Aesthetic Climbing Gym

Very welcoming staff and very friendly. It’s a super bargain considering $ 15 includes harness and shoes all day. Good bouldering and top rope with a auto locking belay that’s fixed to the ground. This lets someone lighter belay a heavier person. There is also a ping pong table, lunch room (I assume for people that spend all day there). Definitely would go again.

Aesthetic is a cool gym nestled up in the business park. I was visiting my parents for Christmas and figured I would check out the local climbing gym.
I brought my sister as she had tried bouldering for a b-​day party and wanted to climb with me when we were both home.
The good: Clean facility, free shoe rental (if you need them), communal chalk, friendly staff, clean restrooms, and good prices ($ 15 day pass).
The bouldering problems were pretty good, but I feel like some were harder than their listed grade. There were not many vb/​v0 problems with big jugs that would make it easy for a new climber to accomplish a few problems. While there were a «easy» problem on each wall, I feel that most were too difficult for a pure beginner like my sister.
A word of caution: the top out section is really tall for how firm the crash pads are. You could definitely get hurt if you fall on the last move.
I would come back, but I am not sure if I would recommend this for people for their first bouldering experience. (Note: I did not do any rope climbing while there)

I took my son in today to train for Divisionals today. These guys took time out of their busy schedule to work with him. They were patient, knowledgeable and overall wonderful people. Their gum is top notch and I will recommend it to all of my friends and family. I can’t wait to make it out there again soon.

We had 20 kids (ages 11 – 15) celebrating a birthday party. Dillon was firm but generous with his time in explaining and assisting the kids. Everyone had a great time on the ropes and free climbing. The party room was perfect for us as well. I was just a bit nervous about not having helmets and lacking constant professional adult supervision of the children, but all worked out and no injuries. Yay!

Aye that was fun!!! My hands hurt & my wallet doesn’t have a huge dent in it, thanks!!!

Amazing family friendly climbing gym. The staff are helpful and friendly and are very encouraging.

Great staff, great facilities. The atmosphere at this gym is laid back and noncompetitive, if you are a beginner the staff and regulars are happy to help. The routes are reset often so there are always new problems to work on!

First time ever climbing. Had a great time and the staff are as cool and friendly as could be. Also very cool music and very relaxed fun atmosphere

So a week ago I got the Groupon deal — x2 one-​month climbing memberships with free rentals and chalk, and 2 of their classes for each membership ($ 30 dollar value each — 4 classes total) for right around 45 bucks total. Sweet deal. My girlfriend and I met Trevor when we got there, who set us up with shoes, harnesses, chalk and taught us how to use the auto locking belay devices. He’s a rad guy who always seems cheerful and always happy to stop whatever gym-​improvement related task he’s on to help out a member with anything. He even remembered me by name since day 1.
If I had to give some sort of comparison/​analogy for this place, I’d call it a «mom n’ pop» climbing gym. Granted, I haven’t been to many of the other gyms in OC (just a couple), but this one felt different right away in comparison to the other gyms.
I’ve seen all types of skill levels in here and I’ve yet to see the place get crowded to the point where it interferes with my climbing (let alone being crowded at all). If a certain wall is taken, there is always another wall with the same level route that’s open and even if you’re sharing a wall with someone, the crowd is friendly and everyone takes turns.
A shower, bigger bathroom, etc. would be cool as someone else mentioned, but I’ve looked into leasing warehouse space myself and know that those are hard to come by — no big deal, there’s a 24 hour fitness across the street for showering before work.
Ideas for improvement: Although I doubt anything would ever get stolen from this place, having the little cubbies for your stuff in view while climbing would be cool just to keep an eye on your phone, keys etc. Maybe move the cubbies onto the angled wall next to the wave?
Anyway, I need to stop wasting time on Unilocal and go climb. Awesome gym. definitely renewing my membership after the Groupon expires.

