The Atlantic Club

Fantastic experience: Long time member, I’ve watched AC go through many changes and challenges. Whatever you’re doing now, keep it up! The trainers , AC team members are top notch, the energy is great and the current cleaning company (over the past 2 months or so) are doing a great job, we’ve noticed an incredible difference. Hoping to see some facility updates in the near future.

Fantastic experience: The facilities are top They keep the building clean. The machines are kept clean.

Fantastic experience: Clean facility , great energy all around!

Negative experience: It’s just dirty and falling apart. It sucks to see it get worse every month. They made a big deal about a locker room cleaning and refresh, then they started backing away from the promises. The lower tile grout in the showers was basically all mold, they did not replace the grout, they put new grout over top the moldy grout, and used lots of caulk, it looks really cheap and they didn’t even do it over the whole shower. So half has original grout and the other half has new grout just rubbed on top. It looks unfinished. The mold has returned anyway and the caulk is falling off the tiles. They did get the steam room working consistently, but it smells horrible most of the time, like moldy sweat. Some members bring essential oils to help with the smell and give that steam room feeling, the club is too cheap to provide these things. The hot tub was also broken again today too. Only 96 degrees but it didn’t matter bc it wouldn’t turn on anyway. Went into the sauna but it was jammed pack bc the hot tub was broken and the steam room smelt too bad to stay inside so everyone crammed in the sauna. Just another day at the Atlantic club. The previous owner refused to make any investments into the club and it became aged, now Genesis seems to just want to milk their new cash cow rather than make any investments of their own. It’s no longer worth the money and potential new members should walk away.

Negative experience: Place needs a serious reno. It has so much potential.. Disappointed in genesis for not putting some money into the place. The Locker rooms are moldy and unkept. Showers dirty, used towels all over the place. Water damage throughout the club. And because it’s unkept people treat the place like garbage and it shows. Happy to attach photos if it actually leads to action! Most likely taking myself to Lifetime 20 minutes away. What a shame.

Negative experience: Had a horrible and highly irritating and unpleasant experience this morning with heather Finlay the pilates instructor, she was extremely rude and unfortunately unprofessional and unapologetic to my and my husband who are members at the gym for years . She needs to get fired asap

Negative experience: A tragic disappointment after having been a member at the Red Bank location. This place might have at one time been luxury, but it isn’t now. The building is in poor external repair and the parking lot needs repaving. While the indoor pool is larger with more lanes than the Red Bank facility it is the only advantage to the Manasquan location. There are more facility options than Red Bank, like pickle ball, tennis Paddel courts, but some of these require added monthly charges. For the size of the structure and two floors the cardio and free-weight areas are small and crowded. And the equipment is old, damaged and not very clean. The men’s locker room is in barely passable condition with dirty, yes slimy, shower stalls, moldy stall curtains, non-functional swim suit driers and is in desperate need of a full top-down make over - but it’s got a TV!! The steam room and sauna in the men’s locker room both need a scrubbing and a re-do. The Red Bank location men’s locker room had a continually circulating attendant cleaning up constantly. At Manasquan with a far larger locker room, the one person on duty is just picking up towels. Well better than 50% of the lockers are taken up by long-term rentals and those members sometimes hint, by their behavior, that anyone without a fixed locker is in their way. They’ve been there so long they’ve got decorated lockers! This place long ago jumped the shark. I totally regret having signed both myself and my husband up for memberships. I’m sure we’re stuck till we can get to month by month. Don’t waste hard earned money on this facility.

Fantastic experience: I have been Going there for a short time now and I noticed something that caught my attention. It seems so clean, I don't know if they started getting on the cleaning staff or hire a new company but it shows. Great job to the person or persons responsible

Negative experience: CANCELLATION FEE COST ME $1000. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!. Decided to join the Atlantic Club in June (big mistake). Because of heavy traffic to get there I decided to cancel my membership. It was only then that I was told about the $1000 dollar fee. Unbelievable!!! I don’t know how they sleep at night

Negative experience: Had a membership, the place looks like it's falling apart for the price you pay for it. It's supposed to be quality for the price you pay, and it's not. Major work needs to be done in locker rooms, showers, etc to say the least.

