This place is the greatest thing to hit Fairmont WV! If you haven't been here, you are missing…read moreout. Not only is the place state of the art, the owners are AMAZING! The customer service we received was wonderful even from the owner's daughter! I paid twice the price to have a party at another skating rink so I was shocked when I got my bill. Our birthday experience was great and cant wait to do it again. Also, we do an event for suicide awareness and they were so gracious as to do free passes and a raffle basket.

I attended a relatives birthday party this past weekend. Im assuming I was dealing with the…read morebusiness lady that ran the business. She would not let us enter the facility until 20 minutes before the party began, which is understandable. She got real hostile with myself and the rest of the party attendees. She definitely does not know how to deal with the public. My child didn't have socks to play in the bouncers and she began stressing that socks were needed to use that area and was hateful and let me she had socks for sale. Do not waste your money on this place I will not ever return to this business unless this business learns proper business operations (customer service skills and hospitality). My family paid good money to have a pleasant experience for the kids and it was definitely was far from that at the least. She took us to a room and gave us a bunch of rules we couldn't eat birthday cake out of some small kinky dink room like we were in jail. I will not recommend this place and at all and take my business elsewhere. Hope this review gets to someone that cares aboutthe establishment.

Great place!! Really love the 70s, 80s theme here!! Extremely friendly place, they always do fun…read moregames for kids and adults, they have this AWESOME disco ball in the center. Theres arcade games, snacks and drinks as refreshments and it's very cheap!! The only negative things are the bathrooms and hours you get to actually skate. It is not open very long, usually from 7-9 on weekends, but is for sure worth the experience and more than enough for me. The bathrooms are not the cleanest looking or appealing to the eye.

Have so many fond memories of this place, all nighters the 80-90s were the best thank you for so…read moremany great memories.

This is not a fancy roller rink by any stretch. It's in a building down by the river in the area of…read morethe fairgrounds. The building is old and you have to climb steps to get to the top, walk down a little corridor to the ticket booth. They have a nice size rink. You've got to pay for your skate rental (unless you bring your own) and of course the cost to skate. It's very inexpensive! They have some disco lights and generally the music is a mix of pop and country. I've hosted at least one birthday here and attended a couple of others. It's not expensive at all to buy a birthday package. They allow you to bring in your own food and drink and they also have a concession for snacks. They have at least one or two pool tables and some arcades. A great place to bring the kids for some old school fun.

Second year coming here! We have enjoyed both times. We ordered our tickets online and checkin was…read moreeasy. You do have to pick skate sizes when you order online but they said it doesn't matter when you get there. Skates are nice quality. They also have skate helpers for $5. There are fire pits and a watching area for those that don't skate or need a break. It isn't a large skating rink but fun for the hour and a half the ticket gets you. My only complaint is that when a number of the skate helpers get on the ice it gets a bit challenging to skate around them all. Overall, we will go back with our kids.

I skated here recently with a group of friends on a Friday adult skate night and I can say for…read morecertain that I will never return. The skating center looks decent from the outside and there is plenty of parking, but the area surrounding it is somewhat sketchy. The staff were friendly and seemed to be helpful when I did interact with them which is the only reason this review has more than two stars. The restrooms were clean at the start of the night, but all of the soap dispensers were empty, disgusting. The skating rink was well maintained and rentals were available, also in good condition. Towards the end of the night there were several fights that broke out and police were swarming the surrounding area which was rather frightening.

It's so fun here only reason it's not five is cause of the shooting other then that I would…read moredefinitely give it five stars

Hmmm. Do I write a review about the actual Ice Gardens Arena or the circus we attended which was…read morethe reason we were here? I think I have to include some experiences from both. So one day I come into work and in the lunch room are a stack of tickets admitting one child for free per paying adult to the Garden Brothers Circus. I have two step kids age 8, and 6 and immediately thought they might enjoy this. After talking it over with my husband he went online and purchased two adult tickets (9.95 + a fee, total about $25.00) that we used with the free tickets. This arena was quite a drive, roughly an hour and all highway driving. When we got there I was very unhappy to see they were charging $5.00 to park. I wasn't all that surprised but I think they should tell you that in advance (online when ordering your tickets maybe??). Being a couple of people who rarely carry cash this speed bump made us journey further down the road for an ATM. Once parked and inside you pass by a plethora of carny type food and toys, with many circus folks barking out what they are selling. All incredibly overpriced garbage both food and novelties alike. And they don't just stay in one area. All throughout the performances the vendors walked the crowd shouting out "popcorn, lemonade, laser guns, spinning tops!" Incredibly annoying. A lady two rows in front of me bought her kids some slushies for $12.00 a piece! There better be some booze in that because that's just cray cray! Once you get past all the junk food and novelties it really hits you. The barnyard smell of good ole poo. Which brought me to the realization that Oh my they still use animals in circuses?! Last time I attended a circus was over 30 years ago when they used tigers, lions, and monkeys and well you name it. I really thought that they stopped using animals and was pretty sad to see that they had about 5 camels that they were selling tickets to ride them in a small circle on the arena. We could also see two elephants that they brought out during intermission to also sell tickets for rides around a circle. It's pretty disheartening to know that they still imprison these ginormous creatures making them preform and live in small quarters. I felt pretty bad about that. I only hope that these types of performances are on the out and will not be continued much longer. The show that the performers put on was perfectly fine without the use of the animals. My favorite was a lady gymnast who had some mad parkour skills and shot a bow and arrow from her foot to break a balloon all while holding herself upside-down with just one hand. Total badass. Overall the circus was fun, but there is no need to have animals perform for the amusement of humans. Though it was an amazing thing to see, it's cruel and needs to stop. I don't think I would see another one if I knew they used animals. The facility was pretty run down too. I think Cal-U plays hockey there. Not a very clean place and I am not just talking about the elephant dung.

I brought my daughter here today for her first time skating. This was my first trip to the ice…read moregarden in years, I hadn't been here since I came to watch my high schools hockey games. I saw on Facebook they have a toddler ice skating class so we decided to try it out. The class was absolutely perfect. I have to say it really exceeded my expectations. I was really nervous about her being on the ice for the first time, especially without me, but the instructors were really great. They made the class fun for the kids and made sure everyone was included. The cost was 11$ which included skates and about an hour long class. We will definitely be back! (Helmet and gloves are required for ice babies class)

it was very fun and i went with all my friends and they gave us skates and had amazing serviceread more

I took my two younger kiddos (6 and 4) here last Sunday for my daughters first time ever…read more Pros: - Clean facility - Nice skate floor - Skate assisters for younger children (however, these come at an extra cost of $5) - Friendly staff working the rentals/concessions - Skating games Cons: - General Admission for non-skaters/the parents that are required to be there to watch over their kiddos are also charged $9 just to enter the facility (I was a little caught off guard by this). I understand "policies" but maybe there could be further consideration for the parents that are required to be there. Skate Castle doesn't charge adult spectators. - Skate floor can get a bit overcrowded - Adults of children/adults skating with their younger children skating around extremely fast at times and others getting run into/knocked down - Concessions are a bit on the higher side ($3.50 for a small slushie) My kids ended up having a blast which offset the higher prices of all the things, but I'm not so sure that we'll be going back here too often.