Great bowling alley! Friendly staff, nice lanes. Food and drinks and lots of leagues. Easy to reserve a lane online.

I stopped by Rancho Bowl in Santa Maria not long after they opened on a Tuesday, and the experience was pretty average. The employees didn't seem very enthusiastic to be there, and I ended up waiting at the grill counter for longer than I should have. Someone actually had to come off their break just to get me lemon slices because everyone else seemed to ignore that I was standing there. Even though the place was mostly empty when I arrived, we still got seated in a corner with a couple of other groups. It looked like there was some kind of tournament or practice happening later, but I finished playing well before people started showing up, so it felt unnecessary to pack us all together like that. The women's bathrooms were disgusting. There were 2 stalls and one of them looked clogged. The food at Rancho Grill itself was fine. It wasn't anything special, nothing terrible. I'd grab a snack from the grill again if I happened to be there, but I wouldn't make a point to eat here. Overall, not a bad visit, but not exciting either. read more

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This place is awesome! Bowling, arcade, billiards, and a bar...what more can you ask for. Super chill vibe in here which I loved. Arcade had a good variety of games at very good prices. Defenitly worth checking out. Bar serves beers, wine and cocktails and very reasonable prices. They have a nice selection of beers on draft so I grabbed a mind haze and loved how ice cold it was served. That's a big plus for me. Came by on a Thursday at 6pm and they weren't too busy. They also have a onsite resteraunt so that's a huge plus. Overall make sure to check them out if your in the area. You defenitly won't regret it. Thanks Ranch Bowl for the great time. We will be back soon, till next time! read more

Rancho Bowl - Decent size arcade - Bowling Near Me - Santa Maria, California

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The BEST bowling on the Central Coast. Real deal bowling with great staff, great bar and great food. Such an amazing time with our whole team! Highly recommend for a staff party/team building event! Wade and his crew all make for a great time! Thank you!!!! read more

Rancho Bowl - The team! - Bowling Near Me - Santa Maria, California

Bowling in league on Wednesday night! Pinsetter broke down. No qualified mechanic on duty! Couldn't move to another pair of lanes as another pair of lanes went down! Two sets of lanes down and no freaking mechanic on duty! What kind of crap is this?! This bowling center is becoming as bad as a Bolero bowling center! Going to move my team over t Vandenburg bowl! read more

service was horrible. employees clearly didn't want to be there or for us to be there either. only had two lanes open which were occupied by one party, all other lanes closed and shut down. what's the point of a bowling alley if 10 of your lanes are shut down??? won't be coming back here again read more

This is a wonderful bowling alley! It is clean and well maintained, which is becoming increasingly rare these days. I didn't have any issues at all with my lanes while practicing for nearly three hours. Both the bar and the grill were well run and efficient too. I had tri-tip sandwich that was delicious. While I was eating lunch, the General Manager walked over and asked me how my lunch was and offered to comp me some more games as well as invite me to a future bowling tournament! He really made me feel like a local regular. The ambiance is laid back and chill, just like it should be for an alley. Everyone from the center I interacted with was direct and courteous, which was a breath of fresh air. And I knew I was in the right place when I stepped in and saw the American and State of California flags hanging above the lanes. If you are anywhere near Santa Maria and want to relax with friends, have some BBQ and maybe an adult beverage or two, hit this place up! read more

This place is horrible..bad food, bad, service and the bathrooms are disgusting... I don't recommend.

Had a great afternoon here ... both Matthew and the Manager Wade were a great example of GREAT customer service! The beers were cold and the food was really good. Definitely will be coming back. read more

We catered Rancho Bowl's Tri-Tip sandwiches with salsa, salad with ranch, and beans for our son's baptism party today and it was fantastic. Best Tri-Tip sandwich I've ever had hands down-the Tri-Tip is thinly cut and the bread is a buttery amazing garlic bread. They also included all of the silverware, plates, napkins, serveware, etc. that we needed. Catering went very smoothly and the service was phenomenal. Thank you Ryan for delivering our food to us for our party-we appreciate everything you did to make sure we had everything we needed and the food was hot and perfect! We can't wait to come visit Rancho and eat more of this amazing food and go bowling. read more

Rancho Bowl - Catering-Santa Maria Style Tri-Tip Sandwich, Beans, and Salad with Ranch - Bowling Near Me - Santa Maria, California

