The bowling and the food here is way better than they should be. We came on a weekday with several kids in tow. Because it's candlepin bowling, the kids were more easily able to play without having to manage a larger, traditional, bowling ball. They had a total blast. Additionally, the food and drinks were incredible. Instead of the general fried bowling alley food, the pizzas and salads were really good. I highly recommend getting their fennel sausage on just about...anything read more

Awful. Our group had a terrible experience here last night and sadly it was so bad that our friend visiting from out of town, who was so excited to try candle pin bowling for the first time, left feeling dejected, sad, and utterly confused. The staff from the moment we got there were pretty rude. Especially the bar tender who was unwelcoming from the get go, initially ignoring us and then when we got his attention, stared at us like we were annoying him with our presence. Once we got a lane, our server who was initially nice later on seemed like they were told to kick our group out 30 mins before Sacco's closed and kept hovering around us while we tried to finish our game. As we were leaving, another staff member who had no interaction with us prior made a snide comment at our group. We all left shocked and confused. And honestly pretty sad because we all really enjoy Saccos. It's a pity that it's left such a bad taste in our mouths to the point where we will not be going back. Who knew a fun Monday night bowling would ruin a local spot we've enjoyed our 8 years living here. I hope no one else has a similar experience or maybe the key is to avoid the Monday night crew. Who knows. Either way it was a very bizarre experience. Enough that I felt I had to write this review. read more

Sacco's Bowl Haven - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Such a hidden gem of a restaurant and bowling alley! Located off of Day Street in Davis Square, this bowling alley has incredible pizza. It might possibly be the best pizza I've ever had! It's super thin, which I normally don't like, but the crust is crispy yet doughy at the same time. It's perfection, and I love that the dough has flavor. We got the medicine ball pizza with pepperoni and the maple sausage... both were amazing. Packed with a ton of flavor. We got two large pizzas for 4 adults and a toddler it was more than enough food. We also shared two salads, the build your own and seasonable peach salad. The seasonal one was meh, the leaves were dry. Service was great and they have a ton of seating. We didn't have to wait at 6pm on a Friday. Bowling was so fun! This style bowling is not your typical bowling alley. It's tiny balls, which is nice cause your arm doesn't get tired. We had a blast and would definitely come back! read more

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Sacco's was the perfect spot for food, drinks, and fun- we had such a blast enjoying bowling and incredible pizza. The service was top notch- we were able to order food straight to our lane with such ease. We got their cheese pizza and the buffalo chicken pizza, both were incredible. It has that perfect nostalgia pizza taste, thin crust with a great crust to topping ratio, and really wonderful flavors. Some of the best pizza I've had in the Boston area, all while getting to bowl with friends. Great spot for friend hangouts, day nights, family events, etc. We went on a Monday night, so it wasn't so busy! read more

Sacco's Bowl Haven - Cheese and herb pizza - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

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Bobby and Emily were the best! Our family had such a great time!!! They were so friendly and made us feel at home!

I brought my students for a trip and the staff Especially Nia, Jen, Wendy and Joselyn were so attentive and kind! They helped us with hungry 6th graders and were so gracious with loud bingo playing and kids laughing. Thank you for such an awesome experience! read more

Place was great, a lot of fun! Good pizza and great lanes! Bobby and Emily made it exceptionally fun with great service and advise on bowling!...highly recommend! read more

Great food and atmosphere. Very mellow restaurant with gourmet flatbreads and full bar with many local craft beers. Fun candle pin bowling with absolutely no scoring since it's just for fun. Highly recommended. read more

Candlepin bowling was so fun!!! I wish it was in la my hometown, pizza was also great, but one worker was a bit rude and didn't let anyone know we were outside waiting for service, but when we got service the other workers were so nice and our food took a bit, but it wasn't much of a problem, 4 stars read more

