Bay Badminton Center

I haven’t played here for almost a year now but used to come quite often on weekday evenings and Sunday afternoons when I had my membership. I actually enjoyed my time here, but this gym has two major drawbacks: hard floor surface and small number of courts, hence the three stars. Oftentimes several courts are reserved for training for a few hours straight which makes the wait time even longer. Also, since the closure of the Burlingame location this place has become very crowded because most Burlingame regulars moved here.

Very good place to go for playing badminton. Front desk lady is very nice. Cost $ 10 per day or $ 85 for 10 days worth. You can share and you can rent a racket if needed. Well be back soon.

If you don’t know already, the BBC in Burlingame officially closed down. This is now the only branch of BBC open in the Peninsula. I used to go to the one in Burlingame often since it was closed to my house. However, my friends and I have no other choice now in the peninsula so we decided to see what this one was about.
The address on Unilocal might lead the GPS to bring you to the wrong side of the building. So beware! It is located in an area of industrial buildings and offices.
The interior was smaller. There are 9 courts total. I believe drop in rates are $ 6/​person before 2pm, anytime after that would be $ 9/​person. The guy at the front desk is always friendly and super polite. Courts 8 and 9 are not available in the afternoons after 2pm because those courts are reserved and occupied by kids lesson. Usually if you go in on a weekday between 10am-​2pm, there should be no wait.
However, if you decide to go in at night, it is usually PACKED and you will have to use their computer system to sign up for courts, and they run on 30minute duration for each game. The last time we visited at night, we dropped in at 8:45pm and had to wait till 9:10pm to play. We expected to play till 11pm because that’s when they close. However, they started to tell people to wrap up games and kicked everyone out by 10:40pm. I thought that was quite annoying because if I paid my $ 9, i’d like to play till my time was up. The fact that this is the only badminton center nearby, i’ll most likely be back, but that’s only because I don’t have a closer choice and the guy at the front desk gives exceptional service.

Pretty spacious place for badminton. Me and my friend had a great time in here. I noticed most of the people who plays here are Asians. Just really surprised somebody took our court while we are still in our minutes to play.

Waste of time here… only 3 courts open on SAT. The rest of the courts will be reserve for training. I waited for 1.5 hours to have my first game. If you really thinking to come on SAT. Call and check first.

Burlingame/​Millbrae BBC closed earlier this year, and all people with their memberships and coaches moved to this smaller center. It has become too crowded and on average 30 minutes wait to play for 30 minutes.
I still like this place as it has better lighting than Bintang in SSF, but it is not worth the wait.

In the interest of full disclosure on Unilocal,because I use this website a lot for good recommendations, I am currently an employee of Bay Badminton Center — South San Francisco. But I have been a customer for more than 3 years at this location before working here and my review is based upon all that experience both as a customer and a worker.
The thing that I most like about this gym is the open layout. It offers bright lighting that allows you to see the shuttles from all angles and gives good depth with the colors of the walls. There are 9 courts featuring the professional style Robbins flooring system, which provides the best possible grip on the court and at the same time it is padded so it really saves your leg joints and muscles. There is a viewing area so that you can just sit and watch games and the wait times at this gym are much shorter than other gyms in the area. Often you don’t have to wait.
We do have a full service pro shop. Offering the latest in badminton rackets, shuttles, badminton specific shoes, grips, and stringing services. Often times we can string a racket while you play. And we can help you find a racket that matches your style of play and budget at the same time! We also have a separate room so if you want to host a birthday party, private party or corporate event, we can accommodate you. We have rental rackets and you can try out any racket that we sell for a $ 10 demo fee.
So come down and give our gym a try. It’s just a few minutes off the 101 freeway in South San Francisco and we would love to share the sport of badminton with you!

I used to take badminton back at Lowell High during my sophomore year and let me tell you, the rackets there were not half as nice as the ones you get here.
My cousin had a groupon for a session for four, but only three of us came instead. We came around 12, so naturally it was somewhat empty. The guy working the counter was extremely nice though, he was very attentive with how things worked around there. The wall behind him was filled with lots of equipment that you can purchase, although they’re pretty expensive. There’s a HUGE racket for kiddies to pose with, how cuuute :). The guy working there also made many recommendations for us since we were just playing for leisure, which was good for my cousins.
There are probably 10 courts I think, they were numbered but I don’t quite recall exactly how many there were. They’re not the best looking courts, but they’re simple and clean, which works for me. There’s a good amount of space in between courts for people to play next to you, which is also good. The place is well lit, well-​ventilated, and pretty much a place thats great for anyone. They do also advise that you wear appropriate attire since the floor doesn’t always work for all shoes.
I’d definitely come back. You actually get to keep the birdies if its your first time there!

