King Pin Recreation

This place is disgusting. And yes it IS still ghetto.
The prices are outrageous. The last time I came here, no joke I spent $50 on 2 games, a pair of shoes, and 2 beers. That was JUST for me! And that didn't include what I spent on food, which was abhorrent, or the $10 a game they charge for the pool table. And when you're waiting an hour and a half for a lane (seriously), what is there to do besides dump your money into whatever else you can find to occupy your time?! Bowling is supposed to be a CHEAP, fun night out! This place nickel and dimes for every blessed thing, and there's really no need. Honestly, there's straight up trash hanging out here, unsupervised (by their parents OR management), all the time. I'd rather walk down Pacific Ave at night. Alone. In a miniskirt.

King Pin recently upgraded the entire bowling alley including the restrooms.  They added new software for bowling, added couches for the seating area, and cleaned up the restrooms.  It is not longer the ghetto bowling alley it had become over the years.  The curly fries and pizza are on spot and they always have decent deals for bowling.  They have a small arcade and about 10 pool tables too.  The pool tables are a bit worn out.  The bar at King Pin has ok service and some of the specialty beers taste like they are stale, but I guess you should probably stick with the popular brands at a bowling alley and not be cool and order something that has been sitting there for months.  Along with the bowling alley, they have also bought a bunch of new balls and have large projectors to play music at night time.

Doesn't Lori's review seem like it could work for just about any bowling place? (Besides the butt shaking).

Haha- this bowling place is great. We went on a Friday night and got there before 9 so that we could get a discounted price for bowling. (Check the website for that). The lights-out, pump up the music doesn't start until 10, though. The price was right, and the pitchers weren't bad. $8.75 for a miller lite pitcher, which means that beers were about $2 each.

They are very trusting here, though. You don't need to swap in your shoes for theirs and if you play pool you keep track of your games and then let them know how much to charge you.

Pool room is pretty big- at least 10 tables- and filled up pretty quickly, although they left 3 tables covered. That, also, was reasonably priced.

Seems like a good place to take the kids- especially with those early bird prices for a Friday- or to hang out.