The owner was extremely rude to my wife. Her and her sister called numerous times over the past month to confirm that they were going to be open on July 4^th. Every time they received the response that they were going to be open «normal business hours.»
Come the fourth we arrive and are told that they are closed! The sign in the parking lot directing patrons was still up, the doors were still open. I think they decided to close last minute to BBQ and hang out rather than work.
The owner told my wife that she had to check their social media sites to get the latest info (isn’t calling even better?), the information that she received was incorrect, and «uh, don’t you know it’s a national holiday?» I can tell you she obviously knew it was a national holiday… which is why she confirmed hours beforehand. He told her it doesn’t matter how unhappy you are, it doesn’t change that fact that we’re closed. My wife was extremely aggravated and upset over the situation as we had people out of town and this was all pre-​scheduled and arranged. The major kicker was that they were not apologetic at all. When my wife told them that that was the main thing that irritated her, they yelled across the parking lot «WE ARE APOLOGETIC!!!» (doesn’t sound like it buddy).
I’d highly recommend others to check out Sender One or another gym in the area. There are so many high quality ones I’d hate for you to come here and have an experience like our group did.

Beginner or intermediate climbing this place is a great spot for climbing to train or just have fun!
My husband and I went here on a double date with another couple and we had a blast! For $ 15 we stayed for 2 hours climbing on the wall with no harnesses and the wall where you are harnessed in.
Trevor was so friendly and down to earth. He showed us everything but let us go ahead and do our own thing.
I don’t really know all the terms of climbing, I’m totally a beginner, but it was so fun trying to use the patterns mapped out on the sheet to complete the climb and be challenged.
We live in HB and would totally keep making the drive to do this more often. It’s such a great workout and all the people there are so friendly!
The sentiment behind the opening of this gym is so sweet. Ask them why they opened it in the first place.
Looking for a fun date idea, or a different way to work out, go here!

Very confusing walls in the bouldering section. Many of the routes just fade out and don’t finish. Some routes are not labeled, others seem very difficult for their rating.
Walls seem really high with sub par padding. Makes you wonder when you will blow a knee out.

I went rock climbing here for the first time in forever. I was a little scared at first but the employees were great and they did a wonderful job answering all my questions.
The only thing that was slightly annoying was there was some little kids and the mother was attaching her kids to multiple lines and was tangling her up in the ropes. There wasn’t a employee to tell the mom to stop acting younger than her 7 year old daughter. Other than that everything went amazing! As you can see this annoying mom didn’t alter my stars at all because it was an amazing time. I am looking forward to come back again and again!

Great for top roping and bouldering (if you are v0 and up)
Large gym, has a kitchen and recreation room. the workers are really nice and will answer questions, give you tips, etc.
$ 15 day pass, or $ 115 for 10 punch card. comes with shoes/​harness/​any rentals you need

I’ve never rock climbed nor have I gone to a rock climbing gym before. About six months ago, I decided to give it a shot and within the first week of climbing at ACG (that’s what the cool kids call it), I was hooked. The sport is amazing, but what really clinched it for me was the owners and other climbers. They were all so helpful and supportive and would literally go out of their way to help me overcome fears, help with projects (no matter how small or simple), suggest better technique, etc.
They have a ton of other activities as well such as game night, climbing competitions, give a ways and much more. As a matter of fact, a friend of mine won a crash pad last week.
This place is easily 5 stars.

Our 5yr old son loves to climb. This was his 1^st time rock climbing. Employees were extremely helpful getting him setup with harness, shoes and showed us their rope setup + routes. Our son had a blast. We will definitely go back regularly. On a rainy Weekend it wasn’t that crowded.

