AMF Bradenton Lanes

We bowled 2 games — 1 adult, 2 children. When we left we sat our shoes on the counter and told the woman which lane we were and that we were finished. A few weeks later we get our credit card statement and were charged over $ 100?!! We had to call twice to try to straighten it out and during the 2^nd call we were told we bowled 16 games… even though we were only there for an hour. Apparently we didn’t get checked out properly when we left, so someone came in behind us and bowled a 14 more games and WE got charged for it. We have been told there is nothing that can be done and we have to pay the charge. That’s just poor customer service and we will never be back.

We went on a rainy Saturday and it was packed! We got our name on a waiting list and got some food & drinks. We actually got a lane pretty quickly and were greeted by a dead roach on the floor; wish I would have seen that before I ate my pretzel. Anyway, the lanes are old and many of them were broken down. They need to do major renovations and a deep cleaning wouldn’t hurt.

We bowled here one weekday. It’s your typical bowling alley with electronic AMF scoring and decent lanes. You have to decide how many games you want to play prior to starting and pay ahead. Staff friendly and helpful. Bar was closed. Has an arcade. They do leagues and midnight bowling.

May 16, 2012 these pictures were synced to my Google Drive, I KNOW for sure this occurred sometime AROUND then. I did not begin Unilocaling until 2014! did, however leave 1 1* Facebook review just about the same time. The woman who NOW claims to have never been pregnant, which she did not mention in her, or her husbands BARRAGE of rude, disrespectful, and profane PRIVATE Unilocal messages… now claims I am a liar. Thinking this was a FAMILY ORIENTED establishment, my husband took my son and I on a Sunday, just after dinner! We decided to take advantage of thee «FREE» summer bowling program, something you register for on-​line, which I spent additional $$ to add both myself and his Dad to for the summer… FAR from free! We had to pay for shoe rental for EACH of us, plus ALL games after 2, which we played in less than an hour!
There were belligerent, loud DRUNKS in the lanes on either side of us that the waitress was constantly bringing more beer’s for, but when we ordered a pitcher it took 30 minutes & when we got it, we were ready to go!
It was SOOO bad my husband walked home, we live close by! But, the icing on the cake, they served an obviously pregnant woman at least 6 beers in the 3 hours we spent there… HELLO, ever heard of fetal alcohol syndrome! After being threatened with a defamation of character lawsuit September 11^th 2015 by the anonymous pregnant woman in the picture and a private message via Unilocal application, I’ve spoken to the manager of AMF Bradenton lanes. They do not now nor have they ever served non alcoholic beer nor do they allow you to bring any beverage into their facility. Her husband has now added to the harassment calling me several profane names, as well as a liar. Unless AMF lied when I called this evening, i wrote and snapped a picture of the truth! I will not be threatened, harassed, or bullied to change my experience OR remove a picture that I took of an establishment for any reason, Unilocal us about 100% honest reviews, and that picture as well as my experience is honest! Due to the large group, I do not blame AMF for serving a pregnant woman, as the beers they ordered could have been for anyone! It is not their responsibility to make sure the pregnant woman was not drinking! That was her responsibility. I was compensated with FREE game/​shoe rental passes, but we have yet to use them. Since Unilocal is taking their time investigating the matter I will continue to update my review as the DRAMA unfolds… consider it a live blog that began YEARS ago. (Note: this woman was NEVER identified until SHE named herself)

Having a fun family night out or maybe it’s a casual date night? AMF Bradenton Cortez Lanes is great for all ages. The food is typical bowling alley fare… pizza, wings, hot pretzels etc. All of which is fine considering where you’re at. Where you might run into a problem is with service. Some of the wait staff are great, if you are there every week bowling, they remember what you drink and if you eat. Others are young first time servers who are just learning the ropes in the hospitality industry. But then I don’t really care, I’m there with friends having a good time pretending we are capable of a 300 game!
Lanes are well maintained as are the house balls and shoes. Come join us sometime for a few laughs!

Go on Tuesday nights…$ 2 Tuesdays…$ 2 games and $ 2 shoe rentals. Can’t beat it. Otherwise, it can get pricey for a family of 4 to play. Nice lanes and snack bar with lots of food choices.

My boyfriend and I recently moved to Bradenton and decided to go on a bowling date night. When you walk into this bowling alley, you can tell it hasn’t been updated in over a decade.
We began to bowl and halfway through our game, our bowling lane’s pin dropping machine broke. When I approached the employee about it, she just said «ok» and seemed like she was calling someone on a walkie talkie.
15 minutes later, our lane was still broken. When I walked up to let her know it was broken, she was away from the counter talking with her friends in the concessions section. A couple minutes later, she came back and I let her know that our lane had been broken for 15 minutes and asked for my money back. She called a manager, and the manager refunded me my money with absolutely no apologies.
We’ll be going out of town to go bowling from now on. I am relieved that we got our money back. I just wish that there was better customer service.
Just a tip: if your lane says that it’s calling a technician because it’s broken, double check with the front desk.

great place to bowl and have a great time… in the lounge too!

Why 4 stars? Because a lack of negativity stands out.
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A good bowling alley is like a good referee or umpire. The less you notice about them, the better. I’ve come to accept that there aren’t going to be any bowling alleys with really awesome food, or a huge craft beer selection*… so it basically just comes down to not being egregious.
This AMF is not egregious. The beer is fine. The food is fine. The people are fine. The lanes are fine. The technology with the score-​keeping is fine.
Now, if I could just become a better bowler…
*Why don’t they open an awesome bowling alley with these things? Is this my next career, founding the world’s best bowling alley?

Pizza is not awesome but it is edible and the bowling is a fun family
activity for all to enjoy.
Awesome chocolate cookies!