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“Oakwood also has courts to play basketball, volleyball, squash and racquetball and has an outdoor pool.” in 6 reviews
“Lovely pool and outside hot tub.” in 2 reviews
“The staff are very helpful and considerate, and the gym and pool are first-rate.” in 3 reviews
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About the Business
Established in 1999. Discover the Oakwood community. As part of your daily life, OAC offers an unparalleled, all-inclusive member experience for healthy and inspired living. With an extraordinary country club-like feel, OAC provides an experience for everyone. Kid's Club provides interaction and engagement for children 6 weeks to 12 years old, so you get a workout while the kids get to play! Enjoy over 100 group fitness classes each week, youth and family programming, personal training, aquatics programming, court sports, amenity filled locked rooms, restorative services such as massage, spa, sauna, steam, hot tub and so much more! Gather in the grand hall for community events and club socials throughout the year. Enhance your lifestyle by making Oakwood part of your community, offering the best to our members for over 20 years! Memberships available now! Contact membership to join today!
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- Heike L.Mission Viejo, CA152134Dec 30, 2016Updated review
After five years, we moved away from the East Bay--and we miss Oakwood!
It's been a great place for our family--and in the past two years, our children have very much enjoyed the Oakwood Swim team. If you are looking for a place where you can work out in a wonderful facility, and where your children can fall in love with swimming, in a quality yet not super--competitive environment, this is it! Coach Jon Huppke, the head coach, is an absolutely wonderful human being. He just loves coaching kids, and has a great ability to recruit other young passionate assistant coaches who also know how to get children excited about the sport. Our daughter made huge progress in her swimming with Coach Jon and his team--and our son who was quite afraid of the water went from barely making it across a 25 yard pool in January, to happily competing in multiple strokes by the end of the summer.
Three cheers for Coach Jon & his team. We miss you...Helpful 4Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 0Feb 17, 2011Previous reviewWhen we moved to the East Bay, we were spoiled with our previous fitness club experience at Club West in SF/Pacific Athletic Club on the Peninsula. We looked far and wide for a place near Oakland that would meet all of our needs: nice, welcoming facility, great workout classes, a good pool area, a child care arrangement that our children would find fun, and ideally some classes for them to attend.
We toured Claremont, Oakland Hills Tennis & Swim Club, the little club up Thornhill, another club up in the Montclair hills, and just couldn't find one that met our needs.
Then we remembered driving by Oakwood, and decided to give it a look, despite the somewhat longer drive.
A few test visits later, and we signed up for the waitlist, which in our case was only 3 months. We've been members now for about 9 months, and couldn't be more pleased (other than the drive, but that's not the club's fault.)
The fitness classes are great - even my husband who typically only lifts weights enjoys spinning. He's also had a great experience with one of their personal trainers, who helped him get ready for a bike race up Mt. Diabolo. Our daughter has benefited greatly from the wonderful swim trainer, and both of our children enjoy going to the "kids club" and having lunch afterwards in the cafe area. I like the workout classes (except for the fact that despite a wide selection, some, esp. in the early am, are quite full - but that speaks for the quality!), and the clean, nice locker rooms with steam & dry sauna and whirlpools.
Yes, it's pricey, but you get what you pay for. Being able to confidently leave my kids to have fun at the kids club (note that UNLIMITED childcare is included in the family membership!), and get a great workout in, in a beautiful environment, is so worth it. - Jun 29, 2023Updated review
THE WORST.
This place doesn't take care of its customers. They are cheap and greedy, and the club is mismanaged. We previously had issues with them when they forced members to do their grunt work for them, requiring us to drag 400-pound stationary bikes and other equipment inside rather than hiring someone to do it. Multiple people got injured. More recently, there was a major leak in the ceiling of the gym and racquetball courts. Our niece slipped and fell on a puddle, cracking her knee, hurting her back and head. ANY gym with an ounce of integrity would waive membership fees for those many months of pain and injury. Poor thing couldn't take any classes, run, or even use weight equipment. Instead, guess what they offered her??
A GUEST PASS.
A guest pass...? For failing to take care of your property, resulting in major injury?! They actually charged her for all those months she was unable to function. (I told you this place was THE WORST.) Apparently their insurance company harassed and bullied her, trying to get her to sign a nondisclosure agreement so that no one would know about the incident. We promised to spread the word about their greed and mismanagement. Buyer beware: Oakwood doesn't care about its members. They only care about their bottom dollar.Helpful 15Thanks 4Love this 3Oh no 5Feb 8, 2022Previous reviewPandemic has been hard for everybody. We wanted to get out of the house and find a place with a pool. Oakwood doesn't have much outdoor space, but the pool, we decided, would work. it is always crowded and folks are always bumping elbows in the lanes, but surely better than staying home. The indoor gym is also often crowded at the times we can get there, which isn't great during pandemic times...? and they have dubious masking requirements, and almost no enforcement.
But that's not the real issue.
The real issue is that the brilliant Einstein that runs this place has decided that, in order to save money, MEMBERS - not staff members - should be responsible for dragging the 300 pound stationary bikes in and out of the club before and after spinning classes. Let's pause for a second so that you can read that again. *Members,* who pay thousands of dollars to belong to this club, are responsible for hauling backbreaking equipment in and out of the gym. Because they are too cheap to hire sufficient staff to take care of this for you.
