BLOK Shoreditch

Negative experience: Not happy about the service and confusing policies

Fantastic experience: Always love it here!

Fantastic experience: The gym is fully equipped, and you can choose classes based on your preferred difficulty level. I absolutely love almost every class here! I’ve tried different classes, and each instructor has their own unique style. You’ll find many like-minded people here, all working hard to stay fit, which is far more motivating than working out at home. They also offer protein shakes, and the prices are more affordable for members.

Positive experience: I really like the classes but unlike many studios in the area, cannot believe they charge a 1 pound towel hire considering how much I pay for a class! But lovely instructors!! I

Fantastic experience: Love it, love the instructors love the peace and quiet of Clapton and the more busy standard gym vibes in Shoreditch. One thing that I would love to change is the zero lateness tolerance policy, we live in London there is always an issue with the transportation system, a delay, a minor inconvenience that could lead us to be 1 min late. instructors sometimes close the room door even earlier preventing you to join the class on time if you do not arrive earlier. Please do not lock the door when the class starts and give at least 1 minute to those who sometimes can have this issues.

Fantastic experience: One of my favorite reformer Pilates studios in London! The instructors and stuffs are friendly, professional, and always create a welcoming atmosphere. The workout spaces are comfortable, bright, and clean, making every session enjoyable. Class preparation is seamless, with all the necessary information provided in advance. Highly recommended!

Fantastic experience: I love the studio offering a great range of classes! The instructors are very friendly and professional, leading to high-quality and high-intensity classes which are what I was looking for. Additionally, Blok’s shakes are tasty! Overall, highly recommended ❤️

Fantastic experience: Loved the reformer class! In terms of front of house: very much hi and bye. Blok was super busy on a Saturday!! Understandable, however the changing room was packed.

Fantastic experience: Luxury gym, great facilities and engaging instructors. I did barre here for the first time, and it was a welcoming class with options for beginners and intermediate levels.

Fantastic experience: Love !!

Fantastic experience: Reformer Pilates classes by Delicia are amazing!

Fantastic experience: I absolutely love BLOK. I was skeptical at first thinking it was just another over hyped Instagramable studio but WOW I have loved every class I’ve taken so far. It’s so worth the visit even if you aren’t the closest to one of the studios.

Negative experience: Not impressed with this studio at all. Very average strength class, have to pay £1 for a towel, changing rooms way too busy struggled to find a locker and then it wouldn’t lock, facilities were not worth as much as it cost considering its a similar price to 1rebel, psycle etc. Worst thing of all was they marked me as a no show and classpass charged me £15

Positive experience: Attended Barre class at 13:00 today. Was good and challenging and challenged the full body. The studios are clean with nice mirrors. The design of the building seems to be going for a minimalistic vibe which looks quite elegant however I saw three people not able to find the changing room as it was not clear. Front of house staff seemed rude and lack customer service. They did not say hi upon arrival or even ask ‘how are you’ after I asked them how they are. Upon saying goodbye they didn’t even look up and carried on laughing amongst themselves.

Fantastic experience: A quite unique and fun twist on HIIT classes. Bought the 10 class pack, which is amazing value for money

Fantastic experience: Fantastic space with great classes

Positive experience: I am a member at this studio and LOVE the teachers and have been coming for a year. But man you need to work on the cleanliness and the tissues situation in the changing room. You can try closing that drawer to avoid people from throwing tissues. And also ask someone to service those lockers or even replace them. I mean the membership is not cheap and the cleanliness is really lacking.

Fantastic experience: Excellent instructors with a good variety of classes covering HIIT, strength training and mobility & flexibility including barre, pilates (reformer and mat), calisthenics, yoga, boxing and ‘move’ (a class unique to the studio)

Negative experience: Extremely poor customer service. Black guy at the entrance is rude

Fantastic experience: I've been going to BLOK Shoreditch for over a year. The facilities, teachers/instructors and front of house staff are fantastic. It's always a pleasure to attend classes when the staff are warm, friendly and the environment is safe and inclusive.

Positive experience: What’s there not to love about Blok ??! The best 50 mins you’ll ever spend exercising, staff are friendly and teachers too, they also do a great job of gently correcting if your form veers off (very important) !! I love how much I’ve grown and continue to grow as a result of being consistent. Thanks Blok x

Fantastic experience: Really great instructors, all very competent; they change sessions structure often, which tells me they do a lot of research and put effort behind the scenes. Great facilities, studios are always clean and tidy. I’ve been a member for only a few months and Im loving it!

