All Star Lanes

In 100+ reviews I’ve never given anyplace less than 3 stars. Of course, I’d never been here. I’m not writing this to stir up trouble, or to be vindictive, I just strongly feel like I need to warn anyone contemplating coming here that this is a place you don’t want to go. The lanes are beat up, in places substituting banquet style chairs for their already broken, beat up, built in chairs for the bowlers. By the end of the first game, my buddy and I had black residue all over our hands from the filthy lanes. The bar was poorly stocked and lacked any sense of pride. The restaurant was abandoned. It did have pool tables though.
To top it off, bowling was $ 29 per hour plus shoes. Ironically, we didn’t want a place that was too fancy. Careful what you ask for.
I get the sense this place is just waiting to be bought out by Preppy Bowl or Hipster Lanes, and in the meantime had stopped trying (several years ago).

Has definitely become more run down than I remember. Upon entering I was hit with a smell that mirrored a combo of gym socks and a thrift store.
Pros: Lots of parking. full bar.2 pool tables. never have trouble getting a lane during weekends. large space. Staff member did go out of his way to the open door for me as I entered with a large gift box.
Cons: Bowling balls are nicked and appear dirty. no bartender avail for mixed drinks during our visit that spanned 12−2pm.rental shoes were severely worn.
Even though I do love a good divey alley… the place is in desperate need of repair. A large space that is wasted with a hodge podge of themes going on. The sitdown Chinese restaurant located inside is out of place and does not meet the demands of this expanding neighborhood. The CRT monitors overhead are severly outdated.
Not asking for a gentrified make over… just a little elbow grease to restore the establishment into the gem it could be.

We literally got kicked off our lane because they gave it away!
They understaffed the place so badly that while my friend was waiting in line (for 20+ minutes) to pay for another game, they gave away our lane to the rudest family who moved our bags and starting bowling literally me while I tried to explain the situation.
Maybe take a look from your cashier stand and make sure no is, I don’t know, standing there?
So our fun night was booted. It was our wrap night party that we’d had planned for weeks and I basically just had to leave. I can’t believe the way the place is run.

It’s called «All — Star Lanes» but I wouldn’t even give half a star to this «establishment». Not only was the old guy (owner I believe) agitated that he couldn’t close an hour early, but he was just a flat out disrespectful the entire time. Customer service skills were next to non existent and the bar was out of almost everything we wanted to drink. We came for a birthday and ended up wishing we hadn’t. Beware bad vibes are the only thing they can supply.

I had fun with my friends. Its an expensive night for Eagle Rock. The person running it doesnt seem personable. He was bot chatty. If it had a host person it would be better!

This place is soo expensive for what it is. Pretty run down, and the worker on duty was super attitudey when we asked for a price breakdown. Just go to pickwick or literally anywhere else

This is a hateful place, nothing is well taken care of, prices are way too expensive for what they offer, the bar is minimal at best, video games are in deplorably bad shape, and the food is terrible. How do you mess up pizza? They even charged me for the fifteen or twenty minutes it took for them to fix the mistake they made in setting up our game, absolutely refused to give us a refund for the quarter hour or even to extend our play time. The owner/​manager was incredibly rude, as well. So glad to hear that Mr T’s Bowl is being remodeled.

Look, I understand it’s just a dollar. Still, it was incredibly frustrating when I put four quarters into the air hockey machine, the machine did not function or dispense a puck, and when I went to the front desk they told me there was no way to fix the machine, and then refused to provide a refund. Sorry for the run-​on sentence. Terrible service!

Beware of the old man with the white beard worst customer service ever he belongs on porch somewhere yelling at kids for stepping on his grass… Stay away!

