Firs Bowl

We came in at 11:40, twenty minutes before closing time. It was like entering the twilight zone or a time machine. Nothing has been updated since the ‘80s. The concession area is set up like a ‘50s diner. Six of the seven of our party had already had a few drinks (or more). We got two lanes and two rounds of bottled beer. We were the only patrons and more than a little obnoxious. Yelling, cussing, banging fists on tables… The staff looked like a quiet/​reserved family. At the end, some of us were even throwing balls together down the same lane. We stumbled out after their closing time and had our scores printed on corrugated paper.
We discovered a phone was lost. I called, expecting little sympathy after how we’d acted. The man not only looked around the lanes, the concession area, and the restroom, he then offered to put on his coat and look in the rain in the parking lot. I was astounded by his kindness. He saved the phone from being destroyed in a rainpour.

Don, t bowl here the manager /​owner only cares about profit. My kids and I were bowling and we had to manually reset the lane every time the girls bowled. After we complained about it he said it would cost $ 300.00 to fix and he wasn’t going to fix it. We were over charged from the web page he had posted instead of honoring the prices he raised them.
I will never go there again and hope anybody who reads this will go elsewhere.
This place deserves no stars. The food in the snack bar was pretty good. When l tried using my debit card the lady said sorry we only take cards at the front desk, so i had to use cash. Just a bad experience all the way around.
Do Not Go There!!!

Music selection really stunk, no kidding! Any time I hear loud female moaning at a family bowling alley, flares go up (who’s babysitting the help for crying out loud?!?). Place was clean, however, and the help got us checked in and out fast. Would go back but with the stipulation the music gets cleaned up!

Firs Bowl is close to our house so that’s why choose to go there.
It is a no frills, clean, friendly kind of bowling alley. The man behind the counter always explains their different bowling packages with a smile. Not what I’m used to from placing in la. There are two different sections of lanes, a little arcade section for the uninterested, and they serve beer in bottles shaped like a bowling pin. (Definitely a must for any bowling establishment, in my book)
The «cosmic bowling» or whatever leaves a little to be desired. I say do it up right, or loose it all together. Its too bright in there for the black lights to have any effect and the music isn’t loud enough. I think it might even be a juke box situation. I’d rather a continuous playlist or radio so the music doesn’t stop.
Anyway, I like this place. As Unilocal would classify my three stars, it is indeed A-​ok.

Stumbled across this place looking for a late-​evening beer amid the North Eugene strip mall sprawl. It was great. The décor, bowling scoring computer system and feel is untouched 80’s, which made for a refreshing reprieve from the onslaught of polished high-​end bowling venues that are more theme park than gathering place.
It was quiet for a Saturday night, but talking to the friendly staff made it clear that this place can take off from time to time. There is a modest bottled beer selection available at good prices.
I will definitely go out of my way to enjoy this gem sometime in my future travels to Eugene.