Fantastic experience: I’ve been training at Blok for over 4 years now, and has to be my favourite London studio. With such a variety of classes and trainers on offer, every class is different. Everyone I have trained with has been so welcoming and supportive both inside and outside of the studio.

Fantastic experience: My go to workout classes, can’t imagine going anywhere else since joining Blok

Negative experience: Lotte as a Power Yoga instructor is fantastic and I've always loved her classes. Recently though, I arrived a couple of minutes late for a class - I'm aware of the (extremely non-inclusive) latecomer policy blabla. But the absolute cherry on top of this policy is that to avoid Classpass charging me 15 pounds for being a no-show (which I wasn't!! I just wasn't let in!!) the receptionist offered to book me in on the system, with the caveat that I would need to STAY ON THE PREMISES FOR THE WHOLE HOUR. Not doing the class or anything. Just staying there twiddling my thumbs for a whole hour. No offense but what a thoroughly stupid policy. A complete waste of time and money.

Fantastic experience: I wish I could afford a bottomless membership with Blok! I love the variety of the classes. The instructors are amazing , friendly and encouraging . I really have fun and looking forward going to training, meeting people there and always feel i learned something new!

Fantastic experience: Highly recommend Barre classes and the Bloksculpt with Emma or Christina, but all instructors are very knowledgeable!. I just wish the bathroom facilities were more spacious as it gets cramped during busy hours.

Fantastic experience: Great studio, all the instructors I’ve had are amazing and the class are really fun+challenging, especially love barre with Ellya! The protein smoothies are super nice too :)

Positive experience: BLOK is one my happy places for sure. All staff and classes are great. Main issue is, as described by others, the lack of maintenance of changing rooms, which tend to be overcrowded. Same as classes, sometimes you have too many attendees and impacts a bit the quality of your workout. Both points could be resolved with a refurbish to prioritise space differently + likely a few weeks closed to clean up for good the shower/toilet situation. The £1 for towels thing is slightly weird but I do understand people are weird and they may have had an issue with it in the past, if you could improve the workflow of paying the £1 (like a towel dispenser thing?) instead of requiring 5mins at reception for the whole thing, that would be awesome. But I found I need to be 20mins earlier to 1) get a towel and 2) find a locker, not ideal!

Positive experience: Lovely studio in the heart of london. Tried bloksculpt class and man it was challenging! In a good way :) facilities and instruction could be better though therefore the four stars. And for the price you pay it would be nice to provide just small towels for the workout.

Fantastic experience: Great facilities.

Positive experience: The class itself was very good but the changing room was extremely busy and didn't have much space to even just get my jacket off and put bag in the cupboard. Not a fan of personally of extremely busy changing rooms but otherwise great

Negative experience: The instructors are great, but the service is poor. I have asked a week to go to stop my membership and still got charged. There is a strict policy even if you happen to be 1 minute late for classes, which is ridiculous considering how much the membership costs. Stay away

Negative experience: An interesting place. After attending with class pass, I receive a promotional offer to have a month for £50. I followed all the steps and to my surprise was charged 155gbp. Tried to contact support, no number, and still haven’t heard back. Been almost a week. Very upsetting Edit: more than a week later, after multiple phone calls (unfortunately have to call the reception) and emails, the refund has still not been received. Very annoying to have to chase this constantly. Not serious Update: more than 20 days later and back and forth emails pretending the refund has been processed, still not received. Dreading the cancellation of the trial process. In the end a total waste of time, with some unfriendly staff over the phone / emails

Negative experience: Very disappointing studio, cloakroom was very crowded and dirty between classes. I couldn't find an empty locker. Once someone left I put my stuff in the locker which was damaged (left it open with my stuff inside). As a result I was late for the class 1 minute and was not able to join. The receptionist, who was quite thoughtful offered me to come to yoga - not the class I would normally choose but some people may probably enjoy it. Nevertheless the space was very crowded - my matt was very close to other attendee and we needed to be careful to not fall into each other or touch each other. That made the class quite uncomfortable sometimes, especially when we were bending into each other faces. Studio could benefit from better organisation but I will not come again anytime soon

Fantastic experience: Amazing breath-work class with Anna, she goes above and beyond to make sure its a magical class

Positive experience: Great teachers and class quality. Reception staff are sometimes lovely, sometimes don’t care too much. Locker rooms / showers are high quality, but can get crowded in peak times.

