Urban Workshop — Local services in Costa Mesa

The Urban Workshop (UW) in beautiful Costa Mesa is an amazing taste of the future which is made available for you in the frame we call now! This amazing place is packed with every possible tool you will need to create the special "it".. the it that used to be only dreams in your head... that used to be blurry wishes that you could do it... that used to be something that eventually you would see that yet another fantastic idea you had was in fact, in all actuality fantastic; yes someone did create it, they actually did get it to market... and now everyone in the world is using it.

Urban Workshop is the place to take your amazing dreams and make them; right now, today... yes I said now... it's like magic! Wrap up almost all the technologies created since the industrial revolution, put them under one roof and magically make them available, usable to everyone, to anyone... especially to you and to me. That's what I am talking about. You become the expert!

The action plan (put together by Steve, the owner of Urban Workshop) is an easy entry thing! You simply start off by joining as a member of the Urban Workshop for an amazingly low fee (the fee can be worked out to monthly, yearly or even longer). As an Urban Workshop member you now have potential super powers (you never knew most of which were even available)! You now have access to all the super fantastic machines of industry, the very very special tools of craft and trade, the powerful computers and phenomenal applications; this is the space to spread your imaginary wings and fly into so much more...

To get you up and flying Urban offers quick intro lessons; once you are familiarized with the equipment, the tools, the process, you can start making your very own "Make" project. Your very own Dream project...

Oh!, no need to be intimidated by all of this technology. If you would like some support on getting up to flying speed there are a lot of experts at UW that are willing to help you. You may find a collaborator onsite...

Additionally, users can run there own small business right here on the premises... There are a couple of businesses successfully doing just that...

Storage space is available if you need it. That way you can have your supplies and special tools onsite...

A tour of Urban Workshop was given by Katelin, it was amazing, fun, informative and personal. Katelin introduced me to almost everything Urban is about and to top it off, she introduced me to Stephen (the owner). He was very helpful, easy to talk with despite he has so much of the Urban Workshop buzzing all around...

I had a fun time at Urban Workshop. I hope to join soon...

By: cmilton111 Google...

Terrible experience. I was lied to multiple time from the start. I thought this would be the perfect place to work on my project when I saw it on group but it was absolutely useless. First off, you don't get "full access" to the workshop as listed in the benefits on groupon. In fact, you are restricted to essentially just the 3d printer unless you're willing to fork over ~$700 per type of tool and 1-2 months of your time. Doesn't matter if you've already completed wood working classes/welding etc and have proof.

This is in addition to the already high $200 monthly auto renewing fee (most cost $50-$100) which by the way, if you don't cancel exactly 10 days before auto renewal by writing to an address that's hard to find on their site, you'll continue to be charged (according to the receptionist). Turns out this was another lie because when I pressed her to allow me to cancel auto renewal since this wasn't what I expected, I could do it before the exact 10 day mark. What insanity is this?

So, when I saw the workshop wouldn't suit my needs I thought no harm no foul, maybe it works for some people. I'll just stop the sign up process and use my groupon for something else. This is where I was lied to, once again, where she said I couldn't return my groupon for credit. This is before I had even signed up mind you. When I got home I looked this up and confirmed this was another bold faced law. I would avoid this place unless you really need all of the tools and have a business use for it that is profitable because this particular location was...

This place is a joke you could pay your membership but your not guaranteed a spot if they are reserved by other members which is limited to 8-9 spots you can just imagine how many members they try signing up not taking in consideration that they can’t provide for everyone , they like to go by ( first come first serve) and these are the things you will never know until you go through it absolute waste of money and time . Accidents happen all the time in this facility due to how tight and cramped the way everything is setup and Management will not hold themselves or other members liable if your property is damaged within the facility that’s from a experience. Let’s put the spotlight on the front desk lady ( Jennifer ) very rude always got a bad attitude talking with members and personal clients on top of that she will give you a word in the morning and forget it in the afternoon . Management won’t address the issues with the front desk because they claim there one community that cover for each other . This is my experience as a member for 7 months in this place and I would hate for someone to waste their...