Splitsville

It states on the website that a Pete & Shorty’s will be there soon. I am not sure what the difference is but at least it is with the same company. I just thought I would put that out there.

Just went here on Saturday, May 7^th and they were closed FOR GOOD :(Before that we just came here the week before on Wednesday and had a great time.
The sign on the door read something else was coming soon, it had a super cheesy lame name too, hope it doesn’t become obnoxious like Plucker’s that’s in the same shopping area.

Great atmosphere.
Decent priced drinks.
Food is pretty good.
Don’t come here to bowl if you’re a real bowler. The lanes are small and the bowling area is crowded.

Splitsville = Play time for grown folks. Yes, during the daytime hours people are able to bring the kids out for a few rounds of bowling and some good grub but if you want to see this place in its element, wait until after the sun goes down and the kiddies are (politely) kicked out. Pretty much every night of the week has a special promotion going on. My favorite? Ladies Night on Wednesdays. $ 2 shoes, games and WELL DRINKS. I’ve rounded up my lady friends for stories over vodka on many a Wednesday night here!
Probably my favorite item on the menu are the Volcano Sushi Rolls. I believe on Thursdays sushi rolls are half price so that would be the perfect night to try it out! During the warm weekends, bands play on an outdoor mini stage. There’s even an outdoor lane, which is perfect for parties. Splitsville is a guaranteed good time!

By far this atmosphere has got to be one of the funnest things I have stumbled upon in a while! The food, the drinks, the people, the DJ, the live band outside, yep… this was a fun night folks! I cannot wait to go back.
It is a grown up crowd after 8pm so leave the kiddos at home… we saw a family trying to get in but couldn’t because the atmosphere changes from daytime family to nighttime loungy, clubby that is strictly adult. Which was perfect for me because I needed girl time on Saturday.
We did eat dinner there and I had Grilled Ceaser Chicken Quesadillas, which were really good (it comes with jerk chicken? I opted for plain grilled instead). A friend had the fries with chive dip, which were ridiculously addicting and my other friend had a little snafu when she ordered her meal and they forgot it. Yea, they forgot it. Then we found a piece of plastic in her sliders, and returned that, then she ordered chicken fajitas, they brought her steak, then FINALLY they brought her chicken fajitas and she said they were extremely good.
Drinks were good, and they have champagne cocktails which helps in my quest to stay away from the beer belly!!! We didn’t get to bowl because of the 2 hour wait, but next time I want the lane that is outside. Cool right! LOL!!!
PS– Manager on Saturday night, you are douchebag. Thanks for giving her meal for free, but a simple apology would have sufficed.
+cool atmosphere
+great food, great music
+personable waitstaff
–automatic 18% gratuity on Fri, sat, and sun
–limited waitstaff (they were all literally running between tables)
–not a lot of lanes
–a little pricey. I spent $ 40 on 2 drinks and dinner. No bowling.

We had some super crappy service at this place tonight.
I am kind of pissed off that I drove all the way over to Arlington to have some jerk decide that he didn’t want to be at work that evening so we were going to be put in a corner and stare at our empty drink glasses all night. Lucky for him they add an 18% gratuity to all tabs regardless of how many people are in your party. Isn’t that charming? Dude could have earned himself our normal 30−40% tip on our $ 150 bill, but he decided to be a DB and roll his eyes when we wanted silverware (how dare we?) Another beer? Right, he got right on that… about 20 minutes later.
The food was fine, I had part of a pizza and wouldn’t order it again. Others at the table had sushi, fries and various other offerings, nobody raved about anything being good. The bowling was fun, and it is nice that there is no smoking. We had a different server at the lane and she was better than the first. She was willing to bring us $ 4 each domestic beers, so that was something. Oh, make that $ 4 + the 18% gratuity…
The part about kids not being allowed after 8– the ones in the lane next to ours seemed to be enjoying themselves. I don’t believe they were asked to leave, I think they were there until about 9. There were some uniformed cops roaming around when we were there, I don’t know what that was about.
The concept is cool I guess, but due to Mr. Personality we won’t be back.

I love this place guys! If you like to bowl and eat at the same time, as well as drink you will really, really love this place. The atmosphere is awesome and they play the best music. It is a little pricey, but Tuesday are 2 for 2. Check it out…

Went here last night to get out of the house and away from the St. Pattys Day party nuts. Wasn’t crowded, no kids and 3 full bars?!! Niiiice! I love the fact that the lanes aren’t all together in one long row — they are separated and spread out through the joint and the seating is so comfy! I bravely ordered some sushi and it was just OK. The whole time I was eating it I was looking out the window at Pirahna and was thinking how stupid I was to eat sushi at a bowling alley when I could be eating amazing sushi a few feet away… but I figured I’d go all the way with the experience. I think this is a really cool concept and is so far from the usual dingy smoke pit most bowling alleys are.

