Equinox Berkeley - Berkeley, California

humberto D.

Excelente gimnasio con todo tipo de facilidades para ejercicio. Excelente atención e instalaciones. Maravillosa disponibilidad d de Todo tipo de cremas shampoo y lociones para el cuerpo. Una maravillosa e inolvidable experiencia que hay que vivir.

Paul L.

I visted the Equinox Berkeley branch as my next job may take me to the Berkeley/Oakland area. I am a 2 year member of Equinox New York/Flatiron location.

Michaela generously gave me a pass to work out. Berkeley is an excellent club. It is new, clean, well equipped with basics, has plenty of stretching room, nice architecture, a food/drinks bar, water stations, cleaning wipes, and of course, cold eucalyptus towels awaiting your in several fridges around the club.

While it is clearly 5 stars, I would just suggest that the music was a little too loud in the weights area. Maybe 95% of people are listening to their own music in their headphones, so music from the club is not really required.

Otherwise, I highly recommend Equinox. It might look expensive on the face of it, but this is your health, and if you go to your club 3 or 4 days more per month because it's a pleasant experience, it's worth every penny of that investment.

Nicolas A.

I used to go to Equinox gyms in NYC before Covid, and this is my first time returning to an Equinox gym since 2022.

I'm disappointed with how things have changed. The front desk team barely acknowledges members when they enter, which feels impersonal compared to the premium service I expected. The weightlifting section is notably limited - having only 3 power racks creates consistent wait times that interrupt workouts. This facility would benefit from at least doubling that number.

While this location is probably still the best option available in the East Bay, the quality doesn't match Equinox's reputation. The lack of serious competition in the area seems to have allowed standards to slip considerably. This particular gym doesn't deliver the experience that justifies Equinox's premium pricing.

Peter B.

World class gym with more bells and whistles one could ask for. Convenient location in Berkeley with parking garage. Steam room, spa, massage- whatever you can imagine. Just be prepared to pay.

Thomas H.

This gym isn’t the best gym I’ve ever been to. It’s not the worst either, good selection of machines and friendly/knowledgable personal training staff among the pros. Cons are the space seems to be at capacity a lot of the time, but that’s to be expected in the popular parts of the Bay Area. Biggest con
for me, is the opening hours, it’s open 5am-9pm. Should be until 11pm for the price, considering that it would also help with crowd flow. Sometimes you just want to go to the gym with fewer people there and not at 5am

Carolyn R. M.

I've been going here for a couple of weeks, and the staff is rude, unfriendly and unaccommodating. The gym is completely fine but not worth your money. It closes early, only has 1 smith machine, the razors in the locker rooms always leave me with cuts and, again, the workers at the front desk are not nice.

Emi L.

The instructors and classes are great and the facilities are clean and well-maintained. If you leave anything in the locker room for even a few hours it will be stolen, 100%, which is a huge bummer, especially for such an expensive gym.

Amma G.

The women's showers were unclean with hair, rust and old towels that were borderline brown and smelly with a low cost laundry odor. Membership advisor could care less about issues and was tired of her texting and lack of accountability for her behavior during a visit. Pushy on a membership not even worth $100/month. Amenities are lacking in quality vs. Kiehl. Equinox has changed for the worst.