Positive experience: High quality equipment, punctual classes, friendly, knowledgable staff who are approachable and motivating. They are the business’s true assets. Tasty smoothies, app that’s easy to book classes, & lockers that don’t require you to bring a padlock. However, you’ll be charged for no-shows and being even 1 minute late, making it even more expensive. Was disappointed that there weren’t more evening or weekend classes available. Accidentally was overcharged £25 but luckily this was resolved within a fortnight.

Positive experience: Classes not strong enough for the changing room to be that hectic shape during rush hour

Positive experience: Great yoga studio with zero tolerance for late comers

Fantastic experience: Absolutely loved my time at BLOK. The classes are amazing and the instructors are very motivating. The studio is very clean, and the changing rooms are well equipped with all the amenities you need. Would definitely recommend it.

Fantastic experience: Emma’s barre class was amazing! The facilities are great too

Fantastic experience: Nice venue and yoga class

Fantastic experience: Good spot good classes but don't be late even 1 minute

Negative experience: I have been going to Blok on and off for 6M. The classes are overall very good, great instructors and facilities reflected in the price. I’ve now had two experiences where I haven’t got into a class, once when I arrived at 7am and the class was cancelled - I understand there are always uncontrollable events. Then once when I arrived at 2 mins late due to train issues and wasn’t allowed in. When you have work and kids to squeeze precious exercise hours around this isn’t an accommodating or supportive environment. So overall I think there are better options out there.

Fantastic experience: Lucy is the best!

Fantastic experience: Classes are great, instructors are very helpful and kind, and the reception staff are warm and welcoming (makes me feel like a human). They have a juice bar if you need a kick before or after the class. I usually get the matcha coconut milkshake or hot chocolate. They have coffee available too if you want a caffeine rush. The members at the gym are really warm too. Just a really pleasant place to spend time.

Negative experience: I have been here a number of times with class pass - and am always bowled over by how pretentious and into-itself BLOK is. The receptionists seem to go out of their way to be unfriendly. It's insane. FYI you are not a techno club in Berlin, or a warehouse space for multimedia artists. You are a gym, that is not exactly cheap. Stop taking yourself so seriously. It's really embarrassing. Have now moved away from the area, so will not be going back.

Negative experience: They charges me even I requested cancellation multiple times via email!! It’s horrible

Negative experience: Arrived 1 minute late because I filled my water bottle up before a class and I was locked out of the room and not let in. I knocked a few times and looked through the window several times where the teacher saw me. The teacher was talking and they hadn’t started any yoga and I was still not let in. Reception was extremely smug and rude when I tried to politely explain myself. Won’t be returning. Run by stuck up staff who actually seem happy and proud to turn away people.

Fantastic experience: Love this studio. Best showers in London and classes and studio are top tier. Always excited to come back

Negative experience: I have covid which is stressful enough, I tried to cancel a booking, at first was assured that the booking would be cancelled. When I saw in my app that the booking was still there, I rang again to try and resolve, and have never experienced such bad customer service and passive aggression in my life. The woman speaking to me was simply horrible and rude, without an ounce of empathy for my situation. I can’t understand why you would treat someone whose looking for help when ill with such disdain. Rather than try and help she told me if I had a problem I should write a negative review about her… so she hasn’t really given me any other option but to do that. To note, at no point did I raise my voice, or say anything mean, so I really don’t understand why she was SO rude. ____________________________ Went back for the first time since this incident and your front of house staff continue to be so rude. Snotty attitude on arrival and then charged me for missing a class I attended. They completely undermine the work of your class instructors and just consistently display the worst customer service I’ve ever come across.

Fantastic experience: Lovely studio! Have only tried callisthenics until now and the instructor Kann is super attentive and knowledgeable

Negative experience: Worst customer support. I booked and attended a class at Blok via Class Pass. I was surprise when I received a notification from Class Pass saying I had missed the class and charged me for an alleged 'no-show'. Confused and seeking clarification, I reached out to Blok's customer support, expecting a swift resolution to the apparent misunderstanding. Sadly, my expectation was met with disappointment. Rather than assisting me in rectifying the situation, the customer support plainly refused to help. They advised me to contact Class Pass, effectively passing the buck, even though the error appeared to originate from their records. I am not going to book another class with them.

