Tipped

good

January 03, 2012

I like place and there is lot of fun.

Keywords: bowling

Game on!

June 28, 2011

Went here last night with some buddies from work. What a great bar - good food, cheap beer and loads to do...bowling (obviously) plus pacman and arcade games, pool table, cinema screen and 70s music. We'll defnitiely be back.

Keywords: bowling, pool, burgers,

A seriously fun night out.

May 31, 2011

Have been to Bloomsbury Bowling for 2 clubnights in the last month. What an excellent venue! Great sound, cheap beer and those HUGE pizzas. Went bowling the first night we came and the whole group had a seriously great time. Just like being in The Big Lebowski! Can't wait to go again.

Keywords: bowling

What a shame

April 10, 2011

What a shame this place has so much potential but fails to deliver. I love the idea of retro bowling, karaoke and burgers n shakes all in one venue but this place is so badly run. Our first impression upon arriving was gloomy, instead of retro chic the place looked shabby and lacked atmosphere. Note: loud music doesn't = atmosphere. The first barmaid we encountered was American, the country that knows how to deliver service, where the customer is always right... err wrong. Either she's been living in Blighty too long or we caught her on a really bad day. She was rude to the point of aggressive and seemed to enjoy being deliberately unhelpful. The poor girls in the diner were sweet but run off their feet and totally disorganised. Yes the bowling was fun, the food was good but the experience was great, especially as it was a birthday celebration. Shame.

Great Place and Good Food!

April 05, 2011

Bowling is fun here. Not the biggest fan of this sport of champions but the environment with the live music, delicious beer and good people is the way to go. The place kind of fills up quickly so it's probably a good idea to get in before you want your lane and hang out by the bar or get dinner before you bowl.

For dinner -- go with the Strike Burger. Ome of the best I've had!

Keywords: bowling

Am I in heaven?

November 26, 2010

Came for a show and was stunned by the place. I was expecting a venue and found that the name was referring to the fact that they are also a bowling alley, as well as a bar, restaurant and club. The place was really crowded and getting a lane didn't seem too feasible. Luckily there were plenty of places to sit down by the stage while waiting for the show to start. Which is pretty cool actually (until the show starts because then half of the people are facing the wrong direction...but who wants to sit during a live show anyway?).

I'll need to go back and try the food out before I can comment on that--hopefully I'll be updating this soon.

Keywords: bowling

An Adult Playground!!!!!!!!

August 20, 2010

Where do I start?? This place is certainly different, a kind of retro, american themed bowling alley, club, bar, AND restaurant. It's like an adult playground!

A group of us came down and had such an amazing time, we bowled and sang karaoke (apologies to anyone my out of tune voice offended lol), needless to say we were a bit drunk by the end and we were all giggling like schoolgirls. I would highly reccomend this place to anyone looking to have a chilled out, hilarious night out away from your run of the mill chain rubbish that are on every street corner.

Keywords: bowling, karaoke, dancing, club

What a find!

August 04, 2010

This is such a fun place with almost to much going on. Great for a company night out. You can have a large crowd and everyone will have a good time. Their rates are reasonable and the atmosphere is what bowling should be about. Once this London bowling fad is over, Bloomsbury Bowl will still be going strong.

Food is hearty dinner food and service on the mark.

Keywords: bowling

Shocking and chaotic!

July 11, 2010

After my sister's hen do last night, I would have to strongly warn any other large group against going to this venue.
There were problems at almost every stage coupled with some extremely rude staff and a chaotic atmosphere.
That said, some staff were sweet and the manager was very sympathetic when we complained and gave us ten bottles of free wine.
Here are the problems we encountered so you can make up your own minds!:
Bowling: The 4 lanes we pre-booked and paid for had over-run so we had to wait almost half an hour to get on.
When we did, the girl started the machine running but did not let us know, so nobody was actuallly playing & some of the time we paid for was wasted. Also a problem writing the correct names above each lane.
Drinks: One of our party asked for a Mojito but the girl serving her filled her glass with crushed ice USING HER BARE HANDS saying this was “just the way we do them here”. Ewh!
Food: At the restaurant we were told there was nothing to eat except 12 pizzas as they had “run out of food”.
After I pressed the issue, the waitress said that we could all order chips, nachos and 12 pizzas but nothing else.
I asked to speak to a manager and then we were told the entire menu was available, but we would have to wait. We were happy to do this, if the girl had only told us this at the beginning!
No space to explain what happened, but then a male Italian waiter was incredibly rude to us all on several occasions and actually stormed off at one point - actually never seen anything like it!
One poor waitress ended up in tears when she was trying to work out our bill. Not because anyone in our group was angry (in fact we were all trying to calm her down!) but because the system was unable to cope!
Karaoke: We had to walk in to make the previous group leave our pre-booked room. Embarrassing and should have been done by staff.
Ok for a spontaneous studenty night if you just want to get bladdered and haven't prebooked things.
But for anyone over 25, or with ANY expectations of customer service or things actually running to plan, I would give this place a v v wide berth.

Keywords: bowling, Bloomsbury, karaoke

a pleasant surprise

June 08, 2010

i was sceptical at first when my boyfriend said he was taking me on a date to a bowling alley, i soon changed my mind when i stepped inside! its not your average megabowl that for sure!
the decor is really nice and different and it seems to have it all with the bowling, a tasty diner (we shared a massive delicious pepperoni pizza!). there were karaoke rooms there that looked like everybody was having funa nd the dj was really good and fun, playing a real mix of music so we had a good dance after our bowling too.
overall a lot of fun and i would recommend for a fun night out. decent drink prices too.

Keywords: bowling fun delight