Why this page is short

We write these comparisons by pulling every published source we can find, marking what is verified against what is merely reported, and then conceding the categories where the other gym wins. That method works when there is data. For Black's Gym there is very little.

Their own channels do not publish a price list. Third-party guides that do list a price disagree about which building they are describing. Two phone numbers and at least three addresses appear across directories. We could have quietly picked the most flattering set of numbers and built a confident-looking table out of them, and you would not have known. We would rather say plainly: this comparison is incomplete, and the missing parts are on their side of the table.

That is not a criticism of the gym. Plenty of excellent Vietnamese gyms run entirely on Facebook and word of mouth and see no reason to publish a rate card in English. It is a criticism of anyone who writes a detailed comparison page about them anyway.

What we could not verify about Black's Gym

Listing this openly is more useful to you than a padded table, so here it is in full:

Everything in the table below carries a tag telling you which bucket it falls in. Nothing about Black's Gym is marked verified, because nothing about it is.

Choose the gym that matches how you actually train

Comparison pages usually end with the author's gym sweeping every category. We can only claim what we can evidence, so here is the honest split based on the reporting that does exist.

Choose Black's Gym if

  • You live in Hải Châu or the city centre, away from the beach strip. Most listings put them on that side of town, and proximity beats everything else on this page.
  • You train before 8 AM. A 5 AM opening is the one thing every source agrees on. We do not open until 8, and no amount of positioning fixes that for an early riser.
  • You want a serious bodybuilding room. The consistent theme across every review and guide we read is heavy free weight equipment and a hardcore lifting culture. That is a specific, repeated, independent observation and we are not going to argue with it.
  • You want a long-established gym. They have been part of the Da Nang scene for years with an active local following, which is not something a gym that opened in 2026 can claim.
  • You want classes alongside lifting. Yoga, zumba, bodyfit and boxing appear in several listings, along with a sauna. We run none of those and have no sauna. Confirm what is actually running before you sign.
  • Budget is the priority and their quote comes in low. If the reported monthly figure is anywhere near accurate, they are considerably cheaper than us. Get it in writing and then decide.

Choose Evolve if

  • You live in Ngũ Hành Sơn, around Khuê Mỹ, An Thượng or southern Mỹ Khê. We are at 14 Hồ Xuân Hương.
  • You want to know the price before you walk in. Ours is published, it is the same number for everybody, and it is on this page.
  • You want air conditioning you do not have to check. Evolve is a fully enclosed conditioned floor. Their AC is reported but not verified anywhere we could find.
  • You train in the evening. We are open until midnight. Black's Gym is reported to close between 8:30 PM and 9 PM, which is typical for Da Nang and no use if your day ends late.
  • You want coaching inside the price. Our 3 and 12-month terms include 1 PT strategy session per month, and the 12-month allows 1 month of pause.
  • You want to try before paying. Your first visit here is free. We could not confirm that Black's Gym sells day passes at all.

Side by side

Evolve Gym Black's Gym
Location 14 Hồ Xuân Hương, Khuê Mỹ, Ngũ Hành Sơn. South, near Mỹ Khê and An Thượng. Conflicting 654 Nguyễn Văn Linh, Hải Châu (expat guides); 3-5 Trần Quang Diệu, Sơn Trà (VN directories); 360 Trần Hưng Đạo (their Instagram)
Setting Single enclosed performance floor, opened 2026 Reported Bodybuilder-oriented lifting gym, long established, renovated with added machines
Air conditioning Verified Fully enclosed conditioned floor Reported Described as fully air conditioned by one guide. Another says confirm on arrival.
Equipment Strength and free weight focused. No published inventory. Reported Heavy-duty weightlifting equipment, wide machine selection. No published inventory.
Opening hours Daily 8 AM – 12 AM Conflicting 5 AM open (consistent). Close reported as either 8:30 PM or 9 PM.
Coaching 1 PT strategy session per month included on 3 and 12-month terms Reported Experienced bodybuilder trainers on the floor. Rates not published.
Day pass Free first visit, then 150,000₫ Unverified One guide reports ~160,000₫ for a Sơn Trà location. Availability not confirmed.
1 month 1,990,000₫ Unverified One guide reports ~800,000₫. Single source. Confirm directly.
3 months 1,490,000₫ / month
(4,470,000₫ total)		 No data Not published anywhere we could find
12 months 990,000₫ / month
(11,880,000₫ total), 1 month pause allowed		 No data Not published anywhere we could find
Crowds Not honestly rankable for either gym. See the note below.

