Dog Bowl Reviews Summary

Booking and Service

Pros:

• "Our experience booking our work social at Dog Bowl was fantastic from start to finish."
• "Staff are really friendly and polite."
• "Staff were all friendly and helpful, great time all in all."
• "Every single member of staff was kind, welcoming and helpful."
• "The staff were really friendly and helpful."
• "Staff & service there are excellent."
• "Friendly bar staff and a good range of drinks inc non alcoholic cocktails which are extra tasty."

Cons:

• "Emailed the wrong time for our bowling booking so missed our slot."
• "Cancelled our food booking one day before our booking for a low key stag do."
• "Waited ages for food, however food was very good. Then had an absolute shambles trying to pay!!"
• "Very poor service asked for recommendations, blank."
• "Abysmal organisation and terrible management, wouldn't recommend."
• "We then attempted on numerous occasions to contact the restaurant, to no avail."
• "One of the worst places. The staff is very rude, the manager can not handle even simple situations."

Atmosphere and Location

Pros:

• "This is a prime date spot in Manchester!"
• "Great atmosphere, impressive drinks, quality bowling lanes. This bowling alley/arcade/pub/bar is a gem of Manchester."
• "Absolute gem of a place in a great location in the city."
• "Everything you want from a bar – great atmosphere, music, selection of drinks – with bowling added into the mix."
• "Nice atmosphere and not too loud or crowded (On a Wednesday evening)."
• "A fantastic day out... Venue has a great atmosphere with lots to do."
• "Very friendly atmosphere between family groups with young kids and groups of adults out for the night."

Cons:

• "There's no 'experience', the entire place seems like two separate places mashed together."
• "No atmosphere whatsoever, disappointing, won't be going back :("
• "This bloody restaurant is full of discrimination."
• "If you like terrible weak drinks and managers with a bad attitude this is the place for you!"
• "Finally the bowling area isn't set up particularly well. There just isn't enough room to feel like you're safely leaving your bags and coats."
• "Very rude and unhelpful staff including their manager who we asked for help when above was happening."
• "Would give this less that one star if I could."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "The Pulled pork burger with sweet potato chips is awesome and the Mohito delicious."
• "The food was really good."
• "The loaded fries I had were amazing! Nice selection of beers as well."
• "The bar serves a decent range of beers and cocktails."
• "The drink selection is really good and cocktails are great."
• "The food was delicious, drinks were flowing and we had loads of fun on the arcade games."
• "You would be hard-pressed to find a better chicken burger."

Cons:

• "Drinks are VERY pricey, but top quality."
• "Ordered the chicken & waffles and the waffles were burnt underneath."
• "Food took around 40 minutes to arrive."
• "The food here is not checked that often before it is served, food is dry and it is returned."
• "Portions where a joke. Chicken burger was burned."
• "Went here for some food yesterday and it wasn't great at all. The chicken lollipops were dry, the veg quesadillas tasted horrible and were tiny."
• "Good drinks but a bit pricey."

Pricing and Value

Pros:

• "Good price and friendly staff ! Will definitely visit again !"
• "Great value for money and a play list which had us singing!"
• "Came here with my family for food after just googling places to eat in Manchester. So happy we found it! Great atmosphere, amazing food and it was reasonably priced."
• "Beer burger bowl £10 Mon-Fri 12.00pm-5.00pm is excellent value."
• "Amazing. £4.50 cocktails all day as a student with brilliant choices - they were all good."
• "Cracking. Was there as part of a group, got a deal 2 games of bowling, meal, drink £20 each.... Good fun!"
• "Great place, came here with the Mrs and kids, had a pint and a cocktail, and some hot food, kids meals was only a fiver really good value."

Cons:

• "Each game is £8 per head per game which is pretty pricey in a cramped alley."
• "On peak times 2 games for 2 people are £40+ which just prices me out, compared to say Ten Pin which is a lot cheaper."
• "Maybe a little on the steep side."
• "The arcade games were £8 for 15 which is kinda a bummer because every game costs 2 or 4 coins."
• "Just two of us bowling was £16 per game. Considering a 2-person game can be over in 20 minutes, that's £48 per hour, which is not in my book good value for money."
• "The formerly £15 Beer, Burger and Bowl deal is now £25 ‘because it’s Christmas’."
• "Food was nice Abit over price from what we got (burger and chips £18)."

Facilities and Accessibility

Pros:

• "The bowling lanes are great, spacious and well decorated."
• "The bowling balls were all in tip top conditions."
• "The machine did eat some of our coins but the team were nice and fixed it quickly."
• "Nice lanes and fantastic old skool arcade and video games (Inc GameCube, Mega drive and PS2 consoles), hours of fun!"
• "Wheelchair/pushchair accessible premises."
• "Nice clean toilets too."
• "Disability friendly bowling aids (ramps and lane buffers)."

Cons:

• "The coins were given to us in a wet cup when we received them lmao? It was gross lol -we were really baffed but just laughed it off."
• "Lanes feel very cramped at busy hours."
• "The security stood barring the way and urged us to leave."
• "The arcade is loads of fun too."
• "One suggestion for them would be to add some storage facilities in the bowling area as we ended up having to put our bags and coats in a big pile on the floor which wasn't ideal."
• "The toilets are a trek, so give yourself plenty of time :)"
• "Long walk to toilets at the back."