Clover Lanes

Reviewed as a casual bowler — and we are talking proud to get over 100 kind of casual. It’s very easy to «rent a lane» online so there is no waiting for lanes. I am not sure what general costs are but we rented 1 lane for 1hr on a Wed night, 2 people for $ 25 total including tax. Without breaks we played about 4.5 games each in 1 hr. You can pay when you reserve online with Credit as well as pre-​pay for snacks, soda. There is a Salvatore’s pizza in this location so I am guessing pizza would be the best option but we didn’t have any refreshments. When you get to the Lanes you check-​in at the front counter. Shoes are included in price paid! ($ 5 for shoes at AMF) You can measure your finger size in sample ball, they pick out a ball for you and tell you the lane you are assigned. Very simple, fast, easy check-​in.
The whole location is very clean, organized and has many areas to lounge around. If you are paying per hour though probably don’t want to do much lounging.
Fun times and they make it so easy to schedule by online pre-​planning. Reasonable prices.

Stood around for 5 minutes waiting for someone to come to the counter. Told us alley closed in 15 mins (11pm) even though online it’s listed to close at 12. Waste of time. Update your site.

The worst customer service I have ever experience was at Clover Lanes tonight. I am a very small stature girl and an 8 pound ball is simply too heavy for me, it hurts my wrists and I cannot throw it straight. I asked for a smaller size ball and the one male employee blonde hair said no cant do it we need to save the small balls for the kids. So I go to the manager and she at first refuses to give me a smaller ball, even when there was 10 unused balls just sitting there, and even though I just spent $ 32 at the facility for a ball that I can’t even handle. She finally ended up giving me a size 7 ball because I wanted my money back for not being able to play. There was about 3 small children there, I don’t see why it was such a big problem to give me a smaller ball. I will never go here ever again.

Once a year we go bowling and usually it is to Clover. I guess just bowling once/​year is why the sport is failing and Clover will be closing in the next year to be replaced by a Whole Foods. Over the years this place went from a very busy place focused on leagues to recreating itself to cater to open bowlers and parties.
On this visit we noticed the new set-​up — balls are now kept behind the counter (were people stealing them?) and the revamped pricing scheme based on by the hour (depends on day and time of day) or by game. Since we actually sort-​of care about our scores we pay by the game.
It is too bad that another alley will be closing, esp. one that is so convenient. I’m guessing they are done making improvements and will see this place deteriorate…

This is one mother of a bowling alley — it’s huge — 50 lanes! Everything has been updated so consider this as high tech as bowling comes. They have a good mix of music and stay open late, even on Sunday, which is often when we have a bowling outing during the winter months.
Truthfully, I’m a terrible bowler, but I love it anyway. Perhaps for those moments when I avoid the gutter or get a lucky strike — pure excitement, zero skill. I can bowl with my 8lb. ball without judgement (yes, they actually have lots of them with holes big enough for adult hands).
Shoes are free, which is great. You’re paying a little more for the bowling experience. We paid per hour — $ 40 for two lanes. It’s a different price depending on day/​time, which is all outlined clearly on their website. We went over our time limit, but still had a few rounds left to play. It was a slower night when we were there recently so they prorated ~45 min so we could finish our game.
If you get hungry during your bowling outing, they have a Salvatore’s inside the space. We usually stick to the bar (full bar!) and opt for the pitchers. They have some decent liquors available and beers on tap — we stuck with pitchers of Southern Tier IPA all night the last time we visited.

It’s a nice place to bowl. You get your own balls. You can pick up the figure size and weight. One of my teammates was a pro. He came here every Tuesday. Apparently there are balls whose weight is not evenly distributed so they would be easy to spin if you want to do some fancy techniques.
There is plenty space. It’s not like L & M, too narrow. Plenty of seats too, so are tables. There are a snack bar and a cash bar too.

Good bowling alley, and they have a full bar, yay! Lots of lanes. Pizza and apps are good enough to make you bowl a few extra strings with the heaviest ball to work off the calories! I like that you can pay by the game or by the hour… a very good thing when you are bowling with little kids:) my daughter bowls so slow that a few times we wondered if the ball would make it to the pins!

This review is particularly for the bar at Clover Lanes.
I bought two pitchers of beer, one of Sam Adams Summer Ale, and the other of Bud Light. The Sam Adams tasted great, but the Bud Light was disgustingly flat and didn’t taste quite right. This was after only taking half a cup out of the pitcher, then passing the cup around the table for everyone to taste. I returned the 90% full pitcher to the bartender who told me he was sorry that I didn’t like how it tastes, but it’s a fairly new keg and there’s nothing wrong with it. He then proceeded to dump it down the drain and asked if I’d like to buy another pitcher, but that he could not comp it because it’s their slow season right now.
The bowling alley itself is great, but I won’t be purchasing beer from their bar anymore while bowling.

I am the worlds worst bowler. Thankfully, there’s no one @ Clover Lanes that seems to care! Always busy there, usually filled with leagues. Salvatore’s Pizza on site if you’re hungry. There’s also a room downstairs that can be used for birthday parties, which we’ve done in the past.

This place has balls.
Tons of them.
It’s the only bowling alley I’ve been to that has such a large selection of balls to choose from organized by weight and finger hole size. So swell.
Clover has a sliding pay scale per hour that ranges from $ 10 — $ 27.50. Shoes are always free, so that’s a bonus.
There are a ton of lanes. A. TON. They’ve got a full bar and food options. Late hours. Fun music. A pretty fun bowling experience.

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