Had my daughter's 12 birthday party and I must say I was impressed! Food was ok (pizza), but our host "Ronnie" was super sweet and very helpful. She helped make sure everything went smoothly and I'm super grateful for that. My daughter had a blast! Thank you! I will definitely use Great Skate again! read more

The last time I went roller skating was probably 1987, at Skaters World in Wayne, NJ. My sister invited me this past Saturday afternoon and I was no disappointed. All that was missing were some acid washed jeans and scrunchy socks to complete my trip back into the 80s. We had a great time! IT was PACKED. There were tons of birthday parties so my only real complaint was the lack of tables and food. They literally were out of hot dogs and pizza for non party skaters (insane, we had nachos. boo). The music was great, the dj was fantastic with getting the kids involved, and the training skate mate rental for the little kids was great. We'll be back :) read more

Music is terrible! Terrible. Four songs that we had heard before. Absolute garbage! Please pay for the licensing if that's the problem, because it's a problem. read more

My kids love this place. The light show, and music are awesome. It cloud use a little updating in the decor. But it is a very fun atmosphere. The staff mostly consist of teens, that are always nice, and super friendly. We are regulars at Great skates and will be for a long time. In fact I will be there today. read more

Great Skate - Having a blast. - Skating Rinks Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

Awesome skating rink! I have a 7&9 year old. I wanted to teach them to skate. This was a wonderful bonding experience. Great Skate is a well run rink. The snacks are tasty the DJ sis awesome there are lots of activities on the rink that everyone enjoys. I was most surprised by the staff. Usually when a lot of young people run a business you get attitude and bad service. I've been here 4 different occasions and have always found staff is smiling, helpful and VERY polite. You won't regret a family night here. It takes us 40 minutes to get here but I'd drive double the distance if I had to! read more

I headed over to the Glendale Great Skate to get my skate on, and I really enjoyed myself. At first I was a little hesitant to go because I'm an adult, but I went on a Monday and it was more of a family atmosphere. Also, there were plenty of adults. The music was current, the employees are very friendly, and they have fun games like "stop and go" and skate backwards. They also have a "referee" on the floor most of the time to help fallen children. I heard they have Ladies' night on Sunday nights, so I'll definitely be checking it out. Be sure to check the schedule on their website to pick the best times for you! read more

I have been going to Great Skate since I was a little girl. It's SO fun going back to this place as an adult! I love the fun music, lights, and games! It's nice that they offer deals a lot on daily deal sites too. I am not a huge fan of the skating 'sessions', but it seems like most skating-type places have these sessions now. read more

1st time here with friends & family Music was great, Food was decent, Pricing was affordable Most definitely worth it $10 for skates, admission & food :) Will be coming back again read more

Lots of fun for all ages. Games, food, music and lots of skating. The music was not too loud, but not the best choice for such a young crowd. We will be back. read more

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We recently celebrated my daughters 5th birthday at Great Skate. All the kids...and adults as a matter of fact had a blast. We would like to especially thank Joseph, our hostess with the mostest! He was amazing and kept the party going without me having to lift a finger. Thank you Joseph for your professionalism and for keeping my kids entertained! 2 Thumbs up for you!! Now the reason for the 4 star instead of 5 was the food...we didn't get to have our platters of nachos that came with our VIP package and the pizza was wasted simply because the kids had 2 huge slices on their plates (part of the package) which they barely finished one. Maybe instead of putting slices on plates, just leave the slices on the trays. Just an idea. The taste of the food...it was just ok. We will be coming back, though...for sure! Thank you Joseph, thank you Great Skate for a great experience and making my daughters birthday party a hit!! God bless you all. read more

Not a good first impression. I'm writing this as I am standing in a line out the door in 100+ degree weather. Probably should allow your guest to purchase tickets inside. read more

Great Skate - Skating Rinks Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

So. Wow! We come every Monday for $1 skate and it is a blast! We went to adult skate last night for the first time. SO MUCH FUN!!!! GREAT MUSIC! GREAT CROWD!!! We will be back. read more

Before COVID my friends and I would always go to the adult Sunday Night Skating and it was so fun. The music was always on point and everyone had a good time. But I just went last week and was very disappointed, the vibe on the rink was not the same and I think it might be due to the music selection. It's not the same as it used to be, but I hope this review will help them realize that a lot of people miss the music they used to play. read more

My family and I had fun..We went around 12 or 1 so it wasn't packed and with Covid coming around again that was greatly appreciated. We didn't try their food so I can't review that. My kids had fun and loved the music choices. The place does need a facelift and new carpet for sure but everything else was okay. read more

Ok so this place needs a make over, and I would never spend 10 dollars to get in and then another 3 dollars for skates on a Friday or Saturday. However I love Monday discount night where it is 3 dollars to get in and that includes skates. I took a little kid that I work with who had never skated and the people were so nice to help up get him on and off the floor. When he fell, they were amazing and stopped all the people from skating so I could get him off the floor. That was so great. We will be back :-) read more