My wife and I chose this as our venue for our wedding reception and we both have absolutely zero regrets! Everyone involved from the event manager, to the bartenders, to the event staff were extremely communicative, accommodating, and overall lovely to work with. We chose an assortment of small bites for the cocktail hour and had salad and a variety of flatbread pizzas for our mains. We brought in cakes from a local bakery as the main dessert but Sacco's also provided apple cider donuts for that nice fall in New England touch. Prior to the night my wife and I decided on the open bar tab and they were very communicative on when we approached that limit and what steps we wanted to take afterwards. The space was very comfortable for our ~85 guests and once the tables were cleared for dancing, even more so (people were distributed between dance floor, bowling lanes, and the bar that goes deep into the venue). I highly encourage everyone to consider Sacco's for big events. Again their staff is amazing and the food and the vibes are unparalleled. It was truly one of the best nights of our lives and we will be back for many many more nights of bowling and pizza! However if you're just looking for a night of fun and bowling, I'd definitely recommend booking a reservation at least two weeks in advance especially if you want to come on Fridays or a weekend. The cocktails are amazing, reasonably priced, and the bartenders have great banter. There's always a seasonal cocktail selection that is amazing (there's a lot of cider and maple related drinks at this time). I was raised in NYC (team Brooklyn water pizza) and can safely say that this place has very good flatbread pizza. Perhaps considered a secret menu item since it's no longer on the menu, I think the best pizza is called the Community pizza (red sauce, cheese, caramelized onions, and mushrooms) thank me later. This place is an amazing little gem in Davis Square (easily accessible from the Red Line, less than 5min walk away from the Davis T stop) and I believe every Tuesday they do a community bake for a local nonprofit (some proceeds from that nights pizza sales go to the nonprofit). Go there and have great pizza, imbibe, brush off those gutterballs, take in the vibes and have an amazing time. read more

I had an incredible experience here at Saccos! I came with a group of camp kids and we had a blast. Not only is the bowling great, but the team behind it is even better. The manager Tyler is so warm and welcoming, and was so kind to offer my campers pizza and drinks! Also Wendy, Jocelyn, Christian, and Josh made our experience so memorable. We will definitely be coming back to Saccos!! read more

such a cool place with really fun bowling and GOOOOOOD pizza. i liked that you got a paper and pencil to write scores rather than some other places that have it digitally. we got regular cheese pizza, baked potato, and carne (i think that was the name lol) which was the special for the day. incredible pizza and they were very nice about any customizations (i took the garlic oil off of the cheese pizza). also got the spring break (4 ever) drink which was great. extremely nice server and the place was decorated so cool!!!!!! will definitely come back :) and it was $40 for one lane! read more

Sacco's Bowl Haven - cheese pizza, half baked potato half carne pizza - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

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Came here with about 12 people on Friday night. We made a reservation for 6:00. We had two lanes and we waited for about 10 min before they had to kick off the people in front of us. We got 10 extra mins at the end so that was fine. Unique looking place. Like a wood fired pizza joint connected to a small bowling alley. Reservations would be recommended for bowling btw. Our server was great! Attentive to us at the lane. We got lots of drinks and pizzas. They had a delicious kombucha and a cool mushroom cola for NA options. They also had great vegan pizza and a very tasty salad! Would come back read more

Sacco's Bowl Haven - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

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Such a hidden gem of a restaurant and bowling alley! Located off of Day Street in Davis Square, this bowling alley has incredible pizza. It might possibly be the best pizza I've ever had! It's super thin, which I normally don't like, but the crust is crispy yet doughy at the same time. It's perfection, and I love that the dough has flavor. We got the medicine read more

Fun place for some old school candlepin bowling. It doesn't have many lanes so try to make a reservation. Fortunately we were lucky and only had to wait an hour for a lane - just enough time to have some pizza which was very very good even if I wasn't comparing it to other bowling alley pizza. read more

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This old school bowling alley is a wonderful place to host both work or personal events. Our office tries to book an outing here at least once a year. The pizza is incredible, plenty of options for drinks with a full bar, and still an affordable place to host a group event of any size. Definitely recommend stopping by Sacco's for an afternoon of bowling with friends or for your next event. read more

