My hotel didn't have exercise facilities so they suggested this gym. I didn't know where it was…read morebut saw it when I went to Rabbie's Cafe (right next door) Located in the basement of an office building is a self serve gym concept. They had a kiosk where you can become a member, buy a day, 3 day pass, etc. if you need any help there is a call button & someone does come out. I got a 3 day pass for about $16 USD. You use a code to enter and exit. They have an abundant amount of cardio equipment, free & machine (Matrix) weights. I visited around 7:00 on a Friday night and they weren't busy, just right. Equipment was newer and in good shape and the floor/area was clean. They also have showers & lockers (need to bring your own lock) as well beverage vending machines. TVs show health tips mixed in with Ads & commercials. Great place for a visitor to keep the workout routine at a reasonable price!

NOTE TO VISITORS: They have day passes available, and you MUST get them online to get an access…read morecode to get in. Wanted a little gym time on vacation and this hit the spot! The gym is in a sort of funky area. You have to enter a building and walk down an odd corridor to take some stairs down to the gym. It feels a bit like you're going to a basement. There really isn't natural lighting so it added to that vibe. The equipment is ok. They had enough machines and cardio equipment for most. The weight area felt a little light and small, but plenty to get a quick workout in. The people were quite nice and friendly, something I don't experience much in the states at gyms. In the states it's a laughably competitive environment where everyone tries to outdo each other. Being at a gym while on vacation, where am I going to get a protein shake, or a caffeinated preworkout? Luckily they had a pretty solid little machine there with anything you'd need pre, intra, or post workout. Def come in if you're from out of town, and if you're a downtown local, not a bad option at all!

I did my research before joining a gym in Edinburgh, and I think that this is definitely a…read morefive-star gym that beats out the rest on quality and price. It is not just the new, fantastically-built university gym for Edinburgh University, but it is also a community gym that welcomes members of the public to join as well, for just slightly higher rates. I like that this gym has variety and great quality. The main cardio room has great machines with touch-screen TVs that are easy to navigate and the best and most current gym technology. Behind this room is a weight room that can be very busy with lots of testosterone monopolizing the weights, but at lunchtimes it is much less busy and intimidating. In the back, with stunning views of Arthur's Seat, is my favorite gym room with great elliptical trainers along the walls and many large individual mats on the floor for using weights, medicine balls, exercise balls, etc. It is much more calm than the other rooms. I also love the classes. So far, I have been to two spinning classes, two Zumba classes, and a circuits class. They have all been great with really nice and helpful instructors. You book all of the classes online from seven days before the classes, but can also sometimes show up and see if there is extra space to join in. Spinning definitely fills up quickly, but it's worth it! This is a fantastic place and has a great vibe about it. With your membership, you also have access to the pool that's in another building. Thus far, I have been more than happy with all of the many other offerings in the main building!

great gym, just the hours, the open hours should always be the same 6am or earlier. Many if not…read moremajority of gym goers are early birds, but have to wait till 9am, on sat and sunday. Notice there's a queue every weekend. All gyms , rcp included, open real early 7 days a week as they know this, dont be lazy and open earlier!

This is a great simple gym. Friendly staff. Good machines. There is a back weight room for free…read moreweights. Always Clean and normally there a a few free machines or bikes. I always used to hate going to gyms that are full of fit and pretty people that are "maintaining" their perfect physique... but this is not that gym =) It's not a "pick up" gym, its a comfortable place with many different body shapes and sizes =). Only £17.99 a month ! Not bad !

I've been a member of this gym for a few years now and although it's expensive and I'm trying to…read morespend less money, I just can't bring myself to give up membership!! There are various levels of membership depending upon what level of access you want. I have the most basic level which gives you gym, pool, most classes. There are also membership levels for raquet sports and spa. The main gym area is huge, and even at peak times you never need to wait for cardio equipment. There are lots of free weights and weights machines around the perimeter of the room. The one downside to this area is the spinning area, which has the music turned up LOUD during the classes which is not so good if you don't like the music! The view are amazing, looking out over the forth. Theres an ok selection of classes, most of which are free (pilates and dance are extra). The changing areas are nice although the showers could possibly do with some TLC. The outdoor pool area is great, especially on a nice day when you can lie on a sun lounger and relax. There is also a hair and beauty area, although I personally don't like the hairdressers. There is a restaurant as well serving a good variety of food at average-slightly expensive prices Long review, but in summary, swanky gym with good facilities!

