Fitness First North Sydney Walker St

Fantastic experience: Great variety of equipment and layout is very good.

Positive experience: Nice gym, friendly staff, but damn does the mens bathrooms need a clean. Smells like it hasn't been cleaned since the 60s

Negative experience: Just don't know why you would ever go here.

Fantastic experience: My first ever fitness first gym was North Sydney as a 17 year old. Now 39 I’ve gone back. Lots of good equipment, parking is annoying but otherwise great workout

Fantastic experience: Great gym with a variety of unique machines, perfect for bodybuilding. Lots of cardio machines on the second floor as well.

Fantastic experience: After seeing all the bad reviews of this gym I was not sure what to expect, but it was a very pleasant surprise. The place looks very new, very clean, all the equipment is in perfect working order, and it is not crowded like many others where so often people are sitting on the machines and using their phone only. Lots of weights and other exercise equipment, and very few people, at least at the time I was there, l loved my time there and could make the best use of it!

Fantastic experience: I love the sauna here. It's super hot and has a 15-minute warning. Spicy! It has bathrooms on each floor, but I didn't even realise that it had a third floor until my 5th visit. I kept wondering why this gym is always empty, but as it turns out, everyone heads straight for all the weights on the top level rather than the cardio machines in the middle.

Negative experience: Avoid this gym, go next door to Elizabeth Plaza. The male receptionist is rude and unhelpful. My friend and I just joined fitness passport and wish to have a quick look of the facilities. He refused to let my friend enter as my friend have not yet downloaded the app, despite me showing him my friend is actually the primary holder. We just did a tour next door at fitness Elizabeth plaza with a lovely staff that showed us around. Guess it’s easy for us to make decision which ones to go.

Negative experience: Avoid this gym! It's filthy, has broken equipment, and charges exorbitant fees. Management ignores complaints and prioritizes profit over member experience. Find a reputable gym with friendly staff who value your workout experience

Positive experience: Nice gym. Some machines were not working since the last few months especially Leg Press which just got rectified. Also one gym handle is not there. Other than that, nice gym, nice space and nice staff.

Positive experience: Like all Fitness Firsts, the equipment is old and some areas are very dirty. Although there are some missing pieces of equipment, there is enough to get a full body workout. The biggest complaint is that the ventilation on the main equipment level either doesn’t exist or is set so low that it feels like it doesn’t. It’s a pretty unenjoyable work space.

Negative experience: Worst never go there

Positive experience: Good gym, some equipment is dated but generally most equipment is in working condition. And the aircon is always working too

Negative experience: Staff member Tomas was rude

Negative experience: Heather Crowe is the worst yoga teacher I have seen. We had a system of getting numbers from reception for yoga classes as they were getting overcrowded. I happened to come in much earlier than the class to work out beforehand and the receptionist accidentally handed me the token for the previous class. When I dropped my token into the bucket, Heather pointed out in front of the whole class that my number was different in colour to the other numbers. When I calmly explained to her that the receptionist must have accidentally given me the wrong token since I was early, she gave me a weird look and said "I find that very hard to believe." I honestly don't know how someone with that energy is a yoga teacher. Hopefully they have someone a bit more positive and understanding taking the classes now.

Positive experience: Place is worn out. Some of the equipment is broken, showers could do with better cleaning. Only advantage of this place is the price and the fact that its 24/7.

Fantastic experience: Always good to training, never busy

Negative experience: I have tried to use this gym twice this week on my fitness passport and both times, during staffed hours, there was no staff anywhere to be seen.

Positive experience: Your ideal 24/7 Fitness First. Everything is decent, though a minute setback is that the sanitiser dispensers are mostly always empty.

Negative experience: It is quite clear that whoever manages this gym just does not care about it. Gym equipment is in disrepair and has remained broken for months. I went here two years ago and thought it would have improved since then, nothing has changed. There is literally less equipment than when I last went here.

Negative experience: The gym is very old needs a lot of renovation. No stairmaster on the cardio area.

Positive experience: Fitness first has gone down hill! No towels, poor service and run down equipment

Negative experience: One star review due to begin sick and tired of asking why the Aircon switches off in the main weight area level at around 6:30pm every night. I just keep getting a bulls—t response that it’s getting looked at. Also half of the lockers in the men’s locker room are always taken 24hrs a day. This gym could be fantastic if it had staff that cared and did their jobs. But on a positive note the people that workout there are very friendly and mainly put their weights back.

Positive experience: Nice gym but the staff do not pay attention to the tools: every time you need to looking for what do you need around the gym

Negative experience: Everything fine except for the Aircon. Easily getting close to 30°C in here. Pretty unbearable

Negative experience: 2 stars for existing. Inexistent air con.

