Ben Dunne Gym Northwood

Fantastic experience: Very large space and nice space to workout. Very friendly and helpful trainers are available all the time.. you can find space for all kinds of workouts. Nice ambience and a large parking space too..

Negative experience: I used to love this gym and only was a member for the 25m swimming pool. After a long swim, I would then relax in the steam room and Jacuzzi for an hour. Removing the pool, steam rooms & jacuzzies was a major mistake and was obviously done because of Covid. I'm now a member of Gym Plus Swords because they had the foresight to realize Covid wouldn't be around forever. .

Fantastic experience: I’m a new member to the gym, great space and loads of workout options, Ciaran was very helpful on arrival, very friendly team in general Would recommend to others!

Fantastic experience: One of the best gyms in Dublin. Good parking facility.

Negative experience: Tried to go and the place is closed with no reason why and it says its open online

Fantastic experience: Huge gym, full of equipment. Also the membership prices are very good.

Negative experience: Seriously whoss idea was it to get rid of the pool and sauna Terrible idea.

Fantastic experience: One of the largest gyms I've been to with great selection of free weights and machines. Temperature is just right (Nov), no bad smells, background music levels are grand - you can find quieter spots if needed. The equipment is clean and plenty of gymgoers sanitize equipment after use. Lockers are freely available but you have to bring your own padlock to lock it securely. There is plenty of vending machines with water, isotonic drinks and towels. Inside the building you will also find a cafe/shop with protein and a barbershop. No need to be a member to access these though. Staff is polite and helpful. Although busy so sometimes hard to find on the floor. The gym rarely seems too packed, you will always find a free spot to train/exercise. Overall recommend.

Fantastic experience: Nice good environment and satisfactory services

Fantastic experience: The staff are great, especially Eric, Karl & Jenny are the best There classes are amazing Very helpful and friendly. Always encouraging.

Fantastic experience: Very good gym. It's massive, it has lots of machines and training material. The only disadvantage is the temperature. It's always freezing.

Positive experience: Good value & very clean.

Positive experience: Recently rejoined after putting on some weight over the summer, got a personal trainer to help me a great experience so far, and look forward to getting to the gym for training

Fantastic experience: A lot of space and good machines to do good workout

Negative experience: Every thing will be perfect if the ventilation is working all the day

Fantastic experience: Overall, this is the best gym I ve ever been in my life

Negative experience: Wouldn't kill them to turn on A/C once in a while. Especially when busy.

Negative experience: Too busy. Certain networks don’t work so don’t hope you will be able to watch Netflix while on the treadmill and the worse: there’s no proper ventilation so it is boiling in the summer. They should get some fans asap.

Negative experience: Worst Gym ever.. people work there don't no what they are doing.

Negative experience: Worst gym ever it used to be better years ago when it had a swimming pool, I joined when it first opened and then after 3 year's I left for a while, I came back to Ireland and rejoin I couldn't believe my eyes I was shocked The gym is gone to the dogs and what a total rip off too I quite after a few weeks I found another gym that is well better

Positive experience: This place used to be great with pool, saunas & jacuzzis. Now its just another regular gym, nothing fancy, for a great price nevertheless

Fantastic experience: Great place, great staff. Clean and tidy.

Negative experience: Hello, I'm a a 30 something male, who has been using your facility on a daily basis for years at this point. I must admit it strikes me only recently I've been an object of discrimination! Let me explain. I have a partner a female who uses the same facility. And she keeps coming out of changing room looking refreshed and with perfect hairstyle, meanwhile my hair style is usually of a style broomstick or a Chucky doll. ( I would like to pint out that I use your facility in the mornings, before work, so I end up looking like I mentioned before for the rest of the day in the office). There reason is that the only way I can dry my hair is under hand dryer ( which from the definition is designed to dry your hands not the hair). I'm a problem solving person, so I came up with the solution and brought my personal hair drying device to the facility. Unfortunately I discovered to my utter dismay that there was no single outlet I could contact my device. There is no satisfactory hair drying product on the market powdered by battery. I you can see I 've tried to solve this predicament to no avail and the only option I ha e left is to contact the administration team of this facility and ask to provide either heir drier or an outlet and hope you would understand my point. Thank you, your loyal customer.