Sacco's Bowl Haven - Group event for 20 people on the corner lanes! - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Had a lovely time bowling here, staff were all excellent every step of the way, and thank you to Kelvin who was able to get us onto our lane at the time we needed! read more

This place is amazing. Great service, very laid back and fun candle pin bowling experience in Davis square. my wife and I came on a 530pm on a Sunday. We had a reservation and were given shoes and placed in a lane immediately. You can order food directly to your lane or go to the very nice pizza space adjacent to the lanes. This is an excellent family fun spot and great for kids. We saw tons of kids of all ages bowling. We didn't try the food but the pizza looked really great. Prices also really reasonable for the fun. 100% will come back! read more

This place is awesome. I came here for a work gathering of about 30 people. They had a great setup, giving us 4 lanes and a long row of tables. There was a full bar area around the corner. The pizza was fresh and delicious, thin and crispy style. We ordered a bunch of different flavors, one with baked potato, one with Mexican Street corn, one was a Cuban style (ham, Pickles, pulled pork, mustard), and more, they were all amazing! Ben was our server and made the whole event flow smoothly. He was readily available and provided excellent service. I loved that they had mocktail options on the menu. The bowling was so much fun, they even provide score cards that explain how to do it. I would definitely return read more

Went in not knowing what to expect and found that I not only really enjoyed my time there but also the atmosphere and the food. I did not bowl but my friends did. It wasn't a long wait to bowl on a Friday night. The bowling method was very manual - paper score card and a manual reset button. There were about 7 to 9 of us. When some were bowling we were very cozy with some staying behind the bowlers and just chatting The staff was very friendly and pretty efficient at bring our order at soon after we placed it. We order all different types of pizzas. The pizza was not only a good size but tasty. I am not vegan but I tried the vegan pizza and it was pretty good! Also would recommend the cauliflower and chicken Buffalo pizza. That seems to be a crowd favorite read more

Had a truly fabulous time here with a big group of 12 that made a res last night. Been wanting to come for years but it is always booked up and now I see why! Staff were so kind and awesome, the pizza was superb and good drinks, and most of all really fun candlepin! Will be back read more

After reading all of the reviews, I was prepared for the worst, but thankfully the worst never happened. We had our end of summer company party here. We were about 15 people. The staff was friendly enough and accommodating. The only issue we had was it seemed our server was a bit overwhelmed and it was hard to get ahold of her. A few of us also waited quite awhile for drinks, but we were a large party and not the only ones there. It was pretty dead when we got there at 3:30, but by the time I left at 6, things were in full swing. I was happy to see lots of little ones, they're very kid friendly. The little balls make it easy for little ones to participate and there's a changing table in the women's bathroom. Also happy to say that despite reports of a lack of diversity, there were lots of people of different backgrounds and races, plenty of students. Candle pin bowling is a lot of fun! I wish they included rules on the score sheet or posted them up somewhere as they rules are different from conventional bowling. Pizza was DELICIOUS. Crispy, cheesy goodness. Ingredients tasted like quality stuff. Well seasoned and just enough garlicky herby flavor. Dough was spot on. I said pizza, because it's pizza not flatbread. Overall great experience and will bring my hubby and daughter there. read more

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I came to Sacco's on a Saturday night with a group. It was a cool spot to play some casual bowling. I've only played traditional bowling before so this was interesting. I found it a bit annoying to have to keep score by hand, especially because it was sometimes tough to determine how many pins I hit. This seems like more of a spot for new bowlers and local Tufts students, not serious bowlers. The vibe of the place was great, with the attached pizza restaurant and bar. Great for a fun, casual night out! read more

