Planet Fitness Reviews Summary

Category: Gym Edison, New Jersey

Address: 561 US-1, Edison, NJ 08817, USA

Phone: +17323391730

Rating: 4.2
based on 120 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "The staff are very professional and ready to assist you at any moment..."
  • "Convenient location. Staffs are friendly and attentive."
  • "The staff are always friendly though and there's never a wait for beds."
  • "The staff is always friendly and helpful."
  • "I had a great experience with a front desk staff member yesterday morning, he helped me with my login and getting set up on the app for scanning myself in."
  • "Kudos to the management. You are clearly doing a good job & have a great staff."
  • "The staff is super friendly and helpful."

Cons:

  • "They didn’t provide me with any customer service, professional assistance."
  • "staff are rude and unprofessional."
  • "Untrained staff, badly mannered supervisor. They don't know how to cancel a membership."
  • "Today 10-28-23 was my first day the attendant today was rude not helpful at all."
  • "Once again I was attacked by very rude staff members after I politely tried asking a few questions."
  • "I've witnessed the girls at the front desk being very rude to customers with innocent questions."
  • "Biggest issue as of late is this ONE staff member I have to bite my tongue with every single time I come in."

Cleanliness and Maintenance

Pros:

  • "The gym and bathrooms are always clean."
  • "The gym itself, including the bathroom and showers are clean."
  • "Also, the facilities are always well-kept and clean, no complaints whatsoever."
  • "Super clean, professional staff, new equipment, restrooms & locker areas are clean."
  • "I was really impressed how clean & well kept the gym is."

Cons:

  • "Locker room and showers are absolutely disgusting though. Half the sinks are full of hair and the showers are full of mold."
  • "The treadmills were dirty."
  • "All the equipment is not updated or clean."
  • "The equipment is dirty and water bottle holders are packed with dust and grime."
  • "Bathroom was gross, dust bunnies everywhere under equipment."
  • "The tanning beds are never cleaned. And machines look gross often have grime on them which only means a lack of even weekly deep cleaning."
  • "The first thing I would like to note is that it was not very clean in the hall."

Facilities and Equipment

Pros:

  • "It's just your basic gym with the machines that you need, the weights that you want and enough stretching space for anyone."
  • "There are a lot of different machines to work various parts of the body."
  • "All the same equipment I need and more affordable."
  • "The peck deck/ rear delt machines accommodate enough weight for me."
  • "The facility is always clean, and you can always get the type of cardio machine that you want."
  • "For $10 a month, what can you expect. They have enough of everything to get a workout in."
  • "This is my new gym. It's really clean, the people are friendly, all the machines work, there's a lot of machines."

Cons:

  • "Some equipment looks worn out."
  • "Some dumbbells in 90, 95, and 100lbs and above would be a welcome addition for single arm rows."
  • "The second day I went in to workout a rack of weights was missing and has been no where to be found for over two weeks."
  • "Limited machines and crowded during peak hours."
  • "The machines break often and it takes an average of 4 weeks to get them fix!!!!!"
  • "This Planet Fitness location is not my favorite. There is a funny smell. The weights are crammed into a small area."
  • "All the bench presses are bad and broken wasting my money here don’t ever come on this franchise."

Value and Policies

Pros:

  • "Very economical, basic gym. Costs about $12.50 a month when you average in the annual fee."
  • "Their massage chairs are unparalleled."
  • "The fact that you went back to 24 hours is beyond amazing... You can take my money for life."
  • "Great staff very welcoming and nice, let u try it out for free and almost sold us."
  • "Planet Fitness has truly exceeded my expectations as a fitness destination."
  • "Honestly - a good facility without costing fortune. Staff is friendly and the facility is clean."
  • "Most planet fitnesses have an undertone of judgement despite being a 'judgement free zone'. This one genuinely lives up to that."

Cons:

  • "They claim to be 24/7 but they close at 9pm on Friday and at 7pm on Saturday and Sunday."
  • "They easily lost 3 customers due to really low costume service."
  • "These people will say few thing while joining the club and they change those words after buying the membership."
  • "Ridiculous. I really enjoy the gym when its not packed but every time I go they say there is a problem with my billing so I cant go in when theres nothing wrong with my card."
  • "They lure you in with that low monthly cost, but make it as difficult as possible to cancel."
  • "This brand really doesn’t care about helping people get healthier they are just all about $$$."
  • "I cannot express enough disgust with Planet Fitness in general."

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