Fun place to go for a date night, friends, or if youre looking for a different type of workout experience! Staff was very friendly and helpful with first timers and the price was extremely reasonable for getting shoes, harnesses, and chalk bag to use for your 2 hours time slot... would definitely recommend this place to friends or anyone that enjoys a challenge and a good workout.

Awesome rock climbing gym centrally located in San Diego. This gym is economical, and offers a lot of value for what you are paying. The setting is great, and done with frequency. The variety of indoor rock climbing here is great: lead, top rope, bouldering, and self-belay. I can’t wait to go back!

Great climbing gym, excellent staff and fantastic equipment.

This is a decent climbing gym.The reason why I am giving it 1 star?In order to cancel my membership, I need to either show up in person or print a form, sign and send. I cannot even do it over the phone.I find this to be an abusive policy that essentially puts a time and convenience tax on cancelling. Every other service I use I can cancel online. I find this to be an extremely grimy practice, and I will happily change my star rating rating when they change this practice.

First time visitor here. Id recommend reserving a time slot for your first time. Theres only 2 auto belay ropes, the place is mostly belays that require a partner, but the lesson will get you right up to speed with no problem. Lots of boldering.Enjoyed my time a lot and would come back.

Fun place, Friendly workers!

Its great. i go there with a meetup.com group every wednesday and its great too

This climbing gym is one of the best! Ive been to several gyms across the state and this one is my favorite. Not only are the staff so nice and helpful, the facility is expansive! There is as much Bouldering as there is climbing, and for frequent flyers, the routes are changed regularly. Ive been a member for over a year and I love it. There are three facilities and all of them are just as amazing as the downtown location with equally stellar staff!

This place is good. Really good! The staff are super friendly and helpful. Always attentive behind the desk and very helpful in case of getting equipment, enquiries and first aid.The routes are great. Ranging from beginner to advanced. It doesnt get too crowded. I usually go in the evenings after work.There is a separate section for bouldering and its planned out very well. I really enjoy the atmosphere of the place and the people who come to climb.

Staffs are very nice and helpful. Love the facility. The location is great too.

Awesome place! And Will is an amazing guy!

Loved the place is well organized and the staff is super friendly. I would recommend it and obviously Ill go again. You can have fun with groups of friends and they teach you the basics for safety.

Love it here. They have everything you need to put in the work to hone your rock climbing skills. And when you get bored of that they have a weights area.

Love coming here, definitely recommend. People are friendly and the wall has options.

Love this place...its my second home...come in and climb some routes...make some friends...and maybe find a new passion

Finally open again! A great place to climb at all different climbing levels and for families. Also a great place to hold kids parties (in non-covid times)

Prices are good, that’s a plus. Super crowded though. Not enough wall spots for the novice group of adults, I feel. Too many kids are occupying those sections. Lol. Nevertheless, super exhausting. More power to the rock climbers!

We had lots of fun!

Great climbing gym, community, and value. Bouldering room is fun.

I think the bouldering is 5 stars, but the top roping is 4 stars. The boulder routes are super fun, good setters. The staff is super friendly, and their climbing community is encouraging. Best membership prices in town

Great Staff, fun first experience definently returning

They’ve had this on Groupon all month just for me to go on their website and see that their closed!!! They’re making money off of people by placing a service for sale that is not even available. I am beyond upset. The site says it’s closed in accordance with “state mandate” but other climbing gyms are open. I want my money back so that I can spend it at a gym that’s actually open. This is ridiculous.

My nephew had a birthday coming up and we didn’t know what to do for him. When we did a surprise birthday there it was great, we all had fun. There was a large group of us there and it worked out perfectly for all of us.

Mini-lesson for first timers, helpful staff, everything you need (shoes, harness, etc.) to get climbing! Walls cater to a variety of skill levels.

Cant even reserve a spot over the phone, just another company that makes everything extremely inconvenient by having to do it yourself online.

Grate price, grate stuff, supercool workout. Thanks. I’ll strongly recommend you to visit this climbing gum.))

This rock climbing gym was fun! The staff is friendly and helpful. If you are a beginner, I recommend to come to this gym! Awesomeness!!

The most helpful , friendliest staff ever.

My partner and I came visiting from out of town for some relaxed bouldering. We aren’t the most experienced climbers and didn’t find there was much we could do.That being said the staff were AMAZING and handled the whole situation perfectly!While I wouldn’t recommend for newbie bouldering, the roped climbs looked amazing and the gym was really unique.

