Matthew Ruffner

I was very disappointed in my experience at Brooklyn Bowl last night. I went here for a date as people had recommended it. The best thing I can say about it was that it was a cool/unique venue; it blended bowling lanes with a concert venue pretty seamlessly. However, those are really the only positives I can think of. I was there exclusively for the bowling but was informed you also have to pay for the concert in order to go in. Sure, I thought, it’ll at least be a unique way to bowl. So I paid the $20 a person cover. However, setting aside my personal preference in music, the concert really took away from the experience. Music was way too loud to the point where I could hardly communicate with my date. Also, frustratingly, our lane (12) on more than one occasion failed to register a knocked down pin.

Finally, living in this city you get used to high prices but I found this experience excessive. We both got a single drink and had the lane for an hour. When you factor in the $40 entry cost and tip, the total came out to a hefty $150 for two people.. I don’t plan on coming back.