WE Fitness Esplanade Ratchada

WE Fitness is located inside the shopping mall called Esplanade, a 2-minute walk from Thailand Cultural Center MRT station. As a member of WE Fitness, I enjoy working out here. The sales staff are always welcoming with warm smiles. The changing room is clean and hygienic. The fitness equipments are pretty enough to share with other members. But the equipments are not updated as they should be. If you want PT, there are a lot of gym trainers (male/female) you can choose from.

a year ago

The first you'll usually see of this gym is their sales staff in the mall handing out 7-day free training coupons. They're not quite as hard sell as some other gyms, but they definitely try to sell you on a package. They have some room to negotiate, so if you sign up for a 12 months package, you can get about 1 free months and a minor discount, resulting in an overall price that works out to be around THB 2,000 / month. I suspect the sign-up fee is pretty much the commission of the sales staff (they declined to elaborate on details), which explains why there's so many of them as well as why any shorter plans (e.g. 5 months or less) work out to be very, very expensive. The whole hard sell part was the main reason I was super reluctant to sign up for this place - especially if nearby gyms in Rachadaphisek 7 offer the essential weight lifting equipment at price that's somewhere between 30 and 70% cheaper than this one. If you go outside rush hours there's a pleasant absence of crowds. I tend to however avoid 'after work hours' since that's where you really have to watch out where you kick during a body combat workout class. The gym is nice. It comes with a steam sauna, free coffee and water and a smoothie bar that offers some okay options for a quick snack. Biggest pro is the overall atmosphere - staff there genuinely seems to like being there, the place is well maintained and it seems quite newbie-friendly. If you enjoy group classes and know you'll be around for at least a year, it's a great pick. If you're just looking for weight lifting essentials, try out nearby Fitness 7 (which is open 24 hours).

9 years ago