Corner Alley

Ready to bowl? Visit here for again time playing, eating, drinking and spending time with friends or family. After the renovator, this establishment has opened up more and is visually stimulating with the new décor.
While you are bowling, you will have your own waiter who will get all of your needs met. It can be rather loud in the back, but you are bowling.
This is a great place to also watch games or stop in for a bite to eat or drink before a big game. Easy access to other locations on East 4 and also has nice outdoor seating that is around the perimeter. Decent food, but you can find something to eat that will meet your desire, enjoy!
Helpful: restrooms are downstairs, take the stairs if you are bowling!

We stopped here for dinner after the 4:10 Indians Game and were greeted by a hostess quite unlike any other I have experienced. No response to my «Hi», no smile, no greeting of any kind. After I asked for a table for 2 in this overly loud place she seated us, slapped the menus on the table and left. And then things looked up because our waiter J. D arrived very quickly and with his smile and efficient manner erased all the bad vibes. Cod sandwich and burger were quite good; fries were medicore but service was exceptionally good.

Love the new bar that opens up to East 4^th. My problem is with any bar that has anything on the menu called spicy that is ridiculously mild. At least have a hot sauce behind the bar so I can spice it up. Bartender had to go the kitchen to get a mild buffalo sauce. Get with the times… you should have at least sriracha or Tabasco. I admit that I love extremely spicy food. But, I’m reasonable and don’t expect that from anyplace but a good Thai restaurant. The spicy bbq wings I had tonight were anything but. I would think the bbq wings would have tasted the same.

We came here to watch the CAVS play in game three of the Eastern Conference championship. We were settled in to watch the game with about 200 other fans, when all of a sudden they announce they will kick everyone out around halftime for a private event starting at 10:00PM. Really??? WTF! Everyone had to leave the bar and go elsewhere. They gave no warning, nothing just took our money and kicked us out… Pathetic.

Came here for dinner and drinks with my parents after a beer fest at house of blues. Every other place on east 4^th was packed, so this was the only place that didn’t have a 30+ minute wait. We should of known better…
I haven’t been here in about two years so I was surprised to see that the place was remodeled. It looked really nice, but that was the only good thing we experienced here.
We were seated right away. We probably waited about 10 minutes before anyone acknowledged us. We finally ordered drinks which took forever to come, plus we had to remind our server of our order twice. The food was ok-​nothing crazy. It’s just average.
The service was horrible! We were here for almost two hours. Our server (forget his name) was too busy Bro-​ing with his friends and checking out girls walking by instead of accommodating to his tables. However the second we asked for our check he was on top of his game… Typical.
Overall Corner Alley better get their stuff together soon or Punch Bowl is going to dominate them.

I usually love corner alley but tonight our server treated us as if we were an inconvenience to her and was extremely rude. I suggest (coming from someone who works in the service industry) that Brittany the server here find a new job. The second she walked up she was not friendly at all. Won’t be coming back for a while.

My husband and I were in Ohio for the weekend, and decided to check this place out. Ordered some wings, fries and Beers. Service was very slow and not very friendly. When packing up our leftovers, noticed an eyelash in my wings. When I informed the waiter he just walked away, then someone comes to my table and says to me if I have a problem. I said if you don’t think having hair in your food is a Problem, then Yes we do have a problem. He said well I won’t charge you for the wings and walks away. Doesn’t apologize or try to make things better for us. I would not ever go back there again, and I would not recommend this place to anyone. The Manager should be Fired. He needs better training if he is going to deal with people. You have a lot of Tourists in that area, it’s a shame for them to get treated the way we were treated.
Rosie
Chicago IL

The worst service i have ever experienced. Literally sat for over 25 minutes with no acknowledgement from a server, let alone anyone to take our food and drink orders. Unacceptable. Never coming back and i recommend no one else come here on a busy day. They clearly cannot handle a crowd.

Had a blast here on St. Paddy’s day. Games and people everywhere, never a dull moment! Super fun!

We were out taking in the sights before the cavs game and we went in and bowled for an hour. Really clean, full service on the lanes (u order they bring it right out to the lane), and the staff was really friendly. TVs everywhere and it was a really good time.

The wings and chicken sandwich that I had was really good. The food prices are not bad. My husband didn’t really care for the grilled cheese sandwich or the garlic parm fries. I agree that the fries are not great. Service was great! We didn’t bowl, but I can tell you it is $ 25 per lane per hour. Too pricey to me for bowling. I love the décor and the bar. It’s definitely worth trying if you need a bite to eat.

It took a bit of time to get started bowling because the cashier wasn’t able to work her computer terminal with any level of competency. It took her the assistance of another person and quite some time to just to split the lane fee up evenly between a few credit cards. She said she was newer, but you’d think how to accept payment would be high on the list of training skills.
I had a fun bowling experience, but that was really because of my friends and not because of any effort on the part of Corner Alley. We had lane #5 which allows for a bit extra space by the lane because between lane 4 and 5 is dead space /​ceiling columns. The same happens between 8 and 9 so I would recommend choosing those lanes if the place is busy.
There was a menu lying around by the lane and soon after getting started with the game a waitress came over to take F&B orders. We got a beer pitcher and the garlic parm fries, which I thought were good and not too oily.
The service was good, but just bare bones — nothing above and beyond. The server didn’t offer drink refills which was a bit odd as we bowled for two hours and all the glasses and pitcher were empty before that point. She even provided the check before seeing if another pitcher was wanted. When she brought over the fries she didn’t ask if any condiments were wanted and when one person in our group requested a water, she didn’t ask if anyone else wanted one. Just little things like that were missed that could have made a difference in opinion and actually could have caused us to spend more money.
I have to say since the redesign of the space Corner Alley is much more attractive and welcoming from the exterior, but the bowling lanes are quite bright with all the windows now. The atmosphere was vary spacious and there were a lot of TVs, some located above the pins at the end of each lane. The audio in the space was coming from a TV playing a live local sports game. I only noticed this really because the commercials were piped through the lanes at full volume. That just seemed odd to me. I would probably have the TVs on silent, except at the bar, and have music by the lanes. The Sunday bowling crowd consisted of a few groups with children, not big groups seemingly into sports.
I went on a Sunday before 5p so the hourly lane rate was $ 27 with tax. Shoes are $ 3.50 for however many hours you bowl. The prices vary by day and time so check the website for that info.
Assigning a star value to this place is hard because there are so many aspects to it. I would without a doubt come here to bowl again, but I would choose Corner Alley to bowl, not for any other reason. And my expectations would not be really much higher than they are for any other, decade older local alley.