This gym must have the best views of any qym in the UK. This and the outdoor pool are definitely…read moreits selling points. However the rest is a bit disappointing! Going on the theory that if it takes more than 20 minutes to travel to a gym you're less likely to go, I joined the gym I could see from my living room window. Close it is, but whoever came up with the theory failed to mention the pleasure in attending as a major factor too!! How I wish I'd joined Virgin Active in the Omni instead! I made the mistake of going on a day off during the week thinking it would be quieter than the evenings. What a shock I got! The gym had turned into a creche, and the changing rooms had become one great nappy changing facility. Ignorance had indeed been bliss. And my gym experience has never been the same since! I see the place in a whole new light! Particularly the benches in the changing room. There's merit, I'm sure, in being family-focussed - namely for that market. But in the evenings it becomes an after-school club and for anyone wanting to change in the evenings without having kids peering under the cubicle doors, or being swept off your feet by kids hairing around in the rather ironic 'chill out' area, it's not the place to be. How short-sighted of the company, in an area with luxury new flats galore being built at an alarmingly rapid rate (and presumably not too 'child friendly'), that its not targeting that market. Crazy!!! At a cost of £744 for the required 12 months it has been an expensive mistake!

For £24.99 I get access to all gym equipment and a wide range of classes. For a budget gym it's on…read morethe higher end of pricing, purely down to the location. I know of other PureGym's which charge £19.99 or even £14.99 per month. For me, I'm happy paying what I am. - This is my closest gym and I know I would be less likely to visit if I had to walk farther and paying bus fares to get to a cheaper PureGym would work out less cost-effective across the month. I've had my fair share of gym memberships, my last membership being to a health club with a pool. I've saved myself a lot of money by switching to PureGym and the quality of training is in no way inferior. It's really easy to book a place in classes online and the class timetable is pretty jam-packed too. I love that they offer yoga classes! - These are £2 extra as the qualified yoga instructors are independent of PureGym. I'm happy with that as my nearest yoga place is £15 per class! Yikes. The only thing missing is a pool. PureSwim, anyone?

This is the third The Gym/Pure Gym that I have visited in Edinburgh and to be honest they're all…read morepretty much the same! The same machines and equipment, the same showers set up, the same locks for the lockers, the same always bring a towel etc etc. So I will summarize the following points: -always bring a towel (for machines) and a lock (for your locker) -there's plenty of treadmills, bikes, rowing machines, strength training machines that I've yet to have to wait. -the January influx isn't as bad as you think except for classes. -personal trainers are available at a price but they generally loiter around the gym and always seem happy to offer advice. -24 hours, 7days. This gym has a weird layout to be honest. It's somewhat longer than it is wide, so you feel like you're in a corridor. This means you might have to look around some corners to find the equipment you're looking for. It's also more expensive than the others (though obviously nowhere near other type of gyms). It's a convenient gym for me and I'm loving my visits! Still need to try a class though!!

I am not a gym person. But for a gym, it's not bad!…read more The cost a month is wonderful, a really good deal! And great that you're not stuck for a whole year like in some other places. I was lucky to have a 7 day free trial, there's often voucher codes out there... The classes offered are quite good too. I LOVE Lisa's ZUMBA class, so much fun even when you are very bad at it! Simply a blast. She's such a cheery happy person, it's very contagious. They say with Zumba everything shrinks except your smile! There's a £2 fee per Zumba class, still a bargain. Check the online schedule. At the gym, everything is automatised. This is quite strange as I could not find the changing room but asking around I found out it's on the first floor. I love how spacious the gym is and while on the hamster wheels you can look out over the street/outside. In a way I also love that nobody bothers me to sell a year pass, it feels relaxed. But if you do want more guidance, there's plenty of Personal Trainers you can choose from!