Very friendly and helpful staff. Pretty big gym with something for everyone. They have day passes as well! 10/10 would definitely recommend.

Female employee was rude in the phone, when I asked a question.

First climbing gym I’ve joined. I personally shopped a lot of them in the area and I have found this one is one of the best. Staff are friendly and helpful. Routes and climbs are fun and challenging. I’ve had a great experience so far.

So I never, ever write reviews about places online but I felt that I needed to leave a quick review for Vertical Hold: this place is AWESOME. They have some insanely friendly staff and a great mix of beginner and advanced climbs. Most importantly for me, this place is incredibly family friendly. I got my son a membership for his sixth birthday and the staff has made him and myself feel welcome each and every time we go in. This place is, simply put, perfect for a new climber like myself looking to learn the ropes with a young child.Go later in the evening if you want to avoid a younger audience and Vertical Hold becomes a perfect gym for adults as well.

By far one of my all time favorite gyms, much love and thanks to the staff for always being super helpful and kind ❤

Its an incredible gym. Laid back atmosphere, staff is super nice and easy to talk to. They set new routes frequently. Overall climbing there is a really fun time.

Its a great gym, but you have to wear a mask

Ive been climbing for 5 years, all over the country and this by far top notch setting. The gym is small, but as a climber its not the size of the gym, its the quality of the setting that makes a gym great. Their staff is helpful, kind and enthusiastic. It is clear that they love the climb. Theres a variety of route styles, slabs, overhangs, crack, mantle routes, would be cool of there were some off widths and chimney climbs but thats hard to come by anywhere!Absolutely love this place!! Shout ot to Kenny and Matt for making it such a memorable gym. Im currently from Chicago, but will definitely come to vertical hold whenever Im in town!!!

A really unique gym! This is the first time I had seen stone/pebbles as the ground in a bouldering/top roping gym. Fortunately, the boulder problems in this area are not as intense so simply moving a mat around will suffice. The actual bouldering area (separate from the top roping) is a cave like feature with lots of problems. Solid difficultly.

Amazing place! Vertical Hold accommodated my group of 20+ on such short notice and was fantastic! We came as a team bonding activity and when it was time to go no one was ready to leave. We will definitely be coming back... on a regular basis! Staff was awesome!

Love how theres a variety of paths and not too crowded. That would be great if they added more padding to where the rocks are. Overall awesome place to go bouldering and rockclimbing.

I used to climb trees when I was little, bouldering and top rope climbs are so much fun, makes me feel like a kid! The staff at Poway and San Diego location are great. Plan to check out San Marcos soon!

Great 1st Time welcome! Thanks to Dorian and Dana for answering my Qs and fitting my awesome little baby girl with her shoes and Chalk Tote for her hard worked sweaty hands! Other guests were awesome and definitely a great spot for a family focused on climbing and learning . Thanks for the High Five at the end of her day, it made her very proud...

Great walls for bouldering

This review is for Bridgette who was an awesome guide showing us everything we need to know and had extra patience with us when we kept messing up the belay sequence. She was professional, kind and very knowledgeable!

Not bad. Nothing special. Employees were nice. It was clean. The back boulder room is good. Set well. Interesting problems. Only a couple auto belays but they were constantly used by several kids at a time so didnt get try try the climbs. Lead cave looked interesting. The rock pebble floor is kind of weird. Roped climbs didnt look very long.

The three locations in San Diego were originally Solid Rock, but then got bought out by Vertical Hold. I love the locations here in San Diego! Ive been coming here since I was little and cant get enough! Bring your family, friends, or loved ones and youll have a blast!

Im new at this climbing thing but loved it right away. Staff is super cool. A lot of different options of walls based on your experience. I brought a lot of my friends and everybody loves this facility.

Great climbing gym. The community is very nice to each other and open. I havent found another climbing gym like it.

Best staff, they make it more awesome than it already is. Great place to get your climb on

Great helpful staff, 20 plus stations, boulder climbing, and yoga with purchase of membership. Great for 1st timers and hours are very accomadating.

