Elgin Lanes

The manager here is an Asshole he fired his best bartender/​assistant manager
Note she’s my Grandma so yeah I hate you Lex

Hole in the wall place foods ok lanes sucked and the place was way too cold when I was there a few months ago because the heat was out

This place is an absolute dive. I have been holding my comments for quite a while as I bowl on a league here, but I can no longer do that. The woman who works behind the counter is absolutely the meanest, child hater I have ever met. She gladly takes our money and gives us shoes for our 4 year old then after his first game of a 75, he makes a few mistakes and she has the nerve to tell us that he is just too young to bowl. Every week she is yelling at them for one thing or another. Once she even grabbed and squeezed my sons arm to yell in his face. She is lucky I did not report the incident. Granted my kids are not perfect but if my kids try to go to use the bathroom she yells at them. So, this will be out last year on this league or at least mine. This place is not for kids. My husband and I both bowl on a league and do our best to watch them and handle things. They are not destructive, just kids who need reminders. This place also takes a game and a half to fill your overpriced food or drink orders. I would recommend absolutely anyplace else. As if the awful staff is not enough, the lane conditions are also less than desirable. My ball has been very chewed up from their equipment and no point reporting it because there is no pro shop.

My friends and I were originally planning on going to another bowling alley but, of course, on Saturday nights most are packed with leagues. So we gave Elgin Lanes a call and found that they still had a few lanes open. Like many of these private owned bowling alleys, the place was a little outdated but seemed otherwise clean. Prices were fine: $ 3 a game (after 6pm), $ 3.25 shoe rental (prices are in the same ballpark range everywhere). Only got a pitcher of water so I can’t judge the food. My main complaint is we had trouble with our lanes several times. I don’t know if they’re always that touchy or if we were on the bad lanes but several times the balls and pins got jammed up in back and we had to call someone over (we even had to switch lanes once). Staff was fine, no complaints there. Wasn’t a bad time, still had fun, often it’s more about the company, bowling is bowling unless you get grouchy if there’s a glitch.