Westlake Skate Center

Relatively… old, but lots of fun. Places like this still surviving in today’s image of ‘fun’. Skates are old, carpet is dark and dated, the building too. The teenage DJ was simply teenage. Food was what’s expected in a skate center. This isn’t grand and gourmet, folks. Don’t get rowled up over oven pizzas and duck-​taped carpets. But, if you’re looking for some simple fun (the kind of fun we had back on the 80’s/90’s), Westlake Skate Center is the place to go. My husband and I enjoyed it very much.

The owner is extremely rude. I wouldn’t recommend this place to my dog! We held my daughters 7^th birthday party here and we’re forces to use only one table for about 20 people and all 20 people paid to skate. We’re African American and were being treated differently.

Grandma decided to take the grandkids out skating. We didn’t know of a rink nearby so checked Unilocal.We drove an hour and was expecting $ 10 per kid with admission and skates. Surprisingly it was less. First impression inside was icky. Stains splattered on carpeted walls and a bad stinch worse then middle school B.O.
But upon going in the rink the odor and carpet wasn’t so offensive. What kept running in the back of my mind was how dark the rink and carpeted walls were. We all had a good time. Unfortunately days later my child and I came down sick with very bad respiratory infections. Might be a coincidence, but I don’t think a trip back is worth getting sick again.

This is a great place to roller blade/​skate! The rink is huge, plays good music, clean facility and fun! I love that it has resting benches all along the rink. So you can stop anywhere along side the rink floor and sit down and rest. I gave it a 4 star because the roller blade skate rentals they offer are kinda «eh», and the whole place doesn’t have a normal skating rink feel. Idk… But it’s none the less a great, fun time with everyone :)

We love Westlake… My daughter is still learning to skate and they have skate buddy’s. The building is old but the staff is nice and we always have fun!

Probably the Best Skate experience since the 80’s! They play a variety of music & lots of skating Games!!!

Used to take my Kids skating there and now am taking my grandchildren. Owners are great, mix games in with regular skating. Still a great place to go.

First of all, I’m not really a skating rink person (I’m a hazard on skates) although my first «French kiss» was at a skating rink. I’m sure I’m not alone. My kids on the other hand love skating and we take them to skate and have had and attended birthday parties at Westlake. I noticed another reviewer mentioned that’s the DJ only plays hip hop. Every time I’ve been there they play a mix of modern dance music and even some progressive electronic, along with some old standard 1980 – 1990’s dance music. Maybe that’s «Hip Hop» to some or maybe I haven’t been there on Hip Hop night. Overall the DJ is good, he seems to have a good read on what the people want to here and everyone has a good time. Last time we had a birthday party there our kids brought glow sticks for their guests and an ice cream cake. Westlake didn’t mind the glow stuff and put our Cake in the freezer for us. Overall it’s a great local skating rink and it reminds me of the staking rink I used to go to when I was a kid. They have plenty of rental skates and their equipment is in good condition. My kids love the competitions and it’s fun watching everyone have a good time. Westlake is a classic.

Nice skate center for birthday parties and things.
Relatively old and run down looking but it was still good fun.
I would say it’s overpriced a bit so try and look for a groupon because they are offered quite frequently.

My PREVIOUS experience at Westlake Skate Center had been great, my family and friends had been going over the last couple of years. But recently, I am not sure if management or owners have changed by my MOST RECENT experience was HORRIBLE!
They allowed children, pre-​teens to be dropped off by parents, with no supervision, who then proceeded to run around the facility, used foul language and misbehaved the entire time. Additionally the music was absolutely innappropiate! I’ve heard better music at adult nightclubs than this place! It was constant back to back explicit and sexual songs, with NO EDITING, NO BLEEPING! We asked the manager and DJ to please change the song selection to be more appropiate for our family and the other unsupervised children there they did consent but after 30 minutes the music seemed to get worse not better!
We will NOT be returning to this business!

Looking for a new place to skate after the loss of the rink in Plano, I decided to check out this rink based on a recommendation seen in an online review.
I am pleasantly surprised! It’s got a decent and fast floor, not too small. Friendly crowd who all seem to know each other, and the DJ’s seem to know the skaters. Music keeps moving and has a good solid beat, and while hip hop seems well-​represented, it’s not all the boring, lifeless variety.
Clean, old building like most rinks. This place has a good, friendly, fun feel to it. I won’t mind driving twice as far to come here. They play an interesting game called The Paper Game here… like musical chairs. I haven’t seen it before. Not that I ever participate in skating rink games, but I am always interested to see the unique things that some rinks do.
There are black lights over the floor, so that provides some interesting visual effects at times. A decent number of people were there so it wasn’t too empty. There is nothing worse than a rink with 10 people on a Saturday night! Not only is it boring skating around an empty floor, but it makes you wonder what other event you must be missing out on that keeps the rinks empty!
The far walls of the rink opposite the entry side have benches set into the walls where you can sit right on the edge of the floor. That’s an interesting feature I haven’t seen anywhere else.
I didn’t check out the snack bar, but it’s the usual ancient bowling alley sort of snack bar, like in most skating rinks. Another thing I look for is water fountains. They had two… one for adults, and one really low one for kids. They both put out warm water, despite the constant running of the refrigeration, so they may need a little work.
This place helps take the edge off the Plano loss. Again, I won’t mind driving a bit longer to take in the pleasant atmosphere of this rink.