Fantastic experience: Really impressed by BLOK. Sadly I only had time to visit once in my short trip to the area, but wish I could have tried more classes. I did the strength class and really liked the format and instruction from the instructor, who was also making some good corrections throughout the class. The space is beautiful too, very thoughtfully laid out and great design. I especially appreciated the interesting take on motivational posters in the entrance, a much better approach than the cheesy tat that’s more eye-roll than inspiration that you get in most studios!

Fantastic experience: Good for health. enjoying time

Fantastic experience: Love how challenging the classes are. Christina from Blok Sculpt is super friendly and loved her class in particular.

Fantastic experience: Good yoga teacher Good yoga mats Good showers and facilities

Fantastic experience: Beautiful studio with awesome instructors, and friendly front of house staff. Make sure you arrive early so you can start the class on time as they are really strict with punctuality especially for Barre class. I got really annoyed a few days ago as i was 2 min late and wasn’t let in but they made it better on my next visit as it was my birthday and got offered a free shake

Fantastic experience: I've taken some Yoga classes at Blok with Lotte and really like the vibe here. Studio is stylish, spacious and clean. The shakes are also yummy!

Fantastic experience: Fantastic class and teacher (power yoga 60, by Errin), and loved the room and the dim lights. The changing rooms though, are extremely cramped, especially at 6:15PM. There’s no space to change and you have to wait for people to finish before you can try and open a locker, which makes you waste so much time

Positive experience: You are the best

Fantastic experience: Fantastic luxury studio and classes - I’ve enjoyed every class I attended. My preference is definitely the yoga & Pilates classes. The customer service over email is also very helpful. Thank you Esther & Dean for resolving my query :)

Negative experience: Came 10mins late due to the trains and reception wouldn't let me into my paid class. Travelled over an hour and a half for the class, the teacher of the class said it was okay for me to join but the reception still wouldn't let me pass. Absolutely ridiculous, no remorse for my situation and no refund given, awful customer service won't be coming again

Positive experience: Interesting classes but descriptions could be a bit misleading. I thought Blockmove was going to be cardio and it was instead rolling out your wrists and ankles and other micro muscles. In addition, they charge for shower towels while most of the other gyms in London I go to do not so it’s quite annoying. The shakes however are delicious!

Fantastic experience: Super cool class of boxcon50 this Sunday morning ☺️

Fantastic experience: Fantastic gym for fitness classes with one of the broadest catalog of classes. It's got everything from handstands to pilates, strength to yoga. And the staff and members are some of the friendliest. Great gym to join if you're new to London.

Negative experience: Didn't like their power yoga class: 1) The instructor seemed new and the workout that she designed was frustratingly uninspiring. I've been to many places that teach power yoga but this one felt more like a breathing class. 2) They didn't sanitize the mats at the end of each class and just left the mat on the floor and asked us to use them straight away after the previous class has used them. Didn't have towels to put on the mat either (only shower towel which costs additional 1 pound to borrow and most people opted not to use them). For someone who pays close attention to smell, dusts and hygiene this is simply unacceptable. 3) The classroom was small, yet they booked in students more than the space could accommodate. We ended up having to squeeze in and couldn't stretch our legs fully as a result, which ruins the purpose of doing a yoga class. That was not fun at all. The gym's interior design was cool and gave a simplistic, industrial feeling which hyped me up but I was very disappointed in the end by how they run the class. It feels cheap. I might give their other classes a try but for now I can't give a higher review than a 2 star.

Fantastic experience: I took Sean Paul’s Blok Fit class and loved it. The structure was clear and challenging without being overwhelming. It felt like I was getting a one on one PT session in a group environment. Getting to learn skills as well as getting a sweat on. Great playlist.

Fantastic experience: I had a delightful barre class there

Fantastic experience: Rachel and her Barre classes are the best thing in the world. The gym is a boutique! Amazing atmosphere and people working there!

Fantastic experience: Love practice under high ceiling and clean centre. Yoga teacher Lotte is a wonderful teacher who knows exactly how to fire up the muscle and loosen them. People around are nice too .

Fantastic experience: I have tried barre classes here and the facilities and staff are amazing. Superior , in fact. The instructors are top class. Amy is great instructor, motivational and inclusive. Recommend

Fantastic experience: Always worth it

Fantastic experience: Cool gym which great classes using a wide range of different equipment (BLOK Strength). Staff are really friendly.

