Better Gym - (Near Tower Hamlets, UK)

1 /5 M. S. Sh: I honestly do not recommend this gym unless your membership is fully covered by some organization or completely free. Otherwise, you are just wasting your hard-earned money. Equipment is constantly missing dumbbells and barbells are often unavailable or lost which ruins both your workout and your mood instead of improving your health. Most of the machines are broken, and no one seems to bother fixing them. This gym is absolutely not worth £42 per month. The quality, maintenance, and overall experience do not justify the price. This was the final straw for me. If you’re a woman, the light weights might be useful. But for men who need proper free weights and functional equipment, this place is a complete waste of time and money.

1 /5 David da Silva: Whenever I come to do strength training, I feel like John Travolta. Looking around for weights. Often, no dumbbells less than 7kg found. It feels like they reset the environment once a week, and don’t care for more. I’m willing to change to another gym. Losing business is the only way they’ll listen. Edit: I cancelled my membership. I bought my own dumbbells and now I train at home.

1 /5 M Silva: I dont write reviews, but I felt I had to write this one given what happened today. I would have given zero stars if I could. The staff are more interested in flirting with the female customers/gym goers, than they are in providing actual customer service. When I asked the receptionist how long he is going to be (with the female customer), he snapped back saying "cant you see Im talking to someone?". She was only reciprocating because she wanted to lower the fee (I couldnt help but overhear their conversation). I would genuinely advise against this establishment; male or female, for your own safety, if this is how they behave in public. I would like to know if others have witnessed similar, or if they felt as though they were being "ogled" by the staff or by other gym goers; because I doubt the staff would do much to stop it if they behave in the same manner. I do hope my experience was a one time thing.

2 /5 Tommaso Orlandi: I m talking exclusively about the swimming pool here. I ve been swimming here for the last 4 years and it s pretty bad. First, the booking system doesn t really show how many other people have booked (the other pool of BG do), so you won t know whether it s going to busy or not. Sometimes there are only 2 or 3 lanes available out of (i believe) 7-8, because some are used for some lessons (but again, you won t know about it), some are always closed, who knows why. The less lanes the more crowded the pool is. The water is pretty bad, i wear goggles but i had 3 eye infections in a year and half because of it. Last, the changing rooms. Obviously some people are just animals and the gym is not responsible for their behaviour, but the place doesn t do anything to prevent (i don t know, put some signs...) nor clean dirt. The pictures attached are from a thursday eve at 7: lots of drain flies, the cubicles walls are clearly not cleaned ever (some have lots of stains) and the floor is a joke

2 /5 Sourced: Only reason im giving it 2 stars is because their water from the fountain is nice and have decent air conditioning. Cons: theres people doing number 1s in the pool, the changing room floors are muddy and dirty, the doors to change are all broken, you need to pay 20p to use the lockers which is inconvenient who carries 20p on them these days, the mens health suite is very overcrowded, the gym is okay at quiet times but when it gets busy, the smell in there is like walkers cheese&onion. Theres a person named yg in there and hes just speaking to girls more than working out.