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101 Oliver St
North Tonawanda, New York 14120
We had the absolute best time hosting a fundraiser/party at Rainbow. Barbara was amazing with coordinating and Mike really showed up and showed out when it came to hospitality, DJ'ing, etc. I highly recommend them!! We will definitely come again. I grew up as a child in the 80's and 90's skating at Rainbow and it warms my heart that they are still there bringing fun and memories to the community. ????
Got my skates out, dusted them off and rolled like no one was watching. I freaking love the original hardwood ellipse. Adult skate night Wednesday and Sundays are on ?? fire
We had an amazing time!!!!' 5 star!!!
I was visiting from Canada today (as i do weekly) and wanted to see the place I saw it was open so I went in to take a peak as I wanted to take my gf and little brother here, I can tell you its not worth as the place is small there is no nostalgic feel to it for me, however what did it for me was the rude staff, when I went it I was ignored and then asked basically what I wanted, the place isn't very welcoming at all. Save yourself the aggravation and money, go elsewhere. **I blurred out the security guards
We had my kiddos party here it was 80's themed and had an absolute blast!! Our hostess was so sweet! She did such a wonderful job keeping the drink flowing and making sure we were doing good! The DJs we awesome! Played lots of great jams and made sure the birthday girls requests were played! I cannot say enough good things! We're already planning another party for next year! Thank you all so much!
Great place to bring your family or celebrate a birthday. Lots of fun, staff very helpful and professional.
Decent place to go... on the smaller side. Gets busy..
Amazing rollerskating in Buffalo. We went to Rainbow Rink on May 11th 2024 for their annual Borderline Skate Jam. The floor is wooden, slick and great for tricks. This rink is golden. The artistry of the skates was wild. A totally different vibe from Toronto?s Scooters (which I love). Everybody?s wheels at Rainbow were 57mm or smaller with diameters of 32mm, and loose trucks. I learned a lot about what I wanted to update my skates to, so I could be more free to do what I wanted on quad skates. My girl
One of the nicer skating rinks in WNY. Alot cleaner looking than others. Love the black lights that makes all light colors look like its glowing. Really have that old school skating vibe that i loved as a child. Really had a great time on Saturday which is family night. Came for my young cousins birthday get together. They have a great deal for a family nightfor a family of 4 for $60 which covers admission and skates for 4 people and a large pizza and drinks. They have an arcade for entertainment also.
Some staff wasn't friendly or helpful. One adult skater yelled at kids to keep to the middle of the rink on a Sunday afternoon during nothing but children's birthday parties. And the 3% charge for using a debit or credit Is a little crazy.
Very nice indoor fun for children. Food is decent, clean bathrooms well managed. Parking lot is full almost always.
Great place. Family fun. It's well kept and a very 80s theme. Food prices are decent. Not a rip-off like other places so I'd buy food from here. Washrooms are clean and do not stink so decent for me: the-picky-person. They have BOTH rollerskates and Rollerblades for rent.
Awesome! FUN! My daughter's first skating experience. She did well, still needs a little practice.
We went for a birthday party and asked for a kid thing to help them not fall down. Mind you we have a 2 and a 5 year old. We were told we had to pay to use them as well as pay for roller skates. They are too young to skate on their own and without something to lean on/ push.
Had a private party for children in family. So Much Fun! For all ages. The crew were very professional and helpful. Highly recommend this as a family reunion, graduation, birthday party .
I had so much fun the pizza is ok but they need to make a spot for the babies that need to learn how to skate because they keep on falling in my way and I keep on falling because of them
Enjoyed Roller skating with my kids. They have walkers for people not confident in their skating skills. Would recommend Rainbow Rink
I have been going to the rink for years. This past weekend I was being harassed by a woman I didn't know so I went to make security aware because I simply wanted to skate. The lady approached me while I was telling the security he ends up telling me i have to leave very forcefully while i still had my skates on my whole neck is sore, my right elbow is bruised and my stuff was in my locker and again what did I do to be man handled that way when i simply was making them aware of the other person. I will never
Had a good time for my daughters birthday party on 2/22/20 . We had kids and grownups and everyone had a blast , some grownups said they haven't been on skates in like 20yrs (you could tell ??) . Dani (employee) was such a great help , thanks Dani !
