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March 2025 by The Spot & Spot Stretch'd
Space is phenomenal gorgeous hardwoods, exposed brick, amazing artwork! Instructor seemed very knowledgeable.
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March 2025 by Tessa Jary
I love toolbox Pilates!!! I’ve taken 4 beginner reformer classes now and it’s so much fun and a good challenge. I wish the instructors were doing to exercises along side you, but they’re very good at cueing. The space is just absolutely gorgeous. Love it!!
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October 2024 by Wanderluster Fitness
Purchased the new student package. I enjoyed the classes. Reformer instructors were very clear. The Core Align was a new apparatus to me. I plan to take more classes . Only reason it's a 4 star is because the classes, like Core Align book fast and weeks out. Reformer and mat have more availability.
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April 2024 by Erika Lopez-Finn
Courtney is awesome! Her adjustments, explanations, and sense of humor make for an amazing session while challenging you.
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April 2024 by Arianna Roumeliotes
I took my first ever reformer class with Zaina at Toolbox and I was super nervous to try the equipment and try something new. She clearly explained and guided us through the class. I will be back!
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March 2024 by Beth Riebe
Great class. Mayu is terrific! Highly recommend her classes.
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March 2024 by Kristin Augenblick
Eric is the best for a tough but good class. 10/10
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March 2024 by Laura E
Each of Carlos’ classes are thoughtfully planned and he never repeats from week to week. The class is hard but in a good way.
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March 2024 by Emily Barlow
All of the instructors offer great instruction and are passionate about improving skill levels for class attendees.
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March 2024 by Radd Riebe
Mayu is one of the best yoga instructors I have had. She gives clear instructions, entertains the class with clever descriptions, and clearly cares about her students.
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March 2024 by Scarlett To (Scarlett)
Really like the vibe and space in this studio. I went there on Saturday morning. Sara is such a friendly instructor!
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March 2024 by Katie Weicher
We were interested in Toolbox as a wedding venue but unfortunately the unresponsiveness from the owner forced us to look elsewhere. I rarely post negative reviews but am really disappointed that we wasted valuable time in our venue search.I toured the venue by myself at first because it is near my office, and we live far outside DC. The owner was 20 minutes late and I'm fairly convinced forgot about our appointment until I was able to flag a pilates instructor down and explain I had a tour scheduled (the instructor made a call and the owner arrived 10 minutes later, clearly frazzled). The tour was a bit chaotic and all over the place, but I really liked the space. I scheduled a time to return with my fiancé a couple of weeks later and thought we were all set.The day of the scheduled tour I reached out by both text and email to confirm, but didn't receive a response. We arrived at the venue and the owner was nowhere to be found, so I called, texted, and emailed again. He was a complete no-show. We waited for more than 30 minutes, and ended up just quickly walking through the space and unintentionally interrupting a pilates class. I figured we may hear from him and he'd apologize/explain the situation - but he literally never responded or reached out. We really liked the space but obviously could not move forward given the unprofessionalism and lack of respect for our time. The venue costs $7.5k - that's not cheap, even by DC standards. We were not comfortable spending that kind of money and planning our wedding (something that is inherently very stressful) at a place that was already so disorganized and leaving a terrible impression.It's a beautiful location and the photos I've seen from weddings there look stunning, but unfortunately our experience prevented us from moving forward.
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February 2024 by Olivia Nguyen
TLDR; beautiful venue (hence 1 star), but one of the most pretentious and unfriendly workout classes I have ever taken in my life (Chair 1 with Vivian)THE TEA: This is only the 9th Google review I’ve ever written, that’s how salty I am about my experience here. I’ve been wanting to try pilates at Toolbox for a while and finally signed up for the Chair 1 class after enrolling in a trial subscription of ClassPass. Never did pilates before, there were no mat classes available that worked with my schedule, and I figured a beginner chair class would be fine because hello it’s marketed as a BEGINNER CLASS. The venue is hidden in an alley and I got lost trying to find it and showed up 2 minutes late. It’s a small intimate class of only 5 students, so the instructor knows I’m new. She literally GLARES at me after I apologize for being late and impatiently waves me over to my pilates chair. When she finds out I’m a total beginner, she has no qualms making it clear to everyone her skepticism that I could even get through the class. I literally had to reassure her that I would try my best. She then tells me “well, everyone else here knows what they’re doing so I’m not going to slow down the class too much for you okay.” Wow - so warm, so welcoming!The class begins, and her teaching method is very much like that of a drill sergeant, which I actually don’t mind because she’s strict and doesn’t let you get away with bad technique. However, there was this pretty obvious dynamic where she shows clear favor to the students who have been there longer and are obviously more advanced and skilled, whereas with the newer students (me) or those less advanced (others) she adopted a “prove yourself to me” attitude with barely any encouragement. Not gonna lie, it was effective: I was so turned off by her energy that I was laser focused on doing the exercises instead of enjoying myself. And hey, a lot of it was hard, but for what it’s worth, I got through the class just fine, and I’m sure many others who consider themselves at moderate fitness levels would also have been perfectly fine.At the end of the class, she comes up to me and kept asking me if I did yoga or was a dancer (as if that should matter?) and then flat out told me “I didn’t think you’d hold up too well today because you’re such a beginner, but good job.” I muttered a thank you and immediately left. It’s funny because there was another student in the class who kept on raving about how she and her friend loooove this instructor’s Chair 1 class sooo much - which clearly shows people have had different experiences here. That’s fine, good for them, me writing this bad review is for my own emotional catharsis more than anything. But in general I’m not interested in taking fitness classes, or venturing into the world of pilates, in an environment where instructors 1) seem to have no grace or understanding for the myriad reasons a student might be late to class, 2) play favoritism, 3) put you down from the start, 4) and then only begrudgingly bestow upon you their approval when you don’t fail.Unreal. I walked out of there in disbelief. I am never ever coming back here for a class, and will never recommend this place to anyone who asks. Ok tea spilled, goodbye forever.
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October 2023 by Megan
We were looking for a non-traditional wedding venue and stumbled on Toolbox’s info. After visiting the space and checking it out we knew it was perfect for the size and scope of our wedding! Alex and Iva (and Cece!) were amazing to work with and gave so many fabulous recommendations for vendors and local connections, which really helped our effort to maintain a budget friendly wedding without sacrificing quality! Cece went above and beyond to provide the most amazing day-of coordination support and kept things moving beautifully, even with some last minute schedule adjustments. Overall we felt so supported, and post-wedding we have gotten nothing but rave reviews from our guests about the venue and overall space as well as the flow of our wedding day. Highly recommend checking out Toolbox for any event hosting needs, but the space was absolutely magical for our wedding. 10/10 would do it again!
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October 2023 by Megan L.
We were looking for a non-traditional wedding venue and stumbled on Toolbox's info. After visiting the space and checking it out we knew it was perfect for the size and scope of our wedding! Alex and Iva (and Cece!) were amazing to work with and gave so many fabulous recommendations for vendors and local connections, which really helped our effort to maintain a budget friendly wedding without sacrificing quality! Cece went above and beyond to provide the most amazing day-of coordination support and kept things moving beautifully, even with some last minute schedule adjustments. Overall we felt so supported, and post-wedding we have gotten nothing but rave reviews from our guests about the venue and overall space as well as the flow of our wedding day. Highly recommend checking out Toolbox for any event hosting needs, but the space was absolutely magical for our wedding. 10/10 would do it again!