Positive experience: To packed needs more space so left after 4 weeks

Positive experience: Lots of equipment, no bicep curl machine though. It's also unfortunate they removed the swimming pool

Negative experience: This gym has two floors and is full of cardio and strength equipment. I'd say it has a bias towards cardio equipment, especially in comparison to FlyeFit (FF). If you're purely interested in building strength, then FF might be better for you. Unfortunately, I had to cancel my membership here as FF opened in Finglas, and their opening hours are better for shift workers who prefer uncrowded gyms. This gym closes at 22:00, versus FF's 23:30. Furthermore, they just announced that their Swords branch has converted to 24 hours, with more to come. FF's weekend hours are also superior: they close at 19:30, versus Ben Dunne's closing time of 17:30. Even if I finish work at 16:00 on Saturday or Sunday, I won't make it on time to the gym. The gym is always busy. I've been at the gym at 21:00 multiple times, and every time the weights area has been full of people, with each squat rack taken up by someone on their phone. Yes, 21:00! If you're an early riser, then this probably isn't an issue for you. However, I'm not and never will be. Ben Dunne should increase their opening hours to accommodate people with different lifestyles.

Fantastic experience: Great gym, good trainers :)

Fantastic experience: Great gym, plenty of space and good staff

Negative experience: Big gym has plenty of equipment you can have an excellent workout. Is also minimalist without sauna or pool for the price is good. 5 stars! What’s unexpected, not all Gym employees have the commune sense to treat gym members with respect. Some gym employees have a nasty attitude towards me as a gym member they were unfriendly, they could use a reality check on dropping there attitude. If the business was to address this issue it will be a 5 star gym.

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and staff

Fantastic experience: The perfect place to keep yourself in fit!!Amazing staff,amazing place!

Negative experience: Jenny the CLEANER acts like a 10 year old child and ignores customers while she plays with her group of friends that she let in for free.

Positive experience: Big gym, lots of racks and machines. My only complaint is the dumbbells... 40kg is far too light, please get some 50's at least! Other than that It is solid.

Negative experience: Disappointed with the way I was treated during Covid lost 10 months of my membership, and no contact when they reopened, but to tell me later that my membership had lapsed

Positive experience: Very spacious gym with lots of equipment. Due to the size it rarely gets too busy and don't usually have to wait long for a specific piece of equipment. The price is good compared to other local gyms. The area for floor work is quite small and often gets taken over by classes, and there aren't many cable/pulley machines. There has been no air conditioning over the summer so it can sometimes be too hot. There are rails to chain your bike to but there's no covered bike parking, which is something that would be appreciated.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic gym with very professional,friendly and helpful staff. Both managers and PT's go out of there way to help, guide and offer advice because they are so obviously interested in everyone's progress and safety. Gym is always clean to a really high standard too. Really loved when they had a pool and didn't think it would last long without it but the work , Jennie, Matthew, Carl, Eric and Ciaron put it makes it a fab and its now my happy place . Could do with more classes doh , and they all have some great ideas so Ben start listening to your staff

Positive experience: The ventilation is not working all days

Fantastic experience: Plenty of space, lots of equipment especially heavy lifting. Competitive membership fees. Music form the speaker could be a bit more diverse though lol

Fantastic experience: Fantastic gym,on arrival I was greeted by Jenny who made it clear she was there to help.Jenny was so kind and polite as she showed me around the gym,introduced me to other members and assisted me when I needed it.The gym has atleast 2 of every bit of equipment and a huge amount of dumbells ranging from 1-40kg.Manager's Jenny and Matthew make sure the gym is always clean and presentable.Jenny and Matthew work extremely hard to ensure everything has a place and is easily accessible.Thers a huge amount of classes on throughout the week witch staff always take part in.I would highly recommend this gym and I can't think of any better Managers to run the place.