Sacco's Bowl Haven - The lanes - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Came here recently to host a birthday party. I did not expect three birthday parties on the same day so I understood why the staff were overwhelmed. I made the rsvp way in advance (three months). A few days before the party, I called to ensure that my reservations were ok for bowling lanes and dining tables. Staff said everything will be ready when I come. On the day of the party, the staff was not able to see my rsvp (dining). The bowling lanes were available but no tables. Luckily a group left early. I had to help staff re arranged the tables so the kids were able to enjoy lunch after bowling. So happy that the pizza options are plentiful and continue to be amazing! If you have kids who are allergic to dairy, they have dairy free cheese! My go to pizza every time I am in Davis Square. One star removed due to the mix up read more

We were looking for something to do on a cool Monday afternoon on our last day of touring Boston. Nothing like candlepin bowling for a quintessential New England sport to top off a long weekend visit. Just ten lanes but we were able to grab a lane - popular with families now that school is out. This is a great place - real old school - no auto scoring (thankfully our scores were so low we didn't have to really figure out the details of scoring). Good selection of beers available and a friendly staff. During weekdays the pricing is $5/game per person plus shoes. A good deal when you just have a couple of people. Pricing is by the hour nights and weekends. read more

I love it here! The flatbread is so delicious and you can be served at your lane. Your drinks, shoes, lane rental and pizza are all paid for at the end. Parking was difficult when we went because there was a show at the Roadrunner music venue so keep that in mind. There is also no electronic or automatic keeping of scores so you have to do some good old fashioned addition on a dry erase scorecard. Overall a cute spot. read more

This is probably one of the best pizza places in Boston! I highly recommend coming to this pizza place for a good dinner while you're waiting in line for candlepin bowling! I've seen this restaurant's website and I realized that I've been to the Paia, Maui location as well as the Whistler location back out west. So I've been wanting to try this Somerville location since I've been out here in Boston. This restaurant is located less than 5 minutes from the Davis Square T station from the red line. While you are on your way to the restaurant, make sure you put your name down on the waiting list via the yelp app, especially if you're coming on a weekend evening like we did (Friday night). The restaurant was pretty busy around 7:30 PM. Luckily we didn't wait long since we added ourselves to the waitlist. We ordered two vegetarian pizzas - full cheese & herb and half punctuated equilibrium and a half Jay's Heart. What's awesome about this place is that they allow you to do half and half pizzas so if you're wanting to try two different pizzas, you can do half and half at no extra charge! The only downfall about this place is that the pizzas take a long time to cook. We were probably waiting 30-40 minutes for our pizzas to come out BUT it was worth it! Each pizza was cut perfectly where it's easy to share amongst a group. Overall, I highly recommend this place whether if you're here to eat and bowl or just to eat a great pizza on a Friday night! read more

Sacco's Bowl Haven - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Pretty neat place! It's a convenient bike ride from Cambridge. At Sacco's, you can eat delicious pizzas while playing mini bowling. The shoe rentals are free, and they did a good job at sanitizing the shoes. Will definitely come back here for sure! read more

My boyfriend and I came here on a weekday night to try out candlepin bowling. I grew up playing bowling quite a bit, but never did candlepin bowling until I came here. We had a really great experience between both the bowling and the food! We ordered a beer, a cocktail, a pepperoni mushroom pizza, and a dessert (a pie with peppermint filling and ice cream). The pizza was really delicious! My boyfriend really liked the flavors and I liked the texture of the pizza. Dessert was a bit too sweet for both of us but we should have expected that from what was in the dessert. The two of us got our own lane and played for 2 hours at $30 / hour (plus some for renting shoes). Unlike most other bowling places I've been to, you can keep score yourself and you manually reset the pins by pushing a button. This was great because we initially just wanted to practice instead of strictly taking turns and keeping score. We did get a score sheet and start scoring near the end of our session. The only downside is that the fallen pins don't get cleared, so your subsequent turns can be affected unexpectedly by the already fallen pins -- sometimes more pins fall than they should and other times pins that would have fallen don't because there's a fallen pin in the way. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be part of candlepin bowling (but in regular bowling the fallen pins should be cleared). If you want you can also get bumpers but we opted not to have bumpers up. Parking wasn't difficult on the weekday nights we came (Tuesday and Wednesday) and it was free at the time we came (around 9pm). But it would probably be much more difficult on more popular days and times such as Friday and the weekend. Service is really good and the staff is super friendly. They come by from time to time to check in on whether you want more food or drinks and to clean up your lane table. My boyfriend and I decided to come a second night in a row because of how much we enjoyed the experience, and we'll probably be back more times next year with more friends! read more

