Great gym with a ton of routes and very friendly staff! Moving out of San Diego soon and Adam in particular was super helpful and showed me some great outdoor climbing spots and some gyms in my next location.Bathrooms and showers were also super clean. Awesome facility overall.

Great gym 💪Best indoors climbing in SD, high, the routes are changing. Good bouldering area but hard levels.

Amazing! It was the most terrifying but best date EVER. Staff was SUPER friendly and helpful. Exteremly patient. All around amazing. I will definitely be back to get over my fear of heights here!

We had a great experience so I had to share. Daddy/Daughter date night so I took my two young girls ( 7 and 10 ). None of us are very experienced. Ive been to this gym but its been a few years so I was rusty. The entire front desk staff was really helpful. They helped us get our waivers filled out and then did a very useful re-orientation with us on the harness knot and new bolle devices. They made sure we were all comfortable and doing our safety checks right and then turned us loose. We climbed for two hours and had a blast. Without the helpful staff at the front desk we would have been lost or discouraged. So good job Mesa Rim team! And we will be back. Both of my girls are stoked and ready to get a membership now. Thank you!

Staff was very friendly and helpful. I had 5 kids with me and they all had a great time. I wouldnt mind getting a membership here, since the workout was enjoyable

Love this gym wish they had more hours open, a good problem to have

Amazing quality of walls. Good prices. Great service. Good teachers for classes

Best climbing gym I’ve been to.

I cannot recommend Mesa Rim enough! The staff is the most friendly, accommodating, and interesting people. The community is friendly, inclusive, and supportive. The route setting is excellent and diverse. The facilities are spot on. Mesa Rim management actually cares as seen by the suggestion board regularly followed through on. Ive only been a member at Mesa Rim in San Diego but its the best gym Ive been a member of from any other city. The price is well worth it, especially if you take advantage of the classes, courses, and additional facilities.

The place has dense walls for all skill levels, a gym and a today class. They have skilled instructors and they are very helpful.

Insanely good training gym. If you dont get fit for climbing here, remember, great men know when to accept defeat.

Mesa Rim Mira Mesa is so core its ridiculous! Such an amazing gym with such good setting!! Friendly staff is so genuine and helpful. Love this place!

A great place to climb ... 50+ feet walls!

Ive climbed for about 5 years now and my home gym was Solid Rock (for those who remember it) but it is now Vertical Hold. Solid rock was a very chill gym with awesome routes, cool staff, and friendly fellow climbers. It would get busier during after-work hours, but you still had plenty of breathing room.Going from here to mesa rim is a complete 180.Mesa rim is the complete opposite. Its very pretentious and uppity. The routes are great and still challenging, but the atmosphere and people ruin it for me. Some of the staff are nice, but some are very rude and condescending, it is pretty 50/50 who you interact with.The gym is PACKED. I mean PACKED. Unless you go early in the morning, the crowd is huge and you have to fight and wait for routes (both bouldering and top ropes).Beware they are very strict on just their top rope test. I got certified there about 4 years ago, but this was my boyfriends first time and he failed due to the double brake hand (which they refused to show him without buying lessons AND wouldnt let me show him due to rules against instruction within the gym from non-employees).You cant retest the same day! So youre stuck bouldering..... Sucks because day passes are pretty steep.Mesa rim has more to it all-around gym wise (equipment, weights, locker rooms, etc.) but honestly its just not worth the crowds, prices, and overall atmosphere.

So love this place! The coaches are amazing, the gym is huge! Great route settings and plenty of quip!

I enjoy every visit to them. They have a great selection of climbing options. The kids also love it here. The staff is polite and friendly and the prices are really good.

Best place to climb

I read some of the bad reviews on here and wonder what those customers are talking about? I have been coming to Mesa Rim for a year and a half and I am more than happy with the staff, customer service, and gym. The prices are totally fair for what you get here and you get QUALITY. They have a full training facility with an awesome yoga studio, amazing ropes and an outstanding bouldering area. The kids camp there looks awesome and all the kids look like they are having fun. Ive also seen kids camps brought here by other groups, parties and what not and the kids are having fun. Ive also seen unattended children brought by outside parties running through the facility when there could be danger and its on the guardians of these kids to watch over them. I have found myself telling kids to be careful as they run under someone on the bouldering wall that could fall on them and seriously hurt them. I think if you are bringing children to the climbing gym in a group, you need to clearly explain conduct to them and keep watch over them. It is not fair to blame the staff for your shortcomings. The gym can be a very safe place to bring your kids but they should be well behaved and should be respectful of the other climbers there. Mesa rim prides itself on being a family-friendly facility and they really are. Mesa rim provides a warm and positive environment for climbers of all levels and all ages.

