Hollywood Boulders

Overall this gym is not bad. I’m giving it 1 star because as someone that comes when the gym opens (6:30am weekdays and 9am weekends), roughly 20% of the time, the opener is not on time. Whether it’s a scheduling issue or they overslept, I don’t know, but they’re often 30min to hours late. This is especially annoying when I force myself to wake up early to try and get a workout in before work. Everyone would rather sleep in but we make an effort to go to the gym early because of life obligations and responsibilities. It’s incredibly frustrating when you’re on a time crunch and the business doesn’t open when they say they would. If this happens once or twice it’s excusable, sure, but this happens all the time. I’ve talked to the manager, he’s apologetic and assures that changes will be made but it keeps happening. I don’t know what else to do but to voice my frustrations here. Touchstone has also raised membership pricing a few times since I’ve joined a little over a year ago, but the quality of my experience has gotten worse. As much as I love these gyms, I may have to start finding a new gym to go to as Hollywood boulders/touchstone clearly don’t respect their members.

This climbing gym is absolutely great with so many amenities. The only downside is the limited parking. There’s a small lot behind the gym and street parking. Keep in mind that this is in between the main street and the neighborhood so you may have to drive around for a couple blocks before you find parking, especially during busy times. There’s a huge variety of bouldering walls of different grades for every type of climber. They also have a gym, both strength training with weights on the first floor and cardio machines on the 2nd floor. They also offer a variety of classes like yoga, etc. The bathrooms are also really nice and clean, with showers and a sauna.

Visited this gym a long time ago when I was in LA. Decided to drop in again for a quick climb. Staff were friendly and got me setup real quick. The route setting was fun with a range of styles. Comp style, technical and great beginner routes available. Would definitely swing by again / check out the other Touchstone gyms to see how the other facilities compare.

I’ve been a member here for over 2 years. HB has a lot to offer for a bouldering gym! Huge variety of problems, compact but solid weight area, only at peak times I’ve had a short wait for my desired cardio equipment. Some yoga classes offered. Solid saunas. Many people come with friends but I prefer a solitary workout, which is respected, I’ve only been beta sprayed like once a year. Diverse crowd, nice to see some fellow LGBT folks every time. A few reviewers are upset about this which seems ridiculous, half or more members seem not to fall into that category. When the lot is full, I’ve never spent more than 10min total looking for a spot then walking to the gym from it. Stanks a bit inside, but I wouldn’t expect it not to. Suggestions for improvement: -Have staff utilize the tandem spaces -Liberalize the guest pass policy—a friend got me hooked as a guest years ago, but now it’s steeply priced except select days -Some small loyalty perks would be cute!

Great rout setting's! The only minus are the rental shoes. Plus for the rental chalk!