Sacco's Bowl Haven - Pepperoni mushroom pizza - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

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Went here for a company social event and had a fantastic time! It has a diner inside so it's acceptable to dine without bowling or bowl without dining. Great for family events or large group socials. Scoring is the same for regular bowling. See here: http://www.fryes4fun.com/Bowling/scoring.htm 5/5 Solid family fun: easy reservation, good flatbread pizza and unique New England activity read more

This place is fun and has great pizza. Definitely a great date night or tome spent w family and friends. Must make reservations go bowl during pandemic besides that overall a great time! read more

This is my favorite place in Boston. Great environment has the vibe of a 1970s roller disco with delicious pizza, paper with crayons for drawing, a bar that is pretty hit or miss -- the spiked hot cider is delicious, and the bowling is can't miss. The just redid the floors so your tosses are more true - for better or worse - it doesn't really make a difference. The place is a treasure. read more

Maybe the best experience I've had in Boston. This place amazing. We popped by at first on MLK Day and had some flat bread - 1/2 Herb & Cheese + 1/2 Carne, the latter being a Reuben in flavor. Delicious. Cut like a football so you get lots of slices (quasi-rectangle) it has just enough structure in the crust to keep you clean. Or, roll the slice for added bite-action. We even started with an impossibly good salad for winter in the NorthEast - which still leaves me scratching my head as to where these fresh veggies are coming from. Taps weren't working, but canned selections still didn't disappoint. It was too busy to bowl at that pint being happy hour on a holiday, so we took an oath to return. 2 days later, it's not 4 degrees anymore, and the lanes are clear. We bowl, but not with the ruckus thunder-alley crash (which I do love) of normal tenpin rolling, but rather a gentler game. Many less lanes, horizontally symmetric pins, lanes that don't clear "wood" between rolls, and throw-back machine that doesn't reset itself make it a special atmosphere. And the game play is FUN!!! It's very tough to knock down pins but you get 3 rolls, and the ball doesn't wear out your body, it's an awesome new challenge to the newb. A bunch of Harvard kids and their 'coach' happened in for some practice while we were there. A fun bunch of brains. A nice older couple to our other side made pleasant chit-chat as we realized that nobody in the world is any good at this game - so therefore everybody is kinda okay at it. Beer selection: taps were back and everything was groovy. So many excellent NEIPAs! The girls taking care of the shoe rental, beer bringing, and food order were all nice and polite. And the pizza again! Such wood-fired bliss. This time we had veggie with potatoes on one side, and a marvelous homemade sausage featuring maple and fennel (and mushrooms) on the other side. Eyes rolling back in my head with each bite as the sounds of their light, quiet blues on the speaker and gentle crashing of candlepins almost puts me to sleep. It is a heavenly feeling for sure - maybe what I will miss most about Boston, and my biggest reason to return ASAP. read more

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We had a great fun here. Nice place for all kinda of parties: dates, family gathering, friends party, etc. The price is 30/hour which can be counted every 15 minutes. Also they just take reservations for at least eight people of two lanes. read more

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Wow! How did I not know this place existed until now? And how did I not know what the hell candle pin bowling was until now either. If your objective in bowling is to launch the ball down the lane as hard as possible while forgoing any sort of technique at all, then this is perfect for you. From the moment you take hold of the ball decision time presents itself as you must choose whether to roll it or shotput the thing down the lane. I say shot-put, because with a bowling ball that small, why wouldn't you? Best of all you can do all of this while getting drunk. They serve up a wide variety of beers from local breweries (gives you a chance to try something new). The establishment is retro, the brick ovens are awesome, the lights are made to look like pool balls and candle pins (nice touch) and if I didn't know any better I would guess the entire place is run by hipsters from Portland, Oregon (many vegan and gluten free options. Overall though the flatbread pizza is probably some of the best I have had in the Boston area. It would be a great place to bring a first date, because if you forget her name, her name would be written on the score card. And oh yeah, you keep your own score (no electronic machines here to do it for you so brush up on those addition skills or bring a calculator if you are really that pathetic) Will definitely be coming back here. read more

