Bintang Badminton

This is my go to place for badminton when I’m at my parent’s house. I love the facility, and the staff were nice and attentive. However I only come 3 – 5 times a year only so I guess your experience may vary if you come more often. I did meet the famous «old lady» staffer that was more «instructive» than courteous. But i thought of her as a mom and an eager businesswomen, so everything made sense for me. I didn’t come here to get customer service or waited upon. I want that, i’d go to a restaurant or hotel. I came here to play badminton with my friends and family. With that being my goal, I had loads of fun. The courts were fairly clean all matted and have a good suspension flooring so I feel a bit of bounce when I play. The restroom were as clean as any old badminton club can be.

Firstly, the one generous star is for the game we had in this court. Although, there are several courts available, the actual availability is sporadic (mostly non existent). On top of that, when I went to buy water bottles, the representative asked me to pick bottles from the opened cartons when asked for room temperature water (as it is not affordable for them to have water fountains). I didn’t mind picking the bottles but they have this $ 10 rule for card payment and I did not have cash so they actually refused to take my DEBIT CARD PAYMENT and denied me the bottles I PICKED. I think they need better management skills and a major change in customer treatment.

Place was ghetto, courts were ghetto, I felt like I was in the ghetto. I have no idea why I paid $ 9 to play badminton here. When I first walked in I had to lay $ 9 and I gave him a $ 20, and he said oh we don’t have change, and I was like ok. How can you not have change? Smh… I tried using card and he said «there’s a $ 10 minimum.» I had to basically buy a water bottle for me to enter. Freaking scandalous! I felt like I was getting attacked by a loan shark or ale
Thing. There was only really 3 courts you could use when I went and we had to reserve it from a computer and it lasted 30 minutes. The system is stupid! I had like 15 minutes left to play and then literally 2 minutes later. A group of Indian guys kicked us out because they had reserved the court. Also the place looks like a giant sweatshop! There’s no windows, no ventilation, I couldn’t breathe! I don’t think I’ll be back here. I’ll try milpitas next time. Save your money and not come here

The worst customer service. I would like the management to contact me, please! Thanks

First of all, this place is so hard to find. It is behind Fry’s if you are planning to go.
It was my first time at this Bintang. I walked in, the guy behind the counter saw me but didn’t say anything so i walked pass the counter to see the courts. All the courts are taken, so i went back and asked the same guy how the system worked with all the courts are full. He explained to me like i was stupid. Yes, it was my first time here, thank you very much and it was the last time as well. I feel sorry for your Bintang. You should have hired better people.

The courts are in great shape but the staff is not the friendliest at times. It’s a reasonable price for a few hours of badminton. However, from previous experience, it could get crowded at times at night which is why I stopped going at night and started going in the afternoons. Overall, not a bad place to play some badminton when you’re bored and wanna play.

I’ve been here twice now since my friends frequent this place for indoor badminton.
The concept is easy, go in, pay a fee and you can play all day (if you have the energy for it). They have several computers on the side to «sign in» or «reserve» a court. Usually, when the place is crowded, you’re supposed to only play in one court for 30 minutes and then you have to switch with other players.
If you don’t have a racket, you can rent one. The rental price vary from $ 3 to about $ 8 depends on what kind of racket you want. They also sell the birdies (shuttle cocks).
The reason I only give 3 stars is that ventilation could be better. especially during summer time and when it’s crowded, it can get very stuffy. Also, they didn’t have any water fountain, so you either have to bring your own water or buy drinks from them.
Overall, it’s an ok place to play badminton, it does the job!

I was surprised that I have not reviewed this place. I’ve done a lot of Meetup events here and brought a lot of my friends to play. I like the bright and big space inside. Plus, the computer system in booking a court is one fair rule. Now, if only people would follow it, then there’d be peace on earth. Unfortunately, peace is too far to touch. Just shrug your shoulders and wait.
If you don’t have a badminton racket, they do rent out several ones in exchange of your driver’s license. Once you break the racket, you pay for it. They’re not cheap. Cheap rackets are definitely heavy. The lighter, the higher the price. Or, just buy your own. They sell both rubber and feather shuttlecocks, too. They’re reasonable enough.
Overall, one hardcore and sweaty workout. So, bring extra clothes and socks for changing. Be sure to bring pain meds. Your joints will definitely hurt. *laughs*
Who wants to play? Let’s go!