Worse customer service ever! Place is stuck in the 80s looks like they haven’t fixed anything in years not sure how this place stays in business

I blame myself. I was looking for a bowling alley on the Eastside to take my 11 year daughter and her friends for her birthday. I did my search on Google and not Unilocal!Never again.
Like so many others, I’m giving this fucking shit-​hole a one-​star review. Everything else you have read on Unilocal about this place is absolutely true. The staff is rude, the place is filthy plus the balls and lanes are haven’t been maintained since the 90’s.
I’m writing this review because I have a new atrocity to add: They charged me about $ 7.50 for a pitcher of tap water in a DIRTY PITCHER! There were so many other things that were wrong with All Star Lanes but they have been reviewed over and over again. We can’t all be crazy — this place is a dump with no retro charm.
NO NOT TAKE KIDS TO All Star Lanes.

Came here thinking it would be retro cute and fun for my daughter and 4 of her friends to bowl for her birthday.
We called in advance and reserved lanes (not necessary, the place was empty-​I can understand why now) The place seemed dirty and poorly run as it was empty and yet the people in front of us were waiting a very long time to get a lane or shoes.
In addition, my daughter has life threatening food allergies and so I brought a small bit of cheese and crackers for the kids while bowling as we were going out to dinner after. I let the woman working their know this and she seemed ok with it.
Then, we ordered a pitcher of sprite and asked for a pitcher of water. We were charged $ 7 EACH. EACH $ 7 for a pitcher of water that came in a dirty, sticky pitcher. How do I post a picture here cause I took some? After the gross pitchers were delivered we were told quite rudely by the man running the place, who reeked of cigarettes and seemed quite unclean himself, that under no circumstances could any of the other children who weren’t food allergic have cheese and crackers, that we had to buy their food if they wanted to eat anything. Only the allergic child can eat the food we brought.
My daughter’s allergies are very real and very servere and she just wanted to feel like everyone else and eat what everyone else was eating on her birthday but we were forced to order appetizers to make him go away, and he was frightening my younger daughter.
Aside from that, the place was just dirty. The lane scoring system didn’t work properly-​it kept saying pins were down that weren’t etc. The balls were in horrible condition.
It was a very unpleasant experience. I would have given no stars if possible

Christy the bartender at all star lanes made me and my husband’s V day an unforgettable experience. Her exceptional service and drinks made with care and detail made us feel like we were long time friends. Thank you so much… We will be back because of her.

been here a few time both times I’ve been here everyone is rude they give you attitude for any little thing… I asked one staff the ball got stuck at the line I asked him if he can please get the ball for me didn’t even bother to say a word at all I even said that you and all he did was walk away… even at the front desk where u purchase the game and get shoes all girls working there are all rude I was asking for my shoe and I was telling her what sizes I need back from her And Her Response was «i know what size they are I don’t need you to tell me I can see on the shoe“things like that push customers away and want to never come back… They Need more friendly Staff and Better people that enjoy providing Customer service…

HORRIBLE. The kids were so excited to go bowling for the first time today. We called yesterday and were told they open at 5. At 5 pm we were at All Star Lanes and the gate was opened and the front door was opened. We went in. The bartender told us the guy who runs the place should be there in about five minutes… We waited and waited (didn’t want to leave right away after going all the way there) and 45 minutes later still no one to turn on the power to the lanes. The kids were obviously very disappointed. Boooooo to you All Star Lanes… You just lost our money. Guess the guy working decided not to show up to work today.

What a fun, divey place! We came here Saturday night with friends who frequent the place often. There was a comedy show earlier in the evening so they said it was way more crowded than usual. They had pop-​a-​shot which I LOVE so any place with that game is a winner in my book! The bartenders were slow and likely very drunk, but it was fun!

