Doherty's Gym City

Doherty’s Gym City is an underground training venue in the Banana Alley Vaults at 367 Flinders Street, next to Flinders Street Station and Melbourne’s main transport hub. Its location places it close to accommodation, corporate offices and shopping, making it a practical option for people training in or commuting through the Melbourne CBD. The gym is staffed every day of the year, including public holidays, with early weekday access and later closing times than weekends.

The equipment range covers general strength, resistance and cardio training. Members and visitors will find dumbbells, barbells, squat racks, benches, bench press set-ups, pin-loaded and plate-loaded machines, plus cable stations. Cardio equipment includes treadmills, upright and recumbent bikes, stairmasters, ellipticals, skill mills, assault bikes, spin bikes and rowers. The variety makes the gym suitable for different training routines rather than one narrow style of workout.

A dedicated powerlifting room is one of the venue’s more distinctive facilities. It includes competition equipment, platforms, racks, barbells, plates, benches and chalk, giving powerlifters a separate space built around the requirements of heavy lifting. The gym also has showers and changing facilities for members and visitors, along with parking at the venue or across the road at Barkley Square.

The atmosphere is shaped by its underground setting and central-city surroundings. Doherty’s describes the space as a hard-edged training environment beneath the city, with trains passing overhead and the fast pace of Melbourne’s CBD above ground. There is also an on-site cafe and supplement store offering barista coffee, protein shakes, meals, snacks, drinks, supplements and ready-to-drink pre-workouts, as well as training accessories and apparel. With its broad equipment selection, dedicated powerlifting room, staffed access and central location, it is a strong fit for solo gym-goers, regular strength trainees and visitors looking for a fully equipped workout space in Melbourne. The venue holds a 4.4 Google rating from 169 reviews.