Evolve figures are our own and current. Every Black's Gym cell is drawn from third-party guides and directory listings rather than from the gym, and none of it is confirmed by them. Checked 11 August 2026. Treat the pricing cells as leads to check, not as prices. Confirm directly before paying.

Location: the factor that actually decides it

Everything else on this page is a rounding error next to this, and here it is unusually clean, because the two gyms are not competing for the same neighbourhood.

Evolve is in Khuê Mỹ in Ngũ Hành Sơn, on the southern beach strip near An Thượng and southern Mỹ Khê. Black's Gym is listed on the city side, most often on Nguyễn Văn Linh in Hải Châu, which is inland toward the Hàn River. That is a genuinely different part of Da Nang, not a ten minute difference.

The gym you go to is the gym you can get to. If you live in Hải Châu and work in the centre, riding to the beach strip three times a week in August will stop happening by week three. Pick the near one, and use the rest of this page only if the two are genuinely equidistant for you.

Air conditioning: verified at ours, reported at theirs

Air conditioning is the single most common reason people switch gyms in Da Nang. July and August run 33 to 34.5°C with humidity between roughly 79% and 89%, and the hot season pushes past 37°C. Most gyms in this city run on fans and open shutters, which is why this is the first question anyone asks.

Evolve is a fully enclosed air-conditioned floor. That we can state as fact because it is ours.

Black's Gym is described as a fully air-conditioned space by at least one Da Nang guide, alongside its heavy-duty weightlifting equipment. Another guide lists its AC status as something to confirm on arrival. That makes it reported, not verified, and reported is where we are leaving it. We are not going to imply a competitor is hot when a published source says otherwise, and we are not going to promote a third-party sentence to a fact.

We are not going to pretend to have measured a competitor's thermostat. Your first visit here is free. Go to each on a hot afternoon, do a real working set, and you will have better information than any article can give you, including this one.

Equipment: their strongest claim, and one we are not contesting

The single most consistent thing said about Black's Gym across every source we read is that it is a bodybuilder's gym with heavy free weight equipment, a wide machine selection and an unapologetically serious lifting culture. Multiple independent guides say some version of it. That is exactly the kind of repeated, independent observation we take seriously.

We have not published a full equipment inventory with brands and counts, so declaring ourselves the winner on kit in an article we wrote would be worthless to you. What we can say factually is that Evolve opened in 2026 and the floor is built around strength and free weight training in one enclosed conditioned room.

If you are a machine-focused bodybuilder on the city side of Da Nang, go and look at their floor. It costs a trip and, if they sell drop-ins, a day pass.

Hours: they own the morning, we own the evening

Every source agrees Black's Gym opens at 5 AM. If you train at dawn, that is three hours we simply do not have, and it belongs to them.

Their closing time is reported as either 8:30 PM or 9 PM depending on the source, which is typical for Da Nang, where most gyms shut between 8 PM and 9 PM. Evolve is open until midnight. So if your day does not end at 6 PM, the late hours are the clearest practical advantage we have on this page.

Price: we can only show you one side of this

Evolve publishes everything: a free first visit, then 150,000₫ per day pass, 490,000₫ for a week, 1,990,000₫ for a month, 1,490,000₫ per month over 3 months (4,470,000₫), and 990,000₫ per month over 12 months (11,880,000₫, with 1 month of pause allowed). The 3 and 12-month terms include 1 PT strategy session per month.

For Black's Gym we have one third-party figure of roughly 800,000₫ a month and roughly 160,000₫ for a day pass, from a single guide describing a Sơn Trà location. That is not enough to build a price comparison on and we are not going to pretend it is. If those numbers are close to right, they are considerably cheaper than us, and you should weigh that seriously. Call them, get a written quote for the term you actually want, and compare it against the numbers above, which are not going to change on you at the counter.

The dimension nobody can honestly rank: crowds

You will see gym comparisons confidently rank how busy places are. Almost none of that is measured. We have no reliable data on peak-hour density at Black's Gym and we are not going to invent it.