Fantastic experience: Great environment to get fit. Loved the energy in the trainers as well as the pricing structure.

Fantastic experience: Trendy, swish facilities and good classes. And plenty of space for bike parking outside. Thumbs up.

Fantastic experience: Excellent service and great coffee!

Fantastic experience: Beautiful studios amazing trainers and staff

Fantastic experience: BLOK is hands down my favourite gym in London. As a class based gym it covers all the disciplines from barre, yoga + Pilates, to strength, boxing, HIIT, calisthenics and more. The staff are always super friendly. Both spaces now offer reformer pilates too! The spaces are beautiful (both Shoreditch + Clapton) There is a really strong sense of community, which I love. The facilities are good, Shoreditch has all the post class bits (deo, hair spray, hair dryers etc) and the smoothies are yum!

Fantastic experience: Very good classes and great atmosphere. Very clean also

Positive experience: Great instructor. Deducted one point because it was very crowded yoga class. I was next to the wall and cannot do bunch of the moves.

Negative experience: I have always enjoyed going to Blok but had an experience over the weekend that changed my view of one of its instructors. My friends and I signed up for a BLOKFIT class with Kate and were very much looking forward to it. Unfortunately on our journey over our train got held which meant we would be a few mins late. We called ahead to let the front desk know and they said it would be ok as long as we arrived before 5 mins past. Once our train arrived we RAN as fast as we could and arrived with two mins to spare. We were met by reception cheering us on and having towels ready for us, we quickly threw our bags into our locker and ran to the class which had just begun with a warm up. The instructor, Kate proceeded to humiliate the three of us in front of the whole class. Instead of coming up to us she screamed across the class asking which class we were here for, after we told her this was the correct one she proceeded to scream at us across the room at we were late and needed to leave. I have never had an experience like this at BLOK before and have always been met with accommodating and kind instructors who have made me feel amazing about my experiences there. This put an incredibly sour taste in our mouths and we will be sure to never do one of Kates classes after the way she made us feel. I do have the say the reception team was amazing and incredibly accommodating after, seeing what other classes they could get us in and then when all they other classes were full we were offered a credit for another class. For this incredible customer service I will continue to go to BLOK but will ensure not to support a class that is taught by Kate.

Fantastic experience: Love this studio. I took their Calisthenics and BlockSculpt classes and wow, they’re no joke. Hardcore thoughtful workouts. Can’t wait to come back!

Fantastic experience: Love this place. ❤

Fantastic experience: My favourite gym. Clean, spacious and high spec.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic power yoga L2 session - super challenging and lots of fun exploring movements!

Fantastic experience: Love this place You can find anything you want

Fantastic experience: Beautiful, calm, high spec… it feels like you’re in a spa experience yet you’re doing a workout. Everything from the receptionists, to changing rooms, to teachers to even the hallways creates a calming, uplifting, positive, feel-good experience. My absolutely favourite studio in London! Changing rooms and showers have combination programmable lockers, hair dryers, body lotion, deodorant and even hair gel!

Fantastic experience: Nicest gym I've ever been to and the classes are really great.

Fantastic experience: love barre and blokparty :-)

Fantastic experience: Great staff! Good tough session.

Fantastic experience: Hard work. Nice studio. Great location

Negative experience: Horrible experience at the calisthenics class. The instructor completely ruined it by acting incredibly arrogantly screaming at everyone for not knowing how to do moves and all the beginners. Four people left during my session because of him. It's a shame because it had potential to be good, but was just ruined by an egotistical instructor who did nothing constructive at all

Negative experience: With hours in advance calling them to rebook a class I already paid for, they said they cannot move the class even if I am feeling unwell. I guess I will still go even if I am not feeling well then. Strict policy not flexible in the current context we are living.

Positive experience: Good class, enthusiastic and friendly instructor. The place is too bright for me and the music isn't loud enough, I think it's just not for me but could be great for others. Very nice changing rooms and studios

Positive experience: Love their workout studios, it’s very clean and they’ve got lots of hand sanitisers everywhere. Lots of space as well.

Fantastic experience: Just love it! Everything is perfect, especially teachers

Fantastic experience: Classes to lift and energise you in a slick studio, well with a visit.

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym - best in Shoreditch with a great range of classes. Barre & Yoga classes are unbeatable (especially Ellya's classes!)