Old Mountain Lanes

Solid bowling. Seamless sign in, no problems, staff is nice and helpful. There’s a lot going on here between the bowling, diner and arcade. I think I also saw Keno and scratch ticket machines. So there’s plenty to do, perfect for a rainy day.

Where were you all my life Old Mountain Lanes?
My family just back from our first breakfast trip here. Loved seeing the locals, sitting around the diner gabbing about local history, trains, their far-​flung relatives, and memories of times past. The restaurant features a lovely full-​color menu with reasonably priced breakfast specials and their omelette was pretty filling despite only containing six eggs.
See you soon OML!

I’ve enjoyed this place for years. Food is decent, people are nice, service has always been good. It is a hub of Wakefield and Peace Dale. I’m not a very skilled bowler but nevertheless it’s a fun activity during the winter that’s not too expensive. Many hobbies are almost guaranteed to be between $ 1 – 2,000 to get into. Skiing, golf, scuba, boating, and other sports besides basketball have commitments time wise and then oftentimes you’ve got to buy a membership to play indoors if you want year round practice in the face of New England weather. Bowling seems to solve lots of that, and Old Mountain Lanes is a great place to go in that spirit. My only qualm is sometimes the scoring computers will glitch and make it necessary for the attendant to edit your game/​score. Not sure why this happens and I have no idea if it happens during league play but it’s my only reason for the lack of a fifth star.

I haven’t been here in almost 2 years, and I can’t decide if that’s a good decision or not. The restrooms are filthy and have gang graffiti in them, and if you come here on Thursday nights you’ll have to deal with the infamous popular group from my school. It’s so tempting to come here that day just to see what it’s like, but it’s hard to predict if it will be worth the risk or not. I’m gonna wait until the perfect time and then come here just once to see what it’s like. If i have a good time, my rating goes up to 4. If it sucks i will drop it down to 2.

Good food at a good price. Service is good. I prefer to eat on bowling alley side. If you don’t want to sit there then go to Camden’s. Same kitchen.

Great indoor activity to do with kids during the hot summer months. They have a ‘kids bowl for free’ program during summer. Register online, pick up the card and 24 hours later your child can bowl for free (one game plus shoe rental, per day for the entire summer)
Save the card at the end of the summer to reuse again next year.

We just attended a child’s birthday party. The lanes were fine but the some of the staff was just plain RUDE. The girl responsible for tending to the party was obviously annoyed to be dealing with us. Never one word, just a frumpy face as she cleaned and broke down the table… as we were sitting there with drinks THAT WE BOUGHT AT THE BAR!!! CRAZY ATTITUDE!!! She clearly had somewhere better to be because we saw her leave before us. If the owners are lucky she will never return. One thing is for sure, we won’t.

I’m giving this place three stars because you have to go here for people watching on a Friday night. I do not bowl, but I’ve had occasions where I’ve met friends here. They probably have the cheapest drinks of any place in Wakefield. You get a nifty paper bracelet once you show your ID to let the staff know you’re 21+ and that it’s okay for you to have a cocktail. I’ve only had the food once here, and it was pizza– tasted exactly like the frozen Elio’s pizza I had in elementary school. All in all, if you like to bowl and like people watching, you will not be disappointed.

Holy smokes.
$ 40 to bowl for an hour? I wish I’d done some research in advance.
It was too cold to walk the beach and look for sea glass with my friend’s kids. I had to entertain them for the day and thought we could kill an hour before lunch at the bowling alley. One hour of bowling (1.25 games) + shoe rentals for me, a 6 year old and a 3 year old.
Maybe there is a frequent pass? Maybe there are super saver hours? Maybe the price for one game is less expensive than paying for one hour?
It was pretty empty there as the leagues had just finished. It was clean and the staff was helpful. We had lots of fun and really, an hour was about all they could handle.

Its a fun place to go bowl. I do not go bowling that often but they have good prices and a good amount of lanes. The help was good if you needed anyone to come help you with a problem. They have a bar inside which is great and there is a newport creamery styled restaurant inside so you can eat, drink and bowl.

