Roller Dome

Oh, Roller Dome. I would have driven over half an hour each way for a good quality roller rink. Alas, not much good here, I’m very sorry to say. The rink itself is pretty nice and quite smooth, but everything else not so much. I could get into so many details about just how bad my first and only experience was, but since the owner seems like a nice guy, I don’t want to be insanely rude with too much detail. Bottom line is that the layout is terrible, from the entrance to the arcade to the railing. I think they should focus less on pretty lights and more on hiring a team of janitors, renovators and professional space organizers. I will say that I did like that there were skating aids for the little ones. Kind of a necessity when you don’t have a beginner’s rink though. Definitely not anywhere near enough positives to make this rink worth my while… Major bummer.

The Dj was suprisingly really good! Skate rental is $ 10 and roller skates $ 12. Wish they had a bar for adults l o l. Sooooo many children there and not the best mannered ones. Im goimg to go on adult night and update the review. Also the staff wasn’t that nice.

Customer Service S.U.C.K.S. Called to discuss having a birthday party for my two grandsons and the woman I spoke to, Lorraine, was not helpful. They offer a few packages for parties (which by the way are the most expensive around and except for the highest cost one, don’t offer nearly as much as the other rinks). Each package covers 10 children, we are planning a party that will only include 10 total and that includes the two birthday boys. She told me they WILL NOT combine parties or offer discounts for a second party, it MUST/​WILL be charged as two full cost parties. NO EXCEPTIONS and THAT is the owners rule and that’s what they tell her. So, I asked to speak to an owner and was told to call back after 7pm to speak to Shane (an owner) BUT Shane IS going to tell me the same thing. I find it difficult that in these times that a business owner isn’t willing to offer a better price/​package opposed to not getting the business at all. Many attempts to call last night after 7pm went unanswered. I think I will be taking my business elsewhere. By the way I spoke to the owners at Skateland Ashland (awesome, but that’s another review to be written), Skateland Chester and Skate A Way in Midlothian. All were incredibly helpful and accommodating. Two birthday kids and the only additional cost I encountered is $ 8.00 for an extra t-​shirt for on of the boys.

This place has improved tremendously. The new owners have added more games and updated the rink. My daughter and I had a blast skating, here. But the one eye sore and complaint in the place is the bathrooms,!! The bathrooms are old, and very nasty. No paper seat covers. the bathroom look like they are outdated. And the worse part is the sinks arent even in the bathroom. They are out by the floor. Cant figure out why they are located there. Its unfortunate cause the rest of the place is great. I can see that they have redone alot. I sure hope they plan to fix those bathrooms soon.
As far as the skating, the skates. All of that seems great. The music was okay, there must be some standard list of somgs to be played at skating rinks because no matter what year it is, they seem to lay the same songs… (Electric slide, macarena, whip my hair back and forth etc.) it was okay though.

I tell you what this place has been around forever and a day. great way to trick yourself to exercise. Games, food and rentals available

Best rink in Richmond. I go every Wednesday night for Adult Skate from 7:30 to 10. The best JB, rhythm, and trick skaters in the city go to this rink, and usually to that session. The management (Shane, Tony, Yettanda) are all amazing friendly people who continually reinvest in the rink by redoing the floor, redoing the carpet, and scheduling special events that bring in skate clubs from all over the East Coast and beyond. Best music selection I’ve heard, loudest speaker system I know. Doesn’t get too dark when they cut the lights back for slow skate. Can get pretty busy because they are popular. The facility is clean, family friendly for children and birthday parties, reasonably priced, and once you are a regular they appreciate you and will do little favors when you least expect it. There is also a big community of regulars who all get to know you and you can ask just about anybody to help you with a move you see them doing. I really feel like this is my skate family and I am never as impressed when I visit any of the other 3 rinks in the region.