The Rinks – Irvine Inline

These guys run a pretty tight ship. They facilities are pretty well kept and maintained. They seem to fix things right away.
Management and Staff are all super helpful and friendly.
Leagues are very well organized.
They got a decent little pro shop if you need some last minute gear.
Well stocked snack bar.
If you wanna check it out, they have an awesome pick up night Friday and Sunday 9 – 10:30pm

We’ve come here with our kids ages 7 and 10 several times for open skate and recently had my daughters 10^th birthday party here. The staff is fantastic! And our kids always have a blast! Totally 5 star worthy.

If I could give ZERO stars, I would. Booked a birthday party for our seven year old & manager messed up the days! Even though I called to confirm 2 days prior, order the food package & confirm all details, when we arrived to set up we were told all the rinks were filled w team sport and they could not accommodate us. No apology to our disappointed child, no excuses. Just horrible poor management.

I came here the first time for a birthday party last year, and then again as we have just completed the Learn to Play free hockey program for 4 weeks with the Ducks.
I’m blown away by it all!
First — its free! What is EVER free any more?!
Second — they lend you all the gear you need so you can get a really good intro to the sport.
Third — and this was a BIG one for me — the guys there are SO cool, really really nice, every single one of them. I grew up at a rink and there was a LOT of ego, a lot of attitude and it could be pretty unpleasant at times. Not one person here was ever anything other than friendly, sweet, helpful, polite, respectful, supportive and kind. No puck-​heads to be seen anywhere! There was one young guy in particular — never got his name but young, kinda skinny with tousled bleach blonde hair — whoever you are, you are the teenager I hope my sons become one day.
Based on our experience we have now signed up for the Hockey Initiation program for several reasons: my son loved learning to play and wants to do more, I grew up with the sport and want to pass my passion for it on to my kids, the Ducks have given us a voucher to kit out my son completely with everything he needs to get going (VERY grateful for that!) and — above all else — these guys here, they are the kind of role models I want my son to learn from.
You’ve done a brilliant job guys! Keep up the good work and GO DUCKS! X

All the employees have made me more than comfortable jumping back into an old sport that I love so much.
New wheels, new bearings and scoring goals again. I appreciate the feeling

This place is great!
Staff is very friendly and helpful.
Great novice hockey program for all ages.
Loads of fun!

This place is cool! I mean squirts of all sizes cruising around in hockey gear, it is the cutest thing ever! But I digress…
I hung out there today because my friend’s son’s team was playing its first game. I had drive by a gazillion times so I was familiar with the outside but the inside is even cooler.
There are two rinks side by side so games/​practices can occur simultaneously on both as was the case today. High energy, season kicking off, everyone was excited.
So you park off to the side and walk in through the front which is a pro shop with everything your mite will need to get his or her hockey on: pants and sticks to top of the line skates and all points in between. In addition there is a snack shop if you need something to munch on while you watch your child totally KILL CRUSH I mean play a game of hockey.
The rinks are well maintained, they have nice semi pro looking scoreboards and loud horn sounds to mark the end and start of each period which is nice. The periods in games are 15 minutes each and they go of course 3 periods but play them back to back so the games are about an hour long so totally doable even if you are watching a friend’s child.
I was really amazed how well practiced the team was: each child knew exactly where they were supposed to be so the coaches rock here.
The rinks are all covered so no sun exposure which is nice and overall A+ on the maintenance of the facility. It’s not easy to keep things looking great with so much going on but the folks running the place do a good job.

My son needed a helmet so we jetted down here and were greeted by Anthony in the pro shop who got my son just what he needed. He took his time and made the necessary adjustments and was very friendly and professional. Afterwards, we checked out the facility, which is fantastic. The rinks are open-​air arena (covered but no walls), which is refreshing and I’m sure welcome on warm summer nights. In Southern California, this is the place to have a set-​up like this and it seems to work well. Bathrooms were clean as were the benches. The food court is the best I’ve seen and there’s also a mini arcade. Looks like there are some great events here and we look forward to returning.

Ohhh you think your Billy Badazz don’t ya? Or perhaps just a run of the mill Tommy TuffGuy… lets see how well you really stack up. Dare to ya to jump over the boards with your twig as you push the puck and try to make it kiss the twine from any of 9 holes…
Are you down? Are you just wanting exercise that will be the best you can get period? Want to teach your kids balance and hand-​eye coordination? Well this is where you need to come to do that stuff… unless its raining and then your screwed. The corners always seem to get wet then or if there is heavy fog.
Otherwise the rinks are great to skate on and definitely a great way to do something a bit different. Lets see how hardcore you are when you step onto a rink with a bunch of drones skating faster than you are who are half your age. Its fun to keep up and you learn to skate much better and anticipate a lot of things. If you don’t, hockey will destroy you or just make you look stupid… I should know, its happened to me. But more often than not, I am able to keep up and be in the right place at the right time.
The refs here are fair for the most part. This is incredibly important in a league for hockey as your screwed super bad when your stuck in the box and your team is short handed. I also think that this is a great place to learn many of the basics of the sport.
As with most rinks, they have a large pro shop attached. Unlike most rinks, they have a mini food court with hot food. This helps if you are stuck there on a long day or your starving while your kids or significant others are playing a game and you didn’t bring anything with you.
The locker rooms are bare bones basic and there is always 1 team that will end up without a locker room. So have fun showing off the family jewels or chonies haha The bathroom is usually in good shape, but make sure you dry off your wheels otherwise you will crash left and right.
So yeah I like this place, but its not the best place to go either. But I have played here for almost as long as this place has been open which was 3 ownership groups ago I think…