We went on a Saturday night. Parking was easy. Three people working: owner? (limping senior), clean cut cute woman, and punky pierced teenager. We got our lane and shoes quickly for prime time. Kind of a run down place. It is inexpensive, but the balls, lanes, and bumpers are a bit worn. The bumpers didn’t always come up. On some rolls, the pins did not collect for my second bowl. I ended up getting a spare because of this! :) The change machine is broken. The music blaring is old or FM radio playing classic rock & 70s. Please update the music to something more modern… Maybe pipe Pandora through the speakers and replace the speaker if they are blown. Most of your customers are young and Latino families. Saturday night they had lasers, lights, and mood lighting which made it kind of fun. My son enjoyed the bowling although they didn’t have a ramp for him to roll it down. He liked the air hockey game. He was disappointed the toy crane ate his quarters. Overall, a good value. Paid $ 27 for three people to play one game ($ 6×3 = $ 18 for game, $ 3 ea for shoes).
For those who like to drink, there’s a connected full bar behind the counter and a Chinese restaurant next to it?

Horrible bowling establishment. Bar people were very lovely and so was front desk girl seemingly. Don’t want too sound horrible all around… However they used disinfectant for the shoes with something from the $.99 store with a linen scent that isn’t for bowling shoes. I didn’t know this till after I played 1 game and then left promptly with my socks off and went somewhere else. Horrible. Oh and seemingly after I pointed out that wasn’t the proper disinfectant the poor girl at the front was getting yelled at. Sad. When I went back to a more professional establishment they showed me the ZEP brand they use that is for shoes. Praying I don’t get any fungus or athletes foot from this owner or manager because that won’t buy the proper foot spray and uses a product only for surfaces not feet.

This place has got to be the crappiest bowling alley in this great state. Their ball feeding machines are total crap so if you bring your own ball BEWARE! The lane I was put on was missing one of the roller rails, so my ball fell on the rusty jaggety remains of the mount which once held it, in turn split my ball. The place is run by some real shady folk. A Fat drunk guy is in charge of the lanes and is a total dickhead. He looked at my ball blankly, like as if this same thing had happened previously, then went and got the guy that, from what I can tell owns this place. He is the biggest dick of all, with his really bad toupee and classic wrangler suit. He looks like a middle eastern Mr.Burns. He looks at my ball and says something only a true asshole would which was «we’re not responsible for your ball» and points to a sign that says «this bowling alley is not responsible for any stolen property or damaged balls». Not sure how I missed that, but also another red flag that these people are going to scam you somehow. Bottom line is this place is crap, don’t go to it. I hope these schmucks get kicked out and a reputable bowling alley put in.

This is the poster child for «Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.» Yeah, the building is kind of run down. Yeah, the bar is a bit divey. Yeah, it smells weird inside. But you know what? None of that matters because the experience is fantastic.
My coworkers and I came here to bowl, and it was a great time. That’s saying something because I usually hate bowling. If there is a Hell, it’s a giant bowling alley.
Anyway, the prices for everything are cheap, and the staff are super friendly. One girl totally helped my coworker by improving her form so she went from bowling all 0’s to all 5’s. Progress.
Apparently, they also have live music at night. I definitely wanna come back on a weekend night to see a show and drink some cheap beer. That’s the high life.

We came over to the bowling alley on Saturday night with my 5yr old daughter, my 11 yr old niece and hubby. It was total 4 including myself.
I must say it wasn’t like lucky strike or anything close to it as far as looks go but we made it fun and happy family time.
Price was $ 29 per hour and $ 3 per shoe rental total $ 41. I thought it wasn’t too bad since it was on a wknd day.
Reason for 3 stars is because of the shoes they handed over to my husband were chewed up like a dog had fun with them. throw them away!!! Eeewww! My hubby is not one to nag so he went with it and didn’t let me ask for other pair.
Also as the game proceeded around 40min in the sensor kept making the rails come down and stuck being unable to continue our game.
Went and told the employee she came and asked if already fixed once 5min passed. It did work but we missed out on those 5min no apology and walked away.

This was a one time experience, never again, this place simply sucks…
We were here to celebrate on of my buddies birthday, we all like the Big Lebowski and we got him a lane for his special day. Boy, what shitty lanes we got. We rented 2 lanes, each for 1 hour, $ 26 each, not a bad price, but way to much for what we got. We had to switch lanes 3 times, because all the time something broke or didn’t work. We had to interrupt several times to get somebody behind the lanes to fix something and when the hour was over, we had to argue that we get a few more minutes to finish our game. They gave us 8 minutes exactly, I’ve never experienced something like this a bowling lane.

