Club Studio - Walnut Creek, California

Nancy Waldman

Very nice facility. Clean, new. If you’re just looking for a basic workout before or after work, it is great. I really like the private stretch/floor mat areas. Parking is easy. The staff are friendly, but not well informed. Reformer classes are included in the membership. Very few classes are offered from 12-4. Staff said they cater to people who come before and after work- excluding the retired or remoter workers who want to avoid Ygnacio Valley road traffic. If you’re adding a member, or adding spa services, the price jumps up considerably. What this gym lacks is: a pool, bar/lounge area, workspace for remote workers, free massage chairs, access to class rooms when not in use, a large cafe area with outdoor seating, social events, full spa services, body composition scale, chiropractor.

Kathleen Hebron

Club Studio has excellent facilities and offers a variety of fun, engaging classes, but unfortunately, it falls short in accommodating members’ needs and showing flexibility.
1. Strict Late Policy: If you’re even 5 minutes late to a class, you won’t be allowed in and will still be charged—no exceptions. For example, I hit traffic due to an unforeseen accident and was still charged. A bit more understanding or leniency would go a long way.
2. Inflexible Policies: I left my jacket in a class and couldn’t retrieve it immediately because another session had started. I explained I was in a hurry and needed my jacket, especially since it was raining and so windy outside and I was in a tank top. They refused, saying they didn’t want to disrupt the class and I would have to wait until class ended. While I respect the need to maintain a good environment for participants, there has to be a more practical solution for situations like this.

Overall, while the gym offers great workouts, the rigidity and lack of consideration for member circumstances really detract from the experience. Flexibility and empathy go hand-in-hand with good service, and this gym needs improvement in that area.

MJ Modified

We wanted to check out the gym so we walked in and just wanted to quickly look at the weight area. They told us we needed to sign a waver and/or do a temporary pass. I was flabbergasted. I’ve been to gyms where theyll give us a quick tour and the trainer or rep will convince us as we walk the gym together to sign up for a weekly pass or day pass. It was bad service to tell us we cant just peak around real quick without signing up and giving our info. I literally just wanted to look at the weight room real quick.The worker couldve just showed me real quick! I was annoyed lol for $180 a month.. get more generous workers. If its “protocol” then tell the surrounding gyms to follow it too. Because ive never been told i need to sign a waver just to look inside real quick.

Melina Snow

I really did love this gym. I signed up and unfortunately had to cancel my membership and demand a refund.

I'll start with the positives: it is a beautiful gym! It has a ton of equipment and machines that other gyms in the area do not. They have hot yoga, pilates, boxing, spin and a crossfit type class. Tons of free weights, multiple platforms for squatting/benching. A lot of cardio equipment, an area to stretch and so on.

Locker rooms are spacious and gorgeous with great lighting.

I wanted this to be my new gym SO bad. I signed on for a membership and thought all was well!

Well...2 days into my membership a woman comes up to me and says gym bags are not allowed on the gym floor. That's literally on the floor but also on your person. You are limited to your phone and a water bottle.

FOR THE AVERAGE GYM GOER THIS IS OKAY. However, I am not the average gym goer and I have equipment that I need to use during certain lifts such as: my lifting belt, my knee sleeves, wrist wraps, wrist straps, chalk, and a few other warm up items.

It would be impossible for me to keep everything in a locker and go back and forth to grab what I needed for each exercise. That is a waste of time and messes with my rest timing.

The thing is...if someone told me this rule from the beginning, I would not have joined!

It was not mentioned during the tour, it was not mentioned when I had a day pass where me and a friend BOTH had our gym bags on the floor, AND it wasn't explained when I signed up.

This rule is silly and sure it "keeps things looking clean", but it is wiping out a HUGE amount of people who take training seriously. I had 3 others that I had convinced to join, but now they're not SIMPLY because of this rule.

It's truly a shame! Thankfully he cancelled and refunded without a big push back but man, I was so excited for this gym!

Kelly Da Silva

Gorgeous gym! Daniel was amazing to sign up with (he helped my husband and I). Highly recommend

Steven Sam

Awesome facility with all the amenities you could want including a recovery center that includes cyro/recovery.

A variety of class types to chose from - I dropped in and took a CS4 class with Trainer Sebastian who brought the energy and was incredibly supportive - not to mention the playlist was fire.

Cecilia Lafontaine

This is a review for the sales rep who enrolled me, my husband and a friend that I referred under the lie that everything in the gym was included in the membership like red light and cryotherapy. Please make sure to read the contract and what is checked because we made the mistake to trusted her (Karrie) and we are now having to pay extra for something she repeatedly said was included. I found out stoping by to the preview center and talking to someone that apparently is more honest than her. She doesn’t even respond my emails or have the courtesy to call me to at least apologize for lying. Bay club allows you to share membership and cost is 140 including pickleball , recovery center, sauna, beautiful pool, etc. I will be canceling my husband and daughter since they were interested in the recovery center mostly.

James Lark

Not sure if the "one star" review from "C" is legitimate because I had quite the opposite experience. I too enrolled with Kerry (she didn't even spell her name correctly so...). She was professional and explained the founder's rate as well as the add-ons (cryo and red-light therapy). If you go elsewhere, cryo is typically $50+ per session. If you upgrade at CS, you get unlimited cryo and red light for around $150/mo. To think you would get access to a brand-new club, plus unlimited cryo for $160/mo you are either trying to scam the system, or you have a serious language barrier. In either case, you shouldn't be leaving negative reviews.

And by the way, I was also a member of Bay Club and she is definitely not telling the truth about the price (see the pic). Base membership is $240 plus $115 to add an additional member, plus $40 for group classes, which is $395 for two people, NOT $140 to share a membership. With CS, all classes are included in the base rate. You'll just pay extra for red-light and cryo. Wish Google and other review sites would fact check these people. Guess that's our job.

Now on to the club. It's brand new and beautiful. My former club was also nice, but it was ALWAYS busy, and more expensive. Just got back from a workout at Club Studio and I didn't have to search around for equipment, and everything is clean and new.

The staff is friendly and the bathrooms don't stink either - my pet peeve.