Wonderful place with lovely staff members! I visited from out of town, and the staff was extremely nice when getting me set up.They also have a sweet chimney route, you should try it.

Really nice route setting and a lot of variety. The old sections can feel very crowded in the evenings, i dont think the layout can handle the popularity of the gym. On the plus side the cramped layout allows for a bunch of routes and boulder problems so it is what it is. You can always wear headphones and no deodorant if you want to be left alone :). The new bouldering area is super nice and adds a lot of climbing opportunities.

I was visiting from Seattle and went to check this place out. It was great! It has bouldering and top ropes for the variety as well a small area upstairs with workout equipment and ping pong. They also have showers and a sauna. The staff was extremely friendly and welcoming as well. I will definitely be back!

I purchased 10 punch pass from this gym. Due to COVID-19, the gym was closed. Since I will permanently leave U.S in three months, I asked if I can get refund for my pass. Btw, my pass still have 10 times remaining entrances. The gym said I cannot get the refund because I bought the pass before COVID-19. Whether or not I bought the pass before COVID-19, I cannot now use the pass anyway. Even though I explained my situation about leaving US, they just keep saying they cannot do refund of my pass. They didn’t mention the return policy when I purchased my pass. I also tried to find their return policy, but I couldn’t.

Theyre doing a great job keeping everyone safe right now.

Clean and fun

I found a Easter egg this year. It was under the pillow in the study lounge at Mesa Rim. It contained candy and a First Day Free pass. These small things are what Mesa Rim truly so amazing! Yoga, study, rock climbing, great people, and hidden Easter eggs. You guys rock, truly. :)

I’m a ten-pass participant. Was introduced by a friend who climbs here and have also brought my daughter and her friend who now have memberships. Friendly, helpful staff. If you read the review below, they had a bad experience. I must say that I totally support the staff position on the test. My daughter didn’t pass the test the first time because she had a clip facing the wrong way. Having a higher standard makes sense. In an actual climb, you need to be absolutely sure you’re safe. An accident is just too high a price to pay for staff casually passing people. I want to know that those climbing nearby know what they’re doing too. Having been to other places and cringing at their practices makes the rules at Mesa so enlightened.Lots of facilities upstairs, including study space, gym. Downstairs there’s sauna, amply-spaced changing rooms and showers. The yoga room is amazing and I’m looking forward to trying it though I typically go to a master class with Colin Wolpert at CYoga. Restrooms are clean and bright, unlike some other climbing places in town who shall remain unnamed here (ahem!)

A climbing gym that fosters a fun community. Their memberships are a great deal that include all the fitness classes and yoga studio!! I love getting some work done in their lounge as I wait for friends to get off work.Their staff is one of a kind, always looking for ways to improve their members experience. Really looking forward to the opening of their second location to making it easier to get on routes in the evenings.

All staff members are very kind. There are lead walls, top-roping sections and speed wall, also available bouldering. Good training place for all levels! Love this place! ; )

The good, the gyms setups are nice, they set fairly close to outside grades and reset routes frequently. Most setters forgo feet for bouldering routes so expect a fair amount of foot cutting and warm-up your tendons.So for the bad, the gyms is incredibly crowded. The staff lacks outside experience which translates in your staff interactions. I visited the gym with a friend and took the lead test to rope up.Full disclosure, we both failed! Why? We did not have both hands actively enough on the brake line while lead belaying. We asked the staff member to demonstrate as we were curious how he planned to feed rope belaying as such and the staff member loaded his belay device backwards, got flustered when this was pointed out, and then effectively ran away saying we could test again next time not yet understanding the difference between lead and top rope belaying. His parting words Im sure yoll both pass next time. You seem very competent. (Thanks! Isnt that what the test we failed was for?)

