Address: The Printworks, 27 Withy Grove, Manchester M4 2BS, United Kingdom
Rating: 4.3
based on 117 reviews.
Entertainment and Games
Pros:
"We had fun playing bowling and table tennis."
"There are also arcade machines upstairs and a lift to take you downstairs to the bowling lanes."
"Amazing atmosphere and lighting, enjoy coming here for a good few games of bowling and chilling with drinks, arcades are fun as well."
"Modern, clean and high tech. Great range of arcade games and the bowling lanes are great too."
"Was on holiday and went here with some friends to watch a football match and play some games. Quite a variety for everyone from pool to table tennis, slots, games, etc."
"The atmosphere inside is enhanced by the music which often features a DJ in the evening!"
"The little things with the games in this place were great loved the way you could have a bowler photo with each player and the lights on the alleys."
Cons:
"Seems they were having a bad night, some of the lanes were breaking causing delays."
"The lanes looked a little shorter than what I’ve seen in other places."
"The bumpers were broken. Couldn't get it down."
"The dance machine wasn't working but everything else was, there's a huge bowling alley downstairs but the loos are miles away."
"The bowling pins kept getting stuck. Had to go 3 times to the staff and they kept resetting it."
"Lanes don’t work and give spares/strikes when there are pins left."
"The booking alleys are so short- It's bowling for kids basically so be aware."
Service and Staff
Pros:
"The at the counter service was really good."
"Me and my partner came in on our anniversary and was met with the best team. The whole team and manager made it feel so special."
"The manager was actually very nice and tried to solve all our problems, as we got a free game for that incident."
"The staff here are incredible. I came here with a young person with autism and the staff were amazing and dealt with the situation so well."
"Helpful staff. Everything is spaced out so you're not all crammed in which was nice."
"A great place to go for a party, a date night or even a work's night out. The staff are all friendly and helpful."
"Very cheap prices, friendly staff to help, everything quickly set up for bowling games and fun night out."
Cons:
"When we asked for our table to be cleared and cleaned it took the waiter a good 20 mins and a reminder to do so."
"I have been many times to this place, and today was the last time I am stepping a foot in this place. We got discriminated against by the staff member who was an extremely unprofessional employee(security)."
"The communication is disgusting. The staff are rude besides the woman who actually tried to sort something out for us."
"Terrible service, the staff are horrible, they don't help you!"
"The bar staff downstairs about it, they was annoyed because they “had already made them” obviously served them to the wrong table."
"First time booking with them, Me and my girlfriend booked for 2 sessions of bowling and pre ordered our drinks. Little did we know we both needed ID me being 18 and my girlfriend being 17."
"Terrible service, no hospitality training, staff with not a care in the world apart from the guy on the bar, who was overly concerned that my daughter was 18 today and was inspecting her ID like he was an investigator."
Food and Drinks
Pros:
"I must admit the wings were nice (hence the 3 stars)."
"The food was delicious I had the nachos which were a very generous portion and delicious!"
"The food arrived as we finished game 2, and we took it upstairs to eat. To the kitchen’s credit, the food was good when it did eventually reach us."
"We ordered a lot of food but our coffee took nearly 45minutes to arrive."
"Food is very expensive unless you get a play and eat deal."
"Great family day out. Bowling was great. Arcade upstairs. Drinks are city centre prices. Cocktails weren’t that great."
"The food was great value for money, and the GM Meg came over and chatted with us to get our feedback which was a really nice touch."
Cons:
"But when it came to ordering food at the bar, the service was terrible."
"The food itself took so long to come, that we asked twice when it would be coming and the waiter had no clue."
"Only personal downside I have is the food takes quite a while to come, even when it’s not too busy."
"To top it off we could only play two of our games (paid for 3) as someone had already played our game."
"Disappointing experience. Started with the absolute chaos of noises when you walk in from the arcade bit. Almost had a panic attack!"
"The second issue was with another drinks order, which we ordered through the QR code on the table, 2 beers. After 25 minutes still no beer."
"The cocktails downstairs tasted like perfume or cleaning products, I mentioned it to the person working that bar."
Pricing and Value
Pros:
"Fun atmosphere, we had food and drinks. We ordered a lot of food but our coffee took nearly 45minutes to arrive."
"Brilliant place, never been before and really enjoyed it. Their was 4 of us and cost £26...£13 per couple, whether that's 2 grown ups or 1 child 1 adult."
"Great location! Lots of fun to be had, and the food is nice too. Loved the blacklight bowling lanes, although they were shorter lanes than I was used to."
"Really enjoyed our visit, a fun place with lots to do. The price for bowling was cheaper than I thought and good value for money."
"Wheel chair accessible and very friendly this place would make a great afternoon or evening out."
"I really enjoyed it here they have a karaoke room that my son took full privilege of at £20 for half an hour."
"Great location with great prices, £6.50 for 2 games pp if you're a student and relatively low priced drink."
Cons:
"Had the food arrived at any point around the start of our play time I could have put this down to a busy and unfortunate night to give a higher rating, but it was one mistake too many and for the price (£94 total) I won’t be giving this place a second chance."
"The location is good and there's plenty of games to play if you don't want to bowl, like pool, ping pong and arcade games but the prices of food and drink are ridiculous so maybe eat before or after going."
"Food is very expensive unless you get a play and eat deal. Best to book on line but you might be able to pay inside."
"We when bowling on Saturday it was fantastic but it was expensive for three games of bowling was not cheap at all but it was fun."
"We were in for the weekend from London & I was surprised at the hefty cost of 2 games here, on top of only finding out when we got here that the booking alleys are so short- It's bowling for kids basically so be aware."