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My boyfriend and I had a really enjoyable time here, as did the family in the lane next to ours! The only downside is that it's a little pricey to bowl. We arrived around 4:15, when the bowling area was just starting to get crowded (there's a restaurant attached with more seating). We rented the last open lane for $30. The setup is nice and private, with a bowling lane for your party to use as you'd like and a table attached to sit and talk. A server came by almost immediately. The drinks were pretty reasonably priced for Cambridge, with drafts starting at $6.50 and cans at $5, and my lamplighter IPA was surprisingly good. The real highlight was the bowling! The pins are really, really easy to knock over due to their candle shape. I have terrible hand-eye coordination, but managed to hit a strike in spite of myself. The kids next to us were also killing it. All in all a really fun place for a date or family outing, and would highly recommend! read more

Sacco's Bowl Haven - Bowling lanes! - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

I love that this place has 1. locally sourced, fresh food; 2. BIG portions. Got a salad, large pepperoni mushroom pizza, and it was huuugeee, and the brownie sundae dessert--have never been more stuffed in my life. I basically became one of the bowling balls. Waitstaff was really helpful in guiding us with what to order and informing us about the menu, and did a great job with following up with us to see how we were doing. They also have flatbreads that can be accommodated to allergies! Didn't get to bowl but will definitely be back in the future! read more

Sacco's Bowl Haven - Pepperoni mushroom pizza - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

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Sacco's is the best spot in town. Alexander was super helpful on a busy day!! Thanks so much! Pizza was awesome.

I've been to Sacco's before and have always had a great time - hence why I chose this location to be the host of my quarterly "team fun" event. I am a Senior Regional Director that oversees 70+ people and felt that Sacco's could be a trusted partner in helping me deliver a stress-free good time for my Boston employees who deserved an evening of fun and team bonding - but boy was I wrong. Almost immediately upon arriving, I was unable to relax like I wanted to as our waitress single-handedly ruined our experience and caused us to leave early. Between rudely interrupting me 4 times (no exaggeration) to ask for my ID before I was even able to finish speaking the name of the beer (and let's get real...while I may look younger than my almost 40 years, I am a boss at a work event, not a teenager trying to cheat her); to giving us warnings to wrap up every 5 minutes starting only halfway through our reservation time (nothing says fun competition than having a stifling, nasty waitress barking the time at you for 30 minutes straight); to being asked to leave our lane early for no reason whatsoever, this woman was just about the worst, most off-putting waitress I have ever encountered in my life and is the reason why I will never return or recommend Sacco's to anybody I know. Prior to becoming a boss in tech, I worked in the restaurant industry for 10+ years. I know how it works and I know when a place is NOT busy and doesn't need to rush customers out the door. In fact, I know how to make them feel welcome so that they stay and order more. I also know what people under 21 look like and as a seasoned bartender, I certainly know when people have had too much to drink or are acting out of hand. None of which was true this evening at Sacco's where half the restaurant was empty, no one was waiting for lanes, and half my team ordered lemonades and the other half only 1 beer each. The only reason I didn't give my review one star is because the pizza was really good and the beer selection is top notch. Too bad the rude service completely discounts all of that. I'm sure Saloon was happy though as we relocated our event there, had amazing service, and spent the rest of our budget. read more

Super fun spot to bowl with a group. The pizza is Flatbread so it is very good. Only downside is you have to figure out how to keep score when bowling and remember basic math, but I guess it's good to use our brains from time to time! read more