This morning a woman jacked her shoulder while trying to navigate a crack in the sidewalk. I watched it happen. Oakwood is lucky this is just a yelp review and not a lawsuit. - Paula S.Saranap, Walnut Creek, CA04Aug 9, 2023
March of 2021,I decided I needed to join a gym. The pool sold me because I love to swim. (Salt water- often empty, well kept. love it.) I saw there were classes, too. The membership came with an evaluation from a trainer in the weights area. I had tried working with a trainer at another gym before and it was demoralizing. (Big eye roll here. That trainer was a young woman who was on her phone a lot, or chatting with other trainers- not encouraging!)
I was connected with trainer Cutter Pederson. My goal: not hate it! also to make a new habit. He was present and offered the right amount of encouragement, and the right amount of acceptance. I have reached my goal! The weight room is no longer intimidating, and I am so much stronger. I am hooked.
It is not overstating it to say that I would not have stuck with going to the gym without the commitment to the training sessions. Yes they cost extra, and yes they are worth it. Cutter is fun to chat with, and he loves learning about his field, along with other random things. He made it fun, and I credit him with getting me through my first year. He loves fitness, but he is grounded, too. I'm so thankful!
Other trainers that I know are Taylor and Virginia. Both teach classes and both are relentlessly encouraging and empowering.
There is more to do and learn, and this is why I think it is a habit that will stick. I recommend Oakwood- I call it my fancy gym. The clientele are largely older and genuinely interested in health. Makes for a friendly atmosphere.Helpful 1Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 1 - Deborah W.Alamo, CA033Apr 25, 2024
I was on a 3 year waiting list for this club before Covid. I finally get in inDecember and Covid hits us so they close down. I now pay $25 per month to be on hold. I need water exercise classes for my arthritis and they either do not have any water exercise for adults or I don't see them in their newsletters. They cater to the local swim teams and children's swimming lessons. It's very frustrating as there are not many places that cater to seniors. I keep hoping other people will speak up about the need for water exercise for older people at OakwoodAthleticClub or someone will build a facility in WalnutCreek, Danville or Alamo.
Helpful 3Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Nicolas A.Washington Manor - Bonaire, San Leandro, CA01Apr 9, 2024
This place is the shittiest place ever. horrible management and treats their employees like children! I spoke with Abby one of the managers there and she was very disrespectful and rude. Also witnessed her talk to one of her employees with an obnoxious attitude and disrespect. Will be cancelling my membership and never going back. Side note I spoke with some employees and was told they disliked the working at the club and were never given breaks or even a lunch when asked to work 5-6 hours shifts. Some of the managers even told them to clock out to end their shift after scheduled times and stay longer to work unpaid. Damn shame..
Helpful 1Thanks 1Love this 0Oh no 0 - Doug M.Alameda, CA06Mar 16, 2024
I go early in the morning and rarely have to wait for any equipment. Very clean facility . Friendly staff.
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Rebecca B.San Francisco, CA1318Jan 30, 2023
I've been a member for a decade. Beautiful place with great amenities, good coffee and the classes are good. If you are a squash player, they have an amazing squash community.
Kids club, Swim Club are fun. All in all, highly recommend.Helpful 1Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Michael W.Walnut Creek, CA01Jul 30, 2023
Great place for family. Kids have many options, and parents as well. It's worth every penny.
My son meets up with friends, and plays basketball for hours.
Great staff, huge lounge and locker room/shower areas.
Members are great as well. friendly, but understand the privacy of your work out.Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Steve K.Lafayette, CA02Oct 26, 2023
I don't typically write reviews, but this one's deserving. My 92 yr old mother-in-law was on a hike walking by this place and needed to use the rest room. My wife asked politely to allow her 92-year-old mother to use the restroom and they said sorry this is a private club. Really?, not allowing a 92-year-old person use the restroom because it's a private club is crazy. the thought was maybe we will just use the outdoor bushes as a rest room. These guys need to think about Customer Service and a different way. This is very poor customer service/community service. You should think about the community you are servicing.
Helpful 9Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 0 - Lark H.Orinda, CA197317Feb 21, 2023
Very limited Pilates Reformer classes. I have been a member for many years and finally there is a class scheduled for Saturday. I called to register and it is already full and has a waiting list.
Oakwood is a beautiful facility but the management doesn't care about providing activities members want.
The Pilates Instructor they hired is inflexible. When she first came on board I requested private reformer classes (paying extra beyond monthly membership). She was rude and unwilling to schedule any time after work or on weekends.
Now she is offering a single group class on Saturday, which I just learned about and it is already full.
Oakwood management you need to hire additional pilates instructors.Helpful 3Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 2 - A L.Alamo, CA4171Dec 6, 2021
Women's locker room room:
Hot tub is dirty all the time - Shower is never that clean either. Curtain hooks and bars are rusted and not easy to slide over to close. Curtains have pulls in the fabric and black marks on several.
Instructors are not great - classes are meh. The lighting and studios are not very nice. Yogaworks, ClubSPort just about any other place has better classes.
Equipment upstairs is nice and plentiful and well laid out.
I'm not all that impressed and think they could have taken some Covid ppp money and fixed some things.Helpful 11Thanks 1Love this 3Oh no 3
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