Every member, faculty and staff here is nice, except for one terrible staff, Jay. I used the…read moreprinter once, and he thought I was wasting ink (Although this rule is not written in the lease, agreement, contract, or posted notice) so kicked me out. my course certificate (which I spent $100 just to qualify for 3D printing) here became worthless. After I was kicked out, they refused to refund my membership fee and locker fee, but continued to charge me monthly rent and locker fees until I updated my credit card. And they refused to accept all of my emails, even though they were very important to me.

Tried to take a tour of this place with my husband and kids, only for the receptionist/front desk…read morelady tell us that there's no kids allowed inside. If that was the case, then why put this on your website in your FAQs?? My oldest is 13 so it should be ok for him to look around. Though with my youngest being 7 and will be supervised by me, she's still not able to get in as well? Either word your policy better or put it under the tours question that no kids aren't allowed. Wasted our time there.

My co-founder signed our small business up for a business accelerator run by the Dojo. I was a bit…read moreskeptical, but I ended up really enjoying the experience. The accelerator had a wonderful sense of camaraderie and was a supportive environment in which to learn business essentials, and to learn from each other. Outside the accelerator program, the Dojo is a really friendly, grass-roots environment in which people can hang out, do work, and share ideas, and the people in charge of it are very passionate about it. (As an example of it being a friendly place, one of the regulars there impromptu-shared delicious bacon sandwiches that he had just barbequed.) I've grown very fond of it.

I like what Hacker Dojo has to offer. It's a fair coworking space with access to conference rooms.read more

Huge MakerSpace with incredible machinery, classes, excellent staff…read more Must see in person to get the scope.

This review is for a summer camp, for younger kids. I was really disappointed given the high price…read morepoint for the camp (it was more expensive than any other camp we did this whole summer). It was supposed to start at 9:30am, but they sometimes took the kids back a whole 30 minutes late. Given again how much we're paying, this makes no sense. Also was super disappointed that they would play multiple movies each day in the background while the kids were working. It's not necessary at all, and some of the movies my son described weren't appropriate. We wouldn't do this camp again.

I took the intro to stained glass here. I've been burned by other maker classes where you kind of…read morewatch the instructor do everything, but we got to be very hands on. The only shared equipment was the grinders, and there were 6 for our class of 10. There are competitor classes in the area that are cheaper, but I was very happy with my experience here. Parking is easy because there's a dedicated lot. It's a huge makerspace, so there was an open mic night, a photography session, and welding all happening in other places around the warehouse. What a cool environment! Khaled was a very energetic, kind, and supportive instructor. I'm honestly not that pleased with the quality of my work and would love to try again now that I have more experience. I'd come back for an intermediate class, but their website doesn't show any.

I took a blacksmithing class on a Saturday morning. The location for the class is in their hot shop…read morein the back. Entrance is off of Julian vs the Alameda for the rest of the studios. Area was clean and spacious and we had 4-5 hrs of safety talk, demos, and making our own knife from a piece of steel. The instructor was great and if we needed help he'll provide it and overall had a good time. They did provide water but if you want to you can bring your own beverages and a snack since it's from 10am to 2pm. Had a great time and hope to come back for more classes!

Some industrious local teens came up with the idea of a public maker space for teenagers to build…read morecool stuff and generally get into the good kind of trouble (you know, playing with science rather than drugs and such). They lobbied the city for this dedicated space, raised some funds for the equipment and now here it is. We dropped in today because my 12 year old is making a longboard and wanted to use some power tools. There are several super courteous and helpful high school guys here helping him out. One of the guys even built his own longboard recently. I have a feeling we will be back here again soon...