Went last night for a semi private event.In my opinion,that's the only time to go.I was happy to see it seems they made some improvements since the last time I went,however the floor is crappy with a few rough patches that need to be worked out. Maybe it's just that I've been spoiled by high end rinks like Roxy,Metropolis,Lloyd's and the Paradise that are all sadly no more (except Lloyd's,but I don't get to Canada as often as I used to).I liked Surfside for their staff and great floor,but they are gone as well. So all I have now is this place that when it's public skate,is overcrowded and full of constantly falling and crawling kids...I have also run into the surly manager someone mentioned in a filtered review which,in combination with everything else,keeps me away until such time as anyone rents the rink privately for an event I can wangle my way in to... read more

stupid. You have to be 25 or older to rent skates, we waited in line for 1+hrs to be told we can't enter because one person from our party dosnt have skates, I've been going to great skate with skates for 2+years and the new rules are plain stupid read more

I love Great Skate. I got back into skating after 17 years off skates. I grew up here as a kid. I have met wonderful people and it's a great place to hang during the summer. I recommend Great Skate for all ages! read more

Had my daughter's 8th birthday here and she had a blast! Her exact words "mom I knew this place would be fun but I didn't expect it to be this GREAT!" They made her feel so very special on her special day! The four stars is the food is so-so and a bit expensive and the arrival process is a bit confusing. The hostess for our party was great, friendly and helpful. read more

Great Skate - Skating Rinks Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

This is a fun place to skate. The DJ does a good job with the music and activities. The food is good offering an array of popular junk food. they had a police officer ‍ present which made it feel safer. I don't know if they've had problems in the past but it's a good decision to have him there. Skating is fun and good exercise. Also a good alternative to get out of the heat! read more

I was in Great Skate for a Bday and witnessed a "Manager" named Taylor berating her employees to the point of tears. Very unprofessional language was used by her and I would never tollerate someone with her title to ever act in such an unprofessional manner. If she was my employee I would fire her, what a disgusting attitude. I highly doubt this is the first time she has acted this way towards her employees as they all look beat down and mistreated, I would not recommend supporting a business that has such low regards for the employees and even less for the "Managers" in charge of them. The DJs appear to be middle aged men who like to flirt with their underaged co-workers as if there is no age limit. I can't understand how this place is in business with the lack of upkeep and professionalism. read more

Birthday parties here are fun for kiddos Skating , cheap tasteless pizza and plenty of bright lights /noise .. I give this place 3 stars because the kids love to go/have parties here . However , the food is overpriced , parties are crowded like a New York subway, and the pizza is worse than anything you could dig up from the bottom of a freezer at the dollar store ! If adults want soda it's $3.50 for a large . Need extra pizza? $15 each read more

Great Skate - 1/16th of a large cheese pizza - Skating Rinks Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

Prices are kind of high for the sessions, and they nickel and dime you for extras. The kids love going, but $50 just to walk through the front door with three kids is a bit steep. Adults should skate free with kids' admission, especially since we just spend most of our skate time propping our kids up so they don't fall or get run over. read more

I'm not even sure I want to give this place 2 stars. I used to come here... After leaving rollero. Boy... Has this place changed. The floor has holes... The "golfers" are more into talking to their buddies... I saw at least 8 kids bust their ass and it was right behind one of them... I felt so bad for the kids one even got ran over. A bottle of water is 3.00 I'm not sure what kind of magical water that is but damn it must be magical. This place was bomb when Zack and Andrew where here. I guess the 8-12 someone has to be 18 or older and I'm pretty sure I saw at least 5 "kids" that were not 18. Music is the same as it used to be which is awesome. I'm pretty sure next time I would take my money to Ghetto Rollero. read more

I recently got back into roller skating as an adult. I've been having fun learning here and going with my friends on Sunday nights. This place definitely sends me back in time with it's retro interior and the fun disco lights they have on the rink. Besides it being suupperr far away from where I live, I still like to make the trek down here at least once a week to skate. read more

My husband loves roller skating. Bunch of kids (ofcourse) weekdays are the best if u hate crowded

I dont think this place even deserves 1 star. They are rude, incredibly disorganized. Trying to do a birthday party. What a mess. Never again. Several people here today are voicing the same thing. Sad! read more

I gave 2 stars because of the music otherwise would've given 1 star... The line to get in was very long, They have 4 windows but only use 2 and that's just the beginning . Getting the rental skates takes a while too so our time gets wasted just waiting in line. Forget about going to the concession stand. The line was long and service was ridiculously slow people waited in line for 15-20 mins and since you're on a time limit it's really irritating.. Good idea if someone would open another roller rink that really cared about customer service... FYI $80 for a family of 6, 5 of us needed rentals... Talk about a rip off read more

We had our nephew's birthday party at great skate and they showed all of the kids a wonderful time! They went way above and beyond in their customer service to take care of our party from the beginning of the party to the end. Elizabeth was our hostess and did a fantastic job! we were so grateful to be able to have such a wonderful birthday party for our nephew and that was due in part to the staff at great skate!! The food was good the special attention for the birthday boy was awesome! We will definitely have another party here! read more