Negative experience: Member for 30+ years. Prices continue to climb with no cut-off for long-term members. Numerous pieces of equipment have been broken for months. The locker room is dirty and of course, there are lots of broken items. Emailed new owner, but never got a response.

Fantastic experience: Has everything you could want and more

Fantastic experience: Nick is excellent!! Ask for the special service

Negative experience: Been a member 25 yrs. It was a splurge but worth it THEN! There were MANY classes. Miss the many great Zumba instructors we had. Most classes still 45min., a RIDIC sign up. Hoped it was temporary due to Covid. NO corporate/veteran/teacher discounts, anymore. $145.00 month!! NO continous cleaning staff in locker rooms. More $, less everything. Extremely disappointed, made BIG mistake rejoining. I speak with many former members and ALL said they will never return. Rusted shower rods in stall, cheap $ store shower curtains, broken soap dishes, grout missing. They put up new wallpaper/ mirrors etc. in locker room, priority should be shower stalls, more classes, and full 60min classes. HUGE OVERPRICED DISAPPOINTMENT!! TAC was supplemented during Covid and it certainly was NOT used for improvements. Will NEVER recommend as I did in past, friends think I should go to their $35-$50 monthly gyms. But I held out with hope this was temporary condition. HEY! ATLANTIC "CLUB" do you know Covid was 4 years ago?!? Bring back the fun, lively, less priced, NO sign up 55-60 min. classes. REPAIR the deplorable locker rooms. I have pics that I can post on ALL social media of locker room, been waiting for improvement and hoped this was temporary. Still waiting for light fixture repair I reported 5 months ago in LR. Virtual classes?! You can do for free at home on YouTube. $145.00 month. NOT everyone pays same price. Club was SO empty, they ran promos which brought in new clients that have NO idea the current "club" is an overpriced, former shell of what it was for decades. Equinox Gyms price only slightly higher & impeccable. Too bad we don't have one here, YET.. New owners, Genesis, is my last hope, unless they raise dues. Greed, not Covid, ruined TAC.

Fantastic experience: The daycare here is incredible!!! The staff are so kind and amazing with my kids! My babes look forward to going to the gym specifically because of this daycare! This gym is my family's piece of heaven in our busy, chaotic lives. We're so grateful we found this place!

Positive experience: They're working on it.

Fantastic experience: Clean, bright, lots to offer. Great pool classes 5 years later..not so great anymore..a bit shabby around the edges, fewer class options, cafe often late opening (30 min today(. New owners are "absentee" and not as receptive

Fantastic experience: I would like to thank Igor for his professionalism, patience and talent to the Atlantic Club with pickleball. I have learned so much from him that he is truly an asset to your organization.

Negative experience: I'm sure this was a nice gym when it first opened. I have been a member for about a year. They have rearranged the weights and machines 3 times. Every time it has gotten worse. The workout floor is a very small portion of the facility and very crowded. I was hoping since genesis took over they would put some money back into the place. Instead they raised the monthly fee from 135 to 152 and neglect regular maintenance. There are wet spots in the hallway leading to the locker room. Broken/ missing tiles all over the locker room. The sauna has had missing boards for weeks. The steam room hasn't worked correctly for months. There is black spots and grime in all the showers. It really is a shame because there are no good gyms in the area. I'm sure they will be losing alot of members to the new lifetime that just opened up.

Negative experience: if you join to swim check how difficult it is to get a lane at the time you intend to swim.

Fantastic experience: The tennis courts are great. Staff is friendly. Easy ti get in and out of too.

Negative experience: Horrible environment can’t have a peaceful workout alone or with a personal trainer, this woman Karen comes out badmouthing employees while there with their clients, she’s nothing but a bully very unprofessional, and speaking with other members this is an on going daily thing with her. Unfortunately for the club there will be a lot of cancelled memberships. The whole club has went downhill!

Fantastic experience: I used to mock my husband for paying for an atlantic club membership and then I went as a guest... now he makes fun of me for not joining sooner. Fantastic gym and never feels overwhelmingly busy like other gyms and so much to offer. Truly nothing like it in the area - highly recommend if it's in your budget.

Negative experience: El mejor

Fantastic experience: The club starts to get shut down at 830pm and a full close at 9pm during the week and 530pm/6pm on weekends. Great club besides the restrictive hours of operation.

