I frequented this bowling alley in the 1980s and 90s with my family who lived nearby and enjoyed it greatly. In the last couple of years I returned to play when briefly living in the area and was appalled by the incompetence of staff, who didn't seem to know when the lanes would be free for tournaments or not, then told me at the last minute about a change in hours.
During the last time I played here, I requested for the second time in a row to be moved to another lane due to another player and her son (grandson?) constantly interfering in my game, the first time for doing so was due to a couple with a serious hygiene problem who seemed to thing it was okay to leave their sticks of deodorant out on the table beside my food. My requests were ignored. The last straw was when an employee - an overweight bespectacled woman with frizzy hair - began to tease and mock me by asking me, someone who has been bowling for 30 + years - if I "ever bowled before" when I went to collect my ball from a rack, and it was all because of the way I dressed, appropriately on and for a cold winter day. It was the last straw.
Because of the unprofessionalism and disrespect received for the money I paid, I never returned to play here, and took my business to another laneway which was a better experience, a different world altogether. read more