Coachlite Roller Skate Center

We LOVE Coachlite. The $ 4 Kids Skate on Saturday mornings from 11 – 12:30pm is the best deal in town for a wintertime indoor family activity. And Jacob the Referee/​DJ is the best!

I attended my friends daughter’s birthday party and I had a lot of fun along with flashbacks. I used to go here in the mid 80’s when I was in Jr high and this was the cool place to go!!!
Some things have changed over 20+ years. Game room, DJ booth and skate rental are move around. Newer lighting on the rink. While sitting in the concession area we could not hear the DJ’s announcements at all. All the sound was on the rink and was echoing and muffled. More speakers were needed off the rink.
Overall I liked it and would do it again before another 20 years goes by. I don’t want to fall and break a hip!!!
PS. I didn’t fall this time so it was a good time

This place pretty much symbolizes puberty. Its like doggy-​day-​care for energetic children. If u let ur pre-​pubic or already pharomone (i know it must b spelled wrong) exibiting child come here on their own, there’s a fairly good chance they are making out in a corner somewhere lol. Especially if there are pink ribbons of color through out your 14 year old daughters hair. If ur son is lucky enough to be taller then the girls he will DEF be holding some girls hand while he hopes for a bit more. With your admission ticket you will frequently get the opportunity to hear the high pitched squeals of boys and girls as the literally scream in unisom «OMG this is my song»!!!” On the plus side the DJ is one of the best!!! A variety of everything including older house music which was a complete delight.
Disclosure. This review is from the perspective of an adult. If ur anywhere between 7 – 15 you will have a fabulous time. In all honesty this is just adolescent behavior. So now i am going to BOOM BOOM SHAKE SHAKE my but out the door.

Have been going to Coachlite for years for birthday parties. Very reasonable prices for children’s parties! Nostalgic atmosphere, staff very helpful, Ed, the owner is super nice. We’ll keep going back for years to come!

I spent 2 hours there today. The water fountain wasn’t working so, the kids couldn’t have water unless they paid 25 cents for a cup of water that’s not even cold. Also, they had minimal staff and half the time the guards weren’t all out on the floor at all Times. One guard to more than 40 kids on the floor just isn’t safe.
I won’t be back here again.

Unhelpful staff and dirty place.
I went here as a kid and it hasn’t changed since. The carpet is soiled with gum and who knows what other stains. It is torn and rip in many places. The paint it chipped all over. The paint colors are way outdated.
The staff is not very helpful at all, and at times rude and disrespectful. I will never spend a dime at this place again. It was fun 20 yrs ago when I was a kid but not anymore. The skate floor is old and tacky looking.
And heaven forbid you try to walk out on the skate floor with your kid because they can’t skate. Unless you go during the designated times for kids they will kick you off the floor… Even during a 8 yr olds birthday party.
Also, the announcer needs to dial it down. The audio quality of the speakers are not good at all. And you can’t understand almost anything they are saying.

Had my daughter’s 9^th birthday party here today. They did a great job. The kids had fun, the staff kept the train running on time and I didn’t have to do a thing. It was great!

There are not many places like Coachlite nearby this area. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad.
Coachlite is a roller skating center that likely has not been updated for the years it’s been open. The carpet is gross, the lockers dated, the floor itself has ok lighting but could probably use some improvements. The snack bar is overpriced (for example, they serve Aldi pizzas and are getting quite a markup on them), the games minimal and prizes crappy for the little ones.
But because it’s one of the only places like it around — it’s always full of skate parties and birthday parties. The kids enjoy it but it’s not a place to go and relive your childhood remembering the different skate dances you went to.

Went here for the first time for a kid’s birthday party and was less than impressed. For my boyfriend and myself to get in, plus skate rental, was $ 25. Way over priced. The inline skates are old and have ZERO padding in them. The first size I got was too big and when I asked for the next size down the guy acted like it was a big inconvenience to switch them out. Plus he barked at me to close or lace them up or something, sorry, that’s the exact way they were when he handed them to me to begin with. After a few minutes and a couple laps around the rink my feet and ankles hurt so bad that I just wanted to take them off. The food selection is small and about what you’d expect at a place like this, price wise. Small pretzel smothered in salt and cheese, $ 3.50. We also ordered some squishy fries drenched in melted cheese and bosco sticks that were ok.
Décor is old, bathroom was gross. The lighting in the stalls is poor and there was a fake rubber cockroach on the floor in the corner. Disgusting. The mirror is carved up and covered with a haze so it’s hard to use it as an actual mirror. This place could use a major sprucing up.