VALUE YOUR CUSTOMERS. I wanted to rollerskate on the 4th of July. I called this establishment 3 times. It went straight to the sales manager's voicemail each time. I could not reach a live person via phone. I left a message for the sales manager. No one called me back. I decided to take the short drive to Great Skate to inquire about skating. Music was playing inside. I knocked and said I need to ask a question. Music stopped. I heard people talking inside. I knocked again. No one answered the door or acknowledged my presence. They could have told through the door they were closed. They didn't value me as a customer enough to do that. Terrible establishment. I am deeply offended and disheartened. A simple "CLOSED" sign would have stopped me from writing this post. read more

Yesterday night I went with my daughter and went to the cafe to find this young boy working all alone. He seemed very stressed but was doing the best he could, he did a great job and deserves this recognition. Thank you Justin for working so hard. read more

This place reminded me of Chuck E. Cheese. Rink was closed for an injury when we arrived but we were not told that. We were charged for a full skate session and barely got half. The attendants didn't care when I asked about it. Told the rest of our party who arrived 10 minutes after us they had to wait an hour until the next skate session to join us, even though our session would be over. Customer service was a 5/10 at best. read more

Last night we had a horrible experience here. Dropped my kids & their friends off for a fun night to end up turning around 5mins later and picking them up because their poor excuse for security kicked out one of them after they let him in because of dress code. Which I get dress code is a rule. Fine. But does that mean they tell a child to get off the property because they are trespassing now and they dont care where the "hell they go". Mind this is at 930 pm. When that child was simply waiting for their ride to return. Instead they chose not to handle it as responsible adults and called the cops on this child for standing outside in a well lit safe area while waiting to be picked up. This kind of behave is unacceptable a y normal caring Human would've wanted to make sure that a Child is in Safe environment and gets home safe. The security personal is rude, biased and has no compassion for the Children that come to this establishment for a fun and safe time. read more

This place has come under new management in the last 3 months and is making much needed improvements. They are trying to do the right thing and are aiming to create a good experience for the customers. It looked like a dump 6 months ago and they are making notable progress. PROS: 1. Joseph is a great employee and asset to Great Skate. 2. The manager genuinely cares and tries to create good customer experience. 3. Most of the staff is friendly and kind and smiles to show it. NEEDS IMPROVEMENT: 1. Carpets need to be vacuumed... not sure they ever have been??? 2. Bathrooms need some very obvious repair. 3. The method of entry needs some SERIOUS re-design. I've stood in line multiple times for nearly an hour to get in. MGMT knows this and is working to improve it. If a nicer rink opened up anywhere on the west side of Phoenix this place would quickly crumble... however, if the improvements continue THEN I think it's hopeful for Great Skate to thrive (and I hope it does). read more

Dumb@$$ new rule that I have to be over 18 if I rent skates but if I have my own skates I can go in, just ruined me and my friends night f#ck great skate lmao read more

We had so much fun! There's really talented skaters who do tricks/dances while skating and it's fun to watch. Music is awesome

This Great skate location was unbelievable.. I understand about security and COVID but they are over doing it! I took a group over Teens changing there lives from broken homes and poverty, they went to have fun instead they were harassed by the way they look, VERY DISAPPOINTING, being watched like there criminals every minute, I spent over $200 plus there combo 3 of them, (meals) $20 for 8 slices of pizza and 1 pitcher. Then 2 kids get harassed and security tells them they can't skate after being there 1 hour, because he has a handkerchief over his head but there was a female with a handkerchief over her head, And the reason why... because they kid cussed at them.. so security had there feelings hurt, WOW! We stayed till the end 10:30 pm but I'll never take a group over there EVER EVER AGAIN thought I'd put it up if any groups like mine are going, FROM BROKEN HOMES, I'm not talking about rich kid( groups), I'm talking about kids that don't have it all!! Trying to show them new places, how to have fun! They could have handled it differently, again if groups like mine want to go have fun Great Skate isn't the place!! read more

I brought my 6 year old for glow skate and she had a blast. Got there right at 4:30 and there wasn't a line! Lots of fun!

Just had my son's 6th birthday party here and it was a blast. Everyone had fun, even the adults! Music was good, food was good and the price was amazing! It would have cost me so much more to do it anywhere else, considering everything that was included. Definitely looking forward to going back, and the next 4 visits are free!!! (Perks of being the bday boy) read more

I had a birthday party for our 3 year old daughter on a Sunday 3:30-6 session. I can't say enough for the staff there. They are GREAT with kids. We only had a few people in our party, so they got the whole staff together in singing happy birthday to her. I've seen some posts concerning prices, but I thought they were very reasonable, and worth every penny for the service they provided. I will definitely go back when she turns 4. If you're wondering where to have a birthday party for your child, I'd highly recommended you consider Great Skate Glendale. read more

Great Skate - The DJ got all the birthday kids to lead everyone in doing the Cha Cha Slide... Well played Mr. DJ... Well played - Skating Rinks Near Me - Glendale, Arizona