Hudson Bayonne Lanes

There is a young lady Jessica!!! That works there she is incredible rude and racist. This kind of family establishment should not have someone like that working for them… Since when is it politically correct to tell an American born English speaking costumer that they need to «learn to speak English» and then she continued by saying «you need to sit down get you thoughts together and speak proper English» … Seriously!!! JESSICA needs to learn some manners and etiquette. However I did file an official complaint against her with the department of labor since the government did created race discrimination act to protect people against racist slurs like that… It’s a shame that such a pretty little girl can be so ugly… Whats even worst I grew up in this place and now every year I take my kids over there for their birthdays and I am so disappointed by my last visit I will never go back.

No complaints, I enjoyed my time and the drinks or worth the price

I am here 4,5 days out of the week. This place is my second home. The front desk is always respectful and make you feel comfortable there. The food is a little on the pricey side. But the food is out standing. But when there are leagues its a mad house. No lanes are open. Don’t go on a Friday night or Saturday night. The leagues are insane. But it’s a great place no matter what is going on

Can’t speak to the bowling experience because we waited on line for 40 minutes on an attendant that refused to prioritize the queue of 5 – 6 groups of people that were waiting to be assigned lanes. She was running around doing this and that, spraying down shoes, muttering that she was the only person working the counter and that she had a heart attack recently.
Just spare yourself the headache and bowl somewhere else. I’ve been to Bowl Rite Lanes in Union City and my experience was far better than this one. I’ve never been to a business that was run so inefficiently in my life. For the good of the business, that woman needs to be fired.

Always loved this place. Friendly staff, quick service. And the food is good too.
Ive been going here for about 15 years now. The lanes are nice and the, machines work well. The office staff is really nice as well.

Great staff, Food and service.
Lanes were usually oil and not too dry for people going to practice. Ball does not get stuck very often. Thanks to my luck.
Food size, taste and price are acceptable and not a rip off like others.
Facility are well AC and kept. Bowling deals at nights are unbeatable. The only thing i do not like is that we have to cross the bridge (expensive toll) everytime to come to this lane. otherwise would be a five star.

Great value for money…
Lanes look a little dated, but it’s a great place to bowl…
Serious bowlers, families everyone seems to be busy bowling and having fun.

Hudson Lanes is one of the best and cheapest ones we have ever been! The place isnt ghetto. For some people, it may be, I grew up in the LES and I have seen ghetto. We usually go on Thursday nights where we get to bowl for 1.25 per game! Great DEAL! duh! We usually bowl with 5 people for 5 games each and we become ultra exhasuted! That would just cost us… about $ 7 per person! We also have lockers there which is a convenience and its also dead cheap LOL! les than $ 20.00 a year! BAWSE! Beer is cold, food is good… what more can you ask for! The manager Tony is the best! He knows the people there and even out of towners like us! Great guy! Great place to be for bowling!

I am SO SICK of this place. For the past week, we tried FOUR SEPARATE TIMES to go bowling there & each time we either went there or called, we were told they were too busy with leagues, birthday parties, nonsense to find one measly lane for my 6.5 year old son to bowl. No matter whether it was evening, daytime, weekday or weekend, they were booked. The fact that the place is an enormous DIVE & totally ghetto is one thing, but it is local, close & cheap & perfect if your child loves bowling (and you do not, but just want to make him happy). However, if they don’t figure out that they need to keep some lanes aside for the general public, I guarantee they will be closed within the next 1 – 2 years. WHERE IS THE OWNER OF THIS DISGUSTING ESTABLISHMENT???

This place is fun, great everyday people crowd. There was no stuck up theme and beers were cold and cheap. I went this Sunday since the Path is not going into NYC I kept it local. I hope they don’t do too much renovations, I am digging the 1950’s meets the 1970’s décor :)

