Rapids Bowling Center

Stayed in the hotel next door and wandered over to the bowling alley for a late dinner and some beer. Typical bar menu offerings, but the food is anything but bar food! Simply put, the chicken tenders are AMAZING!!! Nothing from the freezer about these babies! They are fresh chicken breast pieces that are hand battered and fried. They taste like something that came from your own kitchen, not the backside of a bowling alley!
We didn’t bowl, but hung out in the bar, enjoyed a few beers and some food and Karaōke! The KJ was wonderful! The song selection was huge, the talent ranged from typical bowling alley crooners to possible contestants to «The Voice», and everything in between! But the crowd cheered for everyone like they were The Voice participants, and everyone had multiple chances to sing.
We wish we could transport this place to our hometown so we could make it a part of our regular Saturday night routine! Thanks for the great time!

I’m not a big bowler by any means. You’ll find me at a bowling alley a few times a year, so I don’t have too much to compare this place to. Let me say right of the bat that my bowling experience here was probably a solid four-​star expensive: inexpensive, friendly staff and a fun night. So why the three stars? Well, The food here was two-​stars at best, thus the overall 3 star rating.
The bowling here is pretty straight forward. You drive up, park (check behind the building for extra spots if the lot seems full, it actually curves around) and go up to the counter and pay the nice man for your night of bowling debauchery (ahem). For the two of us, it was $ 8 including shoe rental for 3 games (and 50 cents per additional game); pretty damn cheap and awesome. The shoes were a little big and smelled a little funny, but I put them on anyway and didn’t give it another thought (until now).
We were assigned our lane, put our names into the computer and bowled our hearts away… that is until our lane broke down. This happens, so it’s not really a big deal — went to talk to the man at the counter and he simply moved us and our scores to the lane over. Awesome.
The food at the bar though — euch. I ordered the Buffalo Chicken Wrap and my girlfriend ordered a veggie wrap. We asked for onion rings instead of chips. The food came out after fifteen minutes and though the onion rings were delightful, the Buffalo Chicken wrap tasted bland and uninspired. The meat wasn’t even crispy and it tasted as if it was cooked and/​or microwaved from a Tyson chicken package. Her veggie wrap also taste if it was a mix of some canned veggies tossed together. Our bill for the two wraps and drink came to about $ 22.
So I would recommend coming here if you’re looking to bowl, but if you want some quality food; look elsewhere.