Revolutions

We have been twice. First time was with the kids on a Sunday early afternoon. Place was not busy at all. Lane approach had dried spilled juice. No food was available until after 4pm. We bowled and had beverages and a good time. Second time was a Saturday night at 6pm with adults. The place was packed. Mostly big groups of kids parties. We arrived to our lanes and the table was covered with empty plates and cups and the large group of people were in the lounge area by our lanes..hard to get through. also spilled beverages in our area. We had drinks and food(it was good) and a fun time. Prices seem fare. I have mentioned to friends and co-workers that it is a good time.

It was ok - I went here for my 30th birthday party and we reserved 2 lanes.  First, we were about 5 minutes late and when we got there they still had another party on our lane so we had to wait for them to be moved.  Once we started bowling (about 20 minutes later than our reservation) they came over to tell us that we would get a 20 minute extension on the end which was very nice.  The service was very slow and the waitress that brought our drinks seemed very overwhelmed.  At a place like this you expect a waitress that will remember who was drinking what and we should never have an empty glass and have to go to the bar to get the drink.  The atmosphere was ok but the music wasn't very good.  All dance music and none of the fun party music I was hoping for.  It was ok but no DJ in sight to be able to request something different.  The biggest complaint I had was that they took my $50 reservation and then waited for everyone to pay for themselves before reminding me of this credit.  Since everyone had already paid we had to go to the bar for a few drinks to spend the rest of the credit which sucked for me since it was my birthday and my friends wanted to pay for me but this complicated it.  It was annoying and they made more than the $50 off my group and I feel they should have credited me back since I assumed the card was just to hold the lanes.

Also, they need to do a better job getting people into the lounge area.  They did not have ANYONE just hanging out which made it feel just like a fancy bowling alley rather than the "lounge" atmosphere that they claim.  

All in all it has potential but I am in no hurry to go back.

So last night we began our guys-night-out with my first visit to Revolutions.   Within a few seconds of entering we were quite impressed with the upscale atmosphere.  Its a great looking space with comfortable leather couches and giant TV screens.  Revolutions is new, so bowling balls and shoe rentals are in excellent shape.  I am certainly not a pro, but I found the lanes to be very nice, as to be expected with a new place.  Bowling was reasonably priced but $11 for a Bud Light  pitcher is a bit steep in my opinion.   They had Samuel Adams on tap but we were told that it could not be sold by the pitcher.  Very odd.  

We found the waitstaff to be somewhat disappointing.   They seemed to be shorthanded and somewhat inattentive.   Perhaps we caught them on an off night.   I did not try the apps since we had dinner plans elsewhere, but the party next to our lane had nothing but good things to say about the food, which looked very good.   I will definitely be back to try the food and hopefully the service will have improved.   In short the place has a lot to like but it is not in the class of High Rollers at Foxwoods.