BAIT AND SWITCH! If I could give this place negative stars I would. A couple of weeks ago, I went to Hudson Lanes with a group of friends like we do on most weekend nights to bowl. We have a few choices to go for bowling but we choose to go to this ghetto place because it is cheaper than the other places and offers a good deal of $ 50 per lane for 3 hours. Some people drove in from NYC, some drove in from West NJ some from Northern NJ for a good time. But that good time was marred when we had to deal with Eddie and the alleged way the system was set up.
We arrived at 10pm. We wanted to rent 2 lanes for 3 hrs at $ 50/​lane which would have ran $ 100 for the 3 hours. Eddie explained that the 3-​hr special was not an option that night since he may close early if it got slow and he didnt want to remain open til 1am just for one active lane even though signs posted throughout the establishment showed that they open until 3am on saturdays. He added that after our 2-​hrs were up, we could extend it to 3 if the bowling alley was still busy. Being reasonable people, it made sense for both sides so we agreed on paying $ 40/​lane for two hours (makes it $ 20/​hr v. $ 16.66/hr if it were the 3 hours). We figured we could always add that last hour on for $ 10 per lane if they were still busy.
The two hours came and went and the place was packed. So my brother went to ask Eddie for the extra hour. Eddie suddenly suffered amnesia. He said if we wanted that extra hour, he would have to charge us $ 20/​lane instead of the $ 10. Now $ 10 extra isn’t a lot of money by any means. It’s the principle. Businesses should stand behind what they say. Seeing my brother failed at his attempt to get the extra hour as promised, I tried to reason with Eddie. When I went to talk to him, he seemed like he did not want to be bothered. He said he had a busy night and didn’t really recall our conversation earlier in the evening. He said if I wanted the lane for an extra hour, I’d have to pay $ 15 and thats the best he could do since the system wouldnt allow him to do it for the $ 10. Huh? What? If he knew the system wouldn’t let him do it for the $ 10 difference, then why didn’t he just say that in the beginning instead of telling us to come back for the extra hour at the special rate? I told him that he should have just given us the 3 hours like we originally asked for and he responded, «I probably should have.» And left it at that. He said that if I had a problem, to call the manager… who is probably his friend. So I decided to just make a review here on Unilocal.If their management cares about their customers, they will reach out to us. I am very doubtful though. They lost our business… that’s probably about $ 800/​month. You figure $ 100 each night avg 2 nights/​week. That stuff adds up. We will now be going to bowling alleys in Hackensack or trying that other place in Lodi.
To the owners/​managers at Hudson Lanes: You’ve lost some good customers due to poor customer service. Besides the poor customer service, the lanes were dirty. Someone before us spilled soda all over the place and then stepped in it and continued to bowl and the lanes were not cleaned up for a long while. The guy who finally came to clean has to clean the whole area on his hands and knees with a cloth. Get him a mop at the least. The bathrooms are also disgusting with clogs and lack of toilet paper. I could have overlooked all of that grime but I cannot overlook being lied to and then not given the courtesy of a minute to even state my point before having a business card shoved in my face and pretty much told to go away.

BOWLERS BEWARE!
My friends and I having been coming to Hudson Lanes for the past several months, usually once or twice on weekends. Tonight we had a group of 7 bowlers. We showed up at the counter at exactly 10pm and asked for two 3 hour special lanes for $ 50 each. The clerk, Eddie, a raggedy looking hillbilly told us he could only give us 2 hours for $ 40 per lane first because they might be closing early. [On a Saturday evening, really? Not to mention, the place was packed.] We told Eddie, the sign on the door and all other places, including Unilocal,showed Hudson opened till 3am on Saturdays. Eddie said he knew, but that sometimes they closed earlier due to slow business, and that he wouldn’t want to stay behind that last hour if we were the only bowlers left. He further told us that after our two hours were up, he would let us add that extra hour should it remain busy. It sounded well reasoned — so we agreed to do two hours first, with the option to add the last hour.
After bowling for two hours, the place was at its peaked. There were more bowlers at Hudson than when we began to bowl at 10pm. I went up to ask Eddie if he would be able to add the extra hour considering how busy the alley was. He nodded his head yes, and then to my surprise, that bastard wanted to charge us an additional $ 40 — $ 20/​hr per lane per hour. I was like wait a minute, we initially told you we wanted two 3 hour special lanes for $ 100, and you sold us two 2 hour lanes for $ 80, with the option to add the last hour. He then gave me an attitude, and told me to take it up with the manager if I wasn’t happy with the rate. So basically, instead of paying $ 50 per lane for 3 hours, that sneak bastard wanted to charge us $ 40 per lane for 2 hours, and then an additional $ 20 per lane for 1 hour (i.e., 3 hours for $ 120).
My sister then went up to talk to Eddie. After going back and forth on why he should honor his initial offer, he then counteroffered $ 15 per lane for an additional hour. $ 15 is not even within their offered rates! We both agreed that Eddie was full of it, as he wasn’t adhering to their company’s posted prices. I am still confused as to why Eddie wanted to charge me $ 20 per lane instead of the $ 10 that it should have been since the special was $ 50/​hr and I had already paid $ 40. Though he claims their system would not allow them to add the extra hour on the special now and that I would have to pay per lane this sounds like the classic bait and switch to get us to pay more than we had actually bargained for. We did not stay for the last hour.
I wanted to take off our rentals, and chuck them into their toilets. Needless to say, they’ve lost our business. Their strongest selling point in getting customers to return has always been the price point — but when you have shady workers trying to bait and switch you, and trying to hustle a few extra bucks from you, then it’s time to find a new place to bowl.