‘ASS’ ‘TIT’ & ‘JIZ’ go bowling.
Who wins?
Me — (TIT) — Cuz I wear the C-​Cup Bra in this trio… Haven’t been bowling in a while and I work up such a sweat cuz I’m a hottie and so I take my sweatshirt off and then watch as the old Bowling Angels of Mercy swerve in and give me their wonderful, joyous tips.
Especially the man who wasn’t playing but sitting behind us. After my five scratchers wore out and I won nothing and I was down by like, I dunno… Many fucking points… Not fucking points, mind you, but like — BOWLING SCORES… Anyways.
Man says: «Be your sex. Play like a girl. You be tryin to play like a boy, you’re throwin that ball too hard! You got no control. Just wait and go easy. Be feminine. Drop the ball closer to your body. You don’t gotta swing it so HARD! You tryin to play like the boys and you can’t do that, you don’t have the strength yet. Don’t worry about it so much, if you just go easy and drop it close to your body it’ll go straight. You wait. Just see.» AND BOOM! My hero. My Black Angel of Mercy — I love you, Sir. Scores started to climb up after he bestowed his wisdom, but see — Jiz took the damn game and it was close between him and Ass.
Lady behind counter was very sweet. When I redeemed the one scratcher that won she asked me if Ass found his ball (see, incidentally that was the sole reason we were here on a Tuesday afternoon as Ass had presumably had too much beer the night before or had otherwise been too stoned to remember his found object beach ball bowling dynamite very cool looking heavy round thing… and left it behind here). Yup he did find it. Right away, in fact.
There’s a restaurant inside here too but now… I wouldn’t care about a silly thing like THAT… now… would I?
Bathing suit season is coming up.
Woke up this morning thinking… Bowling… bowling…
The perfect protagonist.

There should seriously be one of these in every town/​city. Breakfast and bowling under one roof.
The idea may sound dingy, but it’s immaculately clean throughout, with great service from the waitstaff and the folks in the bowling alley section too.
The blueberry pancakes were a slight disappointment. My friend said it best, «Instead of three pancakes and so few blueberries per pancake, they should just do two pancakes with the same about of blueberries.» Great idea. The pancakes were huge — needlessly — but seriously lacking blueberries.
The bowling alley was sparkly new. New shoes, clean lanes, etc. My friends and I had a great time there last week.
Go. Eat. Bowl.

I have been frequenting this place since I was born. I can say this… my mother worked here while pregnant with me. I am not even kidding a little bit.
«Coffee Shop» has great waitstaff, food is always good, and on the inexpensive side. Breakfast is presented nicely & is quick! Please visit Camden’s as well, they have 2 RESTAURANTS here!
See my reviews…
The hardest part is trying to get out of there after eating with out letting the kids bowl a game! Or play the video games that are out «on the lanes’
I did have «date night» with my 5 year old Friday & we bowled 2 games. $ 24 total for 2 game & shoe rentals for both of us. It is fun, and I just figured out why my arm has been sore for 2 days…

There is a «coffee shop» in Old Mountain Lanes, which is what this review is about. It’s got a retro vibe to it, but it’s not trying to be retro. It’s just an old coffee shop.
I took my two sons there recently for dinner — wife was out of town and I wasn’t in a mr. mom mood. One very cool thing about the coffee shop is that they serve breakfast all day! I wish more places did this, as pancakes and bacon for dinner is just such a right thing.
So the older kid gets Texas French toast (weird geographic thing there) and corned beef hash. His younger brother gets pancakes, an egg over, and bacon. I decide to go against the grain and order a dinner type meal — cheeseburger club. And you can get beer there too!
The only really odd thing about the whole place was that we were literally the only three people under 65 years of age. Don’t let that dissuade you, though. The waitresses were very nice and friendly, the food arrived pretty quickly, and all our orders were correct.
They loved their breakfasts, and I had a couple bites of the hash, which was excellent. My cheeseburger club was good. It was exactly what it should have been, and tasted just the way you’d want. This isn’t a fancy place, but for what it is, it’s very good. Reasonable prices, good service, tasty food. It looks weird being inside a bowling alley and all, but I’ll be going back for breakfast. Check it out if you’re in the area.

Okay, so we are clear, this review is NOT for the bowling but for «The Coffeehouse at Old Mountain Lanes.» I kid you not. It’s like walking into a coffee shop in Wisconsin (or rather, how I would imagine walking into a coffee shop in Wisconsin might be).
AWESOME breakfast. A pretty big place with fantastic homemade food. The assortment of muffins changes every day and be sure to get it grilled. I had what I believe was the #7 which had 3 eggs, 2 pancakes, homefries and bacon. Heart-​attack central but oh so good.
And what’s better than eating breakfast while listening to the sound of bowling balls crash into pins? A throw back breakfast place where the patrons have been going for years — and now you know about it.
Enjoy.