Fantastic experience: I'm thrilled to share that I've returned to TAC after a long absence due to Covid and caring for my wife for two years. This time, I've decided to work with a personal trainer named Rich, and I must say, it has been a fantastic comeback!

Fantastic experience: Milagro spa is modern very clean and run well staff is very helpful and polite overall Wonderful experience

Fantastic experience: This club has everything you need to reach your goals! Fitness, beginners or elite athletic training! Woody thank you for sharing your tennis knowledge with me! Marie Bokay thank you for introducing me to your Atlantic club family! Courtney Ahlers

Fantastic experience: Had a massage by Marie. Best massage I've ever had!

Negative experience: The towels are so nasty. They’re pre COVID & an endanger to your health.

Fantastic experience: Have been a member for over ten years and have always enjoyed my experience

Negative experience: I cancelled my contract within two weeks of being a member. Horrible atmosphere. Extremely unfriendly staff working in the daycare room- not a good idea to send children who cannot speak there. When you attempt to talk to anyone about the awful experience you have been having be prepared to be bounced around to a bunch of different employees who do not care… that is including the CEO who will not return any of your emails. Save your time and your money- DO NOT sign up.

Negative experience: New update. It keeps getting worse every year. Last week the men’s hot tub was broken again, no problem I used the main one at the pool area even though it doesn’t get as hot and the jets are weak. Next week the hot tub is broken yet again, but it’s broke differently, this time it can’t heat above 86 degrees so it’s a warm tub. Tried to use the steam room but it was the end of the day and it hadn’t been cleaned so it was covered in hair and grime from a long day of use. I counted 8 missing tiles in the steam room. Loose tiles just sitting on the floor bc no one can be bothered to clean or do any type of maintaince. The steam room door handle rusted out and they just removed the handle, they didn’t replace it. Management simply doesn’t care that the locker rooms are full of mold and have broken tiles all over. The place is a little bit of a disappointment. The club is aging and things like the saunas and steam rooms constantly break. The men’s locker room is dated and pretty grimy. All the shower fixtures are rusting, there is usually at least one shower out of order, there is mold in most showers. The locker room is mostly tile floor and walls, the grout in the tile is brown and pretty nasty, it’s clear the grout has never been cleaned, god knows when they last scrubbed down the tile walls. It’s a drop tile ceiling with dirty mismatched tiles in some areas. I’ve asked the GM about cleaning and I’ve been told that they clean the steam room only at night. No one has ever given me a straight answer about how often the hot tub is drained and cleaned. They have one locker room attendant that cleans at the end of the day. They do not sweep or mop or hose down the steam room at all during the day. 500 or more people use the locker room a day, they only lightly clean it at night. With one man, who is very nice but very old, and he makes minimum wage. They offer lots of classes and keep a good atmosphere but the gym is dirty, services are declining and they are raising dues every year. It’s unknown where they spend our money, even the automatic front entrance door tends to break. They have a nice pavered area with the club logo at the entrance, but that is looking rough and broken. I’ve emailed the GM about locker room upgrades and where our money goes and he does not reply. They blamed the current dues increase on the minimum wage hike and a fancy security system bc cars in the parking lot get robbed and they’ve never bothered with security before, so now we have to pay more. So yeah, slightly nicer than a planet fitness, but not really the fancy high end gym you’d think your joining.

Positive experience: I love this gym even though it is expensive. The members, class instructors and cafe workers are so friendly. It is nice having a cafe where you can relax and enjoy your friends after classes. No other gym in our area has the variety of classes that The Atlantic Club has. The only downside is that at times the showers could be cleaner and the towels are on the cheap side. Other than that, I am grateful to have such a nice and friendly gym nearby.

Negative experience: Have been a member on and off for about 15 years. This club used to be pristine, filled with amazing trainers and a lively clean atmosphere. Rejoined a year ago after covid shut everything down and surprised to see the difference. The locker rooms aren’t as clean and luxury as they used to be. The showers have several missing tiles, missing grout, black and brown stains all over. The sauna was never over 98 degrees when I went, no matter what time it was - which is dangerous for bacteria growth. In order to get a full workout, you now have to travel between facilities because they’ve moved a ton of equipment out of the main gym area. I was also surprised to see how empty it has been for the few months that I did go. Of course, there is no cancellation so I’ve been paying for a membership that I no longer use. It’s disappointing because I enjoy a luxury gym, and unfortunately they’re the only ones around for the time being.

