Cloverleaf Bowling Center

Closest bowling alley to my house happens to be my favorite bowling alley here in Cleveland. Seems like a busy happening place, parking lot can get full quick. Also had pool tables, karaōke on Saturdays. A little surprised they stop serving food at 10 on a Friday night. Inside the lounge there’s a great beer bucket deal $ 10 for 5 domestic bottles.

Needs updating. But family friendly and cheap. Take your whole family and enjoy the food and music and bowling.

I have a lot of memories of this place. Good atmosphere but if you want to feel like you are in the 60s go for it
atmosphere is cute but they must remodel. Low prices always jampacked I recommend it

If you bowl Cleveland you must bowl Cloverleaf. Now I’m no expert, hell, the score of my last three games combined barely broke 280, but this isn’t really about me, is it? It’s about a piece of Americana. It’s about a real bowling alley not some yuppied up collection of lanes painted Day-​Glo and armed with black lights to make the kids happy. Screw kids. They break shit and they just get in the way.
Cloverleaf Bowling Center is how bowling is done. From the moment you walk in you know. You can feel it. You can smell it. The Dude would bowl here and if you foul you’d better mark it a zero or you will be in a world of pain.
As you drive up the multi-​leveled parking lot, faded lane lines and aged asphalt that looks like it took a direct frontal assault from the 11^th Bombardment Group, the yellow block letters even spell it out for you B-​O-​W-​L-​I-​N-​G. It’s just that simple. Under the portico the double glass doors invite you in. Just remember to show respect. To the right is the pro shop. Yeah. A pro-​flippin-​shop. When was the last time you visited a bowling alley with a true honest-​to-​goodness pro shop? I thought so. Even if you never set foot inside just know that its mere presence will make you a better bowler.
Continue in further. The polymer carpet fibers crunch under your feet and you approach the overseeer. He’s perched high above because he holds the key. Presiding over an altar of pins, anti-​fungal shoe spray and lost bets. «What’s your size?», he asks. «You’re on lane 26.» Grab your shoes and enter the chamber. This place is vast. It’s 46 lanes of perfectly polished maple gleaming brightly under the florescent lights. This is an alley that takes pride in doing it right. The ball returns work, the scoring is automatic and the rest is up to you.
Toward the back there are plenty of pool tables. Encased in their own private Idaho away from the din of falling pins you’re free to dabble in a bit of the 8-​ball. Even better? How about a little arcade action. Send your bratty kids there so they don’t annoy me. If you look hard enough you’ll find a brilliant relic, an homage to when video games mattered. Ms. Pacman/​Galaga combo. Nice.
The evening of our visit it was a Friday. The soundtrack was a mash of Journey, Chicago, Motley Crue and Queen. It was as if the place had its own mix tape. Most of the lanes were empty. It was still summertime and the leagues hadn’t started. Need something to lubricate your game? Head into the Cocktail Lounge. Pink neon, script lettering aglow above the darkened doorway. Don’t be afraid. It’s so full of cheese that Sargento probably has a steak in it. A winding bar, padded with black vinyl and blue lights so dim you can barely make out the label on your Michelobe Light. The beer list is what it is. Pay the girl $ 3 and get back to bowling.
Hungry? There’s a snack bar that appears to have been ripped right out of the Roll Arena (remember the one in Elyria with orange carpet and Spy Hunter?). Pizza, nachos, soft pretzels, hot dogs and candy. It’s a nutritional wasteland but the nostalgia gives it a pass.
I’d give this place a full five stars if it weren’t for the bathrooms. Fair warning — they’re a little skeevy and could use some updating and a good air freshener. Past the plumbing issues you can’t do much better. Bowl here first or bowl here last. Just bowl here and do it often.

Went in to shoot pool on a Saturday night. It was full of bowling leagues and crowded! But of the 13 billiards tables, only 4 were in use. $ 8 an hour for pool. No music is played during the leagues… bummer. The chucklef*ck of the whole thing was the bar. I walked up the ramp into what felt like a cruise ship bar/​club. The neon strip lighting and Usher blasting in the overhead speakers made me laugh. But the bartenders were super friendly and nice to chat up. All bottled beers and a decent selection with a heavy slant towards domestics. Large bowling alley, automatic scoring. How can you go wrong here?

