I like this place! It's close to where I live and it's easy to park there on a Sunday morning at 9am.
HOWEVER I do NOT like that it is SOOOO rocky... and I mean rocky not in the fun, boaldering and climbing way, but in the don't wear your barefoot-shoes or toe-shoes because your feet will be hurting and you'll be jumping all over the path.
Once you're in the mountains though, it's very nice, and the path is what you would expect from mountain trails. Dogs are allowed and the people who hike are nice!
I would prefer South Mountain though, just because the trail to get to the cool trails is dirt and sand... which in my estimation is 69 billion times better than rocks in the road....