What is generally true across Da Nang is that 5 PM to 8 PM is the busiest window everywhere. If crowding is a real concern for you, visit at 6:30 PM on a weekday. That single visit will tell you more than any comparison table, including ours.

Frequently asked questions

Is Evolve or Black's Gym better in Da Nang?

For most people the deciding factor is location. Black's Gym is listed on the city side, most often at 654 Nguyễn Văn Linh in Hải Châu. Evolve is at 14 Hồ Xuân Hương in Khuê Mỹ, Ngũ Hành Sơn, on the southern beach strip. If you live in Hải Châu, that should probably settle it. Beyond location we cannot give a full ranking, because Black's Gym does not publish a rate card or facility list we could verify. It has a strong reputation for heavy free weight equipment, and we would rather tell you that than invent numbers.

How much does Black's Gym cost in Da Nang?

We could not verify it. There is no published rate card we could find, and the only third-party figures we located (a day pass around 160,000₫ and a monthly around 800,000₫) come from one guide describing a Sơn Trà location, so we cannot confirm they apply to the Nguyễn Văn Linh address or that they are current. Confirm directly. For reference, Evolve is a free first visit then 150,000₫, 1,990,000₫ a month, and 990,000₫ a month on 12 months.

Where exactly is Black's Gym in Da Nang?

Sources disagree, which is worth knowing before riding across the city. Expat guides list 654 Nguyễn Văn Linh, Hải Châu. Vietnamese directories give 3-5 Trần Quang Diệu, An Hải Tây, Sơn Trà. Their own Instagram bio gives 360 Trần Hưng Đạo. Two different phone numbers appear across listings. There may be more than one branch, or some listings may be out of date. Check the map pin and call ahead.

Does Black's Gym have air conditioning?

It is reported as air conditioned by at least one Da Nang guide, which describes a fully air-conditioned space with heavy-duty weightlifting equipment. Another guide lists its AC status as needing confirmation on arrival. We have not verified it, so we mark it reported rather than verified. Evolve is a fully enclosed conditioned floor, which we can state as fact because it is ours.

What are the opening hours at Evolve and Black's Gym?

Evolve is open daily 8 AM to midnight. Black's Gym is reported as opening at 5 AM and closing between 8:30 PM and 9 PM depending on source. They open three hours before us, which is decisive at dawn, and close around three hours before us, which matters if you train late. Most Da Nang gyms close between 8 PM and 9 PM, so their hours are typical and our midnight close is the unusual one.

Your first visit is free

We cannot tell you what Black's Gym charges, but we can tell you exactly what we charge, and the first session costs nothing. Come at 6 PM, walk to the free weights, do a real set.

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Related guides

Sources and verification

  • Evolve Gym Da Nang, pricing, hours and location, evolvgym.com, current as of 11 August 2026.
  • Da Nang Love, "Gyms & Training Centers", dananglove.com, for the 654 Nguyễn Văn Linh, Hải Châu address, the 0935 456 789 phone number, 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM hours, and the description of a fully air-conditioned space with heavy-duty weightlifting equipment popular among bodybuilders.
  • Go Da Nang, "Gyms in Da Nang's Beach Districts: Hours, Day Passes & AC", go-danang.com, for a Sơn Trà "Black's Gym Center" listing with 5 AM to 8:30 PM hours, a day pass reported around 160,000₫, a monthly rate reported around 800,000₫, and AC status flagged as needing confirmation on arrival.
  • Vietnamese directory and top-list listings (toplist.vn, oneday.com.vn, mytour.vn) giving 3-5 Trần Quang Diệu, An Hải Tây, Sơn Trà and the phone number 0901 178 135, and describing a four-storey building completed in 2022.
  • Black's Gym own channels: instagram.com/blacksgym.dn (bio listing 360 Trần Hưng Đạo and services described as gym, yoga, zumba and bodyfit) and facebook.com/blacksgymfitness. Neither publishes a rate card we could read.
  • Climate context (July and August highs of 33 to 34.5°C at 79 to 89% humidity, hot season past 37°C) from published Da Nang climate averages.
  • Could not be verified: Black's Gym current pricing for any term, day pass availability, confirmed address, confirmed closing time, confirmed air conditioning, current class and sauna offering, and peak-hour density. Two further sources (basedanang.com and roampads.com) returned 403 errors to automated retrieval and could not be checked.