Brunswick Zone Thousand Oaks Boal

Terrible service. Had to have my drink replaced 3 times because of incompetent staff. They no longer do hourly bowling. And in general the overall experience made me never want to return to another brunswick location. I would rate 0 stars If it was an option!!!

A great place to have some family fun. The food is ok but not great but has a good atmosphere.

I can’t believe that this bowling alley gets good reviews. It sucks. I could’ve given it one star. Here are my problems with it:
1. The balls seemed to hook more on our lane than they do at main event, which has a much more modern and updated alley. I personally think the floor was slightly warped at least on lane 27 where we bowled. This bowling alley seems like it is ready to kick the bucket to me.
2. This alley has to be from the 80’s or before and has never been updated. It’s old and we had trouble with the computers the whole time putting down the wrong score. Sometimes pins that didn’t get knocked down got counted as knocked down. Other times, it would give you a completely fresh set of pins on your second throw instead of setting them up the way they were knocked down. Also, sometimes it would count a score for the wrong person. It actually counted that I knocked down 15 pins for one of my frames, which is impossible in bowling.
3. I had to chase down the staff constantly to fix these problems. There was hardly ever anyone there at the desk. The girl that was supposed to work there kept disappearing outside to smoke.
4. They don’t honor their online deals. I came there for a 9-​close deal on sunday that was listed on their website and they refused to honor it.
5. They group all of the bowlers together in one big clusterf*ck. There was a whole half of empty lanes while everyone was stepping over each other crammed together in the middle lanes. We had to literally step over babies to bowl.
6. It was dirty, we had to clear trash before we could sit down.
This place only gets one star because it is possible to bowl there. That is the only good thing about it. Period. Go to main event, the lanes are modern and function correctly, everyone isnt jammed together, the staff actually do their jobs, they honor their deals, and you actually have space to bowl without running into the people in the lanes beside you. Much better…

This place is my jam, man. They have the best prices, best food, best bar area, and overall best bowling experience in town. The arcade is dying a painful and brutal death, I hope it can be revived. We were here last month and the games worked and we just went back and everything was out of order.

This place completely suck! They say wait for 30 mins but I waited 1hr and 30 mins and still did not get a lain! This place is terrible

DO NOT COME HERE!!!
Very dirty… our table was filthy before we sat down. Had to ask attendant to clean it for us and he just stared at me. He finally showed up, picked up a few empty cups and walked off. had to finish cleaning it ourselves. We asked for bumpers to be activated for the kids in our group but were told they weren’t automatic so either everyone (adults included) would have to use them or no one could.
For the $$ you’d be better off going to Bowlero or Main Event.

we came to play a little with friends, when we were told we had a 30 min. wait even though there were 4 lanes right in the middle open and unused when we asked the manager why they weren’t being used he said they were for league. which is of course understood until the «league manager» steps in for no reason and says «if you don’t like it, leave!» the manager walks away and laughs. I don’t believe that is a way to treat potential customers, much less laugh at the situation in front of them. I don’t think I’ll be coming again!

Good food, clean floors, family atmosphere… but service is super slow even worse when the manager is in. He isn’t very knowledgeable about the prices and he is super rude! Go when he isn’t there. Service is faster!

Bowling alley was clean, in good repair, and staff was helpful and friendly. Prices were good too. I would definitely return. And I beat my father, which was a plus :)

I would give this place more than three stars if the prices weren’t so ridiculous and it didn’t charge by the hour. We had a group of 6, and it cost us $ 90 to play for 2 hours, and we didn’t even get to finish our last game cause we «ran out of time».
I came here from Petersburg, Virginia where games are easily like.$ 6 a game per person, plus $ 2 for shoes; regardless of how long it takes you to play a game. So I’m a bit disappointed with San Antonio’s bowling scene of charging by the hour.
Overall, it was a really nice bowling alley. It was clean and the staff knew their stuff. We had a bunch of food (totaled over $ 50) and all of it was really good. We also experienced the bar which was also pretty good but didn’t have a lot of pitcher options (High Life + Zeigenbock). We got a pitcher of Zegeinbock (or whatever it’s called), for $ 8 which IMO is pretty cheap. They were out of High Life at the time.
Overall, I mean, if friends wanted to go bowling here, I’d go back; but it’s just way too expensive to justify going. For 1 – 2 people it’s $ 14 an hour, 3 – 4 is $ 14 for an hour and a half, and 5 – 6 is $ 14 for 2 hours. I think the charging by the hour is pretty ridiculous and stingy on the part of the bowling alleys.

