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Virgin Active Paarl
1 New St, Esterville, Paarl, 7646, South Africa
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Jo
Review №1

Could do with a larger pool. There are more than enough treadmills though. The rest is comparable to any other gym.

An
Review №2

Best gym in Paarl... Friendly staff and good service overall from all staff including PTs and tenants.

Li
Review №3

Good work out for you if you wanna stay healthy

Ca
Review №4

The gym looks impressive and large but half the space was wasted by the architect.Very limited benches if you want to do training with weights. Lots of treadmills but I never got these sense of moving on a belt of rubber. A lot of the strength training machines were without the padding ie not in use. Few ab trainer stations.Changing rooms look clean and in good condition and lots of space. Shower doors mostly missing.Covid protocol: lots of reminders but not really enforced.

Da
Review №5

Terrible 👎🏼 there is to many people for the size of this Gym. Always a struggle to use the equipment, and most of the equipment is broken for such a long time now. They don’t fix the equipment...Plus, Virgin Active is not keeping your information safe. Since they were hacked recently, the fear of my bank details are at risk.DONT SIGN UP FOR A DEBIT ORDER, they can’t be trusted due to poor security systems that don’t protect your information!!!

Es
Review №6

Feels like home. Great staff, great services and great classes. All and all great vibe.

Ni
Review №7

Manager locked speaker system in studio. Not members or personal trainers have access to play music now. And neither do virgin active play music, so its currently just dead silence in studio if there is not a class in progress. Seems quite a bit childish. Surely there is a beter way.

Jo
Review №8

Always a great experience

Le
Review №9

Great varity of mashines. Solid benches and new dumbells.Olympic bars are bent and the knurl is smoothed out which makes gripping them tough.Most of the mashine grips including pull up bar grips have lost their epoxy underneath which makes the rubber grips twist and makes holding the levers difficult.

Re
Review №10

Professional staff all round

Bu
Review №11

Home away from home

Ra
Review №12

Great gym. Has all the equipment you really need.

Al
Review №13

Friendly staff and close proximity paid parking makes up for strange layout to pool and size.

Ga
Review №14

Always helpful, great time spent there.

Ni
Review №15

Not to big... most equipment needed for good exercise... would love more early morning classes not just spinning and 24 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Would love to have other classes like 24 on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays

Vi
Review №16

Getting to small especially peak hours. Gym closed again on account of works on the indoor swimming pool which is long overdue!! Can we please get a Virgin Active Red in the area??

Co
Review №17

Small but all you need in one. Excellent circuit. Swimming pool as well.

Jo
Review №18

PATHETIC. Looks like something about 30 or 40 years old. Sales staff pushy and completely deceptive about prices and advertised rates. Completely overpriced for what is basically a communist-era gym.

El
Review №19

It is clean and the equipment is in excellent condition. Friendly staff. Great change room, showers.

Se
Review №20

A small gym as far as VAs go. The group Rumble class is great, just that the boxing gloves only get washed once a year and are really stinky, so bring your own if you want to do that class without catching finger fungus.I do the spin classes as well. Excellent if just for the entertainment factor- as an English-speaking person, working out to heavily remixed sokkie music is... an experience, for lack of a better phrase. Wouldnt pay the full VA price for this place but if you have a Vitality discount, its alrightish.

Kg
Review №21

Very clean

Cl
Review №22

Awesome music, friendly staff, but still no 7kg free weights even after a revamp & years of requests 👎. No steam room was really bad when we finally had months of actual cold winter weather in Paarl for first time in years. Cant see why they dont convert it to a dry sauna if its a water issue. Main reason for joining was sauna or in this case steam room. 😢

Be
Review №23

Great place to work out. Not too crowded.

Ia
Review №24

A tired and old gym she needs a face lift

Ro
Review №25

The gym is getting too small for Paarl- its way too crowded at peak-time. Theres only one bench press for a start and a small pool thats mostly used for schools swimming lessons. But overall a good gym.

Ma
Review №26

Not bad. Lovely variety of machines and weights. Showers dont have doors

Br
Review №27

Friendly , wheelchair friendly , equipment is always clean and up to date.

Mk
Review №28

Excellent customer service

El
Review №29

Everybodys like family

Th
Review №30

I love Virgin Actives. This one just needs a bathroom upgrade. The equipment in the gym itself is good and I enjoy gyming there.

Ma
Review №31

As far as Gyms go, its got all you need. Staff are friendly. Aircons work. Bathrooms are clean.

An
Review №32

Personal trainers are brilliant. The option of a biokineticist is even available. Sufficient equipment for a range of training opportunities. As a fellow athlete i was most impressed.

Da
Review №33

Good value. Neat and tidy. Has what is needed.

Lo
Review №34

Gym equipment outdated.No Kauai.Gym closes at 8pm on Friday, Saturday & Sunday. (Too early)WiFi connection is poor.Aircon is never on.No hot shower water after 6pm at night.Cleaners are lazy and unfriendly.Limited parking.

Pe
Review №35

Supposed to be great, but, consultancy is a joke, no questions about sport goals, no real knowledge about the classes in offer but main focus in closing the deal, watch out.. also, it’s supposed to be really nice and not overcrowded.. sure.. promotional deals turn out to be not what it says on the box.. ie 2 months at 99 then 10 months at 600 p/m is not 7300. Also pay 1 year in advance, no discount, but managers verbal promise to remember in a year to do something. Tss yeah..I think I’ll not join but look elsewhere..