I have to give this place five stars for several reasons.
The first is that it has been around since even before I was a kiddo. Whoever has owned it and operated it knows how to keep people of all ages coming into the place.
It is a great place to people watch. You want to see a bunch of odd looking teenagers and want to be cheaply entertained head here. They skate around the circle and sing along with songs about sex and drugs, and I embrace this because they have no idea what they are singing about.
It is a great place for families who want to be observant of their children without invading their privacy.

Decent place. Could use some sprucing up on carpet, paint and seating. (Which I’m sure the kids could care less about. Just the decorator in me cringed!) It looks the same as it did 22 years ago. Good prices But they charge $ 2 service fee for debit and credit card transactions under $ 25.
$ 3 for regular skates. $ 5 for inline skates.
Overall ok.

Went here for a DuPage Derby Dames bout. So glad I went.
Despite living nearby for awhile, I had no idea this place was so big on the inside. When I was a kid, I used to go skating at the Rainbo Roller Rink. Loved it. Missed it. Sad it got torn down, but I digress. (Silly giant green dinosaur…)
Place seems pretty nice and well-​kept. The Dames bout was fantastic; we’ll definitely be back for more. Concessions were what you’d expect: hot dogs, Bosco sticks, chicken nuggets, soft drinks — all reasonably priced. The Dames have a table where they sell a limited amount of beer at their bouts, as well, for those who are 21+.
Can’t wait till the Dames have their next home bout! Luckily, it’s only about a month away! :)

Great Saturday classes.

We came here for a Roller Derby. The rink was nice, the facilities were clean, and the concessions were fairly priced. I personally think that the derby could have been a little more exciting, but I enjoyed myself all the same. Overall, I would come back. Maybe even for open skate!

We really had a fun expeience at Coachlite. It wasn’t too crowded, prices were reasonable and the music was good. I plan on going again with my kids when the weather gets a bit chillier. I would definitely recommend this rink.

This might be one of the only recreations available to youth in Roselle. I loved it growing up. I wish I could turn all the bad reviews into good reviews with my spotify playlists.
Maybe the DJ should check out ‘RCRD’ for some up and coming hits. Or ask people there to give you some requests and use Spotify. Listen to your clients people!

This isn’t the best place I would advise to go…
…First, you’re not allowed to keep any tables for yourself and you have to put your bags in a tight cubby hole. At least Orbit has buckets you can use. Next, they make everyone get out on the floor (kids MUST sit down) to try to hear some robotic voice explain the rules, but it’s mostly static Lastly, the floor is very bumpy, especially near the DJ Booth. Also, you have to pay $ 1 to make a request (song) they probably won’t play. At Orbit, requests are free.

Floor: great, 4 stars
Crowd: Wednesday night — was mostly pre-​teens/​teens, not too crowded, decent amount of skaters.
Music: Meh, same type all night, mostly main stream R&B? Nothing too spectacular.
MC: Very monotone and seems really bored at work.
Skate Specials: Backwards skate and a game of corners. It was pretty sad and seemed to stop the energy in the room. I think the MC needed to liven up to get everyone going.
Best Feature: Funky Lighting
Worst Feature: Poor MC, just play music if you’re not in a lively mood.
Having just gotten new skates I really wanted to spin my wheels around. I wanted to skate so bad I hoped a train from downtown Chicago to Roselle! We went on a Wednesday night which at the time meant $ 1.00 entry to skate from 6−8pm. I was super pleased to skate early in the weeknight especially for only one dollar. Horrah!
Once we got rolling we noticed the floor was good and the crowd was decent. The feature I liked the most about this roller rink was that they had a entertaining light show. It’s always enjoyable to roll around in black lighting and funky lighting flowing through the rink.
I didn’t check out the snack bar beyond a viewing. They had the usual soda, pizza and a variety of other toaster-​oven worthy snacks. I think this snack bar was slightly average to above average for a skating rink. I do remember the prices being decent.
The fact that this rink is so far from the downtown Chicago area will probably limit my skating there. I would however return and check out some of the other nights. It seems like a nice safe environment to drop kids off to have some fun.
Three Stars — If they mixed up the music and attracted a more diverse crowd I would say they could be on their way to five stars for the area. Being that they are so far from Chicago will probably however keep them three to four stars in my book.