Romp n’ Roll

I haven’t been to this place since I was in high school and nothing has changed. Well perhaps maybe some of the customers. The $ 7 to get in isn’t bad. They have odd hours though. Seems they cater more to private parties than spending the time open to the public. So anyway, the guy that skates around wearing the referee shirt didn’t really perform at his job too well. I observed they let people kind of do what they want. Even when others are skating against the flow. He blew his little whistle at me once for holding my iPhone in hand and recording my Unilocal video. Haha, it was worth it.
It’s good to be retro every once in a while. Though skating here brought back some memories. I think it would be better to come here during the week. It was a complete mad house when I was there in a Saturday.
Like others have said in their reviews. The frozen/​microwave food they serve here is over priced but aright if you’re absolutely dying. I recommend hacking it for as long as you can then going to some other place. It sucks that as soon as you hit route 8. All you run into are the poison synthetic establishments McDonald’s etc… So this place pretty much is what it is. A plain old skating rink.

This place has become awful. The smell of feet/​vomit greets you as soon as you enter and lingers the entire time you are there.
It doesn’t appear that anything has been updated since the last time I visited (2002). The place was also dirty, especially the carpets and bathrooms. It’s nearly impossible for a novice or rusty skater to get their bearings because the old head speed skaters take up the outer edge of the rink while skate-​dancers fool around in the middle. There is a practice/​pool area, which is an inefficient combination.
The rental skates reek and are in poor condition. The bathrooms are dirty and missing essentials. The greeter was polite, but everything else was a nightmare.
If you have your own skates, and don’t mind holding your nose the whole time then this is the place for you. I think I can go another 13 years without visiting this place again.

I wanted to like this place so much, but I cannot for the life of me say I enjoyed my time I spent here. It’s like you stepped into a time warp when you walk in here. A time warp that takes you back to the early 90s.
About the only nice thing that happened here were the two guys standing at the admission area, they were polite and courteous. Once past there, that’s where the politeness ended. It almost feels like you’re in gym class once you pass through that door. At the skate rental area it was like the guy was working at a cattle ranch. Branding by shoe size, hurry up and move on.
Now, mind you, I’m not the best when it comes to roller skating, in fact it’s been a few years since I had skates on my feet. I was being super cautious as I didn’t want to fall and break anything, such as my last time out. I was careful while entering the rink, for some reason there is a step to get onto the rink. I started to skate and the gym teacher… err I mean referee, or was he an umpire… ah, forget it, the employee skated up and after doing an amazing twirl he basically told me to get off the rink and go to the ‘practice area.’ By practice area he meant the kiddie section that had been converted into a pool hall. Yeah, okay, I guess I’ll go ‘practice’ there, maybe fall and injure myself on one of the three pool tables. Speaking of skating, how about it appears there are regulars that come all the time, and these regulars seem to be favored by staff. So much so that they are like junior employees able to tell other customers what they can and cannot do on the rink. And can we talk a minute about the whistles they were using (see why I think of this place as gym class). Every five seconds one of them were blowing their whistle, I could understand the little kids that were horse playing, but blowing that thing because I was attempting to get off the rink and was holding onto the wall? Give me a break. I understand the wall rule, but every once in a while you need to hold onto the wall to steady yourself, I am sorry that you have near professionals skating here that think they can own the rink during a time when everyone is allowed on the rink. Speaking of the rink, it’s not all that great. I know they do roller derby here, and it’s taking it’s toll on the floor. I don’t know how many times I almost wiped out because I would hit a section of the floor that had been damaged.
As for the rest of the place, yikes. They are attempting to be a all in one type of destination for kids. They have party rooms, arcade games, and a snack/​prize bar all crammed in here. would have been nice if those things were on when I was here, after my laps around the rink, I could have had something to keep me busy for the rest of the time I was in here (because reentry is not allowed, you cannot go outside and come back in, so if you forgot, say your phone, forget getting back in without paying another admission). The bathrooms were scary, usable, but scary. The carpeting was fraying in parts, especially on the walls, just about cut myself on the exposed wood getting off the rink.
I doubt I will be attempting roller skating any time soon, but if I do, I will not be here again, I will go elsewhere. I was so sad, I was expecting to have an amazing time, but left here with a sour taste in my mouth.

We didn’t skate here, but went to watch a roller derby match. I would’ve loved this place as a child, but the adult experience is completely different. It took a few minutes for my nose to get over the smell of feet that smacks you in the face when you walk in. I don’t know if it’s the skates or the carpet, but WHOA. I felt like I had stepped into the early 90s. I’m not sure how long the place has been there, but I imagine they have not updated very much. The snack bar had a pretty typical menu… over-​priced pizza, pretzels, the usual.
It was a little strange that they had every arcade machine unplugged for roller derby. The derby was fun to watch, but as an adult with no children, I don’t see myself returning anytime soon.

My daughter love’s this place… I on the other hand feel its very rundown and needs updated!!! its like a throwback x’s 20! they would do better if their sessions were longer we go to the Sunday 12 to 3 they try to jam a lot into alittlt time and if your lucky (like we were today) you don’t get the dj that’s stuck in the 70s along with the decore…

Note: We did not actually skate here; we went to watch derby.
The Romp n’ Roll itself reminds me of high school. In fact, I’m fairly sure that it has not been renovated since I was in high school (the 1990s). It’s a flat track for derby or a flat floor for general skating. It’s about the size of most other skating places I’ve been to.
The point of this review is… GO WATCH PITTSBURGH DERBY!!! It’s so fun!
The Steel City Derby Demons (
) are awesome fun for the whole family. My 4-​year-​old was excited and mesmerized even though she had no idea what was going on. She loved high-​fiving the players and watching the action. Tickets are $ 10 for adults but children under 11 are free so it’s very affordable!
And… if that’s not enough… the Pittsburgh team is goooooood. When we went, they beat DC 415 to 87. The Pittsburgh team ranks in the top 30 in the world so you’re in for some exciting action.

My wife and I had our daughter’s 9^th birthday party yesterday at Romp N’ Roll.
Our hostess was Lexie. She was great and very nice to us and our guest.
We did the Mega Party which consisted of :
Roller skate or roller blade rental
Use of the party room for 90 minutes.
Host or hostess to serve and clean up.
Two large pizzas either cheese or pepperoni. (16 cut each)
«Build you own sundae» bar.
4 pitchers of juice or pop and refills while in room.
Table place settings.
20 game tokens for the birthday child.
8 tokens for each guest.
Special birthday announcement from the DJ.
Trip to the FUN MACHINE for the birthday child.
My daughters party was fine. It was other things that I didn’t like. One of her little friends fell on the rink and severally sprained her ankle and none of the workers would help her off the rink and told her to walk on her ankle! Once her mother came to take her to the hospital to get a x ray they tried to force her to sign a waiver which she refused. Our hostess did bring her some ice and came back often to check on her.
The other thing I didn’t like was that most of the arcade games didn’t work. You would put in a token and nothing would happen and none of the machines that give you tickets worked. A total rip off!