CityFitness Botany — Attraction in Howick

My friend and I joined this gym when they first opened. We thought we finally found a gym that was affordable with good equipment. We only lasted two weeks as it was always so busy. The bench press and squat racks were always occupied. There just wasn't enough space to deadlift either.

We've also come across other members interrupting our workouts asking us when we will be done even though we just started, other members have made unsolicited comments about our workouts and at one stage this young man told me to use a different equipment so he could use the one I was on even though I was nowhere near done!

I would suggest you not join this gym if you value your money and want to be able to work out without dealing with people like this. You deserve to take up space in the gym and be made to feel safe...

This is my second review re: City Fitness. Paige and Feveshteh and Shayyan are just outstanding. Botany is a Great Gym. Sure lots of young hipsters go where, taking selfies, so what. Always feel comfortable. Everyone does their own thing, being their own Best. City Fitness Botany, when Staffed is Super (really helpful which in today’s world is lovely ) and when unstaffed still awesome and always feel super safe. Always Clean and Fresh. Gone from a basic membership to the Black membership ( Paige and Fev, both Angels, made it effortless), so that my Son and or Daughter (both are at University out of state, can use my membership when in town, or I can take a gym buddy to get the best out of my workout.. Five...

Was looking to join this gym, but by reading the reviews it doesn't sound very effective, most of the comments are about people taking up the machines looking at their phones and mucking around, if its a small gym which it sounds like it is, then the staff need to be really onto it and run it like a well oiled machine, and not let this happen, so people that do pay can have what they need when they need it, as they have paid good money for that service, why are the staff not policing this all the time, and better, why have they not put rules in place to stop this???? Botany City fitness are losing my potential custom along with many more i would suspect from letting this...