Astoria Bowl

Great old school bowling place. Came here Ina. Friday night & there was no wait. About $ 30 for two people to bowl for an hour. Typical fried food but they did have a full bar, and lots of beer specials!

Good time … Reasonably priced … We waited for almost 2 hours and in an effort to compensate they gave us a free pitcher of beer which was nice .
Yes it was my first time there.

Came here with group of friends from work and had a blast. Nice clean bowling alley, great bartender, and Valerie took great care of us. Looking forward to doing it again

3 stars for the bowling, food was horrible and staff cooking the food move around like turtles.

Awful Boardwalk/​Coney Island type food except, not as good. We’re talking about frozen patties, fries and cheese whiz. If you enjoy good food, you’ll hate this place for it’s food. Plus, the place looks like a strip club from the outside and the lanes, straight out of an 80’s movie but only not as cool. The addition of the black light changes things up but It’s loud, noisy and trippy-​not for me. What do you want to be-​a night club, a family bowling alley or a dive bar? It needs major renovations and better design. It’s like they had the place for years and allowed it to wither away. And there should be a party room upstairs for kids parties instead of a big Port Authority-​esque locker area with broken couches. It’s a shame. We love bowling but the food is too awful to frequent and the place is decrepit.

It’s a busy place. Bday parties and leagues so definitely call first.
Lots of kids on a Saturday. Think birthday parties.
It can be a little tight — the lanes seem a little small — so people can get in your way. And they don’t seem to understand bowling etiquette. Maybe Astoria bowl should post something. We bowled next to 2 different groups during our time and they just took our balls and used them whenever they were up.
The ball return is slow. And there are kinks — it’s an older place but the staff is quick to help and they were all nice and helpful. They work hard.
It was clean for a bowling alley.
We had a lot of fun and we’d definitely come back. But definitely have to come back on one of my more patient days. lol.
You get one free game for one person checking in on Unilocal so go w/​friends and each of one you should check in to get your own free game. But you’ll have to rent shoes.
People who would not have fun here:
Anxious people
Rule followers and people who get mad when other people break the rules
People who dislike children
People who hate noise
Serious bowlers — you may get mad that people aren’t respecting the rules — but consider a league!
Ps if you find you have to wait, go to single cut brewery a few blocks away

I’ve been coming here for years. it was always a hang out for me and my friends and family for my entire life. I’ll be nice and give 3 stars because this place has all my childhood and teen years memories here! But, although I still come and still love this place, I think it’s time yall renovated! !!! business would totally boom. it’s 2016! every time I come here I feel 12 again lol I love it but some things are just soooo outdated and kinda, a little, crap — ish at times lol

Just went to Astoria Bowl last night. It was a really great ambience! Though crowded as expected on a Saturday night, I was placed on a wait list for lanes. Waited for about 45min which was fine bc I went to the snack bar to munch and chat with friends… this place had good current music selection which makes for great dance moves while bowling! Prices were average nothing too pricey… we played 3 games and had fun singing along to the music! Definitely coming back to get up to speed (after a couple of yrs not bowling). GREAT weekend activity with a group of friends!

Many lanes and the whole space is clean and spacious with food and drinks.
$ 5 per game, per person. $ 4 for rental shoes. Check-​in on Unilocal get one free game per person.

If I could give zero stars I would: waited for a simple burger 30 minutes & they forgot to put us on the wait list for a bowling lane. 45 minutes of wasted lifetime. The only entertainment noteworthy were ourselves.

Your typical bowling alley. It brought me back to when I was a kid. It’s affordable and family friendly. The one downside is I guess on weekends it gets very busy so there’s not a lot of room to wait so the place fills up quickly. Also the bathrooms were really bad. I didn’t want to touch anything in there.

I came here over the weekend. We had a lot of fun. The staff is pretty nice nothing outstanding but at least nice. The wait wasn’t long and the drinks are good as well. This is my second time I came here and we will be back.