First time rock climbing in a gym and so appreciated how awesome the staff was. Trevor at the front was so welcoming and laid back. You can tell the staff knows what they are doing and they have a real heart for the beginners.
The bouldering area is pretty sick, with a really wide variety of problems, and even though I was there on a Friday night the gym wasnt way too crowded. I was on the wall the whole time, no waiting in line feeling like I’ve heard about in crowded gyms this small.
Pretty much the entire top rope area was for beginners, and they could improve their safety by teaching people to belay properly even if they have ATCs tied to the ground.
Went for ladies night and got in free and brought a guy friend who only paid 10. We got shoes and harnesses. it is SO worth checking out and a GREAT spot to start if your a beginner. Super cheap!

Very nice place, the staff was friendly and helped us out a lot. It was pretty fun and I came on a student night so everything was free. The equipment was pretty good, but the shoes were hurting my feet.

My friend and I came here for the lead climbing class and had the best experience so they now get a full 5 stars!
It was 30 dollars (so cheap!!) for a long instruction that includes entrance, rentals (but we had our own stuff), belaying, figure 8, clipping rope to quick draws etc. At the end you take a test which consist of the instructor watching you climb and clip to make sure you are doing it right. I went up a route that’s harder than what I could do and Jeremy was so patient and coaching me through the moves … at the end I had to give up and try an easier route to pass the test (sad face). Afterwards my friend and I continued climbing and all the founders were there and giving us tips.
I really appreciate they were so patient with a n00b like myself. It really makes me want to work harder to become a better climber!

We booked Aesthetic Climbing Gym for my son’s sixth birthday party. Yes, that means we had a bunch of five and six year old boys running around this place. The kids had a ton of fun, and so did a few of the grown ups.
We have two pretty active boys who like to climb on just about everything — jungle gyms, rocks, sofas, parents, you name it they want to try to climb it. I used to be the same way, so maybe it is a genetic thing. Anyway, we decided we would look at doing a rock climbing party for our son. We looked at a place in Costa Mesa that said they did not recommend rock climbing parties for kids under 8.
Undeterred, we contacted Aesthetic. They were very helpful and accommodating over the phone. They said they have done parties for five year old kids, and the kids have a great time. The deal was 11 to 15 kids, two hours of climbing with some instruction and full time supervision, and a party room for $ 200. If you have hosted a kids birthday party recently, you know this is a pretty good deal.
Unfortunately, my son was involved in an accident the Sunday before Thanksgiving. He was still in his sling on the day of his party. We had decided to go ahead with the party because we did not want to lose our deposit and have to try to find another venue. We hoped for the best with his sore shoulder.
We arrived a bit early to set up. The place is not very easy to find because it is in the back of a light industrial area. When we arrived the person who greeted us took us to the back and opened a door that gave us easy access to the party room and the gym. He was very polite and willing to help.
As our guests arrived, I got them into their harnesses. Parents received easy instructions on using the belay ropes to keep everyone safe.
Then the fun began.
The kids really enjoyed the climbing. Most of the kids didn’t go all the way up the wall because at their age and size those walls looked huge I’m sure. Some of the kids were really brave and scaled all the rocks to the top of the walls. There were lots of smiles and some nervous laughs. Even my little injured boy got up and tried one-​handed climbing. Fortunately, it is possible to give the kids a bit of help by pulling them up with the rope. However, if you are pulling people up the wall, be prepared for some sore hands.
In addition to enjoying the climbing, the kids loved running around the gym playing tag or shoot-​em-​up or whatever it is five year old boys play. The staff kept telling the kids to stop running, and so did some of the parents and I. Our efforts to keep the peace were pretty much to no avail.
The adults enjoyed watching the kids climb. The party room was plenty big for us. The staff was very polite and encouraged all the kids. We had a great time. I may check this place out again sometime soon. They have a day pass for $ 15 that is all day and includes shoes and harness. The staff said you can come in the morning then take a break for lunch or whatever and return in the afternoon. I would probably be a quivering mound of jello after climbing for an hour or so in the morning, but it may be worth a try.
Finally, since a few of our guests did not show and we did not have 11 kids, they reduced the price for us by $ 40 — AWESOME!
Great party, nice facility, very good value. Check it out.