Leisure Time Bowl
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 268-6909
06/24/2008 Posted by artsandsciences
My party of 6 made reservations for 9pm on a Friday. We were surprised to find a bowling alley that was so inexpensive in Manhattan... we had been going to 300 in Chelsea Piers which is twice as expensive and a little less convenient, location-wise. However, we soon found out why... When we got there, there were still people hanging around in our lane so we started about 15 minutes later than planned. The lanes are CRAMPED and I REALLY wouldn't recommend going unless you reserve at least two lanes. Otherwise you'll be sharing a tiny space with a group of strangers. As it was, half of our group had to stand for most of the 2 hours. With this bowling alley, it's really a case of your getting what you pay for and we had a horrible experience. The staff had bad attitudes and weren't helpful at all. We were sandwiched between 2 lanes of 6+ people who had NO bowling etiquette. They were extremely drunk and spent half of the time dancing IN the lanes so we couldn't bowl and would throw 3 or 4 bowling-balls together at the same time so a worker had to keep walking down the gutter to retrieve bowling-balls (more time we had to stand around waiting) until they eventually broke the machine. We spent a little under 2 hours there but couldn't even finish 2 games! Not to mention that they shut off the lanes at exactly when your time expires. Considering this is NY and that it's pretty difficult to coordinate schedules with people, my party was extremely disappointed that we had such a bad time. Even though 300 at Chelsea Piers is doubly expensive than Leisure Time Bowl, we unanimously agreed that it was more than worth it. 300 Bowling Lanes is really spacious, so much cleaner and nicer, and the service is amazing; the atmosphere on the whole is classier and more chill, without the totally obnoxious (and much younger) crowd at Leisure Time. I definitely advise people to go somewhere else if you actually want to bowl and have an enjoyable night!!!!!
Pros: No idea. It's cheap, I guess... but you get what you pay for.
Cons: Cramped space, the obnoxious crowd, bad service.
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