I love roller skating! Anyone remember that roller skating show at Sea World way back in the day with roller princess Helen Wheels? And the Huey Lewis soundtrack and the motorcycles in the sphere cage of death??? Yeah, that was pretty much my favorite thing ever.
Anyway, I wish there were a more convenient place to skate here in Dallas, but Westlake worked out really well for Nickie G’s bday bash. I think it was definitely the way to go renting it out – we got there a little late and were thinking maybe we’d try and stay longer after the rental time was up but when we saw all the noisy brats ready to pile in we quickly changed our minds, haha.
The rink was huge, it was just like the place I used to go back in my hometown so I was in heaven. My skating skills aren’t quite what they used to be but I got quite a workout!!!
My main complaint though was they really should stop using some of the skates at some point. The rubber stopper brakes on mine were worn down to the point that they were no longer usable, and the right skate ended up giving me a bruise that I’m still suffering from over a week later!!! So minus one star for the uncomfy skates but other than that I had a blast!

If you are lookin for an old beat-​up straight out of the 80’s roller rink, look no further. Westlake reminds me of a skating party I attended for an elementary school «graduation» — it wouldn’t even surprise me if the generously broken-​in skates I recently strapped on were the same ones they used 2 decades ago. I couldn’t help but wonder how many thousands of people have fallen down on that old hardwood floor …
For those who can’t skate or who have forgotten how to stop there are plenty of felt-​covered rails and walls for you to run into, but you still have to step UP to exit the skating area so hold on to something. Also, whatever music they have playing it is going to be good and loud, and if you find yourself skating on the outside of the track you’ll be within a couple inches of the speakers. And yes it is hip hop and rap unless you request specific music for a party, but some of it is 80s.
I predict a UYE in 2010 …

So since White Rock Skate was booked on my birthday I had to find another skating rink to do my 80s jamskate birthday party. This is where Westlake Skate Center comes in.
I called about 2 months ago to try and reserve the rink for my birthday party. This nice older lady answered the phone and told me that YES I could have the rink from 5 to 7pm on my birthday, no problem. It was $ 250 to reserve it and included all skate rentals for up to 60 of my peeps. I also was allowed to bring cokes and cake and make my own burned CDs for the festivities (or make a song list for the DJ). Pefect! All I had to do was pay my $ 50 deposit.
I went out to the rink before the party to pay up and check the place out. This place is well hidden in the middle of nowhere which is the only negative I had about it. But inside it had a huge skating floor — it seemed bigger than White Rock actually. The place was appropriately retro, right down to the musty smell, the aging snack bar area, the old school 4 wheel skates, and the décor. There was a disco ball in the middle of the room as all good rinks should have and a variety of flashy lights. Plus they had air hockey, video games, and the cranes where you can try and win stuffed animals. On the right hand side of the rink there were benches built in where you could sit… and I guess in the dark back corner you could make out with your BF if you wanted. I tried this to see if anyone noticed and they didn’t sooooo kiddos you know where to go and try to get to first base! haha
I showed up a little before my party was to start and handed over my CDs to the DJ kid. Then I got my skates and started rolling. As people showed up they would get their skates and join in the fun. It brought back memories of the skating trips my mom would take me on for my birthday back in the day. The DJ guy was also helpful with asking me when and if I wanted to do games, birthday cake, etc. We had races which resulted in some awesome ass busting by the BF and the hokey pokey where I was very lucky not to bust my ass. I was shocked with how good some of my friends were on their skates — showoffs! I’ll stick with going forward and coasting around the turns thank you very much.
Overall the people working there were super nice and helpful from the older owners all the way down to the teenage kids and it was one of the best times I’ve had in a while. Yay Westlake Skate!

So if Dad’s Broadway is a little country and White Rock Skate is a little top 40s then Westlake Skate is downright gangsta hip hop/​rap. That’s right. Just like choosing a club for its music, if you’ve got a little thang for jam skating to gangsta hip hop this is the joint.
Like all skating rinks in Dallas, Westlake isn’t in the most desireable neighborhood and is identified by a solitary sign that says «Skate.» While I was waiting to pay my admission fee, I could hear the bass pumping out some serious hip hop and rap. The clientele is a little different too. Still the same middle schoolers, but some serious hip hop afficianados. This place was jam packed on a Saturday night. The skating rink is a little larger than White Rock and it even has black lights, which makes it the perfect venue for a white party uye jamskate. Music is 100% hip hop/​rap all the time so you’d better be a fan; otherwise, there’s gonna be a riot if you ask the DJ to put on some Dixie Chicks at this joint.
The owners are super friendly and the location isn’t as great as White Rock, but it sure beats heading to Mesquite.