This is the MOST outdated bowling ally i have ever been to in my life. The screens are all in 8 bit. I do have my own ball and got a lot of gash and scratch marks. I know its expected but i got like 15 of them in one night (in one hour). I guess the ball return was not working properly. The only reason i am giving this 2 stars is because the guy in the pro shop was cool and glued my tips on my bowling ball for free. I enjoy bowling but ill skip out if my friends want to go here. I recommend somewhere different.

It was fine for a bowling alley. The front desk is a bit of a hot mess but there are a lot of lanes. The set up is a bit odd, to get the balls though, so you’ll have to say «excuse me» and bump some people, as they’re placed behind the seats of the lanes (you’ll see when you get there).
There’s a large bar and the café is Asian inspired, kind of random. I didn’t try anything but the people I was with seemed pleased with their food. Things were clean, parking lot is small.
Nothing to rave about but would go back.

Great place for a class trip.
I was recently on a trip with over a hundred teen students. We had half of the bowling alley to ourselves, so that should give you an idea of the size of the business. The staff was professional and impressively attentive throughout. Pizza lunch was served efficiently and, once again, very professional staff. At the end of the day, everyone had a great time. The bowling alley is not the most modern I’ve ever been to, but certainly clean and well-​maintained. And yes, bowling is still fun after all these years.

interesting crowd here. Ive been here two or three times. Usually Crowded during the week because of leagues. My last time, Our lane kept breaking when we were playing so we ended up just leaving without finishing our second game,

Had some REALLY good Groupons to go bowling and instead of choosing the alley by my house, I decided to go here despite all the gangsta talk.
Step 1 of the evening for the 10 of us started off with dinner in Jersey City. So coming to this spot made more sense.
The area seems super seedy, but there’s security. Never thought I’d say that about a bowling alley. But I digress.
The place is HUGE and the guy at the counter was cool enough to let us choose our lanes. We played on the quieter half of the alley. There’s a bar and there’s tons of balls.
However, I couldn’t find one that was perfect for me… so I didn’t hit 300 like I normally do. Maybe next time.

One of my haunts as a thugged out Pinoy growing up in dirty jerz. Nowadays, the house doesn’t seem to have the same luster as it once did. I used to bowl in King of the Hill tourneys here and was the occasional hired gun during Sunday Filipino leagues. I never was part of a team, but whenever a team needed help during position rounds, I was one of those guys that was brought in to help turn the tide.
They used to have great prices during open bowling, but that isn’t the case anymore. I used to practice here during weekdays for $ 1. Now it’s $ 3 during weekdays but they offer rent-​a-​lane specials weeknights and weekends. Rent-​a-​lanes aren’t really a deal unless you’re bowling with 2 other people that are actually there to practice and not mess around.
There’s tons of parking in the rear of the building.
On a side note, I contracted chicken pox here in 1992…

I live in Jersey City near Lincoln Park and this is the closest Bowling alley near me. I must say, compared to the bowling alleys in NYC, this is an ancient monstrosity! I guess you get what you pay for: The score-​screen system is outdated, the bowling balls are in terrible condition and the ambience is not that which I have experienced in the past. I must reiterate, the price is INCREDIBLE!
On a side note, I had signed up previously to some stryker bowling club of some sort which sends you discounts via email. I received a discount coupon for $ 1 games as an incentive to go during the superbowl. The email simply said «bring this coupon», but it did not state in what form so I simply had my blackberry as proof. Some old raunchy-​looking guy told us we had to have it on paper, but I argued that it doesnt state that in the email and that I did not have a printer. He did nothing but show me a previously-​printed copy while saying «bring this coupon». I was furious and decided to leave with my guests.
I will no longer be giving my pennies to this place. I’m sort of motivated to open up my own bowling lanes and take this one out of business. lol

Unfortunately, the Sunday night Latin American League folded this season due to lack of bowler recruitment and advertising. In bowling denial, my teammate and I needed to coordinate regular practice. Hudson Lanes offers $ 2.00 games on Sunday, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. It’s probably not easy for a lot of hungover people to wake up early on a Sunday.
$ 6.50 for the breakfast special which gives you 3 games, shoe rental and a breakfast consisting of 2 eggs any style, toast and beverage (coffee or soda). Honestly, their breakfast sucks, since young sisters Molly and Maggie left Carol’s snack bar (renamed to Hollywood or something like that) several years ago.
I showed no rust as I defeated Duker in 4 consecutive games, 195 – 183, 204 – 166, 199 – 193 and 200 – 174.
It’s out of my way to come here just for fun. Since I’m not bowling in league, you won’t catch me here paying regular price.
Apr 08 UPDATE
The breakfast special is $ 7 now. Games on Sunday morning are $ 2 each. I defeated my friend 3 out of 4 games (190 – 223, 215 – 163, 199 – 187, 200 — 191). Thank goodness I redeemed myself. My bowling scores on Thursday (
) were horrendous.
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