The rink was a little crowed but otherwise it was fun would recommend
My daughter had her party there tonight and everything was great! The staff were always there when we needed anything and so kind. It's a bit far from us but worth the drive!
really the place in theory but the employees are so beyond rude. wish there was any other option to skate than to go here
Great for kids to skate around and has a clean environment and friendly staff
Took my daughter her for a birthday party and we had a blast. Haven't been here since I was a kid and it was great to be back??
It's fun . Kids love it . Great to have the skater trainers bit should be free . They have certainly been paid for mase made a profit it would sad if a child spent have the money . And when a parent comes to Young child's party they should have to pay maybe a $2 admission not 12 that I found a little unreasonable to be able to skate with a child at. A paid party. .
Roller skating birthday party?!?!? YES! do it. So much help with planning, set up, professional and kind. I think I may have had more fun than the kids. Schedule far in advance, book a private party and just take over the place - you won't regret it. I loved the safety knowing that all the kids were in one place. Also, do the glow add on. The 8 year old running around with glowing binkies was the best - they loved them! Thank you! We will be back!
Very friendly staff. Great place for kids.
They allowed me to roll around the rink on my electric wheelchair- which meant I got to help teach my kiddo to skate!!! Can't begin to express what it meant to me.
Usually excellent pizza and wings. Once in awhile adud (over cooked pizza). You get that every place you go.
My family was super excited to go here, we checked the hours on google maps and on the rainbow rink website, and showed up right when they were supposed to open on a Tuesday. No one ever showed up. We waited the better part of an hour, knocking on the door and windows, and finally gave up. No one answered the phone, no indication that they wouldn't be open. What a disappointment.
Good for the kids price reasonable. Food ok. Waitress service very good.
You have to come and see it yourself... I have the best time during adult skate. They play the bomb beats and such a friendly atmosphere. Wednesday & Sunday nights if you are grown and sexy lol. Not only is it so much fun my body is getting nice and tight just for the summer. I forgot how skating works the whole body I mean lady's booty lift and all. Just in a couple hours. Like I said you have to check it out for yourself I promise you will not be disappointed.
Awesome friendly and most importantly drama free grandson Victor 12th birthday
Love the look, glad it exists because there's jo where else to go in the area, but they nickel and dime you and the owner is a prick. He mostly sticks around the arcade area? Rolls his eyes at kids, makes a face when he has to wait on them at the toy counter, sighs when he has to go help get their coin back at one of the many broken arcade games (note: none of them work to begin with btw? every single one ate coins or gyped them out of tickets, giving them two when it said they won 10, etc. it was ridiculou
The atmosphere is fun, live and energetic. Sunday night from 8 to 11 is a blast. This is for those who can skate their butt off. Slow skaters stay inside, because there speed is fast. Wednesday is a day to learn how to skate!
So this is a great spot and had a lot of fun. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes to skate and have a fun night out with family or friends. They play this game with the kids during family skating called 4 corners and all the kids were loving it. The only thing I would REALLY RECOMMEND is providing better quality food. The only thing I had was the pizza and boy will I tell you, it was the same exact tasting pizza I would have at elementary, middle and high school. It even had the nerve to be the same s
Staff is great. Good clean fun
Best rink around! I love adult- only skating on Wednesdays 8-11pm. Lighting is cool, music is loud, and the vibe is great!
Classic, timeless, and always a good time of family fun. And the chicken nuggets are pretty great. Wear lots of neon & white to glow in the black lights. ???? Enjoy!
Maybe I'm a 90s baby so I saw it during it's prime but man was it disappointing. My son's friend had a birthday party here today and overall was disappointed. Most of the arcade games didn't work and the few that did didn't give out the right amount of tickets if any. Don't get me started on the food. We got a slushy and a pretzel from the snack stand. The pretzel was insanely salty and the slushy tasted like moldy cleaning supplies. I started thinking I had covid it tasted so bad. My 6 year old didn't even
The owners son shows how unprofessional the whole place is. He kept coming up to me and my friend, bothering us and calling us names. I saw him push a little girl and he even bribed one of his friends to try and steal my phone. This place is so unprofessional please learn to teach your kids better.
Didn't make sense to leave the front doors open when it's nearly 90* outside, and there's air conditioning inside. It was cooler when we first arrived, but less than an hour later, both of my kids wanted to leave. Wasted $21 for entry and rentals!!! Everything else was fine. Friendly helpful staff, music was not too loud, clean facility, and very cool lights and decor. Will go back when it's not so hot outside.
Nice lil skate rink. Great for kids. Great value too!