Ive been going to Mesa Rim for some time now and have been really enjoying my time there. The gym is always super clean and has tons of perks such as:* bouldering* top rope + lead* yoga* gym* free wifi* ping pong* foosball* recreation area* probably a few more Im missingThe routes are really well set and they have stuff for all skill levels (VB/0-V12+, 5.3-5.14+).I also spent some time at Vertical Hold and some comparisons Ive seen are:* Mesa Rim seems to change the routes more frequently and consistently* Mesa Rim has full-floor mats compared to rocks with movable mats at Vertical Hold* Mesa Rim seems cleaner/more well maintained* Vertical Hold is definitely a lot less busy than Mesa Rim during peak hours (usually after work on weekdays)* Vertical Hold has more beginner friendly routes if you are just starting out* One factor might be where all the locations are for each gym

Top notch climbing facility! Ive been going to Mesa Rim for years and they are the best indoor gym in San Diego! Nice and clean facilities, great route-setting, fair prices and theres yoga and regular gym equipment. Lots of events and activities on a monthly basis and great classes for learning.

Tall walls and good setters. I would like to thank Mateo for being one of the best aspects of Mission Valley Mesa Rim. He is not only knowledgeable, but knows how to transfer that knowledge in a digestible way. Mesa is a great facility but Mateo has made it more of a community.

Been coming here consistently for a couple years. Awesome place, they always mix up the routes and they hire great people to work there. Best overall gym in San Diego

Best experience being signed up for a membership. Numbers were explained to me, and I understood them. Sometimes numbers are hard. This time they werent. Lindsey is an A+ employee, you guys should probably give her a raise.Really though, this climbing gym is amazing. The bouldering is very interesting, the sport routes are rad, and there are quite a few crack climbs (even an offwidth) on the walls. There is such a huge amount of climbing to be had. Highly recommended.

Great place to get your workout in, good membership prices and a big gym with a lot choices what to workout on your body.

This location is a little older than the southern mesa rim, and it shows a little, but that can also be a good thing. The layout is much denser but that also makes it interesting. As a member and regular user of the southern gym, Ill definitely go again.

Mesa Rim is a awesome climbing center staff is friendly and helpful. They have youth camps and events for the kids. Our son who is seven has been going here for two years and he loves it. Older climbers dont seem to care that the little ones are around. In fact they marvel at the kids cause the little ones climb with what seems to be little effort. Get you kids started young they will learn to over come fears,and challenges. Its Awesome!

Mesa Rim has lost my business. I brought a group of over 25 campers to their facility for an entire week, and upon arriving I asked if they needed an extra belayer, because I boulder regularly and was willing to help. All I needed was a two minute refresher on the figure 8 knot-they wanted to charge me $8 for a lesson! Not only that, the three individual team members I interacted with concerning this incident were borderline combative. I felt like they were treating me like I was the rude one for offering to help them.As one of five other counselors, I was not permitted to climb. Management didnt exactly refuse to allow me to scale one auto-belay to take a picture of campers climbing (I own a harness and shoes), rather I was rigidly informed that I would have to pay the $15 day pass fee to do so. After bringing them great business, they were ignorant enough to tell us to pay for our own passes to climb with the campers that we were bringing to their establishment. I am appalled at how poorly this business is being run-it doesnt make logical sense to be so inflexible with their climbing passes. We werent eating product or making waste, we were simply entering the premises and hoping to show our campers that climbing on the harnesses wasnt as scary as it seemed. The walls already exist. Letting five adults positively impact potential young climbers shouldnt be such an ordeal to achieve.Our second to last day at this facility, the kids wanted to buy products from the store; hats, stickers and shirts. One of my campers was two cents short buying a sticker, which is technically free advertising, and management was disgustingly cold and unforgiving. A fellow counselor paid the two pennies and my camper was satisfied, but Im still appalled. There seems to be no sense of community and trust here, which is the antithesis of the climbing community that Ive experienced so far.Because we were not permitted to climb with the kids, us counselors sat around for the climbing sessions and observed. After two days of boredom, management told us that we needed to be more involved with the kids and supervise them better-essentially, they wanted us to do the job that they had been paid to do for a week. So we now had to intently supervise, but refrain from touching the walls. I think that if they needed extra hands on deck, they should have harnessed us in and allowed us to climb, instead of scolding our terrible leadership skills and pushing us to do Mesa Rims job. I paid the $15 for a day pass once, and as I climbed on the auto-belay, at least 10 kids were watching, excited that one of their counselors was participating with them. After that, they were even more engaged, working on problems, asking about different routes and hold types, etc.Employees at Mesa Rim are pompous and Holier than thou, with a few exceptions. I was ready to get a membership at the end of my week with the kids, because Im moving and this gym is closer to my new residence, but after the awful treatment Ive received here, there is no way that anyone could bring me back. I am certainly recommending that others not frequent this establishment, and Ill be bringing my business and hard earned money to a gym that doesnt make me feel like Ive done something wrong by loving to rock climb. The facilities are amazing and top tier, but the employees and overall business model are laughable. Prices are way too high for the amenities, and I noticed a theft issue in the Womens Locker room.If you enjoy being treated well and trusted by a business, do not spend your money here. I certainly never will again.

