First let me say I am not a professional bowler and I come here for a good time. With that being said, I love this bowling ally. It is not the closest one to me, but I am always excited when someone recommends this place. Needless to say, I am also surprised I have not done a review of this spot yet. This place does get packed so reserving lanes in advance is advised. I have never had to wait too long. I have come here during the week, the weekend, and everything in between (well there's nothing between the week and the weekend but we should change that). I really love the ball, food, and drink options here. They have a full bar, a lounge like area for eating, and kiosks to order food. Last time I was here I ordered a pepperoni pizza and some jack and ginger ale. I came here with a large group and we had a good time. This will always be my personal first choice. read more

This was a fun bowling outing! The venue was clean and quite busy when I arrived. I was able to find my Bowling ball and shoes size without any issues. The employee's were kind and we received our lane quickly. The touchscreen tablet for the lane set up was very modern and provided fun options to select the type of game you wanted to play. read more

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I went last weekend for a bowling party. The customer service was good. Great atmosphere. The vibe was good. There was music playing throughout the whole night. read more

Great atmosphere, decent lanes and it's always fun when I go there. The staff is pleasant also.

classic & elevated bowling, blending nostalgia & "millennium' ambiance- lanes, balls, pins, general layout still had the old school bowling lane vibe- but the modernized bowling screens were a bit annoying to set-up- they offer various game styles & video activities (like games within the bowling game); I felt stressed trying to find a normal 'classic' bowl game things to note: -they set up the lane priced per hour versus per game, which, was a way pricier tag than other local alleys, and with having a group of kids in tow, felt stressful to try to quick bowl- -they only allow one 6lb ball per lane, despite having multiple kids per lane- I understand limited supply, but considering it was nearly empty when we were playing this slowed down bowling since their ball returns were very slow -lanes & bathrooms were very clean -ambiance was eerily quite read more

What a Fantastic Bowling alley. Very nice set up and people were super friendly to us. The lanes were oiled, and service was fast. I definitely will be going back. read more

Bowling here was great! Came for a birthday party. It's rather in the cut. I've been in the area for a while now and never knew this was here. Definitely a hidden gem! Food was delicious. The bowling alley and the bathrooms were fairly clean for a public entertaining place. We also got play cards for next time! Definitely will be returning. 4 stars because the bathrooms didn't have seat covers. read more

Great place to bowl. This place is very well maintained and super clean. Prices are pretty reasonable as well. The food and drinks are on point as well! I highly recommend the chicken wings! read more

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Went here on a late Saturday afternoon and it was a bit crowded, but what I expected for a gorgeous Saturday right after the new year. The bathrooms were clean (so shocked) and I got a line as soon as I paid. The only reason I gave 4 vs 5 stars is because you can't add names to the reader yourself you have to go ask an attendant and the line was very long to wait to get a lane. read more

Well there's a bowling alley that's open in Crofton at least. Wish they spaced out the teams a little farther one team per lane would make it much safer. But we can bowl and keep busy until ours opens up again. read more

Fun place to bowl. Excellent BLT's and Grilled Cheese sandwiches. They have a lot of leagues and also a dining room with bar that is used by various card players and local group meetings. Arcades, ATM, a few bowling items for sale like talc, very good food at the grill. Extremely well run and clean. All new scoring screens. read more

Great Place to bowl. Lanes are properly maintained.

Doesn't have the frills like Bowlero but also doesn't have that exorbitant price tag . Pretty well kept. Although the concessions are a bit overpriced, the cheese pizza is pretty darn good. Don't get the shrimp basket! But that's probably a given I failed to adhere to but, I reiterate for anyone else that may have the same temporary lapse in judgment...do not order the shrimp basket from concessions. Summarily, my friend and I had a good time and would return. I would recommend to others. read more

I have been bowling at this center for more than 5 years. It is by far the best kept center in the area. All staff are knowledgeable, professionals and people friendly. read more

In a world of pretentious and snooty-tooty bowling alleys in the area, I'm glad to see that regular, degular, shmegular bowling alleys are still around and up and kicking! (Shout out Cardi-B) LOL! My family and I have been coming here for years, so I'm actually surprised I haven't written a review for it thus far. Like to here it, here it goes... Crofton Bowling Centre is a clean, 48 lane bowling alley, that hosts bowling leagues and various weekday and weekend deals for bowlers. Every Friday and Saturday night is Millennium Bowl. That's when the bowling alley turns off the lights and the lasers and flashing lights come out, a dj starts spinning on the 1's and 2's, and you have unlimited bowling! Please be advised that if you plan to attend either of these nights that space is limited and they usually sell out. Your best bet is to reserve a lane. Check with the bowling alley for more details. You can host your birthday party here, they have an on-site bar, concession stand, and of course bowling. A great time for the entire family, and it doesn't cost an arm and leg, like some of the other newer bowling alleys in the area. As my boy Fred Flintstone would say, "STIIIIRRRRIIIIKKKEEE!!!" read more