Spacious, fun, clean and organized bowling alley!
Came here last night for «cosmic bowling» aka fun music and lights. It’s a really fun and different way to spend a weekend night. Cosmic bowling starts at 8, as they have leagues before then (this is made very clear through their website and other Unilocal reviews)
We got here around 7, so we put our name in for bowling and sat at the bar. The bar area is really nice and clean. The drinks prices are very affordable. (Bucket of 5 beers for $ 20!).
They loose 1 star because the Unilocal deal (free game with check in) isn’t honored on weekends apparently, which isn’t specified anywhere unless you ask to use it. And get denied. Oh well. Kind of figured that would happen.
All in All I had a really good time here and would come back again!

Came here with a party of 11.
It was cosmic bowling by the time we got there. The price per game was ~$ 7 and free shoe rentals since we had more than 8 people.
The cashier strongly insisted that we pay for two games.
The food selection was regular bowling alley food. I ordered a burger and it came completely burnt.
The management started to become a nerve when it hit 12:30. Started passive aggressively rushing us to finish our game so they could close.

My dad loves bowling — it’s something he takes way too seriously. We stopped going bowling because the two alleys in Flushing were both horrendous.
He suggested we give this one a shot since it’s close to where I live. I checked that it looked good on Unilocal and we made our way over. First, we picked up a Groupon $ 18 for 90 mins of bowling for 2 people w/​free shoes. A great deal made even better since Groupon had it on sale for $ 14 — score!
We came with reasonably low expectations for the price. The staff handled the groupon with ease and got me situated with shoes and a lane. My dad and I each played four games, pretty impressive for 90 minutes! We got drinks and an order of mozz sticks at the snack bar. Unlike other bowling alleys I’ve ben to which just microwave their food this place actually had a kitchen to whip things up. Very affordable and very friendly staff.
I needed to get a ball drilled and the guy in the pro shop had it done in a matter of minutes for $ 5!
Can’t wait to come back! This place is great, the people are great and the prices can’t be beat.

Superb staff. They were delightful and pleasant. Super kid friendly. Astoria bowl assisted us with the names, shoes, bumpers go up when its their turn and go down when its the adults’ turn, and gave our children the light weight bowls at our lane. Very happy. Will come again!

Love this place!
OMG, okay. So, my friend and I came here because we wanted to try something outside of Manhattan so bowling popped into our minds.
Let me tell you I had such a good time. I’d go just for the hot dogs.
The only downside is that the beer is pricey but I guess that’s what happens when the hotdogs are cheap.
I was so buzzed when I left. That means I had a good time.

The people who work at this bowling alley are helpful, attentive and very customer service driven. The ball got stuck a few times and each time I asked for help they were responsive and it was always service with a smile. Also recently I purchased a bowling trophy for my son and I asked the front desk staff to present it to my son after he was done bowling. They happily obliged and my son accepted the trophy, surprising, with a bit of embarrassment and humility. This made his day. Thank you Astoria Bowl!

I need to give a huge shout out to this business and their staff.
I lost an expensive pair of sunnys here last night. I came in this morning and left my number, just to get a call a few hours later saying they were found, safe and sound.
Thank you very much for your help and honesty. I thought they were goners!
Bowling is always fun here. We celebrated two of my friends birthdays here over the weekend.
Traditional bar food, pitchers (and full bar), decent rates, and not overly crowded.
I’ve been here before, and will come again.
A minor gripe would be that it’s commonly league night, leaving me to visit mainly on Sundays.

I had a really fun date night with my boyfriend last night at Astoria Bowl. We arrived around 7:45PM because I knew they had leagues from 4−8PM, and we had to wait about a half hour for a lane. Luckily, there’s a full bar to help pass the time! After the leagues were finished, «cosmic bowling» began at 8PM which consisted of black lights, strobe lights, and awesome music!
Obviously the crowd is a lot younger than we are (Saturday night out for teenagers) but we still had a great time. You’re able to pay per game or per hour and if you check in on Unilocal they offer a game for free (can’t be redeemed during cosmic bowl). We were able to bowl 3 games in 1 hour since there were only 2 of us.
A few times throughout our game the screen was putting up the wrong score and we had to manually correct it. My boyfriend bowled quite a few strikes but the computer only put it down as him hitting 9 pins.
This spot is in the middle of no where but it’s a really great night out if you want to be a little active, have a couple of drinks, and get around via Über. It’s always fun to mix it up and venture a little deeper into Astoria!