Iceland Ice Skating Center

I love IceLand! This was one of my favorite spots to visit when I was in high school. They are open to the public at certain hours, which is pretty good because they can close for private events. The afternoon hours are perfect for family outings and for the kids while the night time hours are perfect for date nights. They also have ice skating classes for all ages, which I enrolled two of my nieces in a few years ago and they loved it!
The building itself is a little outdated but still doesn’t take away from the ice skating experience. It’s fun for all ages! They even have a cute little store to warm up and take a break from skating.

Someone just stole my camera from me at this rink! My 10 year old daughter birthday party, photos of today gone forever. What a lowlife. I’m 99% sure it was someone who worked there. There’s still time to turn things around, reply to this or send me a message.

Not the best place, but not the worst either. I prefer going to the one in Simi Valley bc it’s cheaper but when I go with a friend this one is closer. First off, when you first walk into the building you go into a small hallway & there’s a window off to the right where it looks like you can purchase your entry because on the other side is someone usually sitting in the little store where you can buy outfits, etc… No, you have to go through the door, to the right twice, & purchase your entry in the store ($ 15). Found that out the hard way when we were standing at the window & the lady never turned around when she could most likely hear us talking.
The 2 or 3 times I’ve been here it’s usually empty because we come before school gets out so there’s maybe one or two people practicing but other than that the whole rink is yours which I love ! I don’t mind when there’s people but sometimes Simi gets really busy & you have to be careful not to accidentally mow people down lol. While simi is cheaper I also like this place better for their public skate hours which I think go from 12 – 5 where at Simi it’s split into 3 different periods of around 2 – 2 & a ½ hours.
I keep reading about this bumper car event so I will definitely need to check that out & I’ll update !

just one of many references to this problem in ice skating rinks and arenas.

Didn’t know there was a bumper car event… I gotta try that and update this review!
However, I came here apart from the other rink to take lessons and see if I can learn how to do spins on the ice. I got better, but either the skates slow down my progress or the teacher was not that great.
I would say both. The coach is very nice with a soft voice. However, I don’t know much or anything about ice skating so I can’t say too much or much at all. Yet, I felt like the teaching was very basic. She would teach you harder stuff when you get better which is common sense. However, we started doing the same stuff every week. I felt like the first two class was worth it to learn new stuff. After that, it was all repetitive.
There are many good ice-​skaters here also. I think what I like most about this place is that not as many people go here in relation to the Van Nuys Ice Rink. This place is more low-​key during the free session every-​time I went at least.

I love this place! They have great prices and I always have a great time! Also love how it’s never packed! :) Will return!

Even my celeb sighting (Gwen Stefani, husband, and kids) wasn’t enough to make this spot worth another visit. I used to go to the Culver City rink but since it closed I decided to see what Van Nuys had to offer.
The skate rentals are old. The laces are falling apart and they offer only hockey skates, no option for figure skates. Not a problem if you bring your own.
The rink size is much smaller than it appears in the photos. I guess it could be fun if you pretend the kids are part of an obstacle course and weaving in and out of the bottle necking advances you to the next level… otherwise, avoid the rink on weekend afternoons during peak kid time.
Street parking was easy.

Very old-​school, but friendly, reasonably priced and lots of fun! I love it!

I would definitely discourage anyone from having a kids b-​day party at this place. A customer service, that used be there, is none existent now. By looking into the faces of all staff members, none of them want to be there. And that is very upsetting when you are paying pretty good money to have your kids party there. The place appearance is even more run down then ever, I guess the owner never puts a single penny back into this place. Anyway, I am done with this place.

I have been reading a lot of these reviews and I don’t get it. I have been skating at Iceland for 4 years now, and my experience has been nothing but fantastic. The appearance is not great, and it is smaller than most rinks, but honestly, who cares about that if you’re just going for public session. (I am there for classes, lessons, rehearsals, practices, camps, ballet, pilates, acting, etc. and I don’t even care about the appearance or size.) I have had birthdays there and they are always great! If you pay for one class per week, you get a second one free for your first class session. And I think if you have a birthday party there they give you one free class session as well. The staff is always nice, and almost all of them know my name and entire life story. The food at the café is as good as food at any other public sports place. The group classes are good, and when you start private lessons, most of them are good too. I recommend Carrie Phillips (my coach, and the director of the Skating School), however she is very popular and usually completely booked. Besides her, the best coaches are (in order from best to «least good» because none of them are bad) Karen Yablon-​Weigmann, Kirk Forbes, Larisa Ge (however she has a thick accent and is very hard to understand), and Tatiana Zaytseva. The competitive production team is so much fun. We compete all the time, and we perform at the Holiday Show every year. We just went to nationals last weekend. During the summer it is pretty crowded, but for the most part it is still fine. Just a warning, our ice skating camp used to be fantastic, but every year it gets a little worse. We are currently trying to get it back to the way it used to be, but as of right now, I don’t recommend enrolling new skaters in the camp. The morning instructional time is great, so half days are fine, but the afternoons are not organized and we are not supervised well enough. Overall, Iceland has its issues, but at the end of the day, it is a great rink and I recommend it to everyone.

