Gosh. I hate to knock a business's review down this much but this experience wasn't good at all. My brother-in-law said this place has changed owners and unfortunately, that may not be a good thing. We arrived around 2ish on a Tuesday and aside from a group of old timers, we were the only ones here. We had a party of 6 bowling ONE GAME and with shoe rentals and the bill was a whopping $46!!! That seems downright insane. $7.67 per person for one game and shoes during a strange time which would have been empty otherwise. So onto the next part... our lanes kept messing up. Like, one time I knocked down 8 on my first shot, then it set down all 10 pins again. I preceded to knock down the 2 which would have given me a spare and instead, the computer claimed I didn't get any down and marked me an 8. Then another time one of the kids hadn't even taken their turn and the computer gave them a 4. I couldn't even tell you how many mistakes happened (this was just 2 examples) and I am sure the guy at the counter was sick of me going up there because we couldn't change the score on our own. Then came the time when one of our two lanes stopped working completely. Our other group continued to play but then were told they had to stop playing until they fixed our lane, which was 10-15 minutes. No "sorry about that" or anything. We figured we should have been offered a free game since we had so many problems during our $46 game. NOPE. On our way out, both workers were near the door and again, did not say "thanks for stopping in" or "sorry about the issues." Nothing. One of our kids commented "they should have zero stars" and my brother in law said that if the old management was in charge we would have gotten 1-2 games free for the problems. Doubt we'll return. read more

Coachlite Lanes - Bowling Near Me - Rolla, Missouri

No just no every time there was a someone's turn had to restart the pins also even broke at the end terrible equipment.

Tried to bowl here twice now two separate times ... every time it's a league night. I guess I will never get to bowl in Rolla lol

I wish this Bowling Alley was non-smoking. When you first walk in this place, the smell of smoke hits, er, that is strikes, you in the face. If I could, I would take a big gulp of non-cancer-inducing air outside, run inside, bowl my frame, and then run back outside. Or bring a scuba tank. Well, this is middle-of-nowhere Rolla, so I don't de-spare the cancerous air. As far as bowling alleys go, the place is relatively inexpensive. Shoes are $2 per person and $3.55 per game/person on the weekend. There's 16 lanes, and my family was able to get two adjacent lanes on the weekend. They also have bumpers you can lower into the gutters if you are a kid, or really bad. On Tuesday and Wednesday nights, they have quarter nights, where you pay $7 cover charge, and then games, rental shoes, hot dogs, and shoes are only a quarter. It's great the place has a computerized scoring system. I know, I know--every bowling alley I've been to has one of these, but with Rolla, you never know. If you cross the line when bowling, Mr. Pin appears on the video screen and wags his finger at you. The video screens are high though, so you cannot pull-a-Serena and try to shove the bowling bowl down Mr. Pin's throat. Though you can take out his brethren at the end of the lane. Three stars if this bowling alley were anywhere else, but four since it's Rolla. read more

Coachlite Lanes - Go bowling - Bowling Near Me - Rolla, Missouri

Great College hangout and great for a cheap date night. Tuesday and Wednesday quarter nights, you pay the cover and only pay a quarter for Hot Dogs, games, shoes, sodas, etc. This was my favorite hangout during my college days. The only reason for 4 stars is it does have a lot of people mid-week that remind me of the creepy dude in the bowling alley in the movie Uncle Buck. It smells horribly like smoke. Not bad when there isn't much to do in Rolla. read more

Very clean and very friendly!! Great atmosphere all the way around! Lanes are slick and shiny seems to have some steady attention in many ways Big guy working seems to be a teady bear calm cool and collected at all the times I have been there . Lots of activities and entertaining!! Could spend the whole day if I only had the time!! Very Cold beer and the food is variety and always good. I especiallyl like it when it's smoked meats!! But I would say hands down the best Bowling, arcade and pool place I have seen in or around the area!! Reasonable in pricing family oriented for sure.. Thankyou for being a pleasant and fun place to be. read more

The lanes are a bit rough and the house balls aren't ideal if you have a small child as all we could find were 8 lbs and up but still was a good time and clean! Bargain bowling on Sunday's and still a great place for family memories to be made not to far from home! read more

The staff was very welcoming and attentive, prices were decent, restrooms worked and had all the essentials, bowling equipment faulted once. Staff were quick to remedy. Score board worked. Plenty of parking. read more

Very clean very friendly staff. Very reasonable priced. Went for Saturday night 10-12 with 6 kids all under 10 and it was great. The only complaint was the music being played wasn't suitable for children read more

Bowling screens can mess up, but the animations are a nice touch. The machine that brings you your ball and the machine tend to mess up. The arcade isn't bad, but some of the machines can be a little to hard for their general audience. Not a bad place! The bowling tech are a little outdated but the place has a friendly staff and atmosphere. The should get some more service but if your considering coming just make sure it's not a day we're players are playing. read more

Since it's been five years since the most recent review, I feel like I can help some of you folks out with some fresh perspective. TLDR: Smoke free, everything else you'd expect from a bowling alley. HUGE IMPROVEMENT - this is now a NON-SMOKING space (per Rolla City Codes, I guess). I know some may think it loses some of the "realness" by going smoke-free, but I am a BIG fan of breathing without endangering my lungs. So, the main complaints that the other two reviewers had are now moot! Yay! Other than that, it's pretty much the same so far as I can tell. Still have quarter nights on Tuesday and Wednesday after 9pm....we went on a Wednesday night before 9, and determined it would cost us about the same (after the $7 per person cover) to bowl two games either way. I think it was about $20 for the two of us, including one $3 beer. The lanes are nice enough, it wasn't too crowded, and the people working and bowling there seemed perfectly friendly. We did have some issues with our scoring system/pin reset - it kind of crapped out on the last frame of the night, and for some reason moved us over one lane. It was confusing, but for one frame we didn't want to bug the employees. So, I'd say it's a good place to go if you like bowling or can't think of anything else to do on date night in Rolla. I think it would be even cheaper if you go before 5, so if you want to practice I'd go that route or on quarter night if you want to bowl more than 3 games. Or eat a bunch of quarter hot dogs. It looked like there was a pretty active league system there, but I can't really speak to that since I know nothing about bowling leagues or the one here in particular. One more thing to note - the Pinball game (something about Creature from the Crypt maybe??) was TERRIBLE. It was seriously the saddest, slowest pinball game I've ever seen. I don't know if it needs to be tuned or realigned, but it just was pathetic. Oh, and the sign for the place is pretty small. My husband drove by it once, and then nearly missed it again after we had turned around. The building is set back really far from the street, it looks kind of like a big red barn. read more

I really like this bowling alley a lot. The staff and patrons are really fun and friendly. I bowled there for several years and had to move. I have bowled a lot of places but never found one I enjoy as much as this one. So, if you want to have a fun bowling experience, give them a try. read more

Had to wait 5 minutes to get service. When i got it the man was rude. Alley broke down twice in 8 frames. Will not go back.

I decided to try this place on a whim and couldn't be more pleased. Coachlite is a great bowling alley. Very clean, no smoking and excellent value. The staff was helpful, friendly and accommodating. It was shocking how few people were there on a Saturday. This is a hidden gem. read more