This is my third time coming here and each time we've been discriminated against and received horrible customer service. I come here with individuals with disabilities and each time they failed to accommodate us with our ADA needs. Today I came and wanted to order food and was given several excuses and was told that either he wasn't going to do it or the item was out which I don't believe. I know we were treated unfairly because of our race. The same things I asked for was offered to Caucasian customers. I am contacting the BBB and don't recommend anyone with special needs to come here. read more

Bowling for about 3 years one bowling alley that had always been off my radar was crofton just when I lived in this area I didn't bowl, and when I moved I bowled on the Virginia side or Marlow and Waldorf After Covid 19 crofton I'm pretty sure crofton opened first, besides Quantico this was the first that opened, I just wanted to take the time to give mark the assistant shift, zack and the rest of the staff there so much credit on how they are running this place, customer service at its finest and keeping things as safe as can be 1. Great staff 2. Place is spotless, as clean an environment as I've seen in any capacity 3. The price is right, I wanna say on weds nite it's $12 for all you can bowl, and $20 on the other nights, or at least on Tuesday's and Thursday's Other houses trying to hammer bowlers $6 a game and other nonsense, not here, they are doing all the right things for the bowlers, and I promise you it's working as I've seen some of the big boys rolling through there practicing, and it was a packed house tonight!!!!! Please know many of us appreciate the job you guys are doing during this challenging time, we will continue to show our support!!!!!! Even though I'm getting beat pretty bad here on the competition front, I'm extremely happy on how things are being handled here!!!! Great job!!!!! read more

First time here watching my new Knights of Columbus husband bowl with a fun bunch of brother knights from Bowie council #2577! This is a fun place, clean with beautiful bowling lanes. While watching the guys bowl I tried the french fries with my Bud Light Lime. The fries were crisp and hot! The pizza looked really good too, reminded me of the thin & cheesy pizzas of 'Orange Julius' days at the mall - and that is a complement! I will look forward to grabbing a slice the next time that I plan on coming back here, just to confirm the yum factor. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Thank you Crofton Bowling Center! Let the good times roll! read more

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I like this spot for regular bowling before 9pm. There has never been any riffraff and there's an overall sense of safety and respect from all bowlers. The ladies at the bar always give good vibes and the food is actually decent. Well, I've only had the chicken wings and fries. Anything outside of that, I can't vouch for. The past two times I've gone, the lane had technical problems. They resolved it by giving us a different lane and we continued bowling. So overall a good experience from past visits. This time I tried the Light Night Bowl. I WAS NOT IMPRESSED. The lights were the most disappointing part. THERE IS NO LIGHT SHOW. The picture on the website that they're advertising is not accurate. Not even close. To them turning the lights down over the lanes is what they consider "the light show". It's regular bowling hour bright in there. I talked to the employees and was told management doesn't want it any darker. They further explained that two row of lights over where you wait to bowl and where you sit and eat is on the same track. HEY MANAGEMENT: IT'S TIME TO CALL THE ELECTRICIAN TO SEPERATE THE ROWS AND PUT DIMMERS ON IT. Yes, it'll cost a little money but it's worth it. One of our lanes (47) was down for long periods. We were only able to play 1.5 games due to the lane continuously going down. The DJ was okay. A couple of times he played the right songs that made folks dance a little. They could turn the music up a little more, not a lot but a little more. It would help the atmosphere since they don't turn the lights down. OVERALL: This place isn't bad. I would come back for regular bowling. But unless I'm just trying to stay in the Crofton area, I would take the drive somewhere else that can do Night bowl right. read more

Nice bowling alley. To comep from out of town and see a new place is always interesting. The management team is on top of this place. Carpet from end to end kept clean. Staff is aware of what's going on in the place and ready to help. The snack was ok for a breakfast sandwich. The lanes are well kept and good for scoring for different bowling styles. Good for league and tournament play. read more

This is my 5 yr old son's favorite place to go these days! He loves the arcade games and of course the bowling. The staff is always very friendly and helpful. read more

Basically just good old fashion clean fun here people. Every one says it's a long wait to to get your lane ... not at all. I'd say 20 minutes tops. Great atmosphere. Diverse crowd. Good food. You'd definitely wanna return. read more

