Skate Express

It was great! I had a great time on a date with my boyfriend. At the time they couldn’t accept card because it wasn’t working so we had to go get cash, but we had so much fun. They move the beginning skaters (like me) to the center where it’s a bit slower. The workers there are helpful and a really fun atmosphere.
There’s food, games, awesome music. Great for all ages.

I feel like the people on here saying this skating rink is outdated have never really been to many skating rinks. I’ve been skating since I was 9 years old and this is the nicest skating rink I’ve seen. They’ve gotten new carpet, a brand new skate floor, bumper cars and mini bowling. The floor is wood, that doesn’t mean it’s «old» or «outdated» at all. It’s just a matter of preference and I know plenty of skaters who prefer wood floors. I recommend highly.

Use to come here when I was a kid and recently went back for kicks. Had a great time and enjoyed the dj and music playing. Definitely kid friendly, no bar? No wonder I was allowed to come here. ha

Disappointed. I love skating with a passion but never in my life did I ever feel the way I did that night. I went with my husband and friends. My husband and I are good skaters but our friends not so much. If you don’t know how to skate the referee makes you feel so uncomfortable and makes you want to leave especially because it feels like he will chase after you if don’t skate in the center of the rink. In the end we only went skating for 20 minutes and left right away. We will NEVER be going back! I perfer going to Moonlight Rollerway 100x more even if it is farther. If I could, I would give this place no stars.
I forgot to mention that when I went, it was on a Sunday for adults only. I thought it was going to be adults my age but it was older people. I felt so out of place. I thought the music was going to be like todays hits but instead the music was like old slow r&b baby making love songs. The staff was pretty rude. It was just a horrible experience.

Had tons of fun here for my niece’s birthday party. Great place!

Went to my nieces bday here. Had a great time. Staff was nice and Hip Hop music was awesome! Would definately go again!

Went here with my kids and their cousins and they had a lot of fun. The place is a little dated and the bathroom is kind of dirty, but I don’t think the kids will notice.
As for the adults, if you’re not skating, it’s going to be a long day. Most of us were just sitting around playing with our smart phones.

This place has gotten very pricey! I used to love to come here as a child but now its expensive. I would love to see something done more along the lines of a 7pm– 2am type of night for adults because it beats going to the club getting drunk to have fun when you can just go here and have fun. Also, i wish the staff was a lot more polite and the snackbar was actually running when i go.

Rink is big and the «referees» are good, those are the 2 reasons for my 2 stars. Unfortunately the skates suck!!! They only have hockey style skates which are wide and run big. So I tried the inline skates, they are cheap and extremely uncomfortable. Plus the wheels were worn and there was hardly any break left. Biggest waste of $ 11.50 ever. Next time I want to skate I will go back to Holiday Skate in Orange, way better skates and way better prices!

The place needs serious upgrading. One can smell the mold, musty air, even with air condition on high. The rink it self was large. A lot of room for those who would like to practice their turns n spins while keeping away from the rest of the crowd.
They have two mini bowling lanes and a mini water bumper floats which i haven’t seen anyone use. So i really cannot comment much about that.
They have adequate amount of seats for observers or to just rest. Lockers are available. They have party room sections, which is great for bday parties. The snack bar needs updating. It looks like it has never upgraded since it opened for bznz. Now, for the most important part besides the rink, the restroom.
This is based on women’s restroom. Manager, please take note that if, anyone gets infection or slip for unkempt area. t wouldn’t be surprising. This is age of technology, the person who inadvertently slips or what have you, may easily take picture of the scene and win the case. There’s also a stench of old bathroom piping.
Overall, not too bad for old fashion family fun. Wish could give more stars, but the musty air of the place and the restroom weighed heavily.

I grew up coming to this skate place, family oriented, but college nights and R&B nights on Sundays are a BLAST good show outs and GREAT R&B and 90s music. All the expert skaters come out and its great to see all the talent. Good date night idea

It’s a Saturday at 11 pm and I count what 19 people on the skating rink? Hmm. music is poppin’ why so boring I wonder. It’s about 30 mins away from us but since they closed Cerritos I guess this is it.
It’s clean, not crowded, plenty of parking available. It’s next to taco bell in case you get the munchies.
$ 11 admission, plus $ 3 if you’re renting skates.

