Tower Park Reviews Summary

Entertainment and Activities

Pros:

• "Great place with lots of great restaurants and fast food chains to choose from and activities i.e. Cinema, slot machines, indoor play area for kids, Gym, etc."
• "They have something for all the family here, with the cinemas, swimming, amusements, gym, tesco superstore, bingo, bowling, soft play, and a hand full of the trendiest restaurants to choose from."
• "It's a great place especially for the kids we went bowling today an it was brilliant, the bowling alley is large they have an American theme Diner."
• "Plenty to do here that includes: bowling, billiards, amusement arcade, cinema, bingo, swimming and slides and of course food."
• "Tower Park is a great place to bring the family, there are so many attractions for a day out."
• "Pretty much a leisure goldmine. Big cinema. Numerous popular restaurants, an arcade and bowling centre, bingo hall, sweet shop, water park."
• "Great place with lots to do and free parking, lots of restaurants to eat at."

Cons:

• "Tower Park complex is good, but took the children into the amusement arcade, what a total rip off, most coins went down the sides."
• "Not as great as it once was. Bowling and cinema pretty much the only entertainment, along with a tiny arcade that's mostly betting machines."
• "Gone downhill since covid. Not everything is occupied anymore. Tgi Fridays and chiquitos both gone now."
• "It's sad to see so few businesses left. Feels like a place on its last legs, lacking investment and atmosphere."
• "This is an unusually ugly retail park with cinema and restaurants."
• "Facilities (multiplex cinema, bowling, restaurant chains etc.) as you'd expect, but with absolutely no sense of style, no warmth, ambiance or environmental planning for people's enjoyment or pleasure."
• "The management and coordination of the place was very disappointing."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Took kids this afternoon to see secret life of pets 2. Littlen couldn't sit in chairs so a member of staff Heidi I think her name was got a booster seat. Was really friendly and helped me no end."
• "The staff cleaned the bowling balls regularly."
• "Staff were very helpful and although they were obviously busy with other tasks they did make time to come and help us a couple of times and were particularly engaging with the children."
• "Staff were super friendly and helpful."
• "All attendants were excellent, good instructions for safe Flume use."
• "We had a grate time and are hostess was amazing the girl that served us, we believe to be Emma C least thats the name on the receipt she was fab."
• "Staff are friendly and you feel the life guards are actually watching out for you."

Cons:

• "Great place, lots of household names variety - cinema was okay, comfy seats, but staff lacking in enthusiasm and numbers too."
• "Nando's is expensive and honestly difficult to communicate with when ordering food or drinks if not exactly as the menu reads."
• "Not enough staff meant a long wait for dessert, with us looking at our sweet course melting nicely on the counter waiting for the waiter to serve it."
• "Not very good don't like people in bingo had a go at us cause we were talking. They were very rude."
• "The VIP lanes we booked where given to other people and we had to wait nearly 45 minutes."
• "The soft drink bottles must be kept in an oven, as were so hot we couldn't drink them."
• "Unfortunately other places of the facility wasn't tidy or clean."

Parking and Accessibility

Pros:

• "The whole area was incredibly clean and tidy even the carpark was very well kept."
• "There is also a large car park, so easy to find a space."
• "Access is easy, as is parking."
• "Parking is free."
• "Parking was a breeze, there is always space to park, slightly busier on Tuesdays and Wednesdays when it's cheap tickets or 2for1 nights."
• "Car parking was easy with large spaces, no queues and the shopping was a good experience."
• "There's always parking available and suits all ages."

Cons:

• "What lets it down is the car park, whilst there are lots of spaces they are quite small and on a weekend it can be a nightmare to find a space."
• "Car parking is always a challenge, so leave in plenty of time to allow yourself the chance to find a space, as it can get busy."
• "Very difficult to find a space, a pain to get to via bus."
• "The turning into Costa car park is far to narrow, you can't fit two cars and often need to wait."
• "Parking can be a bit of a drama here, it's free but for that fact it gets a bit abused."
• "Parking is a bit scarce on a Saturday would benefit from a better one way system too."
• "The car park is too small to handle peak demand and queues of cars driving round looking for spaces are an all too common sight."

Facilities and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "They have lots of activities to enjoy the fun with family, friends, boyfriend's / Girlfriends."
• "Like Tower Park. Supermarket. Petrol station. Plenty of eating places. Local bus drop off, to Poole & Bournemouth. Something for the whole family. Plenty of wheelchair access."
• "Free parking. All sorts of places you can go like a water park, cinema, bowling and lots more!"
• "Lots of nice food outlets and tesco."
• "Something for everyone, from Splashdown to cinema, bowling to restaurants, gymnasium to Tesco - it's a great day out."
• "Tower Park has improved tremendously over recent years. Much cleaner and better facilities."
• "Pretty much a leisure goldmine. Big cinema. Numerous popular restaurants, an arcade and bowling centre, bingo hall, sweet shop, water park."

Cons:

• "Have enjoyed before. But drunk chavs filled the pool hall and bar. No security around, seemed like this was how the bar makes money."
• "Used to be a great family venue, but has been in decline for over 20 years."
• "Used to be a great place to go with activities and an atmosphere. Now it's dirty and scruffy."
• "Some areas need a bit of TLC, but generally a good place to take the kids for some fun."
• "The changing rooms let it down for me ...dirty & dated with lots of debris on the floor, the toilet floor being pretty disgusting."
• "The whole place is looking shabby. Particularly the cinema which has at least one broken seat in each screen."
• "Worst Empire cinema in Poole with worst sound and worst picture."