When I was a child, just about every small town in Missouri's Bootheel area had a bowling alley. In…read morefact, you could drive 20-30 minutes, or less to find one that was nearby and enjoy some fun-time with your family. Sadly, over the past 15-20 years, these family owned businesses have closed down, and now you have to travel a considerable distance to find a really nice bowling center. Thankfully, Spare Time Lanes is a friendly, family owned business where you can enjoy a few games of bowling, and have some really good pizza. Located in the former Kennett Lanes (Ken-Lanes) on St. Francis Street (State Route 84), Spare Time has 12 lanes. Currently, they are using wooden approaches and lanes, but may switch to modern synthetics in the future. So if you're looking for a great place to take your kids on the weekend, or just relax with friends, Spare Time Lanes is the place go in Kennett.

Johnny is the best, he helped out my family and got us taken care of, very respectful as well…read more Thank you Johnny coming back for sure. 10/10

Hijinx Bowling Alley is a Jonesboro classic. Great lanes, solid food, and the kind of place where…read morememories are made every weekend. The real legend here though? Kelly. I'm pretty sure Kelly has been working here since the building was constructed from the ground up Every time I walk in, Kelly is still there--like a bowling alley time capsule. If walls could talk, they'd probably say, "Ask Kelly, he's been here forever." All jokes aside, the staff is friendly, the atmosphere is fun, and it's always a good time. If you want bowling with character, Hijinx delivers every time.

My son broke his leg here in the fake Christian Manager wouldn't give me any info and didn't wanna…read morelet me see the video

We enjoyed. The days and times vary the prices of your experience. We…read more are self employed so enjoy reaping the benefit of mid/day/week savings. I really like the service and the food is terrific. We go bowling and really like that if it's during the week afternoon, it's kind of quiet. I love the atmosphere too, it helps break the monotony.

The social has a nice vibe with cute interior and is very laid back. Our server was nice, however…read morethe amount of time we had to wait on our food and drinks was insane (I don't blame our waitress as that is out of her control) but I probably waited 30-40 minutes for my cocktail and probably at least an hour for our food. The food itself was good, we got the honey sriracha wings which were 4/5 so good and the fried Mac n cheese also 4/5 so no complaints there! If the service was a little better then I'd give a higher rating, willing to go back to try again.

Stopped in for a snack, but we have bowled here before, the service is always great! Courteous and…read moreprofessional! Food is very good! Fun place to take the kids!! Added perk, it's super clean and nice atmosphere!!

So much fun! Went last night for the glow bowling! Great place to bring the family and unwind !…read moreSome thing for everybody! My only complaint was that there wasn't enough small balls with bigger holes ! #5Stars

Great place, delicious foods great staff, lovely atmosphere and the crowd is just perfect! 10/10…read morethe wife and I will be here again.

Came highly recommended and love the concept. The execution lacked quite a bit, however…read more First customers to arrive, 4 adults and 3 kids. Walked in, employees lounging around the entrance desk, no one greeted us, asked if we'd ever been there, offered to explain how it all works, just 4 guys having a conversation. We settled in the bowling alley since that's what the kids wanted to do, and still, no employees approached us, we had to go seek them out. Twice Finally Gavin came to take a drink order. And a food order, after that no issues. Two final comments: 1) as a first time customer, I had to figure out about purchasing the card to play the games, bowl etc. When I found the location, there was a "Closed" sign on it, so I commenced to hunt an employee to help. Older gentleman snatched the sign off it and when I asked about it, was told "it was open the whole time". Well sorry, but I'm not in the habit of removing or ignoring signs like that. 2) at one point during the bowling, all the other lanes were activated and every single bowling ball in the facility came back up the lanes to us. Maybe get more racks for them?