Courts are a bit older, good place to play nonetheless.
Just be careful about parking, we saw a hit and run here… and the guy had PLENTY of space.

I come here to play badminton every so often, as it is the better of the two Bintang locations near where I live. (The sunnyvale location is cramped and has low ceilings, which is awful for playing this sport. The milpitas location is the newest and best if you are willing to drive that far /​brave the traffic.)
There are plenty of courts available on weekday evenings after work. The players are friendly, competitive, and accommodating to novices like me who can be frustrating to play with at all.
The system for reserving courts in 30 minute intervals is pretty lousy: it is a poorly designed website running on 1990s era PC’s that is frustrating at best, if you can remember the username and password you are assigned upon entry.
The prices are reasonable ($ 8 for a day pass) for occasional visitors, and the memberships dont seem unreasonable if you are a regular.
The only negative is that it can get kind of stuffy because there are fewer ventilation openings than at other gyms.

The air circulation here is horrible, just horrible! There is no AC and a lot of stinky sweaty people makes it that much more horrible. I will not be back!

The facilities are great. Nice courts. Lots of courts. High ceilings (unlike at the Sunnyvale location).
I just have some issues with the signup system. Came on a Saturday once. It was super busy with lots of teens. Some little whipper-​snapper punks totally deleted our entire group of 4 off the court in the computer queue sign-​up system (since the passwords are limited to a set of automatically assigned animals, it doesnt take much password guessing before you’re able to delete someone).
We went to complain to the management, but they said they couldnt do anything about it and that there was no way to trace who was signed up.
Was royally p1553d.
On weeknights, ppl will sign up their group of 4 as two consecutive groups of 2. Kinda sketchy since another group of 4 wont necessarily want to split up to challenge the other group of 4 (split to 2 groups). But if you want to merge into the queue, you’re free to do it. They might just give up the court. Sketchy nonetheless. It’s complicated, but you’ll understand once you go and have the court reservation system explained to you.

I couldn’t find the Bintang Badminton Campbell.
Is Bintang Badminton Campbell still exit?
Is it changed to Fly’s?

I play here. Love spanking a bunch of nice little high school experts! They’re Not! The court floors need work but the timed computer system works pretty well! It’s large and a convenient place to play. Bring a really good racket and light shoes and bang away. If you are about 26 and looking for a cute oriental wife and have personality, go there and find yourself a date! it wouldn’t be hard!

I have been to a bunch of badminton gyms and I have to say Monday nights here are pretty fun. They have 3 challenge courts and a computer system that lets you sign on a court. The people are also not snobby and will play with you as well if you signed on the computer to play. I would say the wait time after you sign on a court is no more than 25 minutes. On the challenge court if you win then you stay on till you lose. Drop in is $ 8 dollars. Which is the average price you pay to play everywhere. The receptionist was also one of the nicest that I have ever experienced. She was very informative and very helpful.
Parking was also pretty good as well. I would say on a Monday night it is not bad. I have not been there any other night so I will have to update my review when I go on the other nights. So far I am a happy camper and will for sure be coming here on Monday nights after work.

Just like it’s Sunnyvale location, the court are padded and lighting are good.
Weekends are packed just like lunch hour on weekdays.
This location has a higher ceiling as compares to Sunnyvale location which makes it more airy.
The changing room would need «extreme makeover» as it lacks of locker rooms, shower places, etc…
I do not like their booking system as they do not allow you to book the entire court. At busy hours, you would have to queue or share court with strangers even though you had already paid for it.