This is the only negative review of any place Ive ever written, and I feel compelled to write it because at least as it is currently, this gym is simply not safe (at least for bouldering). Their overhung bouldering wall is padded by the flimsiest crash pads Ive ever seen in my time climbing, and underneath them is a thick layer of rocks (!!). What this means is that anything other than a fall onto your feet leaves you at great risk of injury. I blew a move on the ~45 degree wall and fell onto my back, snapping my head back and just about giving myself a concussion. Ive been climbing for long enough to know how to fall, but I worry for anyone who didnt that there would be far too great of a chance of serious, potentially debilitating injury.I spoke to the employee whose was there at the time and apparently they are supposed to get in new pads soon, so perhaps this review will be moot. But this kind of flagrant disregard for the safety of their customers is absurd and unacceptable for any climbing gym. To think that a landing area of rocks and half-inch foam are sufficient is neglectful. A shame, too, because the setting is really cool and the problems are quite fun.Note: no showers, barely a locker room. A real bad taste of an experience.

Vertical Hold is really awesome. if you go there often, but not often enough for a membership, i recommend getting the Lunch Pass punch card. Lunch passes are only $10 and are purchasable in the weekdays. with the 10-go card, it is cut further down to only $8.50 a go. Perfect for kids and adults of every skill level and the staff is super chill. one of my main activities whenever I visit back home!

Ok so this may not be the most expert review since I am very new to climbing. I went to this gym for the first time today with my fiance and I had a blast! The gym was admittedly slow for a Saturday and that made for a great time for beginners. It was clean, fresh and the service was, as selected, excellent. The guy Jamie at the front was super helpful and very nice. I will definitely be going back for the punch card and when I start working up there in two months I will for sure get the monthly pass. Great place and well priced. I had a great time!

Good gym, two bouldering areas with the larger area being top out and 18 years or older only, due to the height of it.Water fountain, small changing rooms and a basic gym area too. The Vibe has a locals feel about it.

Best climbing gym in San Diego! I love taking my kids here and spending the afternoon. Great prices and super cool staff too.

Fun place to work on your climbing skills.Easy entry for beginners with some basic climbs, but also challenging routes for more experienced climbers. A couple bouldering areas.There are small bathrooms and changing areas.Price is good -especially if you (shhhh!) get the Groupon.

Has to be the least safe indoor gym setup Ive ever seen. The floor is just a giant rock pit with 6 foam Boulder pads to move around. The first time someone decks here they are gonna die.

I was stoked to find a climbing gym in SD with auto belays. Mmhmm. Auto belays. More like auto belay - singular. Thats right, one auto belay. And whoever was using it would generally camp out on it cus there was such a long line of peeps wanting to use it. So the person would climb, fall, shake out their hands, wait, and then climb again - thus creating a very long back log. Also, not a fan of the rock pit and then you have to drag a bouldering pad underneath - some of those pads were pretty mushed down and didnt offer much protection. But people were friendly - and they tried to make the most out of the space they had. But please be honest - dont post auto belays as one of the features - simply put auto belay - that way we arent disappointed when we show up.

I was in town for a conference and was struggling with the idea of going a whole week without getting my climbing fill. Searched climbing gyms near me and ended up here. They were super friendly and helpful. Went to a really excellent yoga class. Really enjoyed my time here.Only complaint is that those rental shoes were the worst. I had to climb quite a few levels down just because I couldnt get a grip on anything.

Top rope runs were good, if short.Bouldering runs are impossible to distinguish. The colors are all mixed up, I couldnt find start or finishes for half of them. Very sloppy setting work.Rock floor was concerning at first but not a problem.

Love climbing here. Some friends and I have started coming here regularly taking advantage of the discounted military rate on Fridays. Even without that, its a great value relative to other gyms. The routes are awesome and bouldering is fun. It can get pretty busy at times, but there has been plenty of room to do SOMETHING, at least a repeat. My only complaint is that some of the employees are lacking in customer service, but with this activity, Id rather have someone that knows what theyre doing and be a dick than someone super nice and not be able to answer my question. Id give them a 9.5 out of 10.

This is a great rock climbing gym. This is a good place to go to for a day and just have fun.

Great climbing gym! Im new to climbing and Amber gavr an excellent 30-min lesson in belaying and climbing. They have really affordable student nights (gear rental included!!!) And other climbers are always very kind and helpful. Great sense of community! :)

Great place for my family and I to get some great time together and build a lot of memories. My kids have discovered that they can conquer many of lifes obstacles by taking lessons learned from their experiences here.