Fantastic experience: Incredibly big, lots of material and really good training help

Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities and friendly staff, highly recommend

Positive experience: Lovely place to workout, it's spacious and have enough equipments/machines so you aren't waiting long for someone to finish with one machine. It's close to my house and its membership price is reasonable and affordable

Fantastic experience: A lot of people used to turn their noses up at Ben Dunne's gyms - not so much any more. You won't get better value for money anywhere. They are very busy at peak times, but superbly equipped with good changing facilities & brilliant value for money. His radio ads might give you a headache, but the man knows how to run a gym.

Positive experience: excellent facility and equipment, pity the swimming pool, steam rooms and jacuzzis are gone though

Fantastic experience: Cheap membership . lots of equipment. Well worth a membership

Positive experience: A large gym, but too many people and the equipment is outdated, it would use more modern machines for pulleys, not lines for back, biceps or chest exercises. Maximum weights up to 40 kg as in a beginner's school which makes you think is it a gym or a club only for beginners? And finally, is it a professional gym and is it worth the money? It leaves a lot to be desired, which in 2022 is at least ridiculous because Bendunne is very poor at other professional Gyms. I am very disappointed because nothing has changed here since 2007 and it is even worse and less equipment than it was.

Fantastic experience: I don't understand why the gym does not have free wifi, almost every gym in the city has but ben dunne penny pinching. A lot of people im the gym have complained about how they can't get a signal on their network for music etc so wifi would be fantastic. Great gym but miss the pool and sauna being there and the lack of wifi like almost all other gyms in the city and being unable to get coverage for workout music purposes. Back in great rhythm now,best I've ever trained and ever felt. Fantastic gym, other than no free wifi, i highly recommend

Negative experience: Very cold gym! Little options of classes and a lack of leg presses.

Fantastic experience: The gym is class! The only thing that is missing, there is no TRX! It was there but its gone now

Fantastic experience: Perfect GYM. They have a huge place, with all you need to improve your body! A++++++

Fantastic experience: Member since 2011. Renovations made for COVID-19 are excellent

Fantastic experience: They have all the equipment's you need, the place is very clean and organised. Finally, the staff are always around if you need them and I got my membership card within 2 minutes of going there with my I'd.

Fantastic experience: Good and affordable place to workout. opens at 6:am weekdays and closes at 10pm plus currently no joining fee .

Fantastic experience: Huge, lots of equipment, enough space

Fantastic experience: No more swimming pool which is not good, but gym is the best around.

Fantastic experience: Nice and beautiful. Perfect place for gym. I can't give more star. It is 10 star gym

Fantastic experience: Gym great, equipment too, very well done for cleaning and sanitisation. But showers no.... Feeling a bit like you are outside, very cold feeling. But, I came for training and I am very satisfied with gym.But please do something about the music, it's a gym, have to be intense workout fitness music not radio, boring music. Please do something

Fantastic experience: Nice and beautiful. Perfect place for gym. I can't give more star. It is 10 star gym

Fantastic experience: Massive gym everything you want in it

Fantastic experience: Huge gym has everything in it to do a proper workout no pool anymore cause of covid but for the price its still a bargain

Fantastic experience: Best gym in the Northside of Dublin

Fantastic experience: Excellent gym, swimming pool is really good. Changing rooms are spotless. Would highly rate.

Fantastic experience: Nice gym

Negative experience: I was a member here for 10 years, enjoyed changing my cloths before using the gym and having a shower after the gym/pool. Apparently the gym removed the pool because of Covid. I asked for a refund as I was no longer interested and I have been ignored for 7 months now. This is awful customer service.

Negative experience: Discrimination is not okay and I will make sure to tell other friends about your discrimination. You don't deserve my money.