I very much enjoy the meetup events for Cosmic bowling here. When the blacklights come on and the group is ready to throw down it makes for an interesting evening of entertainment. Another pro? Cosmic bowling costs about $ 12 and includes bowling shoes and how ever many games you can play in about two hours.
The last time I was here all the employees were very friendly and told me about the Zombie league. The zombie bowling ball was friggin cool as hell.

meh. The service can be crappy at times. We got a bad attitude from the manager, a red headed man, when attempting to use a groupon… but they eventually attempted to smooth it over with a free pitcher of beer. The after-​the-​fact effort is okay, but the service should have been better to begin with.
Ambiance is ok, not great. Food is ok, not great. etc. etc.

Small. Smells like diapers. Can get crowded depending on who’s throwing a kid’s birthday party there. A bit pricey for such an old, cramped place. Didn’t bowl, but was told it costs ~$ 9 a person to bowl (with shoes). I was at the bar instead. I was impressed with their wide selection of liquor though (that’s why I’m giving them an extra star). We got Goose shots for only $ 6/​each — –normally, it costs around $ 9+ at the clubs.
Food was ok. Pizza was decent. We got the sampler plate ~$ 11 (which included pretzels, mozarella sticks, chips, queso dip, and chicken strips). Pretty pricey for the amount of food you get, but I guess that’s how it is… it’s a bowling alley.

Manager went above and beyond for us. Would highly recommend. Great family activity. Thank you for the fun afternoon.

Bowling and Beer!
Now that I have your attention let me tell you about Brunswick.
I bowl in a league here every Thursday night and love it.
The staff is friendly and willing to help with any issues you have.
Joe runs the pro shop and is awesome. I bought a ball from him a couple years ago. He really knows his stuff and takes time to explain what you need and why. He also does a great job of measuring and drilling if you buy a new ball.
They recently redid their menus in the snack bar. They still have your basic bowling alley/​bar food but have seriously upgraded the quality. It is pricey but it is also pretty darn good.
The bar has a good selection of beer (bottles or taps) and a full bar. Here is where they rake you though. A bucket of beer comes out to more than $ 3 per beer. WOW! I guess with a captive audience you can do that but I don’t understand it.
All things considered the lanes are in good enough condition, the staff is good as is the food/​bar. If you are looking for a place to bowl I do recommend here.

I love to bowl and Thousand Oaks Bowl is where I get my Strike on. The place itself is nothing special; has about 40 lanes. It caters to everyone singles, families, youngins, señor citizens, I’ve seen them all at this place. The bar, and concession stand are reasonably priced. Beer and Bowling always go great together. On Wednesday night from 9pm to close games are only .99 with prices like that I could bowl and bowl all summer long. And bowl all summer long is what exactly we did. My boys and I bowl at sometimes would twice times a week. I wish I could say my game improved, but it didn’t. On the weekends games are $ 5 shoes are $ 4 not a bad price for a night of bowling. If you’re going to go on one of the nights where they have bowling specials after 9pm; you need to get there about 10mins early. Otherwise you will have to wait about 30mins to an hour before you will be able to get a lane. Bumpers are available on each lane at request for the smaller kids, or less experienced adults. (not including me) Overall I give Brunswick Thousands Oaks Bowl 4 Stars It’s where I get my Strike On.

One of the best things about this bowling alley is that there’s no smoking. Another is the cosmic bowling. Friday and Saturday nights from midnight to 2 am you get to throw a neon bowling ball at some neon pins under a blacklight. Fun! Anyway, this is a pretty small bowling alley, but I’ve never had to wait too long for a lane, and Ive never had any problems with the service. It’s good, clean fun and the pitchers of beer never hurt, either.

Come on Darlin’… put on your over-​hauls and your good dancin’ shoes… we goin’ bowlin tonight! I know sometimes when you think about bowling alleys you think of old white trash folks with missing teeth and scraggly hair… and smoke rolling out the doors when you pull’em open to walk in… Wait… maybe that’s my family reunion… Anyhow… This place ain’t like that. Don’t get too excited yet… it’s no Taj Mahal either. It’s tolerable though… and on Thursday nights after 9:30 pm it’s only $ 1 dollar per game to bowl (plus the $ 3.50 something if you need to rent shoes). It’s cheap enough for you to bowl long enough to get blisters on your fingers, and still have a good time without having to sell one of your kidneys to Mother Russia on the black market. You see… I like to roll like a Mercedes on a Honda budget… and this place lets me. I go home with money still in my wallet, feeling like I’m in «High Cotton» when I’m really only drowning in «Pocket Lint».