Negative experience: I've been trying to contact this gym to cancel for 4 months. Sent 4 emails, rang 9 times (left 4 messages). Spoke to another fitness first gym in person and on the phone which they couldn't help. I don't live near the gym so can't just walk up to it. At one point found it was closed for some reason and phone lines were blocked. Contacted my bank to try to stop payments but that takes a month. Would've thought that even though less staffed hours, they would return calls or respond to emails. I couldn't even figure out how to contact head office. I'm very sad as I've been a member for 5 years and had no issues till they removed/cut staff and customer service. grrr

Negative experience: As mentioned in other reviews , has been limited hours for a month or so with little to no communication with members

Fantastic experience: It is nice quiet gym when I go around 2pm and I can do my workout without having to wait for the equipment to become available. Also the classes are not overcrowded in the middle of the day.

Negative experience: This is up there with possibly the worst gym in Australia Not only is everything regularly out of order, more recently for over 2 months they have closed the gym however still charge you money for the membership Would avoid NS FF at all costs and visit elsewhere

Positive experience: Walker St is a good gym with good equipment and friendly staff but it has been closed for nearly two months now. Communication with members has been sparse. Meanwhile, the other N Sydney gym at Elizabeth St remains closed at weekends! Why not open it!!!

Fantastic experience: everything is good but the staffed hours it show be open more and there's no longer 24/7 so it makes timing very hard

Positive experience: There is no towel and shampoo and cream. I’m just comparing it with my other experiences with other fitness first gyms in south east Asia and Europe. The air conditioning is also sometimes off in the weights floor.

Fantastic experience: Sunday group fitness classes with Julia are a must. If you’re looking for a high energy, challenging and fun start to your Sunday - led by an amazing experienced instructor - this is the place to be!

Positive experience: It’s been 2 years, still no dumbbells.going to this gym has been hells.

Positive experience: Ok gym Bit too cold inside

Negative experience: The staff at the reception trying to misrepresent the conditions of the contract (saying it is for a fixed term, not ongoing) just to make a sale is absolutely unacceptable! They have been charging me for weeks and then it is Impossible to get a refund, stay away from Fitness First gyms at all costs!!! They only care about their fees, not your wellness!!!

Negative experience: Seems like I am not alone in being scammed by this mob. Tried cancelling membership but it took them 2 months to do it and now being chased by the debt collectors. No response from the 1300 number. Spent over $5k here over the years and they chase me down for $100 because they can't pick up the phone...

Positive experience: The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, and the equipment is well-maintained. The class schedule is also quite diverse and offers a good variety of options. One great feature of this gym is that it's open 24/7 which makes it very convenient for my schedule. However, the changing rooms could be a bit cleaner. Also, the gym gets quite crowded during peak hours, so it would be great if they could add more equipment to handle the demand.

Negative experience: Cancelled a membership. Still charging me. Impossible to contact. The gym is a safety hazard and nothing is being done about it. Worst gym in Sydney, only thing worse than this place is it's management.

Negative experience: This gym needs a refresh ASAP. It looks and feels dilapidated. I would have expected better from Fitness First. Pros: - convenient location - friendly staff Cons: - run down - needs more squat racks - old equipment (benches, weights, majority of the machines) - missing a few machines I would like (lying leg curls machine + an updated back row machine)

Negative experience: I closed out my account months ago with Simon Tinkler and now months late being chased by collections for an overdue bill. Very unimpressed, no other comms from fitness first to let me know this was happening just an arrogant and distressing collections email. Edit: In response to the owner reply, i have already sent you 2 emails and have provided a full email chain of the evidence i have of closure and my final payment. I do not expect to waste more time on this on a phone call.

Fantastic experience: Greate gym, friengly staff

Positive experience: Nice gym ,good facility

Negative experience: They turn the ventilation off during unstaffed hours, making it unusable in summer.

Positive experience: New floor open!

Negative experience: I went here as a visitor once with my partner (who is a current member of Fitness First) and the below are mine and his review combined. I'm going to start with the good first then the bad. Pro: - staff are super friendly and always willing to help - banger music Cons: - old equipment to the extent that some of the weight numbers are not visible - broken lying leg curl machine for weeks - entire functional area being closed for maintenance without informing/communicating with the members - weights are never put back in the right area - 24 hour access went down for a week without informing/communicating with the members, my partner goes late after work and was not able to attend for a week The gym has great potential to be a great gym, however, it is very mediocre and for the price that is being paid for the membership it is not worth it. I would personally recommend going to the Fitness First in Elizabeth Street, however, it is not 24 hour access.