Fantastic experience: Atmosphere staff - especially personal trainers are 5 stars. Excellent facilities.

Negative experience: Over-priced club $$$$$ and poor care received after I was I was INJURED at the Atlantic Club with the back of a pool chair collapsing. No follow-up even after an incident report was taken. My back and neck were INJURED. I was sidelined for the entire summer having to endure MRI’s, Doctor ‘s visits and PT. I requested an 2 month extension of a complimentary membership through Jan Vansys the CFO as I was still recoverjng from my injuries. I was DENIED! Unbelievable! The CEO Kevin Hughes is chronically MIA so no help from him. Even with proof of medical treatment they are dragging me over broken glass for additional doctors notes to terminate membership. This club is all about the $$. Members come 2nd. Save your money and buy a home gym. Both are about the same price!

Fantastic experience: Bartender is

Fantastic experience: The pacific is better but the Atlantic is pretty good.

Negative experience: swim team gets neglected by management, pool is not properly maintained and coaching staff is not treated fairly.

Fantastic experience: Really enjoyed the pool today. Food really hit the spot too.

Negative experience: Hostile treatment of patrons, underpaid employees, many dead animals in unkept pools, as well as unsafe and unsanitary conditions in pools.

Negative experience: did not fund their elite swim team and has horrible facilities all around

Fantastic experience: Absolutely love the Atlantic Club in Manasquan. Great equipment, wonderful pool and hot tub.

Negative experience: Takes horrible care of the swim team. Doesn’t care about the swimmers or the coaches. Cares more about taking your money than making your kids better swimmers

Negative experience: They suck and don’t pay coaches nearly enough ruined my whole last year of swimming experience and won’t allow me to enjoy my team my coaches or the sport pls don’t send your children here they screw everyone and eyerything over.

Fantastic experience: Very nice place i like pool jacuzzi and sauna there was a guy he was so nice and there was one girl she was so polite too i love them i will highly recommend

Fantastic experience: Great staff, great facility. I use the main fitness room mostly. You can work out at your own pace or any of the great instructors will help you reach goals.

Negative experience: Coaches and swim team are treated horribly. Pool chemicals are not properly maintained resulting in chemical burns and loss of hair. If not over chlorinated, conditions cause illness and sickness to the swimmers. Swimmers are forced to deal with the conditions. Coaches are paid little to none and treated horribly. A lack of compassion is evident.

Negative experience: Swim coaches don't get payed enough. Swimmers have to swim in awful conditions and just deal with it. It is either too much chlorine and our eyebrow and arm hair starts to fall out or not any chlorine where we are swimming in our toilets.

Fantastic experience: All the yoga teachers are amazing and all the staff in the day care are loving and professional. Been a member for about a year and very satisfied so far.

Fantastic experience: Absolutely love the Atlantic Club in Manasquan. Great equipment, wonderful pool and hot tub. Also a full schedule of fitness classes either in person or virtual. The premium membership includes a massage a month at the Milagro Spa which is located on the second level of the Club. Highly recommend the Atlantic Club.

Negative experience: This place charges like a 5 star resort, and while there are bountiful amenities, the care of those amenities and state of them are lackluster. I'm sure they were great in the 80's when they were built. The pool looks like it hasn't been kept up for decades - delamination and peeling paint all over the place. The sauna, while nice and hot, looks like the wood boards haven't been replaced in decades. The tile in the bathrooms are gross and broken all over. The shower valves are wonky. I think the most illustrative example is that they broadcast music with commercials (i.e. they are too cheap to pay for a subscription). This place wants to pretend it is fancy pants, but too cheap to actually take care of the facilities. Sadly I will keep going because it is so close and I dig the sauna. If there were a Lifetime nearby this place would be toast.