I’ve been going here for at least five years. Every time the people at the bowling counter are mean. The lanes are shit, and the balls are shit and the machines are guaranteed to malfunction once a game. We went last night and they had the thermostat set at 81 degrees. I guess they wanted to sweat us out so that we would either leave, or go to the bar. Which brings me to…
DON’T GO TO THE BAR. When you order a vodka and soda they charge you for a vodka, and then also a soda. A jack and coke is the price of a shot of whiskey plus the fucking two dollars they also charge for a coke. Fuck you. So one of the diviest bars with cockroaches climbing on the walls (I’ve seen it) ends up costing you as much as a douchey Hollywood club. I dropped eighty dollars on a tab that should have been maybe fifty. I’ve never heard of such nickel and diming from a bar before. Most bars look you in the eye while they fuck you.
And it’s weird to me, because, like I said, I’ve been going here for over five years and never noticed this before. So either I’ve been getting fucked the whole time, or they’re seriously struggling to pay the mortgage and decided to start skimping on things like air conditioning and seven up.
I’m never ever going back and I implore you to do so as well. Unless you just simply MUST hang out with straightedge underage rockabilly punk pirate folk groupies. (Because they also have live music that is horrible.) Fuck this piece of shit waste of space garbage bowling alley. Fuck it.

I am an avid bowler and this place certainly takes the cake for worst customer service. The man running this place was borderline aggressive when asked simple questions. I will never come here again.

Frankly, I’m surprised this place isn’t crawling with ironic hipsters. It’s a fun, old bowling alley. They’ve got drinks, karaōke, bowling and what I felt was a really friendly staff. I had my birthday there on Friday night and it was excellent.
Let’s be honest, the place has seen better days. Everything feels old. I have never seen more nicks in a bowling ball… but the staff was so nice and we all had a great time. I believe the place has been remodeled/​rearranged since the last time I went here… probably a decade ago. I remember being turned off by the over-​bright florescent lights, but tonight we got the dim, laser light, cosmic bowling atmosphere and fun karaōke. There weren’t many people there, but the crowd was so much fun. I almost don’t want to be too positive because I want to keep this place for myself.
Seriously though, it’s a lot of fun. The physical place needs work, but the spirit is wonderful.

This place is terrible. I took my boyfriend here for his birthday with his friend. First off, the cashier was so rude. He kept rolling his eyes at everyone and had a nasty attitude. Second, the lanes were tiny as hell. It seemed like they tried to make as many lanes as possible. Third, the bowling balls were getting stuck and went into our hour game. So, that was such a waste of time. You couldn’t even see the weight of the balls. This place is such a waste of money. Don’t go here. You’re better off going to Jewel’s bowling alley in Glendale. At least they won’t rip you off.

Just received the worst service from a grey haired older man with a beard that works here. He was incredibly disrespectful, had attitude and made rude remarks towards our party. He completely ignored our group after asking just one question in regards to the amount of people allowed on a bowling lane (due to a confusing sign). Mid conversation he stopped talking and yelled «next in line». We ended up walking out of the alley. The alley itself is ok, but we will never come here again due to the insulting customer service. This elderly grey haired bearded large man needs to be terminated. If this review happens to come across the eyes of any All Star Lanes managers, protect and save future business of your bowling alley by removing him. — An eagle rock native for 23 years

All star lanes is a gem of a place. A rather large bowling establishment in Eagle Rock complete with ample parking, a bar that prices very decently, karaōke on certain nights, an arcade, and a restaurant even (can’t speak for the restaurant, I’ve never tried it). The men’s restroom is also very respectable; clean and easy on the eyes, functional too.

The only good thing about this place are prices. I have bowled for over 8 years and this is one of the worse bowling allies i have ever been to. Rude staff, crappy lanes and horrible bowling balls.

