always look forward to going and the good vibes of the gym.

Fantastic experience: One of my favourite gyms - the club manager Alice sets the bar high for customer service with her infectiously positive energy and willingness to assist in any way. Similar to most companies, management's approach tends to have a huge influence on staff's attitude and you can see that here with how warm and welcoming they are. Regardless of your mood when you enter, you'll leave with a smile on your face. Make sure to check out one of their classes in the beautiful fitness studio! :)

Fantastic experience: Great Group Classes, really enjoy Spin, must try Kaz spin class

Fantastic experience: Hands down, best choice I’ve made training at Brighton. From management, to the trainers, by far the nicest and most knowledgeable staff I have come across. I look forward to walking through the doors and always feel amazing when I leave. Definitely recommend and encourage everyone to try it out, you won’t be disappointed.

Fantastic experience: As soon as I walk in I am greeted by the reception staff which are always friendly and helpful. They go above and beyond. The facilities and gym equipment are excellent and I’m really enjoying the variety of classes on offer.

Fantastic experience: I've had a great experience dealing with the team at Brighton, they are very empowering and professional. I highly recommend dealing with people who take health science and your personal fitness goals seriously.

Fantastic experience: Love training here! Amazing energy, great facilities & a legendary crew lead by an awesome club manager. I've no clue what the 1 star reviews are about - seems to be small people with petty issues. Ignore them. Get into this gym and get involved in a great training space.

Fantastic experience: Lovely staff, great atmosphere! The manager, Alice was particularly helpful in guiding me through my goals. I felt looked after and she also helped me realise how amazing weights are! I feel strong and capable!

Fantastic experience: Incredibly helpful and welcoming gym! Being new to the area I was apprehensive, but the staff (especially the Club Manager) talked me through the group fitness timetables and gave me a tour of the gym and equipment. I'm feeling inspired and I can't wait to come back!

Fantastic experience: High quality, diverse group classes , lot of varied equipment to work out on. Staffs are super nice ,and people are nice to one other like in a friendly community. Love coming and doing my work out here .

Negative experience: Constant staff turnover, extremely rude service at front desk, outdated facilities, would NOT recommend

Negative experience: 0 stars if possible for the shocking customer service and extremely rude female club manager. Constant staff turn over at this facility and machines are never repaired fast enough way too expensive for the standard provided. Shop elsewhere!

Negative experience: If anyone wants to pay $32 a week and have a gym rip you off for the level of services they provide instead of going to another gym down the road for $11 a week with even better equipment this is your gym! For the price you pay for this gym you should be provided with top notch equipment and a well maintained gym. Instead there is old worn out equipment, cracks on the floor, water leaks and worst of all rude members! Definitely money first instead of fitness first.

Negative experience: Handling of recent "telecommunications issues" preventing after hours access has been inadequate. I learnt that I couldnt access the gym only when I arrived at 11pm. Cant understand why it would take over 5 days to sort out. And, cant get an explanation bc of said "telecommunications issues". No doubt I'm still being charged for a gym I cant access.

Negative experience: 0 STARS!! Shame used to be a great gym before the new club manager started and all the friendly recognisable staff left...well I guess that says a lot about her!!

Negative experience: Gym’s is dirty. Equipment is not catering to demand and the gym floor classes keep changing.

Fantastic experience: Love it here. Have been coming for over 15 years!

Fantastic experience: Extra friendly and helpful trainers

Fantastic experience: Nice little gym. Welcoming stuff and great instructors. I really like to workout there, especially doing the Les Mills classes regularly!

Fantastic experience: Great club with the right equipment for my training. The staff are great and in particular, Alice is always extremely helpful and knowledgeable.

Negative experience: Normally happy with the gym except last Sunday, we couldn't get in at 11:45am August 18, so we checked the opening hours at the front door and it says open till 12 noon. Luckily, someone was getting out, so we were able to get in. We asked this female receptionist why the door was closed earlier and she said they normally close the door at 11:30am on Sundays. So, we said, if that is the case, they should change the time mentioned on their front door to 11:30am instead of 12 noon. I think this receptionist just wanted to go home earlier because I saw her sort of reconciling behind the front desk and disappeared very quickly at 12 noon. Very unprofessional!

Negative experience: If I could 0 stars to this sorry excuse for a gym I would! The club was a thriving and friendly environment while ex club manager Tommy was in charge. He always would stop and have conversations with all members whom he got to know well. He has since been replaced by a new female club manager who I found to be extremly rude, unapproachable and incompetent. I have asked numerous times regarding change room hygiene complaints to issues with with random changes to class times and instructors. Changes to reception staff reflect the same issues no one ever seems do anything with feedback that is passed on? If you expecting a large scale professional gym with friendly staff and machines that are actually maintained I'd suggest maybe trying Anytime Fitness a few doors down. After doing a trial this week I will be cancelling my Fitness First membership.

Fantastic experience: Great club - small but perfectly formed. I use several different FF clubs around Melbourne and this is a great neighbourhood one with a great class timetable and large studio. It’s also busy without being overcrowded.

Fantastic experience: Friendly & welcoming staff that motivates you to achieve your goals. Excellent gym facilities, everything you need, highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: The staff at Brighton Fitness First helped me achieve all my fitness goals. Such a friendly group of people - I’m so glad I made the move to this gym. They have all the expertise and equipment I need. Would highly recommend

Fantastic experience: This is a great gym

Fantastic experience: Fabulous, vibrant, friendly. Love this place.

Fantastic experience: Great gym, everything you need. Staff are all super nice, lots of group fitness classes and variety. 3 Studios including Hot Yoga.

Positive experience: Great equipment, friendly staff. I came here for the first time yesterday and signed up after my first free trial. Cardio - Plenty of tredmills, bikes, a couple of stairmasters. Open Area - Plenty of kettle bells, slam balls, boxes, battle ropes etc. Free weights - Great cage area with plenty of power bars and a couple of deadlift bars, iron edge bumper plates. Deadlift platform and there's a bunch of different benches, incline, decline, flat. Machines - Great range but no cable row or assisted pull-up machine, all is well maintained, lots of different attachments for the cable towers. Classes - Plenty of different pilates, spin etc classes and even a room for the kids to play and hang out while you do a class. Definitely recommend it.

Positive experience: Closes too early on the weekend. Most people only have time to work out on the weekend.

Fantastic experience: Great gym facilities and spin classes. Now 24x7 access.

Negative experience: Dodgy lock in contracts

Positive experience: Pros: Good gym, great to have multi site options (near work/ near home) under the same membership Cons: no towels

Negative experience: Fitness First : 1 Expensive 2 Not Very Good equipment.A lot of broken machines. Not well maintained. 3 No Expert assistance unless you Pay more 4 Dirty Not cleaned during the day 5 Messy, equipment Is not putaway 6 Aggressive , Competition for equipment especially the spin class

Positive experience: Great clean equipment! Definitely a good gym to go to in your spare time.

Fantastic experience: My Trainer, Mark Anthony is excellent! My strength and performance has increased amazingly - and with no injuries! Thanks so much - I feel terrific and always leave more energized than when I arrive. Just the amount of push I need to keep going.

Fantastic experience: Good gym with lots of interesting equipment. Just the perfect number of people even in peak hour too

Positive experience: it is a great gym but memberships are expensive

Positive experience: The facilities are excellent however memberships are expensive.