The good: It's a decent place to bowl, when you get the opportunity to bowl. They have issues with ball return on most of the lanes, but they are usually resolved quickly. HOWEVER, expect to have to talk to the staff several times during your hour of bowling, which cuts out some of your bowling session time. The staff has always been nice to me, and quite helpful. And hey, the beer is cold.
The bad: The aforementioned issues with the lane aside, YOU CAN HARDLY EVER BOWL THERE! The alley caters to league bowlers, as most do. But unlike my poor fallen comrades at Lafayette Lanes, they don't leave lanes open for walk ins. So they literally don't have any bowling available during peak hours for most of the work week. Saturdays are for Birthday parties, so its always a crap shoot whether you will get a lane or not, and is usually overrun with screaming children when you can get one, but a lane is a lane. So yeah, Fridays and Sundays are your go-to days. And Sundays have limited lanes available so....
Like I said, its decent when you can get it.
Here's the league schedule posted on Premier Lanes' website:
No bowling lanes available due to bowling leagues
Mondays 2:30pm-9pm
Tuesdays 4pm-9pm
Wednesdays open-2:30pm AND Wednesdays 4pm-9pm
Thursdays 4pm-9:30pm
LIMITED LANES AVAILABLE:
Sundays 4pm-8:30pm
Thursdays 9:30pm-11pm
Basically, call ahead and don't expect to get a lane unless you are in a league. read more