Lewisham Lanes Reviews Summary

Facility and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The Lanes are enjoying a new lease of life with a wonderful refurbishment."
• "Otherwise, a great evening. Affordable game prices, and a good atmosphere."
• "Beer is cheap, you don’t need to rent shoes, and the atmosphere is calm and fun."
• "Great location, great restaurants nearby, great night out."
• "It's a short walk from Lewisham station and quite a lot of on-street parking in neighbouring roads."
• "The layout is much better, feels clean and more family friendly."
• "Nice music, and great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Only downside is that it’s a little small. Not much space between the lanes."
• "It's absolutely unhygienic and in need of a deep sterile clean."
• "Everything is really old and kinda broken, but all of the lanes work."
• "The whole place could use a make over to make it a tad more attractive."
• "It's extremely outdated and feels like stepping back into the 90s."
• "This place is in dire need of a full makeover! Inside is as drab as the outside."
• "Though the closing time is at 11pm, at 9:45pm they won’t let you start bowling."

Staff and Customer Service

Pros:

• "Booked a bowling birthday party for my little one. Really great fun, staff were lovely and super helpful."
• "Staff friendly and helpful."
• "The supervisor, who was also very polite and friendly, delivered food to the lane."
• "Couldn’t have been more pleased, staff are friendly and helpful."
• "Staff lovely, friendly and welcoming and very helpful."
• "I really had the most amazing time at lewisham lanes everyone of the staff had incredible customer service especially two gentlemen Emus & Patrick."
• "The staff and atmosphere are brilliant."

Cons:

• "Have been to this place a few times never get that welcoming feeling from the staff."
• "Staff really unfriendly."
• "One of the staff members wasn't helping the others the bar was packed, and still didn't come over to help!!!"
• "Staff don't seem to want to work. Just stand around looking pretty..."
• "Unhelpful staff said there was no food being served for our children because they had two party’s and two busy."
• "Not enough staff to run the bar and kitchen."
• "Some of the staff are so lazy and clearly do not want to work at all."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "Pizza and fruity slushys were included and tasted great."
• "They make the most amazing and tasty cocktails and food lol overall I had a great night."
• "Really great cheesy chips too."
• "The party food is pretty good as well and not unreasonable."
• "Amazing food for a decent price, good arcade machine and the kids would love it."
• "We ordered food and on arrival with our food they brought us out a complimentary pizza because they were slow with our order."
• "Bar with cocktails, slushies and a good food selection."

Cons:

• "The slush drinks I believe are overpriced £4.50 for a little one."
• "Food quality is low and as you can't bring anything from outside every additional drink is at a cost."
• "GF pizza but it tasted like cardboard."
• "The food was shockingly bad."
• "The food was old and horrible."
• "The food is overpriced and so unappetizing."
• "Don’t eat the food, as you may be at risk of food poisoning."

Games and Entertainment

Pros:

• "Loved it. Lots of fun."
• "Cheap and fun activity after a bowling match."
• "I love this place!! It's so fun!! Great music and super retro!!"
• "Had my 12 year olds Birthday there yesterday evening and much fun was had!"
• "Tickets in some machines and you can choose a prize at the end!"
• "They have full length lanes with free-fall pins."
• "Great selection of arcade games."

Cons:

• "Bowling balls are not real they're very uncomfortable to hold and throw."
• "The arcade games really need to be updated."
• "The lanes had too many issues which needed resetting."
• "For serious bowlers, avoid."
• "A Couple of machines not working like Minecraft."
• "Bowling pins are light plastic and fall easily which makes the game really crap."
• "The bowling alley has room for improvement with the arcade as it only accepts cash it was an inconvenience."