Planet Fitness Reviews Summary

Category: Gym

Address: 6305 Hadley Rd, South Plainfield, NJ 07080, USA

Phone: +19082058535

Rating: 3.8
based on 116 reviews.

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Everyone is so friendly! And when it says no judgement free zone I definitely see it!"
  • "The team here is definitely on their A-game."
  • "The staff are all super friendly and helpful."
  • "I can count on a friendly Hello when I walk in."
  • "The staff is friendly too."
  • "However, there was one girl with red hair that smiled at me and was very friendly that made my first gym experience so much better!!!!!!!"
  • "I thank the Planet Fitness for their very friendly staff, clean environment, fair prices, and 24hr availability."

Cons:

  • "Terrible customer service."
  • "They charge you twice and when asked for the refund for the amount that they charged twice they say we don’t believe you."
  • "I just feel the customer service in this location is horrible."
  • "Customer service is terrible, the young woman did not allow me to enter the gym for not wearing the keychain."
  • "The manager is so rude!!!"
  • "Manager has a nasty 'I don’t care' type of attitude."
  • "The PM female manager has the worst attitude ever."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Great gym, love how clean the establishment always is."
  • "This place is so clean. Lot of equipment."
  • "This gym is always kept clean and orderly."
  • "There’s always someone refilling sanitizers and paper towels, wiping down all the machines, and the ladies bathroom is always clean."
  • "What I like the most is the cleanliness of the locker rooms."
  • "The staff is always diligent about keeping the machines, floors and restrooms very clean."
  • "This gym is nice, very clean the machines are new."

Cons:

  • "Very dirty gym, Massage chairs are broken every other day."
  • "Not as clean as everyone states. i’ve been here a couple nights in a row this week and there is never any paper towels in any of the dispensers."
  • "Gym is great but the locker rooms are very unsanitary."
  • "The bathrooms are always over flowing with garbage in the men's room."
  • "Any time I've been to this location the men's locker room has had the worst stench."
  • "Oldest equipment and half of them are broken or not in a working condition."
  • "More than 50% of treadmills are out of service."

Equipment and Facilities

Pros:

  • "The organization of the equipment is spacious and not on top of the others, giving you ample room to workout without bumping into people."
  • "After doing sports, you can use the armchairs and beds free of charge to relax and have a massage."
  • "There are enough machines and weights to exercise."
  • "Bang for it's buck. Good infrastructure. Lot of work out machines."
  • "This gym has great equipment that I can't find at other PF."
  • "The cabinets are a little small, but the inside is clean and neat."
  • "This planet fitness has all the basics that you want."

Cons:

  • "They don't have the weighted straps."
  • "Something broken stays with a board which reads ‘under maintenance’ till it disappears from the floor one fine day."
  • "They have completely over booked this gym. Everything has a wait and no one puts away their weights."
  • "Many treadmills have issues and some machines need bolts tightened."
  • "They don’t have enough attachments for the cable machines nor the right setup."
  • "They tie up equipment for 20+ minutes while doing basically 4 sets max."
  • "Cancelled my membership in a week. People just sit and chat on the machines."

Management and Policies

Pros:

  • "Around Christmas time they offer an annual membership for a flat $100, no auto-renewal, no extra fees."
  • "All around excellent staff who genuinely care about helping people achieve their full potential."
  • "I am black card member and it’s definitely worth your money."
  • "Great gym for the price."
  • "I am giving 5 stars because of the exceptional customer service and helpful she was to me."
  • "Girl with blonde dreads seemed like management, reflected my air of love from heaven above!"
  • "I love this place!! I find myself getting up at 4:45 am to be there by 5:30 and I'm retired."

Cons:

  • "They’ll ROB you by charging you extra $10 in the name of late fee while you have everything correct on file."
  • "Was charged fees even when account was on freeze due to covid!"
  • "It's really difficult to have them cancel your membership."
  • "The gym closed overnight without any notice through verbal/email/phone."
  • "I have been trying to get in contact with my manager, named Maria, every time I try to speak to her either she is not there or she is busy or in lunch."
  • "The worst administration I have ever seen."
  • "They are horrible with canceling memberships."

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