Great place to climb, not as many bros as the other mesa rim location in mission valley (which I consider to be a pro). However, the mission valley location has better stemming options.

I went to Mesa Rim a couple years ago and the experience wasnt great. I went with a group, and I admit that I am not the best at knots, but I tried to learn. The employee briefly taught us the figure 8 knot and expected us all to understand it right away. When I failed to perform the knot, the employee made fun of me and asked why I couldnt get it after watching my group mates do the knot. Sorry, but I learn better by doing rather than by watching.The guy wouldnt let me try again, and instead he made my only options to either wait for a private lesson and pay for it while the rest of my friends were free to climb, or to just stick to the bouldering wall. The experience was discouraging and embarrassing. I stuck to the bouldering wall, but really I should have left because the guy was a jerk and I shouldnt have given them any money to begin with. Im not going there again, and I tell everyone who inquires about rock climbing gyms in San Diego about my experience there. I recommend them to a climbing gym where the employees are nice and the knot is not mandatory.

I work at an east coast climbing gym and can attest to the awesome atmosphere of Mesa Rim. The staff is super helpful & friendly, and the routes are interesting & well-set.

Great climbing experience. Friendly people, really tall walls! Interesting routes that are constantly changing. Nice gym experience for my Core workout afterwards.

Great setting! Love this place. Its expensive, but worth it if you are serious about climbing, in my opinion.

Love climbing at Mesa Rim, good variety of routes, great crew, and awesome positive community.

Great staff. Great routes. Awesome Yogo. Killer classes. Dope gym (yup they got it). Chill atmosphere. Amazing staff who are climbing rockstars. All of them. At least compared to me. Its a family here; come hang!

Best climbing gym in San Diego. Great tall walls. Good staff. Great routes. Great vibe. Great facility. Very clean. Good bathrooms. Good yoga. But its just too crowded. The place is huge but its like a mosh pit during peak hours.

Been going here for 2 years. Best gym Ive been to. The staff there is very nice and there is a big range of climbs for all levels of climbers.

Ive been climbing for just over a year and a half and recently moved to San Diego for work. I had memberships at both Boulderdash climbing gym and Golds Simi Valley and needed a gym membership in San Diego now that I was moving. Climbing friend of mine suggested Mesa Rim, and after climbing here one time I got a membership. This gym is bigger than any indoor gym I have been to but still better organized than even the smaller gyms. Routes are beautifully set, staff is awesome, and yoga is now included in my climbing membership. Love this place.

Theres equipment that you will never find anywhere else. Everyone is motivating!

Great gym with amazing staff. Whether new or experienced with climbing you will find this place to be an amazing place to challenge yourself and meet some great people.

By far the best indoor climbing gym in San Diego, and one of the best in the US.The routes are set by highly qualified staff that is continuously working on improving their setting skills. There is a good range of route difficulties from beginner to 5.13+.The staff is professional. The place is clean.

Amazingly helpful staff and beautifully set routes! Would recommend to anyone! Very clean equipment as well.

My gf and I were visiting from Seattle (where we normally climb at a gym). This place gave us some serious gym envy! The walls are huge, and the routes are challenging. The staff that we worked with were super friendly. The facilities are super clean and they really offer some comprehensive classes for beginners + yoga + bootcamp classes. If we lived in the area, we would absolutely be members!

Amazing community, clean and beautiful facility with 5 star setting. By far the best gym in San Diego with 55 foot walls and a large bouldering area.

The staff are friendly and great climbers. The gym is big enough for a wide variety of routes and small enough to have a pretty solid community.