Negative experience: Simply Horrible. Ownership only cares about getting money from swimmers. The pool is constantly neglected. Many occasions where the pool cannot be used because there is not enough chlorine. Both coaches and swimmers are forced to be working in terrible and neglected facilities. Facilities that are falling apart and are dirty. Lastly for all their hard work, the coaches are underpaid and under appreciated

Negative experience: I have been a swimmer at the Atlantic Club since I was about five years old and the place has since fallen apart. While I can easily go on a rant about the mistreatment of the coaches, they have now resigned so I redirect my attention on the complex pool. Every year that I have been at TAC, there has been an issue with the bubble. This year it collapsed and on many occasions the heater broke. In the summer we had issues where there were zero chemicals in the pool. This is damaging to both the swimmers on the team, and NJ swim employees(who work in the pool) alike. There are many people who have put their heart and soul into the Atlantic Club Swim team and have persisted through the many issues, but there is a threshold to what we will allow and it has been long surpassed. As I look for another swim team my senior year, I cannot help but reminisce on when the team was valued and when the amount of money the program generated did not trump the value of the people involved.

Negative experience: Went to weds night tennis clinic and after the clinic the instructor named John said I couldn't play in the round robin because I wasn't a 3.5 and I would have to come to more clinics first. It was clear after being there for about 5 minutes that there were many other players allowed to play in the round robin because they go there a lot even though they were not very good at all. If they were all 3.5's I'm Roger Federer. Place is an old boys boomers club. Will never play there again and will actively discourage others from playing there. Here are better places I have done clinics at. Little Silver Tennis Club, Colts Neck Racquet Club, New Shrewsbury Racquet Club, and Park Ave Tennis Center.

Negative experience: Been coming here with my girlfriend as her guest for the past two years. Have really enjoyed using the facilities here. However, one August weekend, we were both disgusted by the arrogant attitude of the woman manager overseeing the check-in process at the outdoor pool. We came on a Saturday and spent less than 45 minutes on the property before we were asked to vacate due to an incoming storm, which is understandable. A good percentage of those in the pool area, including ourselves, went back to their cars and left. So, we decided to come back the next day. My girlfriend politely asked the woman manager at the check-in if the guest access from the day prior could be honored for which we explained the situation. We didn't think we were asking too much under the circumstances and had we been politely told "no," that would have been completely understandable. Instead, this woman manager became frustrated with the request, and nasty and arrogant in her response. It was certainly not the way we would expect to be treated by the staff here -- no less someone who was in a management position. Oh, and while I am here, the hot tub was broken for most of the Summer. I know people have been complaining about it, but I guess the club, with all the money they rake in from memberships, feel that it's unimportant to provide a properly heated hot tub for their guests. Pay attention to the negative reviews as I have read many leading up to this one so things are starting to make more sense.

Fantastic experience: Awesome gym

Fantastic experience: The best Gym/Club

Fantastic experience: Went for 3.5 Pickleball

Fantastic experience: Fantastic tennis center!

Negative experience: I've been a member of the club for many , many years. I suffer from an autoimmune disease that took my left ear (deaf on that one) and have very little hearing on my right. I tried for YEARS to ask in all the classes to lower the volume, just a little. I take my hearing aid off, put a plug in the ear , on top of that I put the Bose Cancel Noise, and still!!!!!!!! the volume is like going to a night club, not a health club. Recently I've been doing the spinning (riped ride) class, because the disease causes dizziness and I can hold myself on the bike, Maria is great she lowers the volume, so does Kathy, Karen and Stephen can care less and they are telling me that the students ask to raise the volume, that is a lie!!!!!! MOst of the people on that class wear hearing plug because of the extreme volume. That volume is not healthy for anyone , nobody benefits from that. I go there to stay healthy , not to dance and drink like in a nightclub. I had tried everything and anything possible, went to the front desk, ask the girls on the side desks at front, they will say " I see what I can do". They do NOTHING!!!!!!!!!! and I pay my membership just like everyone else, why do they have the right to go to that class and I have to stay home?? I'm not asking for a drastic lower volume of the music, just a 10%, lower, and on top of that they wear a microphone which they scream on it, and most of the students agree with me, that is just too much . But yet..............nobody cares, there, nobody is aware of the "disability act", they do nothing to help people with disabilities, nor they have any compassion. What kind of HEALTH CLUB uses that volume? I never heard, never , ever, never. This will be my last summer there, I can't go there anymore, I will have to cancel the membership. It is insane..............botttom line, nobody there cares about you. Maria

Fantastic experience: Beautiful club and excellent classes. They really work you out! No down time. Locker rooms are posh and nice staff. Glad I am back.

