Clean and well-maintained rink with good amenities and heated lobby. FYI no bleachers, only…read morefloor-level benches. We do skating lessons here through The Skating Club of Boston's Skating Academy.

I liked public skate at this place. Limited parking keeps the crowd to a manageable level…read more Note that it's cash only!

came here for a couple youth hockey games. Very cold in the rink area- like, way colder than other…read morerinks i've been to. bring extra blankets. the lobby area isn't very warm either, so the only relief you'll get is from blankets or your car. clean bathrooms, nice rink. vending machines in lobby. lots of parking. small waiting area outside rink, no places to observe the (whole) rink from the lobby tho. if you want to watch a full game you have to be in the rink area.

I'm a fan cause it's my second home on Sunday's during the Summer watching the FMC New England…read moreFuture Stars Varsity team play (GO COYOTES!) I check in here every time they play and have seen the rink finally upgrade into providing a nice concession stand like others have done. They serve hot and cold foods now, and overall the *stinky* factor is not bad "Marlborough being the worse." The only thing I see lacking in this rink is the weather control "NATICK being the best so far for temperature and choice seating...you can sit behind the penalty boxes AWESOME!" Unlike the other rinks, their heating is not on par with the rest so a jacket/blanket is def required. I like that they have separate entrances for the teams and they do not have to have the teams walk through the actual lobby to get there (which I have also seen some rinks do "MARLBOROUGH" There is ample parking that is close and a Dunkin's/stores nearby. Kill two bird with one stone.

Clean. Rental skates were poor and in disrepair with broken lace holes. I would return.read more

We went for the skating arena which has 2 rinks. We went during a school day off and able to go to…read morethe public skating hours. We checked the schedule and price on the website. There weren't too many people considering it was a day off. Plenty of parking and we walked in to check in and pay for the public skate. We were also able to get skates sharpened. Very large and clean. Was able to help myself in terms of my skating rentals. Plenty of seating if just want to observe.

Unique outdoor skate spot! Storage lockers on site, validated parking near by!…read more Staff is attentive, well priced, nearby to food and shops!

We went on a Sunday afternoon with our preschooler for his first time on the ice. Not the least…read moreexpensive around but better than the Frog Pond and way less crowded. The staff are friendly. The music is good but not too loud, which is a must for my kiddo. They do not have assists but the rail at the top of the boards isn't too high so he was able to hang on. Slow pokes do stay to the edge and learners right in the center. It's an odd shaped small rink which makes it easy to move between rails and center without passing a (frozen) sea of people . Definitely a good place for a nice casual skate. We will be going back.

The facility was nice with an awesome snack bar. Where I had an issue was how the home team had a…read moreheated bench area near the crowd, while the away team was relegated to a far off corner where the cold air ducts discharged. I consider this to be unfair play, giving the home team a consistent unfair advantage.

Basic municipal Ice Rink. Fun place. Lots of programs available. Could use maintenance but it's the…read moreice, people and action that really count.

We stumbled upon this beautiful ice skating rink coming out of kings ,, it centered in middle of…read moreplaza and it was not crowed at all ,, must have been to cold ! So much fun a must try ,, just be careful I must have fell a bunch of times !! Due to frozen legs to cold !! But had to try !!

This place is great in a lot of ways. Location, super friendly staff and the crowd is usually…read moregreat. A solid star and a half dropped for the cigarette smoking the staff do right around the kids. It's pretty bad. Also, it's very much a "beginners" rink but there are only 3 red plastic "walkers" for youngsters to find their way with. It stinks paying $10 and not really getting a chance to skate because the competition for the walkers is high.

This is a hidden gem!!! I used to come here as a kid and recently rediscovered it as an adult. I…read morevisited with my girlfriend and a few of our friends this past weekend, and we had a great time! Super cheap and high value experience. It is $10 for public skating and $7 for skate rentals. Skate rentals are in very good condition, my pair was nearly new. They are also all hockey skates, which I love. They do public skating on Saturdays and I also read they do weekly pickup hockey for adults which is neat. The rink itself is spacious and the ice sheet is in amazing condition, it was like gliding on a frozen pond. Absolutely lovely. I will absolutely be coming back here!

Headed there originally to get my skates sharpened and ended up finding a weekly pickup game for…read moreadults that I've since then taken a part of a few times. The rink itself is very well laid out and maintained very well. Nick, one of the people running the place is very friendly and was helpful in helping me network with some of the guys playing so I could eventually join them for a pickup game. All four locker rooms are as clean as they could ever be and are heated as well which isn't always the case. But more importantly the ice sheet is fantastic and makes playing hockey there a very enjoyable experience. This rink sets a high standard for other rinks in the Boston area for sure and I doubt that you'd be able to easily find a better one that this. Hockey aside, they have a ton of stuff happening there so check out their site for various hours. They have pickup games, high school games, stick and pucks, public skates and loads more.

Nice place to skate without many people on the ice. Good ice conditions today. Easy free parking…read moreand to find this place

My husband and I love this spot for free ice skating…read more We've been trying to go during the week so that it's less crowded than the weekend times (better for practicing), but the website doesn't seem to provide very accurate information for times. I think that aspect could use a lot of help.

If I was any better at skating, I'd come here all the time - free admission, rentals only $5 (CASH…read moreONLY), a pretty view of the harbor, and an absolutely banging playlist, what's not to love? Plus, indoors, a massive boon for when being outside for any amount of time is miserable, which beats Frog Pond. As it were, I spent the first half hour practically clinging to the thin ledge, just trying to stay upright, but still had so much fun. Some tips: 1. Get here early on weekends, right when it opens for public skating - 4pm. You get to be one of the first to get your skates; you can stake out a convenient spot to get on/off the ice; you can have more of an empty rink to play; AND you get dibs on the stacks of crates. 2. Speaking of, the crates are such a genius, low-cost way of helping people get the hang of balancing without having to edge around slowly. As with many things, the stability that comes with skating comes with some amount of speed, which you can't really achieve by pulling yourself along the ledge. 3. Watch out for when it gets crowded, as you have not-so-good skaters like moi, the people practicing spins and jumps in the center, and the speed demons swooshing around. Then you have some random citizen police (who are not the actual rink security keeping an eye on things) trying to convince you to let go of your stack of crates and to practice being out on the open, in the form of an older lady barking orders at me. It was super bizarre. Let me do my thing! 4. The surface got very chipped in a short amount of time, and it was murder on my ankles after a while. 5. Parking is very tricky in this part of the North End. SpotHero or the T are your friend. 6. Whoever was in charge of the playlist, I doff my hat to you. So many bangers, one after the other, to skate to.

Came in for public skating sat 4-9pm. Admission is free and rental skates $5 cash only. Great space…read moreand fun!