I've bowled here about three times. All three times have been a Birthday for the same person. Also, it has been a special event bowling referred to as Scotch Doubles.
Scotch Doubles is four games of bowling with a alternating partner. The first and second game Bowler 1 goes first every frame, with Bowler 2 attempts the spare. If bowler 1 gets a strike, bowler 2 is up first next frame. Basically, alternating bowlers every shot (not necessarily every frame).
The third game started with bowler 2 going first at the frame 1 (and every frame if they don't strike). The fourth game tends to be crazy, they always have a break to announce prizes and they encourage a bit of dancing on the approach area with a turning off of the light and cranking up a good dance song. The lights however stay off for this fourth and final game. The only lights that remain are directly above the pins. This does makes things harder for most bowlers.
They have a bar at the rear of the joint that has a pool table and some other forms of entertainment. The bar is small, and hears the part I don't like; the smell. They allow smoking in the bar, but not the alley. But they are pretty much connected and I'm not a fan of this. It would be nice to order a beer, mixed drink, and a shot without entering the smoke filled bar area.
The bowling alley seems family owned and operated and I like that. Some of the poorly performing CRT TVs showing scores should probably be upgraded. Other than that, I always have fun here and the prices are great. read more