We made reservation over the phone to bring a group of about 20 kids. We were given no advance warning about the lack of parking - there are only a few spots on the lot and the rest is street parking. The man behind the counter was less than pleasant. At the end, when it came time to pay, they tried to charge us extra for the patches for the kids, even thought there is no mention of an extra charge for the patch on their website, or any of their own paper work. The man got argumentative with us in front of the kids and families, very unprofessional. He ended up giving us the patches, and the kids had fun, so thats what matters most.

I have been to various rock climbing gyms on the west coast, Im a member at Vertical World in Seattle. I was pretty disappointed. For one, why would you have actual stones as ground for the bouldering section with pads on top?? why not just actually have cushioned floor??? I really didnt like the disorganization of the bouldering routes. Different color tapes distinguish the routes in a way that was chaotic and disorderly. I dont want to be confused if the hold is for me or not when im on an overhang above pebbles and a mat that may or may not reach me if I were to fall. Invest in actual color coordinated holds! The new Mesa gym is superior for sure.

Great diversity for climbers of all levels. Bouldering room is great, lots of sport climbs, and even lead climbing section.

Friendly and accommodating staff as well as a very relaxed atmosphere. A lot of opportunities for beginners and advanced climbers.

Very nice staff and the climbs are easy and hard start on the easy ones first then got to the harder ones you can also belay or get belayed you can have an awesome like robot to hold to while your going up and down

I have only been to one other rock climbing gym and Vertical Hold with its convenient location with Saint Archer brewery right next door has instantly become my favorite rock climbing place. The facility is very clean and the staff is friendly, safety conscious and helpful.I took the belay class to get certified - it was confusing at first (especially for a novice), but the staff was helpful and it really clicked once I was able to belay a real person. They test you with you figure eight skills too. Especially since its easy to make pretzels instead.They have all essential gym climbing needs and have all new bouldering set up. They have a number of difficult climbs as well but is still a great place for all levels of difficulty from beginning to advance.Tip: On Mondays they have a student discount too, which includes gear rentals.

Friendly, helpful staff and interesting routes. I thought the routesetting was uneven in places, though, and the grades were definitely on the stiff side compared to most other indoor gyms Ive visited.There were only three autobelays when I went (October 2017) providing access to six or so 5.10d and below routes, so keep that in mind if youre going without a partner and hoping to do roped climbs.Theres a decent amount of bouldering, with a somewhat scary topout in the back. Did I mention that theres gravel rather than mats on the ground? :-)

Great place to climb very relaxed, friendly and helpful staff. Lots of different activities to enhance your climbing abilities.

Were from Minnesota and climbing in a different state was a good breath of something new!

Overall an amazing gym & awesome staff. 4 stars for the hours. Closing at 7 on the weekends? In San Diego? Totally moronic for anyone whos weekend depends on a babysitter. :(

Fun for the whole family. Helpful staff. Good work&

Great location and good prices. The staff is very nice and helpful.

Very helpful away making know anout upcoming events and discounts great gym plan on going here regularly.

Good place to do indoor rock climbing. Nice staff.

Went here for my first rock climbing experiense. Cant remember who helped us but he was a super cool guy. Made us feel comfertable and like a fun enviroment. Was really happy and really enjoyed some bouldering. Plan on visiting this place often

The largest of the three locations for Solid Rock Gym. Featuring lots of room for bouldering and lead climbing. The staff changes up the routes about every month or so but this location seems to be bit tougher than Poway or San Marcos.

Indoor climbing doesnt get much better than this. Top rope and bouldering routes aplenty here. Friendly staff and not too crowded.

Ive climbed at several gyms across the country and SRG holds it down for the San Diego area. Friendly helpful staff along with 3 different locations makes SRG the number one spot for climbing!!

Challenging climbs and a great community

Chill place to climb

Great for bouldering, and the place is personal feeling. Owners are usually behind the counter

Awesome place to climb. Very fun.

Amazing place to boulder great community also

Great gym , great staff. Day pass with equipment rental is $20

Great place to climb for a great price!

Theyve bought all Solid Rock locations.The one in Old Town is 2074 Hancock StSan Diego, CA 92110

Best place to go indoor rock climbing

Love it!

This gym is..alright. The grades on the problems were all over the place and I didnt see that much consistency.

Cool place to learn how difficult climbing is, or how weak your upper body is....

Incredible climbing gym, the best in SD!!

The indoor bouldering in the back is awsome

Ive been here one time and fell in love with it already, I want more.

Worst Chinese food place ever

Solid Rock forever!

The place to go climb!