The Wheelhouse

I only give this one star because the floor is pretty good! Other than that this place sucks. Will never come here again. Kids running around all over the rink and everyone skating in every direction with no refs on the rink. All employees where sitting around. Kids barely made it 1 hr in here and couldn’t take anymore.

The place is sad. Probably could be great withh the right marketing and a little tlc. But the owner obviously does not care.

Horrible. Went in today to skate (because online it said it was open to the public) and when we get there, they say that it’s closed for a party. Waste of gas. On top of that there were roaches crawling on the counter.

my family and friends came here yesterday for the FREAK SHOW Wrestling!!, BoOgEyMAN! was the best dressed costume wrestler! kids had fun and so that’s always a plus! :) we do look forward to more events and family fun.

I have grown up in hemet and all we had was the bowling alley or the skating rink… I have good memories of hanging out here from 7^th grade through high school and now that I have kids of my own, my wife and I have brought them here to have memories with them also… yes this place is old, it looks the same as it did when I came as a kid, but that’s cool, I have 6 kids, so it’s $ 80 for us to come for the evening… but it’s about the memories we are making with them… we all have a blast, we don’t care about the décor or the smell of the snack bar… we have FUN, get over your 90 210 attitude an just have fun!!! The only thing I ask is get some good old fashioned 90’s music please!!!

I have been going to the wheel house since I was a kid and now a mother my self my kids and I have an amazing time. I don’t skate like I used to so I fall all over the place. I don’t what changed other than 15 years. I’ve seen people having birthday party’s for there kids there and all the kids always seem to be having a great time!!!

If I had to pick a word to describe this place, it would be «disgusting»! First of all, it’s hard to find set behind Big 5. The sign is broken so it just says «house». When you walk in, it has a nasty greasy/​moldy smell that gave me a headache. The place is small and super dirty. The carpet was torn and gross. Even the carpet on the walls were torn up and falling off. Several ceiling tiles were hanging down with insulation hanging out. There was a large strip of plastic hanging out on the rink that looked really dangerous.
Nasty rental skates. My son wears a size 11 ½ shoe but they said they didn’t have any size 12’s and since they don’t do ½ sizes my son had to wear a 13 that was way too big for him. I doubt they ran out since there was only a handful of ppl in there besides us. The snack bar was expensive (not that I would eat there). They even charged our kids $ 1 for a small styrofoam cup of tap water. The place was so bad that after about 45 min we all left (there was 9 of us). We couldn’t stand it anymore. What a complete waste of $ 100!

So I was a little apprehensive on going to this establishment from what I read on the reviews, but we were pleasantly surprised. Yes, the décor is in need of repair and needs to be updated, but other than that the place was great. The staff was young, but we didn’t find them rude. Cristine L. wrote her review in 2011, so I’m thinking maybe there has been a change of staff. The skates were in bad repair, so if you plan on going back, I would bring your own skates. We didn’t try the snack bar, but I noticed that the prices were a little high. Overall my family and I had a great time. There were other family’s there so it was a great afternoon for the kids and adults to get some great exercise and have a good wholesome time. The only problem that we had was the temperature was really hot inside. I’m not sure if it was an air conditioner issue or combined with 2 hours of trying not to fall, probably both. We will defiantly be making this a regular weekend afternoon outing. I mentioned this place to some people in Menifee and all they could remember was going there a long time ago, at night, and not thinking very much of the clientele, well I told them go in the afternoon, it was great!

Do not go there, vile place to hangout, the locals will vandalize your vehicle. Take a cab if you do and protect yourself with some kinda of tazer or pepper spray. The place should go out of business, its a hangout for degenerates.

The place is filthy!!! Details count.

Yes the décor is dated and badly in need of an updo.
Yes the staff is young and rude.
Yes the snacks/​drinks are overpriced.
Yes the people that hang out (especially outside) are not the «crème de la crème» of society.
But man you get those wheels on your feet and that music is cranked up and you can have a BLAST!!! They always have specials and you can usually find a coupon somewhere around town. So don’t take out of town guests here if you want them to see the best of Hemet. But take your kids, your date, your able body friends. Cause you are pretty much guaranteed some laughs and some sweat.

The only roller skating rink in miles in a heavily populated Southern California region. There were only a few people there, and I soon found out why. This place is grubby and overpriced with very rude staff and skates that were not even remotely cleaned. The water fountain was broken and it was $ 2 for vending machine bottle of soda.
Despite all that, we did manage to have a good time because there was hardly anyone there on a Saturday!
I wish there were roller rinks like we had in the 70’s and 80’s with lots of life, disco balls, lights, and fun switches like «girls only, boys only, switch directions, etc.»
Aside from the extremely dismal atmosphere we will probably go again for the exercise and the sheer lack of alternatives.