Treat their long term members with complete contempt. They are a despicable conglomerate - bought…read moreand sold dozens of times money money money .. but its all about your health and well being isn't it ??? Due to the lack of decent private gyms in Edinburgh they get away with the profiteering and pretty poor experience in relation to the fees. Sycophantic management on a mass scale .. only care about taking your money steer clear give your money to the local authority gyms or other independents ! This club is Very poorly run by incompetent passive aggressive management who turn a blind eye to real problems and hide in offices plonking away on a keyboard writing pathetic nonsense about their members. Staff come and go through a revolving door. However, ok facilities and kept pretty clean although this has deteriorated over the years.. Lounge area is nice to sit in but as others comment is not somewhere you would go to relax or have a quiet coffee as it's always full of children bawling and running around. Unfortunately they have a monopoly on indoor tennis courts which hopefully will change in the future. Tennis wise - you can also never get a court due to coaching and kids tennis unless you can get in during lunchtime. At over £144 for 1 full peak adult per month - Not worth it unless you want to live there. Apparently you can't use the new club in Danderhall as it's an Elite one yet this club is a premier ... they're even inventing new ways to make their crap clubs sound more exclusive. This is in part ruined by their constant 2 week deals throughout the year , you ask yourself why am I paying all this when people can use these deals over and over and not forgetting the 3 months notice period meaning a full racket member will pay £1738 per year and 3 months to cancel - During the school holidays (Easter, summer etc..) they always run promotions so forget relaxing by their outdoor pool as it's Scottish Butlins ! All this is fine I guess but they don't tell you this when you sign up , it's not really an adult environment more for families. Long gone are the days where it was an inspiring environment for youngish professionals/ adults it's a glorified, over priced, underwhelming leisure centre. Gym is just ok- it isn't very big and can feel busy with only a handful of people in it , and certainly is not worth the fee , your also not buying into some sort of better gym etiquette, if anything it's one of the worst I've witnessed people sitting on there phones , lost count of the amount of TikTok videos I'm on without my consent ! Most other local gyms have just as good machines and weights and some have a lot more at a fraction of the price, with same or better etiquette. Changing facilities and toilets are completely inadequate for a place of this size and it's membership. Gym staff pour over you if pay for PT sessions otherwise ignore you and all the people sitting on their phones for ages as well as other behaviour.. Don't do anything to enforce rules and for this reason you'd be as well joining a budget gym as the managers are certainly more in tune with members rather than their ego and being the top performing club ... ie ripping their members off the most. Regional manager is horrendous, bullies the staff hence the reason everyone leaves. Very very bizarre culture. Wish Esporta Virgin active/ Nuffield could take it over. I've was a member for 15 years and left overlapped with new membership at Nuffield and haven't needed to complain once in nearly 2 years.

I have to agree with the other reviews on here - David Lloyd is a fantastic place to keep fit with…read morewhat seemed like million of machines. I actually felt a little like I was in an American Movie when I walked into the gym (clearly I have been going to small gyms for far too long). I am not a member but was given a guest pass which I really enjoyed using, the gym was great, the pool was great (indoor and outdoor), sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi - need I go on. The one thing I did notice was that no one spoke to each other (unless they knew each other) which made it feel a little unfriendly. Despite all this I do think the prices are a little high, but then this kind of gym is aimed at people with money (in my opinion) having said that if I am ever in the position where I can afford £80 a month then I will definitely join too.

Whilst this gym is small it has all the equipment you need, it's busy at the usual peak times but…read moreoff peak there's never a problem in getting any of the machines or equipment. The staff are friendly and always on hand to give you advice and assistance. The only downside is the size of the changing rooms, the L shape of the gents makes it a bit of a tight squeeze when it's busy

I was a member in 2009-2010 and canceled my membership as soon as I could. I went several times a…read moreweek, and some piece of equipment was always broken. I never once went to the gym and was able to get on a treadmill that worked with the tv allocated to it. Gym equipment was also broken quite frequently. One day it would be one piece of equipment; the next visit, it would be a different piece of equipment. The staff that work at the front desk are quite nice. Sometimes they would try to fix the broken equipment, and they frequently said the condition of the place was embarrassing. If MacDonald would just keep their gym in good condition, they wouldn't have to offer enticing benefits and discounts to attract members.