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Awesome Walls Cork

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😠 We drove three hours from Dublin for the Irish bouldering league competition. We had previously registered with Awesome Walls Dublin. We assumed this would be sufficient, but you have to book for induction at each individual center 48 hours in advance. It does not say this on the website. No slots f... People often mention climbing, staff, time, bouldering, Great, kids, friendly, hour,


Address

Sports Hall, Cork, Ireland

Website

www.awesomewalls.ie

Contact

+353 21 486 7060

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (444 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 10 am to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 10 am to 10 pm
  • Friday: 10 am to 10 pm
  • Saturday: 10 am to 8 pm
  • Sunday: 10 am to 8 pm
  • Monday: 10 am to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 10 am to 10 pm

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  • 1/5 Andrew S. 1 year ago on Google
    We drove three hours from Dublin for the Irish bouldering league competition. We had previously registered with Awesome Walls Dublin. We assumed this would be sufficient, but you have to book for induction at each individual center 48 hours in advance. It does not say this on the website. No slots for registration for a bouldering only induction when we got there and no room for a quick induction by staff. I will not be returning to this or any awesome walls center because they wasted 6 hours of drive time to tell us that you had to book 48 hours in advance, again a timeframe not specified ANYWHERE on the website that I could find.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Paul L. 5 months ago on Google • 273 reviews
    Great spot to let's the young kids burn off some steam. Friendly and helpful staff, nice little coffee dock and handy rooms for kids parties with chips and pizzas and juices.

  • 5/5 Annie Meireles R. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing place to big kids, the have a lot of fun, amazing staff. The parties there are great too!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jonathan S. 10 months ago on Google
    Great fun for the family, young and old. My 7year old loves to climb and there are various levels of difficulty to pick from. Excellent instructors. Huge space inside with all kinds of climbing available.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Michael K. 1 year ago on Google • 100 reviews
    I have been to Awesome Walls about 150 times in the last two years with my teenage daughter.I started bouldering in my fifties here and have met an incredible range of people. There is a massive variety of challenges that are changed on a regular basis. The staff are great and very friendly and knowledgeable. The only thing to note is you have to do a bouldering induction before you can go in without an instructor but once this is done then off you go. I would highy recommend to people of any age to come along. The monthly rate is great value if you climb twice a week

  • 3/5 c k. 1 year ago on Google
    Kids loved it. Really unprofessional staff at the desk. Was booked in for 2pm. Got there a little early and was ignored by a woman who spent all her time talking to friends about the weekend. Another man was on the phone. Two different 'workers' came from the back and looked at me standing,waiting. I put my hand up to call one of them but both walked back in the back. The man on the phone acknowledged me briefly but when he came off the phone he walked away without saying anything. Finally,I was seen by someone and asked to go sit down and wait till someone came to take me in. By this time even my son's commented on how bad it all was. Now,after 2pm myself and kids were getting annoyed so I went to the desk to explain that we were booked in for 2pm and had been waiting a long time. I was told to sit down and someone will be with me. About 2.10pm,finally someone came out and went through safety with my son's while putting on their equipment. I had to tell him,I have also paid do do the climbing,he didn't know. Tho,when we finally got into the climbing walls,the person with us,( I think his name was Dennis), was very friendly and helpful. Way more professional,explained everything and gave alot of encouragement to my son's. He also let us stay on a little longer to make up the hour we paid for. Out of seven different people I dealt with on the day,he would have been the only person there that,on my opinion was friendly and welcoming. I feel that it's who you know and what friends you have there on how welcome you are. Extremely disappointed as a first timer. Although my son's did enjoy the actual climbing.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 sean c. 7 months ago on Google • 59 reviews
    Fantastic Place. A Great guy teaching us for 1 hour. I can't remember his name. I'll be back for another go.

  • 4/5 David V. 8 months ago on Google • 15 reviews
    Excellent facility for bouldering (we didn't do the roping). The only slightly annoying point is the amount of paperwork you have to sign before you can actually start; it's ok to spend that much time for full membership I guess, but if you're there just for a session it really takes too much time (I think we spent a good 30 to 45 minutes before we could actually start climbing). Apart from that, excellent place.

