You get what you pay for... It's a fairly small studio, and…read moretends to be fairly crowded if you don't go in the morning. I'm also not a big fan of the clientele. Locker rooms are average - smell like typical locker rooms. The price is great, but I didn't like the fact that there are no courses offered.

Apparently it's common practice in Germany, but this gym doesn't have day passes. Luckily the staff…read morewas helpful with finding a solution to allow us in during our stay in Cologne. However the facility was one of the worst maintained I've ever visited. 100% of the weights were thrown about wherever on the gym floor and no staff cleaned up or kept them organized. The bathroom urinals were horrifically filthy and unbearably smelly. Speaking of smell, it would appear that at least 90% of the clientele haven't discovered deodorant. Sensory filth overload, 10/10! Like all multi-level gyms the layout of equipment isn't the greatest, but they do have a lot of equipment. This is the only saving grace about this gym. Not recommended to go here, but you won't have better luck finding a better gym in Cologne anyway.

Clean facilities, lot of space to cruise and nice aufguss. The sauna is equiped over standard with…read morevery nice resting room and smoking facilities. I found it rather more crowded between 17 and 24 during the week and 16 - 02 on the weekend. For negative experiences: I would enjoy coming more often, when I would not find strange items on my receipt every time I check out. Last time i even got receipt where only a beer was correctly accounted. Strangest thing is that I find alcoholic drinks on my receipt (attached) while i hate hard alcohol and only drink beer. And I do not drink Thomas Henry or Jack Daniels at all. I drink juices and soft drinks. To avoid this check your balance regularly during your stay at the bar.

Montag ist gemischter Hetero / Schwuler Tag. Ich habe kein Problem damit…read more Aber ich finde nicht in Ordnung, dass in einer schwulen Sauna, mehrere Stunden lang Schwule Eintrittsverbot in die Dampfsauna bekommen, damit sich da die Heteros austoben. Entweder sollte man da eine Hetero-Party machen, dann lasst uns Schwule nicht rein, oder es ist wirklich gemischt, dann haben wir auch das gleiche Recht wie die Heteros, schliesslich sind sie bei uns in einer schwulen Sauna zu Gast und nicht wir bei ihnen. Der Angestellte am Eingang war sehr ungehalten, als ich mich darüber beschwerte. Er sagte: "So Leute wie dich braucht das Land nicht". Ich empfinde das als Beleidigung und erwarte eine Erklärung von der Geschäftsleitung. Es würde mich nicht wundern, wenn nächstes Mal ein Zaun zwischen Hetero und Schwule aufgerichtet wird. Ich bin schwer enttäuscht über die Phoenix-Sauna, die ich seit dreissig Jahren kennen und die immer sehr gut gewesen war. Schade. Nächstes Mal woanders hin.