Try to come here as close to 9AM when they open. The later in the day, the more it smells like someone duct-​taped a used sock over your nose. Especially in the summer.
Okay, I get it – any ventilation might affect the flight of the shuttle. But the lack of ventilation definitely affects the flight of stink particles up my nostrils.
It’s a nice enough facility, with 10 courts, a practice court, and a ping pong table. Cheap, too, at $ 7 entrance per person, unlimited play on 30-​minute rotating courts.
Eclectic crowd — beginners and advanced, families and students, casual and hard-​core players. Mostly Asians and Indo-​Aryans, with the occassional white guy. But it’s badminton, so what do you expect?
Just wish they opened earlier and had some miraculous, shuttlecock-​flight-​neutral ventilation. And more lovely ladies. And less dudes. Yeah, less dudes.

So I’ve had a couple people tell me that Bintang doesn’t have AC because it would affect the flight of the birdie, I didn’t know okay, geez, lol… So now I know why they don’t have AC. I still give it a 4 stars though cause it says ‘YAY, I’m a fan!’ If I had to nip pick something, I say I don’t like their rotating system. Everyone pays the same price and some of the courts are for «Challenges» whom hog up the same darn court all night long! Some couple players don’t know how to rotate so my suggestion is to have atleast 8 people in your group and keep signing up for the same court if you actually want to play, lol. They should have a person walk around and tell people to get off the court when their time is up, now thats a good system. «(whistle) GET OFF THE COURT, NEXXXT!» ahahahaaa.

This place is pretty high tech!
You come in, pay, sign into the computer and get a password. Then you walk over to the 3 – 4 computers on the wall and sign into the court you want to play. Each individual player has their own name + password.
Their are practice courts and challenge courts.
The practice courts are 4 players only, so if your only a pair, you share with another couple.
Also, there’s 1 – 2 table tennis tables, or ping pong tables some would call it. The bathrooms are pretty big with 3 – 4 stalls.
I like the reservation computer idea, if it times up, its up, get your butt off the court. Each reservation is 30 minutes long only. The computers show how long the wait time is and whose in queue.
The roof is pretty high and there’s adequate room around the courts. There’s only 1 court that’s hard wood.
They also sell accessories like rackets, birdies, shoes, drinks, and candy.
It’s 7 dollars normally, unless you go during their lunch special which knocks it down to 5.

Not bad, it’s alright. It’s a small little play area with about 10 courts for those who enjoy playing badminton. Obviously, this place is usually filled up with asians, although I do see the occasional white man and Indian man *ha ha.*
There’s almost like, NO air conditioning though! Maybe there is, if so, it’s extremely weak. because I played for one hour and I was sweating PROFUSELY.
If you have seen the movie Bedazzled, The guy who sold his soul was a basketball player sweating like no other. Well that’s me… (watch that movie if you don’t know what I’m talking about)
Anyway. I came here with a friend of mine to play with a bunch of mid-​30s people. Me being the only «young» person in the group.
I played 5 hours of badminton, and it was my first time playing again in 4 – 5 years! I usually NEVER get tired after playing badminton, no matter how long I play, but geez, after about 15 minutes I was exhausted. Talk about out of shape, huh.
So imagine what 5 hours was like… for me, it felt like I entered into the gates of Hell, with creepy opera music going on in the background and flames building up from the floormat, as I jumped up and down, moving around the court…
When I bent down to hit the birdie, I knew right then and there that my butt muscles were going to hurt like shit the next day… My theory was right.
Also, my forearm was SO numb, I literally couldn’t pick up anything with that arm. I pick up chopsticks during dinner, and they drop to the ground. I pick up food, they drop in my mouth (hehe. luckily). but I choked once… don’t tell anyone that. except I just did…
I couldn’t use my arm for 3 days…
Anyway, DON’T. come in long/​casual attire. Because I did. And I was the only one who did. And it was hot. Wearing jeans and a vest and casual converse shoes with huge holes on the heels.
I suggest you don’t follow in my footsteps.
I went on the weekend, so it was about $ 7 entrance fee. If you need to rent a racket, it’s $ 3 or $ 4, depending which rackets you get.