During both times I visited my local skating rink, I found privacy. There were very little who attended during the afternoon, however it gave me a time to improve my skating skills. I admit I need more practice. I find all different types of skaters from the very skilled to beginners. The staff were very kind. I would recommend this skating rink to the local community and to others in Unilocal

I went a couple times for Friday night stick time because it’s one of the few during the week at night. There are no locker rooms to change, so for women, you’ll want to keep in mind that any changing will need to be done in the small bathroom. The facilities, for the fact that you pay $ 15 (about the same price as Panorama and El Segundo), are similar to a run-​down roller rink.
The first time I went, there were only a few people, which was great since they let us skate around until the start of the 8pm free-​skate session.
The next time I went, there was some kind of kids hockey practice happening during the stick time. I asked– before paying– if there was a planned practice and was told, quite unconvincingly, that they all just «showed up» and I was free to use the rink just like they were. Would have been great if the team hadn’t set up drills on one side of the ice with goalie practice on the other. Someone from the staff came over and tried to refund part of the fee, but I decided to leave without skating.

Not sure why the reviews for this place are so bad — looks like most people tried to have bday parties. But if you want to go just to skate around, this place is fine. Like others said, it’s nothing amazing, but if you just want to skate around for a bit for decent prices, this place works. They have music and lights, just like every other rink I’ve been to. The people there were perfectly friendly, and service was fast and easy.

More Tonya Harding than Nancy Kerrigan. It’s an OK place. Don’t expect too much and you won’t be disappointed. The prices are reasonable, and the facilities are OK. Bathrooms are clean. Skates in OK condition. The people working here are nice and somewhat helpful. The teachers are OK. The WiFi works half the time.
I would definitely try out other facilities in the area but I would not rule this one out.

Kids are 10 up to 12year old, then its 11 for adults,
Its a pretty random place. But a decent size ice rink. Ice tends to be uneven.
There is no food here but only hotdogs and cup of noodles over priced. If your lucky some days they have stale pizza. BRING OWN FOOD!!! But they do have hot cocoa and coffee.
The costumer service is ok. Not great but just fine. Not really friendly. So overall its kinda meh.

Ownership/​management essentilly lied by putting up a charade about their screw up during a private party. After they vehemently pretended I was in the wrong, for some reason they later apologized (for the screw up, not the charade). Me got the strong feeling they were thinking more about Unilocal at that point than true remorse.
Also, in terms of parties, don’t go into it expecting them to get it right. Service is not their strong suit, nor is competence their prowess.

DO NOT EVER DARE TO HAVE YOUR BIRTHDAY HERE EVER AVOID IT!!! I come here a lot for ice skating and i wanted to try something new for my 15^th birthday so I decided to have it here… We payed for an extra hour because we thought two wasnt enough to eat and skate. I arrive an hour early and nothing we discussed is ready and worst of all when I ask when they are gonna do it I get attitude. I was like whatever I will begin setting up on my own. At 7 when the party was beginning and everyone had arrived I asked where the food was. The lady rolled her eyes and said «shes stuck in traffic what do you want me to do about it». No sympathy nothing for my starving group of 15 what so ever. My friends get pissed and say «its her birthday please try to understand». She yells at me” I dont care I’m off the clock soon”. When we say that I am paying big money and not to yell at me she responds with «she is paying my boss not me and i can say whatever i want i cant get fired». She even encourages me to call her boss, laughs and repeats about how she wont get fired. the food arrived 45 minutes later and the second the wicked witch angie (that was her name i believe) leaves everyone runs up to us and is very apologetic and even gave us more ice time !! Though they not speak a word when she is there. I told my english teacher and she says she had her sons birthday there as well and the same thing happened !! Apparently they are the most incompetent rudest ice skating place around ! Ice skate there sure but never pay and waste hundreds of dollars to be treated like crap ! Tons of my friends wanted to steal my idea and rent the place out for at least 3 of their birthdays (we are from calabasas, throwing big expensive parties is normal) now we have told everyone to avoid this place ! She ruined my birthday. Dont let this happen to you too… (there was so much more rudeness and arguing that happened though i decided not to bore you with our 2 hour on going fighting)
NEVER EVER HAVE YOUR BIRTHDAY HERE PLEASE BELIEVE ME IT WILL BE THE WORST BIRTHDAY OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE…
I created an account just for this. Dont waste your money or health at this place !

I took my fiancée for a silly day-​date, using the Groupon. It was nice. The staff was pleasant and helpful. This is a place for kids. It is NOT an adult date place!
The rink is small and had some rough patches. But it’s not crowded (in March), and was cheap with Groupon. It is in an old warehouse in a dingy industrial area of east SFV with only street parking (cheap meters).
Anyway, ditch your kids here for a few hours, but have them take their own skates (since they didn’t appear to sanitize the boots after we returned ours).

Wanted to plan a birthday party for my sister at this place but unfortunately the staff members are so disrespectful that they wouldn’t allow me to.
Came in there was a girl sitting at the desk talking on her cell phone. I was standing there for 5 minutes until she said «hold on ill call u back» to whoever she was speaking to. Then she said can I help u and I asked her if she can give me birthday information and she said its listed on the website. She wouldn’t want to answer any of the questions I asked and she was texting on her phone as I was speaking to her. I asked if I can see a manager and she said he is not here and doesn’t come here often, I left my number, but of course no one returned my call.
This is extremely disrespectful and I feel bad for the owner of how his business is being handled by complete, excuse my language, IDIOTS.
Doesn’t even deserve one star.
HORRIBLE PLACE!

Its a descent place. The overall look reminds me of one of those roller skating rinks from the 1980s that is run down, but hey, it does its job… its kind of nostalgic, but it needs a whole new makeover. Everything is ghetto! I am sure a lack of funds will prevent this from happening. Unlucky for us, a group/​party of 42 kids were there just when we arrived.
The ice skates were in good condition. I have read other reviews about rust and there were small traces, but in reality, who really cares. We also got the hot chocolate deal that came with the Groupon and the hot chocolate was hot and flavorful… no problems there. The only thing that looks normal and nice looking is the small sports shop they have inside their facility.
It is what it is!