Love bowling. Showed up here late night the other day with my hubby, we had to wait for a land but no big deal, we got ourselves and drink at the bar and a ridiculously large delicious nachos. We got a lane around 830 and the lady behind the counter was nice enough to give us a late night discount. Always have tons of fun here! read more

Rancho Bowl - Carne asada nachos. made to share, for sure!!!! - Bowling Near Me - Santa Maria, California

I had a great time bowling and playing in the arcade. The first half of our bowling session we were seated next to a family. That was enjoyable and I definitely didn't mind sharing the area. However, later in the session the family left and were replaced by some rowdy guys being pretty obnoxious. That has nothing to do with the business itself. It's just something to keep in mind when deciding the time of day to visit. The food was easily accessible and what you would expect from a food place in a bowling alley (pizza, hotdogs, drinks etc). read more

Really disappointed today after our annual family Thanksgiving outing to Rancho Bowl. Family in from Georgia, but timing was such we couldn't bowl on a weekend, so instead, we chose a Tuesday at 4pm, right when they opened. We figured we'd get there early and get out before the evening crowd came in. We erred. Our group of 7 were promptly taken care of, and assigned lane 2 for 1 hour of bowling ($80+). Cool. We had a 4 & 5 yr old, so no need to put us "in the mix". A lane on the end was perfect: we wouldn't interfere with other bowlers. The problem was, every group that came in was put down in the low lanes, such that Lane 1 had 5 twenty-somethings trying to celebrate a birthday, and Lane 3 had a family of 5, and so on. We were all packed in like sardines. The other 20+ lanes? Reserved for league night. We get that, but we'd be gone by 5pm, why not space it out? The answer? They had to wax the lanes (though at 4:30, those lanes were still dark and unwaxed). Meanwhile, down on Lanes 1-7, everyone was packed in, trying not to infringe on each other's space, guessing which bowling ball belonged to who. We ended up taking the kids home 30 minutes in. Just a bummer. We won't be coming back anytime soon. RS read more

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We had the best birthday party for a friend. Jeff. You made our experience so so great. Thank you for setting us up and celebrating our sweet Cindy read more

Rancho Bowl - A strike Cindy solo curl - Bowling Near Me - Santa Maria, California

This is a top notch bowling alley. Tri-tip sandwiches are on point as well! I can't wait to go back.

Great experience!! Staff was attentive and lanes and facilities were clean. It was a busy Saturday early afternoon but even being very busy we received great customer service. We ordered some tasty food that came out timely and tasted great !! Overall great time and very family friendly read more

Fun bowling. I'm not a fan of the hourly rate. It felt rushed. Lots of lanes and good food. Load music. Doesn't all have to be hip hop.

Club// Bar Whatever you do, be careful how much you pay for the cover fee when you're going in to dance. Security ripped us off and told me and my gf it was $10 a person which is $20 for some small rinky dinky dance floor. But when my cousins went to pay they said it as $5 a person. Wow. Total rip off bro!! I'm from LA and clubs in LA are worth $10 or more because they're actually worth it. Bigger dance floor, better music. Not some small club in a bar. When we we confronted security about it, he wanted to play dumb and act like he can't do math. We told him they over charged us and he was like no. Shady shady business if you tell me. Especially for people out of town.I do not recommend going to this "club" !! The security/door man who collects money, lies!!! read more

Our family of 20+ enjoy spending a few hours here bowling when we're all in town! Jeff is super helpful and friendly. The facility is clean and up to date. Food is super yummy! We had the trip-tip nachos. Yum! Kids had a blast in the arcade and won a bunch of stuffies! LOL read more

Rancho Bowl - Stuffies, machines are super kid friendly! - Bowling Near Me - Santa Maria, California

Had a great experience taking our child out for her first-time bowling. Treated kindly and generously by who I assume was the manager as he took pride in both the business and our child's experience. Thank you for the excellent service and family fun! We will be back!! read more

We had a party of 50 at Rancho Bowl yesterday. I cannot say enough good things about the service, venue cleanliness, food. My mind is kinda blown right now as to how excellent everything was. I haven't experienced service like this, anywhere, in a very long time. And I thought the Santa Maria style bbq was spot on, even down to the piquito beans. Go literally just for the food if you don't like to bowl. thank you Rancho Bowl. Kat, the GM, all of the staff--amazing! read more

