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Studio @ 808 Health Club

Gym Fitness center

😠 This place is absolute garbage, please save your money and time and go somewhere else. The gym is extremely small and cluttered, it feels as if you are working out in a low quality garage gym. The lack of equipment is apparent with only a single squat rack and a couple of machines. If you are a seri... People often mention equipment, people, machines, owner, room,


Address

808 Raritan Ave, Highland Park, NJ 08904, United States

Website

www.studio808fitness.com

Contact

+1 732-819-0088

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (36 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: 7 am to 4 pm
  • Monday: 6 am to 8 pm
  • Tuesday: 6 am to 8 pm
  • Wednesday: 6 am to 8 pm
  • Thursday: 6 am to 8 pm
  • Friday: 6 am to 7 pm
  • Saturday: 7 am to 4 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: equipment (9) people (9) machines (7) owner (7) room (6)
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  • 4/5 jajuan h. 1 year ago on Google • 54 reviews
    Nice gym quiet atmosphere. A lil pricey compared to other local gyms. Variety of machines,free weight, and bikes

  • 5/5 jackson cruz c. 11 months ago on Google • 42 reviews
    It's the best place in Highland Park nj to get in shape, friendly at, awesome owner, clean facility, equipment in great condition.

  • 5/5 Parsa R. 6 months ago on Google • 39 reviews
    This is an exceptional local gym. a true gem. everything you need, clean and the owner is on the premise making sure everything is okay. I can’t recommend this place enough

  • 5/5 Jay W. 11 years ago on Google • 18 reviews
    Studio 808 is not your typical mass market gym. The gym has a yoga room, wrestling/martial arts room, free and machine weight room, and aerobic room, all separate. There's also a downstairs small room, with weights and boxing equipment. I've never felt crowded, ever. Gary, the owner, has built three private shower rooms too, and there are personal trainers available. Its good for a lot of reasons, but if your looking for an early morning workout with a place to shower and Highland Park is on your commute trail, join. It's excellent for that.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Emily 1 year ago on Google • 14 reviews
    I feel so lucky to live within walking distance of one of my favorite places. This gym is great! It has all the equipment you could ever want, a quiet and comfy atmosphere, and adequate facilities (bathroom, lockers, etc.). Much better than any commercial gym in the area; definitely worth a membership!

  • 5/5 Nora D. 2 years ago on Google • 8 reviews
    I love this gym. It's never too crowded, the machines are kept in excellent condition, I rarely ever have to wait for equipment or a machine, they have good hours, and it's not too loud. As an introvert, it's a great place for me to workout without worrying about having too many awkward interactions with people, but everyone is friendly enough anytime I've needed anything.

  • 5/5 Jason K. 9 months ago on Google • 7 reviews
    Gym has everything you need (squat racks, benches, etc). It also has a martial arts room, rope climb, and other great things a lot of gyms don’t have. Gary is very nice. I recommend coming here!

  • 5/5 Diana C. 2 years ago on Google • 6 reviews
    Best gym I’ve joined. Clean, never crowded, kind staff/owner, and has every piece of equipment you could think of (spin, boxing, yoga, etc.) Highly recommend!

  • 5/5 jhelppi0 2 years ago on Google
    Tons of weights, every exercise machine you can imagine, 4 bench press / squat stations, cardio machines upstairs and best of all, a full fledged dojo (karate lessons included in membership!). 100% worth the price.

  • 5/5 Mary T. 3 years ago on Google
    Have been a member here for over 4 years, the gym is very clean and quiet. Great personal trainer as well. Look forward to when Spin classes are able to resume!

  • 5/5 David W. 6 years ago on Google
    It's clean and friendly, has a nice Zen/slightly Japanese feel to it, and the aerobic machines are always available. In fact at least in the late afternoon/early evening it's so un-crowded you feel solitary--which is good. Can't speak about the resistance machines/weights--never use them.

  • 5/5 Vaibhav S. 10 months ago on Google
    Great gym. Wish it was open longer on the weekends though

  • 1/5 jabra h. 7 years ago on Google • 2 reviews
    This place is absolute garbage, please save your money and time and go somewhere else. The gym is extremely small and cluttered, it feels as if you are working out in a low quality garage gym. The lack of equipment is apparent with only a single squat rack and a couple of machines. If you are a serious lifter you will have an awful time here due to people hogging the squat rack and other equipment. Only two bench presses and they are situated in very bad locations. About everything here is bolted down so there is no feasibility as far as moving things around. The equipment is also in bad shape and breaks down all the time. On the rare occasion when there are more than 2 people in the gym, everyone is on top of each other and having to wait for their turn with certain equipment. This gym is always almost empty but it doesn't matter since even with a few people it gets extremely cramped. The personal trainer usually takes huge amounts of space with his cookie cutter workouts based on bro science. The worst thing about this place is the staff, they are the most hypocritical people you will meet. They will be relatively nice to your face but make snarky remarks and completely talk trash behind your back no matter who you are. The owner has also displayed racist tendencies since he forbade one of his staff workers from speaking in a foreign language to me since he found it offensive. He claimed that people should not speak any language other than English since this is America and he should be able to understand what we say. This is one of the most ignorant things i had to go through and it shows the type of racist ignorant individuals who work here since another employee told me the same thing. So if you speak more than one language or English isn't your primary tongue, you are not welcomed here. There are also some absurd rules in this "gym," such as not being able to take your bag to the fitness area or sit on a bench for too long since they claim it causes obstructions for the other members. What other members? There is no one in this gym and for good reason. This place is almost as bad as planet fitness if you are an experienced lifter since you cannot make even the slightest noise or hit the weights relatively hard or people will complain. This place is also not suited to be a gym by all means, the floors are hardwood and creak all the time. It just seems as if they converted an old house to a gym and it is simple not state of the art. The owner also always makes shoddy repairs instead of hiring licensed professionals to do the work. For the outrageous $50 a month membership you have to pay you should be receiving much more. Zapp fitness nearby is much better and much cheaper and is considered a state of the art gym with multiple amenities and courses available. The courses here are a complete joke and no one takes them seriously. This place is an embarrassment and should not be considered a gym by all means. There are much better gyms available at this area, which are cheaper and actually look and feel as a gym. Do not cut yourself short by going to this absolute dumpster. Even at $10 a month it would be expensive. If you are serious about your training and want the best please go somewhere else. If you are a casual gym goer then planet fitness is much better and significantly cheaper than here. There is no reason to go here unless you get to workout for free. Many people i knew and know are leaving this place because of how bad it is with all its absurd rules, as well as the nosy hypocritical people who work and go here. I beg you not to go to this place, it is the worst gym i have ever had the displeasure of attending.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Taylor H. 2 years ago on Google • 1 review
    This is the best gym I've ever joined. Owner Gary Panichella has made this facility a labor of love, and it shows in every detail: huge floor plan with dedicated areas for free weights, weight machines, cycling, jogging/elliptical, aerobics/yoga, even giant tire training out back. Everything is very clean, and the gym has wonderful natural light that makes working out very relaxing. Members have key card access during the gym's posted hours, and owner Gary and manager Eric are welcoming, helpful presences in the afternoons and evenings. This was a wonderful surprise after my high-pressure experiences in recent years with packed gyms in Center City, Philadelphia. I encourage you to ask for a tour to see everything this facility has to offer because pictures can hardly capture it all.


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