Bowlplex is in decline - from an already shaky position.
Appalling lane management, appalling customer service and broken equipment was what you used to get, now there is even more to add to the list of despair.
The lanes are poorly maintained, meaning that pins don't get placed correctly, leaving you with a game that starts and stops while you have to go to the desk for resets - this sometimes takes several minutes, especially when there are no staff at the desk. Bad
Bowling Shoes: one might expect a bowling alley to provide shoes, and indeed Bowlplex used to. now they don't bother: you can bowl in flat shoes was the response of the staff. You can't. You can bowl in bowling shoes. The few they had left were a free for all, and there were about 50 pairs for the entire multi lane building. You would be lucky to find your size. Many of our part had to bowl in totally unsuitable shoes.
Food: took ages and was cold.
They wouldn't place a party of 8 on two lanes, choosing to leave six lanes empty and putting a team of five in the lane that shared the ball return. There wasn't enough space for all of the balls on the rack, let alone enough space for the people.
please I beg you - don't bother with this stupid place. They shouldn't be allowed to run oxford's only bowling alley, the only reason people go here is because it is the only place to bowl.
Take a car ride to milton keynes, it's cheaper and better by far. read more