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Went here for my cousin's bday party. It was clean and seemed to be family owned. They had a separate bar/restaurant area and an arcade room. The band bathrooms were clean and the food was pretty good. It was cooked to order and fresh. It wasn't busy at about 7pm on a Saturday night. The only thing I didn't like was on Saturday's if you stay past 9pm, you have to leave out of the bowling alley and then pay a $15 cover charge per person to re-enter. Or you pay $15 if you arrive after 9pm. One quick thing-their shoes are cuter than most bowling alleys. read more

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I would rather drive out of the way to come here than go to an AMF Bowling Center near my house! The prices in this place are really good, the staff is friendly, and the lanes are clean and spacious. I've never ordered food here, not because it's bowling alley food just because the times i've gone, i've had plans to go elsewhere and i'm never one to deviate from a plan! I really love this place, stay away from the corporate chain if you value your money! read more

In the words of the late comedian Bernie Mac, "Nice, reaaaal nice!" :) Based on the reviews from Yelp, I came here last night with some ladies from one of my Meetup groups, and we had a really good time! I personally had not bowled since age 18, and didn't do so well, but I had fun nevertheless. Our group ordered some pizza (it was okay; a bit pricy for what looked to be a small or medium pizza - $12.95), and I ordered some fries, but didn't eat them until it was time to go and I had to wait on my ride. When my group got there, we did have to wait for about a half-hour or so for a couple of lanes to open up, as it's usually very busy on Saturday nights. The last reservation is for 5:00 p.m. and it costs $60 per lane, so unless you're hosting a birthday party or with a league, better to come between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. for open bowling (Though with the $60 lane reservation includes shoe rental and unlimited bowling). Aside from that, there are 48 lanes, lots of space, friendly staff, decent food, clean, well-lit, no problems at all. They do offer a good variety of food on their menu, including salads. They also offer free pitchers and cups of water if you don't want to get soda or alcoholic beverages. There is an ATM machine on site, and a small game room. I agree that the music is also pretty good. They announce that all lanes needed to be freed up by 9 p.m. in order to prepare for Millennium Bowling between 10 a.m. and midnight, so everyone started to clear out before then. I definitely plan on going there again, and I would recommend it to others. read more

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We came for a friend's birthday party during the day. The bowling alley is impressive. Very clean and modern. The quality of the pizza is much better than I expected. The bowling lanes are in pretty good shape. Our kids had a blast. read more

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I've been here on two occasions, most recently for my daughter's birthday party on March 4th. The facility was clean and they greeted us warmly. We ordered pizza and it was ok. Nothing spectacular, but not horrible. The only downside is that exactly at 4:30p, the guy started cleaning off the table. This would have been fine, but he started pulling the tablecloth off the table while I was trying to get the cake. Luckily it didn't fall. Overall, the place is fine. I would definitely go back. However, if you plan to have a party, make sure you leave exactly when it ends or your stuff could end up on the floor. read more

I was at this alley today and left 30 minutes early due to a guy next to us that started to harass me and started to threaten me, calling me names and screaming at me. He said if his girl was there she would beat my a** and to stand next to him so he could show me what standing next to someone while bowling would do. Before he even got on the lane next to us I could hear him saying he wanted our lane but he was told he couldn't have it since we were already on the lane. He started saying "you want to be a fu**ing a**hole, then I'll start being arrogant b*tch" He was completely out of line and when I told the front desk what just happened (which they could see what was happening and hear it because we were on the lanes right in front of them) they did nothing, didn't kick him out, didn't give us our money back, nothing. A good date day that turned into a nightmare and me getting completely disrespected and threatened for no reason. Mind you, this started because he said "I won't bowl next to you at the same time because I'll hit you." So I said "ok" and turned around, and he just started to freak out. In perspective I should've called the cops and or he should've been kicked out. Very disappointed since my husband and I loved coming here every few weeks for beers, bowling and fries as a nice date day with great prices. Won't be back after this truly terrible experience. No women should have to be talked to and threatened like that by a man, mostly if no one did anything to him. Even the guy a lane over that didn't know us, stepped in because the guy started going crazy! read more

Nice facility. Clean, well maintained, nice staff. Didn't try the food. Fun bowling place.