Fantastic experience: Great club. Excellent classes.

Positive experience: The facility needs more help.

Fantastic experience: So clean and beautiful. So many options and staff is so nice! Love coming here to relax.

Fantastic experience: So clean and beautiful. So many options and staff is so nice! Love coming here to relax.

Fantastic experience: Very nice facility for health & fitness. They provide a clean well kept area with plenty of machines and excercise equipment. Their staff is very polite, freindly and helpful.

Positive experience: Worked out on Father's day, was clean, not crowded and good machines and nice pool.

Fantastic experience: GREAT GREAT

Fantastic experience: Indescribable

Negative experience: For a place that charges ~$130 a month, closing at 5:30 on the weekends is a bit ridiculous

Negative experience: Law enforcement and military accounts are not suppose to be under a contract... I contacted this gym and said I was being relocated for the military... Best believe it wasn't honored! Greed is disgusting... I haven't attended this gym in over 2 months yet your still charging me! After I notified prior to My departure. Greed is disgusting!

Positive experience: Parking sucks

Fantastic experience: Amazing training facility

Fantastic experience: Great clean very nice lots of classes

Fantastic experience: The best health club and spa in the community

Fantastic experience: Good. But not the cafe.

Negative experience: Pool is filthy, if you don’t get there early, like swimming in dirty bath water

Positive experience: It seemed okay we went for a softball workout. The facility we were in was large, and clean.

Fantastic experience: By far the best Health club on the Jersey Shore. Great mix of fitness classes and top quality facilities.

Fantastic experience: The facility is clean , well maintained. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The massage was awesome and the facial even better. I definitely recommend this place for a girls spa day.

Positive experience: Nice and clean well-maintained fields my kids love it there. Lots to do in one location. They could do away with those big bulky rocks I can see an ankle getting twisted. Maybe some benches for parents to watch.

Fantastic experience: I am a senior in the Physician Referral Exercise Program PREP. In addition to the strength training, there are many classes-Active Fit, Aqua Fit, Dancetone, Core & More, and several tpes of yoga. Beautiful pool, locker room, lobby. Cafe offers healthy food. Friendly staff.

Fantastic experience: This is an amazing club with a lot of fringe benefits. It tends to be very busy and equipment can be hard to come by but if you were looking for a club that offers a well-rounded lifestyle this is an excellent value. The sinus, steam rooms, Jacuzzis, and pool or hard to find together. They have racquetball clubs separate workout facilities and tennis courts as well.

Positive experience: Facilities are great. Good value. Men's locker room could use an update. Customer service is terrible. The membership reps can be very rude. I just renewed my membership and kind of regret it for this reason. Won't be renewing for a third year for certain. Sad because i really enjoy the yoga classes, pool, and gym. But you really need to treat your customers respectfully for how much we pay to be members.

Positive experience: At the Atlantic Club Cabana outdoor pools. Nice family oriented large outdoor pool with kiddie pool. Offering drinks, adult beverage and eats, but Dont get to excited about menu choices. It's a glorified kids "chicken finger" offering. Tableside service was nice and overall a nice time by the pool. Worth a try, but temper your expectations as this isn't a vacation club experience.

Fantastic experience: Great place

Positive experience: Has something for every athlete.

Fantastic experience: Love!

Fantastic experience: Top notch facility

Fantastic experience: Great courts !

Fantastic experience: You get what you pay for.

Fantastic experience: Hot Yoga Class was worth getting up early for...

Fantastic experience: Great staff, lots of facilities

Fantastic experience: It's not a gym, it's a club..

Fantastic experience: I know Tyler. Heard he washes dishes. I'm sorry. xoxo hot prep, signing off

Positive experience: It is great sporting center with variety of sporting activities e.g Tennis, Swimming, racquet ball etc..

Negative experience: Club itself is wonderful but the staff/culture/general attitudes here are uninviting

Fantastic experience: Very clean staff is great membership is expensive but for what u get with it well worth it