Great place to play hockey. Great kids program. The whole crew knows how to keep things going. Pro shop could use some more items and locker rooms are a tad dusty.

We, at Major League Roller Hockey have been leasing rink time since 2010 with the staff there at the Rinks, which has not changed since that time. I can honestly say the staff is friendly, professional and we are always extremely happy with the outcome of our rentals and events.
Thank you to all for the continued support and for your help in our success!

do they only allow inline skates or can you bring traditional skates? (for public skate days)

Love this place. Joined my first team a few months ago a mm d have been having a blast since. Rinks are maintained in pretty good condition and the staff is pretty helpfull. I’ll be a regular here for a long tine to come. Go Beach City Brewers!!!

I first came in for the free Learn to Play program. It was fine. The instructor’s level of enthusiasm fluctuated and at times, he looked bored. I don’t blame him. Nobody likes to put up with the noobs, specially if it’s a free lesson. I registered for the Novice League, hoping to really learn and have fun this time around. While my short hockey career has been fun, the Rink itself leaves much to be desired. The rink tiles are covered in gum, half the time they are soaked from the drippy roof (staff sends a couple of workers with small towels to wipe down a whole rink? really?) and the lockerrooms are sticky from all sorts of sugary sports drinks that puddled… (even early in the morning when they first open). There are no stick racks ANYWHERE. Not on the benches, or locker rooms) Their parking lot is small, and gets full fast. I know there are some things that they just can’t help, but the cleanliness and maintenance is poor. They should get on it. C’mon guys! Show you care. Bring people in, and respect the game. Take pride in what you do.

This might be the best business in irvine, but I wouldn’t know because they closed due to rain.

I’ve only been to this location once while accompanying my boyfriend to «stick time.» The rink looked clean and spacious, and there were three separate rinks! I would think that the open air set-​up would make it a pretty hot place to hang out, but it seemed pretty cool thanks to the many covers all around the rinks. The bf really enjoys the rink and comes when he can! I wish the rink offered more flexible stick times for adult roller hockey players to take advantage of, but I was told the focus is more on younger players (thus the earlier stick times).
We considered hosting a party at this location because the pricing seems incredibly reasonable, but I’m terrified of getting on roller skates/​rollerblades. Maybe someday!

I just want to echo previous 5 star birthday party comments seen below. The Rinks staff were very accomodating & helpful in every aspect. I’d repeat for sure if we decide we want another skating party. Good value.
FYI they sub-​contract out their pizza offerings from «Lamppost Pizza» which is reasonable, commodity pizza. We brought in a lot of our own favorite foods from home and other establishments… and didn’t get any grief about it (i.e. they don’t try to force you to order their food). The staff happily brought out more tables as our needs grew. They had plenty of chairs available for us on a wheeled rack as well.
The rental skates also came out on a wheeled rack, and the guy assigned to our party went out of his way to fulfill any needs. He also put on his own skates and went onto the rink to assist anyone who might need a couple pointers or a hand getting back up off the floor :-)
Just keep in mind that it’s a covered, open-​air facility with no AC… so dress accordingly. Finally… they’ll even hook up your mp3 player through their PA if you want custom songs playing during your skating session.

Came here for a birthday party (8-​year olds) and my daughter had so much fun! Great place to have a party at pretty reasonable prices.
I would definitely consider this for future bday parties :)

Best birthday party EVER! The kids loved this big, beautiful rink & I loved the great service!!! It’s not crowded & crazy like those «bounce» places.
The manager & staff couldn’t do enough to help. They helped carry things to & from the car, supplied all the chairs, tables, drinks the kids wanted. They set up fast and the staff were happy to fulfill any request. The pizza was great, much better than expected. They had a large refrigerator to store our edible fruit arrangement & large cake! Skates were provided & they were ok if kids wanted to bring their own too. Fantastic group of people & as my daughter said, «best party ever!»

The staff is absolute crap.
Reffing, management, staff are really a big issue. The Ducks organization really should take a look at how they want to be represented.
The list goes on and on… Not even worth the time to talk about it. Watch out, stay away. 1 star and it hardly deserves that.