Highly disappointed, we had a birthday party for my daughter and 2 other kids. We got there and they didn't have our party on the list. We got there about 2:20, the party was supposed to start at 2:30. We had to wait in the lobby til they figured it out. Then they had to set up the table. We didn't get in there til 2:50. The hostess that came and got our party pizza order was very rude. Then 15 minutes before the party ended they came to get the final payment I said something about them messing things up an
My absolute favorite place!! Finally get to go again, last night was so amazing ????????????
My son and I love coming here. He had his 11th birthday party here and was beyond excited. Thank you Rainbow Rink for a great time and memories.
What a Great time my Daughter had for her 10th Birthday Party The staff was above and beyond , the owner reached out to me prior to the party , to go over any final details. Awesome communication , And last but not least , we were assigned a Host , dedicated to our party ,, let me tell you , Chasity did not miss a beat , she was there , and a great help. She was awesome , she paid attention to detail , was on Pointe the whole party !!!! I hope she is let known how well she did And hope the rest of th
We were visiting Buffalo NY from Chicago IL and found this place and wanted to give it a try and it was a long drive from where we were staying at. As soon as we walked in there was blasting very loud music and we just walked right back out, it was very hard to hear what others were saying. When we asked the lady at the ticket counter if it was possible to lower the music cuz it was popping our ears she said it wasn't possible. My family was very disappointed that we drove so long and had this bad experienc
OH MY GOODNESS! I have been roller skating for 22 years now and I love this place so much! The owner is amazing as well as all of the staff working. The security is phenomenal and they make sure that everyone is safe and having a great time. They also offer food and I have had a pretty wide range of the choices. The snacks are great! 10/10 and I will definitely keep coming back.
Great customer service and clean atmosphere. The employees are excellent in terms of ensuring that the customer satisfied doing the party events for the kids. Just a wonderful environment to have a family gathering. Fun fun!
I took my nephew. Loved the music
Most friendly staff, amazing food and best place to go for a fun time and to clear your mind!! ?
Would be 5 stars but an employee keeps bringing his kid while he is working and that kid has no respect for others at all. It's causing me not to spend money and bring my kids. To top it off he was riding a scooter at a private birthday party.
Hello world this is a nice place to go with your family. The music is not nasty and all about drugs so I like that the most. The people are not rude and the skating experience is awesome.
We had a great time on Wednesday night adult open skate. Impressed with the prices and the overall cleanliness of the building. Would love more modern music mixed in with the 70?s and 80?s classics but that's a minor critique. We feel fortunate to have this still around and close by!
I had taken my daughter to this place on a couple of occasions. Very busy and nobody works the floor consistently kids go out for a few laps to race or show off. People and kids going both ways , all kids of these plastic mini glow lights all over the floor, people stopping and hanging out in the middle of the door, you dnt know who works there cause they wear black shirts. The kids are way to comfortable that work there rather show off then help. If you plan on going there you will probably get hurt. This
A recent reunion on June 9th of former Carousel staff and friends to the rink left the group disappointed, I particularly found the dj and owner/manager unprofessional, the dj ignored song request by skaters and management did not allow DJ (Diamond Dave) to get up and spin some classic songs for the time and effort spent in arranging a group reunion to his establishment. As someone else had once mentioned in a previous post, the music (undesirable) puts you in a trance. I found entry staff, as well as staff
Had fun with my kids ??
It was retro night, I didn't know how to skate but most of the other customers didn't mind me wobbling around even though that night is for avoiding the newbies. The owner even spoke with us throughout the night and was very friendly and helpful. Most of the other clients were very helpful as well, a welcoming environment. ??
Love this place! My daughters and I can properly kill an afternoon here. Staff is super friendly. I drive from West Seneca to come here, we like it better than OP rink and dj spinners. Can't wait to check out the adult skate nights!
I grew up skating and my old rink is closed now. This place was awesome!!! Great floor, great music, great people and great atmosphere!!!! If we don't support our few REAL rinks left our community will be broken!! This is as real as it gets now. Unfortunately rinks like these are shutting down everywhere! So please support this place take your kids there and drop them off let them experience the joys of the rink and the lifestyle. And get back to skating there's no age to start again. Go on adult night I gu
Nice fun place u can book your sopt for birthday.....u can go with friends and family and skate here
We always have a great time ??????
So happy to see how many people still skate! Was there for a birthday party & they did a great job! Love the blacklight effects & the mural on the outside is awesome!
