Bayside Bowl

This hip bowling alley may have a wait, but has a much better atmosphere than those other chain bowling alleys! Good food, good drinks, good company, and friendly staff! Nigel was extremely helpful and pleasant.

I will definitely be back next time I'm in Maine!

Tried planning an event with Bayside Bowl. It was pretty clear they had no plan for dealing with event requests that led to a lot of wasted time and culminated in a rude one sided confrontation with condescending staff members.

They made some assumptions about the event that I found pretty astounding. My favorite part was the unsolicited lecture about over drinking.

I actually miss the over priced bowling, and the good food, and the majority of friendly servers and hardworking staff, but I will most likely never set foot in Bayside Bowl again.

Convenient location for bowling right in Portland. This place also has incredible food, for a bowling alley and great beers/drinks.
I would probably give them 4 stars if not for some of the most obnoxious, pretentious and rude staff crammed into one facility in Portland. Specifically those who work the front desk side of things. Waitstaff and bartenders are good, just to clarify.
I recently came in with a group and after being told earlier in the day that I would not need a reservation for lane(s), I was told at the counter this was false informatino for a group this large. Additionally, the wait time was 3 hours. There seems to be some miscommuncation among information delivered. I have also had some questions that upon asknig, I was cutt off and given a hostile response. I was playing there skee-ball game and the game stopped taking my quarters. I got a staff to fix it and after he took the stuck money out, looked up and says, "Whats the problem, its working fine for me" and walked away. The staff need some etiquette training.
To add another annoyance of this bowling alley, they will only take reservations if its 1week in advance and you must pay a deposit. They also refused to give me even as much as a ballpark wait time for a lane stating "You need to come in for me to give you that info".