Broadway Superbowl

My son was invited to a bowl party here today, giving me the chance to check the place out for the first time. Located round the corner from the Grand Hotel, the building is of new style variety with a tall frontage close to the pavement, meaning a staircase to get to the first level bowl. Inside an arched ceiling provides and interesting ambience to the setting. Ten lanes sit in front of you as you walk through the doors, to the left is the food counter and bowl reception. To the right a bar and toilets. The frontage leading to the lanes is large and spacious and a pool table, slot and gaming machines fill the walls. It seems on first impressions a vibrant place to be with people of all ages having fun.
Sitting back and taking time to view the offer, you can see that all the internal décor is looking tired and in need of a spruce up. The place is as clean as it can be but is not forgiving at all and will always look tired no matter how much you Mr Sheen is sprayed. The toilets were ok but small for the number of people in the place and must be a problem if the place is packed. Toilet roll was on it’s last legs when we used it for instance, mid afternoon.
The staff seemed very able and willing but were multi tasking between all duties, cook, barstaff, party host, bowl reception, pin controller, shoe issuer. So their customer service was in short supply as they were so stretched, not their fault at all and to their credit kept everything moving fast and efficently.
The prices varied depending on package, the one I did pick up was £85 for a single lane on New Year’s Eve, you have it all night no matter how many people play it, so if you like bowling this could be an option.
The premises is run by Rileys.