Fantastic experience: Fitness First Walker Street would have to be one of the most cohesively well managed gyms that I've ever had a membership with. Everything is seamless and easy right through from joining and induction through to using the gym myself and also being introduced to my Personal Trainer (Dan Bradley who is amazing! ) who they personally selected for me when I joined, based on my needs and compatibility and I couldn't be happier with the results that I'm getting from the training and great advice that he's given me!

Positive experience: Average facility and relatively old equipment. Short open hours.

Negative experience: I am not happy with their service anymore! after covid restrictions they cut off the opening hours which made is more busy on the pick hours and people are doing workout very close to each other. they also close too early which is not convenient for people work upto 5,00 pm. and we are still paying the same!

Negative experience: Fitness first quality has been declining for a while but this branch takes the cake. All the machines are in dire need of repair and maintenance but nobody cares. Its also missing a lot of machines

Positive experience: Well equipped, some need TLC. Has awesome trainers - Mat Loudon and Dan Bradley. Trainers, highly recommend.

Positive experience: A good gym with friendly staff and a community feel. It is smaller but there is alot packed into the available space - there are a couple of parts that could use and upgrade (such as the group fitness room floor). The group fitness classes are fantastic with a great group atmosphere (but not too overcrowded) - would highly recommend trying Helen or Julia's classes, both are probably the best instructors I've encountered in my 10 plus years doing group fitness.

Negative experience: I walked into my first consultation, and 5 minutes later I was pressured into signing a one year commitment without my questions fully answered. Another lady at the front desk started pressuring me alongside the sales I had an appointment in an ill mannered way, "aren't we signing this already??!" I was totally put off by this as I have never been to a gym before. We are just another number on their commission, the gym doesn't actually give a sh*t about their members. this was just personal experience. I hope it never happens to anyone again.

Negative experience: My card haven’t unlocked the door

Negative experience: Not platinum , stay away

Fantastic experience: Great staff

Negative experience: The worst gym... The machines are old. Ceiling is falling apart. Not enough equipment..Very basic. Its always messy.Weights all over the floor. Bikes are always out of order. People working there are lazy and arrogant.

Negative experience: The amount of cardio machines out of service is just ridiculous. I’ve been asking for 6 months about them being fixed and I just returned after a break and now there’s even more machines out of order. The fact I can’t even do my normal work out (due to foot problems) because there are NO sit down bikes available at all is really bad. My friend cancelled her membership last week because of this very issue and I would too if I wasn’t on contract.

Fantastic experience: Never thought I’d say this. But I love Fitness First. The gyms are everywhere. So there’s always one nearby. The equipment varies but it’s quite good.

Negative experience: Too small .. just like any dodgy anime fitness , this is the worst centre I’ve been , it needs a serious update inside out

Fantastic experience: Clean gym with good equipment and enough weights and machines to keep any gym rat happy.

Negative experience: + Good location + Not many people after 7-30 pm + 24/7 - People and staff don’t put weights away after use - No A/C after 8-30 pm - Danger zones - glass shards on the floor, gap in the floor - No music on demand - People and staff are unlikely to smile and say hello

Fantastic experience: Awesome Bodypump class today (Wednesday) at 6am! Great job and great energy, Anna!!!! Thank you so much for your true passion!!! One more best instructor ever on my FF list!

Positive experience: Good set up, good range of weights/equipment, clean facilities.

Negative experience: So it seems there are two FFs in North Sydney. One is closed on weekends, and the other closes at 13:30 on Sundays. Both are closed on holidays. Are you kidding me? How is FF not embarrassed/humiliated by this? Um if you want people to pay to use your gym, it'd be nice if it was open occasionally when everyone isn't at work so it could actually be used...

Positive experience: a bit too small, too packed during peak hour

Positive experience: I won't say that the gym is bad. It's ok. But the machines are so old , it's also close too early every day!

Positive experience: Great location for who working at north sydney want a lunch time gym.

Positive experience: Air con can be a bit unreliable / turned off by the trainers at times making it a hot sticky environment. New equipment is fantastic and group fitness area has been expanded.

Positive experience: Conveniently located for people who work in North Sydney. The staff are friendly. They recently put in a new floor in the studio where most of the classes are held. I do find that during peak time its a little hard to get the weights/machine you want, also the fitness instructors seem to hog a lot of space when they're doing their sessions. Overall, think I think the memberships are a little expensive for what you get, unfortunately the options for gyms are limited in this area.

Positive experience: Great place to workout! Like all fitness first they have great equipment but I take part in the classes most of the time. They have a variety of classes (both morning, lunch & night) which I take advantage of. The instructors are friendly, prepared and know what they are doing!

Fantastic experience: My favourite Fitness First in Sydney.

Negative experience: dirty place, then it stinks. very poor equipment