Heres the deal: this gym is OK but it has a lot of room to improve.On the plus side: they charge average rates from day passes to memberships, and they have two locations, but this is the older location and it suffers for age and outdated design/walls.The negatives are primarily caused by overcrowding: theres NEVER enough parking, it can be difficult to get a route you want, the locker rooms are cramped and dirty, and several times a week a calesthenics class takes over the weight room, pushing out other paying members.This might be the best gym chain in San Diego but that says more about the lack of competition than the quality of Mesa Rim. If Sender One or Touchstone came down here, Id switch faster than you could blink.

Love climbing and yoga classes at this facility. Its a regular date for me and my husband. Large climbing facility with evening yoga classes. The punch card is the perfet way to try out the facility for a few months.

This really should be 2.5 stars - but half stars are not an option.The good: The staff are very friendly. Lots of smiles. Very helpful. The walls are tall - I believe the tallest inside walls in SD.The bad: I have never come across a gym that is this crowded. It is insane. I climb at the Mira Mesa gym, after work every rope is taken and there are easily 60+ people in the bouldering area. Around 8:45pm there are still 25 to 30 people in the bouldering area. They start clearing out around 9:15. You are a sardine! The routes are geared more towards competition and not outdoor climbing (new school vs. old school). Way, way too many new school routes. Not enough old school, mimic the outdoor routes. Im guessing the setters dont have much outdoor experience. There are way too many bouldering routes where the end move is awkward feet, lunge, grab hold of the top of the wall. Im like, come on man! add some variety to the end move. They do not have auto belays. I was told that once upon a time they did, but then someone fell off of one cus they didnt attach themself to the auto below. OK, if someone wants to free climb inside cant they just pick any old section of the wall. ADD SOME AUTO BELAYS. They do have a sign up sheet for people looking for belay partners. Most of the time (over 1/2 no one responds). And a few times, I was like - how the hell did you pass the belay test dude? And then there is the lead test . . . everyone fails at least once, if not multiple times. Sharma, ondra and Honnold could all walk in and take the lead test and the tester would play Oprah Winfrey - You fail! You Fail! All yall people fail! They have one style of lead belaying, and I disagree with the safety of some of their protocols - namely, I want to be able to see my climber. They force you to stand under the wall and not see your climbing partner. And you cant hear your partner either - go back to the crowds, it is wicked loud in there. So there is no way to communicate with your climbing partner. Once you reach the top you are supposed to use mental telepathy to tell your partner you would like to come down.

Fun gym. Good routes: tall, excellent rating system, good color labeling, and yoga/weight equipment is useful. I would say that I was surprised they do not offer discounts for American Alpine Club members like other gyms in San Diego.

Great place for climbing, has belaying lesson for Beginner, co working space and free WiFi.

Love climbing here! The routes are always changing and challenging, the instructors great, the staff friendly and helpful and the yoga studio calm and uncrowded.

Great place to learn to climb or perfect your climbing skills.

Mesa Rim Climbing Center is the best indoor rock climbing gym in San Diego. Very clean and the routes are very intense.

Excellent facility. I love how well maintained and how well set it is.

I love this place its one of the best indoor rock climbing gyms in San Diego. It is a little pricey but its also a lot of fun.

Great routes, great wall geometry, and great yoga classes. Will return

The people there is cool, the staff is cool, the Climbing is fun and yea... thats p much it. Nothing more i can ask for

Great atmosphere, really friendly and helpful staff, best rock climbing gym in San Diego

A lot of variety in things to do there (ping pong, slackline, bouldering, rock climbing, gym, yoga classes). Friendly help desk people. Lots of young people and friendly people in general!

Its great gym. their system is similar to the planetgranite in san jose and the best.

Cool place, casual atmosphere, customer controlled music.

I got a day pass with my son. Great walls, great equipment and great staff!

Rock monster program works great for my son!

World class climbing facility and staff. Cant say enough good things.

Good route options. Reset often.

Good climbing variety. friendly staff

Poor customer service. The people working here dont care.

Kind staff

Friendly instructors and staff and great for beginners.

Best climbing gym in town comes down

The best indoor climbing facility in San Diego.

Fairly comprehensive training facility.

Good gym. Friendly staff.

5 stars for these guys.

Amazing place for climbing overall!

Great place to climb!

Best rock climbing gym in San Diego

Always a great time!

Great climbing gym!

Best climbing in sd

Very good facility!

Best gym in California!

Its addicting

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