What a hidden treasure. I usually try to find an AMF to bowl but my cousin recommended Crofton Bowling which is less than 5 miles down the street from us. Cheapest bowling I have seen for a Saturday night 3.25 shoe rental and $4.50 a game or you can wait till 9:30pm for Millenium Bowl which is $25 per person all night and includes the dj. Since we were new to this we did not know how much of a big deal Millenium Bowl really is until we were leaving and they had set up a VIP red velvet rope and had a line out the door. That's right club status all the way. The food was priced reasonable and plentiful too. My husband had a beer and I had a soda and we ordered wings and fries to share which came to $15 not bad at all. We will def be back. It was clean, fun, and reasonable. read more

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OK here we go, I booked a bowling party for my nephew who is autistic. This facility made it so very easy. They have one person assigned to our group to help set up and bring out more food and drinks if we needed it. We needed the bumpers to be fixed she did it we needed a whole Lotta stuff and she did it. I rented the tube lanes and they gave me the last two lanes so they could turn the music down for my nephew and his other artistic friends. It was a great time. And the women that books the bowling alley they were fantastic! I could not be more pleased. I have to mention the manager that helped us. He was an Indian gentleman and he was so professional and just was on point till I wanted to scream with a happy scream lol read more

The food was alright and the lanes are good but the customer service is terrible. My kids went to order food and got the food but they did not order drinks so when they came back for drinks the man at the counter had a rude response to my kids. read more

Our lane kept going out of commission, but they were on it so fast. That was the only negative thing. $22 for unlimited games on Friday night til closing. What a steal. The music was on point, great for those that like to party but don't want to go through the extra effort of dressing up and spending money on overpriced drinks. Keep in mind, the bar closes earlier than the bowling ally itself. I'm definitely coming back sometime read more

I definitely enjoyed bowling here. My boyfriend reserved 5 lanes for millennium bowling for his birthday Friday night. The staff is very friendly. The place was clean. They even had clean bathrooms (I'm happy about this because I've been to many bowling alley with nasty bathrooms). From making reservations to the bowling experience, it was a very great time. The drinks at the bar were very reasonable. When we had mechanical issues with the lane, the staff was quick to help. We will definitely be bowling at Crofton again! read more

First of all, I had never heard of this place before my friend planned an evening of bowling for a large group of my friends. But I wasn't too worried because I am usually game for new places. Because I am in DC, I found this to be kinda of far away, and I thought it was a little crazy for my friends and I to be driving so far just to go bowling, but everyone told me that this was THE PLACE to go bowling. What is great, is that this place is HUGE, They have lots of lanes, but make sure to reserve your lanes in ADVANCE, we got there around 10pm and it was already packed. There is a bar/lounge inside and an old man playing music (supposidly called a DJ). They also have a snack bar with food (pizza, burgers, fries and things of that nature). There are tons of neon lights and it was a great atmosphere if you have a big group of people (I think we had 10 people). Pitchers of beer were $10, so when I was not bowling, I was happy. The music is iffy, they played top 40 dance music (ek!), I wouldn't exactly think that the clientle was happy with the music selection (personally I think the music could have been better). But I did get to request a song and the DJ did play it for me about 15 mins later. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO USE THE BATHROOM IN THE BAR/LOUNGE, it is much better than the regular bathroom. Everyone there is really nice and friendly so you shouldn't have a hard time finding anything you need. HAPPY BOWLING! read more

This place is fun! Pros: clean, efficient, AMAZING DJ (sleeper hit... don't judge a book by its cover, he is an older gentleman so we expected older music... his mix was on fire! The crowd was even dancing in the lanes. So many comments from others at the alley about how good the music is), pizza is surprisingly good, shoes are cute. Crowd was very diverse and family friendly. Cons: It's crowded and the place could use a more modern renovation (exposed brick looks dated to me, but small things). read more

This is a really nice bowling alley. Went here on a Living Social special and will definitely be back. The interior is clean and the staff was both friendly and knowledgeable. I was informed of the bowling rates for the different days/times and these rates seemed reasonable. Also, the Millennium Bowl on Friday and Saturday nights which is $24.00 per person for 10pm till 2am. The bar area was like a small lounge with varied seating. This is good for those of us who like to drink while others bowl. Lastly, the food selection included fried fish which I had never seen before in a bowling alley but I must try next time I'm here. read more

We bowled today with a group of 6, 3 adults and 3 kids, one with special needs. I made reservations online and that was very smooth. When we arrived Clayton, assisted by Megan could not have been more helpful and understanding. The kids had a ball bowling and in the arcade. We ordered lunch and it was quick and hot! Clayton is an outstanding manager, so conscientious of customer needs. We will definitely be back again. read more

So I hit up this place this past Saturday, although a bit of a journey for someone who had been hung over all day I am happy I came. Bathrrom - REEEEEKKKKEEDD!!! Bar - Good specials but specialty drinks are charged by the shot...blue motorcycle was 13.00 *DEAD* Lanes/atmosphere - Awesome! I loved the lights and suprisingly the DJ wason point! until it hit 11:30 :l I love the parking lot cause it was well lit and the police were on guard read more

Good fun with friends and bowling team. Beer is reasonable. Food could use a big boost. Staff is friendly.