Shake & Bake Family Fun Center — Attraction in Baltimore

I love this place. The entrance/lobby can be a bit confusing at first, if the doors are closed hit the buzzer to be let in and turn right for the skate rink. There’ll be an admissions window where you can also pay for rental skates. Haven’t been bowling yet, but I’m guessing you turn left from the lobby for that.

Thursday and Sunday are the adult nights with different vibes.

Thursday they turn the main lights off and the disco balls on, age range can center around 40-50, music is slower/groovier, a small group will gather in the center to line dance.

Sunday the age range centers around 20-30 with faster music, dynamic skaters with effortless spins and transitions, I didn’t see a single pair of rented skates on the floor.

Wednesdays and Saturdays have the much younger crowds centered around middle school age who will inevitably play WHO CAN GO THE FASTEST, as kids do. Still found plenty of room to skate, and there were much younger toddlers practicing in the center as well. The attendants are often on the floor and are thoughtful to help out anyone who’s having trouble or working on a new skill.

Friday is much more chill, not very many people at all, maybe not even passing 15 people on the floor- which was perfect for practicing.

All in all this is a fantastic facility that has fun events like “Opera Night” where there’s live Opera singers in the lobby and admission to the skating rink is free.

Lockers are available for 2 quarters every time you want to lock them. There’s a cafeteria area off to the side where you can take a skate break and buy canned drinks I think, never purchased one myself but I’d eat my own snacks in there or chat...

My sister booked a birthday party. We were told we would be allowed to decorate @ 3:30. We were not let in until 4. The employee came to the door & got the decorations said they would do it. The staff was very rude & ignorant. Our children did not receive their pizza until after 6 because the staff had given it to another party.At this time the staff started rushing us. One of our guess arrived @ 6 with his daughter and was told he was late for the party & they could not let him in although there was still a hour left. He asked well can i just take the gift in as his baby girl cryed because she is a child and was looking forward to the party. The answer was no. We reside in Harford County and could have chosen some where in the area but wanted to support our own. The staff was unprepared not even giving our children their glow sticks it also took a while to receive their bands for skating. Just very unprofessional. I do not recommend...

I grew up at the shake and bake and went from 2000-2010 it’s nothing like it now, I bought my 6 year old daughter skating there for her birthday all the way from owingsmills with 7 other and more people on the way to pull up to an abandoned like building I though Was closed then get in after ordering the tickets online and was told we can’t skate because someone had rented the whole rink out. The manager had apologized and offered a free he of bowling, the only issue I had was it was a set time to receive the free he wich means we had to wait around. I had to call all my daughters party invites and tell them it’s canceled, and cold not make up for my daughters part be all my money was already used on tickets that I can use until next week that I doubt were going to used because nobody’s parents gonna support me with these type of games going on. The said they’ll just send her gifts to school. So now I’m just...