Fantastic experience: Best gym in the Northside of Dublin

Fantastic experience: Great gym

Fantastic experience: Perfect gym in Santry , ballymun

Positive experience: It is good fitness. A lots of room. No wifi, no swimming pool. Everything else is good. Exercise machines are great!!

Fantastic experience: Ben dunne gym does exactly what it says on the tin it’s a gym ain’t it the staff are tops very accommodating!

Fantastic experience: Great place to train,loads of room and great value

Fantastic experience: Great gym

Fantastic experience: Nice and big place to workout.

Positive experience: A lot more equipment but no pool or even steam room or sauna. Its a big disadvantage now.

Fantastic experience: Gym is very good but no trainer there for who they don't know exercise features.

Fantastic experience: Big place, plenty of equipment, good vibe, and only €25/month. Ideal!

Fantastic experience: Breath of fresh air in the pandemic filled clown world we're living in now. Highly recommend, only thing that it would make it better would be a sauna. Hint hint

Positive experience: Great gym but can be busy in the evenings. One thing that definitely is missing is the pool that existed in the past

Positive experience: It vwas lovely gym but now no swimming pool no stimm room no yaccuzi Not continue my club card sorry

Positive experience: Well I did really like this gym and was a member for several years and I was very happy with it. But half the reason I was in this gym was to use the pool and jacuzzis with my wife, the other half obviously being to exercise. I'm sorry but I'll never rejoin your gym now that you've removed the pool and jacuzzis. I think it was rash and short-sighted decision for a very permanent change, and it's really disappointing. Swimming pools are open again and are operating within the safety guidelines. If they can do it, so could you have.

Fantastic experience: Very good gym huge lots of equipments

Negative experience: Asked for refund as they closed the pool which was my main reason to joining that gym. Emailed them few times, didn't even reply

Fantastic experience: Good price, clean and well maintained. Just missing a free wifi.

Positive experience: NORTHWOOD .It isn't as bad as some people say. You pay a Euro a day. Water fountain is back although they need more. Showers are being reinstalled. They do need to start classes again for the benefit of the people and also staff who have trained hard to be gym instructors and not cleaners.

Negative experience: Old machines. Worst gym I have ever went to. Staff is unprofessional. Conducting some very bad practices when it comes to the gym subscription. Worst of all, it is dirty and smelly. Would suggest to not take showers there as you could get more than a Covid19.

Negative experience: From really good gym to under average one.No changing rooms, no showers, not anymore swimming pool, no sauna,lot of equipment missing,weekend opening hours are horrible(5:30 pm closing) SO DISAPPOINTED.

Positive experience: Rejoined this gym recently and they have really adapted well with covid. The old pool area has been converted to another exercise area. With this, all equipment is safely spread out. I've never felt worried or concerned about people being too close etc

Positive experience: Nice gym , plenty of space and not too busy, only thing I would change is music choice.

Positive experience: Lots of equipment, sad that the pool and the showers are closed so no workout before going to work

Fantastic experience: Really nice gym , big space in side , everything really clean.

Fantastic experience: Place looks fab . Equipment and space is just brilliant.

Positive experience: Good gym in general. Closed saunas unfortunately. Steem room available for those who prefer it over

Fantastic experience: Excellent, plenty of space and equipment for everyone

Positive experience: The gym follows all covid protocols. Spacious, and has plenty of gym equipments.

Fantastic experience: A good gym with lots of space and equipments. Kind of affordable although I would have wanted a little cheaper. Due to Covid reopening the prices increased. 29 Euros per month no contract is still good. I would have wanted to see more equipments as well to target different muscle groups but all in all well.

Negative experience: Used to be a fantastic gym. Removing the pool I can live with, but, paying the same monthly fee for no showers, no classes and no personal trainers available is a bit ridiculous. I assumed alot of this was due to covid but according to the website this is for.the foreseeable

Fantastic experience: Great gym , get fit in no time because its busy and you want to go all the time

Fantastic experience: Superb Gym class and good

Fantastic experience: Great gym, great facilities and really good value

Fantastic experience: Best gym in the area