Metro Bowl

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  this is a bowling alley that is very odd.  they have small balls and funny shaped pins.  the bowls are so small you get to roll 3 of them per frame!  that's cool.  the lighting was off that saturday morning, it was light up like a neon cosmic pinball machine, which would hurt my head if I had a hangover.  But, if you want to try that odd bowling, it was nicely odd.

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  Posted on 05.17.13 ME G.

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  Bumper bowling rates are by the hour, which makes it cost prohibitive for me to bring just my son (maybe consider going back with the whole family).
  Video games take two tokens, which is kind of a rip-off, especially since most were old and didn't have good ticket payouts.

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  Posted on 04.25.12 Chris S.

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  So we went to Peabody cause we were looking for a fun filled day of mini golf, bowling, and seafood.  Metro Bowl was where we ended up.  SO GLAD.  For a Saturday early evening, the place was spacious, smelled clean, and the service was FANTASTIC.  Elvis, or Walt the guy behind the counter is such a sweetheart.  He laid compliments and funny comments to us the whole time.  What a great guy.  The computer system is a little old as we have to put our scores in ourselves, but heck I grew up on paper and pencil, so WHO CARES?
  
  They have a little arcade area with prizes so that's a nice addition, and the bathrooms are clean.
  
  They have food and drinks as offer, so that is pretty cool too.  We would never have stumbled upon this place if we weren't looking specifically for bowling places near the Sea Witch, but we are so glad we did.  The atmosphere was comfortable, and the disco bowling was cute with likeable music.
  
  The service was a plus, even the two teens working behind the counter was attentive.  This looks like a place where the locals go, and good for them.  I would too if I lived in this area.  
  
  The lanes seemed well taken care of too, you'd be surprise how often lanes break, we have gone to Lucky Strikes and other Boston places, and it's such a pain to find people to reset your pins or whatever.  We never had to here.  We had a good time, thank you Metro Bowl and Walt/Elvis!

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  Posted on 04.14.12 Marsha W.

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  If you and your fellow early-20s friends are looking, like I was, to spend a day looking like fools and playing arcade games, this is probably the best place to go. Minus points because they didn't have bubble hockey, but this was the site of an excellent, raging air hockey battle.
  
  Also, they sell Sam Adams for like $3.50.

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  Posted on 02.14.12 Joe G.

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  Definatly my favorite local bowling alley without driving all the way to town line. I used to come here when I lived in beverly and now I live in peabody (within walking distance , Win!)
  
  Its pretty clean
  The lanes are on good shape
  Never had the food but cmon it's a bowling alley, what are u expecting.

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  Posted on 01.19.12 Dustin N.

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  My league bowls on lanes 1-8.these lanes routinely breaking  down and have dead pins that fall before you can hit them.

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  Posted on 11.29.11 David C.

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  Metro is a cute local bowling with a lot of lanes. The cosmic bowling lanes looked trippy and interesting, but I just went for the candlepin, which frustrates me beyond compare. The score computer is a little bit of a hassle to get used to initlally.
  
  Anyway, the staff is friendly and considerate. The place is relatively clean. The parking is awkward, however, and can be pretty inconvenient. The arcade games are a throwback to a time when I was much younger...

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  Posted on 11.19.11 Phil C.

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  This place is awesome! My friends and I headed here on a Sunday night and it was easy to get to off 128. There was plenty of parking in the lot too. There was a special going on for Sunday night and you got two hours bowling, a snack, a drink for 10 bucks a person! I think it might have included shoes too, but since we have our own I'm not sure.
  The alley was huge and it had 2 big bowling sections and an arcade. The pins had decent action and I'd love to go there again when I'm in the area.

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  Posted on 10.19.11 Lynn K.

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  This place is fun, the bowling is decent and they have theme nights and such. Parking can be a nightmare though.
  
  But if you enjoy cosmic bowling this is the place to go on the North Shore. Otherwise I'd say there are tons of other places to get the same experience.

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  Posted on 09.14.09 Kate G.

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  Ah Metro Bowl. Our long lost high school Saturday  night hangout. Love this place. I'm not too much of a bowler, but the cosmic bowling is really cool and the prices are reasonable. They have updated and re done a lot of this place over the past few years. They have pool tables and video games and a small snack bar area that has fountain drinks and pizza, candy etc.
  
  Memories memories. I miss the Metro Bowl days!!!

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  Posted on 11.12.07 Aimee G.

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