So how many people in their twenties like paying out the bum for a overly decorated and EXPENSIVE bowling alley that is also a lounge, dance place, bar and resturant? Well I finally went to Splitsville and my wallet did not like it. Luckily, we didn’t go on a weekend night otherwise the bowling would of been four to seven dollars more a game.
Two good things were the bathroom rocks my socks and the bowling shoes were quite fancy dancy. I don’t know if I’ll go again but at least I won the bowling competition!

Holy crap, I like non-​janky bowling. Who knew?!
So, first disclaimer is that I’ve (including last night) now bowled three times in my life, so it’s not like I’m an expert… but even *I* know that bowling alleys really should be a tiny bit skeevy and kind of ghettofabulous for maximum fun. Right? Turns out, not necessarily.
Second disclaimer: I’m a ho for a gimmick. Gimme me a theme, and I’ll probably just love it to death! For example: Most of the multi-​colored tile floor (blocks of 4 tiles per color, patchworked all over the area) IS GLITTER! Big shiny pimpglitter, just like a bowling ball: dark silver w/​iridescent sparkles, red with silver sparkles, gleaming silver tiles with a cool embossed pattern, blue with multi-​colored sparkles… I mean c’mon. That is COOL. Pin-​shaped pillars all over the place? Right on!
The overall vibe: swanky. That’s the best word for the décor; very retro-​cool and fairly fancypants… which appeals to my Inner Gimmick Ho.
The basic setup: walk in: shoes (and a door mysteriously labeled «Sock Room». Really??), or take a few more steps: bar. A few more feet to the right: two lanes & some booths. When you get a good look around, you realize that the lanes themselves are pretty much the only straight lines in the place. Double lanes here and there, all willy nilly in different directions, with very comfy squishy booths… And the sweet little shoe girls carry your shoes to your booth for you. Klassy!
Sit and razz your opponent, or chow down on the seriously yum food. We had 3-​pepper calamari (what is in that SAUCE?! Looked like fried pickle sauce from Razzoo’s, tasted more like sweet & sour sauce. Whuh? But goood) and sliders — both cheeseburgers and buffalo chicken. The bleu cheese dressing had chunks the size of marbles, yo! Other than the giant mounds of icky shredded lettuce on the sliders, it was all really good. On the spendy-​ish side, but not terrible; I think 3 good-​sized sliders (buns were happy-​meal size) were $ 10-​$ 12ish? Next time I’m trying the sushi. Bubba roll, really? IGH and I say «we’re in!».
All we had was buckets of beer, but there were at least 3 well-​stocked bars inside, and all around the perimeter of the big room are extremely squishy, tufted, VERY high-​backed round booths — some white, some black… and I sweartagawd they swivel! The ones by the patio windows seem to, anyway.
Oh, and the patio! SWEET. Fire pit tables, more pub tables, comfy outdoor seating, another bar,. and a pool table AND an outside lane!
AND! Kids are allowed before 8 — take that for good or bad, depending.
Dammit. I thought it was going to be kinda lame and I was SO wrong.

Splitsville is pretty slick in my book. Only been once, but I was sold on it after just one trip. This is not your traditional bowling alley and I had no idea what to expect the few times I had driven by it. My aunt and uncle were in town from Kansas City and after my sister got engaged earlier in the evening, everyone was eager to go out and do something. So someone suggested the brand new Splitsville that just opened in the Arlington Highlands. So we show up and I was really impressed. The lanes are not all together, they’re sort of staggered throughout the whole place in small groups. I think there’s 12 lanes total, including one outside on the patio… very cool. There’s also an outdoor pool table. The main bar is right in the middle of the place, with other bar areas throughout. Bowling was like $ 7/​game I think and we were there on a Sunday. I don’t remember how much the shoe rental was. Drinks were moderately priced, more than a normal bowling alley, but this place is class all the way so I would expect nothing less. The décor is cool as hell. Very retro… let’s put it this way, they spent some serious money on this place. They got cool little fire pits in the center of a couple of the patio tables which was very cool. I think what I thought the coolest part was the bowling lane outside, that was just rad. The scoring computers are cool as hell and all digital. They have great seating and tables at each of the lanes. I would highly recommend this place. I think they have 2 for oe games on Wednesdays if I remember correctly. Not some place you’re gonna go every night, but it’s cool to come to every once in a while. Splitsville is not your dad’s bowling alley. I think Jeffrey Lebowski aka The Dude would approve…