Gave this place one star because it isn’t possible to give it 0. Honestly, THE worst night of my life. Maybe it was because it was also my 18^th birthday, and I expected it to be much more fun.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure it’s fun on other nights.
CAUTION: DO NOT, repeat DO NOT, go on Sunday Sessions, (Adult Night). Because if you’re not a regular you’re treated like crap. Everyone knows everyone, so I’m pretty sure it’s the same group attending every Sunday. Also, if you aren’t AMAZING at skating. People will literally bump into you on purpose to mess with you, especially since they’re all pros at skating.
Honestly, not as great as I expected. Walking into the place everything is blocked off by these huge doors, and when you walk in it’s a small beaten up rink. There’s a mini bowling court (it’s one 6ft long lane), bumper cars (there is no space for them whatsoever), and an arcade (totally beaten down). Even the skate patrol guys have no respect for new guests, they only care about returners. Great customer service! That’s definitely the way to get new customers to come back!
See you guys never!
So if you’re into spending $ 14 to go to some sketchy place with rude people, you’ve come to the right place.
Sorry not sorry, I have NOTHING nice to say, besides the one guy handing out skates. He was pretty much the highlight of my experience. You rock dude. Keep up the good work!
PS: Not the best area, so if you’re a group of girls, I recommended a different place. (There was a group of guys in the parking lot who were whistling and shouting obscene comments to us.)

Always good times here at Skate Express. Brings back memories of my childhood at Skate Junction WC. Now my sons always look forward to Wednesday night for cheapskate night too bad skating rinks are few and far between nowadays. Im just glad got a cool family fun place like Skate Express in the neighborhood.

I came here today for my nieces birthday party, and while it was really fun, nice skates cool rink, good cheap snack bar I was upset that we weren’t notified that even though the birthday party ended at 5 the rink would also be closing? Unacceptable especially for the kids who were just getting the hang of it! Bad service in my eyes

This place brings back so many memories I came here every summer as a kid and even though I am an adult now I went one time in the evening — a Friday night and it was still fun! Yes most the people there were younger than me I’m in my 20s but I fit right in because I was skating and I was singing along with the songs great place to come and have fun!

The 90s live on!
I hadn’t been here since I was a kid, but have come back a few times recently with a group of friends. The place has largely been kept in good shape. The staff tries their best to make sure everybody is having fun, with a good music selection and even some games.
The snack bar is a fossil, with old equipment that hasn’t been used in years, but that’s ok because you don’t really come here to eat. There’s a strong sense of nostalgia, at least for me, when coming back here… and also, I’m pretty sure the rental skates are the same ones that were here ten years ago, haha.
Good family fun and I definitely recommend dropping by.
UPDATE:
This last time I went, there was a really weird old guy there. I’m thinking that he must have been the owner of the place, because I highly doubt that any employee would be allowed to act in the way he did. He was an old, balding, short little man with a very high pitched voice. He was constantly screaming over the intercom various unnecessary warnings at nobody in particular… «DON’T SKATE SO FAST! EVERYBODY SKATE IN THE SAME DIRECTION!!! GET OFF MY LAWN!!!»
During a «limbo» contest for the kids, he was very rude on the intercom to the losers. «You’re out! Get off! Get out!»
So they should get rid of that guy. Felt that was worth mentioning.

My family and I all love to roller skate. I had my daughter’s birthday party here. The time that you have your pizza and cake gets announced out loud so that you don’t miss out. Our hostess «Momma» was such a sweet lady and made sure that we had everything for our birthday girl. I have been skating here 3 times so far and will be back soon.

Took my 14-​yr old twins on a Fri night and we had a blast. The rink area was smaller than I’m accustomed to-​but the real maple floor! Wow! Smooth. Perfect. Ahhhhh…
Had no issues-​staff all very courteous.
Highly recommended! And it’s a great workout!

I went last Sunday for the Adult skate night, which for anyone 21 and over, so I figured it would be a bunch of kids around my age and the music would be mostly like today’s top 40 hits or whatever.
So when I get there I was surprised to find that the crowd was mostly older people and that the music was only like 70s r & b slow love jams. It was like make love to your wife on the roller rink night, with lots of older couples slow dancing in their skates. The music and crowd were definitely not my thing, we were very out of place, including myself and my friends there was like 5 people there that weren’t black. The music was just terrible! It was not fun music at all for roller skating. Not the «Dj playing today’s top hits,» that their website promised.
The rink is kind of old and dirty like most rinks, but the uneven carpeting makes skating around more difficult than it already is. The arcade games were off and steal your quarters when they are on. The manager seemed annoyed that we wanted to play Air Hockey and that he had to turn on the machines for us. I’ve been to other roller rinks with better games that are actually on. The staff obviously sucks, and they’re bad at promoting their different nightly themes. Never have I been to something like this where I was completely clueless on what the music and atmosphere would be like. That’s why websites and descriptions exist, right? Unless they start explaining and describing their event nights better, I might just stick to World on Wheels in Los Angeles, because in spite of the traffic it’s still a better roller rink.