Parkside Lanes

The employees were probably the rudest people on the entire planet. When I went up to ask for a lane the lady was extremely curt and rude and basically yelled at me that I have to pay. Then I went to get food and the lady in the kitchen was turned around so I called out excuse me and she actually looked me in the eyes, didn’t say anything, and went back to whatever she was doing. And then after standing there for 5 minutes she finally came up and told me that I was in the wrong window and pointed me to the end of a long line. Honestly, the service in the whole store was terrible and I don’t know if I’ll bowl here again.

Not for the serious bowler It could be a nice house, but when they allow open bowling before their 6:30 pm leagues, and don’t put fresh oil down, it makes for a frustrating experience. If I am paying full league prices, I expect the house to spring for a nickels worth of oil.
This place is fine to bumper bow on Saturday afternoon, but I will never join another league in the cheapskate house.

Parking was good. Prices are high. And lanes are crowded at night. Their shoes need some updating, mine has laces that were so worn, they ripped when I tied them.
The scoreboard was easy to use and the workers were nice. They have specials on certain days. This place is decent if you’re just wanting to bowl with friends once in awhile.

Great place to bowl. We have been over the years, as a family, just for fun. This past year, my youngest decided he really wanted to learn to bowl. I have been taking him for group lessons nearly every Sun. since early summer. He is on a junior league, and made his HS bowling team this past fall. He loves it, plus he has really improved.
The pro shop may be small, but Rich can get you whatever you need. He is really helpful. Also, he is one of the pros that teach the lessons. He and Frank are awesome instructors.
All around great place! I would highly recommend.

This place was great! Took my son there the other day and not only did they have a large variety of ball sizes but we were able to get right it! The food was pretty good and we had fun! We didn’t feel like we were in a rush to finish our game and the staff was very friendly and helpful! We will definitely be coming back again!

If you need anything to make you decide to bowl here, let me help you. These are the home lanes of PBA champion and 2012 PBA Bowler Of The Year Sean Rash. If you watch his Facebook page you can find out when he is practicing and maybe watch him and learn something.
Aside from that it is a nice house. They do a fantastic job at hosting parties with pizza and bowling at very reasonable rates. They have a smaller but nice pro shop with a good selection of equipment. It’s the last house in Aurora, take advantage of it.

I give this place a five because it’s been in my life as a go-​to for a very long time. Nostalgia for me equals a five, I guess.
Took my two year old here this past weekend for her first ever game. She loved it! They took care of us. You can’t beat 2.50 a game. They didn’t even yell at us when she ran down the lane after the ball. I had to chase her by running down the gutter. I’m sure they’ve seen it before — maybe 1 – 2 times a week, haha.
I loved this place more when they had wood lanes back in the 90’s. They were one of the last alleys to convert to synthetic; it saddened me when they did convert to synthetic. The wood lanes react better to oil and you don’t get that old day bowling sound with the synthetic lanes. Anyways, 30 something reliving his glory days of runs at state bowling cups and such.
Parkside is well kept, good prices and always staffed by competent fans of the sport. The pro shop is the only shop I go to when I need a ball redrilled or need a new ball. The pro in that shop is a great guy.
For most, this is a run of the mill alley — for me, it’s an unchanged daily reminder of my childhood. I’m sure it would be a 3 – 4 star for the critical, but for me it’s always going to be a 5.

Your standard bowling alley. They could use more house balls thou, the selection when we got there was pretty low.
One star off because of the bar rules. We had a group of 7, so my buddy and I decided to get the drinks because another couple got the games. Went up and ordered 3 pitchers and a couple shots so we could just have them at our lanes and not have to go back since it was getting late. The bartender told us that with two of us up there, we could get one pitcher. That was it. We pointed to our group that was over a few lanes down and were told others had to come up to get more drinks. Wasn’t a fan of that. Otherwise, not bad lanes.

This is an older bowling alley, it’s nice though. The staff is friendly and the area around the lanes is nice. Not a fan of the gigantic step getting up to the lane though.

Joined a league back in 2010, half the total goes to the pro shop. Got a new ball and shoes and honed my game!

Once my bf moved to Montgomery, I figured our lives were pretty much over. I kid. but seriously, there is not sh– to do and not only that, we have no one to do said sh– with these days. Since we regularly frequented Bowling Green in West Chicago, we figured why not go bowling? And we did, several times. And it was okay. I feel like the teenagers here are fewer but make up for it in obnoxious behavior. So, that’s annoying. Also, the food is not so great. The bathrooms are always really clean though and there’s lots of parking sooo it’s okay.
That being said, there are lots of lanes and we can always get on right away. So long as you don’t have the unfortunate occurrence of being stuck next to a bunch of super aggravating teenagers, it’s a pretty decent place. And if you do, well, that’s what beer was invented for.

Good lanes, balls are in good condition, good times.
I mean, who doesn’t like bowling. It’s fun. Add a few beers into the mix — it’s really fun. There is a reason why it’s the most popular sport in America.
Go on Mondays. They have $ 1.75 games after 9pm and $ 3 shoe rentals. More money for booze ;)