I love the concept of this place — food, bowling, and arcade games. The new design is nice too, but they missed some key elements.
You should call ahead of time to make reservations. They start taking them on Monday for the current week. That in itself was a process. It took multiple phone calls for me to get through to the one person who takes bowling reservations. I was placed on eternal hold, transferred to the wrong number, and accidentally hung up on multiple times before I spoke with the correct person.
Once we got there, checking in was another process. They had one person taking payment, giving shoes, and showing people to their lanes at 8pm on a Saturday night. We walked to our lane which was nice — although VERY hot -, and our server was great, unfortunately I didn’t get his name. I felt like the drinks were a little over priced for a bowling alley in Cleveland, but they were tasty and not light on the booze. We asked to have the Cavs game put on the TVs near our lane and one was broken, so our request was only half fulfilled. The lane next to us made the same request a few minutes later.
Once we finished bowling we went downstairs to play some arcade games. It was even hotter downstairs. The thermostat read 80 degrees. They have no servers or bar downstairs, and they have don’t have a change machine but all of the games take quarters. So we trekked back upstairs for quarters, but we didn’t use them all because we couldn’t take the heat for long. We decided to back upstairs and play shuffleboard, however there was almost no sand on the board. We played anyway and it was fine.
All in all, it was just ok. I was very underwhelmed. With a few minor improvements though this place could be great.

**This rating is purely based on Bowling Experience.**
I didn’t have the greatest of time but, I’m not the best bowler in the world. For starters the payment is by hour not by game. We had to repeatedly «Reset» or lane multiple times which consumed at least 10 min. of our time. The staff was quite friendly but if it looks busy expect a long wait. Just be sure to call ahead of time and reserve a lane. The atmosphere is very exciting and quite noisy.

Recently remodeled. Now it feels industrial with high ceilings, wood floors, high tables. We went at happy hour. Good prices on beer, wine, and a selection of specialty drinks, and apps. Our variety of food was very good. Service was good. Room was very loud, and it wasn’t very crowded. I’d go again in warmer weather, and sit on the patio.

Not the world’s biggest bowling alley but still a lot of fun. Good music playing and lights give it a rock ‘n’ roll vibe we played for a few hours and had ton of fun. They have a menu that includes food and alcohol as well so you can eat while you bowl or there’s an area that is indoor outdoor including a bar if you decide you just want to eat and not bowl. I can imagine this place would fill up pretty quick on a busy evening. My only small gripe is the service was a little slow with getting water refills. Granted, we did have a large party that was ordering a lot of food and drinks however we might have needed an additional server considering there were about 20 of us

Definitely a unique and cool place to hang out with a group. We went with a large group. The food they served were chicken tenders, quesadillas, sliders, veggies and dipping sauces. Food was mediocre. Obviously since it’s a bowling alley it’s loud. Not really a date spot but would be good for a group. Service was good.

The Corner Alley is a nice restaurant bar right off of Euclid and 4^th street. They have a small outdoor seating area that sits right off of 4^th.
They have a bar menu comparable to any other. Some good apps as well as some hardier restaurant menu items like spaghetti and meatballs. Food was good and so was the service.

Great waffle fries and beers for your bowling rounds. Don’t order anything else, and don’t forget to bring your sidearm: this place is sketchy and you may be in for an adventure!
# security guard slash police officer stands inside the front door with his hand on his gun glaring at you. really?
# expediter sends a trayful of mains to the table to which they had delivered a trayful of apps just 1 minute earlier.
# then they argue with the table’s host when he complains, «really?!» i’m proud of you, buddy! send it back!
# host stops a waitress who is in the middle of greeting us and taking our drink orders to say (in front of us) «this is ryan’s table. backoff.»
then ryan goes to take our order 5 top without writing anything down.
# i am not surprised that our food arrives not as ordered. missing food, wrong side dishes and more.
# asks me if i still want it, then arrives 20 minutes later (and yes, he still charges me for it)
then table behind us lets it rip with a tazer! my fellow diners say they were pointing it at the table directly, not at anyone. oosh.
maybe that’s why they have a police officer at the entry? whoosh!
* well cooked and properly dried waffle fries. crisp and fresh.
# «hot» chicken wings are dry, overcooked and burned. hot is barely mild.

I enjoy this place. The location is great and the food is pretty good with reasonable prices. The service is ok, but as long as I get my food and it is tasty I am ok. We like coming here with groups because they are usually easy to accommodate and they have a pretty big menu so everyone is happy.
The last time I was there we ordered waffle fries with caramelized onions, blue cheese and balsamic vinegar… Wow! So good! And it was a huge serving for the price. Their beer selection is not the best, but they do have a full bar and wine specials for happy hour.