San Gabriel Valley Badminton Club

Didn't realize that Badminton is such a popular sport until I visited this place. There's lot of hard core players here that play for hours and into the wee hours past midnight! The location is in a warehouse (once you drive past the U-Haul rental make a left into the driveway). This Club is a full service club with equipment and apparels for sale, trainers and staff for racket service.

I had come here with a few friends to change the pace of our usual spot. My friend has reserved a court so we just had to tell them the name it was reserved under and they told us the court we would be on. My friend reserved a court online, which he found very nice since he didn't have to talk to people. The entrance fee was $12.

Once we entered the badminton courts, there was a lot more than we thought. It is like a labyrinth of badminton courts. We after a while, we found the court assigned to us. It wasn't our time just yet, so we just watched the other players as we waited. When it was out turn, we very kindly told them that we reserved the court for this time. The smiled as they left the court.

We reserved the court from 7:00pm-8:00pm, but we were able to play for a few minutes after 8pm. We noticed they are not super strict about the time. If there was someone after us or wanted to use the court, we would gladly move. The atmosphere of this place was relaxing and we would definitely come here again.

This place is pretty big with maybe 14 courts or so. It's a big maze inside. Lots of courts but also packed with people. Its $12 per person and $18 to reserve a court for 1 hr. You can only make reservations the day before. So my friend and I walk in not knowing what to expect. The people are all friendly and there are rules for the courts. Everyone is supposed to take turns playing games. And if they finish a game they have to let another group rotate in so that everyone gets a turn. However, it's mostly meant for groups of 4s, or people that play doubles games. We were only 2 people so we could either team up to play with others or if we play, we're only supposed to play 1 game vs. 1 set. It seems quite competitive and intimidating when you're not very good because everyone there plays really well! Because you have to rotate, I do feel like you have to spend hours there just to play a few games. We were there for almost 2 hrs and we played 2 games. Overall, well organized system and everyone follows the rules, but it's just too packed.

I had great experience here with my friends.
Arrived at 8:30am and there were plenty of free courts. Entrance fee was $9 for adults (non students) and $3 for racket rentals. We were allowed to play for the whole day. We can even leave and show our receipt to get back in but we probably just have to wait if all the courts are taken.

Place was clean and service from Sarah was good.

This is probably the oldest badminton gym in SGV. This gym is converted from a warehouse. It will be extremely hot during the summer and freezing cold during winter (make sure that you bring a jacket/ sweater/ pants if you are playing during winter). There were times that a lot of cars got their window broken. Multiple police report were filed, and camera were installed after. I was worried and I stopped coming over due to safety concern.

They use Yonex mats, but they are pretty old, and their flooring is pretty hard. I do not recommend players to play here if they have knee pain.

The worse thing to me about this place is that the bathroom stinks. I always held my breath when I went to the bathroom.

This place is great! I used to come here often back in 2008-2009 when I was in high school. In the last few years, I seldom come to this club because I have memberships at other badminton clubs.

For the most part, I don't really have any complaints here except for the dirty restroom.

There is free parking next to the building. It is helpful to make reservations beforehand so that you can get a court when it is busy. I wish they would invest in some fans or air conditioning because it is soooooo hot inside of the building! There is a small shop inside too that sells rackets and clothing. Also, you can rent badminton rackets if you do not have your own.

I've played badminton here a few times. The front staff takes the time to explain which rackets are good for beginners. The last time I came here, which was on a Saturday, it was packed. We booked a court and ended up waiting about 30 minutes, which I guess wasn't too bad of a wait.

I think the court area could use a bit of a change to the color scheme and go for a more modern look. =) Otherwise, I had a great time hitting those shuttlecocks here!

TOO MANY PEOPLE DURING THE WEEKEND!!! People here are not nice, not willing to share courts. Don't come to this place. If you don't pay extra reservation fee, don't expect you will have a vacant court to play with walk-in daily ticket. Can't feel AC, hot inside. Never gonna come again!

This is the worst service experience I had in the U.S. When I went in the office, there was no one at the front desk, and I understand it was busy, I got it.

1) He, William, asked me for membership card, I couldn't remember if my membership belongs to this branch, and I left the actually card at home. So I told him I had a card before(I don't really know if that's the right one, but I guess people can always check system?), yet he didn't say he would check for me before asking me a dump question: that means you do not membership anymore?

2) After he checked, it seemed I am not in their system, so I desire to buy a new one. He pulled out paperwork and start to fill out without explaining to me the price and how's the membership work. Then I asked him how much is the membership, he pointed at the paperwork("monthly fee $40) and told me that's why he wrote down. As I am going to leave U.S next week for a month, I changed my mind to buy a one time pass this time. THEN HE SAID," THAT'S WHY I DONT LIKE PEOPLE LIE TO ME." In front of other 7 people. Are your staff fxxking kidding me????????

3) he seemed not very happy the whole time. And gave me back the ID, he asked me for payment, and I was like," you dude haven't given back my damn credit card! " And I realized the ID he gave back to me belong to someone else!

I AM SO ENOUGH OF THIS EMBARRASSING RECEPTIONIST THROWING ME THE AWEFUL WORK ATTITUDE. Know what you work for, and treat people the way you want to be treated.