Ch
Review №36

You feel welcome. Personal very helpfull and friendly. Would like to start exercise

Em
Review №37

Nice gym with all you need to get into shape. Great staff. For those folks that are saying its too expensive.....you must be joking right? Its the same people who say its too expensive that use R3000 per month on booze and cigarettes including McShit.

be
Review №38

Love the gym. We just need a kauai then i will give 5 stars

Ve
Review №39

Service has always been outstanding. Friendly staff and always ready to help. Feels like home.

Al
Review №40

Mens locker rooms are disgusting and havent been revamped since the gym opened. No privacy in the showers. The water fountains are very old and theres not enough to provide cold water at peak times. Some of the spinning cycles are poorly maintained. Probably the worst Virgin Active in SA. I would have given it minus 5 stars if such an option existed. The only redeeming feature is the friendly staff.

Ja
Review №41

Amazing Gym. Top class equipment

Ti
Review №42

Its good but its usually quite full especially at the weights section

Fr
Review №43

The best gym by far...nice hours to suit everyone....friendly personal...the place is clean at all times

Pa
Review №44

Very nice Virgin Active, with a wide variety of equipment. The staff is also really helpful.

S
Review №45

Great service. New upgraded equipment. Great space. Ample parking

Gu
Review №46

Excellent facility with highly skilled trainers makes one enjoy each session.

Ru
Review №47

Great place, like all virgin actives. But it feels like it is getting a bit small for its client Base. This is especially evident during busy hours

Mi
Review №48

A good gym, part of a franchise. Has a indoor pool as well as a sauna, clean restrooms and a play area where you can leave your kids while exercising.

Fr
Review №49

Excellent facility to work out. Does have a facilty to look after todlers while the parents work out.

oc
Review №50

It is amazing.The people who work there is very friendly

Da
Review №51

It is spacious enough and it has a wide variety of exercising equipment.

Ta
Review №52

Great gym. Staff are incredibly helpful and friendly staff.

Ca
Review №53

Very good place for everyone and prises is affordable

Re
Review №54

Friendly staff. Johan van der walt excellent trainer

Di
Review №55

It has everything I need, just missing a squash court which Id enjoy.

El
Review №56

Centre of town. Nice to gym at.

Ch
Review №57

The staff at the gym is extremely friendly and on point. For as long as Ive been going there I havent had any problems at the gym.

Пс
Review №58

Good gym with swimming pool

Be
Review №59

Spacious and modern facilities, with plenty of cardio exercise machines.

Ma
Review №60

Great gym with all the equipment you need, free parking (1:30h)

Fr
Review №61

Well equipped gym with friendly staff, spinning, swimming pool and sauna.

An
Review №62

Nice vibe. Well rounded gym.

Ge
Review №63

Good facilities. Inadequate handwash provided

am
Review №64

A typical gym with very helpful staff

si
Review №65

Great fitness place with everything you need

Li
Review №66

WiFi only works in some areas of the gym. Might as well not have had WiFi.

Iv
Review №67

Very professional staff, great facilities and excellent Personal Trainers

Ma
Review №68

It is a very nice plsce and staff ate very fredley

Br
Review №69

Good clean and air-conditioned

Te
Review №70

Good

Ma
Review №71

Sales keeps phoning me in Johannesburg!!!, no reply when answered,nobody takes this serious, Branch manager not available, Charlene leaving without having sorted the problem, sales representative could not care. THIS HAS TO STOP!!!!

do
Review №72

Great Gym . Provides personal trainers.

Jo
Review №73

A lovely gym, the staff are very helpful.

Ge
Review №74

Staff are friendly, gym equipment is good. Not much variety in terms of classes.

Ma
Review №75

Good area to practise. Friendly assistance.

Wa
Review №76

Very good service

Te
Review №77

Love the staff...

Re
Review №78

Friendly staff.More than enough free (1h30min) parking.

Ia
Review №79

Good place to get into shape

Ja
Review №80

Very clean and very helpful staff

Fr
Review №81

The staff are this gyms best feature

ga
Review №82

It would have been 4 stars but they do not have a sauna...just a steam room

Om
Review №83

Outdated equipment and shockingly old waterfontains. I dont queue for treadmills, sorry...Get more or lose members. Gents showers and toilets pathetic! Not Virgin Active standard at all

Du
Review №84

Has all the weights and clases, even a swimming pool!

Ar
Review №85

Best club in the Western Cape

Al
Review №86

All good except for the music

Ca
Review №87

Need more equipment.

JC
Review №88

The gym is good but the parking is a nightmare and should be free.

Je
Review №89

Good place

An
Review №90

Friendly service and good equipment

Da
Review №91

5/5.

Ha
Review №92

Its a workplace , not a fun place!

Jo
Review №93

Gooed place to get your sweat on, very friendly staff

Mo
Review №94

Good instructors

Wi
Review №95

Great atmosphere

Jo
Review №96

Excellent staff and equipment

El
Review №97

Love the vibe there

Ra
Review №98

Could use the measurement machines to track progress yourself...

Ri
Review №99

Well equipped

Br
Review №100

Good gym experience

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  • Address:1 New St, Esterville, Paarl, 7646, South Africa
  • Site:https://hello.virginactive.co.za/
  • Phone:+27 21 872 0630
Categories
  • Fitness center
  • Gym
  • Wellness center
Working hours
  • Monday:5AM–9PM
  • Tuesday:5AM–9PM
  • Wednesday:5AM–8PM
  • Thursday:6AM–8PM
  • Friday:6AM–8PM
  • Saturday:5AM–9PM
  • Sunday:5AM–9PM
Health and safety
  • Mask required:Yes
  • Staff wear masks:Yes
  • Staff get temperature checks:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible car park:Yes
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
Amenities
  • Good for kids:Yes
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