I'm here to talk about the pretzels. These folks know how to fry up a pretzel something delicious. They also cut them in little chunks so it's easier to eat. That might have just been our lovely waitress. She was very kind and served wonderful beverages. We were playing and they're wonderful social card game. What a lovely time it was! Great atmosphere and a way to meet new people. Had some fries as well. Enjoy this great location and tasty treats. Will come back! read more

I left a scathing review of our experience a few days ago. The manager Wade called and was very apologetic about our experience. He said lane 12 has been a off and on problem lately. He comped us another bowling experience. Way to go Rancho! The place is a Central Coast Treasure. Can't wait to go back. Thank you for making it right Wade. read more

Jordan the food server is fantastic! Ask her to do one of her favorite Coneheads impression.

This is a place I would call a historic landmark. The one and only rancho bowl. This place has been open for so long and has been a go to spot since I was younger. Used to come here as a kid to go bowling and now I come here to drink and go bowling lol. First with the bowling portion of the place. Pretty solid space. Has quite a few lanes! Most of the nights they have the black light on, so it looks cool bowling. This is also the only bowling alley in the area which makes it popular for everybody to come to. They have specials throughout the week where it's $1 bowling games or all you can bowl on fridays. Not sure if they have it currently but it used to be that way. The food is pretty good here. Traditional diner style food. Usually get the fries and burger here which is good. If we're with a group of friends we just get a bunch of appetizers and a beer. The bar area though has been pretty bad. Staff don't really be wearing mask so it's kinda inconvenient when they serve the drinks. I honestly feel like there's not really a capacity when coming here so everybody just be in here just drinking and whatnot lol. For the time being, I refuse to come here but before then, it was pretty fun. It's literally a place for you to have a high school reunion. If you're from the town then you'll see the people you went to high school with. read more

Great place to get hammered and play some 10-pin. Since covid hit it's been rough on the family since we can't have bowling as an outlet for our squabbles. My dad and his brother have been bowling since God knows when and have always loved when they take me to Rancho Bowl. We're a great friend of Suzy and she's always coordinated our bowl nights. She knows how to handle us rowdy guys even when we've had one too many Guiness extra stouts! Really like when the place goes dark and retro after dark. Pretty sure I used to have lucid dreams of this joint when I was a kid. Anyways, please go here! Post read more

Rancho Bowl - uncle and dad (location unknown) - Bowling Near Me - Santa Maria, California

Went there before but haven't enjoyed it like I did this past weekend. Went bowling with the family and had a blast. The staff is super friendly funny and helpful. read more

I came to Santa Maria from Northern California, and went to this venue with a local cousin. As I attempted to purchase drinks for my cousin and his friends , the Hispanics female bartender kept taking every ones drink orders But mine. When I confronted her about me waiting excessive amount of time,she refused to serve me and said she was going to have security escort me out. I do not come from a world where customers are treated with disrespect. That low life bartender needs to be fired. read more

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Great place to enjoy quality time with family and friends. Clean environment with friendly staff and good food.

I struggled with this review. Pros: - Great looking place. Seems newer and clean. - updated tech at each lane making the game more fun - good music Cons: - crazy expensive - Korean BBQ ribs are in fact... not Korean BBQ ribs - surprisingly ugly bathrooms. It's like going through a time warp. Like they remodeled everything except bathrooms haha. - crappy part of town Basically it was overpriced. But I feel like they can do that because it's one of the few fun things to do in Santa Maria if you don't feel like going to taste wine for the um-teenth time. Had a great time but was extremely disappointed and insulted by my Mac and cheese with "Korean BBQ ribs" lol. But I should have known that of all places in Santa Maria that a bowling alley was not going to serve Kalbi ribs. Shame on me. Idk what the meat was but it was def not Kalbi. Funny thing is the girl tried to convince me that it was. That's like me convincing her that Taco Bell is real Mexican food. I'll have to try something else next time... they had a very nice extensive menu with a variety of options! read more

Rancho Bowl - Korean BBQ short rib Mac and cheese. Do not get this if you actually know what Korean BBQ short ribs are. This is not Kalbi lol - Bowling Near Me - Santa Maria, California

