Hadn't been skating in over 20 years!! This was SO fun!! Brought back all the memories the rental…read moreskates were in good shape, the place was clean, the snack bar was quick and easy to navigate even with skates on! Some kids wore rollerblades and some have skates! Music catered to young and us old peeps! What a great place for a birthday party or night out for kids & hey adults too! Prices are super reasonable. $13 for open skate on Friday night from 7-10pm Roller skates $3 Rollerblades $5 Skate Mate for assistance is $5 ** prices vary and are usually $10 for day skating

I hadn't been on skates in years, and it showed. Yes, I was wobbling around that rink like a new…read moreborn. Yes, I fell but I got up and fell again Lol! I just see to be a good skater, I don't know where my skate sense went? I'm goi g to buy my own skates and get back to skating. It's great exercise and it's fun! The rink was clean, smooth and the DJ was jamming the sounds! Yes, the price of skating has increased over the years, so has everything else, expect to bring over $20.00. If you get tired of skating you can watch the large screen Tv or play video games or pool. The snack bar was closed but vending machine were available with snack and drinks. I will be returning for more roller skating adventures.

My seven-year-old daughter just finished taking swimming lessons here for the summer. Our first…read moreexperience with it was absolutely terrible - the class setup and the instructor. After that horrible experience, I decided to change her lessons to one-on-one private lessons with a different instructor. It was mainly a sweet girl named Julia who worked with my daughter. My daughter became so excited about swimming! Julia was very patient with my daughter and after the lesson, she'd come right up to me and explain to me everything they went over, and what we needed to work on at home. So even though our first experience here was god-awful, our visits after were so that I'm still giving it 5 stars. Also it is a very nice pool to hang out around with ample swimming pools/areas. Really large shallow wading pool for young children.

Yeah, have to knock my review a bit in response to the crummy pool maintenance the last couple of…read moreyears. The park is still great and the skate park is rad, but the pool? Man, it's rarely open. This season it hasn't even been open at all because of a mechanical issue and last summer it had several closures and hiccups throughout the season. And when it was open, a good part of the pool (the deep end) was closed off because they were short staffed. That means that all the other spaces got extra crowded, which wasn't the best scenario for a relaxing swim. Such a bummer! It's walking distance from my house so I REALLY REALLY want to love it, and mostly I REALLY REALLY want to visit it but we just can't because it's still been closed. We still walk our dog through the park, and I love the baseball games and checking out all the rad skaters in the skate park, but the pool is just a real bummer.

Great place to see a hockey game. The views from most seats are very good. My only issue is no beer.read more

Parking for $10 in the arena lot if you get there early enough. Great seats pretty much anywhere…read morebut bring seat pads as the bleachers are rough on your duff. Go Blue!

Came here randomly with colleagues for Ice Skating , well snow killed a little enthusiam but good…read moreand supportive staff did bring it back up, went for skating for 30.mins , good experience with little bruised knees and aching back :) They charge 8$ for ring and skates both so good place to come for locals

So FYI, the main entrance is at the back of the building!…read moreThis place is definitely bigger than what I thought. There's at least 2 ice rinks on the inside and a concession stand. The lobby is pretty big and open with old arcade games. Open Skate slots are listed on their website for every month. The price is $10/ person (skates included). They have skating helpers for those who are still working on gaining their balance on the ice, which is perfect for kiddos

Family outting fun for my 8 yr old birthday. The man that checked everyone in for open skate should…read moreNOT work with the public. He seemed inconvenienced to take the payment. Only 2 of us needed to use the rental skates included with the open skate. The skates handed to me were extremely dull, I tried them on the ice, then went to switch them out. 3 groups of people were waiting and no one was servicing us. One man yelled back toward to office to see if he could leave some skates. Finally the same check in guy from before answered. I then asked if there was someone to switch my skates. He grumpily came over, I told him the pair I was turning in were very dull, and he put up another pair. I felt those and told him. His response, "it's what you get with rental skates." Rude.

Used to be a nice rink...now it's owned by Black Bear Sports Group and has gone downhill fast…read more Locker room bathrooms didn't work, drinking fountains were shut off (and from information from others, they've been inoperable for at least a month), and the few water coolers provided were constantly empty. The facility was filthy all weekend. Food and trash everywhere with no cleaning being done....I realize this is also part just laziness on the part of patrons but keeping your facility clean should be a priority. There is a bar upstairs but we did not visit that. 16 Biggby logos greet you before you even hit the lobby but don't expect to get a cup of coffee...No concession stand available at all (there is one there but it is closed, and from what I hear, has been closed since the Black Bear takeover). Ice conditions were poor, the glass around the South rink was so fogged parents couldn't see the games, and the scoreboard in the North rink didn't work on Saturday so coaches had no idea on time, penalties, etc. and had to keep asking scorekeepers for info. When rink conditions were brought to the attention of the rink staff, there was not much more than a shoulder shrug given. The Zamboni driver even backed onto the ice before handshake lines were finished which is a serious safety issue. For a rink hosting expensive youth tournaments, this is unacceptable. People pay good money to attend these tournaments. The facility needs major improvements in cleanliness, maintenance, and safety.

Wanted to take my kids for open skate but they have no website listed. Finally found it after…read morecalling - apparently the new name is "Bigby Coffee Ice Cube", which I have separate thoughts about. Got on the website to look at the rink schedules and.. there was absolutely nothing. Just a broken link to register for open skate which is the wildest thing I've ever heard of. How is it 'open' if I have to register for it? I've heard nothing but awful things about this place, be it the rinks, the restaurant, or the barn itself, since it got bought out, and after the hassle I had of just trying to find a skate schedule it's safe to say I won't bother coming here. I'll drive the extra 10 minutes to Optimist in Jackson.

I understand Doug finally had to close the doors. We moved to the UP last year, so we weren't…read moreaware right away. Hillsdale has lost an iconic business, we will miss it. Only disappointment we have is during COVID, we prepaid about 400.00 for admissions. Wondering if there was a refund program? I know Doug isn't the type of guy to keep prepaid funds. If you see this, would be nice to have a refund. And an update!

Our entire family loves skating and we make it a habit to visit a rink once a week. This rink is…read moreour favorite in the area. Its clean, family friendly and reasonably priced! We have visited almost every rink from Fort Wayne Indiana, toledo ohio, cold water Michigan, adrian Michigan, wauseon ohio and some in between. This rink tops them all!

Could use a bit of a facelift. Rink is still in good shape, but the rest looks dated. Every pair of…read moreskates my kids get seem to need new laces. Overall, not bad but there are some areas that could be improved.

I had the worst experience here at riverside arena . My daughter had a birthday party here they…read moreserved us cold pizza I told the kitchen manager. They wouldn't accommodate us to give us hot pizza . Also When It was time to sing happy birthday no one came and gave us cake plates to eat off of , neither did she bring a lighter to light the cakes . As we were waiting to see if she would come back to help us ! She never did next thing I know we were being kicked out the snack area because our time was "up " all without being able to sing happy birthday because we wasn't assisted properly . Not to mention the staff was rude . PLEASE DONT EVER GO HERE Especially if your black