  • 5/5 Paul R.J. T. 7 months ago on Google • 13 reviews
    Great day, the staff very friendly. Kids loved it. Think their website was slightly confusing when booking but great place & activity for both kids & adults. Our instructor Denis had a great manner. Well Done all.

  • 5/5 Rodolfo R. 4 months ago on Google • 11 reviews
    This is a proper wall climbing place. Got surprised for the scale and different bouldering walls

  • 5/5 Louise C. 1 year ago on Google • 5 reviews
    1st time here..James our instructor was very helpful & encouraging. Tried the taster hour & yes we will be back . Great fun

  • 5/5 Shane O. 7 months ago on Google • 4 reviews
    Great venue and activities available, but really it's the quality of the staff and coaches that stands out. The care, support and encouragement for kids is fantastic.

  • 1/5 Baddylover33 7 months ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Baiscall you cant do anything unless you aint 18. If your legal guardian is there you can so baiscally a small 7 year old can go there and injure themself and/or die but teenagers over 16 can‘t? And they also want 18€ each +20€ thats 38€ only for 1 hour +instructure. Totally not worth it

  • 1/5 D. S. 10 months ago on Google
    Compulsory induction for bouldering and rope climbing for a total of €50. Crazy policy for experienced climbers, never heard of such a thing in any centre I have ever been to. From what I can recall it's not a thing in there UK branches either.

  • 1/5 Niall K. 11 months ago on Google
    On the May bank holiday Monday, I did not appreciate a small millennial man shouting at me to get back in the gym to supervise my children. My wife was inside with the teenagers, but you need two parents for three teenagers, and if you don't make this ratio, at all times, you can be shouted at by a little man. Not my best climbing experience. The gym itself is tired, the routes have not been changed since before Christmas, the staff need to be trained in dealing with the ‘customers’.

  • 5/5 Brenda R. 9 months ago on Google
    Amazing Experience..Myself and my junior headed to Awesome Walls to Experience an hour of climbing exploration with an instructor.. 5 star Experience 🌟.. Professional Friendly and Fun ..Looking forward to going back to undertake more Fun Challenges ..

  • 5/5 John Colohan (. 1 year ago on Google
    A very kid friendly place they really do look after your little ones went to a few birthday parties and a few times to kill some time when it's been raining everytime it has been fantastic

  • 5/5 John K. 1 year ago on Google
    Occasion was a kids party and the group enjoyed their time on the walls. Room for the party was clean and effective and staff were helpful and pleasant. Cost was acceptable for number involved.

  • 4/5 Tom M. 1 year ago on Google
    I'm a fairly experienced climber, went bouldering there, staff were sound and gave me some knowledge about the putdoor climbing in the area, but I dont have to be inducted or anything as already a member of these gyms (which seems to be in most reviews here). The setting is pretty good to be fair, interesting movments in routes but I would say the grading is more focused on the low end and a little soft. I think it would be a good place to start but if your more of a 7A climber then the moonboard is the godsend, deducted 1 star as a few small changes would have made a huge difference to how much you can really train at this gym.

  • 5/5 Mike C. 1 year ago on Google
    Fabulous facility for people of all ages. Children's parties catered for and they love if. Very friendly helpful staff. It's possible to do solo climbing with the self rappelling units.

  • 5/5 Declan M. 1 year ago on Google
    Had never used a climbing wall and before but first experience was fantastic. Great facilities and our instructor Penelope was brilliant! Would recommend to anyone.

  • 5/5 Caroline C. 9 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    My granddaughter and her friend went here for a birthday, just the two of them, she said it was the best birthday she ever had!!! Josh that name was said allot, in a good way!! He was good at helping them at the climbing! He kept them company for the whole hour!!!! It was well worth the money and we will be back soon thank you Josh! From Sophia and Josie (grandma caroline)
    1 person found this review helpful 👍


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