If I could give this a zero I would.I had a great time skating Ike always. However the security team were terrible and should be out of a job for how they treated us. Upon entering, while getting checked my cousin asked why we had to be checked because we have been coming all our life and this was new to us. Instead of the guard telling us it's for safety he began to load his firearm to intimidate us. We got in and the security guard none stop mean mugged us the whole time we were there. I almost fell so I
Fun for us all. Good food and music was on point. The kids and adults had fun
Had a great time during open skate on Saturday 3:30 - 6:30. $10 admission $4 skate rental. Lots of kids and families. Reasonably priced snacks and drinks. You can bring in your own food as well.
This is the best place to have a birthday party. My granddaughter and her friends had a blast! Thank you to the wonderful staff for a great time.
Nice rink fun for birthdays. Food was good. Arcade games were fun but there were quite a few that didn't work. Parking is limited, we had to park on the street and the rink didn't seem that full. Music selection wasn't bad but, with all the kids birthday parties happening that day, I was expecting a more kid friendly play list.
It was so fun went there for a birthday party and had a great time . I liked the music taste and the arcade was fun and the staff were super nice the food is great I recommend the slushy
Good place to bring out the family for a little fun. I was not a big fan of any of the concessions that they offered. Restrooms could do a makeover. Overall had a good time.
Great spot for a kids birthday. Totally affordable and fun for everyone! We got the ticket jackpot twice in a row!! Definitely recommend and we'll definitely be back again!!
2nd year in a row having my son's birthday here and I can't say enough good things about it! The kids always have so much fun and the pricing is the most reasonable for birthday parties in the area. Our hostess Danni (sp?) was great today and we couldn't have asked for a better experience! We'll definitely be back next year!
Haven't been here in years, came for a birthday party. It hasn't changed much over the years that I can remember. Kids had a good time, good family environment. Would come back for another child's birthday.
Loved this place! I went there with family and I must say I had lots of fun. The music , the price , and environment was chill. Nonetheless the facility needs some renovations to update the interiors and include some good foods.
Friendly place that my daughter loves. She's only 5 and needs a "walker" at times out there and a bit slow. Everyone is respectful (even the teen aged skaters that fly by). I don't skate, and I don't care for the tunes played ( not that they're bad - just not my style - I'm old ) so I will bring headphones next time. Staff was friendly and helpful.
We love it here! The music is great, the pizza is great and the staff was really nice! We love that they have a mini arcade with a great selection of prizes! We will come many more times
I booked a private party there were 2 people there to help with my party, I did not get my sons free admission ticket (not that I'll ever be back the way we were treated ) my mother along with two other people never received skates also were told they couldn't get food from snack bar even tho it was open lol , workers were rude to my guest had nasty attitudes pretty much the whole party really pushed us away from this establishment and I also heard pretty good things which is why I was genuinely surprised y
I go here all the time and it's fun ash. I go basically every Friday the staff are cool the owner is great it's a fun place. My only thing is it has blinking and flashing lights so be csreful with that
It was so hot i have no clue what they were thinking when booking parties and people are sweating to the point no one wants to skate i have seen this place packed so i know their profits meet up to atleast go to the home depot and get a large industrial fan my elderly family almost passed out they were barely at the party table.The children said the music was boring atleast have a play list of childrens music for parties like jojo siwa something other than what was on. My family spoke nothing but other plac
Inside hasn't changed since I was a kid. Confused as to why there is a boatload of industrial looking trash in the parking lot. Some of it looks pretty dangerous to have at a place meant for kids. It's still a fun place to go.
The last time I went to this place was probably 25 years ago when I was a teenager. The place has maintained everything that kept it great. Friendly staff. Probably the same snack bar snacks. Rental skates in great condition. The family skate was one of the best afternoons I've had in a while with my family.
I had fun here, I picked the wrong night though. Family night on Saturday was cute but I really think to have adult night on Sunday when the majority of folks have to work on Monday morning is nonsensical. Otherwise a good time was had by all.
I hadn't been here in years and had a great time! Can't wait to go back!
Great local roller rink We have been here for bday parties, open skate and theme nights and it never disappoints Workers are always friendly and concession stand is reasonably priced
It's pretty cool, one of the better roller rinks in our area. Nice for parties.
Loud Music. Came for a kids party and the music wasn't geared towards children at all. Very loud and adults couldn't hear each other talk at the tables. Parking is a joke. No place to park and ended up getting a ticket where NO parking signs are not very visible.
Fun for all the kids and adults
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