On a Sunday afternoon… it’s quiet and nice for little ones to enjoy the small sampling of video games and bowling with bumpers. All Star Lanes is a modest place with the essentials. There’s nothing too fancy, but if you want to bowl at a reasonable price, this is your place.

This place is crazy fun if you do it right. A game or two of bowling and then over to the karaōke area for the rest of the evening. They have a great KJ and book (although they could stand to print more).
Plenty of tables with tons of room make it spacious so it’s not like a regular bar. It feels like an old chuck e cheese or something. Kinda grody, but in a special, fun way.
I haven’t tried the food, it honestly looks pretty nasty to me but I’ve had friends order the pizza and I think they ate all of it every time. But this isn’t a place for food, it’s a place to get drunk with your bffs and go nuts on some Spandeau Ballet or Hall & Oates.
It’s a good bday spot too– saw a guy walk into his surprise party and it was pretty cool. He was happy.

I’ll just say that the staff here is ridiculously rude, giving customers attitude does not help your business sir. The place is old and ghetto, which I don’t really mind, you pay for what you get, but at least I would appreciate not being yelled at when I asked what kinda beer do you have because you’re extremely busy. How about hiring more staff?
Anyways, Save your money and sanity and go somewhere else.

WOW!!! A WALK INTO THE PAST
BACKGROUND:
Welcome to the All Star Lanes web site. All Star Lanes is not just any ordinary bowling center… it’s so much more! First in fun, it’s your party center for distinctive events for all age groups. It’s the place to be. It’s extraordinary! All Star Lanes boast state-​of-​the-​art facilities complete with 22 bowling lanes with automatic scoring, a comfortable and relaxing cocktail lounge, pool tables, video arcade, and a waitstaff for all your dining needs.
ESSENTIALS:
Your own battery operated air conditioner
You’re own bowling ball, waxed
STATS:
Monday — Thursday 3 PM — 12 AM
Friday, 11 AM — 2 AM*
Saturday 11 AM — 2 AM*
Sunday 11 AM — 12 AM
Open Bowling Hourly: (Max 4 bowlers per lane)
Monday thru Thursday $ 18.00/hour/lane OR
$ 5 per Game/​Person
AFTER 6:00 PM $ 20.00/hour/lane
Friday thru Sunday & Holidays $ 29.00/hour/lane OR
$ 6.00 per Game/​Person
Shoe Rental $ 3.00
EXPERIENCE:
Having nothing to do, but looking for something to do, Tim C. and I came here for a little play time. Having grown up in the area and coming here as a child, I had simi-​high hopes that this would render fun times. Wow!!! Looking around there is no shine to the lanes, the tv monitors and game set up to appear to be original… same as when I was a child. Bowling at other alleys everything is electronic, not here. The information in the BACKGROUND portion of this review comes straight from their website. What are they calling «state of the facilities»? The color monitors?
After getting our shoes, the woman behind the counter enters our names for us. We slip on our shoes and begin our search for balls, which are not organized in any way, nor are there rows and rows of balls as I’ve seen in other alleys. I think these balls are the same ones they had when I was a kid. They are full of color, full of chips and the finger holes jagged. Some balls even have some type of plug in their finger holes to make them smaller.
Ok, so we start bowling. The speed of the balls rolls down the lane in slow mo due to the lack of wax. A strike here a gutter ball there, man! Am I having a hot flash or is it hot up in here. I see Tim and sweat is just pouring off of him as if he’s standing in a torrential rain storm. PHEW! ! It’s not just me. We were done after the first game, but you can’t just bowl one game, have to play two out of three. As time went on it seemed to be getting hotter and hotter.
Tied, one to one, UGH!!! Had to play one more game. We were at the point of just hurry, get the ball down the lane let’s get this over with. The time clock was counting down, but not fast enough. Finally time ended. PHEW! Let’s get out of here.
Never will I be going back to this oven of a bowling alley.