Been playing badminton for a few years now all over the Bay Area, but I consider this BBC location my second home. The smaller gym provides a friendly atmosphere for fun & competitive games. Staff is very helpful and knowledgeable. I often bring friends who are new to badminton here because it is so comfortable, and with added bonus, free demo rackets to try out before buying!

OMG WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT BADMINTON WAS SUCH AN INTENSE SPORT! LOL I bought a groupon titled «Bay Badminton with 2 rental rackets and 6 shuttle cocks.» I’m like SHUTTLE COCKS? Never heard that term before. Call me immature but that made me laugh — it amused me enough to go try it out.
I’m glad I did. It was a very cool experience. The facility is very clean. There were a bunch of Asians there playing; from the elderly to 10 year olds. They were so into it! Screaming and grunting at every hit of the shuttle cock. INTENSE I TELL YOU.
Man, it was a work out. A better work out than I thought. The gym lets you play at any open court, If there are people waiting then you have to rotate out every 30 minutes or let them join your game. Good way to meet fellow shuttle cock hitters if you ask me. LOL
But yes, highly recommended — great work out — reasonably price.

Clean Facility, multiple courts and a system to help reserve courts. Pricing wise I can’t complain, but I can see how it can get expensive playing here.
I think the lighting system is well lit, but it becomes difficult to see when the birdie gets right in the front of the light. A reverse lighting system should be in place.
I would recommend this facility, convenient location and close to the freeway.

Great place to play badminton. There are nine courts and there has been room every time I have gone.

Take a sport that is super fast paced, and put in the «anyone can play this» factor, mix it with friends who really enjoy it and you have badminton. And this facility makes it super easy get seriously crack addicted to it.
The deal of decade is the $ 50 for ten visits! $ 5 a visit to play as long as you like! For me that is three hours at $ 1.33 an hour. Ok I am a cheap date.
But the club has everything you need
A bunch of clean courts, a snack and pro shop with rackets, shuttlecocks, shoes, etc.
Plenty of free parking in the evening when the business next door is gone for the day and all day on weekends.
Get hooked!

Its a smaller place compared to Bintang badminton center. Drop-​ins are $ 5 before 4pm and $ 6 after. Better than $ 8 at bintang. Parking (free) is small but can park on the side street or next parking lot. Something that’s annoying is that for every 30minutes you have to go and register your court on the system as long as you keep playing or it will list the court as open.

What a cute little place! Hidden on San Mateo ave, I almost missed this place if it weren’t for my friend screaming in the passenger seat.
There’s a $ 5 drop in fee per person& as far as I know, you can play for as long as you want. There are 9 courts (6 right next to each other & 3 in an L shape on the other side). The courts are fairly new looking and the bathrooms are extremely clean! I find it awkward they have a little black barrier thing hanging from the ceiling (seemed useless IMO) but regardless for $ 5 I’d definitely come back here more often especially since it’s an indoor court.

I had originally purchased a Groupon and was finally able to use it right before it expired. The Groupon covered the admission fee, racket rental and even a tube of shuttlecocks which we were able to keep.
We went on a Saturday morning and thankfully it was not packed. We were able to get a court in the corner and played to our heart’s content. It was the perfect enclosed environment for playing badminton, as oppose to our usual futile attempts to play outside in nature where the wind is quite obtrusive.
We had such a good experience that we even went to play the following week. It is a rare occurrence that I would come back to any place after having used a Groupon, but for $ 5 per person per day, I figured that at least we would be getting some good exercise, which I certainly did. After playing for an hour and 45 minutes the first time around, I was sore for almost a full week! Good workout indeed, and we will definitely be frequenting this place in the future! (Provided that I’m not too lazy, of course…)

Great place to hone in on your badminton skills!
There’s a lot of courts, and its typically not that crowded on the weekdays. If you’re just dropping in, its a $ 5 drop-​in fee, and you can play for as long as you want!
If you need to rent a racquet, they have racquets available, and of course they also have snacks and drinks available as well.
Oh yeah, did I mention that there’s free parking too?
It really doesn’t get any better than this… so come out and play! There’s some excellent badminton players that come here to play…
And I’m always looking for a challenge =)

Great facilities! I’m sold. Professional, clean, friendly. Great place to get your game on.
Get yourself some group and private lessons, because footwork is what you’re lacking my friend. You know how you don’t seem to have full coverage of the court? Yeah. That’s what I’m talking about. Footwork.

Went here for a friend’s birthday and had way more fun than I thought I would. I may have to get friends together for a day of badminton every so often during the paddling offseason so I don’t get so chunky during the winter.
Rather than bore you with any more words, I leave you with this:
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I can’t believe no one has reviewed this place yet.
9 courts
I dropped in on a Friday night before 8pm. There were about 4 to 5 drop in courts available. You basically get to play for 30 minutes until your time is up and you have to register on a log-​in computer area.
Ample parking on the street.
$ 5/​drop-​in until the end of January 2011.