Went here with a group of friends on a Saturday night. It was packed but we were able to still get some lanes for the 6 of us. You can’t really expect much from a place who hasn’t remodeled since the 80s. Your typical bowling alley. They got like 60 lanes and heard they do tournaments here too. They do have a bar/​lounge inside and drinks are dirt cheap. Coronas for $ 3.50, special bomb shots I think were $ 3 a piece. A couple of TVs in the lounge but nothing to rave much about.
This place also got a pool hall in the back, an arcade, and your typical carny food (nachos, mediocre hot dogs, overpriced beverages and chips, etc). Shoe rentals $ 3. We were luckily playing unlimited from a friend that frequents there so can’t really complain. Overall fun night with some great peeps.

I went to Cloverleaf with a group of about 30 last night for bowling. First we’re told that we can’t bring in a birthday cake because the owner gets a little salty. The bowling alley doesn’t provide birthday cakes so I don’t see what the big deal is… Then I got my shoes and had to return them because one shoe was so jacked up. I finally went in search of balls. I’m a wimpy girl and I need a light weight which was impossible to track down. Once I did find some 8 pounders, the finger holes were impossibly small! Totally kid-​size. Their scoring system is archaic and could use a serious update. At one point, numerous balls in our lane had gotten stuck and it held us up for a while. Yes, it’s nice that the bowling alley is enormous, but I doubt I’ll be returning. The bar was decent even though they didn’t serve any draft beer — one of the few redeeming qualities.

I went with Rachel and couple other Unilocalers for our meetup here.
It’s a typical large bowling alley: There’s 60 lanes and automated computer scoring. At what it does, it does very well.
We spent a bit of the time (waiting for a league to end) in the Cocktail Lounge (of course with the cheesy pink neon sign in cursive at the bar’s enterence). First time I’ve actually drank a bowling alley bar. Multiple TVs, a view of the lanes, and a better than expected beer selection (10 domestics plus Great Lakes and leinenkugel) ($ 3.50 for the Microbrews), good bartender, and cozy vinyl seats. Awesome.
Just 10 bucks for 2 games and shoe rental on a Friday night.
If I wanted to bowl and have a few with friends, Cloverleaf is a great option.

What’s not to like, really? Or love? If you’ve been to one bowling alley, youve kinda been to them all. And if you like bowling and bowling alleys, you’ll like Cloverleaf.
I had flashbacks to my elementary school days when I used to be on a junior league. I think they even have the same «AccuScore» system as they did in my old alley. I experienced an odd sense of déjà vu as I somehow, instinctually, knew where the restroom was. (All the way to the left, near the end, past the set of square orange lockers. Like it is in every alley!)
The crowd was hopping as we arrived at around 9:40. We received a ticket and were told it would be around a 30 – 40 minute wait. Well, that’s okay, there was a cheesy bar with a great view of the lanes! And a mini dance floor with weird Christmas figurines on it and a little blond kid with a crazy mane of curls running around! It was festive and the selection of beer was good (I had a Leinie’s Sunset Wheat… ok more than one.) «Party in the USA» was on. It was fun.
Bowling itself was also fun, as it always is for people who like bowling. We played two games and we each paid $ 10 including shoe rentals. Everyone was really nice to us, too. A great deal.

We went to Cloverleaf recently for our own little Saturday Night Bowl Fest and had a great experience.
We were completely impressed.
The staff is kind and attentive. «Clean-​up, lane 33» oops
The price is completely affordable.
Food is great bowling alley food.
Drinks are affordable and do the job.
Clean.
All around goodness.
We will definitely be returning, because as far as I can see there isn’t any reason not to go back!

I cannot believe there are no reviews for this place!
Ahhh…I’ve been going to Cloverleaf since I was a little kid… hey, I was born in the 70s… bowling was the «in» thing for my parents to do and it trickled down. Thus, I spent many-​a-​birthday party here.
To me, this has always been the «Disneyworld» of bowling alleys… it’s HUGE. I think there’s 60 lanes or something. It’s always impeccably clean which I find fascinating since bowling is not one of those «sports» that necessarily attracts the anal-​retentive. And now that it’s smoke-free…well c’mon people, let’s bowl!
I’m not sure what the standards are for reviewing bowling «centers.» They have an enormous amount of «house» bowling balls to choose from (as I’m the only family member who does not own their own *gear*) and the rental shoes are really completely not gross. The fried food is greasy and hot. The Coke or MGD is cold. There’s a ton of now somewhat ancient arcade games mixed with new updates. Pool is right there… back and to the left.
If you’re a bowler, just say yes. Love Cloverleaf!
One caveat: MANY, MANY leagues.