What an unexpected gem in Santa Maria! I was looking for a fun diversion while in town, and Rancho Bowl came up close to my hotel. Their classic retro location on Donovan and Broadway is straight out the 1950's, but the owners have made lots of great upgrades inside while retaining the classic charm. It was a little weird having the computer ask to take my picture after donning my stylish rental shoes, but I quickly learned that the game flashes your face on the cartoons. This actually becomes fun after a few frames. There are lots of lanes with upgraded seating perfect for individuals or groups. The snack bar and lounge seemed much better than your average bowling alley, so I speculate that the owners have put similar efforts into making them great as well. Pictures and reviews on Yelp seem to support this. If I had not already stuffed my belly with tri-tip, I may have indulged. This was not only a good stop, but Rancho Bowl was one of the better bowling alleys I have ever visited. Their combination of upscale retro is really great and recommended for anyone in the area. read more

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Good place to go bowling. Really ur only option to go and the prices have gone up a bit food is ok.

I was with a party of two, bowling and enjoying the night. I went to the restroom and the manager poked his head in the door of the BATHROOM to bother me and tell me that ,"THE BATHROOM'S ARE FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY!, AND I NEED TO HURRY UP!". I told the gentleman that I'm with a party bowling and that I was a customer, he responded with, "do u have a receipt then?" (ALL WHILE IM ON THE TOILET, MIND YOU...). I told him YES of course, it's with my party on Lane 11. He briefly says "sorry" and leaves me to finish my business in private. I was never approached afterward and apologized to. Way to go! Now I'll never be returning! Thanks for embarrassing me and making me feel totally unwelcome!! By judging me on my appearance you completely made yourself and your company look like bigots. If you decide to waste your money by going here watch out for the manager! He doesn't care what gender u are he will step into either restroom to make sure you're a "customer". read more

Went in today to do some bowling and decided to order some food. Big mistake, the food was overpriced for the small servings and everything was drenched in salt. Horrible experience!!!....next time I'll just stick to bowling and avoid the sodium grill. read more

Rancho Bowl hosted our company appreciation day. I worked with Suzy Benson at Rancho Bowl to coordinate the event. From the initial e-mails to the follow up afterwards; Suzy was informative and provided all information in a timely manner. The day of the event the staff was wonderful. Wade and Lolo greeted me upon arrival and went over food arrangements and pre-set the lanes with our attendees names; which made it really easy for everyone to find their lane. The food came out on-time and was fresh and hot. We had decided on party foods and selected the various appetizer platters, pizza and salad and desserts. Susan and Karen who helped us with the food were great.; very pleasant to work with. We loved that they played music and had the disco lights on; this was fun for us and the kids. The bowling alley has been updated since the last time I was there a year ago. The lanes are computerized, you can take your picture and little emoji's play throughout the bowl. Another highlight for many people was we could select bumpers on a per person basis; so if only certain people wanted to have them on your lane that was an option. The bar has been updated as well. The bathrooms were clean also. The only mishap was when we were closing the bill out with Lolo. This was resolved promptly and we were on our way. Suzy immediately followed up early Monday morning with an apology for the mishap and feedback was given on the event. All in all a great experience and I would highly recommend Rancho Bowl for company or personal events. We would like to make this a annual event and would definitely go back to Rancho Bowl. Thank you to a great crew. We have received only positive feedback from those who attended. Keep up the great work Rancho Bowl. read more

Thanks Rancho Bowl for making our end-of-the-year field trip a success. Your staff was extremely kind and the food was just being pumped out at such a rapid rate. I think you guys have the best fries in all of Santa Maria. Thanks for giving me a trash bag so I can do a little bit of cleanup to make it easier on you guys - - all in all I think our fifth graders did a nice job being responsible. read more

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Nice bowling alley. The food was pretty good and drinks were strong. The customer service was good too. I will certainly return.

The remodel has made this place very cool! The arcade is an attraction itself, but the lanes are clean, smooth, and always inviting. The cafe is underrated, try the jalapeño popper wontons! Full bar area, and great bowling specials all week. We love the all you can bowl Wednesday nights after 5pm for $12! Check this place out, you're welcome. read more

Rancho Bowl - High score! - Bowling Near Me - Santa Maria, California

I bowl in tons of places, lots of big cities and this is the nicest bowling alley I've ever been to. State of the art equipment and the food is pretty good. This place belongs in San Diego or Vegas! read more

I think they should change their hours online because it's always a league night. Only real time you can go is the weekend but they advertise like it's open to the public and it's unfortunate. read more